After the Struggle

[doom pheonix]

the robed man laughed, even with the hand around his neck. "are you trying to kill me sario?" he smiled under the robe. "but the question is could you..." he raised both hands and it seemed as if he faded into the tree, leaing sario grasping the tree itself. he then re-appeared at the top of the tree. "the truth is, even if you wanted to, you couldn't hurt me, Shakari."

[Careless Whisper]

Sario looked at the stranger menacingly..

-"You mock the power of the Shakari." Sario said malevelently, his voice was warped. "That truth is, that here, in Artarius, a Shakari can reach his full power." As he spoke, his necklace flashed a purple light. "And you think I'm hesitant? Try me." Then Sario, moving so fast that the stranger could not track his movement at all, Sario pinned Leon down to the ground. He raised his free hand, which glowed even more brightly. He looked down at Leon, and he made a move to force his hand into Leon's skull, but was pulled back and flung into a tree by the stranger, as the stranger did that, his robe came loose and then came off, revealing his identity.

[doom pheonix]

under the robe was a tall, blond haired warrior with a blond mustache. his armor was batered and worn, but he still gave a comanding presence. "oh don't mis-interpret me. i'm fully aware of the true power of the shakari, the powers that you still lack. in your present state you couldn't beat a kuriboh let alone me." he saw the anger fliker in the shakari's eyes. "tell me, are you controling the power or is it controling you?" he let the shakari go and steped away, unsure what would happen next.

[Careless Whisper]

Sario's eyes flared and so did the necklace around his neck. That answered the warrior's question. Sario jumped back and landed gently on a small spire. "What do you know about the Shakari, were you the one who killed them and let me be the last of them to baske in their blood and sorrow?" Sario was outraged by this offensive toned warrior. Sario rose high into the air, with it, his anger followed. As his Anger increase, the arua surging from the medallion became more dense. "You think you know the ture power of the Shakari, but you haven't seen the power that is given to the last one alive." Then a radiant burst of energy shock-waved from Sario, and then he dissappeared. At first the warrior didn't know where he went, until Sario reappeared behind him and thrusted a vibrant fist into the warrior's stomach, shattering the armor, and sending the warrior into the wall of the church.

[doom pheonix]

the warrior stood up as if nothing had happened. " i do not know what happened here. i came here after this had happened. as for you, you know not of what true power is." as he spoke his armor seemed to repair itself as if he comaded it so, "true power is more than physical force. and true power isn't gained though unstable anger. when you attack, you use all of your hatred as a weapon. but all you do is hurt your self and those closest to you." he pointed to ino who, while unconsious, seemed to be writhing in pain. "she feels your anger the most. and that uncontrolable rage is eating her alive. this power you think you have is nothing more than your own anger. and power gained in anger isn't power at all."

[Umbra]

Talon raised his right hand to his head, then snapped and began to concentrate. He then began to turn what remained of his god-given power inside his body. After a few seconds, he found what he needed, and smiled.

- By the power given to me by the gods of Hyure, I enter the spirit of Yata-Garasu and Fushi No Tori!

At first, the conflicting spirits tore up a storm within Talon's mind, then he managed to calm them down. As soon as he had done that, they united with his flesh, and Talon smiled again.

- I am Talon, Black-Winged Phoenix of the Mountains. I fly to battle!

Then, he lifted off the ground. Talon had never before experienced such grace in movement; he flew lighter than a feather at the speed of sound towards the source of the taint that he had found earlier, and soon he saw it. A golden titan, still at the horizon, but Talon could sense its' power. He shivered, but flew closer. He couldn't stop now, but he had to make sure the Titan didn't attack him.

 

After about thirty minutes, Talon landed at the back of the village, and sat down.

[Careless Whisper]

Sario only looked at his dragon. Then, without being prepared at all, his vision flashed another memory. He was then looking at the grave of his mother. He was holding Ino in his arms, the young dragon had a broken wing, and the kid-Sario had a broken arm. He came back to his senses to find that the medallion had shattered. He fell to the ground, his dragon stopped writhing in pain and went back to being calm. A tear ran from Sario's eye as he collasped and passed out.

[doom pheonix]

the man sighed seeing Sario fall "now do you understand, young shakari. you must learn to control your anger, your emotions themselfs before you can gain the power and the knowledge you seek. or else all you know will disappear." he looked at the shards of medalion that were scatered on the ground. "it seemed that medilion was cursed, infused with the rage of the fallen shakari. it preyed of his emotions, blinding him to the truth." he reached for his robe and turned to Leon. "but that's just my guess. when he wakes up he might not even remember any of this. so i must be off before that happens. i wish you all luck on your journey and we will meet up again soon. farewell" the robed man turned and started off into the forest.

[Guest King of Games]

"Thanks for your help, pal. But i could've handled it." Leon said. He looked at the stranger for a few moments, the turned his attention towards Sario's unconscious body. He lifted him on to his shoulders and brought him over to his dragon. "we dont know what he'll do when he wakes up, he could try attacking us again." Leon carefully laid a device on the ground. When activated, it would create a barrier between them and Sario. It would also prevent Spirits from reaching him.

[Careless Whisper]

After a while, Sario began to awaken. His eyes opened very slowly, and at the same time, Ino began to awaken as well. His vision blurred for alittle while, then sharpened to back to normal. He caughed up blood painfully. Ino, realizing that her master was having trouble getting up, used her back to support him into a sitting position. His body racked with pain. And after alittle longer, he was finally able to make sense of the world.

-"What......happened?" His voise was raspy and dry. Ino could not answer him, for her memory was also blanked. He looked up at Leon. "Leon, what did I do?" He asked noticing the battle ready expression on Leon's face.

 

At the warrior walking away:

"So....You found a way into Artarius." Said a voice right behind the warrior's ear.

[Guest King of Games]

"Well, to put it simply, you went psyco. You were mesmerized by that necklace you un covered." Leon lowered his sword, and pointed at the medalions shards with it. "When you wore it, you became really angry and grew wings. But that warrior, over there in the distance, brought you back to your senses." Leon quickly picked up the Spirit Barrier, feeling much more relaxed now.

[Careless Whisper]

"The necklace...The Twilight Medallion, I have never seen it, these were used in the war, to take controle of Shakari. That man, I could hear him speaking. He knew so much about the Shakari wisdom and power. But, he isn't a Shakari." Sario winced at the agony. He caughed up even more blood.

[doom pheonix]

the warrior stoped. "to be precise, i didn't find it exactly." he looked around quickly looking for the source of the voice. "i just have a gift of being in the right place at the right time."

[Guest King of Games]

"I'm certain we'll see him again, we should ask him about it then." a thought crossed leon's mind as he glanced down at the Twilight Medallion. "Wait did you say these things were used in wars? Maybe that's what happened to your people. Although, I cant imagine how they lost, with such an incredible power."

[Careless Whisper]

With the warrior:

When the warrior face to where he was going finally, a man, but only transparent, like a ghost, but more lively appeared infront of him. "You have knowledge that is supposed to be forbiddon from non-Shakari minds. You have been inside of the Shakari Archives I presume." The man's eyes were silver with a golden trim. "Tell me how you have come to this place."

 

Sario:

-"No, these things were used against the Shakari. These people are dead, every one of them. But this one medallion seems curious. It has a different kind of energy signiture. But not dark, nor is it twilight, but it is infused with..." He paused in amazement, then looked at Leon with wide eyes. "It's infused with Sound."

[doom pheonix]

"I know from personal expirence that the shakari are people who thrive on laws and pacts. so allow me to say that i cannot tell how i know because of a pact that i made what seems like ages ago. but i can tell you that i came for the boy. he holds a hidden potential that interests me."

[Careless Whisper]

"So, you're interested in my son I see. Well, who are you stranger?" The spirit of Anomu Ojima asked curiously. His stance, even in death, seemed to take up all dominance.

[doom pheonix]

"that depends on the question. I am a weary traveler. from, well, you could say a distant land. as for my name... hmmm. i guess you could call me Freed."

[Careless Whisper]

"Well then Freed. Sense you understand alot about the Shakari Wisdom and Power. But there are still things you don't understand, and you are to help my son regain his memory. In order to do this, you must learn about why I placed that pendent there." And the spirit Anomu floated towards the most destroyed building in the entire city.

[doom pheonix]

freed followed the spirit to the building. he wondered if the spirit knew anything else about who he was. "tell me, how much do you, a former resident of this land, know about the older history of the shakari."

[Careless Whisper]

"I know everything about the history of the Shakari, I was the first of my kind. I was the one who built this place with my bare hands. I am Anomu Terricruz. I had my last name changed when I married Sario's mother, Ino-Koa, hense the name of his dragon. Ino-Koa, was the one who wrote the most basic of Shakari laws. But I was the one who wrote everything else. Sario is the heir to the Shakari throne, but is now the last of his kind alive." Anomu stopped at the entrance of the building. "Sario must regain his memory if he is to be welcomed into paradise." And he opened the door.

The inside of the ruined building was completely different than what would be expected, instead of being damaged, everything looked brand-new, and well put together. Little glass bulbs hung from the ceiling. Thousands upon thousands of books were neatly placed in shelves in alphabetical order. And in the middle of the main room, there was a closed book, with a leather hard-cover. "Maybe you would understand more about the Shakari through the Book of Sound." Anomu finished, as he pointed at the giant book that lay perfectly aligned with the edges of the stool it was sitting on.

[doom pheonix]

OOC: damn glitch. i almost thought that would work.

 

"but surely something must've came before you. one man does not a city make. you must know something of the time before this village came. the time when you your self were not a being of this world. a time when the shakari, were not the shakari"

[Careless Whisper]

"Well observed, but so far from realizing the truth. I was not born a Shakari, I was born, as a warrior from Sogen. It started with me, my wife, was not born a Shakari either. She was a sorceress from Abyss. Together, we made something very different fof what the world has ever seen." Anomu explained. "We became Shakari through discovery. The first Twilight Medallion. The very same medallion that you just witness take it's power over my son." As he talked, he opened and flipped through the pages of the ancient Book of Sound. "When a non-shakari wears the pendant, they transform. Into a Semimortal, a Shakari. When a Shakari wears the pendant. They are changed into an Angel. Well usually they do, that was not the case of Sario earlier this evening. Sario's heart and blood are full of sin, so he was not able to control himself. But I had to break the necklace, and the only way, is for a bearer of the necklace to have a sudden flashback. I had counted on this, I used to have no hope of it. But when I learned that Sario lost his memory, I took action immedieately. By breaking that medallion, I have saved Sario from absolute hell in the afterlife. Breaking that medallion, changes the bearer's course in death. And I want my son to go to Paradise." He finished and then he reached the page that bore a picture, a picture that seemed to look like a prophesy. In the center was a man, who looked similar to Sario. Infact, his facial features were exactly like Sario. Around the figure, were streams of vibrant colors, each one leading away from the figure. and Above the figure was a Blood Red Dragon.

-"There are many secrets of the Shakari, that have not even been shown to live Shakari. " Anomu finally finished and looked at Freed's expression.

[Careless Whisper]

OOC: Sorry for double posting but let's slow down, Rowan just told me that we're getting too far ahead of everyone else. So let's let everyone catch back up.

[Darkhound]

Chirox shook his head as he awoke. He blinked until the world stopped spinning and began to think about what had happened in the last few days. He had only left, then he had been attacked by someone ... or something, before everyone had begun thinking he was dead. He looked around at where he was, the darkness was making it hard to see. But he knew he was in a cave. As he looked around he noticed a few scratched marks, destroyed armour and whatever else was there. He found a sword like weapon and clutched it in his hand, as he walked along the side of the cave he came to an exit. Chirox stood before looking towards the exit, he walked outside, the brightness of the light keeping him from going to far but he made it down to the ground before he began walking. Back into his old life and back into whatever was to come...

 

OoC://I dont really know what is happening so I just posted my intro. Also note his eyes are sensitive to light.//