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Shaman Blog Ch 2 by:Nigiri

(Korin) I had one chance, and one chance only. I forced myself to my feet, ignoring the pain and slowly moved twards where Alice was lying. "Hmmm... you're still standing are you? Quite persistant... but it won't save you. Ares kill him!" Comanded Millas. Just what I was hoping he whould do. Ares disappeared from over Alice and appeared in front of me, ready to strike the final blow. Too bad for him it whouldn't be so easy. "Now Jacal." I said and suddenly a solified Jacal leaped out of nowhere and bit into Ares' throat.

The great arch-dragon let out a pained roar and tried to fling off his attacker. Just as I thought, it seemed that the great Ares couldn't teleport while touching another spirit. The only downside to my plan was that Millas was still up and moving. "Not bad, for a weakling. Charlotte!" He yelled. Oh fuck... I knew what that meant, it meant "run" so I did. I ran for Alice as Quickly as my legs whould carry me. As I heared that kookey bird's war cries, images of Lao's last minuites flashed through my mind urging me onward.

I was running for my life, if that bird caught me I whould be food, and I'm not really the type to want to die like that. I was almost thare, when giant talons grabbed me by the sholders. I knew whose they where but that didn't make it any easier to accept. I was lifted of the ground by the merceyless grip of the roc. It carried me about 20ft in the air before I heared Millas's voice. "Hahaha! I can't beleave you got this far, to think that my Ares whould be held up by a puppy." As he said this Charlotte dug her talons into my sholders.

He was trying to brake my spirit controll. As long as I held on, Jacal whould remain solid and Ares couldn't teleport, if I lost concentration we where all doomed. (Reassureing huh?)

"Stop playing with your food, Charlotte." Sneered Millas. I was out of options, if I stayed where I was I was dead. If I escaped from the roc's grasp I'd fall, and then I'd be dead. "Charlotte! What are you waiting for? Kill him!" Cried Millas. "She's not going to kill him, because if she does I'll kill her."

It was that Akari chick. She had a cut along the side of her beautiful face and her mouth was bleeding. She was holding a Soul Sniper, but this one was diffrent It looked wooden with black and silver ribbons wraped around it. "See that you don't run away again." Spat Millas. "I didn't run away. I just had to get my weapon." She replied. Charlotte droped me to the ground and flew back to her master. I was saved from impact by that wierd fairy guy. "Alas... if you had fallan you whold be deeply impressed by the impact." He laughed as he set me down gently on the ground.

"So, Kari you plan to defeat me this time." Taunted Millas. "No" She replied. "I plan to kill you." I was about to brake spirit controll when Akari stopped me. "No Keep it! If you stop now you'll be useless and out of energy." She said. I did't know what was better, Being out of mana and tired or expending my very existance and eventually passing out. "Trust me, It'll be worth it." Promised Kari as she wiped the blood from her mouth. "Awww how touching, making new friends like that. Too bad you're both going to die." He laughed.

"Korin!" Akari said. "Maintain your hold on the dragon for as long as you can! Without the dragon he's not as powerful." She said. "Keyword being as powerful. I'm still enough to kill both of you without breaking a sweat." Sneered Millas, extracting a large disk, roughly larger than a frisbee. I didn't see what the big deal was but Akari looked tence. "What's wrong?" I asked. "You must be prepaired for anything when fighting this guy." She answered.

"That's right." Said Millas. "I've possesed this disc-blade with several hundred Shikigami spirits so it'll ever miss the target." I was having a hard time deciding if he was an evil dark lord like he said, or a salesman for demonic artifacts and creatures. "Minoa, protect the girl." Comanded Kari, indicating the unconcious Alice. "Korin.." She continued. "Stay behind me and keep spirit control." This seemed to greatly humer Millas. "Making plans?" He said releasing the disk.

The big silver disk wizzed though the air moving in on us but Akari shot it with her Soul Sniper. The one she had now seemed way more powerful than the one she had before. "Great shot Akari!" I said. "Is that all you've got?" She asked. "Nope. You should have listened more intently. I said I posessd it with a several hundred shikigami..." As he finished, the remaining shards stirred. "Oh fuck..." Swore Akari. The shards flew at us at top speed. Akari blasted them but that only managed to make more. "My Sniper's jammed!" She cried.

The next few seconds where a blur of flying metal one caught me in the arm and it hurt, but not enough to do any real damage. The endless hail of metal shards finally subsided. "Hmph... Should have made the sealing charm more prevelent." Complained Millas. I was basicly unscathed exept my arm which by now was bleeding freely. "Kari?" I asked. Kari had fallan to her knees, and I saw at once why she had insisted that I stayed behind her.

Akari had taken most of the punishment the shards had caused. Her arms,legs, and stomoch where all bleeding, the color of her blood mixed almost inconspicuious with the crimson of her shirt. "Korin." She said weakly. "I'm sorry. I thought I could stop him... I was so worried about defeating him... I didn't think..." She collapsed backwards into my arms as I stooped down to catch her. Minoa appeared beside her with a look of upmost concern on his face. "Kari you need to get to a doctor." I said. "No, you need to take your friend and get out of here." She replied.

"How touching. Worring about your little friend like that." Laughed Millas. I couldn't take anymore, two people had gotten hurt helping me. First Alice and now Kari. I'd also had enough of that Millas creep, all he did was summon demonic creatures and talk smack. "Alright jerk! Time to die!" I yelled and charged at him with my fists bared. He was going to get it right in his face. "Ha! What do you plan to do?" He asked. "I going to bash your head in!" I stopped infront of him and hit him with a hard left hook, sending him to the ground. He obviously hadn't expected a frontal psyical attack.

"Grrrrrrrrr..." He growled, I guess he wasn't used to being hit. "Thares more where that came from!" I was ready to finish him off when, Jacal was sent flying over my head. "Oh..." I began but before I could get another word out a very pissed-looking Ares appreared right before me. "So, was it worth it?" Questioned Millas, as he got to his feet. "I was just going to kill you but now were going to take you apart peice by peice." He climbed onto Ares' back. "Ares... make him suffer." Said Millas.

I was right back where I was before, screwed, with a dragon towering over me. Jacal jumped to my side, it was strange but good that I still had spirit controll, I knew I had to do somthing so without thinking I focused all my mana into one point. The Jacal over-soul grew in size untill it bordered on Ares' hight. "Giant Spirit control? You're full of suprises arn't you?" Said Millas. Prepare yourself Said Jacal and he tackled into into Ares.

Ares disappeared into a wisp of smoke and solified behind us, and lashing out with his claws he caught me in the side. We were sent flying across the field. Jacal landed on his feet, I on the other hand hit the ground with bone shattering force. I was losing power fast and Millas was prepairing his dragon for one last assault I could tell from the arua I was getting from him. The next attack whould be the last. "Die!" Roared Millas, but nothing happened.

"W-what's happening?" He demanded. His answer was at the foot of his dragon. Minoa was holding onto Ares' leg. That was right, Ares couldn't telepport while touching another spirit. "Korin! Now's your chance!" Yelled Minoa. "Korin." Said Jacal. "Once more and we'll be done with him". I didn't know how I was to do that, I was lying in a puddle of my own blood and the effort to get up seemed to take up the rest of my strenth, but being a wuss never solved anything so, I didn't intend to do it now.

"Alright" I said climbing onto the enlarged Jacal's back. "I'm ready Jacal!" We ran at Ares and Millas who charged back us. This was it, the attack that whould decide the fight. Ares shot a burst of fire at us, but Jacal shrugged it off, he was a dog with a mission. As we charged the fang glove Alice gave me started glowing. As the two giant over souls colided, somthing told me to use the glove. I clenched with all my might This action usualy caused even the toughest metel to shatter but in this case it caused an explosion that caused both over spirit controls to break.

Both over souls vanished leaving Millas and I suspend in the air, so I chose to use this moment to attack. "Take this!" I cried as I hit him full force in the face. I put all of my remaining energy into the blow which seemed to have really hurt him. The suspension didn't last long as I was sent hurling into the ground. I didn't try to move, I didn't want to. The only thing that kept me from passing out was the sudden wave of pain that hit me. "Wretch!" Came a voice from above.

Millas stood over me with a sword pointed at my chest. Oh great, so he wasn't quite finished yet. "Not bad, especially the double-medium you preformed at the end. If you had time to get better you might have had a chance." He was weakened but not by much. Thare was a big bruse along the side of his face from where I'd hit him both times. "Prepare to die!" He snarled. Millas raised the blade for the final blow but never had the chance to strike.

Thare was a flash and the next thing I knew, Millas was on his back cluching his leg. "Arrrgh! You wench!" He yelled in pain. Standing not six feet away was Akari. "Baka." She said. "Just because I'm down dosn't mean I'm dead." She walked over to me. "Are you alright Korin?" She Asked. "F-fine" I lied. The last thing I wanted was her dropping her guard because of me. "You did well." She said. "But now it's time to let me finish this." She pointed the Soul sniper at his head. "The last shot only broke your leg but this one..." She trailed off.

I knew what she was planning, she was going to kill him. Not that he didn't deserve it of corse but thare was no reason to become a murderer. "K-kari" I stammered. "He's had enough. Let it go." I said. "No!" She yelled. "This ends now!" I could understand her anger. In the little while I've had the misfortune of knowing Millas, he's caused nothing but grief and hate, so imagine what he did to Kari who obviously, knew him longer. "My uncle always says no one deserves to die. Not even this peice of crap." I finished. Akari was too nice a girl to become a murderer. "I..." She began but was cut off by an explosion of mana at her feet that sent her sprawling.

"Lord Millas!" It was that "Hu" guy. How did he survive getting a sword shoved down his throat? He picked up his fallan master who turned to me overflowing with malevalance. "This isn't over... When we meet again in the second round you're dead!" They were then carried off by Charlotte. "I was so close." Said Kari getting to her feet. "I could have taken him out right then, but you stoped me." I expected her to attack me so what she did next didn't suprised me that much: She slaped me across the face.

"I hope you're happy!" She snarled her voice ringing with anger. "I could have taken right then and there! But now he gets to go home all safe and sound so that he can come back and hunt me some more!" She looked as if she would slap me again but held back and simply said, "You coward. You can't stand to see someone die can you? Not even someone that almost killed you and apparently the only girl that'll give you the time of day." That hurt. Sure I was kind of weak at times but cowardly? I think charging at a giant dragon negates all talk of me being "cowardly".

"Look," I said, holding back my indignance. "I'm sorry for holding you up and all, but if you had killed him you'd be a murderer. You're- well I thought you were two nice to murder, and despite your current bitchey-ness I can tell you've never killed anyone." I finished looking directly into her fierrice grey eyes. "That may be so, but the point is, I could of stopped his madness right then and there." She slouched aganst a headstone and sighed irritatedly. "Why are we even fighting? We just overcame dangerious odds and got away with no casualties or serious injury."

When she's right she's right, so I changed the subject, "So, do those tux guys work for Millas?" I asked. "No, their from a toataly diffrent team. They stole my grandpa's invention the Soul Sniper, but as you have no doubt seen, their's are no were as powerful as a corectly made one." She said indicating the rifle that was leaned aganst her. "Did your grandpa make it?" I asked. "No, I did." Was her reply, "He's givin up the weapon making inustry for now." She added.

"Well I'm going now, try not to chicken out and leave your friend here." She said and with a faint scoff, walked away with that fairy in her wake. I was unsure how to feel, I guess she was right about me being in her way, but my uncle had always said: "no one deserves to die exept hittler who didn't quite get what he deserved" I winced as I lifted myself from the soft ground, (it seemed that I had cracked a few ribs during the fight) and slowly made my way over to Alice.

As I got closer she stirred, "K-Korin..." She moaned. "It's okay, I here." I replied, placing my hand on her's and with all of my remaining power I summoned Jacal, hoisted Alice onto his back and lead them out of the destroyed cemitary.

(Jing) Thare was soon gossip all around the hospitle about a strange boy with long curly brown hair. It was said that had arived with a girl and a rather large arabic esqus dog asking for help. Ever since the girl was taken in he had refused to leave her side even at the request of the doctors. There was also gossip of a diffrent kind around the local shaman, about a boy who stood aganst the might of an Arch Draco spirit, and I wondered if the two incedents were related. It was time for me to find out.

"This one, Dr. Mitsune," Said a nurse indicating the last door on the right. "Room 24B. He's right through this door." She said with a bow and left on the spot. I opened the door and walked in. There laying in the hospitle bed was an unconcious girl, and kneeling next to her was a boy. He had, long and curly brown hair that went past his chin. He wore a black hooded jacket, muddy blue jeans and shoes that looked about three years old. Upon his face thare was not only pain but guilt as well.

"Hello," I said plesently, "I am Dr. Jing and I will be asking some questions about your friend thare. But first could I get your name?" "Korin." Was his reply. "Okay Korin, tell me what happened." I instructed. "We just ran into a little trouble, just a little fight that's all." He said evasively. "That so, well then you won't mind sharing with me the details will you?" I persisted. "Fine, but you won't belive me." He sighed glaring in my direction. "We got attacked by an angry dragon spirit."

That sure made things a lot simpler for me. "So it was you." Was all I said. "What?" He asked, I had aroused his curiosity. "You'd be suprised how fast information travles in the shaman world." I answered beaming. "So, you're..." He began. "A shaman." I finished for him.

(Korin) I guessed it couldn't hurt, seeing as he was also a shaman. "Alright," I said, "but first, will Alice be okay?" I asked hopefully. "Just a minor concusion she'll be up in no time at all." He said warmly. This guy seemed really nice for an old shaman, most oldey shamans were compleate pricks but this guy was nothing like them. "Well," I said finally. "what do you want to know?"

The interview went on for about an hour he asked for battle details, and when I got to the part about Akari, he got pretty unconfortable. When I'd finished he simply noded sadly. "Yes, she can get like that at times." He said solomly. "Who?" I asked unable to withold my curiosity or keep my big mouth shut. "Kari." He said, "She's my grandaughter." Suddenly everything became perfectly clear. "You're the one who invented the Soul Sniper." I said. "Yes, but no longer." He answered.

"I prefer saving life as opposed to creating things that will destroy it." I guess I could understand that, seeing as those things were quite nasty. "I can respect that." Was all I said. "Glad to hear at least someoe does, well it's time to take your leave." He said. "No, I'm not leaving Alice." I protested but he wouldn't hear of it. "Your parents must be worried sick." He said firmly.

"That'd be a first." I said darkly but I knew when I'd lost, so taking one more glance at Alice I left. I barly had the energy or the will to walk home and that decreased still when I got thare. I'd been gone for several hours so I was sure that they'd be quick to point fingers at me, which is exactly what happened. I'd bearly gotten through the door when I was greeted by my mother's horefied gasps.

"What happened to you?" She demanded, looking me over. "Why are you so beat up looking?" I'd forgotten to check my apperance from what I could tell, my once clean clothes were now worn and ripped, my sholder, side and face, were bleeding and to top it all off I had a big bruse from were Kari had slapped me. "I just ran into some trouble." I said. trying to dodge the subject. "A little trouble?" She shriked,"Luke!" she called to my dad.

When my dad arived he did a double take. "Korin?" He asked, looking worried. Lee however seemed humored by the whole thing, "Korin..." Said Lee, "Who did you piss off?" "Language young man!" Scolded our mom, "now tell me what kind of trouble can cause injurys like that! I bet it was that Alice's fault, I never trusted..." Mom went on and on about how hanging around people like Alice was going to make me go wrong one day untill I couldn't put up with it any longer.

"Look," I said trying to sound as respectful as possible. "I trust Alice with my life and I'd rather you don't rag on her around me." I finished. "Fine." She said and stormed away into the kitchen muttering firecely. "Aw look," Taunted Lee. "You ditched mom for that wicked bitch of yours." I wasn't far from slapping him one across the face but thought better of it. "I'm going to sleep." I said and without another word I retreated into my bedroom.

If I got any sleep it didn't do much good because when I awoke I felt as drained as I was earlier, I guess that mana is harder to replenish than regular energy.Aftera much needed shower I returned to bed.I layed there trying to go back to sleep untill I heared a faint knock on the door. "Come in." I muttered. What I saw next greatly raised my spirits, an extreamly prettygirl about my age with long blond hair stepped into my room. "Alice, you got out early?" I asked.

"Early?" She replied, "I got out yesterday." I was confused. "Yesterday?" I repeated. "Yes, you've been asleep for about two days." She replied. "How ya feel?" That came as a big shock it felt as if I hadn't slept at all. "I've been better." I answered truthfully. "Well," She said sitting beside me on my bed. "I'm sorry I couldn't help you." She said with sadness creeping into her voice. "It's cool, if i'd been pimp slapped by a dragon I'm sure I wouldn't be of much help either." I answered.

She suddenly seized me by the sholders and drew me into a kiss that almost knocked me flat. Thares nothing like a good make out session after being passed out for two days. The door suddenly creaked open and my mom steped in with a look of horor. "Hi mom," I said quickly braking away. "Korin," She said trying to hide her mortification at the scene. "Your uncle's here." -End of ch 2

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