Deadly Alliance [Arashi/closed]

[kaosu]

[Takes place after "Steel Will"]


Waking up in a remote mountain village in a hut, Koasu finds himself in a days lying on a bed. Opening his eyes his eye sight is blurred at first and he feels sick to his stomach. Slowly rolling of the bed and onto the cold stone floor he wipes his eyes and begins to try and stand. As he tries to force himself to stand up he falls repeatedly back down to his kness.

"What's wrong with my body, I feel so fatuiged. Where am I and how did I get here"? Kaosu says to himself as he struggles to gain his footing. Upon finally standing up on his own two feet his body is stricken with a hirrid pain to his brain. Taken back by the surprise brain shock Kaosu stumbles away from the bed and into a nearby mirror breaking it.

Covered in glass and blood pouring from his hands and arms he begins to cough up large globs of blood and some black tarish substance. Righthing in pain he looks at the stattered pieces of the mirror on the ground. From the shards he sees an all to familliar and terrifying image.

Within the broken pieces of the mirror he sees the spirit of terror within him, The Knight.

"I told you that you could never get rid of me boy, we will always be one. Now since you won't let me out I will take control. Hahahaha", the spirit of terror laughs as his power begins to over whelm Koasu's body and mind. Trying to invoke the powers of his law sprite Kaosu trys to consentrate on keeping the terror inside him...... but it was to of no avail.

Opening the door to the hut, A dark figure emerges from inside to step out into the snowy mountain village, Six large tendrils of chaos extending from his back.



"Finally, Freeeedooom"

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi's time spent in the depths of his training had been as harsh as can be. The effort necessary to hold a small reservoir of blood under the ground is a daunting task. the blood itself is much thicker then water, and as such isn't so easily absorbed into the earth. At the same time Arashi forcibly created a bloody water table a mile below his own home, and that was a severe strain on his magical ability. His stamina and his power had been completely pushed to the limit and it took him a full three days to recover. Though, it would likely have taken three to four times that long without the doctor Yancha present. Arashi himself had learned to better use his abilities with the task of holding the reservoir. As such he had been forced to solidify the blood and layer it in a type of platelet enamel. This was something suggested by the doctor, and the effect was very useful.

At the current time however, Arashi was busy testing himself once more. The mortal realm was a wonderful place to test limitations without much interference. His skill of practice this day was using his Aka Akki. Arashi had cut his palm and allowed the blood to flow down and hit the floor. Arashi closed his eyes to concentrate as the dark cellar he had hidden himself in was lit by the energy of his chaotic blood. The red ribbon of his inherited sword flowing freely around him as the young Djinni focused on his elemental ability. The blood slowly formed a pulsing pool on the floor at his feet and spread across the floor. The blood seemed to simply coat the floor as if to replace it and not burn through anything.



The blood began to twirl and lift itself fro the ground as a shape slowly made itself known. The shape of the dog Arashi had made on many occasions came into view and Arashi's closed eyes again could see. The shared sensory effect of Arashi and his hive minded beasts was both useful and stressful. the stress on Arashi was a bit tougher, if he had not become more used to sharing his senses with Ranmyaku he would struggle with these things, but for him they were nothing more then detached limbs.



Moments passed and the dog-like creature raced out of the cellar and into the light to scout things. Arashi was now testing how far away the beast could go from the source before collapsing. The fact that his mind was the only one of him and his creatures was a good thing, or it would become exceedingly difficult.

You're going to summon a second? Are you sure?

I need to concentrate.. quiet

The bleeding fallen allowed himself to slowly stop his blood flow as a second beast emerged slowly. This one seemed to rise from beneath the bloody floor and stand imposingly. The winged beast that came into existence was taller then Arashi by far. It's wings were similar to those on Arashi's back, but they seemed more rounded.



The being that Arashi had just created seemed to be uncoordinated as it sauntered off awkwardly into the morning sun. Arashi sighed a breath of relief and opened his eyes. He saw in three different ways now. His view from the sky was as glorious as the racing view of the three foot tall dog. Arashi himself started out of the cellar as the red cloth of the blade drank up the blood on the floor, sipping away all of the magical energy that remained. his hand was wrapped by the cloth and he walked into the sun only to be greeted by a savage aura of chaos more violent then his own. something horrid had been released onto the village and Arashi was highly curious of just what was here worse then his pets.

The flying Aka Akki swiftly swooped in on the roof of the building and hid peeked in from the window as it gripped the side of the building. The dog scratched at the door and Arashi himself approached slowly from a bit further back. He was not too ready to leap into a trap, and a fight wasn't all too necessary either. He pressed out the energy he could muster into some form of aura in order to make his presence known. He was not so great with such things, so if he was not already acknowledged, he wasn't all to impressive upon his attempt to increase his aura.

[kaosu]

Walking with his self blood stained armor dripping onto the pale white snow, Kaosu was taking his first steps in a long time as the spirit of Terror. Stepping out in the sun lit snow village he extended two of the chaos tendrils in a V shaped formation and had them sense his new surroundings. They moved from side to side in a swaying manner as if they were tasting the air.

Suddenly they picked up an odd yet kindred energy signature. Turning to his left he saw a red beast standing near the door to the hut that he just came out of. Shifting the tendrils full attention to the creature ,Kaosu approached it with a smile on his face.

"What do we have here? It appears that I am not the only being of power here. I see that you are the product of chaos magic little guy so why don't you take me to your master". Kasou said to the weird chaos beast with an evil grin as he began to materialize his sword of chaos energy within his hand. As Kaosu began to entertain ideas of claiming his first victim he felt a rise in the magical energy in the area. Someone wanted to get in touch with him and they were telling him so with their energy.

"I see, well if you wish to speak with me show yourself. There is no need for you to remain hidden if you are truthfully reaching out to me". Looking at the tendrils swaying in the air Kaosu noticed that they were reacting to another presence. Looking at the roof of the hut he saw another weird chaos creature, this one tall with wings.

Holding up his sword and readying his tendrils Kaosu began to take the sudden appearance of these creatures as some sort of trap. Grabing a hold of the red creature with one of his tendrils and using another to grab the other creature off the roof. Holding them up in the air Kaosu laughs as he calls out his possible attacker.

"If you think these puny flunkies can take me than you are soarly mistaken. If you don't want to see your little pets ingested and cast into oblivion then I would suggest you show yourself. Next I will come to find you myself and see how another chaos kindred would taste, I would hate for that to happen though. I am getting a little hungry though so you had better hurry, hahahah". Koasu yells out as the tips of the tendrils begin to open and form large serpantine mouths.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Seeing the creature before him react so quickly to the presence of his scouts he knew there was little chance he was hidden. as he stepped nearer he saw the man from three angles, and felt his presence as both himself as his pets. The oppressive feeling of a malicious and violent beast on his tail was nearly overwhelming. Arashi saw that his opponent was not entirely aware of all that was before him, and Arashi was sure he would be able to handle the situation. His four legged scout was standing so near that the scent of the beast was even assaulting the senses of the young Djinni. The creeping winged Aka Akki had even done well to remain hidden for a moment or two.

As Arashi stepped a bit closer he allowed the aura he had forced up to drop. The young man was in no way a pro at such things and it was tiring to attempt to muster enough energy to make an aura type radiance over himself. Arashi saw from all his vantage points the realization that the stranger made. The moment the second scout was spotted he was surprised that the beast was instantly rigid. Arashi figured his scouts appeared a bit too close to enemies. The two didn't exactly look peaceful, and as the tendrils struck out to snatch at them the silent order was given for them to run. Naturally the dog was unable to get very far as it was closest, but the winged creature was surprisingly slow at his takeoff.

Seeing as each of his scouts was caught, Arashi stepped forward again, quickly this time. The large black wings of steely chaos beat harshly as Arashi felt the pain of his pets. The sharing of sensory perception had it's weak points, one was the pain. Arashi knew that the scouts were not that strong, the shell of blood that made their hides was solid, though it was not reinforced whatsoever. The weak shell was meant to be used for slipping through small spaces and such. Arashi beat his wings again, this time out of annoyance that the pain was a constant but not harsh enough to numb itself.

"Come come now, Killing those little guys is not very fun. They can barely hold their physical form, you kill babies too?"

The words were a mere tease, and as he wasn't too foolish to think this person would not destroy his newest pets he allowed the things to dissolve. His two scout Aka Akki reverted to a pool of blood which Arashi quickly pulled back to him. A sliding pool of blood wasn't a very threatening enemy, so Arashi hoped the guy wouldn't be annoyed. Arashi wasn't so sure he would summon another scout, and he couldn't create anything else so he wasn't very fond of attempting. All he could do was talk this out, and because he was weary of the man beast before him he allowed the blood to lay inactive at his feet. Arashi used the blood to drill into the ground beneath him as he stood atop the layer at the surface. Fighting now was a bad idea, and Arashi knew he wasn't in top form.

"I'm not here to fight you, in fact I'm sure you'd win. Just curious as to who you are. It's not very often you run into a chaos user, let alone in the mortal realm. Not to mention... you don't look like any fallen race I've ever seen."

[kaosu]

As Kaosu was about to ingest the chaos creatures held by his tendrils he noticed something odd. They began to dissolve in his grip and turn into puddles of blood. Lowering their heads, his two main tendrils reacted to the pressence of another being of familliar power. As the puddles of blood began to move away from Kaosu and back to there origin he finally got to see the one who raised an aura of chaos as he began to adress Kaosu.

"They barely can keep their form, you kill babies too"?

"Well if they look tasty enough I don't see why not. I like them best when they are young, they are more pleasing to the pallet". Kaosu says lowering his tendrils and coiling them around the ground below him, keeping the main two still erect in the air above hive staring down at what appeared to be a young fallen boy. Looking at the boys wings and sensing the aura eminating from him, kaosu new that he would be an interesting one.

"Well I can see you can be humble enough, then I will save my judgment for latter but for now answer me this boy, who are you and what do you know of the chaos. What do you know of the terror that exists within the souls of even the mighty. Most of all why have you payed me this rather unorthadox visit"?

Looking at the young fallen Kaosu notices that they have indeed began to attract attention from the residents of the village. One woman screaming at the site of his terrorfying image. The rest of the villagers becoming paniced and ready to attack Kaosu. "Well it looks as though they still recognize me from all those years ago. Their fear makes them all the more sweet and dilectable. Don't you just love to see the fear of others boy, hahaha". Kaosu says to the boy as he readies his tendrils for the harvesting of the villagers.

[Mishiranu Arashi]

Arashi looked hard at the creature before him, unsure of what to make of how the thing looked. There was little he could see outside of darkness and chaos about this guy. The villagers around them had begun to take notice and seemed more afraid of the beast then the demon. Arashi himself spread his lethally sharp wings and beat the air to warn the mortals from approach. Arashi wasn't in the mood to murder and to lay waste to a village on top of his previous atrocities would likely be the end of him. The only problem with alliances is that you have restrictions set upon you in order to keep them. As all the fallen were tied to hell, any unnecessary slaughter would likely be frowned upon. Though, there was nothing wrong with feeding.

Arashi had taken a trip to this village in order to take home the soul of the shaman here. As the beast reared his tendrils, it seemed he was about to take out the villagers. They did indeed fear him, and very much so. Arashi seemed able to keep them at bay by seeming to not care. The men near him seemed to fear him as well, bu t the shear terror on the faces of the humans at the sight of the armored beast was a sight to behold. Arashi decided the day was one for new associates, not a fight, and with that thought he ceased the creation of his underground tunnel. The dirt that had been sifted through took back the space it had held and Arashi's blood took again the shape of his winged scout.

The blood at his feet swirled about six inches above the ground at Arashi's feet. The scout flew off into the air, carefully avoiding the tendrils in search of the village magician. Arashi was not so sure he understood what the beast was saying, and he was not at all sure if he could answer him. Though, the chaos part was right up Arashi's alley.

This guy is a bit creepy. He has a sprite and a lot of extra power behind it...

"Humble? I call it smart. I'm not in the best of shape, and I think I'd rather make friends instead of enemies. I'm not sure I understand your tastes.. I prefer the more potent souls. Like this one here."

As he spoke the scout returned with a villager clutched with him. The demonic blood beast dropped the man into Arashi's hand and the man trembled. Arashi was sure that he wasn't imposing on the beast just yet.

"Many mortals have abilities to use elements, though few are offensively capable. This one is not at all able to defend himself. His soul is easily mine, and that is the flavor I enjoy. How about you?"

[kaosu]

Grabbing all the villagers he can see, Kaosu proceeded to feed upon their life energy and fear biting them with his tendrils and sucking them to the point of death leaving them with just enough energy to survive and recover for him to come back and do the same to them again once he got hungary again. Spitting out a young boy and his father from the mouth of his two main heads Kaosu proceeded to smile with a sence of satisfaction.

"Well that was filling I suppose but I could still use more. I will be fine with this for now though so I can return to a more suttle form for now", Kaosu says as his body begins to morph into a smaller less beastly form, his body shifting into a smaller form and his armor shifting to match with his tendrils a living part of it. His weapon attached to his armor with his tendrils.




Brushing back his hair and placeing his tendrils to his sides evenly, Kaosu lifts a man from the ground and looks back at the fallen boy and say "That my boy is the flavor I like", as he proceeds to drain the energy from the last person left in the village.