As then a figured appeared near the Chaos Gate as teh Golden Rings appeared around him and vanish. As the figured walk, ignored the people and walked toward the back toward the alley way. While he was walking on the bridge, Kiekan saw a glimsp of him then he walked, he heard someone saying something about Kishirou.

Alue: "Hey, did you hear, that's the Divine of the Flames."
NOVA: "Divine of the Flames, what! The blademaster in that silver armor that just walked by."
Alue: "Yea, Divine of the Flames, I heard he is able to surpass the speed of the game. Allow him to move as fast as he can. We'll faster then anyone can moved. He is aalso known to rivals of the skills of the Descendants of Fianna, but he isn't a hacker. We'll anyway that all I know."
NOCA: "Wish I had the kind of ability. Never knew anyone could rival such skills..."

After there conversation were over, Kishirou reach the alleyway behind the building. He went toward the wall and leaned back resting.

Kishirou "Heh, I aint got nothin to do. Maybe I should go kill some more monster."

Kishirou just sit there as he tooked out his Executioner blade and stick it into the ground and polish his souleater blade.

As he layed there, a player came up to him behind the alleyway.

????: "Heh, never thought you'll be here."
Kishirou: "Back, off...."
????: "Always like you, what ashame...."
Kishirou: "Hmph, looks who talking."
????: "There are rumors going on, a player with suck speed. Seems interesting, there's only one person who knows the truth."
Kishirou: "Why you care anyway, forget it."

As I got up I began to walk out of the alleyway, he said something.

????: "Watch yourself."
Kishirou: "...."

I logged out

A figure appears in front of the chaos gate, silhouetted by the glow generated by the chaos gate. The golden rings surrounding him faded from vision, revealing his features. He peers around, looking at the many people moving about and doing their own thing. He sighed; no one he knew was around.

He took a breath, letting in the fresh air, as his eyes scanned over the town quickly. He needed to take a break; his last adventure took a lot out of him, he thought as memories of the adventure flashed through his mind. He chuckled a bit recalling some of his troubles.

As he walked over to the bridge just ahead of him, he could hear the metal plating of his shoes clanking against the wood from which the bridge was constructed of. He sighed, walking to the railing, where he hopped up. He propped himself on the railing, using his feet to hold him in place by hooking them around the lower beam of the railing. He felt the cool wind blow a bit, moving his hair about as it blew over.

He looked about again, watching the many people pass by. “Well, it would seem I’m getting better at this game,” he said allowed to himself as he looked over his new items. “I wonder how long it will take me to reach a status as great as the Decedents of Fianna,” he said as he envisioned then great warriors in his mind as he looked up at the brilliant blues and whites that made up the sky above. He envisioned himself in a status as great as them, smiling as he did so. “I have to grow stronger, stronger than ‘them’…” he said as he closed his eyes, relaxing himself.

His gaze lowers down from its current postion. He had drifted off, and in doing so, spaced out. He realized what had happened and chuckled a bit. "How strange.... when ever i get thinking about this kind of stuff, I always seem to drift off...." he mumbled to himself as he survayed the area within his line of vision. He saw several different people, many new and different people than he previously had seen.

He sighed, realizing he had no party anymore. His cold, red eyes watched as the many people passed by him. He hopped down off of his perch, brushing himself off and peering around once more. He could hear the conversations of various people going on. He especialy took intrest in the conversation descussing a player who was stronger than the Decendents of Fianna.

He raised a brow in slight disbeleif. 'Ha! I really don't think a player could move at such speeds, unless of course he had altered the coding of 'The World'....' ran through his head as he listened. A slight chuckle seemed to come from him as he continued to listen. Desdiding that this had become boring, he moved on, walking over the bridge, again listening to the clanking of his equipment as he moved.

He wondered the small city, watching various people pass by. Though, he saw sever players which seemed to stand out to him, they of course, were higher levels than most of the other players. His eyes widened as he watched the trio wander the city. "I hope someday I can be as strong as them...." he said he sat down against a nearby wall, taking his sword and sheath from his back and resting it across his now crossed legs. He patted his sword, his most trused ally, the only thing he could trust when things got tough.

He stands up again, growing bord. He took a moment and stretched, relaxing all his muscles. Being laxy all this time really took it out of him, he thought with a bit of a chuckle. He took a few steps, feeling a bit of a cramp, though rubbing it and releaving himself, was a quick fix to this problem.

He looked about, his eyes a bit werry and tired, though he desided not to head to sleep right now. He refastened his sword to the strap on his back, returning it to its former place. He smiled slightly, as he looked at the various people moving about, he had been listining to various people whom had passed by, and felt he had a decent idea of what kind of people these were, though he didn't feel like worrying about that kind of stuff at this moment in time.

He headed over to the bridge again, where he peered over the railing, crossing his arms and resting using his forearms and elbows to hold himself up. He stared at the water, watching various things go by, he watched as the various types of fish passed by his ever watchful gaze. He smiled a bit at this, water always seemed to relax him.

He stood up again, stretching once more, 'I need to do something exciting...' he thought as he began to think of new keywords he could use for his next adventure. As he was thinking of these things, he thrusted himself over the railing, falling backwards twards the water, though he grabbed the edge of the bridge just as his hands passed by. Sweat ran down his face as it was a close fall, but he made it, luckily, he thought as a nervous smile formed accross his pale face.

After recovering from the frightfall shock, he began to pull himself up, and then lowering himself down once his chin passed the edge. He stayed here, doing pull ups for quite some time. After a while, he grew tired, his arms became soar pretty quickly, as he pulled himself up, and hopped back over the railing, where he landed on his butt with a thud. He stood up on the hard wood surface of the bridge, in a bit of pain. He laighed at himself a bit, realising what a stupid thing he did.

He looks up twards Dakota, with a smile. Raising to his feet he laughs a bit "well, its a little of both..." he says, flexing a muscle. He knew he was acting really stupid, and very different than his usal self, but right now, he needed something fun and different.

He laughs a bit at what Dakota said. He turns, now facing the railing, which he peers over. "Well, its a long fall, don't ya think? And i really don't feel like gettin wet at this time..." he said with a bit of a chuckle, Returning to his previous postion, now facing Dakota again.

He quickly plops down onto the ground, with a large metalic thud as he smashes against the wood along with his his equipment. He smiles a bit as he pushed himself upwards with his arms. His toes still touching the wooden surface of the large bridge. After he extended his arms to their maximum, he lowered back down to the ground, repeating the process. After a while, he stopped doing pushups and sat up, resting against the railing. He brushed his hand accross his face, wiping away the sweat running down.

He took Kaze's hand, standing up as he did so. He laughed a bit,' "ahh, don't wary about it, its my fault anyways...... shouldn't have been sitting there." He said with a slight smile, rubbing his right shoulder, it hurt a bit from being knocked into, though it wasn't something he really needed to worry about. He leaned back, letting himself lean on the railing. "So, what are you up to?" he asked Kaze, as he crossed his arms, getting a bit more comfortable.

He looks over, seeing an aquantence from his past, smiling at her. "Hey, whats goin on?" He asked as she waked over. He brushed himself off quickly, as he stood up. In real life, he scratched his head a bit, feeling a bit itchy. His character in 'The World', mimiced his movemements exactly as he did so. He looked back at Kaze, 'Hmmm... seems these two already know each other' he thought to himself as he climbed up onto the railing next to Kaze, though not sitting down, he stood, his feet on the lower bar, as he let his legs lean back on the upper, keeping himself steady. "Ditto..." he asked looking back down at Jenovra, just after Kaze had asked; a bit of a smile spread across his face as he did so.

He laughed a bit, hoping down from his perch. Quickly, he followed after Jenovra. "Well, then it would seem my mental capacity far excedes that of the plain which yours is currently on...." he says, a cocky smirk spread across his face as he did so; watching as she faded away from vision.

Walking over to the Choas Gate, he called out the same Key words as Jenovra had previously. Watching as the trio of golden rings formed around his body. He turned to face Kaze, whom he motioned to hurry up, if he is gonna come. Just as he finished the motion, the rings had finished raising up from their previos place around him. He, almost imediatly, faded from vision.

Rayo walked down the streets of Mac Anu. Everything seemed so peaceful and tranquil.

Flash back

"That power I dislike though, I think I will transform it into something else, to teach you a lesson..........Your power is gone now."

End Flashback

"Maybe I should clear my head a little..." Rayo stated to himself. "A littl adventure should clear my head...no, not just yet..." he decided.

He continued strolling down the streets of Mac Anu. Rayo saw a blademaster walking by that two other players were discussing.

"Nothing seems to be going on right now..." Rayo.

Rayo walked over to the bride and sat off to the side, pondering his predicament.

Rayo walked with Tokki dwon the street. He looked unsure but seemd to be more resolved now.

"Have you ever...felt helpless?" Rayo asked.

Tokki glared at him with an angry looked until he explained.

"No, not like that. I"m just asking a hypothetical," Rayo.

He breathed uneasily.

"Why am I bringing this up?" he wondered. "I guess I needed to talk to someone. Mitsarugi and Zavier are not around. Wanderer would have understood but I havve not been able tog et him down for a long chat recently. Tokki seems like she has some free time," he mused in his head.

Flashback

No! You are nothing special. Just a low class wavemaster. You think you are different becuase of that dragon's power don't you? Then try and tell me this...how can it help you beat yourself? How could it help you conquer your own inner demons!? I'll show you the waste of time you call power...many would have once called it power, even me...but I found out more...I learned...now you will too...

End Flashback

Rayo looked over to Tokki as she began to respond.

Rayo and Tokki walked silently down the streets of Mac Anu. Both seemed troubled over their own problems. Thier fears, challenges, past misconceptions. Rayo knew that he had to face his problem one day, but did it have to be soon? Or would it be far away? He only hoped he would be able to face it without fear, but with determinination. He wondered what Tokki's inner torment was? What bothered her and made her sad, angry, depressed, emotional. She seemed to be going through her own ordeal.

ooc:a bit short but I have to get going

Rayo excused himself from Zavier and Tokki in his own way. He just walked away. They were busy in their embrace.

"I just need more time to think," he hoped silently.

Rayo continued to wander around. He passed players running off to fight. He saw people purchasing armor and weapons.

"What should I do?" Rayo realized he was at a loss. "No one is going to tell me what I need to do. I need to figure that out...on my own."

Shard simply continued to follow him, floating behind.

"I guess you will still hang out with a depressed wavemaster, won't you," he saw Sahrd following still he same. "Maybe I was wrong in naming it a pet..."

Rayo realized he had walked through every part of Mac Anu several times. Not including with Tokki and before his friends showed up.

"I need to figure out how to deal with this. I need to try something," Rayo commented to himself.

He walked continually. Time seemed to pass slower than usual. He saw players come and go constantly.

"Don't they ever question...why they are here?" he pondered. "Is there some greater purpose...a reason for the existance of the world?"

Flashback

Why is not the question as much as...the ones you should have. You have no reason to fight, no motive...no cause...just, to fight.

End Flashback

"I should not have fought that hacker...why did I in the first place...the first encounter," Rayo could not understand why this happened to him. "He tried to beat me and stop me from getting to the gott. I fought back and used the power of the thunder dragon to win........Thats It!" "I realize my fault. I was relying on others...the thunder dragon in that case. I have relied on Wanderer, Zavier, Jedite, Demonic Twilight, Tyridac, Mitsarugi, and Tokki all at some point or another. I will probably even rely on Shard some day, in some way...I am weak...just so weak. Others should not have to carry my slack. I should be helping them out. how many times have I failed? In my firsat dungeon I assaulted a spellcasting monster in hopes of buying the others time. What happened? I wound of beaten and they had to assist me. Not again. I will become better...stronger. If I cannot rely on myself...who can? But I am not so weak," he realized. "I am not too weak, not to notice my own weakness. FRom that I will diffuse strength and become better. And I think I know how..."

Rayo walked over to a bridge and stared out at the water formulating his plans.

Rayo walked around and noticed another pair of players departing.

"Maybe I should as well. I have much to discuss and think about. I think I may have found the way..."

Rayo noticed his friends had departed. He walks over to the chaos gate and logged out.

Jenovra logged into the main server, slightly aggravated and a bit disheveled. Placing a semi-delicate looking right hand on her forehead, she shook her head slightly, a little dissapointed in herself. She'd have to be more careful...she was too close to dying on that last dungeon. Ah well, she'd gained a level,..and a new weapon. At the thought of her new staff, she swung the Water Wand testingly in front of her a few times, before placing it back down next to her. Brushing one of her long forelocks away, she smiled a little to herself. Maybe next time that wouldn't happen so easily.... Going over to the chronicler(sp?), she saved her game, sighing as she walked over towards the bridge to visit the Item shop, then the small square again...

"Ah, there's a familiar face," the wavemaster mused, eying the fallen Kiekan being helped back up by a longarm, unfamiliar to her. Walking over she looked down at the slightly shorter Blademaster, half-smiling in her usual collected manner. "Well, long time no see."

(heheh^^)

She blinked, remembering the other person, then looked back from Kiekan to Kaze."...sure, why not," she shrugged one of her shoulders indifferently, then smirked."But I pick the place...I have somewhere in mind, already.."

Turning around, she began to walk off back toward the Chaos gate, talking as she slowly walked over, the calm thumping of her staff as it moved along as well accompying her."There's a Competition going on right now...you can have up to three people per team. I think that we would make that cut..if that's alright with you, and you're as intellegent as you act tough." . She kept walking until she got in front of the gate, then looked over her shoulder at the two, still the smirk playing lightly on her lips. "Well, are you coming or not?"

Turning back around, she entered in the locations' keyword, and said something else, as she dissapeared whilst the golden rings appeared moving up and down about her, transporting. "..I just hope you both have some brains and aren't all brawn." Then she was gone.

(heheh..nasty lil' wench, ne?^^; If you want the link, http://invisionfree.com/forums/DIVERGENCE/...t=ST&f=14&t=221 *pokie pokie* And she was only joking, don't get too upset.^^ She's just a bit er..ehe.^^; )

Zavier warped into Mac Anu. He had been thinking about Tokki, about himself, and about their relationship...

He began wandering the streets, taking in the familiar sights of the characters running around, some hecticly trying to trade their weapons and items for even better ones. He chuckled slightly and continued on, trying to figure out his relationship with Tokki, why he felt the way he did for her.

He suddenly sees her and Rayo walking together down a street, and for a moment, a pain hits him in the chest. "Is this...jealousy?" he wonders as he makes his way towards the duo. When he meets up with them, he sees the smile of them both, and all at once whatever distrust he had immediately flew away. "Tokki, Rayo. It's good to see you guys again."

They commenced to hug and shake hands, and they continued casually strolling along the streets. They stopped to rest for a moment at the bridge, and they sat down and idly spoke. Zavier, for the first time, looked at Tokki: He was astounded. "What did you do with your hair..and your body?" he asks as he looks her over.

"I changed it......if I'm going to be the Ice Maiden, I might want to look the part, you know? Do you...like it?" she asked, and Zavier could see that she wanted him to say yes, even if he had to lie.

He didn't have to.

"How's this for an answer?" he asks as he strolls up to her. She looks up at him and he commences to kiss her, remembering and experiencing her softness...

((Ignore this one. Sorry about that.))

Dakota apears by the caos gate having just left about 2 minutes ago. He laughs as he walks towards the shops hoping to find some helpfull gear, maybe get some tips from more epxerienced players.
"Boy that place wasn't nearly as nice as I thought it would be."

Dakota chuckles as he passes the Blademaster climbing up the rail. He stands near the edge of the bridge. "Having fun? Or do you just need to get some excercise?"
He shifts his weight, although in an akward jerking way, he obviously isn't used to the controls yet.

"Well then don't let me stop you, just wondering if that's something that's done often." He looks around the town. His eyes resting on a few people by the river. "Anything would have happened if you do fall in there?"

He looks over the edge into the water. "I suppose you're right. Well have a nice day now." Dakota turns and starts walking back towards some shops. After a few paces he stops and turns around. "Before I go, do you know of any places where a newbie could go without dying a horrible gruesome death?"

Gating back in to Mac Anu, Tokki breathed easy. She began to feel better already, having left the high-- ridiculously that-- temperatures of the Hot-blooded Fiery Sands. She ran her fingesr through her near white hair, flicking her head back as she reached the back. Her eyes were partly open, and she was scanning half-heartedly for Rayo or Zavier. In the distance, she made out the figure of the Lightning Master himself, Rayo. She took off for him.

"Rayo! Hey, Rayo!" she called out, too lazy to raise her hands. Rayo looked around ignorantly at first, unsure of where the familiar voice was coming from. Finally his gaze shifted to the approaching Tokki. A smile spread across his lonely face.

"Well! Where have you been!?" Rayo asked.

Tokki sighed heavily.

"Nowhere."

Rayo frowned. "How can you be nowhere?"

Tokki retorted, "Because the place I was at..."

Rayo was listening intently.

"It was a nowhere."

Rayo understood. Tokki nodded.

Tokki suggested the walk together around the shopping center of Mac Anu, and enjoy the fresh breeze. Rayo concurred, and the set off.

... Tokki thought.

She had felt helpless. But in the game, no.


She felt helpless until she met KJ. KJ was the answer to her prayers. She felt as if she needed to have a security blanket to keep her safe from everything that she was afraid of. Not that she was afraid of a lot of things, but-- she still wanted to know that he was there.


And then she felt helpless again when KJ ended their relationship. It was that feeling.

Then she realized that it was having a man around-- or maybe not even a man around. Having something that made her feel safe around... it kept her from feeling helpless. But did Rayo need to hear all of this? She didn't think so.

"I dont... I don't want to talk about it. Let's just.. get what we need to get done.. done."

They continued their walk down the street.

Rydia appears from the chaos gate. As the trio of golden rings dissipates, the Emerald Twin Blade looks over the Root Town.

"Its less crowded than before, thats a good thing." she said as she strolled through the root town streets, occationally stopping at the various shops. She continued wandering aimlessly through the various different streets, and finally stopped beneath the bridge to sit at the water's edge.

Rydia wanders out from under the bridge, having finished her little project. As she walks away from the bridge she smiles politely to everyone she passes. She stops briefly as she notices a Wavemaster talking to himself. Rydia watched him curiously for a moment. She shook her head ever so slightly.

"He looks a little disturbed..." she said to herself "Well, he doesn't seem to be asking for help of any kind.. " Rydia turned and continued walking about the root town, she wasn't sure if she wanted to enter another field just yet, considering how long the previous one took, but she didn't have anything else to do, except to wander about the town.

Rydia wanders over to the Chaos Gate. She had completely lost interested in the Root Town, not enough to do at the current time. and Fighting boredom annoyed her.

She stepped up to the swirling gate and desided to throw together of words she had heard in various places. "Hmm which ones do I want to use though, decisions, decisions, decisions." She stopped looking at her list of keywords to think to herself, "Should I get a party to go with me?"

Rydia deliberated briefly before deciding "If I need a party, one will probably show up." She raised her hand to the Chaos Gate and called out "Chosen Eternal Fiery Sands"

Rydia vanished within the trio of golden rings.

Kaze gated into Mac Anu, not bothering to look around he slid quietly into the shadows.
Not much to do around here.....need to search though.....
Kaze booted up his Tracking system and began so scan it......
Damn....not here
He phases through a wall and begins to tour the city and eventually sits on a bench overlooking the small River that runs through the root town. His head lowered, and he covered his face with the charms on his spear.

A Muzzle Flash....a Child's soul and life are torn into nothingness.... "You will never escape me....KAZE!!!"
Kaze currently sleeping on a bench grabs his head and screams....the blocked memories causing him nightmares once again.....
Damn....I thought id be safe from them here....
A lonley Long Arm sits by himself on a bench, in a root town....his eyes never going above the horizon of the water.....

Shaking his head, Kaze gets up off the bench, dusting himself off and begins to wander around the root town, bored...utterly bored.

((Deleted))

Kaze, currently bored beyond comprehension had been walking around, his money quickly spent, and his patience growing thin, began look for things to do. As he was walking pass the Chaos Gate, he saw Rydia gate out of the root town.
She's gonna have fun later.
He started to run around the root town looking for somone to go off with him on a little feat of dungeon hopping, and ended up tripping on a Blademaster that was leaning on a rail on the edge of the bridge. As he tripped, he tried to catch himself, but only ended up doing a half roll into some random player that soon kicked him and sped off.

He turned to Kiekan and looked down at the blademaster that had got taken to the ground by Kaze's fit of tripping.
"Heh, sorry didn't see ya there"
He put his hand out to Keikan to help him up.

He looked up and dusted his kicks off. Then he hopped up onto the railing of the bridge and began so speak in his quiet kinda rough voice.
"Just looking for somone to go out and do some dungeon hopping with, you interested?"
He tapped his kicks a few more times, trying to resettle one of them. He then sits down on the bridge's railing scratching his foot.

((OOC:Cali Slang 101 Kicks=Shoes)

Kaze, apparently spacing out, heard Kiekan and barely managaed to get within range to gate out. Rings caught him in mid air as he dissapeared from sight