The Forest

"Aqua" shot a glance back at Onyth, stopping dead in her tracks and turning around.
"I didn't try to kill you the first time I saw you, though. I could very well have tried when I first smelled you and figured you were at least toying with the dead... And besides, it's not like I took joy in the thought of chopping of your head." She saw the disturbed look on your face, tilting her head. "And I suppose I thought of you as a threat at the time, considering you were two feet away from me. You're not a threat to me right now because I have time to react." She smiled at him, then looked down at the sisters. "And I didn't even know you were the sisters. No one told me. I'm not a mind reader, after all." She winked, then walked back over to the sisters.
"Alura, at your service, Fire Sisters." She bowed her head respectfully. "I was sent here by the water users to find you. I was told there would be three of us here, but I suppose it's just me right now. I wish to speak to your sister, Diana. Do you know where she might be?"

"Her name is Amaterasu. Not even I know what she is, I guess you can saw a big wolf with wings. Though if you're looking for a really good explanation then you can talk to my dad. He got if for me a couple years back. " she said patting Ammy. She was just standing there making sure that nothing happened. Her sister afterall was a bit clumsy. But she didn't need any protection anyways. Both her sisters and her were strong enough to keep themselves alive in a fight. When she heard that Aqua didn't know her it kinda threw her out of surprise.

"Im surprise you don't know us. Half the world is looking for us, not to mention the dead ones as well" she said with no emotion on her face. She just did a funny face with Aqua bowed to her and Amora. "You don't need to do that, and she woke up before we did. She is probably walking around the forest, but I'll get her attention" she said as she ran a bit away from the group. She closed her eyes and breathed in. Soon both her hands were consumed in blue flames. That was one of the things that toll her apart from her sisters. She was the only one with blue ish white hair and blue flames.

She looked at the guys then at the sky. This was definetly going to catch Diana's attention. She clapped her hands towards the sky and a tower of blue flames rose into the sky. She stood there for a few seconds then pulled them apart. "There, she should come running in any minute now" she said as she walked back to where Amora was.

Alura "Aqua" smiled awkwardly as Angel explained her surprise.
"Yes, well, I suppose when you live a sheltered life you miss a lot of things." She stood up and looked at her, seeing the funny look on her face. "Oh, sorry, I suppose it's just custom with some of my people. Or, at least, the custom of the people I lived with." She smiled, then reached up, petting the pup again.
"Amaterasu, is it? That's a lovely name." She stood up, then whistled sharply, then a blue fennec fox suddenly bounded out of the bushes behind them, running up her leg and leaping onto her shoulder.
"This is Azure. He's my pet." She reached up, stroking the fox's long, pointed ears. She smiled at him, then turned to look as Angel started to walk away, tilting her head. Her eyes went wide as she saw the pillar of blue flame, astonished. She then smiled at the reassurance that the one she was originally looking for would be here soon.
"Thank you..." She paused, tilting her head. "You're Angel, correct? I have to assume so, since you're the only blue one i see here."

"You're welcome. And yes I'm Angel, the youngest of the three sisters, at your service. Also you might hear people calling me the so called "Blue Devil"" she joked as she bowed down. "If it's your custom then I won't judge you and so I shall respect that" she said as she acknowledged Azure. Its size compare to Ammy, Azure was small.

Onyth smiled sitting against a tree. He watched as the girls conversed before him. He was learning more about them little by little. It was nice seeing how people could talk so casually without the worry of fighting. He closed his eyes and just listened to the comotion around him. He was waiting for the other sister to arive as well as his other brother to hopefully show up. If he did then what would happen. Would a fight begin? Would everyone just talk as if they weren't enemies? This made him very curious and he couldn't wait to see what would happen.

Amora let go of Riley, setting the little puppy on the ground.
She smiled shyly as her sister spoke.
Her eyes widened and she turned around when she heard her dog bark.
Riley was in front of Onyth, jumping up happily.
"NO! Bad dog!" she squeaked.

Onyth started as a small dog, Riley as he heard him called, jumped on him barking with excitment. "Woah woah boy," Onyth said starting to laugh as he talked, "calm down." He pet the puppy trying to calm him down. He didn't expect this. Probably most of the animal pets usually groweled at him thinking he was the enemy. The only time he had the chance of animals coming up to him was when he had a bit of food and he was sitting quietly in the middle of nature. It made him feel pretty good as he grabbed the dog cuddling him in his arms. He stood up and walked back over to Amora and sat down next to her.
"He's a hyper one isn't he," he stated letting the dog go. Riley jumped from his arms back to his master. He looked up and smiled at the girl. Should I be having such a casual converstation with my known enemy? he began to think. His mind was constantly confused as to what he should do. Whether to do his father's bidding or try and betray him. Either way would be bad and it tore him apart. He was afraid of his father and he wasn't scared to admit it. His Dad was pretty brutal and heartless sometimes... well most of the time. His smile began to fade as he looked up into the trees. What to do?

Alura "Aqua" smiled as she say the pup with Onyth. It made her happy that she was right about him. He had good in him. It was evident when he cuddled the pup, and when her fox, Azure, saw the pup go to him, he cautiously followed, sniffing around Onyth. It finally looked up at him once he was sitting beside the younger sister, then put its paw onto his knee. Azure's tail swaying slowly back and forth as he looked up at Onyth, noticing the internal struggle he was having, and he curled up in his lap, its blue fur soft and warm. She smiled.
"Seems he likes you. Not that I blame him." she said ambiguously.

Damian looked at Onyth before shaking his head, "You are really helpless." he said with a small smile, which disappeared rather quickly. "Do what you want to do." he said as if reading his brother's mind. To tell the truth, he too didnt like the way their father did things. Damian sat down, leaning his back against the tree to rest. He crossed his arms, and closed his eyes ignoring the others around him. Just because his eyes were closed didnt mean he wouldnt know what was going on around him.

Amora laughed lightly at her dog.
"Yeah, he's full of energy." she smiled.
Riley licked her face, making her laugh more.
She hugged her dog, holding him close as she smiled at Onyth.
Her amber eyes looked up at Alura, then to Damian.

Onyth was started from his thinking when the little fox hopped into his lap. He smiled once again and petted him lightly. He looked at Aqua a little lost, "umm thanks.. I think." He didn't really understand what she meant about that. Besides that he turned and looked at his brother when he spoke. "What do you mean do what I want? And wait why am I helpless?" He waited for a reply and after a moment figured he wouldn't recieve one since his brother had already laid back and closed his eyes. Instead he turned back to Amora and saw her smile before she looked away at the others. He looked back at Aqua and saw the smile on her face as well.

Hmm i've never seen so many smiles during the time of war, he thought a smile forming on his face as well. he liked it this way. But if his father found out about what they were doing at the moment then everyone would be in trouble. Thinking about it gave Onyth a sinking feeling. Just then a black flame rose out of the ground before Damian. It rose just a few inches above the ground the spread out creating a circle out of the black flame. Onyth saw it and knew immediately what it was. It was a messenger from Dad. He jumped up his sinking feeling becoming a reality. From the dark circle a greenish-brown hand with claws arose. Following came another hand which then pushed off circle, pulling the rest of the body out. First the rest of the arms appeared and then a head. Its face was a greenish-brown as the rest of its body as it rose. it had dark almost lost eyes and a snarling mouth. Its nose was almost that of a humans but slightly deformed. When the creature had fully appeared from the flame circle it stood hunched over on all fours. It stood up slightly its back never forming a straight line as a normal humans would. Its body was muscular and agile looking.

Onyth knew the creature well. It was a ghoul. They weren't very intelligent but knew enough to take simple commands such as relaying a message, or an order to attack a certain person or place. They also of course knew to protect themselves if they were threatened. The carnevourous creature let out a eerie growl before speaking. It looked at Damian as it spoke knowing that he was the oldest brother. That usually was who father sent his messages to.

"Master..wants....know....how mission...going?" it said in a sort of snarling, raspy voice. It glared at Damian, who sat agaisnt the tree with his eyes closed, waiting for an answer. Onyth sighed in a bit of relief. The ghoul was only sent to find out how things were going. At least that was its order. It didn't matter who the others were around it since it probably wouldn't understand who was the enemy at the moment unless the attacked it. Onyth hoped noone would.

Alura "Aqua", immediately upon seeing the ghoul coming out of the ground spun towards it, instinctively unsheathing her uchigatana, a hard look on her face, but she stopped herself from charging in when she noticed it was looking away. Her nose already started to fill with the putrid stench of the creature, her hands clenching the hilts of her swords, but she stayed back. She looked at Onyth, a rather concerned look on her face. She had lowered herself into an aggressive stance, crouching down slightly. She had no idea what this creature was, but she knew it wasn't good. Azure leaped off of Onyth's lap and scurried up onto Alura's shoulder, the fur on it's back sticking up as it glares as the creature, giving it a look almost as hard as hers.

Amora scrambled away from the ghoul.
Without really thinking she half hid behind Onyth.
She was very strange for a fire sister.
For her, it was hide first, fight after.
She wanted to see if this creature was hostile, first.
Riley stood on Onyth's lap, growling protectively.

Damian opened his eyes. Another creature he hated. Didnt his father have some other person to do the job? A hell hound would be better. He tilted his head as the ghoul as him the question, and pondered for a minute or two. Problem was... he really didnt even start with the mission. He simply shrugged before answering, "We really havent done anything. I do things on my pace. If father has a problem with it, tell him to do the job himself." he said looking away. "Now leave if you dont have anything else to say." Damian stared at the ghoul, disliking the way it stared at him. Right now, he wanted to kill that thing, but was holding himself back.

The ghoul groweled at the way Damian answered sensing the hostility in his voice then nodded. "Understood," he snarled. Then just as it arrived it left the same way sinking into the circle from once it came. When the body was gone the flame shrunk back to its original form before dispersing. Meanwhile Onyth just watched in awe. He noticed how Aqua had prepared to strike and he was about to shake his head at her but there was no need for it. Instead he walked over to his brother.

"You know he won't be happy with that answer. He may send someone else out here to deal with it," he said dreading the look on his fathers face as he recieved the news. Turning back towards the others he smiled. "Um theres no need to get so defensive. That thing you saw, even though hideous, was just a ghoul. They don't do much other than the orders it was given." Though they do require fresh meat in order to stay alive and not go bereserk. If they did then the master who summoned it would no longer have control and it would most likely attack them as well as anyone else around. "Besides they aren't all that tough," he paused and then added, "except when in groups then they just kind of maul down anything in their path."

He walked over to Amora who he saw was sort of cowering and knelt down. "A bit of a scaredy cat are we?" he said jokingly following it with a small laugh. "They are pretty ugly aren't they?"

Alura "Aqua" sighed softly, then sheathed her uchigatana, putting her hand on her hip as she looked at Onyth.
"Ugly little creature... That's unfortunate, I was kind of hoping for a little fight." she said with a sigh. "I haven't had any practice in a couple days..." She looked over at Amora, then laughed softly. She looked up at her fox, reaching up and stroking it's fur, calming him down.
"It's alright, Azure. It's gone." It looked at her, barked once, then leaped off her shoulder to go join Amora, lying down in front of her. She smiled, then sat down beside a tree, still waiting for the eldest sister, Diana, to show up. She sighed impatiently, leaning her head again and closing her eyes, her legs crossed.

Amora kept her eyes on the ugly thing until it was gone.
She shuddered as it left.
Riley padded over to her and she stood up.
"I'm not a scaredy cat! I. . . .was just watching him to make sure he wasn't hostile. . . . .from a distance. . ."
She looked at Azure and pet the fox lightly. "Hello." she said softly.
Amora sat down again, her red hair grazing the ground.

Onyth laughed at Amoras comment. "Ok. If you say so." He turned to where Aqua was sitting and said, "well if you really want a fight then I could summon somthing for you. But I kind of doubt you'd like that." He sat down and laid back, looking up at the sky letting his mind relax while he had the chance. It wouldn't be long before the other sister came along and then things would get tense again. Not only that but their father may have something already scheming for them.

Alura "Aqua" looked over at Onyth. She smiled softly.
"No, thank you, Onyth. I'd rather not kill something I don't absolutely have to." She sighed softly at herself, putting her head against the tree she'd been leaning on. I suppose I could making a sort training dummy out of the water in the air... That way I could practice two things at once... Hm... she thought. She nodded to herself, then stood up and unsheathed her uchigatana. She smiled to the people around her, then walked over to a nearby opening, then she held her hand out in front of her. The water in the air around her arm started to gather, and she directed it towards a central point a few feet from her, slowly building up a pillar of solidified water. It took a few minutes, but she eventually managed it. She gripped her uchigatana tightly in her hands, then took up her offensive stance, slightly crouched down.

She raised up her swords, getting ready to strike, but it became hard to focus on an attack when she had to focus on keeping the pillar up. It was one thing to attach water to a sword and use it all to attack, but an entirely different thing having to focus on something at a distance and something that was in her hand. She took a few deep breaths, then leaped towards the pillar, swinging her onyx-bladed uchigatana in a wide arch, cutting into the watery pillar. Her blade suddenly got stuck in the water pillar. She had focused too much on the water, and as a result made it much too dense. It felt almost like rock now, but still flowed like water. This was the same method she used quite frequently as a way to create armor out of water; by creating a layer of super-dense water around her.

She took a deep breath, focusing more on the sword, and the water became thinner, letting her pull her sword out. She raised her swords again, but this time cut clean through the pillar, only this time it was much to thin. The water regathered in the pillar, then dissipated into air suddenly as she released her focus. She sighed softly as she returned her swords to their metal-trimmed sheaths. She made a rather disappointed face.
"I suppose I need to work with water a little more before I can do that properly..." She sighed again, then sat down cross-legged where she stood. "Oh well..." she said with a shrug.

Angel gripped her sword when the ghoul appeared. Though she was ready to attack it she made no sudden move. That was one of her main specialties. Being one of the top three best silent killers. Ready to attack without having any sign of attacking. Though when she saw Damian nod his head she relaxed a little. Ammy did the same, she was ready to leap into the air and break it in two. It was just a good thing that the ghoul didn't turn around to see the audience that was looking at him or whatever it was.

She saw how fast Amora had shielded herself behind Onyth. "Truly is a shame Amora, how you cowardly shielded yourself with Onyth." she said as she shielded her katana. "im sure Diana wouldn't be pleased to hear that" she said said with a smile. She was talking to Ammy for abit until Alura finished training with the water dummy. She walked up to where Damian was. She looked at him with an innocent face, after all she was an angel.

"Damian sir, your father, I'm sure he wants to see results. I' sure its a matter of time before he himselfs shows up before you guys. And since none of us want to fight what are we going to do" she said smiling, though behind that smile was a deamon waiting to go on a killing spree.

Scarlet flashed across Amora's face.
"I am not cowardly!If anything, I'm just less aggressive then you and Diana." she growled.
The middle fire sister was normally quiet and didn't have much of a temper but was sometimes a bit moody.
"And there is nothing wrong with demureness." She pointed out.
With a sigh, she looked over at Alura, then Onyth.
She rested her head in her hand as she stroked Aqua's fox and Riley.

Onyth chuckled at how Angel approached his brother. He found it amusing that she would try to get him to let his guard down by acting innocent. He watched them for a moment and then turned to look at the rest again. He sighed, turned, and walked away from the group. Walking into the trees where he couldn't be seen. Once he was sure he was out of sight he knelt down behind a tree. They were going to have to do something soon. Onyth knew it wouldn't be long before there would be another visitor. It seemed that in order to keep him and his brothers out of trouble, he was going to have to make the first move since they wouldnt. Were they waiting for the right moment or did they have something else in mind that they didn't metion to him. Either way, it left him to start things and that meant it wouldn't be very good.

He let himself fall back against the tree as he looked up to the sky. "I don't want to though. But if i refuse then i'd better start making a plan on facing the others and becoming an exile," Onyth said aloud to himself. He thought for a bit and then came to a conclussion. There was no way that he could fight against someone who hadn't done anything wrong to him. For his father though, Onyth didn't agree with what he was or wanted to do. He looked down to the ground and started mumbling some incantation. A moment later a small black dot appeared on the ground. Sprouting from the dot, little lines began to spread and twirl around in different directions guided by the thoughts in Onyth's mind. After a minute or so there was a nice sized seal on the ground. Onyth looked at his work, pleased with himself. The seal had different symbols on it. None of them all that unique except for two of them. One that symbolized death and the other that meant connection or link. It was meant to speak to the dead, but like any normal conversation with them. That could be done easily enough since it was something that all necromancers were able to understand. They could just concentrate and talk with them.

This conversation was to make a deal with a dead soul that has been left behind. Saying a few more words for the spell and the seal started to glow. It was a faint dark violet glow. After a few moments the seal suddenly flashed and began to glow more orange. This meant a soul had wandered into the seal. Onyth touched the seal and it started to glow brighter. He grew a bit bigger and then flashed a bright orange light. When the light faded the seal was gone. In its place there was a man. He looked to be in his late fourties. He had light grey hair and a long beard that connected. His skin was pale and slightly transparent, a sign that he wasn't alive.

"What do you want with me young one?" he asked in a quiet, calm voice.
"I have a favor to ask of you," Onyth replied.
"Your one of them necromancers. If its some foul deed then you can go right on and send me."
"No sir. I don't wish anything foul or deadly. Just I need some eavesdropping to be done for me."
The man looked at Onyth intently then replied, "Alright, but what do I get in return?"
Onyth thought for a moment before answering. "If you succeed in your job then I'll send you to the afterlife. If thats not what you want then I can give you something else."
The man scratched his chin as he thought about this and then nodded. "I can do that. As long as you hold your end. Im tired of being trapped in this forest."
"I will," Onyth said, a serious expression on his face, "Now the person I need you to spy on is... my father. He's the leader of the Necromancers and I need to know what his plans are. But I warn you. He is very experienced with his magic so be careful as to not getting caught."
The man smiled and nodded again. "I can do that just fine." He turned away and began to fade, "this is the first time that I've seen a rebel necromancer." With this being said the man was gone.
Onyth turned around and began walking back to the others. Now it seems that he decided and there was no going back. At first he would keep quiet about his plans and just go along with everything as if nothing had changed. Would this mean he would have to betray his brothers as well?

Damian got up, his face clearly showing annoyance. "I dont care if my father comes and kills you all. That's not my problem. I never said I didnt want to fight.. you're all just waste of my time." At least his headache was gone. "You're all so loud..." he muttered. The familiar small back bird flew out of nowhere, landing on his shoulders and chirped. "Besides, even if I fought you...I wont gain anything." He tilted his head staring at Angel. "Why? Would you like to start with worthless fight?" he asked, turning to looked at the bird who made its way into his finger.

Without saying a word Angel walked away from Damian and straight to Amora. "Amora I believe its time for us to go. Just because we don't see them as a threat doesn't mean that we have to stay here with them and talk. Besides we have a mission and that is to find people.Now that Alura is with us I believe we can begin moving to our next destination" she said walking over to Ammy.

It really was a pain in the ass to stay here with the Necromancers, it was against everything they believed. Being with people that had the power to control the dead. More or less she knew that her father was probably going to send a messenger to get some news from them. Though for some reason the messengers could never do things the easy way, they would always act like they knew everything asking too many questions.

"Amora I better see you behind me, besides Diana hasn't shown yet and I'm worried that shemight have gotten her self in some trouble." she said as Ammy took off into the air.

As she was looking down at the forest she got a flash back. She was sitting down what seemed to be her fathers main room Her sisters Amora was at her right and Diana was at Amora right. He was sitting in his throne and an elder at each side. Those were the people that would give advice to him. She was looking down at the floor.

"Angel" here father spoke as gentle as he could. Upon hearing her name she looked up at him.
"Yes, father?" she asked
"My youngest daughter, you who has your mothers looks, her hair and most of all her eyes. And just like your sister you're talented in every way. Not to say that you are the only one able to use blue fire. We haven't had anyone like that since your great grandfather. And for some reason with a sweet angelic face like yours you are able to put fear into people. And as you now know your sisters and yourself have a big responsibility in your hands." he said as she paused. She knew that he was taking his time speaking to pick the perfect word.

"That is why I think you deserve this" he said as he looked at one of the servants. Seconds later a man walked in with a white katana. One that looked exactly like the one her mother had.
"This is the katana that your mother used when she I met her. And I think you should have it" he said as he walked up to her. Angel stood up and grabbed the katana.

"This is outrageous, to give her..." the elder was cut off by her father. "SILENCE! What I say goes around here" he said with a serious look on his face. Right when he said that the other elder was about to speak but before that could happen Angel interrupted him.

"If you have something to say then come here, I'll show you why people call me the Demonic Angel" she said pointing the Katana at the elder. Her father placed his hand on top of it."Now go, don't fail me" with that the flashback was over.

Alura "Aqua", upon hearing Angel talking about her, walked over, checking that her uchigatana were secure in their homes at her hip. They clicked into place, and she nodded at Angel.
"I'm ready to leave whenever you are." she said with her usual, blank face, portraying no emotion through her muted, watery eyes. She looked back to where she last saw Onyth, then sighed. She feared the next time she saw him, it would be as an enemy again. She whistled sharply, and Azure leap from the bushes and sat at her feet. She smiled down at it, nodded, and it immediately ran off in another direction. She never knew where Azure went when she sent him away, but she knew he was never far, and he was always watching. Azure was still a mystery, even to her. They had a special bond that went beyond a friendship. They were one and the same. She stretched out, cracking her back, then she started walking away, expecting Angel and Amora to follow her away, then take the lead. All she knew was that she wanted to distance herself from befriending a possible enemy. It would only make things harder later on.