Welcome to Gaia! ::

Off the coast of Osaka, a small island is set aflame. A mysterious young man watches it burn and doesnt say or do anything. He stands there laughing away at what is going on. Upon closer inspection the man was the one that burned the island and killed most of the residents. The rest were screaming in a bloody torrent of pain. As one man and his family slipped past him on the island, they made way for their boot. No sooner then the man got his son in, the mysterious young man literally ran halfway across the water and jumped from there to the boat. He held two katars. With much swift agility he swung his blades and killed the man, woman, and the two children. Though no one could see, he grinned behind his masks at the dead people. After a quick storm through the remainder of the small island, He ran across the water top again. His speed and ninjustu skills helped him to do this.

Upon his arrival he was handed a packet of money by a goverment official on the beach. The man wanted to collect money off the island's "insurance" and also, wanted to start a war between the villages. The island was a home to about 325 people and was a marketing port that allowed men at sea to stop for goods and if wanted to, to stop at osaka. With it gone and the people dead, It would start small battles among the people and people in other villages. Most would have to pay him to rebuild it, and he would have his towns cheapest workers do it so they all could profit. Not a wise or smart move, but this wasnt the young man's conserned. He did his job throughally, and got his reward. With that he left without anyone seeing him or who it was, while the goverment official walked away.

(( Oh doesnt my new char seem cold, ruthless, and heartless. I am gonna have fun with him ))

Zersilo smiled at the destruction, this was good work. The government official was easy enough to pay off. The bodies had been purchased, not a normal practice, but gold tended to sway the human heart much the way a dog will follow a piece of meat. The official had his payment, and the village's destruction had been useful. The bodies were stored up in a few carts, and brought back to Zersilo's castle, on his large ship. He had needed a few more skeletons to make a small troop for defence. Now he had them, but the bodies still contained meat on them, easily fixable, they would be given to the ghouls and the dire wolves. They ate flesh quickly, leaving only bone. As the boat continued on ward the living crew couldn't help but re-coil from the smell of burnt flesh. That was fine, ghouls occasionally did like their food with a bit of a crisp to it.

The ship made it's way inward quickly, the force of the wind propelling them forward.

For the time he had comforted her, she had seemed to forget that she was blind. However, it came back to her and she sighed softly. "I....." She couldnt bring herself to say yes I know, because truthfully she did not know, nor did anyone else. Snuggling into her husband's arms, she rested her head against his shoulder and slowly shut her eyes. Soon after she shut her eyes, she ended up falling asleep in his arms as usual.

In the center of kyoto a young man stands on a stage set up in the center of town. He preches to the surrounding people about his ideas and what he would do if he had a force. The officials in kyoto arent taking to kindly to this young mans uprising. The hired the Shadow to deal with him.

In the day light the man speaks loud,proud, and with authority. As he talks to the people around him the Shadow prepares himself. He jumped from the rooftop and slashed down with his katars. With great speed he did this, but the young man was ready for such an attack. He fended off the attack and the shadow landed behind him. In no time he struck behind himself and cut the shadow, dead, in the throat. He became decapatated and his head roled. The man laughed and gave himself praise for killing one of the top assassins. But his laughing soon came to an end. The Shadow's imaged blurred and proved to be no more then a log. The man's eyes opened and his jaw dropped." An illusio......" He managed to say, before the shadow appeared from the sky and fell directly down behind him. His katars slashed in a X and then met and finished off like a Y. In the end, the man was left with a Y shape cut on his back. He feel to his knees, coughed blood and fell to the ground. He died before the people that were paralized with fear. The shadow gave them a hard look as he flung the blood off his blades. With that he disappeared.

The shadow traveled to the edges of the Ico territory and picked up the currency that the officials left him in kyoto. After he picked up the money he jumped into the trees and started going along its borders.

Feeling, smelling, and seeing movement the shadow stopped and jumped to the ground. He turned and looked around. He didnt move and just observed.

In a blink of an eye 9 of the scouts were shoot down to the ground by suriken. He stood there in silence. He let the veteran live so that they might do battle, and/or to ask questions."....Who is this so called Lord Von Hagen...?" He asked in a low tone that could hardly be heard.