Location: Cosmic Interstate
Time: ???

*Razor smiled as he walked down the Interstate, headed toward Pice. Stryke and Jade had gone in their own direction, and Sephrinia suddenly stopped.*

Sephrinia *pointing*: Isn't Quantum… that way?
Razor: Yeah, but I thought I'd just dro—

Sephrinia: Drop me off? Why? I… I want to stay with you Roi…
Razor: But your parents must miss you…
Sephrinia: I don't know… I want to just leave that part of my life behind…
Razor: Why? Has it been that awful up until now?
Sephrinia: No… but… I don't know… I just feel like me and you should stay together, Roi…
Razor: I'd still feel better if you at least bid your parents a farewell.
Sephrinia: They've probably already assumed me dead.
Razor: So? There is bound to be much rejoicing when they find you alive then.
Sephrinia: … Roi?
Razor: Yes?
Sephrinia: … can I ask you something?
Razor: Of course.
Sephrinia: Is it wrong to want to start a new life free of old bounds?
Razor: …No… but I don't want to always be wondering if your parents are sitting somewhere, crying because you're missing, maybe dead.
Sephrinia: So all you are asking is that I say goodbye to them?
Razor: Yes.
Sephrinia: Oh. Okay then, let's go.

*Razor nodded, and kept going to Pice. As he got to the portal, he hopped through with Xuen and his hellhound, and Sephrinia.*

Location: Pice
Time: 1:00 PM

*Razor smiled as he saw the usual setting. He headed immediately to the Rugal Inn, Xuen having to pick the hellhound up to keep everyone in pace. Razor grimaced as he remembered Xuen's race, and grimaced again as he heard several soft hushed cries. Xuen hid beside Razor as he heard the cries, seeking refuge near the wall. Razor smiled, heading into the inn.*

Location: Rugal Inn
Time: 1:30 PM

*Razor smiled as he saw a depressed father working the front desk. As he looked up at Razor, he jumped when he saw Xuen, his jaw dropping as he saw Sephrinia. His jaw collected itself, and his eyes suddenly narrowed.*

Ganette: Sephrinia… where have you been?
Sephrinia:]Dad, you should have seen it! It was amazing! I've been all over the universe and I like what I see… Actually, I just came back to say goodbye…
Ganette: Goodbye? Goodbye. Listen to me Sephrinia, I don't know where he took you, but he probably only took you to the few safer ones out there. Its too dangerous—
Sephrinia: Dad, he took me to Hell, and I survived, name me one place that's more dangerous than that!
Ganette *turning to Razor*: He… what!?
Razor: Sir, I—
Ganette: Save it, Roi… I had great respect for you, I thought you would know better than to let her go down there!
Razor: I tried to keep her up… I tried my hardest… but she wouldn't let me go without her. She was safe, though… impervious to the black magic…
Ganette: You can't be serious… you've got to be kidding… you didn't take her down there…
Razor: No, actually, I did…
Ganette: At least it explains away the demon… but aren't you afraid that… I don't know… his parents…?
Razor: His parents are dead…
Ganette: Ah, well then…
Sephrinia *blue*: Bye dad… I'm not sure if we'll meet again.
Ganette: Hold it… you aren't going back out, I already lost you on—
Sephrinia *silver*: Dad, I'm a grown woman for Christ's sake! Let me make my own decisions for once!

*Her father sighed, and waved them away. Razor left the hotel, finding a portal back to the Cosmic Interstate. As they got near there, Razor heard a stern voice behind him. Razor turned and saw a blue panther standing angrily, holding a halberd over his shoulder, a cross in the other hand. It also had a cross necklace on, and Razor sighed. Xuen cocked his head at the panther, confused.*

Panther: Ne'er again will you taint our atmosphere… Die!

*Xuen saw the panther put the cross away, putting his now-freed hand on the halberd, stabbing it forward to Xuen, who cried out as he dodged to one side, hiding behind Razor. As the panther tried to maneuver around, Razor lunged forward, grabbing the halberd on the handle and pulling, freeing it from the panther's grip.*

Razor: You leave him alone, he hasn't done anything!

*The panther scowled at Razor, but otherwise just picked up the halberd and walked away. Razor turned around, and headed into the portal to the Cosmic Interstate, Sephrinia, Xuen, and his hellhound following.*
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Location: Dallas, TX
Time: 1:00 AM

*As Razor arrived in Quantum, he headed over to his mailbox. It had only a letter in it, and he opened it, seeing a check and a note inside of it. The check was written to him, for the amount of $700. Razor smiled, and read the note, seeing the 411VM watermark in the top left hand corner. He started reading.*

Dear Roi:
So you are informed, you will receive 1% of the sales of the video. I'm not sure if you were told that, so I thought I'd tell you.
Spike

*Razor nodded, and continued into the old hero base. As they got inside, he saw what he expected to; nothing. Nothing except his old bed, which they didn't bother packing up to leave. He looked at the empty light sockets all about, and smiled, watching as each of the light sockets spontaneously caught a white glow. He looked back at Sephrinia, who yawned, and motioned to his bed. She smiled, nodded, and got into his bed, and he bid her goodnight. He walked back out, and tried to find a place for Xuen. Some remnants of metal scrap were around, and Razor sighed, going to it and picking it up in his arms. He wondered if it would work for a moment, and suddenly felt warmth around his arms. He looked down, and saw the metal softening and becoming more and more comfortable. Razor set it down, and pushed it. The metal was soft as down, and he chuckled to himself, giving the metal sheets to Xuen and bedding him down in one of the few carpeted rooms. Razor bid him good night, and headed back to the room where Sephrinia was bedded. He went to the next room, and lied on the cold floor, drifting to sleep, warmth washing over him.*

Agate: Sleep tight…

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Location: Dallas, TX: Old Hero Base
Time: 10:00 AM

*Razor awoke, and sighed happily, looking around in a still trance-like state. He noticed something, and frowned, looking about. He couldn't find the staff.*

Razor *to self*: No, where is it… oh… if she finds out I lost it…

*Razor came out of the room, and stopped as he saw Sephrinia, sparring the air with the quarterstaff. Razor breathed a sigh of relief, and watched her. Her form with the staff wasn't bad. After a few moments, she had turned to face him, and stopped.*

Sephrinia: Good morning.
Razor: Good morning.

*After a few moments of silence, Sephrinia started to spar the air again, but Razor interrupted.*

Razor: Do you know if Xuen is up yet?
Sephrinia *shrugging*: I'd assume.

*Razor nodded, and started down the hall. As he walked, his cell started ringing, and he pulled it from his backpack, gently stroking Ollie as he landed on his shoulder.*

Razor: Hello?
FTM: Hey, you picked up this time.
Razor: Sorry… I probably didn't get the other calls.
FTM: It's no big deal… but… where were you?
Razor: Trust me… you wouldn't believe me if I told you.
FTM *chuckling*: I'll take your word for it… Hey, are you free tomorrow?
Razor: Yeah…
FTM: Could you get to Ventura, California by 3:00 PM tomorrow?
Razor: Yeah…
FTM: Ready for competition?
Razor: That depends, do you have two tickets?
FTM: I think I can get something for you… I'm fairly sure this one isn't a sellout… kind of small competition… gold only fetches about $1,000, but most pros start out on a competition like it.
Razor: Great. Um… You're talking about Skatestreet, aren't you?
FTM: Sure am… Oh, and by the way, your inkblot idea… we think we're going to do it. What colors would you want?
Razor: Blue backdrop to a white blot.
FTM *chuckling*: I could have guessed that… well, I'm looking at Ticketmaster, ordered you two tickets. Skatestreet is selling the tickets, so you can just pick them up when you get there… what are the two tickets for, anyhow?
Razor: I'm bringing a couple new friends.
FTM: Okay… well, see you tomorrow.
Razor: Later.

*Razor hung up the phone, tossing it into his backpack. He continued down the hall, and saw Xuen in his room, playing with the hellhound, which swatted around playfully at his trailing hand. Razor chuckled slightly as it attacked Xuen's hand, and raised an eyebrow as he noticed a burn mark on Xuen where the bite was. Razor shrugged it off, half expecting something peculiar, and was somewhat glad to find it out. Razor sighed, and spoke.*

Razor: I'm going to go skate, so… just hang here with Sephrinia for a little while.

*Xuen nodded, and Razor headed back, telling Sephrinia the same thing, and walking out to the street, stepping on his board, readying himself for tomorrow's competition.*
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Well, there it is, the first Fanfiction of Razor's saga. This is merely part one of what should prove to be a series of at least three stories. Please feel free to continue to review this, I would really like to hear some feedback from people now that this is complete.