New Rising

"Oh you mean this?" Hiro held up half a statue. "It fell out of Erttu's chest as I cut him in half, I guess he wanted to keep it on him so you couldnt harm him even when he wasnt watching."

Kote sat back and began idly doodling in the dirt. "Well... I'm not taking you anywhere till you cool off."

Riane exhaled heavily and crossed her arms on her chest. "There... I'm cool"

"Yeah... you sure have a cool mind... buzzing about planning and imagining killing the Demon Lord..." Kote muttered.

Raine turned, her eyes glowing now. "Well I suppose you just wanna sit around and do nothing about it you blithering twit?!" she slapped herself in the face and sat indian style floating above the ground. Closing her eyes, Raine calmed herself slowly.

~She sighs softly~ "t-thank you hiro...make sure sam keeps it safe...i-i dont want to become enslaved to the likes of errtuu again"

"I plan on returning it to you, or simply destroying it. It's too much of a hindrance." Hiro said softly, opening up a portal and making his way through, limping a little because of the wound Talyn had given him. "Hm... with all this power... give me a second." He set Talyn down and made his way back to Erttu, smirking as he thought of a plan. He placed a paw on Erttu's disintegrating forehead and felt something shift inside him. Erttu's body began to grow back to itself and the body that held Hiro's soul slowly changed back into the half demon Samuel, falling to the ground knocked out as Hiro stood up in Erttu's body, admiring it gently before taking the sword and shield from Sam and throwing the unconscious body over his shoulder, moving over to the portal and stepping through. The body didnt look like Erttu's anymore, it had changed into the dragon form of Hiro's body. "I think this should make everyone happy." he said smiling to Talyn as he held out his hand. "Come on, grab my shoulder and lets go home."

"Meditate it out, that'll work..." Kote rolled his eyes and shrugged, doing the same now that the prophecy was done.

~Talyn tries to stand but collapses Hiro's holly fire had burned her badly and she was very weak~ "i can not stand...i need to return to my plane to heal..."

Raine dropped to her feet lightly. "Fine... Let's go."

Kote nodded and held out his hand. Malakai could find his own way around. "Where are we headed then?"

Hiro smiled gently as he lifted Talyn as well, holding her tight to him as he walked down the astral path. "You know... once we get back, we'll both be free. Feel like taking a tour of the world once you get healed up? I havent had my own body for ages." He looked down at Sam and smiled, Sam was a good kid.

Raine took his hand and nodded. "You know this place more than I do. I'm from a..." she pulled her hand away quickly and turned away. "You know... where I'm from. I'll follow you."

Kote looked down and nodded. "Right... I guess there's no stopping you." He blinked and they were inside the Demon Lord's castle, the place was old, very terribly old as Kote looked around. "This place gives me the creeps..."

Raine almost jumped up and clapped. She held herself still and turned to Kote, her eyes alive with adventure. "Really? Where's he at?" she pulled her blades from her back and looked around.

"I'd like that Hiro....but we should help Sam and his little band with their fight, they too rally against a demon overlord." ~Talyn replies softly.~ "ugh....holy fire...shouldnt hurt like hell...but as a demons pawn...i guess you become succeptible to certain magics....."

"Erttu seemed to be pumping demon into you in more than one way." Hiro smirked a little. "My holy fire is purging you of all of it, it may hurt now, but you'll feel like a new woman in the morning." He hobbled on down the path, sniffing out the home realm.

Kote looked a little annoyed. "You're ruining most of my plans right now Raine, are you sure you want to do this... spoil everything I've done to earn his trust?"

Raine laughed jokingly and turned to Kote. "Oh and what was your plan? Let yourself die?" she shrugged. "The way you say it the prophecy's supposed to happen no matter what goes on. So what are you plans, Kote?"

"My plan was to betray the Demon Lord when Sam and the others arrived so that all the elements would be in the same place to strike him down at that moment. I had written it out so well." Kote mumbled. "If only I knew what would happen."

Raine sighed, "Makes no difference. How do we get them here? I could pretend to be on the Demon Lord's side too." she laughed.

"You're supposed to be dead." Kote pointed out.

"Damn it.." the ground shook and Raine looked around. "Sorry. Yea we should leave then. If you have such a GREAT plan."

"I duuu." Kote chuckled and with that, they reappeared somewhere far away, in a small secluded valley where was a small home. "Welcome to my house."

Raine looked around and took everything in. "... Home-yy." she sighed and looked at Kote. "When do we join them?"

"We cannot join them until they make it to the castle, I am sorry but you're stuck with me for a while." Kote shrugged and walked over to his house. "Can I offer you anything?"

Raine followed him slowly, still taking in the surroundings. "No... I'm fine." She wasn't sure what she was going to do while stuck here. Raine felt horrible not being able to do anything or help in any way. "I feel like I'm useless right now..." she sighed and thought once more. It's always the adventurers that get to have all the fun.

~Talyn groans, but cant help her smile that found its way through~ "wonderful.... by the way, I want you to take a look at someone...i get a strange feeling from this vixen...as if she is not what she seems..."

"You mean the Drow fox?" Hiro said slowly. "She just changed her fur to fit in better." He winced a little as he stopped and sat down. "Hahh... let me catch my breath..."

Kote shrugged. "I feel worse, I know that my soul is going to be ripped apart and that I'm probably gonna die."