Completed [Bronze Woods] Where art thou, Master? (Azcadelia)

[Kisetukai]

Alright!

The woman with the luscious red hair stopped the beast, not the way he had expected things to turn out, but at least she stopped it. "Yeah! Good going... You got her." Kise said over joyed, turning his head to the woman. "You know... I honestly thought we were gonna have to run away but..." His words drifted off as he turned his head, looking back at the spot were the beast once sat, unable to piece together reality. "Wait... No... You had that petcher stuck in the earth. How the petch did it escape?! How did it... Excuse my language." Sighing a bit, he realized he had a sailors mouth when it came to battle, something he hated.

"K... What say you?" Kise mumbled to himself, low enough to where he he hoped the woman wouldn't notice. "Me?...  I think that you should stay away from that wench? That's my kill." K muttered in Kise's head, talking finally breaking his mental silence. "Really? You want to want to beat this monster that bad that-" "No!..." K interrupted. "I'm talking about that one over there with the curves... Her name is Azcadelia. I got a bone to pick with her." K said sharply. "Well actually... You can say I got a bone to give her... Hahaha!" His voice fading off as Kise looked Azcadelia up and down in a glance, seeing her... Curves. Blushing a bit, he wiggled his head, flushing it with air... When he heard it.

Singing... Eerie singing. It sounding like... Like... That one ghost. The only ghost he had ever met. That ghost with the master... The one that Shin almost let K raped. 

[i]How the heck do I not remember that little girl's name?! Has it been that long since I have seen Kouri?

.... 

Kouri! That's Kouri! 

That's... Kouri?

Giving Kouri a look up and down, in this form he was unsure... That couldn't be her. It was probably another ghost that ate her. Could ghost eat ghost? What if Kouri really had been eaten by a bigger badder ghost?! 

"Kouri? Kouri?!" He mumbled, slowly turning into a sharp yell. Yet she didn't stop, instead she sung a small tune. It was... Awful. Absolutely awful. After the first two lines, Kise spoke out loud quietly. "It... Doesn't even rhyme... That can't be Kouri. Even a little kid like Kouri knows how to rhyme..." He was left dumfounded when a dagger came whizzing at Azcadelia. Faster than he could even laugh at his joke, she didn't even move, she just stood there. Naturally... Without thinking, K ran out to her. Leaping into the air, his right fist came overhand, the opposite of an upper cut. Creating a downwards ark, his goal was to punch the dagger hard enough to plunge it into the earth. 

His fist flying forward without a thought, he was sure he had the speed to hit it, he didn't even have to use flux. Not that he would anyway, last time he almost lost his arm. His fist flew at a lighting speed, for he used most of the momentum he had to add speed, but something happened. As if planned, awaited, and triggered a gust of... Fire engulfed his fist. 

Oh my petching gods!

Kise's fist instantly retracted, so fast he was unsure if he made contact. Rolling backwards, he wiggled his hand as if it had been cut off, sighing heavily. "Oh dear gods... Thank you..." He smiled smugly, happy that he was whole. "Where did... Fire come from? Oh yeah... She's a magic user." 

"Ok woah! That was bad ass!" A truly excited K exclaimed. "Kise! When did you learn that? You were like, hyah! And fire and boom! And crack! Gods that was awesome!"

Kise slowly stood up, trying to address the situation. "That wasn't me..." He said bluntly, dusting himself off. 

"K..."

What happened?

 

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!" Kouri almost reached her prey now, the prey with red hair. Her eye was right in front of her, the eye that was going to be cleared to let the fresh red liquid pouring down from the ravaged hole. !? But then the suddenly the woman breathed a small puff of magical flame, it felt hot, but Kouri's insane psychotic battle frenzy ignored the pain and kept lunging when... *Wosh!* A fist went through her body, pushing the magical flame violently into Kouri's body. "Geh... guaaah!" The passing magical flames hurt... it hurt, but Kouri didn't felt the physical force of the punch because she was unmaterialized. Kise was in the path of the dagger now and due to that, *Stab!* the dagger slashed his right shoulder instead of Azcadelia's eye. Kouri blinked away and appeared behind Azcadelia and Kise, sitting on a tree branch, her dagger immediately followed its owner; its cold iron edges stained with Kise's fresh blood. "La~ la~ la~ la~" She kept humming a psychotic tune as she swung her legs back and forth, her dagger suddenly launched itself to Azcadelia. Kouri kept commanding the dagger to do wild slashes until Azcadelia stopped moving and was full of stab marks... after that, she would kill the cloaked man... after that, the road...

[Azcadelia]

Azcadelia Rosan

Azcadelia was praying for her life as the dagger plunged towards her, Kouri seemingly unphased by the puff of flame at first. But, suddenly, Kise's first bogarded its way between the two pushing the flame further into Kouri. The ghost gasped out hurt from the flame but a slicing of metal on skin rang through the woods. Someone had been cut by the blade. Azcadelia quickly checked her face; nothing. It had been Kise.

Straightening herself quickly as Kouri blinked from within view Azcadelia watched as the ghost's dagger - that was left behind - zipped behind her towards the trees. In a branch was Kouri, a wild smile on her face. "Kisetukai, are you alright?" Azcadelia stuttered out keeping her eyes on Kouri.

The ghost was up to something, humming and such. It was a deadly tune, she had to be stopped before she or someone else as killed. Azcadelia studied the dagger as it danced around its master. To her shock and unpreparedness the dagger came out of dance and came, screeching, towards her. As quickly as she could chant, the words, "mother defend me" being spoken in quick succession a small square wall of res formed in front of her - enough to protect her chest and face. The res began to quickly form into earth but not quick enough. The dagger came through the murky res scraping the fabric of the tunic that covered Azcadelia's shoulder. Blood was drawn.

The mage was angered by the wound and turned her once defensive block of res into an offensive ability. The res ignited and melted the once forming earth. A once stable block of murky res and earth turned into a basketball sized bit of magma as Azcadelia chanted the words, "mother course through me." The magma was sent towards Kouri. Azcadelia knew that magic could harm a ghost regardless of form as she had seen when Kouri had been hurt by the fire. The small patch of woods they were fighting in would be perfect for the mages casting seeing as her zone of control know exceeded a couple of yards.

[Kisetukai]

K watched as Azcadelia had checked her face, a bit surprised he mumbled to himself. "Why is she checking her face? I saved her." He said softly, a smile covering his face as he felt like the good guy for a change. "Didn't I?... I know I punched something. I felt it. I felt..." His words drifted off once more as he felt a warm sensation trickle down his arm, it felt new and totally enthused. What... What was this? Kise looked down, his right arms, dripping slightly. "Is... It raining? Red wine.... What... What... What.... What......... What.... What...." He couldn't think straight at the thought of blood. Actual blood. His blood, dripping down his arm, his own actual life liquid... Exposed. "K... K.... Please... K... I don't know... Please." Kise mumbled as he almost broke down, beginning to cry a bit, falling to his knees. 

He could barely hear Azcadelia calling his name, she had no effect or way of getting to him, for it was all over. "I don't... I don't care anymore. I don't want to be a knight. I don't want to live... I don't want to fight anymore... Dira..-" 

No Kise! Shut up you don't mean that!

"Dira please.... End this. End me... My blood has stained the earth... Please..." Kise mumbled as he fell on all fours, panting heavily, the blood slowly leaking out. "Please... I don't want to live anymore. Please..." 

"Shut the petch up Kise! It's just a minor cut!"

Kise had one secret, deep down like all of his personalities. He suffered from chronic hemophobia. Yes. A squire, who in the future aspired to be a squad leader sent on missions. Had a huge fear of blood. Actually, it was K who wanted to be a knight, Kise would've been happier being a counselor or something. Helping people out with verbal power, discussions and words, stronger than iron. But alas, this was not his fate, so he sucked it up and kept to himself. K who knew this, still persuaded him, and told him blood would be in the future. So far that he would never see it during squirehood. 

Here he was, leaking a small stream of blood down his arm. "Oh dear gods... I can't... I can't breathe." He said, huffing and puffing as he entered the hyperventilation stage. "I can't... I can't... I won't... Oh gods!"

"Kise... Tisk tisk..." Said a sly voice, popping into conversation. "Didn't I tell you that ghost girl was evil? You should've let K play with her. They would've had fun. And she wouldn't have hurt you." Shin said softly, beginning to worm his way into control of the body. "Kise... How bout this?... You let her possess us after this and we can do something fun? I'm thinking chains and gags... What say you K?" He got no answer. "I see... Ok then. For now, let me handle this. And remember you should always listen to your brother."

"That's not Kouri... Kouri... Wouldn't hurt me." Kise muttered, still huffing and puffing cool air, his chest expanding and deflating. 

Of course she wouldn't Kise... Of course she wouldn't.

Shin slid into control, his eyes twitching a bit as he fell into the body, his toes wiggling. "Ah yes... It's good to be home." Standing up, he jumped up, feeling the cool sensation his arm. Taking his index finger and middle, he scooped a small sample of his blood, bringing it to his mouth for a suck of ecstasy. "Oh gods yes... It taste better than I thought. We need to get cut more often.. If only that waitress at the stallion would have cut me  when I gave her the chance... Oh my." Looking around he saw Azcadelia dancing around, dodging the dagger that Kouri had been fancying. "Ok... Let's do this!" 

No... I'm going to end this.

"What the petch?! Brother are you serious.... Please. I'm not gonna give up the body so you can strategize. I'm gonna stab that bitch! And maybe this one? I don't know... Well see." Shin said bluntly. "After all... I can do what ever I want becau-" He was cut off as he lost control of the body, flying back into the subconscious. "You talk to much, when you should be thinking Shin. This is where your battle lacks and why you can't progress as one." Said a blank voice, the owner being the new persona in control of the body. 

"No Brother! I can still fight! I'm sorry! I'll even follow your strategy! Just let me-" Shin's voice was cut off as K roared out. "No! Let me fight! So far everyone has touched my body except for me! And I take it that your this new Brother character? Explain yourself!" The whole time, Kise was mumbling in the back ground, still in a trance; "Blood... The blood... So much blood... It's just so much... So much... Blood... Blood..." 

It was too much, to much for Brother, the one in control of the body. The greatest and most strongest persona. "We will talk later... But for now...." He said bluntly, not paying much attention to them. 

"No!" K and Shin yelled in unison, but their plea was too late.

Somehow this new personality, had forced them to sleep, regardless of thoughts. For once, this body was quiet, and contained only one mindset. With his body at ease, Brother closed his eyes, thinking about the situation. Opening and seeing the dagger slice Azcadelia through her res, he instantly got an idea. "This is it..." He mumbled. A blank face, his eyes devoid of emotions and thoughts, but definitely attractive because of vagueness. He waited for an opening, to where Azcadelia wasn't so busy, and then it came. She shot out a ball of magma, enough to give him some time. Quickly leaping near her but not to close, he spoke in a serious tone, being clear yet firm and fast. "Azcadelia... That is your name correct? There is a way to beat this girl.. She may unmaterialize but her dagger may not, of course this is known but it gives an opening. If you can, aim for the dagger. I notice you have understandings of the magical arts in earth, possibly if you can trap her once more retrieving the dagger is possible." 

He knew he couldn't talk forever, but he definitely didn't care if Kouri had came close and heard, the plan would be still effective. "Azcadelia, if attracting her is too risky, I will draw her in. Even if you must trap us in a small hollow sphere of dirt do it. I can use my strength to grab the dagger, with these gaunlets I'm more than protected! Over powering her ghostly tendrils won't be a challenge trust me, I just need you to cooperate ok?" With that being said he slammed his fist together, the metal gaunlets cracking, he was ready. He wasn't much of a fight but could always pretend. And if Kouri did appear he was confident Azcadelia would follow through and help... 

He was Brother... The strategist!

oocFinally! Get to use him! >.< Thank you!

[Fubuki Kouri]

"............" Kouri flashed a silent malicious wide grin full of teeth as the satisfying sound of cold steel cutting though flesh could be heard from Azcadelia's shoulder. That red liquid, yes... that beautiful red water... Kouri wanted to see more of it, more more and more! Until the preys in front of her was coated in the pretty red murky water, she would not stop. "Kihaaahahahahahahhahaha!" Kouri mockingly laughed at Azzy's attempt to send a magma ball to her. She saw the obvious and flashy incantations of the spell and already prepared herself to get out of harm's way. When Azcadelia launched her fiery ball of magma. Kouri's form vanished into thin air, the magma ball hit the poor branch she was sitting on and the tree immediately went up in flames. "Hohoho... OHOHOHOHOHO!!" Kouri appeared above the burning tree, her ethereal white hair chaotically whipping in the air. She slowly looked downwards to both Azzy and Kise. Her glowing crimson red reptillian eyes, the psychotic Glasgow grin, the bloodstained dress combined by the red light emitted from the inferno below her made Kouri looked as if a demon had come to the forest tonight. Kouri shifted her position so she was upside-down in the air like a bat hanging to an invisible branch. "....." Kouri positioned her dagger near the fire, heating it to the point that the cold steel was glowing red with heat. "Ahahaha.... AHAHAHAHAHA!!" Her demonic laughter resounded in the air as her dagger launched itself to strike Azcadelia again. Perhaps in whatever mind Kouri still had now, her instincts told her Azcadelia presented the greatest threat to her as she could use magic.

[Azcadelia]

Azcadelia Rosan

Flames danced on the tree and refracted in Azcadelia's jade eyes. The mix of green and orange was mesmerizing to those who were paying attention. The battle had been heating up - literally - and there wasn't any progress being made by the living. The unliving however had them wrapped around her pinky. "Kouri, stop this nonsense!" Azcadelia yelled as the flames crept up the tree.

The mage's eyes followed Kouri as she floated above the burning tree. When Kouri turned upside down, like a puppeteer at play, it made her skin creep and crawl. It was all too much. To think that a once shy, innocent and careful creature had become an insane and self indulged creation was unfathomable.

Though all this Azcadelia had been oblivious to Kisetukai's own internal battle but recognized a change after he had fell to the ground. The newer, more bolder Kisetukai had developed a plan and all. It was a good one but one that Azcadelia wasn't sure to support. Her casting had its limit but if she could keep the formation of elements to a limit and only use those that are around her the strain would be much less. "Kise, her eyes are on me," she whispered to the squire. "She's trying to kill me first. I can try to lure her closer with the flames - they hurt her. If you can grab the knife or if I can encase it in the earth we'd have that problem solved. However, I don't know what other tricks are up Kouri's sleeve."

With that said Azcadelia turned her attention to the ever flaming tree. It was illuminating the surroundings and could possibly be seen from the road. If the knights weren't to be drawn to the clearing the battle would have to end soon. Azcadelia took stance in the upturned soil, digging her slippers into it and with a wave her hands and arms she pulled the fire from the tree - leaving it smoldering with smoke. A large grunt emitted from her mouth as the flames wrapped around her and Kise's body before being shot at Kouri who hanged upside down in the sky.

[Kisetukai]

It had been too much, too much to calculate and take in, but not for Brother. He quickly began to reanalyze the situation as Azcadelia spoke, simple head nods to show his confirmation. Thinking to himself as she spoke, grabbing the dagger sounded easier than it was. Even if he had on daggers he was no fighter, that was Kise, the one with the personal flare for fist. But Brother was a think, one who loved to reserve energy. And that's what he did, closing his eyes to think to himself, the loud crackling fire... It was too much. His concentration had to find it's way, thinking to himself he began to simulate possible scenarios and success rates. This was his plan, to find, a plan. Mumbling to himself a bit, Azcadelia might've thought he was crazy perhaps but this was working. 

"Possible scenario five, success rate fifty two percent... Death rate... No that won't work. How bout... No... Possibly?... No..." He was almost out of thoughts and time, until he opened his eyes to see Azcadelia's flames dancing around their bodies. Then in a quick burst, they all were shooting out a Kouri. He turned his head, oblivious to the little girl, thinking once more. 

Until finally a thought slipped out of his mind. "The flames... The flames? The flames! Why didn't I think of it before?!" He mumbled to himself, a bit annoyed at his late plan. Turning a bit, but staying away from the busy woman, he spoke out dominantly. "Azcadelia, your flames can't hurt me... Well not how you just used them exactly. I have an idea... One more that I think you would be able to employ." He looked at he with his dull big eyes. "Draw her in. Lots of flames and don't let up. Trust me this will be over soon." He prepared his own body, sliding off the gaunlets and using the string in the left one to connect them like a set of boxing gloves. Quickly, he placed the thread on his neck, leaving the gaunlets in his shirt hanging and hovering over his ribcage. This was necessary to protect vital organs, as things were about to get dangerous, if not already. Tucking his tee shirt into his shorts, was ready, ready to get him a dagger. He was planning on letting himself be stabbed once more but he knew he couldn't handle this pain. Closing his eyes, he relinquished control of the body, only letting one persona come back to life. 

"It's about petching time!" K roared as he flexed a bit, looking at the flames. "Gods... What did you guys do man?" 

K now is not a time of merriment. You must retrieve that dagger if you want to survive!

"And I need to do this because?..." K replied sarcastically. 

Do this and I will explain who I am... And what I am.

A smile grew on K's face as he assumed boxing position, ready to somehow do something. "You should've told me sooner... I'll have that damn dagger in no time."

Splendid! Now do remember that-

"Uh Uh... We're gonna do this my way..." K said rudely, waiting to see the next turn of events.

oocExhausted... On my couch... I'm sorry if this isn't my best work but hey it's a reply right? Please... Goodluck

[Fubuki Kouri]

"Hehehehe! Ahahaha!" Kouri kept flinging the blazing hot dagger at Azcadelia. "Aha.. keh..." She unknowingly groaned in pain. One could see that the raging soulmist swirling around her body was fading. Kouri was getting tired, she had massacred a pack of wolves before the fight began and in her frenzied state, she didn't watch her use of Soulmist and kept making wild unnecessary slashes instead of precise ones, finally she got hit by a stream of magical flames pushed by Kise's fist. But of course, Kouri didn't realize all that and kept going. When Azcadelia began casting another spell, Kouri used the chance to make a slash to Azzy's body. *Pssst!* The piping hot steel made contact with Azzy's left shoulder, cutting and cooking her flesh at the same time. "Ahahah- !?" Kouri's laughter was interrupted when a large stream of flames roaring toward her. This time, she wasn't ready to dodge and got hit by the flames. "GAAAH!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!" She roared in pain as the flames burned her. If the flames were all magical, then Kouri's form would disappear right then and there, reduced to swirling soulmist. But it was not so, some of the flames are natural flames created from the burning tree, while some are magical flames that were previously created by Azzy's Res. Kouri only got affected by the magical part of the flames. "GAAAAAAAAAAAH!!" After a few seconds burning in the flame, Kouri blinked from the location and appeared behind Azcadelia. Her form was terrible to behold, with left arm completely missing and half of her face flickering wildly. Kouri looked like a moving mutilated corpse. "GYAAAAAAAGH!!" With a scream, Kouri raised her blazing dagger once more and made a stabbing motion to Azcadelia's neck. Kouri was very exhausted and another weak attack will likely send her sprawling on the ground, unable to act.

[Azcadelia]

Azcadelia Rosan

A small grin came across Azcadelia's face as the spout of flame came in contact with the floating Kouri. It was quite a display as the natural flames went through the ghost and the conjured ones engulfed her soulmist. It was as if a whip as slashed through the ethereal being. "Got her, Kisetukai," she muttered to man beside her. "Your plan was great but I think that this'll do. She's much too weak to fight us now." Whilst saying this she hadn't noticed that Kouri had stopped her screaming and had disappeared completely from her perch in the sky. A small groan was heard behind her.

Kouri had blinked from the sky and reappeared behind the two living beings. Azcadelia's eyes were met with horror as they fell upon the now twisted ghost. It was a state of true terror. Kouri actually looked like that of a burn victims who's face and skin had been scarred from the flames. It could be seen that the ghost's soulmist was close to gone and she was close to death. However, Kouri continued her bloodlust her dagger raised in the air. In her weakened state it could be seen how unstable she was and how close to succumbing to her wounds she was. "Kisetukai, it won't be neccessary to kill the ghost. We're going to help her, got it?" she whispered to the man before exhaling a small puff of res in Kouri's face. The res ignited furiously once Kouri was engulfed it the small puff of flame. "I'm sorry, Fubuki Kouri," muttered Azcadelia as the flame bursted.

[Kisetukai]

Alright! Azcadelia was actually getting her with that magic crap, those flames she manage to conjure from her very being. K scanned the area as she spoke, it was going good so far... He was still alive right? Yeah. But as he looked up, Kouri was gone, there was no trace of her. Staring at the spot she was previously, he felt a bit baffled. "Where could she have...-" He spun around to Kouri near Azcadelia, her face was....  It was awful. Words could explain but K chose not to, simply placing a serious face on, his body rocked as he awaited an opening.

Hearing Azcadelia say that they didn't want to killer her wasn't acceptable. Kouri was now an enemy, one that deserved to be put down, for mercy had left the building when that dagger had made contact with his soft flesh. Now he wanted her to have fun, her to feel that pain. Taking the gaunlets out, placing them on his fist and untucking his shirt... It was time. Kouri was close, focused on Azcadelia, and it seemed she didn't even acknowledge his existence. "Yo Brother... Check me out!" K said sharply as he lunged forward. Above him, he failed to notice, Azcadelia had once again puffed out flames. Perfect. Sliding right in front of Azcadelia with his body in a full crouch, he sprang up, his right fist doing what it did naturally. "Don't take me lightly wench!" He yelled as his body flew up, fist through flames, aiming at Kouri's throat. He couldn't tell if he hit or not, although one of his fastest and strongest punches, but he still managed to roll. Rolling because the force of his punch was too much, way to much, leaving him huffing and puffing on his back. Slowly getting up, calming down, he let out a mischievous smile at Azzy. "Did I get her?" 

[b]Did he?