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Rain poured down at five cloaked individuals as they stared at the front gate of Kaoshung behind a cart. It took them days to get here after they depart from their raft.
Kira look at Mir and Tolle who were behind him. At first he didn't want to drag those two into this but seeing he didn't have much of a choice.
He brushed that thought off from his mind. What concern him now was how to introduce himself and the others to the gatekeeper. He looked around the area they are in one more time before he told everyone in his group to run towards the gate. As soon as they reach the front gate Kira knocks on the gate. A small peep hole opens high above them, and then slams shut. Another opens, nearer their eye level. The gate soon open revealing a man with red hair and black eyes holding a lantern up so he could see a better view of the individuals in front of him.
"A bunch of kids? What do you want?" demand the gatekeeper
"We all wish to stay at the Java in?" Kira answered the gatekeeper
"What for?"
"Our business is that of our own" giving a shot of a glare in front of his face and the gatekeeper did the opposite till he realize they are not a threat.
"All right, all right I meant no offense, it is my job to ask question people after nightfall. There's talk of strange folk abroad, can't be too careful." After the gatekeeper said that he let the five people inside the town then locked the gate again.
They make there way up th cobbled path while motley crowd which jostles and bumps them. Kuzzey almost got run over by a cart but luckily Sai pulled him away before he could get struck , then the five pass One man, a particularly ugly oaf holding a carrot scaring Mir as he came to close to her face. Tolle, who was close to her. Tried the best he could to council her after that incident. They continue to walk pass other villagers until Kira looked up at the sign that said Java Inn, the spot they were looking for.
The five entered in. It was crowded, noisy and poorly lit. The five of them took the hoods off from their cloaks and Kira walked up to the bar so he could ask a person for help.
"Excuse me" a man with brown mutton chops who was drinking a cup of coffee notice him. and stop talking to the waitress with long black hair and medium golden curls to answer him.
"Good evening Milady, Masters. With the way you dress I could tell your from Orb. If your looking for accommodations, we've got nice cozy Orban type rooms available mister...?" said the mutton-chop man as he tried to figure out.
"Hibiki, my name is Hibiki" blurted out Kira as trying his best to stay undercover. This however gave the other four in his party clueless faces.
"Hibiki?, okay?"
"Me and my companions behind me are friends of Mu LaFlaga. Can you tell him we've arrived?"
"Mu LaFlaga, Mu LaFlaga? Oh, yes... I remember him now. A smugly type of guy, blond hair with grey robes. I heard he elope with a sorceress the last time I remember. Sorry; I have not seen him around for six months." said the mutton- chop man as Kira turn around to his friends who too got shocked faces the same as he.
"What do we do now Kira?" Sai ask. Later that night the five seated themselves in a table next to the tap room at the Java Inn. The air is dark and smoke-filled, drunken men laugh raucously, and several glance suspiciously at them.
"Relax Sai, he'll come" said Kira as he tries to lighten the mood for Sai who was acting nervously. As well as Mir who was sitting opposite from the two of them. Her boyfriend Tolle suddenly returns back to their table with a mug in his hands.
"Tolle is that a chug of beer hands?" Mir questioned her boyfriend with a angry glare as she hated him always trying to get beer.
"This is not just any kind of beer Mir. It's a pint!" said Tolle showing a confident smile. Not out of stupidity but to also less tension around the table. Which somehow it was slowly working.
"Wait a minute Tolle. It comes in pints!" said Kuzzey as he see the size of the mug Tolle was holding. "Oh I'm getting one!"
"Kuzzey!" Mir tried to stop Kuzzey from acting irrational but it was too late as he walk towards the bar to see if he could get one too. Sai however nudges at Kira's shoulder to get his attention. And pointed him to a dark cloaked figure siting alone in the corner of the room, with his face invisible inside his hood.
"That person has done nothing but staring at us since we arrived." said Sai as Kira taps at the waitress who they found it was name Aisha and the mutton- chop man who was talking to her was her lover name Andrew Waltfeild and the gatekeeper was Andrews friend name Martin Dacosta.
"Excuse me miss?" Aisha brought her head down so that she could what Kira was going to say plus she had a plate of readied meals in her hands. "That man in the corner who is he?" Aisha turned her head to looked at the hooded man in the corner.
"Oh him. He's one of them F.A.I.T.H. Members. Dangerous folks they are. Don't know his name but around here he's called the Aegis" after answering the burnette Coordinator's question she return to her duties while Kira glared down pondering this new information .
The candle in the Aegis table reflected that only his laced green eyes was the only thing that can be seen by this person above the glow of the burning candle. Kira began playing with the Ring and it began to whisper to him again.
"Yamato ..., Yamato ..., Kira Yamato,..." whispered the ring as Kira fall into it's trance.
"Yamato!" Kuzzeys voice rings out breaking the trance Kira was in.
"Sure I know him. He's right over there." Kuzzey says pointing at the Coordinator in the table with his friends.
"Kuzzey stop it" Kira rush to the bar to stop his friend from blabbing anymore than it already been spurted out. As soon as he grabbed Kuzzey by the shoulder. Kuzzey accidentally shrugged him and with a foot of another person behind him caused him to trip to his backside, forcefully tossing the Ring into the air. Kira catches it but the Ring accidentally slips into his finger tip which in turn made him disappear. The people around him gasp in surprised and Aegis is alarmed. Outside Kaoshung the black hooded riders felt the prescience of the Ring and the location to where it is and begun to race towards the town in question.
In the shadow realm Kira looks around bewildered. His purple eyes trying to find something. He then sees a masked eye writhe in flame.
"You can not hide from me!"Rau spoke to Kira "I can see you COORDINATOR." Kira very terrified at the being in front of him jerkily tries to release the Ring off from his finger as a flamed claw that came out from the mask rush ever closer to his face. "There is no life. Only DEATH!" Kira latches off the Ring from his finger returning him to the normal plain scared out of his mind that he did not notice someone grabbing him from behind.
"You draw too much attention to yourself, "Mr. Hibiki!" Aegis says as he grabbed him on the collar dragging him up the stairs of the Inn; the hooded man flings open the door of his room and throws Kira in.
"What do you you want?" says Kira demanding answers.
"A little more caution from you. That is no trinket you carry." said the Aegis
"I carry nothing."
"Indeed" Aegis walks around his room closing the curtains and putting out candle lights with his finger tips.
"I can avoid being seen if I wish. But to disappear entirely that is a rare gift." Aegis remove his hood to reveal to be a boy his own age with black hair and green eyes.
"Who are you?"
"Are you frightened?"
"Yes"
"Not frightened enough. I know what haunts you" before Aegis could continue to speak to Kira he unsheathed his sword and went to a battle stance in front of the door as it burst open revealing all of Kira's friends using fist or other objects in a means to rescue him.
"Let him go, or else you won't see the light of day." yelled Sai
"You have a stout heart Natural" says Aegis as he return his sword back to his sheath "but that alone will not save you." everyone in the room was shocked in grasp to see the hooded man in front of him was actually a Coordinator just like their friend Kira.
Aegis brushed out this formality from his mind and continued to talk. "You guys can no longer wait for Mu." he then turn to Kira's direction. "Their coming." Martin here's the sound of horses and grabbed his lantern to see who it is but before he could reach the doors a powerful force destroyed it sending him a few yards the entrance. The hooded horsemen ran to the Java inn. Once inside they draw their swords heading to the Orban rooms. Aisha and Andrew hid underneath the bar room table frightened and holding each other in comfort.
The five people from Orb sound asleep peacefully. The Hooded Riders with red slits raised their swords high above them and start to plunge them into the beds. Once they're finish they pull the covers over and realizing they have been attacking stuffed bedclothes and pillows .
Frustrating yelling of Male and Females were heard as Aegis watches from the window of his room with his sword held close to him as he sees the hooded riders mounted and took off from the village.
Kira sits at the foot of the bed his purple eyes wide with shocked. Aegis had been right; the rest of the sleeping friends, awakened by the screams and yells, lean wide-eyed against the headboard. Kuzzey almost looking to piss himself while Mir holding Tolle ever so tightly.
"What are they?" demanded Kira. Aegis turn his face to the people in front of him and answered.
"they were once human. They were supposed to be great leaders but they hated each other because of genetic differences." aegis swallowed that dark part of history before continuing. "Rau saw this as the perfect opportunity and deceived the leaders of both sides by giving them nine rings of power. Blinded by there hate and lust for power. They took them without question, and one by one they all fallen into the darkness. Now they are only slaves to his will. They are called Sithu or Ringwaiths if you want to be formal. They're neither living nor dead. At all times they feel the presence of the Ring. Drawn to the power of one. They will never stop hunting you." Aegis said as he continues to stare out from the window to prevent the Ringwaiths from getting second wind.
The next morning Aegis was leading the five people from Heliopolis away from Kaoshung. Along with their newly acquired pony.
"Where are you taking us?" Kira asked Aegis
"Into the wild." was the only simple word he said while tracking his surroundings so they don't get ambush easy. Meanwhile the four who are behind Kira began having a conversation about their new companion.
"How do we know this Aegis is actually a friend of Mu and Murrue?" Tolle asks.
"I think a servant of the Enemy would look fairer and feel fouler. Well look at him he's foul enough!" says Kuzzey
"We have no choice but to trust him Kuzzey!" Answered Sai trying to suspend all suspicious thoughts about Aegis.
"Maybe but I want to know is where he's leading us?" Mir asks .
"To Aprilius in the city PLANTS Lady Haw; to the House of Clyne." everyone behind Aegis was shocked in surprised about the location they were going.
"Did you hear that? We're going to see the elves!" said Kuzzey
AN: Apologize for being late on the update I was just lazy. The next chapter we will be seeing familiar demons from Saiyuki & Inuyasha. Mostly Saiyuki. I had decided to install Lacus Clyne as the Arwen character. For those who thought it was going to be Cagalli or any other Cosmic Era character i have to say "I'm sorry!" Don't worry Cagalli fans she will have a bigger role in the chapters to come Well thats pretty much it for now. REVIEW PLEASE!!!! IF YOU CAN!