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Topic: Team One

Team one is so far:

-Tak

-Rin

Okay, this is where team RPing is done for team one members; remember, you have to find a way for

your team to meet up in the group topic before you start RPing together. The RPs are simultaneous,

so if you're with someone here, you've got to explain why you're together in the main RP. Get it?

Well then have fun!

#1 May 02nd 2007, 5:04pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 07th 2007, 2:49pm

Rin looked over and saw her younger teammate there. She tilted her head curious why she had dirt all over her. She straightened up and stood tall so that it didn't apear something was wrong. Slowly Rin turned to Tak, her calm apperance decieving and fake.

"Just - taking a stroll," she lied, her voice cool and slightly on the tired side. Her blue eyes watched her friend. Rin reached up and rubbed her back, but was very causul about it, making sure it didn't appear like something was wrong.

#2 May 03rd 2007, 4:32pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 07th 2007, 2:50pm

Tak looked up at Rin, who looked tired and in slight pain, but she could not begin to understand what was wrong. She decided she was too tired to try.

"Riiight," Tak said skeptically. She stood up and started brushing the dirt off of her clothes, careful not to get rid of it all. She believed in a nice healthy coating of dirt. Tak looked up at Rin once more. She did not look good at all. If Tak could think of one word for Rin right now, it would probably be "troubled." Tak decided she would delve into it further later, when she could think straight.

"So where are we going today, then?" Tak inquired, keen on changing the topic quickly before Rin asked about her, Tak's, state and location.

#3 May 03rd 2007, 4:53pm

Rin shrugged, and started to pace back and forth, now trying to think of a good place to camp.

"Somewhere safer," she answered after a moment and stopped walking. She looked at Tak questioningly, but she didn't want to bother Tak about the dirt. She turned away and looked somewhere else.

"Maybe, if we can find a shelter, we might have half a chance of surviving out here," she mummbled in thought. "But - lets not worry about that now... where do you want to go?"

Rin changed the topic, she was trying not to act worried or troubled, so she pretented that this was like a vacation - but without the camping gear.

#4 May 03rd 2007, 5:03pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 07th 2007, 2:52pm

Even Tak, who was young and naive and didn't have much emotional experience, could tell that something was off about Rin this morning. She tried to refrain from being her rambunctious and lively self, but she didn't quite know why. Maybe she was afraid Rin had some kind of headache and her annoying 12 year old ways might push her off the edge.

"How 'bout we walk for a while?" Tak suggested, concern most likely etched across her young features. She completely forgot to relish her good fortune that she hadn't gotten in trouble. With Rin looking this vulnerable, something as trivial worrying about getting caught staying up now seemed lightyears away.

#5 May 03rd 2007, 5:12pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 5:56am

Rin nodded. Even though Rin was troubled, she liked having Tak around. Actually, Tak helped her think of other things. She started to walk in some random direction, rolling her shoulders trying to get rid of the ache in her back - no success. She smiled at Tak, not wanting the young girl to get worried about Rin's teenage ways.

"Lead the way." she said, attempting to be warm and friendly - which was slightly awkward for her, being a silent cold teenager all the time.

Rin grinned in a friendly way, trying to ignore the troubles and pain.

#6 May 03rd 2007, 5:18pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 5:57am

Tak was alarmed. She almost gave a start at Rin's apparent attempt at a friendly smile. Nevertheless, she did as Rin said and started walking across the field along the border to the forest, Rin bringing up the rear.

"So where's Grey, what's he doing?" Tak asked; she was always interested in the comings and goings of thier leader. She liked to know as much as she could about what was going on, having a strange desire to prove she was as capable of handling this information as the teenagers. Asking questions however, as proven moments ago, served not as a source of information, but proof that no one wanted her to ever know anything. Tak tried to hide her annoyance at this assumed fact whenever she asked questions, hoping to startle people into an answer.

Tak started jogging backward so she could watch Rin; she liked looking into the eyes of the person she was talking to. The slight thrill of not knowing whether she was going to bump into anything at any given moment gave birth to a small smirk that subtly overtook her features. Tak hoped Rin didn't think that she was smirking at her, and awaited an answer.

#7 May 03rd 2007, 5:25pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 5:59am

Rin looked at Take a little nervously. She failed to keep in touch with Grey. She sighed and shrugged.

"Dunno - haven't been able to get to him lately," she answered honestly - one of those rare moments. She continued.

"But I'm sure we'll met up with him soon," she answered. Rin didn't want to dim the girl's spirit. Rin felt she had the responsibility of watching Tak, almost like an older sister taking care of her.

Rin walked on staring at the ground, arms folded, and her gaze was concentrating on the ground as she walked along after Tak.

#8 May 03rd 2007, 5:35pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:00am

Slightly unnerved that she had lost eye contact, Tak was momentarily caught off guard. She quickly recovered, however, deciding to dwell on the answer to her question.

It seemed honest, actually honest! Tak was excited. She didn't know what was going on with Rin, but she was getting an honest answer for once. Should she be worried or glad?

But her answer instilled curiousity as well. How come she hadn't spoken to him lately? Was he doing something super-secret? Was he hurt, or did he go off on his own? In Tak's mind, one answer concieved millions more questions. Whatever Grey was up to, she wanted in.

However, Rin did not seem in the mood to be answering questions, and Tak's concern overrode her curiousity. She did hope they would meet up with Grey soon, like Rin said, but she had learned not to take Rin seriously when she said hopeful things like this. Yet there was a little part inside of her that wanted to believe this.

When Rin looked down, Tak's demeanor changed. Rin was like an older sister to her, and she detested seeing her so weak and troubled. She was supposed to be invincible.

Tak fell into step next to Rin; running backwards had lost all amusement. No matter what, Tak wanted to know what was wrong with Rin.

"So was it him then? Grey? Did he do something to you? Did you guys break up?" she joked, poking Rin playfully.

#9 May 03rd 2007, 5:42pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:01am

Rin coughed hearing those last words. She blushed and looked to Tak, her expression mixed.

"For your info, Grey would never ask some one like me out, thus concluding we've never gone out so we could have never broken up," she replied, acting like an adult at that moment. Rin answered calmly a moment later.

"Grey has just been - busy," she mumbled, unsure whether that was true or not.

Still red in the face, Rin tried to act as if that didn't bother her, but it did. Grey was suppose to have talked to them sooner than later. Then there was something else that bothered her. But she couldn't let those silly feelings get in the way.

Rin let out a sighed and rolled her shoulders attempting to get rid of the pain. She glanced at Tak, then at the ground.

"What about you? Have you heard anything from him?" she asked, changing the subject.

#10 May 03rd 2007, 5:53pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 24th 2007, 9:20am

Tak unwillingly giggled quite girlishly at Rin's reaction. If she was good at deducing anything about her squad members, it was their relationships. She had long been hoping that Grey and Rin would hook up sometime soon, but of course, to no avail. Teenagers just couldn't see what was right in front of them; they had to make everything more complicated.

Shrugging, Tak replied, "Nope, not really. He doesn't really like to talk to me about important things anyway." She rolled her eyes and smiled. "You know how he is."

They reached the edge of the field, where there was a very thin stream that could easily be crossed by the use of a few rocks that surfaced over the splashing water. Tak, who was ahead, went first, stepping on one rock, then realizing who she was.

She levitated over the stream, then looked across expectantly at Rin.

#11 May 03rd 2007, 5:58pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:04am

Rin nodded, agreeing to her point. She watched as Tak levitated across the stream, then simply walked on the rocks to get across the stream, trying to met up with Tak on the other side. Unlike Tak, Rin hasn't been able to gain control over her ability to change into a shadow. At random moments, Rin would just change uncontrollably, which was a bother.

"Well, maybe when your older," she suggested. Suddenly she slipped on the last rock and fell into the cold waters of the stream. She sat there, soaking wet, with a piece of plant on her head looking rather ridiculous.

#12 May 03rd 2007, 6:07pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:06am

At this, Tak laughed in her usual snickering way, walking over to the place where Rin sat now. "You ok?" Tak managed. She pulled the plant off of Rin's head, leaving a patch of wet hair in its wake. Tak bit back a retort that went something like, "Well maybe when YOU'RE older, you'll be able to control your powers, like me." She decided it wasn't the right time to say something like this, and besides, Tak blamed Rin's teenagerdom for her lack of control. After all, in Tak's mind, Rin's ridiculously complicated teenage emotions must be the only thing in the way of her becoming just as powerful as, maybe even more than, Tak. Rin was just too cool, Tak decided, to not be able to control her powers, unless something as unhelped as emotions hindered her abilities.

Tak would have held out a hand to help Rin out of the stream, but she decided against it, considering the fact that she was quite small in comparison to her older squad member and would therefore not be much help in getting her too far off the ground. Instead, Tak consented to throwing the water plant back in to the flowing stream, awaiting an answer to her question of concern.

#13 May 04th 2007, 2:59am . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:11am

"Fine," mummbled Rin, standing up and shaking off whatever water she could. When she moved out of the stream, her shoes were making wet sloshy noises as she took steps. She sighed and sat down on a stump nearby and pulled off her wet shoes and socks. Then she pulled off her long black turtle neck to reveal just how scrawny she was. She wore a black tank top underneath. She wrung out the sweater and set it down to dry.

Rin actually was quiet powerful, or that's what she thought, but she was nervous about using her powers. What if she can't turn back? Or what if it drags Tak in and makes her a shadow person too? Rin sighed and looked at her hand. Though nervous, she still would try to use her powers, for Tak's sake.

Rin concentrated long and hard, imagining her hand becoming a shadow. Her hand remained unchanged. Rin sighed and gave up. She looked at Tak and stuck her toungue out at her, in a childish manner.

"I meant - when you're older, Grey will talk to you about more important things." she explained.

#14 May 04th 2007, 6:14am . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:09am

Tak sat down cross legged next to the tree stump that Rin was on. The grass was dry and warm against her. "I guess so..." Tak muttered, looking down. She pulled some grass out of the ground, raised her fist, then let the grass sprinkle back down to the earth. She looked up at Rin. Tak realized just then that she should have tried to levitate Rin over the stream instead of letting her walk, even though she'd never levitated a human before. It can't be too hard, Tak thought, I should try it sometime. She figured that was the problem with Rin-- she just held back too much. She let herself inhibit... herself.

Tak had half a mind to ask Rin about her relationship with Grey, hoping their sister-like bond was strong enough for such conversations, but she decided against it, saving it for another day. It didn't seem that Rin's day was going very well at all.

Looking up, Tak's dark blue eyes took in Rin's form. "Rin-san... you've gotten skinnier." She stood up then, arms folded, with a slight frown on her face. Her large eyes became rounder and rounder as she surveyed Rin's scrawny form. Hoping that Rin would reply with something consoling, so Tak could do her best to believe her, the 12 year old squad member began to climb a small, nearby tree, sitting on a thick branch so that she was at eye level with Rin. The slightly annoyed pout that Tak wore was greatly contrasted by her large eyes and baby-like cheeks, and she couldn't help but despise this. She could never get the effect she wanted this way.

#15 May 04th 2007, 1:10pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:12am

Rin looked at her belly and poked her belly button. She sighed and looked up to the younger child, defeated, becuase she knew it wasn't easy to hide this secret.

"I guess I haven't been able to eat in a while," she admitted. Honestly, Rin wanted to tell Tak everything, the truths and secrets she had, but Rin was very self concious - especially when it came to Grey. Plus, she hadn't been eating becuase she'd been trying to get Tak something decent.

Rin stood up and walked around bare footed in the soft grass. She glanced at her watch around her slender wrist, roughly 11 o'clock. Rin looked up to the sky as if trying to see something, but nothing came. Then she let her blue eyes wander back to Tak. She grinned at Tak's look. Tak was very interesting; she was more talkative than Rin, and that's what Rin liked about her. With Tak, Rin rarely talked around other people.

"Hungry?" she asked after a moment. Rin looked to the stream thinking there might be some salmon in the water.

#16 May 04th 2007, 3:06pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:14am

Tak grinned, levitating off of the tree branch to stand in the spot next to Rin. She poked Rin's stomach and replied, "I'm sure YOU are." However, Tak smiled and nodded to show that she too was getting a bit hungry. A gear in the back of her mind was processing the concern that Rin wasn't eating much, and possible reasons for this.

By the riverbed, Tak knelt on her knees and felt them sink squishily into the soil beneath them. She relished the soft feeling of nature pressing onto her. Peering into the water, she splashed some of it around absentmindedly. Finally, she raised her massive navy eyes to Rin, a smile playing across her young features. "What d'you reckon?" she asked in her best English accent. "Salmon?"

#17 May 04th 2007, 5:01pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:14am

"I hope." Rin grinned with warmth, she actually liked being happy for a change. She rolled up her pants to her knees, and walked carefully in the water. She shivered at the coldness. Soon she stood in the center of the relatively calm stream. Remembering a Discovery National Geographic Moment clip, she pretented to be a brown bear fishing in the stream. When she spotted something that moved, she daggerlike-dove her hand into the water and attempted to grasped the fish. After several tries, Rin finally managed to grasp one.

"Catch!" she shouted tossing Tak the flipping fish. She laughed, absolutely surprised she actually caught a fish with her bare - ((bear lol)) - hands.

#18 May 04th 2007, 5:09pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:16am

((haha cute pun))

Tak laughed along with Rin, levitating the fish calmly into her lap when it got close enough to control. "Nice one!" she said. Tak was suddenly filled with unexplained, youthful energy, so she put the salmon down next to her, rolling up her pants as well. "I'm coming in!" she exclaimed with a smile; her dimples dented her face immensely with this action. She waded into the water in a sort of run, splashing water all around her. The cool droplets of water drizzled her slightly, so that her exhilaration was intensified.

"Look!" Tak shouted, indicating a spot not far from Rin's left foot. "There's one-- you're closer, get it!"

It was all just a fun game for Tak; she really could care less whether or not they caught any more fish. Rin looked happier, and Tak couldn't ask for more.

#19 May 04th 2007, 5:16pm . Edited May 08th 2007, 6:16am

Rin nodded and made a dash for the salmon. She just barely caught it by the tail and swung it towards Tak. She smiled, glad knowing that Tak was having a good time. Rin moved around looking for at least one more salmon for dinner. Rin actually wasn't a good cook, but was willing - for Tak's sake. Soon she found a third salmon and grabbed it.

"Come on, lets get dried and get a fire going," she said, trying to get a good hold on the squirming fish in her hands. Rin started towards the shore side and placed the salmon down to the other. She waited patiently for Tak to come with her.

#20 May 04th 2007, 5:39pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 08th 2007, 6:18am

Tak followed Rin out of the water, careful to make large, exaggerated splashes as she exited the stream. Not as soaking above the knees as she thought she'd be, but still considerably wet, Tak looked up at Rin, who was quite taller than her.

"Firewood?" Tak asked simply, and she felt the grass seperate from the earth beneath her as she squeezed her wet toes absentmindedly around them, pulling it up then letting it fall. The grass didn't fall, however; it stuck to her wet feet. Tak giggled in ticklish delight, continuing to look up expectantly at Rin.

Tak liked being independent most of the time, but there were just some things she'd rather have guidance in doing, such as building a fire. Tak wasn't too naive to believe that she wasn't capable of burning the surrounding land down by attempting to do such a thing, so in this case she wasn't hesitant to accept help from someone older.

#21 May 04th 2007, 6:00pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:27pm

"Right - uh..." Rin looked around the clearing for some good fire wood. She pointed over near a tree.

"Levitate some wood. It's good practice for future use," she directed as she went on preparing the fish for the cooking. She sat down cross legged, not minding the wetness of the grass around her. She waited for Tak to gather the wood, keeping an eye on the suroundings. Rin should have checked the clearing first, but nothing happened so far. Rin smiled - daring Tak to do it.

Rin's blue eyes wandered cautiously around, thinking she heard something in the distance, but thought it to be a deer, or some other wild forest creature.

#22 May 04th 2007, 6:27pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:28pm

Tak walked slower than she would have normally, paying close attention to a rustling sound she heard in the distance. They hadn't run into any Ryu all morning, and it was starting to seem a bit strange. Ignoring it, Tak strolled at a normal pace again, a grin splashing across her face. She could take 'em all.

Raising her navy eyes up to a large tree branch that would most likely constitute a log, Tak concentrated intensly, trying to levitate it with such force that it was ripped from the tree. Finally, after a few moments of silence, Tak was able to accomplish this. With a small grunt, she sent the log into the air, soaring of its own accord for a moment before her powers caught up with it, and she sent it plummeting to the ground.

After the second log, Tak was started to break a sweat, and by the third, she was finally actually hungry.

Trying to ignore the growing, ominous rustling sound, Tak turned to Rin. "...Uh, is that good?" Tak inquired, indicating the pile of logs she had formed.

#23 May 04th 2007, 6:46pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:29pm

"Wonderful!" cheered Rin, getting up and walking over to the girl. She grinned, hiding the sudden nervousness. Rin ruffled Tak's hair and smiled more.

"You can rest - I'll cook," she promised, picking up the wood and setting them. She wandered around and picked up some stones and set them around the fire so that the embers wouldn't go every where. Rin sat down before the wood, thinking of a way to get a fire going.

"I wish Shu were here," she said with a nervous laughter. Rin never attempted to create fire, but better to learn now then never. Rin picked up two extra stones and slammed them together in hopes of creating a spark.

Half an hour past, but Rin finally managed to get a fire started. The fire licked hungrily at the wood as its power grew. Rin smiled, feeling glad she was able to create fire. She glanced around and picked up three long sticks and stuck the fish on them and leaned the food into the fire to cook. Rin sat back and watched the sparks.

"It should be ready in a while," she said, trying to keep up the younger member's spirit.

#24 May 04th 2007, 6:52pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:31pm

The Ryu tried his best to remain still, but the little one was begining to notice the incescant

rustling. He swore inwardly. He glanced down at his seemingly normal hands, hands that would

kill at the drop of a dime. He looked hungrily through the tall grass at the two girls. Two

girls for his enjoyment, tourture and murder. He smiled, ideas already dancing through his mind.

He couldn't wait to sink his claws into their fair flesh.

#25 May 04th 2007, 7:01pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:35pm

Tak sat cross legged in front of the fire next to Rin.

"Hah, thanks. And good job with the fire, too. I don't think I never 'ppreaciated how hard it is to make one, with Shu always there to do it." With this comment, a slight blush crept up Tak's cheeks, and she looked away in order to hide it. "Hey..." Tak started, not just keen to change the subject. "Do you hear something?"

#26 May 04th 2007, 7:02pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:35pm

Rin looked around listening. She thought she heard something too, but she didn't want to worry Tak. Rin looked just before Tak turned her head, and saw a slight blush. Rin raised an eyebrow.

"Why are you blushing?" she asked curiously. Then she smiled widely, trying to act as if she were an older sister.

"You like Shu?" she giggled kindly. Rin wanted to keep Tak's mind off whatever was in the woods, so she decided she would poke a little fun at the girl.

The smoke lifted from the fire high into the air. This was a slight risk in itself, for the Ryu might spot it. But Rin wasn't going to let anything happen to Tak, so she wasn't afraid at the moment. Rin just wanted to concentrate on making this worrysome time the best it could be.

#27 May 04th 2007, 7:09pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:36pm

Without warning, the Ryu burst through the brush, tackling Rin to the ground. He landed a strong

punch to her stomach. "Hello kitties," he said lustfully. "Time to play!" His eyes grew feral

as his canines elongated.

#28 May 04th 2007, 7:14pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:36pm

Tak sprung up, having braced herself for something like this moments before. "Get away from her!" she screeched, diving at the Ryu angrily, but without much of a plan. She tackled him to the ground and quickly levitated a burning log toward her, hoping to bash him over the head with it a few times. The log remained levitating in the air for a few moments as Tak and the Ryu wrestled violently on the grass, spraying nature everywhere.

#29 May 04th 2007, 7:15pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:37pm

"TAK!" yelled Rin jumping at the Ryu and kicking him off her. Three more Ryus jumped into view, heading for Rin.

"Dammit - Hide Tak!" she ordered, pinning the demon to the ground.

Where was Grey when he was needed?

#30 May 04th 2007, 7:21pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:37pm

(remember had that not been a rhetorical question she could have used her cross tattoo to locate

him lol)

The Ryu wrestling Tak threw her violently to the ground. The other three began to close around

Rin.

"Bloody Mary Bloody Mary!" shrieked one fouly.

The others broke out in cackles.

#31 May 04th 2007, 7:28pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:38pm

Tak was upset, angry, and determined. The only thing she was not was scared. She didn't want to hide, she wanted to fight, she wanted to prove herself. But something about the coldness and loudness of Rin's voice told her to obey, to abandon her rebellious nature for her sake and Rin's. So Tak scurried behind a tree and watched with large, dark blue eyes, her burning levitating log hitting the Ryu who had grabbed Rin repeatedly over the head in her wake. Soon she became tired of controlling it, however, and when it seemed she'd caused enough pain, she let it fall to the ground. Tak sank against the tree trunk, drained.

#32 May 04th 2007, 7:29pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:38pm

Rin watched her go and faced the other Ryu. She got into a fighting position, unsure what really to do. She gulped; hopefully she could get Grey to sense her somehow with the cross tattoo on her the back of her neck.

"Bite me!" she yelled, challenging the Ryus.

#33 May 04th 2007, 7:32pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:39pm

Oh God, thought Tak, what is she thinking? Is she playing for time? Tak hoped immensely that Grey, maybe even Shu, would show up and... save the day, or something. It seemed like something plausible. If they didn't come any time soon, Tak didn't care, she would jump in and do what she had to.

#34 May 04th 2007, 7:34pm . Edited May 31st 2007, 3:39pm

"I might," laughed one.

"Where's your boyfriend?" asked the other, spitting at Rin's feet.

The third lunged at her as the fourth rubbed his burn of the ashes left in its wake.

#35 May 04th 2007, 7:39pm . Edited by NixieTrix, May 31st 2007, 3:40pm

Rin remained silent, refusing to answer. 'He's not my boyfriend....' she thought.

One of the Ryus jumped at Rin. She dodged, rather gracefully actually, and round house kicked him the stomach just as he landed. Another Ryu jumped on her back. Rin merely flipped him off of her and swung her fist as the third came running at her, landing a cold hard punch right between the eyes. Blood splattered over her from the broken nose. The injured Ryu backed away. The other two got ready again. One jumped at Rin legs. Rin tried to jump out of the way, but failed. He grabbed her foot, just as the other jumped over his partner at her, tackling her to the ground. Rin cried, her arm was dangerously close to the fire.

"What? Kitty afraid of fire?" teased the Ryu on top of her. He pinned her down with one hand. He reached over and picked up a torch and slowly moved the flames to her face. Rin gasped and wiggled trying to figure out how to get out of this.

'GREY!' she thought desperately.

#36 May 04th 2007, 7:39pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:36pm

Finally Tak admitted to herself that she was afraid. She ran from her previous position, concentrating as hard as she could on the torch like branch, willing it to levitate, but to no avail. She ran behind the Ryu so that he wouldn't notice her small form, then grabbed him forcefully and quickly by his shoulders, sprawling him on his back and, not missing a moment, kicking him hard where the sun don't shine. It was really the only thing she could think of doing at the moment.

"Rin, we need Grey!!" Tak shouted, although she knew that Rin must have been thinking the same thing. As the Ryu was now weak, the torch levitated easily out of his hand, and Tak grabbed it and began brandishing it at the others, ignoring Rin's desperately concerned looks that bore into her back.

#37 May 04th 2007, 7:43pm . Edited May 04th 2007, 7:46pm

"I said hide!" shouted Rin getting up, her face red and sore from the fire being so close. She stood up and grabbed Tak. Just then, one of the other Ryu came charging forward. Rin shoved Tak out of the way taking the full force. The two of them went tumbling towards the woods. The Ryu came back on top of Rin. She threw random pounches at her attacker.

"TAK!! RUN!" she yelled at her teammate. "Find Grey!"

As Rin battled off, she kenw she was weakening, she could feel one of her ribs start to strain, dangerously close to breaking. Throwing random punches, Rin recieved more injuries then she gave....

#38 May 04th 2007, 7:48pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:38pm

"RIN!" Tak shouted in concern. The part of Tak that was reluctant to follow orders was being quickly overruled, and she ran off to a safe, hidden area behind some trees, trying to locate Grey. Sliding down the trunk of a particularly massive tree, she quickly and desperately ripped off her shirt, revealing not only a dark green tank top, but the cross tattoo that resided next to her belly button. She placed two warm fingers gingerly on top of it, willing herself to find him. She never used her tattoos to locate anyone before, least of all Grey, and she wasn't sure what to do. So she tried everything she could think of, repeatedly screaming, "Grey, Grey, where ARE you?!" in her mind.

#39 May 04th 2007, 7:51pm . Edited Jun 01st 2007, 12:38pm

Rin couldn't give in, she just couldn't. All she could think about was Tak. She tried to throw more punches, but the Ryu won over. He pinned her arms down; he was bleeding just as badly as she was. He leaned down and whispered in Rin's ear.

"Look's like you're left alone... that boyfriend of yours is rather lousy," he whispered cooly, breathing hard from the fight. "Too bad, you are kinda cute - Sarah."

He used her real name. Rin glared at him.

"Grey is NOT my boyfriend!" she yelled hoarsely. The Ryu chuckled and brought out a blade, starting to press it to Rin's neck.

"Then that's his fault..." he whispered, and got ready to make the last fatal blow.

Rin shut her eyes. One person came to mind right then and there...

'Grey...'

#40 May 04th 2007, 7:56pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:40pm

Tak chanced peering around the tree, and to her horror found Rin a slice of a blade away from death. She subconciously pushed painfully against her tattoo, now screaming outwardly, "GREY! GREY! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!" She would not let the tears come, she would not. It just wouldn't happen. They were not worth it if he was going to come any second. Which he was, he was, he always did.

#41 May 04th 2007, 7:59pm . Edited Jun 01st 2007, 12:40pm

Suddenly the Ryu's eyes grew wider; a thin peice of metal poked its way grotesquely through

his neck and he fell to the side. Grey stood over Rin, holding a blade. His brow was crinkled.

He held a hand out to help her up. "Told you I'd come," he said almost coldly.

#42 May 04th 2007, 8:41pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:43pm

Rin gasped, feeling the blood of the Ryu splatter on her. She opened her eyes and saw Grey standing there. She couldn't breath all of a sudden. He - made it... Rin just stared at him shocked....

#43 May 04th 2007, 8:41pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:43pm

Swordsman of Fire

As soon as Grey landed in the forest, Shu's brown eyes darted back and forth searching for their teammates. The red rings in his iris seemed to glow bright in shade of the trees. It gave his emotionless eyes an almost demonic look. Looking at a large tree re-awakened an urge to burn. He made a fireball floating less then an inch from his palm, his finger tips barely skimming the surface of the flames. Shu suddenly realized what he was doing and his muscles tensed to as he tried to fight his own arm. "Never again," he said to himself.

#44 May 04th 2007, 8:43pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:44pm

"Shu-niichan," called Grey. "Find Tak, make sure she's safe. I will dispose of this lot." He looked around, his tall skinny form looming over most of the Ryu, who were multiplying it seemed.

#45 May 04th 2007, 8:46pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:44pm

Rin snapped out of her trance and strained to get up. She didn't like Grey seeing her like this. She stood unsteadily to her feet hold her side; her rib had broken. She looked around wondering where the other Ryus ran off to....

#46 May 04th 2007, 8:47pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:45pm

Swordsman of Fire

Shu just nodded as he bolted off into the forest. "Where the hell is Tak?" Shu asked himself. Shu's sense to find members of the team helped guide him, but at this distance it only pointed him in the general direction.

#47 May 04th 2007, 8:50pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:45pm

As Grey helped her up he pulled her closer to him; there was a fleeting moment where their eyes

met, her eyes looking sweetly up at him, and his, returning with the stare that never left his face.

The look that nobody else would be able to discern from any other look, but Rin could see the

difference. "Are you hurt?" he asked, killing the moment. He turned away from her, letting his hand slip

out of hers and stabbed a Ryu forcefully. The emotions in this place were driving him nuts.

He swung his powerful leg into the temple of another, dropping it like a sack of potatoes.

#48 May 04th 2007, 8:55pm . Edited by NixieTrix, Jun 01st 2007, 12:46pm