"The Fire Of My Wrath Burns Brightest When Fueled By My Lustful Desire To Rid This Rotten World Of Sin"- Jason&Aaliyah
The Sky Of The Sorcerer's Universe This Night Suddenly Glowed An Ominous Red Color… Vibrations In The Space Around The Earth Were Felt By Everyone…
**Near The City Of Sorcerers At The Center Of The Map**
A Red Circular Gateway In The Sky Opened Up, With Six Demonic Figures Flying Out…
Ikari(Frowning, Arms Folded): It'll Take Too Long To Search This Whole Planet For Jason… Why Don't We Just Kill Some People And He'll Come To Us?!
Nakamake(Sighing, Looking At Ikari): You Dumbass, That'll Just Attract More Attention Than We Need.
Aphira(Covering Mouth With Sleeve, Smirking): Don't Tell Me Your Frightened By The Sorcerers, Dear Sister?
Nakamake(Scoffing, Glaring At Aphira): Shut The Hell Up, Horny Bitch…
Ikari(Walking On Air, Arms In Pockets): Do Whatever The Hell You All Want… I'm Gonna Have A Little Fun While I'm Here.
Nakamake(Following Behind Ikari, Sluggish): I'm Coming With You… If We Wanna Find Jason, It's Best We Go After His Sister And Mother, He'll Come Right To Us.
Ikari(Nodding, Hand Gesturing): Fine… You Come Along To Aphira, Jason's Mother Aaliyah Is Your Target Right?! So You Should Come With Us!
Aphira(Walking, Voice Seductive): You Only Had To Ask… Devoro, Are You Coming?
Devoro Comes To A Pause… Looking In Two Directions.
Devoro(Voice Grim, Looking Around): You All Feel That Don't You? Those Two Immense Divine Energies In The Air? One's Far More Powerful Than The Other…
Devoro(Voice Grim, Flying Down): I'll Go Check Out One Of Them… The Other Should Be In The Direction You All Are Going In. Recall Me In Case It's The Girl.
Devoro With Unreadable Speeds, Dashes Off Into The Distance… His Eyes Filled With Murderous Intent.
While Eris Stood, Looking Off At Him…
Eris(Voice Low, Chilling): Didn't Tengu Tell That Hot Headed Dumbass Not To Engage In Combat With Aria? Should I Go After Him?
Avarus(Shaking Head, Looking Into Eris's Eyes): No… This Is All For Our Plan To Unseal Mother And Bring Father Back To His Throne In Hell… Which Is Why We Should Choose Our Targets In Order To Undo Mother's Seal, We Should Target Father's First And Previous Vessel, Asura.
Eris(Eyes Closed, Voice Low): Why're We Even Unsealing Mother? Compared To Our Father, She's Far Too Mentally Unstable To Lead Hell… I'm Honestly Unsure If Even Father(Malum), Could Even Best Her In A Fight To The Death, Which Is Why He Resorted To Sealing Her In The First Place.
Avarus(Turning Head, Hands Shaky): Look Who's Talking You Damned Snake! Besides, With Father Sealed Away Inside A Vessel, He Only Holds Half Of His True Power From When He Was Alive… Though Now That Jason's Human DNA Has Been Rewritten By Father's Demon DNA, That Makes Jason A Full Blooded Demon Just Like The Rest Of Us.
Eris Suddenly Opens One Of Her Eye's, Showing Her Snake Slitted Pupils…
Eris(Voice Chilling, Tone Cold): Wouldn't That Make Jason Our Blood Related Brother Then? The Idea Of A Previous Human, Especially A Child Being Our Relative, Sickens Me To My Stomach.
Avarus(Walking Off, Smirking): You're Right About That… Though It'll Be Interesting To See, A Reunion With "His Father".
Eris(Looking At Avarus): …
**Meanwhile, In The Western Tribe**
Through The Crowded Streets Of The Western Tribe… Athena And Asura Walk Towards A Small Brown Hut…
As They Enter The Hut, Blanketed In The Shadows… They Are Met By The Tribe's Leader Yaku, Sitting Down And Leaning Back In His Couch.
Yaku(Smirking, Looking At Athena): Nice To See You Again Ms. Athena, It's Been A While Hasn't It? I'm In Debt To You For Bringin In Ashe… Same With You!
Athena(Hand Gesturing, Sitting Down In Front Of Yaku): I Was Surprised You'd Agree To See Us, Most Other Tribe Leaders Have A Kill On Sight Order, Since We're Aiding A Worldwide Criminal… Why's That?
Yaku(Slight Frown Creeping On His Face, Exposed Eye Slightly Lowered): Well The Other Tribe Leaders Aren't The Brightest Bulbs Among The Bunch… Instead Of Hearing Malum's Vessel Out, They Just Wanna Kill Him, That's Not The Best Idea If We Wanna Reverse This Memory Manipulation Technique Adira Used. And Of Course I'd Help You Ms. Athena, Your The Only Sorcerer Besides The Girl Selene I Genuinely Respect.
Athena(Arms Folded, Sitting Up): Thank You… And By The Way, His Name Isn't "Malum's Vessel", His Name Is Jason.
Yaku Chuckles… While He Sits Up.
Yaku(Shrugging, Looking Off Into The Distance): My Bad… But I Do Have A Question For Ya. You And Your Daughter Aria Are Both Angels Just Like That Woman Adira Right? So Can't You Both Along With The Court Of Angels Dispel Her Technique That's Disrupting The Minds Of Everyone?
Athena(Shrugging, Voice Firm): I Don't Know… But I Do Intend On Going To The Heaven Universe To Ask Them Myself.
[Suddenly, Yaku Stands Up… His Attention Focused Up At The Sky, Sensing An Unknown Energy Rapidly Approaching The Western Tribe.]
Yaku(Voice Heavy, Sighing): You Both Feel That?
Asura(Standing Up, Rushing Outside): Let's Go!
Athena And Asura Both Rush Outside, All Of The Inhabitants Of The Western Tribe Focusing Up In The Sky… A Floating Figure With Tattered Robes Hanging Over His Torso Looking Down At Them.
Athena(Confused, Taking Off Cloak): Who The Hell Is That?!
Asura(Looking Up, Eyes Widened): Dammit… It's One Of The Seven Sins… Malum's Children!
[Athena Looks Back Up, Focusing On The Mark On His Stomach.]
Athena(Internally): Gluttony… Malum's Children? So There's More Of Them-
Devoro(Voice Calm But Loud, Looking Around): I Felt A Strong Amount Of Divine Energy Coming From This Place… Which One Of You Is It?
[Suddenly Yaku Walks Out Of The Hut, Drinking Alcohol, Slowly Walking Toward Devoro With One Of His Hands In His Pockets.]
Yaku(Voice Low, Tipsy): What's Up With That Outfit? You Came To My Tribe Dressed Like That, And Looking For Someone Else Without Greeting The Tribe's Leader First?
Devoro(Scoffing, Glancing At Yaku): It's Not Wise To Challenge An Unknown Foe… Surely Someone As Intelligent As You Would Know That… Fortunately For You I Don't Really Have Time To Toy Around With You.
Yaku(Voice Low, Gazing At Devoro): Too Bad For You I Have Plenty Of Free Time… And I Haven't Really Gotten My Chance To Shine In A While.
Man In The Distance: The Tribe Leader Is Gonna Fight That Guy… While He's Almost Drunk?
[Devoro Turns Toward Yaku, Gazing In Disgust.]
Devoro(Slowly Walking Toward Yaku, Voice Heavy): You Sure You Wanna Fight Where The Ones You've Devoted Yourself To Protecting Are Around?
[Suddenly, An Ominous Purple Aura Radiates Around Yaku.]
Yaku(Chuckling, Throwing The Cup): Let's Both Of Us Play A Game… A Gamble, How Much People Surrounding Us Can You Kill?
[Suddenly, In The Blink Of An Eye… Devoro Appears Behind Yaku, Yaku Turns Side Eye's Devoro, With A Calm Look On His Face.]
Devoro(Voice Low): You Don't Seem Understand Do You? This Isn't A Game, No Rules… It's Just A Matter Of Survival.
Yaku(Scoffing, Smirking): Oh I Understand Perfectly. You're The Predator Here, But I'm No Sheep Waiting For The Slaughter.
[In One Fluid Motion, Yaku Pulls His Hand Out Of His Pocket While Using The Other To Slam His Hand Into The Ground… The Earth Beneath Them Begins Trembling Violently As The Ground Breaks, Forming Jagged Spikes That Shoot Upward Right Beneath Devoro…]
[Devoro Jumps Into The Sky, As He's Ascending… Yaku Removes The Eye Patch Covering His Right Eye, Revealing Web Lines In His Iris, With A Dark Purple Color.]
Yaku(Slight Frown, Eye Lid Lowered): The Most Fun Part About Gambling… Is Never Knowing Which Card Yer Gonna Pull, Wouldn't You Agree?
[Devoro Looks Down At His Leg… Seeing A Black Card With Purple And Grey Patterns On Its Design. Showing An Image Of A Reaper, Reading "Judgement".]
Yaku(Standing Still, Hands Behind Head, Voice Heavy): Grind'im Up, Reaper.
[The Reaper Inside The Cursed Card, Emerges As A Towering Figure In Tattered Black Robes And A Scythe, It's Eyes Glowing Yellow.]
[The Reaper Sticking Out Of The Card Stuck On Devoro's Leg, Swings His Scythe, In An Attempt To Cut Off Devoro's Head… As The Scythe Reaches His Head, It Slices His Head Clean Off.]
Yaku(Internally, Walking Toward Athena): Surely That Wasn't Enough To Kill Him… He's Got Somethin Else Up His Sleeve.
Yaku(Smiling, Voice Firm): Miss Athena, Asura… I Need You Both To Evacuate Everyone To The North East District Of The Tribe, And You Both Get Out Of Here.
Athena(Tense, Nodding): What About You? Are You Sure You Can Handle Him On Your Own?
Yaku(Chuckling, Walking Toward Devoro's Body): Who Do You Think Yer Talking To? I Was Your Student After All, I Don't Think I'm That Weak.
[Athena Nods And Runs Off With Asura To Evacuate The Nearby Humans…]
[Yaku Comes To A Pause, As The Mark On Devoro's Stomach Glows Intensely… His Head Grows Back On His Body… Devoro Grabs The Reaper's Head, And Eats It.]
Yaku(Sour Face, Covering Mouth): That's Disgusting.
[Devoro Drops Back Down To The Ground, And Stares Down Yaku…]
**Meanwhile, A While Out From The Flame Faction's Village, Underneath The Moonlit Night Sky At A Grave**
[Aaliyah Sits In Front Of A Grave, Reading **Sachiko** Leaving A White Flower In Front Of It, While Selene Stands Against The Tree Behind The Gravestone.]
Aaliyah(Voice Soft, Looking At Selene): Do You Want To Say Anything?
Selene(Head Shaking, Rubbing Arm): There's Nothing To Say.
[Aaliyah Looks Back Down At The Gravestone, With Sadness In Her Eyes… Tonight's The Seventh Anniversary Of Her Best Friend/Sister Figure, Sachiko's Death.]
Selene(Looking At Aaliyah, Sitting Down): Ma, Can I Ask You Something?
Aaliyah(Nodding, Voice Soft): Of Course.
Selene(Eye's Closed, Voice Below A Whisper): That Day, When "The Old Man" Sentenced Aunt Sachiko To Death… Why Didn't You Do Anything To Try And Save Her?
[Aaliyah Lowers Her Head, While She Takes A Seat Next To Selene.]
Aaliyah(Voice Low, And Slightly Trembling): I Wanted To Do Something… Sachiko Was My First Ever Friend, The First Person Before I Gave Birth To You And Jason I Could Genuinely Say That I Loved…
Aaliyah(Eyes Watering): And In That Moment, When She Shouldered The Blame For My Act Of Trying To Protect You From The Clan's Tradition, Her Dying Wish Was For Me And You To Live On, She Didn't Allow Me To Try And Save Her… And In That Moment…
Selene(Burying Face In Knees, Voice A Little More Firm): Forget It… I Shouldn't Have Asked.
[Selene Stands Up, And Begins Walking Off… Aaliyah Following Behind.]
Aaliyah(Looking At Selene, Timid): That Night… When You Said You Hated Me And Didn't Want To See Me Again… Was That True?
[Selene Looks Down, Her Shoulders Jolt Up As A Cool Breeze Blows Right Past Her.]
Selene(Looking Back At Aaliyah's Eyes, Voice Below A Whisper): Look Ma, I-
[Suddenly Before Selene Could Get Her Words Out, Three Immense Chaos Energies Creep Up Aaliyah And Selene's Necks, As Three Figures Appear In The Sky.]
[Marks On Their Bodies Reading, "Wrath", "Sloth", And "Lust".]
To Be Continued, In Chapter 83…