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Robin smiled and picked herself up from the ground, still rubbing the sleep from her eyes. She followed V back into the castle, sticking close thim out of the need for security. The dimmer light made her eyes illuminate with a faint glow as they walked the corridors, finding their way to the mess hall.

"You always know whats good." Ayslyn murmured, brushing against the drake. Letting out a content sigh, she let her body rest against Fenris.

"You do whatever you wish." Lucile purred, her breath moving across Celene's neck.

Typhon eyes the shattered hunks of wood, and the water begins to move at his will, pushing the wood into one large pile. The wood begins to reassemble itself into the boat, and the great dragon nods his head. "This vessel is too large, too slow...your goal cannot afford delays, can it?" he asks quizzically.

The Brianna in front of Tsunade chuckles at this, and the one behind the Hokage speaks up. "Liar," she says simply. "You may not wish to kill me, but you still wonder about me. 'How monstrous is this girl that she can work with such a fiend?' It is evident on your face..." the Brianna behind Tsunade whispers, pressing her lips to the woman's shoulder. "And even in the way your blood temperature rises at my touch...you grow angry at my contact," the Brianna in front of Tsunade concludes. The one behind the woman vanishes, and the only remaining Brianna brushes her hair back, her bemused smile changing into a frown. "Let me make it clear, though...I am not an agent of Orochimaru," she says firmly. "I did not become free from Stryker only to enslave myself to the whims of another master. I do this because I have found nothing better to do as of yet than hunt down these Akatsuki, and Orochimaru has provided me with resources to accomplish this task," she says, her eyes flitting towards the approaching Annastrianna as she says this last bit.

Mikoyu keeps watching the door for several minutes, then turs her focus to Mercer. "There are your fellows...Brianna and her friends, I mean," she mention suddenly. "Perhaps one of them told whoever this group is made up...no, I doubt it, they haven't been free for long, and we haven't noticed them making contact with any groups," she says.

"To their eyes, we are something to be avoided...much as a lion, or even an ogre or the like," Alreza says calmly as she caefully removes the antlers. "Animals do not live under the concepts of good and evil...such are inventions of elves, man, an the rest of our kin," she explains, turning to face her lover asthe sunlight illuminates her hair and face through the canopy above.

Fenris smiles, and kisses his master, laying her back gently on the bed. As he reaches to take his shirt off, there is a knock at the door, and he frowns, glancing over at it and sniffing the air. "...That woman, Pearl," he says, a hint of irritation in his voice.

Celene lets out a soft gasp, and smiles, laying down in the grass with her lover.
[ftb]

V looked down to Robin as they walked, then after a minute shook his head, "Robin...do you have a family member still alive I don't know about?" he asked.

Tapion shook his head, "Truthfully...we've put this mission off for 10 years...but I think it is now time to go ahead on this." he said as he bowed yet again, now on the boat, "I thank you for your assistance...in the meantime, I believe there's a Kraken that you might want to deal with." he smiled.

Tsunade sighed, "You see everything, but understand little." she said, "I don't hate anyonme who associates with Orochimaru simply for that fact...I hate all those who put my village or anyone I care about and love at danger...you have not done this, so no I dont hate yo...you simply assume I do because you know what he did, and how deeply I hate him."

Mercer nodded, "Brianna fears me anyhow, I doubt she would do anything to make me angryh, especially to THAT degree, even if she had reason to do so." he growle,d "The soldiers seemed like a military organization." he pointed out, "Real organized, in uniforms and shit."

Yeun nodded, "Animals fight all the time...with now care for what morality tells them to do...a predator would attack us without a second thought, as we would do to them...it seems only natural really."

"I will make him see the wisdom of worshipping me," Typhon says, nodding his head in agreement. He looks up, and catches Brontes with his tail as the man comes hurtling downwards, then sets him on the boat. "Now, off with you," the sea god says.

Brianna frowns, and shakes her head. "...I do not know how to deal with this. I can deal with being hated, or being needed...I do not know how to handle what you are doing. I do not even recognize it," she admits, her head jerking to face Tsunade again. "...are you trying to comfort me? Reassure me? Make me like you? I do not understand this."

"A creature such as Brianna can feel fear?" Mikoyu smiles at this, and puts her hand on Mercer's knee. "Do not worry...I'm sure Longinus will discover who was stupid enough to attack your sister," she points out.

Alreza smiles at this, and turns around, touching the side of her lover's face. She pulls him into a tender kiss, then steps away, glancing to the deer's remains. "Now we should finish our work," she says.

Brontes blinked, then laughed, "Brontes entered weird dark place." he said, "Not able to breathe for short while..." he nodded, "Really weird..." Tapion shook his head, "You're fine...thank yo uagain milord!" he called to Typhon as he nodded to the group that they should get going.

Tsunade sighed, "I am trying to say that you see much, though know little." she said, "You yourself are wondering these things about you and are assumming I am wondering the same thing...you know little about yourself don't you?" she asked.

Mercer nodded, "And when I find out, they won't be dead...oh know...I'll create a special little placein my bodyto house their soul for the rest of my life...they won't bother me, and they'll never go onto the afterlife until I'm destroyed, utterly, which own;t be for a long ass time...know they're pretty much going to be sufferring for...hell as long as I can make em suffer." he cracked his neck and flexed his fist.

Yeun nodded, "Right, alright I've got tyhe hide, and antlers, let's wrap the rest up." he said, "Well..might wanna let the blood drain a bit first..." he pointed out.

Robin's body stiffened up, her right eye wincing in pain. She kept her face away from V. The expression on her face was that of worry, pain, and anxiousness. Glancing back at him, she slipped down to the ground, her face burried in her hands as she thought deeply.

Ayslyn frowned, sighing out of frustration. She pulled herself out from under Fenris and went over to the window, sitting on the sill.

Lucile nuzzled Celene's ear gently, her fingers running through the other woman's hair. Getting up very carefully, she went over to the doorway to check on her sanctuary, hearing her wolves howling with content at the sight of the rising moon.

Fenris goes to the door, pulling it open and revealing a beamintg Pearl on the other side. "Hiya! Were you planning on going flying with me and Luster?" she asks. A delicate hand rests on Pearl's shoulder, and the female silver dragon steps into view behind her lover, "I believe they were in the middle of something, Pearl," Luster says. Pearl blinks, a bit confused at this, and glances to Fenris. "In the middle of what?" she wonders. Luster sighs, and putsa hand over Pearl's mouth, smiling apologetically at the others. "She's sweet, and she has a kind heart...but she's not particularly bright, I hate to say," the older dragonsays, leading her lover away.

Celene's eyes slowly open, and she smiles, taking a few moments to feel the life flowing around her. She looks up, and blinks a couple of times, seeing a small boy outside of Lucille's sanctuary. She jumps to her feet, and stares at the child with disbelief as the child smiles. Although the child has a humanoid form, it's obviously not human; its skin has the appearance of rotten bark, and wilted vines dangle from his head as if it were hair. "Hello, mother," the child says, his voice raspy as if it were being made by the sound of dry leaves and branches rustling against one another. "...Mandrake," Celene breathes softly.

Lina nods her head, nd chants softly, giving the ship as much speed as it can possibly take as they are launched towards their destination. "So, Tapion, how much of what you said about worshipping him was a load of horse shit?" the sorceress laughs as the ocean spray blows through her hair.

Brianna pauses for a moment, then nosdher head. "...I have been enslaved since before I can remember...I have only had the past few days, and the lifetimes I have lived during them, to get to know myself," she says.

Rei slips out of the room in her female form, and stands nude in front of Mikoyu and Mercer as she closes teh door. "She is sleeping...I suggest you let her rest, she is quite tired," she says, a hint of a smile touching her lips.

Alreza nods her head, and eyes the blood for a few moments, noticing a reflection in a small puddle of the liquid. Her eyes dart up, and Quarion drops down, landing a couple of inches away from her and smiling. "Hello, little sister," the vampire laughs, reaching hishand out and stroking her cheek with his long, slender fingers.

V grabbed a hold of Robin's shoulders, "Wha'ts going on?" he asked concernedly, bracing the woman and examining her to see what was the matter.

Tapion chuckled, "Not completely...My people really did worship him, and two others as well." he said, "But I myself never believed in worshipping gods of the elements...I preferred the current gods that you all know, gods that matter, make a difference in the world, you know?" he shrugged.

Tsunade sighed, "Stop trying to mature quickly through living alternate lives...the current life is the only one that matters, the one in this time, right now, where you learn what you need to learn, and grow up and mature at the rate of evertyone around you."

Mercer nodded, "I'm not a dick, I know when to leave people be." he pointed out, "I'm more concerned about finding the guy responsible for what happened and giving him the best torture I know." he growled.

Yeun frowned as he drew his falchion, "What the hell do YOU want?" he asked, getting extremely bad vibes from the vampiric elf.

Lina laughs at this, and nods her head. "We'll be to shore in no time.,..I'd suggest offering the gu SOME kinda tribute for a while, anyways," she says. Shesits down next to Anya, who is still shaking her head in disbelief. "...that spell. The one you were getting ready to cast back there," the priestess mutters. Lina blinks, then nods, remembering that she had been about to cast her Gigaslave. "What about it?" Anya looks at the sorceress, then rises to her feet, still looking down at her. "Please try not to do that again...I'm just a LITTLE leery about the whole blowing-up-the-world bit," the cleric replies.

"Seriously!" laughs Anna, smacking Brianna's ass as she comes up behind her. "For a girl who has nothing BUT time, you're sure impatient," she points out. Brianna blinks, and glances from Tsunade to Anna for a few moments before nodding her head. "I concede your point," she says. Her body glows brefly, and it seems like a hundred images of herself are fading into the original, who nods her head after a few seconds as the last of the images vanishes into her.

Rei smiles at this, and glances over her shoulder, then moves closer to Mercer. "I know much about torture...I can tell you a few things you could o to your victims. Better yet," she offers, her eyes shining at the prospect of being allowed to inflict pain, "I could show you."

Quarion laughs at Yeun's question ,and turns his head to look at the human. "I simply wish tospeak to my sister....alone," he says, giving the mortal a bit of a dirty look.

Robin nearly choked as V looked down at her, feeling her mental barriers shaking. "My brother!" It was impossible to lie to him, and the fear had continued to well up inside of her.

Ayslyn pulled a sheet over herself, looking out the window as the drakes conversed. Once the other two were gone, she sighed, looking back at Fenris. "Is it a drake thing?"

Lucile stood up quickly, feeling strange around this child. "who are you?" she asked, staring at the boy.

ooc: um u prolly get this a lot but can i jump into this or do i need to be accepted in?

V looked at Robin for a second, then nodded, "I see..." he said as he put an arm around Robin and held her to him, "I want you to know, as long as you are with me, you cannot and will not be harmed." he said, "IS this understood?"

Brotnes frowned, "MAster knows how to not blow up world." he said, "Master too wise to not know when to use her spells." Tapion chuckled, "Master is still young and impatient...I'm surpised yo udon't try to Dragonslave everything that makes you angry." he snickered.

Tsunade signed something on her desk and looked to Brianna, "I figre you'd be good to do this for me...and you do seem to want to help." she said, "If you would like, I have signed this license for Tanori to be allowed to do anything she feels she needs to do in order to neutralize the Akatsuki, if anyone has any discrepencies with her actions, please, feel free to show them this, or you cangive this to her and explain it, I don't care either way."

Mercer smirked, "And I'd ask Longinus to make sure the fucker stays awake and alive for the whole thing too." he said, "Nobody fucks with me or my family, I'm making sure this is known EVERYWHERE, this guy will be made an example of."

Yeun smirked, "Yeah, what if I don't like that plan?" he asked as he twirled his sword around him and went into a pensive defensive stance.

Fenris frowns, a bit confused by his master's words. "A drake thing?" he asks, letting slide the fact that his kind prefer to be called dragons. "What do you mean? The flying?"

Mandrake sneers at Lucille, the grass around his feet turning brown and wilting. "I am Mandrake...as for who and what I am, it's not important. I was going to kill my mother, but she's apparently under the protection of one of the Four, and I have no desire to get myself killed today," he says, noting that his field of decay stops just shy of the barrier.

Lina laughs at this, still feeling the sea breeze on her face. "I used to do that sort of thing...I calmed down quite a bit in the past ten years, though. I don't blow anyone up for calling me flat chested anymore!" she points out. "Nope, usually I just run to my irlfriend and bury my face in her NOT-flat chest for a while, and it calms me down," she declares, glancing to Jessica with a mischievous and lustful smile on her face.

Brianna glances at the license, then turns to Tanori, who rolls her eyes and takes the document from Tsunade's hand. "I really hate being talked about as if I weren't here," the Kitsune laughs, shaking her head. "Don't worry...this job's gotta be really tough on ya. Honestly, if Midnight couldn't have his mind everywhere at once, he'd probably have gone crazy running things by now," she points out.

Rei smiles at this thought, and feels a chill run throughout her body at the thought of being allowed to inflict such tortures, "I have not been allowed to cause such agony in untold ages...I would jump at the chance to hone my craft," she says, looking at her fingers.

Quarion nods his head, and considers this for a moment. "Then I will kill you, and I will take my sister's unborn child from her womb," he says. Alreza blinks at this, and glances to Quarion. "...one of us is pregnant?" she asks. "Yes, my dear, YOU are," Quarion explains patiently, as if speaking to a child.

Jessica smiled, "Yes that's true, she does seem to find solace in my chest." she snickered. Tapion sighed, "Well I see that hasn't changed then..." he mumbled, "I know very little of what happened to the others who traveled with us...your sister, for instance Lina, that man, Jack, and the perverted preist and his equally perverted preistess..."

Tsunade sighed, "Apologies, usually after I'm done talking to people around here they like to just vanish on me...I'm getting kind of used to it." she chuckled. She nodded to Tanori, "So you are aware that, with this license, you're allowed to do ANYTHING you need to do, legal or otherwise, to take down the Akatsuki, no restrictions, nothing...oh yes, and you don't have to necessarily kill them, just neutralize them."

Mercer nodded, "You'll have plenty of a chance." he said, "firstthing's first, investigation time, we need to find more of these military asswipes, and then I'll absorb them, figure out what they know." he said.

Yeun blinked,"I'm...I'm gonna have a kid?" he wondered, "Hell that's...that's some pretty big news..." he sat down against a tree and shook his head, "I had no idea I would have to be dealing with something like that...how...how long does an elven pregnancy with a half elf usually tend to go anyhow? What do I need to do to prepare, what's its NAME goingto be, what...oh jeez..." he began to panic.

Lina laughs at this, and shakes her head. "I got no clue where Angelo or Shayla-Shayla took off to...Luna had other tasks to do. I think she said something like "Many wrongs must be righted in the world, and I cannot wait for you to get a boat out of sand when I could be of much more use elsewhere,"" she recalls. "As for Jack...I don't got a clue," she admits.

Tanori nods her head, thinking briefly of Midnight's Book of Vaults and Runes. "I only know a few ways to neutralize someone without killing them...I'm not the jailkeeper type, ya understand," the kitsune laughs, rubbing the back of her head. "I can think of several, but most involve brief action outside of the time stream," Brianna points out.

Rei slips around behind Mercer, and hugs him, pressing her nude form up against his back. "Please...let me go too. I wish to assist in more interrogation. The slaughter outside of your sister's home was most...exhilirating," she says. Mikoyu snorts at this, and shakes her head. "You're making slaughter sound like sex, Urusei," the red-haired woman says. "My name is Rei...and if I am having that effect, I apologize...they are two very distinct, very powerful types of pleasure," Rei responds.

Quarion rolls his eyes at this, and lifts Yeun by the scruff of his tunic. "Yes yes, very dramatic and life-altering, I know," he says. He heaves Yeun through the trees, then turns to Alreza, grabbing her wrist before she can grab her weapon. "I wish to test something, my sister..." he says with a sneer, grabbing her around the waist with one arm and sinking his fangs into her throat. Alreza's cry of protest turns into a whimper, and she soon goes limp, feeling her life being torn out of her. A single tear leaks from her pleading eyes as the last drop of blood leaves her veins, and Quarion kneels over her, and slices a line along his forearm, forcing her to drink from it. "There...now, let's see what we can do with this body of yours, hmm?" he asks, looking at her beautiful form with a twisted smile. As he puts one hand on the bottom of her tunic, he pauses, and frowns, sitting there pensively for a moment. "...No, that would endanger the experiment, and we can't have that, now can we?" he murmurs. He releases the shirt, and lifts his sister's head, kissing her for several moments. "Another time, then," he laughs, transforming into a cloud of bats and dispersing throughout the trees.

Tapon nodded, "I see, oh well, I don't suppose they're TOO necessary to the cause, though I thought Jack originally had a personal stake in this particular mission." Trode peeked up from belowdecks, "Actually..." he said, "Jack followed Luna, he wanted to see if, eventually, he could get her to tell him what he is...thought I always thought he was human..."

Tsunade shrugged, "Convince them to end their assassination ways, speak with them, defeat them and put them at your mercy, I don't know, there are many ways, but in the end how this is to be done is fully up to you." she said, "This is your baby after all."

Mercer snorted, "Stick with me babe, I'm a vengeful sonofabitch, and I've got a LOOOOt of killing to do, we'll kill a lot, gonna be a fun revenge themed adventure I'm going on." he pointed out with a grin.
He cleared his throat, "But uhhh...I hope you ain't offended if I don't wanna have sex with you again...after you bang my sister I kinda lose interest, one of my human quirks ya see."

Yeun groaned as he staggered through the trees, finding Alreza on the ground. He blinked as he approached her, her tunic ruffled and the scent of Quarion still strong on her, "...He didn't...that son ofa bitch..." he made a couple fists as he approached Alreza to make sure she was ok.

Lina smiles at this, eyeing the shoreline ahead of them. "More like he wanted to get in her pants," she points out. She squints, seeing two figures on the shore watching them, and one of the figures blurs folr an instant. Lina stiffens up, feeling a familiar hand on her shoulder, and hears Luna's voice, a whisper right next to her ear. "Remember....slowly ease up on the spell, don't just let it go," her sister whispers. Lina nods, and slowly but surely eases up on the magic, letting the vessel slow to a stop at the shoreline. She smiles, having become used to hearing her sister's voice in the back of her mind, being her voice of reason, but she hears a yelp from behind her. "Um...miss, who are you?" Anya asks, a bit startled by Luna's sudden presence. Lina glances over her shoulder, and gulps visibly at the sight of her sister, whose fingers are just barely touching the side of Lina's neck. "I am Luna Inverse, Knight of Ceiphied," Luna says.

Tanori blinks, a bit ocnfused at Tsunade's words, and shrugs. "Um, right, sure," she says with a laugh. Brianna turns to face the kitsune, and tilts her head to the side, studying the woman. "...you have great power within yourself," she notes. "Yeah. I'm like the last descendant of one of the Ancients, I'm over a century old, and I've trained at the Castle, I'm not really surprised," Tanori says.

Rei smiles at this, and touches the side of Mercer's face. "I had no interest in you to begin with, so I take no offense," she says. "I will stay with your sister for a time...eventually, she will tire of me, as all beings tire of one another, and we shall part," she explains.

Alreza's eyes flash open as Yeun approaches, and she sits up with a gasp, feeling air rush into lungs that no longer require the cold touch of oxygen. She turns to face Yeun, a hand on her chest as she tries to catch her breath, and a confused look crosses her features after a few moments. She looks down at her hand, noticing first the pale pallor that has come to her skin, and then the fact that no heart beats within her breast any longer. Her other hand moves to the side of her neck, and as she pulls this hand away, she sees small dots of blood on her fingertips. She trembles for a moment, biting her lip, then winces at the feel of her newly-formed fangs piercing the skin of the lip. She pushes herself to her feet, smoothing her shirt out, and looks from her hand up to Yeun's face, her watering eyes pleading for him to come to her. As she takes a step towards him, her vision shakes, and she feels a gnawing hunger in her stomach. "...Hand me...one of the deer parts...need to..." she manages to gasp out, doubling over and clutching her stomach. The doubling over serves a second purpose, one which Alreza doesn't tell Yeun; for just an instant there, she had fantasized about slitting his veins with her teeth, and drinking his life's blood to slake her unholy thirst.

Robin looked up at V for a moment, taking in what he was saying. Giving a nod of acknowledgement, she looked down at the ground, feeling a bit more secure, but at the same time, wishing that she should seek out a solution to her problem.

"Yes." Ayslyn murmured, looking out the window again. She sighed, one hand trailing up the side of her face to her soft, pink ears.

Lucile scowls, small thorns growing from the walls and ceiling. "You are not welcome here." she hissed, venom dripping from her fangs.

Tapion shook his head, "Always have to make an entrance?" he asked with a smirk, "Seriously, you just sort of...appeared..." Another voice from the side of the ship came from a familiar bandana wearing man, "She likes to think she doesn't need to announce her presence everywhere she goes, if she surprises you, then whatever." he explained. Yangus looked between the two and snorted, "Oi, Luna's gotten a bit olda ova' the years, but Jack, ye ain't aged a bit since ya left." he noted, "What, get vamped er somefin'?" Jack shook his head, "No." he said simply.

Tsunade nodded, "Which is why I believe if anyone's capable of doing this missio, it's probably you." she said, "Now the most dangerous members that we know of are the top three, Pein, their leader, Itachi, and Kisame." she explained as she pointed at the corresponding pictures, "Itachi and Kisame usually travel together, Itachi is incredibly skilled at fighting, and is adept at the use of genjutsu, which messes with your head to the point where you'll be paralyzed or think you've gone through a year's worth of torture in a matter of seconds. Kisame...well...he's incredibly strong, and has enough ewnergy reserves to fight you for days on end, without tiring, nor using up his energy summoning literlaly oceans of water to aid him i his fights...don't let him hit you with his sword, it has energy absorbing qualities."

Mercer nodded, "Good shit, long as you dont break her heart or anything you're free to do whatever you want to her." he snickered, "Hell she might teach YOU a couple things, I'll bet being a prostitute taught her some skills."

Yeun frowned as he watched Alreza double over, "Yoiu shouldn't stand up so fast." he cautioned as he placed his hands on her shoulders and tried to steady her, "After what you've gone through it's best to just lie down." he explained.

"Flying is very serene and relaxing at times...it is also much faster than walking around," points out Fenris with a chuckle. "It's about as social an activity among dragons as "hanging out" is among humans, as I understand it," he explains.

Mandrake laughs at this, and noids his head. "Of course...I wouldn't dare try to cross you," he says, holding his hands up iun a gesture of mock surrender. He backs away from the barrier, and glances to the grass around his feet, smiling at the sight of the decay. "I have other places that I can be, anyways," he chuckles.

Luna smiles slightly at this, and wraps her sister in a gentle embrace, putting one hand on the back of her head. "I have missed you," she informs the young sorceress. The redhead blushes, feeling Luna's breasts pressed against her, and laughs nervously. "Um...what did I do wrong? This isn't the part where you kick the tar outta me, is it?" she asks hopefully.

Tanori nods her head, examining the pictures briefly. "So we'd need some sort of completely mindless undead to defeat Itachi...completely mindless, but still strong enough or numerous enough to fiught him," she murmurs. "One of our members, Toni, could handle that. She could raise an army of zombies or skeletons...numerous enough that even Itachi would be overwhelmed eventually," Brianna suggests. "Or Etna...her eyes are forged from jewels of true sight, they would let her see through his illusions, I imagine," she continues.

Rei smiles at this, her fingers running down the surface of the door behind which Katrina is sleeping. "Interesting...I will have to be more thorough with her next time," she says.

Alreza's eyes glow red, and she seizes one of Yeun's arms, her fangs stopping an inch away from the radial artery. "Damnit...Yeun, do what...DO WHAT I SAID!" she snarls, pushing him away and staggering back. "Just...toss me...one of the deer organs. I can drink...I can drink the b-b-b..." she stammers, having to fight the now much-stronger urge to tear out her lover's throat.

Jack smirked, "Why do you think your sister is always gonna be violent?" he asked, "In the ten years we've spent together, I haven't seen her become violent on someone as a greeting...though...you DID keep us waiting for a long time, we expected to meet you here much earlier."

Tsunade nodded, "Keep in mind." she said, "Kisame and Itachi always travel together, it'd be pretty tough to get enough to overwhelm the both of them, even with this Toni person." she explained, "As for the eye thing, Itachi's illusions directly affect the mind, not the eyes." she explained, "That's why they can actually hurt you."

Mercer nodded, "alright, so I'm headed back to the living world or whatever it's called." he said, "Past that, you guys can coe with me if you want, I don't really care, this is my deal." he explained.

Yeun nodded, "Alright Alreza, if you say so." he said as he went over to the deer carcass and took out its heart, still saturated i blood, "alright." he said as he walked back over to Alreza and put it in front of her face, "Here." he offerred.

"We kept busy," Luna says simply. Lina glances at her sister, then over at Jack, and back to her older sister. "Did you two sleep together?" the sorceress asks bluntly. Luna laughs softly at this, and looks over at Jack, pursing her lips slightly. "I do not believe there was much sleeping involved, was there?" she asks.

Tanori nods her head at this, and looks over to Kasumi, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to...I know you're not confident in your abilities, and if you doubt yourself out there, you're going to get killed," she points out.

Rei smiles, and taps the wood of the door. "I will go experience your sister a little longer...I believe she and I should talk," she says, opening the door and walking over to Katrina.

Mikoyu closes the door behind Rei, and turns her attention to Mercer with a smile. "And here I thought she'd jump at the chance to do so much of her precious torture," she remarks. "Oh well, I can go with you...she'll probably show up whenever she feels like it," she says.

Alreza snatches the heart, quickly backing away to avoid succumbing to the urge to grab Yeun's armk as well. She sinks her fangs into the heart, and drains it of blood, taking the edge off of her hunger. Once the heart has been drained, she sets it on the ground, still trembling.

Within the confines of Takhisis' swirling abyss, Malagar strides towards her palace, a red-skinned being with feathered white wings on either side of him. These beings are about 3 feet tall, and each wears a collar around his neck, which is attched to a chain held by Malagar. The half-dragon enters the palace proper, and kneels before Takhisis, yanking the chain so the two slaves kneel as well., "I have retrieved two of the Concordant Killers that Pale Night has been breeding, Mistress," he says humbly.

V patted Robin on the back, "Ok, good, as long as you understand." he said, "Now, from here, let's get something to eat, and work on forgetting about your family." he said.

Jack smiled slightly, "We would go whole weeks without rest...and I never could complain." he said. Yangus blinked, then clapped Jack on the back, "Oi! Atta boy!" he laughed heartily, "Proud o' ya Jack!"

Kasumi smiled, "It's ok...I don't mind being on the sidelines rooting for you eh?" she laughed, "I mean, a fan can do wonders when you think you're losing." she said.

KAITLYN woke up and looked over at Rei with a smile, "Well hello there." she said, "Ummm...you know you being bot ha guy and a girl whenever you choose is a little...off putting." she said sheepishly.

Mercer nodded, "Fine by me, you'll probably be a little more subtle than she was." he said, "Ok, let's get going...how do you open a portal thingy anyhow?" he asked curiously.

Yeun walked to Alreza agai after she finished, thne placed a hand on her back, "Are...are you ok?" he asked, "It's obvious something happened that...we're going to have to live with...but...first thing is first...your health."

Takhisis nodded, "Judging from the power of these two, would you say Pale Night is making herself a formidible army?" she asked, "I don't like that she's breeding new warriors to begin with...but if they're strong, then I'm even more uncomfortable." she noted.

Lina stares at Luna for a few moments, and the Knight of Ceiphied clears her throat. "I decided that maintaining my purity did not have to mean maintaining the purity of my body...we came across some priestesses who worshipped Ceiphied who explained to me that Ceiphied transcended the concept of the mortal form," she tries to explain.

Tanori laughs, and hugs the ninja girl againt herself, privately enjoying the feel of Kasumi's curvy body against her own. "We should prepare to embark on our mission...I have others who might consider accompanying us, although I am sure they would welcome a break," Brianna points out.

Rei smiles at this, and traces her finger down the front of Kaitlyn's face and further south, stopping next to one of her breasts. "I have many talents...many which I would like to show you," she whspers, leaning forward and kissing her forehead.

Mikoyu turns to the empty air in front of them, and reaches forward with both hands. "It's a spell...Rei, Longinus and I are powerful enough to open them ourselves, and so are a few others...it's a very difficultt thing, making a Gate between worlds," she explains, as her finges grasp at the air. She seems to rip open a hole in the space in front of the duo, anbd turns to smile at Mercer. "My girlfriend might be joining us, if we're lucky," she says,

Alreza laughs bitterly at this, and glances at Yeun. "What health?" she asks bitterly. "You sort of have to be ALIVE to have health, don't you?" She straightens up, and turns to face Yeun fully, a tear trickling down her cheek. She remains silent for several moments, then wraps her arms around Yeun letting the tears finally flow, as she begins to sob into his chest.

"Our first encounter with Concordant Killers during the Overfiend's brief return to the wakng world has given us a good deal of information," Malagar explains. "It seems that your average such being...if indeed an average exists...can stand toe-to-toe with some of the mightiest types of demon and devil. If Pae Night is breeding these creatures en masse, as seem to be the case, we must put a stop to her as soon as possible," he declares, clenching a fist at the notion.

Jack smiled, "She accepted that there's nothing wrong with cutting loose once in awhile, and as I was the only desireable, acceptable, moderately attractive male she knew, she figured I would be best to lay with considering the circumstances...Luna...heck you couldn't STOP when we got started the first time...you were intrigued out of your mind if anything." he snickered.

Kasumi nodded, "Cool, I like meeting new people anyhow." she said with glee as she looked between Tanori and Brianna, "Well? Let's get going! I've always wanted to see the Akatsuki fight anyhow, they're legends among Ninja."

Kaitlyn blushed, "Well...I suppose I'll have to pull out all the stops for myself too." she smiled, "You know I know a lot of tricks...I used to be a prostitute, teaches ya a lot about the art of sex." she added with a wink.

Aisha grinned as she pounced on Mercer's back, "Speak of the devil eh?!" she snickered. Mercer rolled his eyes as his tendrils shoverd her off of him and placed her next to Mikoyu, "I don't need to be pounced on right now...we'll have time for that another time." he smirked.

Yeun shook his head, "Alriught alright...it sucks...hell...I kinda wanna kill myself for not being able t oprotect you...but first thing's first...how's the baby?" he asked, "Is it still alive?"

Takhisis sighed, "This is your personal opinion...one that I figured out a long time ago Malagar, I asked if you thought she was a threat, not your p[erson input on what I should do about the situation." she said with a hiss. She looked to her side, where the shadowy Ryu stood, "Ryu, you will be among the ranks of the army I send to Pale Night's realm." she said, "And Malagar, you will lead the armies...Erost will of course be in overall command, anything she says, goes for either one of you...though Ryu, you do NOT take orders from MAlagar." Ryu nodded his head, "Understood." he said.

"Gah! I can't hear this!" says Lina, covering her ears. "I thought you were sexually interested in me, sister," points out a bemused Luna. "I was, but I'll admit it was mostly fo the chance to be there first...if someone else's beaten me, most of the appeal is gone, y'know?" the sorceress responds. Luna raises an eyebrow at this, and kneels down next to her sister, grasping her chin with one hand. "...are you saying that you are no longer going to chase after me, sexually speaking?" the older womanasks. Lina gulps, afraid of offending her sister, but nods her head, earning a smile from the Knight of Ceiphied. "Good to see that you hve helped to straighten my sister out," she tells Jessica.

Brianna leads Tanori and Kasumi out of the building, and finds several of the group already assembled outside. Henry and Serena are sitting in the trees, watching the building, while Lucifer and Adison are facing one another from across the field. Tina is standing next to Lucifer and Chris, holding onto Tayuya's hand, and Anna and Stealth are sitting right outside of the door next to Ajax and Lita. Etna, meanwhile, is standing on top of the building, a smirk on her face. "Seems like an awful lot of folks for one strike force," she says.

Rei smiles, and leans over, kising the side of her lover's throat. "Then why are you so bashful around me? If you have so much experience, there's no need to be so shy," she says. "I can tell that you've felt a woman's touch before, though...when you're in such a profession, you cannot afford to turn down any customer with gold to pay, can you?" she asks.

Mikoyu closes her eyes, and her clothing transforms. What was once a rather risque-looking outfit urns into a suit of very compact black chainmail armor, and she carries a three-headed flail at her belt. "Let's get going..." she says, raising a blackened shield and nodding to the others.

Alreza glances down at her belly, and shrugs her shouldes. "I didn't know I was pregant in the first place...I don't know if I still am or not," she says. 'We'd have to go see Vezria or one of the other priestesses to know for sure." She pauses, and looks down at her vampiric form, then faces Yeun again. "...How can I even speak to them, now that Ive become...this?" she asks.

Malagar frowns somewhat at this, and Erost bounces up and down. "Oooh! I have a hypothetical question!" sye says in a sing-song voice. "Now, and this is just hypothetical cause I'm not dumb enough to do something like this, but what IF I ordered Ryu to follow Malagar's orders for some reason?" she asks innocently.

Jessica chuckled, "Well I do my best." she said. Trode hopped up and down, "Excuse me!" he shouted, "But we ARE here for a reason, pleasaantries can be exchanged after we get on the trail of Dhoulmagus and set up a camp for the night, or rent a room at an Inn, I don't care which." he crossed his small arms and frowned. Jack nodded, "He's right, we need to get going, and Luna, you said yourself you aren't staying long."

Tayuya frowned, "well we ARE going after the Akatsuki...I mean even I know they're dangerous as crap." she snickered. Kasumi nodded, "I think it would be best to go after all the Akatsuki at once Tanori...with this many people, we can pull it off, that way none of them can come by and decide to flank our groups or anything." she explained.

Kaitlyn shrugged, "I don't know really...this is the first time I've willingly had sex without the whole...money thing." she said, "It feels weird to me is all..."

Mercer nodded as he went out the portal with Mikoyu, Aisha running on all fours behind them with a wide grin on her face at the prospect of getting to fight other people other than Mikoyu for a change.

Alreza glances down at her belly, and shrugs her shouldes. "I didn't know I was pregant in the first place...I don't know if I still am or not," she says. 'We'd have to go see Vezria or one of the other priestesses to know for sure." She pauses, and looks down at her vampiric form, then faces Yeun again. "...How can I even speak to them, now that Ive become...this?" she asks.

Takhisis smiled, "Then you don't need to know the answer if you don't plan to do it." she said, "GHowever, IF it were to happen, the previous command to not folow anyone's orders but yours supercedes that." she explained.

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Yeun nodded, "I'll explain the situation to them, they won't refuse their own sister." he said confidently, "Come on, let's head back to the city, they'll have to know immediately what happened."

"Right, forget." Robin murmured, letting out a quiet sigh. She looked up at V, the hair falling out of her eyes. "Are we going back to the castle to eat, or staying out here?" she asked, glancing around at the trees.

Ayslyn shook her head, brushing a few thoughts off. "Can I tell you something, Fen?" She asked after a few moments of silence.

Lucile looked back at Celene, her anger still welling up. "I never want to see that wretch again or so help me I shall pluck his essence out of his head."

Luna smiles at this, and touches Jack's chin, letting her lips brush across his. "I might change my mind..." she says. "Come along, we located an inn not twenty kilometres inland, it should be an hour's journey at most," she tells the group.

Tanori nods her head, and examines the group around herself. "We've eliminated their scout, Zetsu, and Sasori has been killed," se says. "I have one question...who put you in charge?" Adison asks, eyeing the kitsune warily. "Don't get me wrong...I understand your power, but who's to say you're the best strategist for this mission?" he wonders. Tanori glances at all of those around her, then nosd her head. "Alright, I'll come up with a plan, you guys pitch in and tell me if you think something else would be better," she says, kneeling down on the ground.

Rei's smile fades a little atthis, and she rests her ear between Kaitlyn's breasts, listening to her heartbeat. "Willingly, you say," she murmurs. "...what was it like? When it was unwilling? Please, forgive me...I am not used to such concepts as fear, I must listen to another describe it," she explains.

Mikoyu and the others fnd themselves caught in a sort of limbo, and Mikoyu frowns, then blushes and rubs the back of her head. "Sorry...need you to focus onb a destination, and the portal will take us there," she laughs to Mercer.

Alreza nods her head, and the duo make their way back to the Crystal Kingdom. ASs the duo passes through the illusion that hides the Crystal Kingdom from the outside world, a hundred Elven archers suddenly come into view, all aiming their arrows at the newcomers. "Hold your fire!" calls Jilikar, raising his hand. "The princess and her mate...get a healer out here, quickly, he princess has een injured!" the guard captain says, rushing towards the duo and helping Yeun keep Alreza standing. His sword glows as he toches Alreza, and he glances at her, a frown on his face. "...shit..." He looks at her for an instant longer, then nods his head. "Let;s get you to the palace," he says.

"But if they're following no other orders than my own will they follow your orders?" Erost asks confusedly. "Of course. Mistress still holds their ultimate loyalty, and even if they refuse her orders, she can give commands through you," Malagar says, a bit impatient with the girl's constant inane comments.