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The sound grew louder as a small dragon flew above them. He landed next to Sci.

"This is Diatry. The two of us have been friends since we were born."

After linking minds with his friend, Hiphistus walked briskly down the ancient earthen corridor with Chiron at his heels. He hadn't heard of this Ezekial before his faithful scout had reported him, though he thought the whole situation a bit fishy, and Hiphistus was never a big fan of sea bass...

He heard a soft thumping above him on the forest floor, but it moved too fast and was too light to be an ordinary man. He though it couldn't be more than a large cat, but didn't brush it out of his mind entirely. A sweet scent was present not long after the footsteps had faded.

But, there were more important matters to attend to: He had been wandering longer than he cared to remember, with not much variety in nutrition, just stale well-water and tough, sinewy meat from his cache in the ancient buckskin bag. He needed fresh food, and Chiron had been waiting for a chance to go hunting again.

Good heavens! what had become of him? Once the most promising knight in the kingdom of Hysperia, now, mere years after its downfall, the bright youth had become a weathered mercenary, taken on odd jobs to stay alive and fed.

To push the nostalgic thoughts of his childhood out of his mind, he broke into a run. He didn't want to use up all his energy, in case he had to wait for prey, put he was eager to get out of his ancient den.

"Look Diatry. It seems we have a challenger." Sci said. He pulled you three shuriken and threw them into three different trees around them.

Draco stood with the rabbit dangling from her jaws, it's neck neatly snapped on impact. The scent of the rabbit drowned out the other scents. this irritaed Draco, for she would have to hunt the swordsman after she had eaten her meal. "well at this rate,I'll be fit when i catch up with him." she thought to herself. she carried the limp form to the bushes where she began to tear it apart with her powerful jaws. after a few mintues the only remains of the rabbit was the few pieces of skin and the bloodied ground. Draco licked her lips. She would have to rest for a while now. she couldnt exactly race through the forest on a full stomach. Damn instincts. She licked her self clean and stalked over to the rabbit's burow and made herself comfortable. She layed her head on her paws and closed her eyes.

Draco opens her eyes. She could tell that time had gone by, the smells were differnent and the light filtering in through the burrow had darkened. she got up and streched, her fur brightened the burrow walls with the refelction of the dimming light. she had no choice now but to stake out the area. the swordsman was close. She could feel it. She cautiously peered out of the cave. HEr cat like eyes cutting through the dimming light. His smell was still around, faint but still present. But the other scent, that strange one was even stronger. whatever has ben traveling aroundwith the swordsman ventured out. but it was covered with the scent of deer. she couldnt see any printsor even the marks of the dragged carcass. She clambered out. No use staying in this form if it wont do her any good. Slowly her form changed, her neck became longer her arms and legs lengthened, her black and flaming pelt was replaced with lose black pants , black shoes and a dark maroon shirt. Onher back lay a sword in it's scabbered, the hilt seemed to be be on fire. her dark red hair was half heartedly held back by a darkred head band and many strands fell in her face. on top of her head was a simple black hat. giving her a formal look. But the only thing unhuman about her was her eyes, her startling green eyes had an almost feline appearence; but those who looked at her a second time put it out of their mind. She sighed and tightened the scabbered straps and began searching through the forest. her progress unhindered by the coming of night. She grabbed the branch of a tree and swung up into it's leafy bough and quickly and silently worked her way up.

Draco rests against the trunk of the tall oak she had climed. she sits there with her eyes closed listening to the cool night air rustle the leaves. An owl calls out in a nearby tree. A barn owl by the sound of it. Draco opens one of her eyes and calls back. the silent ghost floats down in front of her. She holds out her arm and the bird percehes on it. she seems unaffected as the owls powerful talons grasp her arm frimly. The barn owl cocks it pale head and blinks at her. It screeches again. It's black eyes study her She opens her other eye, smiles and whistle back to the ghost. It cocks its head to the other side then bobs it's head twice and takes off from her arm and disappears into the night as silently as it had come. Blood soaks her clothing from the gashes the owl's talons left, but she doesnt mind. She hardly notices the wound. She closes her eyes again and keeps her ears open. listening to the night. Waiting for the slightest disturbance.

(i apologize for the randomness of this..........) In a burst of crazyness, kyo-tsudo explodes. Now standing in his spot, is the disgraced knight, Shinsuke Myoto. Soryuki-Oni rests in his hands, a demonic katana once held in a sacred shrine. "Well....... what do we have here........?" Gauntlets rested on his hands, suggesting unusual combos with his blade.

"Ezekiel? Yea.... we traveled together for awhile, he helped bust me out of a rather bad situation." Shinsuke lights a match as he says this, touching it to the cigarette in his lips before puffing out the flame. "Last i saw him, was in Ae-gin, we were staying in the inn there, and he was consuming vast amounts of alcohal."