Koiv Ogama's Story

Five crows flew aimlessly around the sky, before spotting a young scythe. They zoned in, and dispersed. They created a figure, which turned out to be Kojin no Kosei; Koiv Ogama. The look on her pale face was one of both amusement. "Scolded by the Master again, Beren?"

Koiv remembered her own training with the Master. He had to be atleast triple Beren and Koiv's ages combined.

"S-Sir.. I'm too tired to train.." She whimpered, her expression somewhat sad. "Nonsense, child!" Her mentor spat at her, a highly grumpy expression on his face. "You need to train so that you can follow your family business - Embalming! You'll work at the Graveyard, like most of the Scythes.

Her face dropped at the thought of it. "B-But.." She whispered. A sharp pain went across her face, and a red hand was left on her cheek. She stumbled, and clutched her face in pain. "No buts. Why is it always insolence, with children?!"

"Anyway, Beren. What do you need to get? I'll come with you." Koiv said, her melancholy tone coming through. Her voice was soft, and calm - Yet it spoke of pain and sorrow.

Koiv waited a moment, before getting bored and going back to the cemetery. "Sorry Beren. I have business at... Work."

She glided through the misty graveyard like a ghost. Her black gown and cloak trailing behind her. Her eyes reflected the pain and sorrow of the area, although - It was not agonising, but peaceful. She always found that death was peaceful in the end.

Koiv opened the door to the Morgue, and shuffled down to the most recent coffins. She opened the first. "Ah.. Mister Giles.. Farewell, my friend." She whispered, removing any soul he had left. She moved onto the next and repeated. "His wife, hmm.. Suspicious."

She opened the last one, and stared in awe at a man wearing.. strange clothing. She hadn't seen clothing like that since she went to Nexis. "What..." She whispered, running her hand along the man. "How.. Is he here? He may have killed someone from there and taken their clothes.."

"I should tell Beren.."

She shuffled outside, and dispersed into the murder of crows. She appeared next to Beren, and continued walking with her. "I'm back." She whispered.

Sabirah walked through the streets passing the lonesome of the graveyard. The Scythe master walked by as he brushed passed her shoulder but she paid no notice. She continued walking, her eyes trailing the ground until her guardian Vayu squawked out as he rested on her shoulder. Sabirah lifted her head and saw some familiar faces. "Beren..." She says as she approaches the young student. Her eyes then looked over at the other face. "Koiv..." She says. "Just the people I wanted to see..." she spoke in a somewhat monotone voice. "I was heading to the blacksmiths cottage to see if he would sharpen my blade. I would enjoy some company..." She was cut off by Beren speaking up. "well I'm goiong down to the market to get some more potions and spells I could come with you. What about you Koiv." Morana spoke. Sabirah looked over at the older Scythe before speaking as well. "Unless you are busy..." She added to Moranas question.

Koiv looked up at Sabirah, her eyes as mournful as ever. "Sabirah. Beren.. I have interesting news. Do any of you know of a warrior who wears Nexis clothing? He died recently. I atleast hope he was one of our warriors.." She whispered, Her crows landing on her shoulders. Karasu squawked at Vayu.

"I would come, but i am too busy. I just thought i would inform you. I am off to tend to this corpse. Here, Beren.."

Koiv took out a small black scroll, a ring and a Metal glove. She handed them to the younger Scythe. "A gift. The scroll is for resurrection, the ring for combat, and the glove for combat and defence." She then plucked a feather from Karasu, and handed it to Sabirah. "That's for good luck. Farewell, friends." She muttered, her crows flying around her and creating a black vortex. She disappeared into it.

She reappeared infront of the man in the coffin. "Now, to the crux of the matter....."

Sabirah accepted the feather. "Thank you." she says with a slight bow of her head. "Hmm...I have seen warriors dressed in Nexis clothing. They are usually spies. Undercover agents to receive information about Nexis's next strike...I have seen many, but there are too many to clarify...She takes a glimpse of the man. Hmm...Like I said too many to clarify." She says calmly as she attached the feather in her hair. Morana quickly took the scroll and bowed her head to the older Scythe. "Oh thank you Koiv!" she says excitedly as she looks at the items given to her.

Botn watched as Koiv disappeared in a matter of seconds. "well I guess its just you and me then!" Morana chirped. Her two skull wolves barked and rattles their jaws. She smiled slightly. "I guess so..." She says with a hint of happiness. Out of all the people in the small town of Jerim, Morana happened to be her favorite. The first time they met was when Morana had driven through the town mud sledding getting almost everyone's clothes stained brown with the watery dirt. By now though, everyone had gotten used to her doings, well...Almost everyone. The bakers son happened to be the most soaked in mud, and all over his new silk robe as well. He was so angry at her that he chased her all the way down the street. Of course Morana was the faster one but sooner or later she would have to face the consequences.

At that time, Sabirah had just arrived and was taking a stroll around the town when all of a sudden a girl comes out of no where screaming and yelling in fear. The girl quickly grabbed hold of Sabirah and dragged her down to her eye level. With pleading eyes she squeaked, "Ya gotta help me!" Astonished a bit she tilted her head but realization hit her like a bomb when she heard a guy screaming in anger. "Where is she! Where is that little brat!" Sabirah nodded and quickly shifted into her gryphon form. A common animal used for riding. Her clothes turning into the reins and saddle. She then pushed the girl under her wing gently concealing the girl from the right side view. Just in the nick of time. Allen came running down the street, wand in hand buzzing with anger completely disregarding the white gryphon entirely. Once he had passed the girl came out of hiding and Sabirah shifted back into her human form. Reins and saddle turning back into clothes. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!" She squeals to Sabirah. Keeping a level head she gently pushes the girl away from her saying. "Go. Hurry. Before he comes back." There was a slight hint of happiness in her voice as she said those words. The girl understood and quickly dashed off towards her home.

It was a quick memory, but it was something you can't just forget. After this event, Sabirah was welcomed in the town just as quickly she had arrived. Accept by Allen, of course.

Sabirah looked at Morana and gestured her to follow in which she did as they both headed for the town market.

Waking up suddenly Novus instantly becomes aware that the lid is off his coffin and that someone is in front of it. Keeping his eyes shut as if he was still asleep Novus figures out the approximate location of the person planning to knock whoever it is unconscious. Thinking its better to act now and apologize later. Opening his eye's in one smooth motion Novus steps out of the coffin and summoning a quarterstaff slams into the side of the girls head. Wait he thinks to himself as the body falls to the ground I just hit a girl, awkward. Sliding underneath her, Novus catches her before she hits the ground. Then gently setting her on the floor he asks himself "what now?" Novus looks around and with a silent sigh he sits down next to her not quite sure what to do.

Koiv stared at the male, and gasped when he stood up. A sharp pain went across her temple, and she collapsed.

She dreamt of strange things, mostly painful. She was falling at an alarming rate. With a thump, she landed in the male's arms. That's when she awoke.

She opened her eyes, and she was on the floor. She stared at the male, before crawling up against a wall. "You.... Shouldn't be here... You were dead... How - Why-...." She whispered, unsheathing a dagger. "Back off... Or... I'll kill you.." She hissed, standing up. She cut her index and middle fingers, and drew a strange symbol infront of her. "Back. Off."

"Wait your going to kill me? I just woke up from a long sleep to find myself i a coffin with an unfamiliar person standing in front of me Tell me how you would have acted in this situation." Novus says a hint of anger playing into his voice as he attempts to talk his way out of a fight.

Standing up from his position he takes a step back the ball on his glove pulsing blue light and energy. Noticing she cut herself Novus remembers the important fact this was Serakin and logic wasn't exactly a factor in there weapons. Crouching himself into a low stance balls of formless energy enter his hands waiting to be shaped into a weapon at need.

The two walked for a couple of minutes, but stopped when Morana felt a tugging on her robe. By now she had tried on the glove and ring. The spell was in her pocket. Morana turned around to see not two Skull dogs but only one. Lucifer, who was tugging on her robe. Morana could feel the worry radiating off the dog, worrying for his friend who was no where to be seen. "Uh, Sabirah? Can we get Socrates real quickly?" She pleaded. The half armored girl raised and eyebrow before she sighed, "Alright..." Vayu chattered out before he flew off her shoulder and towards the graveyard. "Hmm...That's odd. Vayu never leaves unless..." Sabirah's eyebrows furrowed before she quickly dashed toward the graveyard. "H-hey wait up! It's only my dog!" Morana shouts out whilst trying to keep up. "Vayu! Fly ahead!" The hawk screamed down at her before he shot down towards the burial ground.

Meanwhile, Socrates was walking towards the conflict between the Nexis and Koiv. Course skull dogs couldn't see, but they could pick up the slightest vibrations in the earth making him aware of the Nexinians movements. Course, this didn't stop him from running into a few stones. For being trained in the war camps, Socrates was quite clumsy. The dogs with orange glowing markings looked out at Koiv next to the coffin. Somehow the dog sensed that something dangerous was going to happen to her which it did. The moment that Koiv got hit, he could hear a gasp then something colliding with something else, then a rustling. He could sense that Koiv was now up and so was the boy so he got up as well. The skull dog growled as he sensed the magic aura coming from Koiv and a high amounts of energy coming from the boy, and only rising when the boy crouched down. Before you knew it a scream of a hawk could be heard as the dog bounded towards the boy growling and chattering.

Koiv's eyes turned black, and she started to chant in a Demonic scythe language. She suddenly spoke in English. "Look, kid.. Normally people in coffins don't look like they're from Nexis, and normally they're Dead!" She shouted, her skin developing a Skeleton Motif.

The dagger turned into a longsword, and she pointed it at the boy. Karasu and the Murder of Crows flew in behind Socrates and Vayu. "Leave, spy. Or we will kill you."

She waited for a moment, before cracking her neck bones, and throwing a bone needle at Novus' hand. If anything, it would have scratched. A strange ring appeared around Koiv, and the sword turned into a spike. "Make one wrong move. I DARE you.."

"You have a point, and yet you make no sense." Novus says his gloves giving off pulses of energy enlarging the ball in his hands. Sidestepping the bone fragment Novus wills the balls into the shape of two daggers one slimmer and more elegant the other looking thick and as if it had a slightly serrated edge.

"Oh you have really done it now." Novus declares spinning both of his daggers so the blades were pointed away from the girl and the sharp side was away from his body. Trying one last effort to talk this girl out of a fight he says "If I was a spy why would I look like I am obviously a spy?" Then hearing a hawk cry from above Novus has the sad thought of why did they send me to a cemetery if I was just going to get caught right off the bat anyway?

Anna wandered down the worn cobblestone pathway, taking in the sights. The market was vibrant and alive, people bustling around like they all had somewhere else to be. If they'd taken the time to notice, just slow down for a moment and really look, they'd have seen a very strange girl standing in the middle of the square, intrigue set deep within her face. While she'd much rather be away from what they called civilization, she did enjoy observing the everyday life of a small village. Her hair blew lightly in the gentle wind, the brilliant white dulled slightly by the mild pollutants in the air.

A small girl brushed past her hurriedly, and Anna turned, calling after her. When she'd gotten close enough, Anna kneeled upon the dusty cobblestone, staining her dress (not that she cared, she would've torn the damned thing off if it didn't mean spending the night in a cell). The girl, a nervous face set upon a thin, messy frame, stared down at her shoes. Anna didn't understand the way humans chose to display respect, their classes and social protocols. Why did this lovely girl feel the need to lower her eyes, just because she was speaking with someone who owned dresses which were seemingly more expensive than her own? In what way did this make her less of a person? Smiling welcomingly, she took the girl by the chin and lifted her head until their eyes met. "Here," she said simply, holding out her hand, which contained several silver coins (currency, another thing that she didnt quite see the need for). The girl smiled up at her before grabbing the money and running off. Anna was satisfied. The young girl would rush to the small semblance of a home in which she resided, proudly showing off her earnings to her older brother, who'd been taking care of them since their parents had died several years earlier. She'd want to spend it on food for their dog, the last gift their Mother had given to them before her death, but he'd have the sense to save it. When their house burned down the next month, it'd be all they had to help them rebuild the life they'd lost. Anna had no idea how she knew these things, she'd never stopped to ask herself why. It was just how she lived, and she wouldn't have it another way.

The girl long gone, she turned her attention the ever-beautiful malabar which called her attention to the East. It make curious short sounds, perching atop a dull, solitary building. Something was off. Running towards the building, Anna stopped at the door and peeked inside. "A... morgue?" She'd heard of them before, a place of safe keeping for those who've passed on, but had never actually been inside of one. Opening the door a crack, her curious smile gave way to a little 'o'; there were several people inside, and it didn't look as if it was going to well. Anna sensed something different about the young man, something foreign, and she wasn't sure how she felt about it. The feeling left a lingering taste in her mouth, sort of like she'd been sucking on metal. She gagged slightly and looked up at her bird, willing it to be silent. "Now, who could that be?"

Koiv smiled a fanged grin. "Got you.." She whispered maniacally. "Got you good.."

The corpses in the Morgue stood up, and each stumbled towards Novus. Black tendrils slithered out of the gaps in Koiv's bones, and they snatched the male's feet, and held him still. Shadows enveloped Koiv and the Morgue, and all that was left was the small light Novus was making.

"A trick in battle.." She hissed, one of her skeletal hands covering his mouth. "Is that Home.." She whispered, the strange Zombies she made grabbing Novus from all sides.

"Always has an advantage." She whispered softly into his ear, and more tendrils shot out to constrict him. "Sleep, warrior. Sleep for eternity."


(( Koiv is creepier than you would think. o_o))

She was about to shift into something a bit more stronger since this water like creature was unafected by fire. She began shifting but stopped suddenly before she shifted into her human form. "What the!" Someone had disabled her magic, and everyone elses as well. The girl showed herself and Sabirah immediately spat out. "Are you mad!" Before gripping the shaft of her sword. She writhed her arm and eventually it was free from the inventions grip. She grunted before swinging her blade down on the arm of the Nexis beast.

Morana on the other hand was being as still as she could be, minus the uncontrollable shaking and chattering of her teeth. She looked over at Koiv and saw her using her magic but everything began to fade. "Wha-What's going on?" She cried out. "Wait! Lucifer!" Of course. Her skull dog had been hiding, in wait for his owner to call him to attack. Lucifer immediately bolted. Magic or no magic, Sabirah looked as if she was going to kill the beast holding her captive. Whereas, Morana just wanted to go home.

Koiv hissed in anger, as her Zombies disappeared, and she returned to her normal form.

She stumbled into the courtyard where everyone was gathered. "What... Just happened?" She whispered, herself again. She rubbed the wound on her head the Nexis boy had given her, which was now turning her pale hand and skin into a crimson figure. Koiv stared at Sabirah and Morana, before falling.

The ground rushed to meet her, and with a thump, she smacked the Cobble. The last thing she saw was the strange beast.

Zombies suddenly grab Novus from all side's then fade away. Growling Novus declares "I've had it" The light from his glove encompassing his body. He walks out into the square and notices Chaos. Novus fed up with this lousy assignment decides I'm leaving and I don't care anymore I'm going back and going to relax. The energy in his body accumulates and he says "I'm done Chaos I want to talk with your master." then the energy accumulation releases in a blinding flash in that moment of time Novus takes the opportunity to hastily leave his body strained to its utmost without its limiters on as he sprints out of town collapsing with blood running down from his legs against a large oak tree someways away.

Sabirah

Sabirah had eventually fled from the battle. Morana following close by, and Koiv in the ex-warriors arms. Sabirah abruptly stops and looked behind her panting a bit from the long run. Morana made it with her two skull dogs following behind her along with Vayu and Karasu. Once she had stopped, immediately her limbs gave way and the girl had fallen on her knees panting like a dog. Lucifer and Socrates both walked over towards her to comfort her before looking over at Sabirah. "I-I think we are safe now..." Sabirah says. Her voice was unsure though.

"Perhaps now we can use our powers." She growls before shifting her gaze to a small pile of leaves. Reciting a small harmless spell in her head, the leaves began to pick up off the ground by ones, then twos, then threes. "Good." She states before carefully setting Koiv down on the ground. Morana spoke up. "Do you think that girl followed?" Sabirah looked in the direction of the small skirmish. "Don't know. If she did good for her." She growls once again. "All she did was cut off the magic..." Morana whimpers. "Yes, but Nexinian experiments and troops don't use magic. With that small little spell of hers, she could have gotten us all killed." Sabirah says calmly but with a bit of anger. She sighs. "Lets just be thankful that we are all alive..."

Morana looks over at the fallen Scythe. "I wonder when Koiv will wake up..." She says innocently. Vayu had climbed onto the girls shoulder and had studied the Scythe as well. A second later a noise could faintly be heard throughout the jungle. "...I think we should keep moving for now..." Sabirah say blandly before lifting koiv up once again and heading out through the brush. Morana groans but follows close behind.

Crow

Crow was about to take another handful of his delicious cheese when an ear splitting scream echoes throughout the jungle. Crow immediately hops up onto his feet, eyes darting every which way before resting on the shooting star. His eye brows furrow when he recognized the scream was coming from Kara. He growls and flies off towards the wreckage. When he was inside, it took a moment for him to calculate the sight before him.

Kara resting on the floor, a big whole in her chest and a pool of blood under her. His eyes look around to see another girl unfamiliar to him. She had blood on her hand and instinct told him she was the one who did this. Instinct also told him, she was way to powerful for him to defeat her. He frantically searched around the helicopter. Shadows! Yes Shadows! Maybe he couldn't dive into battle at the start. Maybe he could come up with a few surprise attacks of his own. With out a moment to spare he bolts towards a corner, disapearing in the shadows.

Pandora paced back and forwards angrily, occaisonally slapping the Nexis woman. She eventually came to the conclusion she could just.. Let her go.

She put her hand on Kara's back, and she sort of... Disappeared.

Kara landed with a thump next to Morana. She was still slightly uneasy around the Serakin, and as such, yelped slightly and crawled up against the wall. She stared at the girl and her dogs before looking at everyone frantically. "I'm... Really.." She whispered, her eyes fluttering slightly. She crawled over to Damien, and shook him frantically. She placed her hands on his cheeks, and stared at him. "He... H-He.. Isn't dead.. Is he?" She whispered, looking at Jinny, Astrad, Morana and Crow. "Well? Is he?!" She shouted, worried for him.

Koiv coughed slightly, her eyes fluttering. "S-Sabirah...?" She wheezed. "S-Sabirah.. Listen to me... I'm not... G-Going to make it.. S-So... T-Take care of... M-Morana.. Please.. For me?" She quietly muttered, blood trickling out of her mouth, and her head lolling to the side. Not waiting for whether or not she replied, she spoke her final words. "T-Thank you.. S-Sabirah.."

(( Yo. I'm back, and I'm gonna leave Pandora for a bit. So now I can return to being Kara. ))