Me: Damn. Already? My muse is on fire.
Muse: GAH!! Is on fire
Me: Not seriously.
Dante: He isn't being lazy. Hm…
Kratos: Hawk, should you not be deciding pairings?
Me: Ah yeah, vote for who you want Tyler to be paired with, other pairings based on that. No yaoi. On with the story.
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Chapter 6: Journey Part 1- Triet and the Seal of Fire.
Tyler woke up, gripping his head and supporting himself with one arm as he pushed up. He then noticed he was stark naked, and then noticed the pile of clothes next to him. He blushed lightly as he grabbed the clothes and pulled them on.
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The rest of the group were downstairs, performing various tasks. Collette was being hounded by various priests and clergy men, while Kratos did… Kratos' thing and hung by to protect her. Raine was reading a book in the corner and Marble and Genis were talking nearby. Lloyd had his really late birthday present for Collette out and was secretly working on it. They all looked up however, as they heard loud swearing and bangs from upstairs, before Tyler walked down.
He wore a pair of black jeans that had several pockets for storage and a black muscle shirt with a white 'X' across it. On top of that, he wore a crimson trench coat like his father, but this had a logo of black bat wings on the back. His shoes were white with crimson streaks on them and he had a pair of fingerless crimson gloves on his hands. On his back was the Rebellion and around his neck, his father's pendant hung from its chain. He grinned as he slammed his left hand, curled in a fist, into the palm of his right, causing a small shockwave.
"Look's like the party's about to start. Let's rock this place!" He shouted, pointing toward the sky. The rest of the group nodded and got together and walked out the door, the small cracks in the wall due to the shockwave from Tyler.
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"I HATE DESERTS!" Lloyd and Tyler shouted as one, having just killed their fifth scorpion a piece. The group had been sullenly moving through the arid, never-ending sea of sand for three hours now, never once stopping. So, now they had finally got a small sighting of Triet, they were anxious to get there.
"We know already. But would you please tone it down? We're almost there." Raine tried to explain. Even she had gotten sick of the heat and was almost murderous by the twitching look in her eye. Both boys gulped and nodded hastily, lest she kick their asses to next week. They continued on, and in the course of an hour, finally made it to Triet. Needless to say, they were grateful. But then Kratos had to ruin it.
"We need supplies for tomorrow. Raine and the Chosen will take care of those and Tyler will get water. Lloyd and Genis will come with me and help sort out our rooms." The mercenary commanded, forcing a groan from the half-demon of the group.
"What? But I thought I'd talk to you guys about… my heritage." Tyler asked, face downcast.
"That can wait until after the seal, and then you can teach us that wall walking technique." Kratos added, drawing a smile from the half-demon, who sped off with the water containers to refill them.
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The next day, Tyler woke up with a yawn as he jumped out of bed, threw his trench coat and sword on and left the inn. He met everyone except Lloyd, who came out a minute later, much to the amusement of the group. And so, they left for the Triet Ruins, drawing a sigh from most of the group as they again crossed the desert. Two hours later, they finally reached the crumbling structure, only to be attacked by two Fire Elementals.
"Let's rock!" Tyler shouted as he charged one, followed by Lloyd as they began slashing at the stone creature. Yesterday in Triet, Lloyd had finally gotten metal swords for himself and was hacking away at the creature, aided by Tyler. Tyler decided to test something out. "Taste the shadows! Dark Burst!" A small burst of dark mana shot from his left hand and smashed into the creature, finishing it off as the other died slowly, killed by the combined efforts of Kratos, Collette, Genis and Raine.
"Wow, cool! You can use dark mana Tyler!" Lloyd exclaimed with a grin. Kratos then taught everyone their defensive Tech, Tyler getting 'Defender' as a Tech. They then moved to the ruin and Raine had her infamous 'Ruin Mode' kick in.
"That is extremely scary." Tyler commented.
"Is she always like this?" Kratos asked Genis. The young half-elf was silent.
"Well?" Lloyd asked.
"And I tried so hard to hide it too." Genis relented with a sigh as Raine gained her newest Title. After Collette opened the door, Raine calmed down and everyone stopped stating the obvious, they continued down the stairs. They continued through and killed any monsters they came across, solved the puzzle and opened almost everyone chest, except for the Fake (due to Tyler's none to subtle hint that it was a Fake).
When they reached the warp, everyone sat down and took a breather, healing any burns or wounds before heading into the warp. The warping sensation was as odd as ever, the feeling of being thrown around, disassembled and reassembled still as sickening as the first time. But as they left the warp, the sick feeling left them. As they approached the seal, a wave of fire erupted.
"A huge mana signal incoming!" Raine shouted as Ktugach and the Ktugachlings appeared, they're fiery and spiny skin glistening as they roared and charged the group. You could almost hear the boss music start up as Tyler drew his sword and grinned. Time to rock. He thought to himself.
Tyler, Lloyd and Kratos charged the nearest Ktugachling, intent on killing it quickly. They attacked it, Lloyd and Kratos both using Sonic Thrust while Tyler using Stinger. They kept this up, quickly killing it and going to help Collette with Ktugachling Two. But Ktugach used its needle attack and impaled Tyler and Lloyd twice each, causing them to stop and redirect their focus on it. They began attacking in earnest, grunted as he countered with a swipe of his claws. But a green light surrounded Lloyd as his wounds healed courtesy of Raine's First Aid.
Tyler's healing factor was in overdrive healing his wounds when he thought of an idea. "Lloyd! Use Demon Fang on it!" Lloyd nodded and did so while Tyler used Dark Burst. The attacks combined into a black version of Demon Fang. "Dark Demon Fang!" Tyler shouted as the more powerful attack did its job and finished the creature off with a flourish. "Go to Hell!" He shouted as the other Ktugachling was killed earlier by the others.
Chosen One, offer your prayers to the altar.
"Yes." Collette replied as she walked in front of the altar. She lowered her head and clasped her hands. "Oh Goddess Martel, great protector and nurturer of the world, lend me thine strength!" She prayed. The seal extra shot up and lowered as a red ball of mana floated and dissolved as a light descended from the ceiling, which then turned into the pompous ass, Remiel.
And he did his little speech, the creep did, and then four lights shot down and Collette got her wings and the Angel Feathers tech. Then Remiel shot back up to the heavens after his vague clue to the next seal. And so had the group unleashed the first seal. They exited the ruins into the fresh sunlight. And watched as Collette fell over, her lips purple. So they decided to stay the night. And so they did, Tyler falling asleep almost instantly.
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Me: And that's part one of the World Regeneration Book, Journey, finished. Next chapter features a talk about a half-demon and the Ossa Trail! As well as a certain side quest that turns main stream… R&R please! I'll write faster if you do!