RP #11 - SuperSonic88. Posted 2-16-06

The battle still raged all around Salan. "Dammit! When will this end!" Salan exclaimed, barely ducking under another set of claws. He pluged Sange and Yasha into the creature's chest, then cleaved the monster clean in half in the process of removing his swords. Salan allowed himself a moment of self-congratualtion at the flashy kill, then there was a dull thud as one of the mosters landed a blow to the back of his head. Stars exploded into his vision as he stumbled forward. In a stroke of blind luck, tripping over a rock saved him from being decapitated by a set of swinging claws. Managing to compose himself, he interposed his blades between him and the monster, the planted his boots into the thing's chest and kicked it into the air, invicerating it with a follow through stoke form Sange. "Damn, can't afford to get sloppy like that again!"

RP #12 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 2-16-06

Anna heard a scream leaping down from the tree, she followed the sound to what looked like the aliens she was fighting earlier but they were bigger, she stood for a moment wondering how her claws could even dent this creature. Then realized if she could cast magic, she could harm it... but how..? (OOC: kept spelling who)

Anna: in feline Ok.. now how do I do this? What can hurt them? what spell can I use?

A voice from the branches above her Would water work Anna glances up to see a panther humanoid

Anna: Not sure but I can always try... she thinks for a moment

Panther: New spell caster.. chuckles as she lands beside Anna My name is Purrti... turns to look at the creature Well, something has to be done... Rain!

As Anna watched a heavy rain fell on the creatures that mearly stood there looking slightly confused

Purrti: Guess not... pauses to think as the creatures turn their direction

Anna: Hard water maybe... I wonder... HAIL! small pellets at first begin falling then larger ones begin falling the creatures screamed as both Purrti and Anna vanished into the forest canopy

RP #13 - AngelicAura616. Posted 2-18-06

The battle raged on in Iselia. It looked like the Palmacosta Navy was bringing out their weapons and spellcasters. They were beginning to surpress the Iselian refutation, and the Spread spell soon was ineffective. The Iselian forces then began a head-on attack, still using spells. Instead of being organized, though, it became a chaotic sturggle. They tried to keep the Palmacosta Navy in the sea. Their attempt was failing, and soon, the Palmacosta Army would unload from the ships onto land, and would most likely mean defeat on the Iselian part.

"Damn...the Palmacostans have engaged their cannons...we'll never stand a chance.." Aaron thought.

Many of the Iselian forces were being killed by cannonballs, launched very well. Cannonballs weren't the only things flying from the ships, though. He noticed Flame Lances, Freeze Lancers, Ground Dashers, and Spark Waves were erupting on board the ships, as well as on ground. More and more men fell prey to the spells and fell unconscious or dead every second. They needed help... Where were the Mizuhoan forces!

It was the beginning of the end...the Palmacostan ships had docked on land. They opened their hatches, and out came hundreds, maybe even thousands, of warriors.

"Genis, I hope you didn't teach me this spell wrong," Aaron whispered, "Explosion!"

A large fireball appeared above the large group of warriors, and landed on a large group of them. It took out a pretty good amount of warriors for one battle, but the Palmacostan armor was quite effecient. Aaron noticed that those not in the direct proximity of the spell were getting right back up.

"Ugh... That drained me... Iselians! Charge!" Aaron commanded.

The soldiers looked at him apprehensively.

"NOW!" Aaron demanded.

They slowly unsheathed their swords, and began running at the enemy. Aaron was in the rear end, watching for any potential surprise attacks on the people in the city. He realized that whatever attacked Palmacosta probably destroyed buildings and innocent people, and the Palmacostans would want to get revenge in a similar fashion.

The soldiers of Iselia were actually managing to survive well, considering they hadn't been trained for close-range combat in a long time. The Iselian War General figured their magic would be good enough to hold them out. He was very wrong. Aaron considered another spell Genis taught him...but if it backfired, the whole Iselian force would be in trouble. Either way, Aaron would be left without energy. It would not be possible to return to battle after using that. He decided against it, but saved the thought for the end of the battle.

"Keep on fighting!" Aaron shouted to the others, turning to another Palmacostan and thrusting one of his swords, Unda, into him, "Ha! Lightning Blade! Super Lightning Blade!"

The soldier fell to the ground. He sheathed Unda quickly, and slid out his second sword, Aer.

Aaron's two swords were very special to him. Not only are they the only things able to support his Storm spells, but they can cause utter chaos when used in combination with each other. Unda, translated into Water, and Aer, translated into Wind, were forged from a mine discovered nearby Hima, in the mountains. This mine was only used to forge very special weapons, in which mana is placed inside the blade. This allows the blade to mix with another blade to release very devastating effects. It drains the user of energy, though, to combine them. Genis had also stored Atlas inside of Aer, and Tidal Wave inside of Unda, making every blow increasingly painful to the person being attacked.

"Hah, great job, Zelos. It worked." laughed Aaron.

He pulled away from the large mass of soldiers and snuck behind a rock. He charged his Zephyr Storm spell, and jumped out.

"ZEPHYR!" Aaron shouted.

A large gust of wind blew over the water, and picked some of it up, unleashing a torrent upon the Palmacostan ships and soldiers.

"Hah, good 'ol Storm spells." Aaron breathed, and ran back into battle.

It was then that Aaron noticed soldiers fleeing back to their previous position, and casting spells.

"No... Don't do that! Gah... Why did I have to do that? Oh well, at least they're still fighting. Might as well call off the close-range attack. All soldiers, spellcasting positions!"

The soldiers looked relieved, and returned to the area they were previously, ducking behind rocks. The Palmacostans took a position near the sea. They were actually losing more soldiers than the Iselians were. They knew that it would be a long time before they successfully defeated them though. The Palmacostan ships were still launching cannonballs. They hit dead bodies on the battlefield a couple times while switching their targets to the rocks the Iselians were hiding behind. The cannons shattered a couple rocks, and the Palmacostans fired their Aqua Lasers simultaneous to the cannon fire. It became hard to dodge. The Iselians did not give up, though, and kept attacking, using Spread, Grave, Earth Bite, Spiral Flares, and anything else they had in their arsenal of spells. Aaron was preparing his Prism Sword spell, until the rock he was behind shattered. He cast up the Force Field technique Raine taught him, and took off to higher land.

"We can't hold up much longer. Is it be possible to live long enough for the Mizuhoans to show up? Are the Mizuhoans really even coming?" wondered Aaron.

Aaron's attention was diverted when he saw the Palmacostan ships open their hatch again. He was caught breathless at what was coming out of the holding bay.

RP #14 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 2-22-06

Anna and her companion watched as the aliens seemed to be thinned out in the forest by the local residents and the towns people that had fled there for protection... Anna's fur made her look as if she had mange from all the things she had gone through. She was tired as she knew the rest of the people were, she hoped this battle would be over quickly.

RP #15 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 3-1-06

As Anna and Purrdu moved throug the trees with ease returning to the refuges of the village, Purrdu stood looking around wondering if the humans would be safe in the forest, turning as she heard noice of horses coming from New Osette a small army coming but to do what she was not certain, Anna was looking in that direction as well as the humans noticed them and began hearing the sound of horses.

RP #16 - White Rose. Posted 3-7-06.

Terra watched closely as Deadin continued his assault against the Tarivians. One by one, the massive army was slowly being penetrated, thanks to him, and the help of Quandy and Merlin. But... even with all of her friends... Terra couldn't take her eyes off of Deadin... She couldn't believe Deadin's speed and power. Her eyes widened as she watched him fight. She was amazed by him. She put her own head down for a moment, drifting into a thought. 'Dammit... who am I kidding? I'll never be as strong as him... Why does he even want to train me?' She closed her eyes in shame. 'What can a girl do anyway?' A head of a decapitated Tarivian, slaughtered by Deadin came flying over Terra's head to the suprise of everyone, and he glanced at her irritantly as the small group was caught in a brief ambush by six Tarivians who had hid amongst the trees after the first wave of the massive army retreated... for now. "Terra! Pay attention!" Deadlin shouted with irritance. Terra startled, reverting her attention back to Deadin. "Oh! Sorry..." She muttered, sulking a bit. Terra continued to watch as Deadin got rid of the another two with a fury of decisive strikes of the sword. Quandy and Merlin quickly took out the remaining four, and all reverted their attention back to Lloyd and Colette.

As the creatures fell, Terra charged towards her mother and father. "Mom! Dad!" She shouted just as the protective dome encasing them starts to fade, and then dissappears. Terra, Deadin, and the others looked awkwardly at one another, then back at the Lloyd and Colette. "What was that?" Quandy saids to Colette with great curiosity, looking down at the body of Kratos. Colette looked at him, then back at Kratos, and shook her head. "We don't know..." Lloyd's eyes widened as he continued to stare at his father. He smiled with anticipation. "I knew it... I knew he was alive! He has to be... how else could anyone explain this?" Colette, Terra, Deadin, Quandy and Merlin look at one another. "Hmm... Perhaps it was Kratos' mana that protected you all. And perhaps now... he really is--" Merlin stopped his statement upon looking at Lloyd's changing face. Lloyd's smile had dissappeared quickly, and he cast eyes to the ground next to Kratos, and they filled with dissappointment. "Your mother and I would've died had it not been for my dad... We--" He paused and sighed a bit. "We were ill prepared for all of this." Colette looked shamefully down at the ground. "It's true. We became so use to our moment of peace and prosperity, that we all have managed to neglect our training." She and Lloyd look at one another, and Lloyd sighs again. "...Something my dad would never do, or approve of. He tried to get that through my head so many times..." Lloyd's lips furl in anger. "Damn it all! Why am I so stubborn! Look what's happening to our world, again!" Terra shakes her head. "It's not just you, dad! You know this whole situation's not your fault!" Terra looks around at the dead or injured Tarivians lining the forest path that they all stood on, and then back at her parents. "None of us expected this..." Deadin sighed and glanced around the area. "Noone ever expects utter chaos to occur. I'm sure Kratos didn't either."

Lloyd's eyes widened and he glanced at Deadin with a perplexed expression. "You know of my father?" Deadin nods, to the suprise of Lloyd, Colette, Terra and Quandy. "Indeed." He sighs again. "But this will be another story for another day. We still have a battle to fight Master Irving, and even though there are doubts about your father's condition... we must focus on our battle at hand right now. For our own sake." Quandy interrupts. "Yes... We can only worry about protecting him, and ourselves." Lloyd nods. "Yeah... you guys are right..." He sighs. He glances at Terra. "Terra listen up." Lloyd saids as he turns around to face some Tarivians who have either recovered, or are simply reinforcements, who are beginning to close in on the small group yet again. His eyes become enraged. "Go with your mother and get to safety. I don't plan on losing anyone today, and I'll be damned if I dissappoint my father ever again... Not today. Not after what he did for me..." Terra stares at her dad, and at Deadin. Deadin glances back at Terra and Colette. "Colette, I've cleared you a temporary path. Take Kratos and Terra, and get out of here. Once we're done with these vermin, we'll regroup." Colette nods. "I will. Please be careful." She finishes with a smile towards Lloyd. Colette and Terra pick up Kratos and slowly make their way through the forest.

As the Tarivians close in even further, the group of three once again find themselves surrounded on all sides by the frightingly strong beings, who thirst for their blood. They eye one another before charging in. "Even if we manage to survive this small battle, there will be many more confrontations like these ahead." Deadin saids to Lloyd, as they now glance around, eyeing everyone of the disgusting aliens in sight. Lloyd, staring with anger at their enemies--never once stopping to glance at Deadin, puts away his Kusangi Blades, and from another set of sheaths strapped to his sides, draws his ultimate weapon--the twin bladed Neblium. One of the nine legendary Devil's Arms of the past...

Deadin stares at the weapons, seemingly mesmorized by them... Was it the beast inside being drawn to the awsome power flowing through the cursed blades, or was it his own natural human-like curiosity? Deadin shook his head and turned back towards the Tarivians. Lloyd finally glanced back at Deadin, concerned for him for a second. "You okay?" Deadin shuts his eyes and nods, holding the beast inside at bay by refusing to look at the strikingly powerful blades. "Fine." He saids with a small sigh. "They're closing in fast. Let's go." Lloyd reverted his attention back to their enemies, and the three charged towards the oncoming Tarivians...

Out at the Asgard/Palmacosta border

"So, you're the famous Yuan..." Ellryia saids with curiosity. Yuan smirks a bit before nodding. "Famous? Hmm... I suppose so. Yes." Ellryia looks him over--her heart beating faster than normal for some odd reason. She sunk into a brief thought. 'Wow. I never thought this was THE Yuan. Damn he's cute...' Her eyes widened and she looked away--her face growing more red by the minute. And not just one shade either. 'Am I blushing! Oh no... I can't be...' Yuan tilts his head and raises a curious eyebrow at Ellryia's unusual expressions. "Ma'am? Are you alright?" Ellyria glances at him, red as a cherry, and quickly turns around trembling a bit. She slumps a little, and finishes her thought. '... I knew it. Way to make an impression, Highwind...' She quickly snaps out of her thoughts, turns to face Yuan while scratching her head, with sweat pouring down her face for a moment, and the redness dissappearing. (Anime people. Anime. ) She closes her eyes, and smiles happily. "Fine, fine! Everything's okay. I'm okay! You're okay too!" She opens her eyes and blushes again, looking at him. "No! I meant to say, are you okay? And...umm..." She sighs and slumps again. "I don't know what I was saying..." Yuan chuckles a bit and extends his hand to her. "How about a simple hi? That's always a start." Ellyria hesitantly extends her trembling hand to his. "S--sure th--thing..." They shake, and he looks at his hand that Ellyria seems to be squeezing rather tightly and nervously. Ellyria looks at him then at their hands and quickly lets go of his. "Sorry! Really I am!" She sighs again. "Hi..." She saids after seeming to calm down some. Yuan smirks a bit. "And your name was what again, Miss?" He said. She scratched the back of her head again. "...Ellyria. Ellryia Highwind..."

After a few questions from Yuan, and answers out of Ellyria, a Rheaird lands behind the two travellers. A man dressed in a Renegade uniform, with a fancy feather-topped helmet gets off, and salutes towards Yuan. "Excuse me, Miss Highwind." He turns towards the renegade soldier. "So, what have you got for me, commander Brome?" A leading Renagade commander by the name of Brome salutes once again before speaking. "Sir. My team indicated that a Rheaird signal went off-line several days ago over the field to New Ozette." Yuan thinks for a moment. "So... that's what that explosion was..." Ellyria looks back and forth between the two, but dares not to interfere. "Yes sir. Also, there has been alot of activity coming from that way... aside from the waring nations, of course." Yuan tilted his head again. "Other activity? What do you mean? What activity?" The commander swallowed hesitantly, before continuing on. "Strange creatures sir. Tall alien like specimens have been spotted all over this area..." The commander removed his helmet, and lowered his head. "My team would've been here to inform you of this sooner... but I was the only one that made it alive sir..." Yuan and Ellyria's eyes widened, and Ellyria gasped. "...Those things... the ones you just killed..." Yuan glances back at Ellyria. "It would appear so..." Yuan closed his eyes. "It seems these aren't the only ones..." The commander nodded. "Yes... sir. There must be thousands. The group that killed my team consisted of 20. We managed to take out roughly half of them before everyone was slaughtered..." Yuan sighed, and an angered look started to take over his face. Ellryia was about to speak, telling him of her encounter, but Yuan interrupts just as she was about to talk. "About that explosion commander Brome..." The commander looked at him. "Sir?" Yuan opens his eyes and looks at the commander. "What was the license number of that Rheaird?" Yuan asks with curiosity and worry. "#0548723 Sir. It was licensed to the Lezareno corporation in Altamira."

Yuan gasped for a minute. "Regal..." Ellyria glanced at them with worry. "Regal? Regal Bryant? The head of Lezareno?" Yuan nods and looks at the commanding officer. "Take me to the crash sight commander. Now!" The commander salutes again. "Sir!" He and Yuan start to walk back to the vehicle when Ellyria stops them. "Please, let me go with you. I'd like to help. I feel terrible about what happened to your men..." The commander sighed. "Sir, please. We--" Yuan waves his hand and silences Brome. "I'll take to the sky Brome. Escort Miss Highwind and lead me. We may need all the help we can get..." Brome nods. "Alright..." He saids irritantly. Ellyria startles. "Take to the sky! What!" Yuan and the commander look at her a bit suprised. "Hmph. I thought by now, everyone knew." Ellyria looks at them confused. "Don't be too shocked, Miss Highwind. I won't bite." Yuan reveals his wings and takes to the air. Ellyria looks at him with amazement, and much curiosity. Soon Brome and Ellyria are right up in the air with him. They take off to the crash sight near New Ozette.

Somewhere near New Ozette...

A world suddenly splashing with color, only to return to darkness blink after blink of the two blurry eyes. Hammers pounding nearby, pain shooting through every limb...

"Ugh..." Grumbled the voice of Raiden Bryant as he sat face down at the bottom of a ravine. The injured and exhausted man strained to turn over--slowly and painfully. Leaves, dirt, and other debris fell off of his body as he finally made it to his back. His vision recovered after a couple of minutes, and he peered up at the dense canopy of the trees above. The forest was so thick, that the sun and sky were almost non-exsistant with the exception of a few rays of sunlight, and spots of color peeking through the trees. Raiden continued to stare at the canopy of trees. His eyes and ears took in every sight, every smell, and every sound. Only today, for some reason, things seemed different to Raiden.

The only sounds that were heard amongst the forest were the autumn winds blew through the it carrying with it the leaves that fell from the trees, and the trickling of the creek and small waterfall nearby. The usual noises of wildlife, and the occasional sound of New Ozette nearby were absent, bringing an unusually quiet ambiance to the otherwise alive forest. It was almost as if the forest itself was in mourning...

Raiden shut his eyes and sighed heavily. He regretted doing that. Every inch of him ached, and even breathing hurt. He was in serious trouble, and couldn't do a thing about it at the present moment. He struggled to remove a small twig that had fallen on his leg. It was itching him, and he just wanted it gone. He removed it seconds later and leaned his head back, slipping into a brief thought.

'Despite my pain, I was doing okay trying to get to New Ozette.' He started as he began thinking back to his walk to the great forest village hidden in the trees. 'My body was weak, but my will was strong like my father.' Raiden smiled a bit and continued his thought. 'He was my drive. My reason for continuing amongst my pain and suffering. ...Because... Because I knew he suffered even more than I, in his life. His demons had almost taken him over. They had almost changed him for good. But they didn't, thanks to his friends who believed in him and helped him...' Raiden breathed again, and groaned at the pain. He continued his thoughts... it was all he could do at the moment. 'I was going to take my fathers suffering away from him by returning to him... but... how can I? I can't even move... I can hardly breathe...'

He opened his eyes, and they narrowed, becoming filled with anger and rage. His mind filled with the images of the Tarivians once more. The creatures that nearly killed him. 'Those things... those creatures came... came close to the village. Only one at the time, but I knew there were more waiting--hiding like cowards in the trees. I managed to kill it, and then waited for an onslaught to ensue. I waited for a few minutes, clutching this stick with my life...' He slowly moved his head and looked at the long stick that had aided him on his excrushiating walk. 'But nothing... No creature, not even the sound of an animal. It was an eerie silence, as this appears to be now...' He moves his head around as best as possible to take in the tranquil setting of the mysterious forest, then looked back up. 'I must've simply fallen down here due to my own fatigue...' He chuckles rather painfully, and stops soon after. 'My father would never have given in to his physical wounds like this...' He took a long breath. 'I don't suppose anyone would find me here... and I'm no good until I recover.'

Raiden shut his eyes and sighed, snapping out of his thoughts. "Father... I'll make it out of here. Don't worry..." He whispers before he shuts his eyes again, and starts to rest. It was really the only thing he could do.

Meanwhile

"Ah come on! Is that all you things have!" Merlin shouts as he seems to effortlessly take out Tarivian after Tarivian with one trick after another. Lloyd occasionally glanced over at the old man, seeminly jealous of him. Lloyd and Deadin seemed to be having the roughest time with fighting the Tarivians. Physical attacks did almost nothing to the creatures. It was only with critical strikes, tricky movements, or solid teamwork that Lloyd or Deadin could take out several groups at once. The battle had grown intense since they began to fight moments earlier. The number of reinforcements had nearly doubled in size, and eventually, had even trapped Colette and Terra--drawing them right back towards the others. The group was reunited, and were backed against one another. Though Merlin appeared fine, you could tell his magic was waning, as was his strength... Quandy also appeared to be tiring, as did Lloyd and Colette. Terra was in the middle of the four of them, and was huddled over Kratos. She was scared to death, and wanted nothing more than to go home, and forget about all of this. Terra looked around at the chaos at all sides of her. "They're just toying with all of us... we can't win..." She whispers as she clutches Kratos as if hugging him. She thinks for a second. 'Grandpa... I wish you were here... You could make these things go away!' She begins to weep as she speaks, and holds him tighter.

After several minutes of continued warfare, with neither group backing down, and the Tarivians with the upperhand... the creatures stop... Much to the suprise of the heroes.

"What in hell? Why are they backing down!" Lloyd shouts with confusion. Quandy gives Lloyd a quick look. "Who cares why! Lets take them out while they've dropped their guard!" Lloyd blinks a few times and nods. "Right!" As they just begin to inch towards the aliens, a strange wind blows through the trees. The sound of flapping echoes around them, and debris stirs. The Tarivians peer up into the sky, and soon Lloyd and the others do as well.

...Winged beasts fill the sky... The "Dragons" if you will, of the Tarivian race. With snout like mouths, two huge hind legs ending in single gigantic talon like claws, a whip like tail with two spikes on the end, and huge razor sharp wings easily spanning ten feet in length or more, over eighty of these big shimmery creatures were in the air. They seemed to be flying towards another destination, and Terra swore she caught sight of a rather unusual alien on the lead creature...

One of the winged monsters in the middle of the large flock caught sight of the battle below, and it dives down towards the small clearing with six others. The flaps of their wings cut right through nearby trees like butter, and Lloyd and the others took cover as debris went flying everywhere. They all land, hiss like snakes, and soon began to feast on the dead Tarivian bodies near them. The heros watched in absolute disgust as all of the dead Tarivians were, for the most part, eaten whole. Some were spat on and burned from the outside in only to be sucked up like juice, while others were merely torn in half... The sounds of their innards and bones were heard crunching and dissolving inside of these new enemies. Terra nearly threw up, and looked away. The sounds eventually made her vomit anyway...

The winged creatures looked around at their fearful, retreating allies. One by one the massive creatures caught them with their long tounges which boared right into the helpless alien's guts. Twisting them and rolling them around, each live Tarivian broke in half, and were swallowed up in two gulps by all seven of the beasts. At this point, Terra had fainted, and Lloyd quickly went to her side.

Once done devouring this army that Lloyd and the others could barely penetrate it seemed, the winged creatures turned their attention to the small group. They hissed again, and stared at them mercilessly. They began to fan out and circle the group. Lloyd swallowed, and took a long worried breath. Deadin eyed the creatures very warily, plotting the groups chances of survival in his mind. Quandy and Merlin also looked at the beasts, trying to think of something. ...But nothing came. No ideas, no tricks, no way out. ...The winged creatures fold in their wings, and crouch down. This situation was very dire indeed...

Two came at the group from all sides, and three creatures suddenly pounced high into the air. All heading straight for at the small group, and hoping for a quick kill, and an easy meal. One single claw on any of those things, and the group would be done for. They'd either be skewered and run through like shishkabob, or simply eaten alive...

"NO!" Lloyd shouts as his life flashes before his eyes...

'...This place. Again! Why am I here! For what purpose?' Once more, Kratos was drawn into the void of his mind. The sounds of intense battle waging in the background, the screams of the victims... corpses that had littered the ground, and even Mithos and Lloyd hovering above him like spectors. All haunted him again, preventing him from acting. Preventing him from waking... He cowered on the blood stained ground, where his own demons appear and begin their assault on him. The sound of a voice however, snaps him from his fears and worries. The demons slowly retreat. '...Wake up my love, they need you...' Whispered the voice of Anna--Kratos' fiancee'. She appeared in between the ghostly forms of Mithos and Lloyd, who were sneering and laughing at Kratos the whole time. The ones who thought they had total control over the mighty warrior. A suprised Kratos looks up at Anna, but bravely stands up. His sword appears in his hand, and he quickly takes to the air to join Anna. At her side, the two look at one another lovingly. 'Go to them... Our son needs you.' Kratos nods with out hesitation. 'Thanks to you, and the memories of our son--' He glares at the spectors, and holds his sword valiently out in front of him. 'These illusions will haunt me no longer!' Anna takes his hand. 'You will always have me Kratos. Remember this...' Anna's body dissappears as it did before. Only this time, her light flows into his body. Their spirits were one. ...They were truly joined now. Anger filled Kratos' eyes. 'Be gone!' To the shock of the the illusions of Mithos and Lloyd, Kratos quickly puts and end to them without a second thought. Anna speaks from within him. 'Come. Let's go.' Kratos nods and shuts his eyes... All goes white...

Light began to pour out of Kratos' seemingly lifeless corpse... A cloud of light filled the sky above this section of forest, clearing away the reddish black tint of the sky above this section. Suddenly, a large beam of light shot down from the cloud, penetrating right through the beasts in a matter of seconds. All but two were instantly erradicated in this attack. The two left alive unfolded their wings and hastfully took to the air, trying to fathom what just happened, as did the heroes on the ground. Lloyd was left completely stunned and dumbfounded as he looked down at Kratos. The man that was suppose to be unconcious, or dead even... He began to breathe heavily, and his heart began to beat wildly as if in a heart attack, or simply hyperventalating. He took one long breath and tried to calm down.

Kratos' eyes opened, and he stared straight at the two hovering beasts. Enraged, they barrelled down at Kratos screeching with a frenzy! Kratos got to his feet for the first time since the Derris-Kharlan incident--to the shock of everyone. Immediately into a spell cast, an insane Thunder Blade put an end to the battle just a few seconds later as both creatures were torn to bits by the furious attack...

"Dad...?" Lloyd said, completely awe struck, and unable to move ...He fainted soon after, joining Terra on the ground.

Kratos Aurion... the angelic human. The hero of both past and present...

...Was alive...

Over the ocean

Yuan stared off into the distance towards New Mizuho, just as him, his commander, and Ellryia approached the crash site. "What was that...?" Brome looked over at the intense light in the distance along with Ellyria, and back then at Yuan. "Investigate sir?"

"Yes." He said with a mixed reaction. They soon changed their course, and were now curiously heading towards wherever that light had come from...

RP #17 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 3-7-06

Anna looked toward the village seeing large creatures in the sky from her protection of the forest. She knew she had to some how get back there but with all the dragonlike creatures she was uncertain even with her teacher's aid to arrive to help.

As she watches a light illuminated from the village, sheilding her eyes as it grew stronger, roaring she and Purrti leaped out to fight the creatures. She had in her hand a dual-bladed pike that was provided by the queen of the Purrdu. Fighting like a crazed animal, Anna cursed the creatures that blocked her way to her friends, she wanted to get to the village, but she was pushed back into the forest once more. But as she stood just under the canopy the creatures vanished, all the energy and magic used, she collapsed in the Purrdu's arms, as a messager headed into the village to let Deadin know that the panther was alive.

RP #18 - Newtype06. Posted 3-9-06

Impossible. That was the only word that Deadin Draugdu could summon as he watched Kratos Aurion seemingly resurrect himself and easily decimate the Tarivian dragons. Two hundred plus years of experience had not equipped Deadin with enough superlatives to describe the might of Kratos' return. One dragon almost made it, but was sliced to ribbons by Kratos' onslaught.

Almost distracted, Deadin heard a twig snap nearby. Wheeling about, Deadin barely had time to bring his sword to bear against a burly Tarivian who had engaged the group while Kratos destroyed the dragons. This one was huge, big even by Tarivian standards, with serrated finger blades and a crest of red horns on its brow. Deadin cautiously parried each strike the Tarivian threw at him, noting that this one was not only stronger, but also apparently smarter than the average Tarivian. Careful counter strikes were parried by the Tarivian Elite, and Deadin found himself on the defensive. Kratos lifted his hand, and said something that Deadin could not comprehend.

With an almost incomprehensible speed, something flew out of the town of New Mizuho. Deadin bashed the Elite with a vicious backhand, and risked a glance. Hurtling end over end through the village was a magnificent glowing sword. The blade skipped into Kratos' hands, and seemed to glow even brighter. Kratos stared at Deadin, the Hybrid, for a brief moment, and whispered "That stance, that style…" Deadin almost forgot to block the next strike. Kratos recognized him. This fact barely registered in Deadin's mind before the Kratos felled the Tarivian with one overwhelming strike.

The Hybrid slumped down, and crawled his way to Lloyd and Terra. They had feinted in the confusion. While he was no master healer, Deadin could do something. Finally coming within range of the spell, Deadin closed his eyes and breathed "Nature's Ardor". Green leaves swirled around Lloyd and Terra, mending their cuts and bruises. Lloyd shot up, waking up with a start. "Dad!" Terra was a little slower, brushing dirt and sleepiness from her eyes. However, upon seeing Kratos she quickly got up. Deadin tried to follow suit, but found himself barely staggering to his feet.

"Been neglecting our practices, I see." Kratos said.

"Sh…Shut up Dad! You're the one who was in a coma!" Lloyd shot back.

Kratos opened his mouth to offer some comeback, but was interrupted by Terra suddenly throwing her arms around him. Kratos looked down at the girl hugging him, and then back up at Lloyd. Lloyd smiled."Terra", he offered. Kratos nodded, and smiled as well, returning the embrace. This was his granddaughter, Terra…

Merlin, Quandy, and what was left of Deadin investigated the Tarivian Elite. This one was definitely some type of elite guard or warrior. It had taken Kratos' intervention to defeat just one of them. The three heroes shuddered at the thought of an army of these Elites. Deadin turned about, to the sight of the entire Irving family in one great embrace. Lloyd cried, Terra cried, Colette managed to smile and cry at the same time, and even the ever-stoic Kratos betrayed a sense awkwardness. Deadin waited for the moment to pass, and then spoke. "Kratos Aurion, perhaps you remember me. I am Deadin Dragdu, of Heimdal." Kratos' eyes lit up at the sound of the name.

Deadin could not hear Kratos' response. The hours of endless combat and spell casting finally caught up to him. Deadin Draugdu passed out.

RP #19 - AngelicAura. Posted 3-14-06

"Keep fighting!" Aaron yelled.

The Palmacostan army was succeeding. The Iselians were beginning to weaken. Aaron had tried to keep moral alive, but there was no chance. All that training down the tubes. They had wasted their time.

"What happened to the Mizuhoans? Did they betray us?" Aaron whispered.

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Mizuhoan/Ozettian army

"Keep fighting, soldiers!" Sheena demanded.

On the army's way to Iselia, they had been confronted with the Trietien forces. Triet's army had barely departed when Mizuho attacked them. Of course, with Triet's lack of military training and diligence, they were losing.

"Fight on!" a soldier from Triet shouted.

"I don't think so! Hammer of Godly Thunder, I summon thee!" Sheena chanted.

A large, living sphere of electricity appeared above the field, and electrocuted all Triet soldiers within a certain range.

"Ha! That's what I like to see!" Sheena cheered.

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"Aaron, Sir, there's been an emergency! Palmacostan military have invaded the city! They're incinerating it!" a soldier reported.

"Oh, for the love of... Alright," Aaron sighed, "Tell Bohem he's in charge until I return!"

Aaron took off into the crimson-red city. He noticed a rather large change in wind speed, and animals were fleeing away from the ocean.

"I wonder... Yes. Vanim did it." Aaron cheered.

Aaron was shocked to notice Palmacostan soldiers locking people in burning buildings.

"Those bastards! GALE OF...err...can't do that here. Fine, High Voltage!" Aaron shouted, pointing his blade at the Palmacostan soldiers.

Out of the tip of the sword, a large ball of electricity, just about .5 times smaller than Volt, fired. It expanded as it flew, and soon encompassed the Palmacostan soldiers. They turned charcoal-colored, and fell to the ground, ashes flying everywhere.

"Regret nothing...regret nothing..." Aaron whispered to himself as he walked over the bodies, and unlocked the building that the Iselian villagers were trapped in.

Aaron continued going through the city, performing his "heroic" acts, as some may call it. Eventually, Palmacostans had fled the city to return to battle. Aaron quickly doused the fires with a Tidal Wave, and returned to battle.

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Mizuhoan/Ozettians

"Good job, soldiers. Let's keep going. We're almost to Iselia!" Sheena told.

The soldiers nodded, and took off.

Save some of the battle for me, Aaron.

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"Bohem, what have you done?" Aaron shouted.

"I took control. You gave it to me, remember?" Bohem replied.

"But, you sent them out in hand-to-hand combat, just to be slaughtered by spells and blades. What was the logic behind that? We were perfectly fine playing our game of Hide-and-Fire!" Aaron exclaimed.

"Games are for children. These men should learn the actual thrill of a fight." Bohem explained.

"You have got to be kidding me... Bohem, you're relieved. GET!" Aaron demanded.

Bohem had a look of complete disgust on his face.

"For WHAT?"

"For actions unbefitting of a war general. Now, GO!"

Bohem turned and left, quickly. For some reason, Aaron knew he'd just made a huge mistake.

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Mizuhoans/Ozettians

"Look, you can see the battle! We're finally here! Move on, soldiers!" Sheena cheered.

All the soldiers looked truly excited. They finally would get to fight. There was no way Iselia would lose with Mizuho behind them.

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"Look, to the horizon!" a soldier yelled.

The whole battle seemed to freeze, as if time had stopped. A hundred men or so appeared on the horizon. The Palmacostans apparently thought it was Triet, and started jeering at the Iselians.

"You're done for now! Time for Palmacosta's revenge! ATTACK!" the Palmacostan general declared.

The Palmacostans began fighting mercilessly. The Iselians retreated on Aaron's call. They hid behind the rocks, but this time the Palmacostans charged.

"NO! Not a chance!" Sheena yelled. "Hang in there, Aaron! CHARGE MEN!"

The Mizuhoans charged into battle. It caught the Palmacostans off guard. The Mizuhoans' deadly attacks and swift dodges were a force to be reckoned with.

"I told the people I'd make a ninja clan to be proud of. I've done it, grandfather." Sheena smiled.

"ATTACK!" Sheena and Aaron both shouted at the same time.

Oddly, though, Sheena remained still. She was on top of a large boulder, and she was suspending a card in midair, and making hand motions. Her mouth appeared to moving.

"Ancient ruler of the elements..." Sheena whispered.

"What is she doing?" Aaron thought aloud.

"MAXWELL! I SUMMON THEE!" Sheena shouted at the top of her lungs. The Palmacostans looked up, and froze with fear. A rain of fire came out of nowhere. They crashed on the ground and exploded. 3/4 of the Palmacosta Navy was destroyed with this attack, and about one half of the soldiers were completely incinerated.

"That's what you get." Sheena panted. She collapsed on the ground, but was still conscious. She began to pull herself back up, and returned to the fight.

"Yeah! Way to go, Sheena!" Aaron complimented.

Then, he saw it. The storm. It appeared above them.

"Vanim, thank you. You've guaranteed a victory. I owe you one." Aaron breathed.

It began to rain heavily. Thunder and lightning stormed down on the ground. This was his chance. Aaron ran to the ocean, dodging attacks from various soldiers, and avoiding all spells and cannon fire from the ships. He dived into the ocean, and swam out to the deeper water he could get to and still be able to touch the ground. He raised his two blades, and put them together. A giant lightning bolt struck the swords, but Aaron had insulated the handles so it didn't hurt him.

"GALE OF DESTRUCTION!" Aaron chanted, in a trance. His eyes turned a bright green. This sometimes happened when he casts his Storm spells.

Suddenly, the wind grew strong. It started up several water spouts, picking up anything in their path.

"LIGHTNING OF JUDGMENT!" Aaron chanted, again. His eyes slowly turned a dark orange.

Lightning that made day return to the darkened war zone rained down on the remaining warships. They burst into ivory-colored flames.

"WRATH OF THE OCEAN!" Aaron chanted, for the last time. His eyes turned a deep blue this time.

A large wave swelled in the ocean, and swept up on land, eroding the land it hit like acid. It swept the remaining Palmacostan soldiers into the ocean, pulling them into a whirlpool of pain and tormenting death. The undertow pulled the men underwater, and they would slowly drown in the whirlpool. Aaron's eyes turned their natural color of light blue with silver. He used a Spread spell to launch him into the air, and created a cushion of air to land on. He had finished off the Palmacostan Navy. The Iselian and Mizuhoan army had reached a feat nobody else had before ever. Then, he noticed...just below half of the soldiers had died.

"Oh...That...No..." Aaron sighed, putting his swords back into their sheaths.

"Aaron, it's alright. Lives have to be sacrificed if you want to win. I'll get my men to bury them for you." Sheena said.

"Alright..." Aaron agreed.

He looked up slowly. The village was partially in ashes. Apparently, Iselia had won the battle, but Palmacosta had won the war... At least what was started of it.

"I'm going to talk to the War General." Aaron stated.

Sheena nodded. Aaron walked off.

Aaron requested that Iselia declared war upon Palmacosta while talking with the War General. Also, the War General agreed to find more people to accompany the Iselian army. He requested that the Mizuhoan and Ozettian forces remain in Iselia until the reconstruction of the city was completed. Sheena humbly agreed.

RP #20 - Re'Ya'Salkas'Yassin'Huine. Posted 3-15-06

From the ocean waves rose several hundred forms, ahead of them a high priestess, Vanim. The water rose in great swells about the ships with carefree ease, washing away careless sailors and solders alike to be butched alive in the water by the creatures of the sea. Several Merwoman riding what look like horses save with fins, ranging from the multidude colors of the sea as the narwhale riders bashed against the ship ripping holes in the hulls as the ships attempted to return to the sea only to be ripped apart by the large swells, The merfolk had joined the land dwellers as the fight progressed as things quieted down, they vanished back into the ocean leaving vertially no trace of their presence as their flukes vanish below the waves.
Vanim rose on a large wave, touching the shore, and began walking toward where Aaron and Sheena might be located followed by the soldier of the sea to aid the land dwellers as needed. Vanim bowing elegantly as she appouched Aaron.

Vanim: As you so requested indicating the merarmy that was partly in the ocean and out of the ocean