Legacy of Travas Chapter 6: Training Begins and Speculating Rumors, a Legacy of Kain + Extinctioners Crossover fanfic

Legacy of Travas

Chapter 6: The Training Begins and Speculating Rumors

It was a quiet, yet comfortable morning in Nosgoth as Travas continued to sleep on his bed. Though he was sleeping peacefully, Celestia, one of the female vampires, began to knock on his door, hoping to wake him up. However, she heard no response and entered Travas' room as she headed for his bed to gently shake him.

"Travas, it's time to wake up. Your training is supposed to begin within the hour", Celestia said as she continued to shake him a bit more, causing the tiresome vulpin to groan in response.

"Just five more minutes…" Travas softly spoke in his own sleep while he placed his pillow over his head. The only thing this did, however, was it made Celestia angry for his actions. Again, she shook his body with increasing pressure in hopes of waking the tiresome Travas up.

"I said it's time to wake up! You're going to be late and Vorador is not going to tolerate these kinds of actions, young fox", Celestia repeated loudly while shaking harder, though the only response she got was a louder groan from the vulpin while covering his face with the pillow. As Travas turned to lie on his back with his pillow covering his face, Celestia began to growl in frustration, making this the last straw for the female vampire. Thus, she gripped on his blankets strongly, preparing to remove the blanket covering the vulpin's lower part of his body.

"GGRRRR… Travas, it's time to get your damn ass up, RIGHT NOW!" Celestia yelled as she pulled on the bed hard, removing the blanket from Travas' mattress. Though Celestia was about to grip onto his legs to pull him off the bed, her eyes shot wide open in shock as she saw something pent up that she didn't want or needed to see.

"Uh… eh…! no… EW! EW! EW! EW! Not good… NOT GOOD!" Celestia yelled while she was blushing in embarrassing horror and shaking her head with her eyes shut. But within all of her yelling and convulsions, Travas begins to awaken and notices Celestia's emotional outbursts.

"Morning, Celestia… are you alright" Travas asked upon looking at her. But all of the sudden, Celestia lets out a scream as she smacks Travas right in the face, sending him flying and crashing into the nearest wall. While still in angered shock, Celestia leaves the room and slams the door as the vulpin groans in pain and remains there with his right leg twitching.

"Ow…" the vulpin groaned painfully as his right leg continued to twitch.

*Downstairs in the Training Room*

Inside the training room, Vorador paces around and waits impatiently for Travas to awaken from his slumber. Out of frustration, the veteran vampire began to walk towards the door. But before he opens it, Celestia suddenly bursts the door open and is walking away from the scene.

"Celestia, what is the meaning of this nonsense?! What has gotten into you", Vorador asked, obviously annoyed.

"Of all the foul things I have seen, this is definitely the worst one that has ever occurred within my sights. How vile, wretched, and full of perversion", Celestia yelled angrily, causing the veteran vampire to cock a brow upon her oddly as the female vampire looked at him dead in the eye. "Travas needs to learn how to keep himself in control along with having an alarm clock of some sort in his room to wake his ass up", she continued as she headed for the Main Chambers upstairs. Within a few moments Travas arrives with a pair of white martial arts Gi pants and a Black Tank Top tucked in with a black cloth belt. However, Vorador noticed a slap mark on Travas' face and approaches him calmly.

"Travas, how did you end up with that mark on your face", Vorador asked calmly, but annoyed.

"You don't want to know", Travas replied slightly annoyed as well as Vorador sighs in frustration.

"Very well… let's just get to your training", Vorador spoke as he headed for the middle of the Training room with Travas followed him there until a certain point. That way, they could have space while Vorador trains Travas upon learning the vampuric dark gifts.

"What seems to be on the menu for today, Vorador", Travas asked while the veteran vampire looked upon him with a serious expression on his face.

"To begin our training, I must tell you the subject matter on what you're going to be learning to master. At the same time, they must be mastered within the shortest amount of time possible. Do you understand", Vorador asked as he activated the mist from within the openings in the Training Room.

"I can assume that this has to do with one of the abilities you're trying to show me", Travas asked curiously, yet determinedly focused.

"Yes, and the first dark gift I wish to show you is that many vampires can assume the ability of mist form", Vorador explained. "With this ability, you can become nearly invisible and move silently to bring down your prey from behind. You can also use this as a means of escape when you are pursued and that mist is present or even pass through gates as if you were the wind itself", he continued explaining as he got into mist form, becoming invisible to the eye while moving around, but Travas was still able to track him with ease. "I see that you can still track me. Excellent, Janos must have trained you well during his time on Alopex, am I not correct", the veteran vampire asked, assuming that Travas was more well-trained on combat than he had expected.

"He has helped me a good amount on sensing energy levels more precisely during the three week period we were living in the Veron Opus Hospital on Alopex", Travas replied.

"I see… now then, try to use the ability and assume into mist form", Vorador said as Travas took a deep breath and cleared his mind. Though he wasn't able to perform the ability right away, he manages to pull it off about a minute after his first attempt, causing the vulpin to look more look like a ghost created by mist. "Excellent, you've done well so far. Try to keep practicing this ability and soon enough, you'll be able to master it with ease and be able to perform it upon a seconds notice", he continued as Travas undid his mist form.

Shortly after Travas reverted back to normal, Janos enters the Training Room to check up upon them. He does notice that the Training began and that the progress is so far meeting his expectations. With the progress going well, he approaches the two as they turned to see their sire's pleased expression.

"I see that your training is going well within, perhaps exceeding my expectations, Travas… excellent work. And Vorador, excellent work on training him this morning, I thank you greatly for your efforts upon training Travas so far", Janos said while softly smiling as Vorador and Travas nodded in agreement.

"It took me a while to pull off the mist form properly. However, I still need some practice with it as much as I can in order to perform the ability faster", Travas replied. "Especially when it comes to being chased by the local authorities or other vampires or demons in Nosgoth", he continued while slightly chuckling to himself

"I see… well keep up the training and do your best, Travas. We will need your help in future time", Janos said as Travas nodded in response. Then Janos heads out of the room and goes into the Main Chambers upstairs from the Training Room. Then with a refreshing deep breath, Travas and Vorador begin to continue where they left off in their training.

*Within the Main Chambers*

As Travas and Vorador continued their training in the Training room, Doyle, Umah, and Celestia enter within the Main Chambers. Upon entry, they head for the oval shaped table, upon which they began having a discussion about rumors of a demon that laid a burden upon Nosgoth. Soon, Janos enters and began to look upon the discussion closely, seeing the urgency contained in the other vampires' eyes as they turned to face their sire.

"Sire, I've came across some rumors within Steinchenchroe about a demon whose wrath has laid waste upon Nosgoth", Doyle claimed. "I'm not entirely certain among where the demon's location is at, but many believe that it had originated somewhere in the mountains near Coorhagen" he continued as Janos began to think about it.

"How strange… why would a demon attack a place such as Coorhagen? Something tells me that this demon is plotting something… yet I do not know what the demon's plans are at the moment", Janos wondered out loud.

"What do you think we need to do, Sire?" Umah asked as waited patiently for her orders.

"The best thing to do at the moment is to find more information about this demon. Once you do, report back to the Citadel at once. Do you understand", Janos replied as the others nodded in agreement. Immediately after the three vampires agreed with the mission, Umah uses her teleportation magic to teleport Doyle, Celestia, and herself towards Coorhagen to find out any information from any of the residents in that region.

*In the Training Room*

From within the Training room, Travas was beginning to focus his paw on a heavy crate from a distance from him as he took a deep breath. Soon enough, he tries to use telekinesis upon the crate, trying to move it to another location. Though he was struggling to keep it under control, he manages to barely make the goal he needed to do. After setting the crate upon the designated area, Travas begins to breathe heavily as his head and torso sweat from exhaustion.

"*phew* Talk about a good physical and mental workout" Travas said as Vorador came to him with a flask full of blood.

"Though you may need to work with your telekinetic abilities for some time, you did excellent upon your first attempt", Vorador applauds as he gives Travas the flask of blood.

"Thanks… and though I expected this kind of result, I'm glad you thought I did well", Travas replied as he took the flask from Vorador and drinks some of the blood. Then he returns it to Vorador, but he places a hand up, showing refusal upon returning it.

"I thank you anyways, but there is no need for you to return it. I am giving this to you as a gift from me", Vorador said as he places his hand down. As Travas nodded, he places the flask into the left inner denim vest pocket, upon which the vest was attached to his leather jacket.

"Thanks again for the flask of blood", Travas said as he got back onto the heart of the Training Room.

"Alright, now it's time that we worked with another dark gift called 'Fury'. With this dark gift, you can place as much of your rage as needed into one attack when your opponent is weakened or break down their defenses", Vorador explained while he heads for the middle. "You can use me as an example. I want you to power up as much as you can and use that rage to create a powerful attack", he continued until he stopped at about ten meters away from Travas.

With the new lesson about to begin, Travas went near Vorador and got into his battle position immediately. Once he gets the energy that he needs, Travas puts in the force he used and throws a fierce punch at Vorador, managing to send him flying about fifteen meters from him. However, Vorador gets back up and stands once more, waiting for another.

"Excellent work, Travas, I can see you're handling it well. However, I want to see how far you can get to your limits…or possibly go beyond them", Vorador said. "Don't hold your strength back on me this time; just let the energy flow through you as you continue to strike punches on me", he continued as Travas began to make more energy on another fury attack. With the energy ready to burst, Travas strikes at Vorador and sends him flying further than before, but quickly recovered as well. This process went on for about half an hour until the both became exhausted from all the training. Then all of the sudden, Travas' stomach began to growl as the vulpin held his stomach and chuckled in a sheepish manner.

"Eh… do you guys have any food by chance?" Travas asked sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "It's been a while since I've had anything to eat since Janos and I left Alopex", he continued sheepishly.

"As a matter of fact, and by surprise, we do. Vampires don't usually consume any other food product except for every once in a while since our main source of nutrition comes from our enemy's life blood. Though in your case, however, you can and it is essential to your life since you're alive and the other vampires are among the undead. Follow me and we will cook you something", Vorador replied as he led Travas into the dining room.

*At Coorhagen*

As the three vampires arrived to Coorhagen, they notice that some of the small town had been purged by a recent fire they had. They began to wonder about the rumors of a demon lurking Nosgoth was true or if this was mere arson committed by local thugs. But the evidence that lead to there being a demon causing all of the damage was that there were no torches in sight whatsoever. They also spotted a group of survivors treating the injured ones.

"Hello, sir, do you know what may have be the cause of all of this", Celestia asks the man. However, the man was becoming terrified upon seeing the three vampires. But before the man ran away, Umah begins to calm him down in order to obtain answers about what happened. "We're not here to lay harm you or anything of a similar manner. We came over here to ask if you know anything about any rumors of a demon that's been lurking around Nosgoth as of late", she asked the man as he was shaking a little, though was calming down to a point to where he could communicate with them.

"As a matter of fact, yes, we know those rumors well. Apparently what you both have heard about them are entirely true", the man replied with a sense of horror in his tone. The other sensed this and tries to help him in whatever way they can.

"Do you know who this being is and why he caused so much damage upon Coorhagen", Doyle asked while trying to comfort the man.

"Sadly, we know the man by his face and he's like no creature I had ever seen before… or not with multiple tails if I recall correctly", the man answered while he rubbed the back of his head while trying to think. "This being had what appeared to be at least nine foxlike tails that stood about six feet and two inches tall, had white fur with black tips on the tails, black nose markings on his muzzle, long brown hair, and had those blood red sinister looking eyes…" he continued while he looked back to check on the injured townspeople.

"How many of the civilians here have been killed," Celestia asked while placing her hand on the man's shoulder.

"About half of Coorhagen's residents are dead, but there's only about twelve injured and the rest are doing what they can to help the other survivors from the injuries they had sustained", the man replied as he began walking towards the residents to help them as much as possible.

"Wait, there's one more bit of information we need to know", Celestia spoke urgently, but calmly as the man stopped on his tracks.

"Very well, what is it do you need to know, Ma'am" the man asked curiously.

"What was the name of the demon that attacked Coorhagen?" Umah asked in a calm, but serious tone.

"Very well… the kitsune demon calls himself Adrian, the Sun Demon", the man replied as he went to help the other survivors. After the vampires obtain the information from the man, they begin to head back to the Vampire Citadel to tell Janos the information they've acquired.

*In the Vampire Citadel*

While the other vampires were getting some information about the rumors of the demon, Travas was in the Dining Room chowing down on some breakfast Janos had made himself, specifically Nosgoth-style Chicken Biscuits.

"This is wonderful, Janos. I didn't know you could cook", Travas said happily as he continued to eat his food with a cup of blood to quench his thirst. Soon enough he finishes up the food Janos prepared for him. "Thank you so much for the wonderful breakfast, Janos. It was awesome and delicious", he continued as he finished his cup of blood. Janos smiled upon his kind comments.

"I've learned to cook when I was a child and it's been a long time since I have cooked anything. Your food hunger has definitely given me a reason to cook once again. I would like to thank you for the kind words you have spoken, and you're most definitely welcome", Janos replied while smiling at Travas. Then Vorador enters the Dining Room with some urgent news from the vampires they sent out earlier that morning.

"Janos, I have just received word that Doyle and Celestia have obtained some information concerning the rumors about the demon lurking around Nosgoth", Vorador replied as Travas' ears perk up in response to hearing Vorador.

"Demon… what's going on and what happened", Travas asked, worried about what was going on. But within a few seconds notice, the other vampires arrive upon the Main Chambers of the Citadel from Umah's teleportation technique.

"It appears that the others have just arrived upon the Main Chambers. We must meet them there at once", Vorador said as they make their way to the Main Chambers. Shortly after hearing the vampires' return, they enter to see them waiting upon the balcony where the ancients were once able to see the Pillars before their destruction four centuries ago.

"What information were you able to find about the demon", Janos asked urgently, yet calmly as Travas and Vorador stood and listened closely.

"What we do know about the demon was that he recently attacked Coorhagen, which they lost half of their residents in town while some of the other survivors were injured by this creature", Umah explained as Janos' eyes shot wide open upon the news he heard.

"When was it did this demon attack Coorhagen and why?!" Janos asked, apparently shocked from the news he heard.

"We're not sure about the demon's intentions upon attacking Coorhagen. But telling by the damage the town had sustained, it looks as if it were done sometime last night", Doyle replied. "But we do know that his name is Adrian, and telling from the description one of the survivors gave is, he may be that of a kitsune demon", he continued.

"Kitsune… I may have to look into this", Janos replied as Travas began walking towards the other vampires.

"I can go look around Nosgoth and find out some information about this demon. Besides, I want to help in whatever way I can", Travas said as Janos nodded in agreement. "I'll go on ahead and go to Meridian and see if I can find out any information about the kitsune demon, Adrian", he continued as Janos gave him the motorcycle keys while heading into his room to get changed.

Shortly after entering his room, he begins to get into a black sleeveless Pantera "Cowboys from Hell" shirt, his Leather Jacket w/Denim Vest, Black fingerless leather gloves w/ holes on knuckles. Then he puts on a pair of black skin-tight leather pants, and a pair of black leather combat/rocker boots, upon which they were zipped up halfway through and one strap holding it together, leaving a curved opening to tuck his pant leg openings into them.

The next thing Travas does is that he goes into the lower chambers and hops onto the motorcycle while putting on his shades. With a simple turn to the ignition, he sets out to Meridian to find answers about the demon while avoiding sunlight. Janos watches him from the Balcony above.

"All I can hope if that you find the answers we seek and for you to return to us safely", Janos thought to himself while watching Travas leave.

*Inside the Main Chambers*

Upon the Moment Travas had left, Janos began making his way towards the Main Chambers and join the discussion of the plans concerning the demon with the other vampires. Inside the Main Chambers, however, Umah and Vorador began to talk about the plans while waiting for Janos to return.

"So what is the next plan of action," Umah asked curious, but serious.

"For right now, we need to find out more information about the demon's abilities and of his whereabouts. If we could find these pieces of information, we may be able to train hard enough to assassinate him by whatever means necessary", Vorador explained as Janos enters the Main Chambers.

"Has the plans been formulated yet", Janos asked.

"Yes, Sire, they have. We're going to find out more information about the demon and try to find anything that could lead us to his whereabouts in Nosgoth", Doyle explained.

"Very well… the best thing to do now is to spread around Nosgoth and try to talk to as many people as possible and acquire information based upon what they know about this demon lurking about", Janos said as they begin to head outside, going their separate ways.

*On the Road to Meridian*

While driving upon the morning, clear skies of Nosgoth, Travas continues to make his way towards Meridian as well as feel the nice, cool breeze flow through his fur. But about twenty to thirty minutes later, he arrives within the upper city section of Meridian City. He begins to park the motorcycle within the underground parking lot and walks outside, seeing a few normal Sarafan warriors and multiple civilians outside. Thankfully, there was enough shade and he makes his way towards a Pub just a block away from his location.

Upon entering the Pub, he sees about a few dozen humans inside and at least twelve to fifteen humanimal/anthro foxes and wolves inside. However, he makes his way to the Bartender and takes a seat on the barstool near the end of the bar.

"Hello there, sir, what can I get for you this morning", the Bartender asked Travas as he eyes him curiously.

"I'm alright, but thank you though. However, I wanted to ask if you've heard any strange rumors about a demon currently roaming the land of Nosgoth", Travas asked calmly while the bartender was serving drinks for the other customers.

"Well… I have heard a few rumors from a few others about a demon lurking among Nosgoth. I have a friend of mine that knows a little more about it than I do. You can find him in the back", the bartender replied as he showed Travas the way. However, another Customer happed to overhear their conversation and followed them to the back room.

"Excuse me, gentlemen… were you both happening to be talking about the rumors of a demon lurking amongst Nosgoth?" the Customer asked curiously. "The reason why I ask is that I just received word that Coorhagen was attacked and set ablaze sometime last night by this demon. I heard that about half of the townsfolk are dead while some of the survivors were injured badly", he continued to explain as Travas and the Bartender listened.

"We were as a matter of fact. You may want to follow me towards the back as well", the Bartender replied as both Travas and the Customer follow him into the back rooms. As they went inside, they were met by another man that knew the rumors well. They take a seat on the couch as the man began to clear his throat.

"Telling by the curious faces, I could guess that you're all here because of the mysterious rumors… correct", the man asked.

"Yes, we're here to find out how much you know this demon. My name is Travas Starfox, by the way", Travas replied while introducing himself.

"I'm the Pub's Bartender Vincent", the bartender, Vincent replied as he introduced himself as well.

"My name is William, and I happened to be coming from distant Coorhagen, in which was attacked by the demon", William explained while introducing himself also.

"As for me, my name is Michael, and how long ago has Coorhagen been attacked by this demon" he asked William urgently, but calmly.

"Last night, Michael, and about half of the townsfolk are dead as most of Coorhagen was set to flames. Though I remember the demon's evil laughter, I cannot remember what his name was", William explained, slightly shaken from the event. "I came here to obtain some help from the Sarafan in order to do something about this madness before it gets worse than it already has", he continued, obviously in some shock about the event.

"I apologize for interrupting, but was he by chance a nine tailed kitsune named Adrian", Travas asked William curiously to confirm the rumors.

"I believe that was the demon's name, yes. How did you know", William replied in a similar manner.

"I had some vampuric friends that went to Coorhagen earlier this morning to see if they were alright, but the same thing that you said happened to them. But they were able to get a description of the demon and his name", Travas explained as the others listened carefully, with William recognizing the vampuric characteristics of him.

"I somehow had suspicion about you being a vampire. But you seem different from the others though. Might I ask why", William asked.

"Well… the reason why is that I was brought back as the first living vampire. In other words, the first vampire that was brought back as a living being and not an undead one", Travas explained as the others stared at him, intrigued by his explanation. "And in case you ask, I'm not here to kill you or anything like that, just to find out more rumors about the demon".

"I see…" Vincent replied. "But other than the new information we have received, this is all we know about the demon", he continued as the others stood up and Travas shook their hands in a thankful gesture.

"Very well… I must be on my way. I have to go into other towns and find out more information about the demon. Oh, and it was nice meet you guys, and take care", Travas said as the others nodded and waved at him while he headed out the door.

Upon exiting the door, Travas went onto the underground parking lot while evading the Sarafan. Though there were a couple of glyph warriors, he manages to avoid them before their powers activated in response. Soon enough, he makes it to the motorcycle and turns on the gas in order to drive back to the Citadel. After about ten minutes of driving, he began to feel that sharp pain in his head once more, knowing well that another vision is under way

*Vision*

Upon a city set into flames, many screams of woe, pain, misery, and cries of help can be heard throughout Meridian. The Sarafan were doing their best to protect the people of Meridian, but the number of casualties continued to rise as the demon, Adrian, kept on setting Meridian into flames.

"HA! HA! HA! You can try and stop the fire, but your efforts will be in vain as all of Nosgoth will soon become nothing more than a flaming abyss to the depths of hell", the demon, Adrian yelled as he continued to wreak havoc upon Meridian and its people. The Sarafan continue to take out the flames and save as many live as possible. But soon enough, Adrian begins to summon a ball of fire and cast it down upon the town, killing the people of Meridian. But before the impact, Travas comes back into reality and sees that he's about to crash into a tree.

*End Vision*

As Travas recovered from the vision, he immediately slams on the breaks and turns at a hundred-twenty degree angle, causing skid marks to appear on the road. But luckily enough, Travas managed to avoid crashing into the tree and damaging the motorcycle Janos loaned him for use. Thus, the vulpin sighed in relief and leans in a relaxed manner towards the front of the motorcycle.

"Thank the maker… Otherwise if I did crash, Janos would be severely pissed off about this happening", Travas said to himself as he grabbed the flask from his Denim Vest pocket and took a drink from the blood inside. But shortly after taking a drink of the blood and putting the flask back into his Denim Vest pocket, he suddenly sensed an evil energy headed towards Meridian… and at a fast speed.

"Holy shit…! That energy reading was massive", Travas thought in his mind as he looked upon the direction of Meridian from which he had recently come from. "I didn't expect him to be this strong or headed this way this soon… but it looks like I may have to pursue this demon and fast", he continued to think in his mind as he sets his way back to Meridian to confront the demon face to face. With his mind set and his feet upon the gas, he makes his way to Meridian and save the townsfolk before it was too late.

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