As Raven walked for what seemed like hours viewing the scenery the man who gave him the Jagon lived in this area.

In fact if he looked to the sky in this location he could see the cliff of the ice-maidens village, where Hiei was thrown from. "I could drop in for a visit…but I don't think I would be welcomed. Its best just to walk on.

As he looked back he saw a girl on the cliff as he watched the girl in a spell bound silence she was absolutely gorges. Why was she standing on the cliff was she enjoying the scenery as well…no she was jumping.

He ran forward as fast as the shot from a gun in a past life he would have gladly watched this person die for her actions, but not now not after he knew what it would bring.

He was closing the space but she was still falling faster. Raven dove forward and grabbed her in a touching embrace before hitting the ground with his back and feeling the pain as every blade of grass cut him as thou the grass had turned to steel.

He saw he had left a bit of a blood trail and he smiled yes even laughed as the girl in his arms was unconscious and looked so much at peace, he stood and even thou his legs gave a grown as if they were about to break he walked with this stupid girl he walked.

"Why did you save her? She will only slow you down from finishing your goal." The Jagon asked as he was concentrating to force his cuts closed.

"Don't you wonder why I don't die? Why after I have had my body broken and torched I may still draw breath…and how I've lived for 7,000 years seeing more battles than any other." Raven said with no sign of humor in his voice.

"Well yes but I just assumed you were a powerful demon" The Jagon replied.

"No what I am about to tell you only two other people know, I am cursed by the gods."

Raven said having trouble forming the words the two others he had told were Hiei and Kurama before the Jagon had been given to him.

When I was 21 the age that I look now. I had a wife we lived in a small village in a world very different from the new one. This was during a time when the Holy Wars were happening and my family and I were what they called pagans they captured my family,

but I had been away getting supplies. When I returned I found the village burnt and all of my fellows mutilated. I took my sword and did the only thing I could think of.

I slit my wrists and watched the world fade away. Then I returned…and have been told that I cannot die until the end of time. Raven finished as a single tear fell onto the girl's face.

"That's terrible." The Jagon said with the first honest emotion Raven had ever heard from it in all there travels.

As he sat down and getly laid the girl in a bed of leaves he started to put up camp.

He was almost there when, the girl awoke she looked at him and let out a scream. It took Raven about two seconds to grab her around the mouth and as calmly as he could say it said.

"Listen I don't know what you were thinking leaping from that cliff, but I saved you and for that I'm only asking you to answer my questions and not scream. I don't know if you know where we are but these woods are full of monsters who wouldn't think twice of rapping and killing you. So now I'm going to move my hand and when I do you promise not to scream.

The girl nodded and Raven let go. "Ok so what's your name?" Raven asked in a calm voice as he fixed the tent.

"It is Diana…why did you save me… the elders told us that men only wanted to have sex and kill." Diana said it with an aggravated tone as if she didn't like the elders much.

"Well some are just stupid barbarians, but I and a few others are educated and very pleasant." Raven said it in a charming, kind hearted tone. "Now are you going to tell me why you thought taking a hundred foot swan dive would solve any thing?" Raven asked this in a strong tone.

"In my village we aren't allowed to leave or fall in love, but we still have children and it's a hollow existence of fear. It's not even living so I thought"

"If you ended it you would feel better." Raven finished it with a tone of understanding.

"Yes how did you know?" Diana asked with a tone of surprise.

"Lets not talk about it." Raven said he had already given away his secret to much for one life time. "All I can tell you is that if you kill your self you'll still be in fear but instead of living where you can change it you will be dieing a coward." Raven said the last line with no emotion."

"What should I do now" Diana asked as if she wanted him to invite her along on his Quest.

"Do what you want, take up the sword and fight with me and you will visit many villages see all forms of life good and bad. You will also kill a few forms. Or you could return to the cliff.

"I want to come along; please all I need is a chance." She seemed to be almost begging him.

"Alright get some rest, well be leaving early so be rested." Raven was back to his some what cheerful mood.

"Where are we going?" Diana asked in a curious tone.

"Were going to the human world" Raven said. "Bye the way if you want to wash the sand and stuff out of your hair the river is about fifteen feet east. HE then rolled over and fell asleep he had, had to do way to much remembering which not only gave him unsettled emotions.

Raven: You had me fall in love.

Draigus: Not yet dumb ass but now you blew the surprise.

Jin: he's pretty good at that.

Raven: no but i'm sure who ever is reading this can figer it out.