Down at the Alulanta Falls the young man named Tetra Hikaru was walking over to one of the falls. His red cloak, with the gold patten on the back, flowing softly behind him as he walked closer to one of the pools of water. Upon reaching one of them Tetra looked around the area to see if anyone was there. Seeing nobody he placed down his weapon and looked onto the fall.

Watching the water of the fall crash against the water in the pool brought a smile to the face of Tetra, it was indeed a very beautiful sight to behold. And it was place in Arda where Tetra could be free from his past... to be free from the form that lay within him... the form that had hurt so many people in his life, the form that everyone how has seen it where now dead..... He then shook these thoughts out of his mind and began to step into the pool infront of him.

The water slowly creeped up his legs until it was up to his waist. He then walked through the water over to one of the falls and stood under one. The strong water from the falls now beating down upon his head and shoulders. It began to push Tetra down at first but soon he stood up straight and stayed there. This was perfect training for him to take control of his body and mind better.... but soon this silent training was broken by the sound of something breaking... like a twig.

Cassie hummed as she walked through the woods. It was a prefect day out and Telim didn't even know she was gone, she hoped. Her brother had gotten overly protective of her since she had run away. Now she wasn't allowed to go any where alone. She had to have a crew member with her at all times. And boy, did it suck.

But out here in the forest, by the falls. Cassie was free of all of that. She wasn't forced to be someone she wasn't any more. She could be her self. Who ever that was.

When Cassie came to the end of the trail leading to her favorite spot, she looked up and saw that she was being watched. And she didn't like it at all.

Soon Tetra seen a young woman coming over to the falls. He quickly looked away from her and looked down into the water. The water from the falls still flowing over Tetras shoulders as he stood in the falls. He then slowly closed his eyes and smirked a little. Tetra was able to hear the girl even through the sound of the falls. Tetra then let out a small sigh and moved from the falls.

His clothes were soaked and now hugged tightly to his body. Thats when he slowly walked out of the water. Once fully out Tetra removed his long red cloak placing it on the ground. He was not a member of any guild in Arda as he was afraid he would hurt his fellow members because of his demonic half. Thats when he looked over at the girl again.

Since he had removed his cloak he no longer had a top on, the water from his dip in the pool trickling down his body and the light from the sun above making the water a focus point for anyone. Tetra then said to the girl "Sorry if this is your place... i come here because is usualy silent, unlike the large cities and such. Even the Temples are rather loud now..." He then smiled a little to the girl.

Tetra gently moved his hair from his eyes, showing a small scar on his left cheek. Once his hair had been moved from his face he then smiled more at the girl and picked up his cloak to try and get it dry before he moved on, after all this girl might have had this place before Tetra.

Cassie looked at this man for awhile before saying anything. She didn't know who this man was, and yet she felt like she knew him from somewhere. "Its ok. I just didn't expcet to see any one else here. I come here for the same reasons. You don't have to leave if you want to stay. I don't mind the company."

*How do I know him? Why does he look like some one I know from my past?* Thequestions kept circleing inside Cassie's mind, makeing her want this strange man to stay with her so she could figure the answers out. "What is your name?"

Tetra began to hang his cloak from a tree branch as he listened to the girl say "Its ok. I just didn't expcet to see any one else here. I come here for the same reasons. You don't have to leave if you want to stay. I don't mind the company." Another smile then came onto Tetras face, although it was a rather small smile. He then turned back to the girl as he then heard her say "What is your name?"

Upon hearing this Tetra was silent for a while. Soon though he said to her "My name you ask? Its Tetra, Tetra Hikaru... and now that you know mine, may i ask yours...." His eyes were now somewhat narrowed as if Tetra was trying to pin point if this woman was infact on the same side as him..... or if he was goingto have to battle this woman soon... like he had needed to do with everyone else he had ever met.

Yes it was true, Tetra had nobody in the world that he could call a friend, or even a family member... and it would be that for a long time because of his fear of hurting his team mates... Tetra then turned back to face his drying cloak as it began to dry from the emited from the sun high in the sky.

Dark Descendant moved swiftly through the forrestry, The distant sound of the falls soon beginning to sound more close, Louder and louder as she moved forwards through the forest. Her stride a swift and long one.

She allowed her arms to come up behind her cranium as if stretching, the sun's light shining through the many leaves above her form, Giving her form a glow of golden colours as it shone upon her form.

Her tattered cloak, dusty with the eerie of constant travel and battle billowed out behind her form as she moved, her daito swaying to and fro suspended from her waist in it's tsuba, a rope tied tightly around the two scabbards which gleamed brightly.

She reached the edge of the treelines, the falls were indeed now in full view but something had made her come to a hault, it seemed this place was already occupied by two other people, a man and a female.

She arched a brow, gaze shifting towards the shimmering fall waters, continuously shimmering and gleaming as the light hit the water. Her pale blue orbs then shifting to the two forms once more.

Her gaze narrowed for a further few moments as her gaze transfixed upon the two occupants, gaze shifting slowly up and down their conversingn forms. Them not seeming to have noticed her yet which would be kind of a relief.

Her form came into a turn, moving to the side, across the outline of the treeline, her form moving swiftly around it, still in view obviously but moving away from the two forms, tattered cloak beginning to billow out behind her form.

Cassie caught a glimpse of something moving in the trees, but shruged it off as an animal. "My name is Cassie. Cassie O'Connell," she answered as she made her way to a rock near the water. After climbing on top of it to sit on its highest peak, Cassie looked over at Tetra, "Where do you come from, if you don't mind me asking."

Cassie woundered if they grew up in the same small town, or if she had just seen Tetra in another town during her treavels. She really wished she could remember.

As Cassie watched Tetra, her wolf Shadow stayed by her side. Laying at the base of the rock to protect his mistress from any harm this man may been to her.

Tetra listened once again to Cassie words, finally hearing her name, but he two had seen movement in the trees. He quickly grabbed his cloak and put it on once more. The cloak flowing down Tetras back in the same way the waterfalls flowed down from the pecks on the mountains. First he answer Cassie by saying "I dont mind you asking... but well, the truth is, i dont really know where im from. That was so long ago.... i have been alone traveling for years." After saying this, Tetras eyes were fixed into the trees.

He scanned every tree before him before saying "You can come out, we wont attack, unless you attack us.... and i would not advise that really." Tetra moved his head from side to side, a small cracking sound could be heard as he did this. He then began to narrow his eyes waiting for the person to show themselves. Also he was near his weapons ready to strike if need be, but hoping he would not have to.

The wind blowing softly through Tetras hair making it finally fully leave his eyes. His brown eyes still narrowed towards the trees and the water still dripping down his body from being in the pool near the falls. Tetra let out a small smirk as he looked towards where the figure was and awaited an action or reply as he stood there.

Dark Descendant's gaze narrowed as words came to her ears, these obviously directed towards her. These being the words which she had indeed not wanted to here. She shook her head slightly stepping out of the treeline into view.

' How could I possible come out when...I was not hiding? And I did not even think that you would attack me, that I didn't. I simply came here to train but ... It is already occupied as I can see. Fine eyes and ears you hve there, Able to hear me...Wow I must be more quieter in future, that I must. '

She allowed these words to flow from her mouth, gaze shifting towards the falls once more, before shifting towards the two forms. Arms folding across her chest once more, her trusty daito swaying to and fro at her side.

Her coughing then broke the silence, Gaze narrowing as her throat weas full of this weezing. Her hnd coming to a pouch at her side, pulling out a blood stained cloth, She coughed harshly into it, layering it with another thick layer of blood.

She discarced the cloth into her pouch with no further through towards the blood, the disease had extremely worsened, it had been a few weeks, and in that time her disease had not got better but indeed worse. Leaving her disorientated at times and the constant pains that shot through her form were becoming moe constant and extreme.

But still she had not given in, here her form still stood, tattered cloak, dusty with the eerie of constant travel and battle continued to billow out behind her form. She was almost determined that she would live until it was her time to die, that she would not just crawl under a rock and give up.

Indeed, She was going to continue training, battling and travelling...Searching. Although now she was growing tired and her once gleaming light of hope tht she might find answers was indeed beginning to dimmer. This incurable cure would not finish her. She would continue onwards.

Cassie looked on in silence. She had heard that kind of cough before. Her mother had died from it. As had her twin sister, Sarah. After their deaths was when the beatings started. Her father blamed her for the death of her mother and his favorite daughter. *NO! I will not think about that.*

As Cassie refocused her attention on what was happening, she saw that Shadow was watching her. He knew something was wrong. "Cairdiúi, Shadow. Friend." Cassie whispered to him. She didn't want the wolf thinking they were the ones making he feel uneasy.

Tetra looked at the woman as she walked towards them. Thats when he seen her begin to cough, he was sure that was not a normal a cough, but for now he did not dwel upon it. Instead his attention was stolen by the wolf at the side of Cassie. If he had continued to growl at Tetra then he might have shut this beast up, although that was just the demonic rage the was held within Tetra... the side he did not like to let out as everytime it got out... people died.

He moved his cloak to his side and began to walk to wards the new woman. Soon Tetra said "Hello there miss... my name is Tetra Hikaru... you may ask me anything but be prepared for some strange answers... some of my past is a blur. For all i know.. i could have met you both another time, im just not sure..." Tetra awaited the womans reply as he stood there.

But before she was to reply Tetra quickly added "Oh and are you ok Miss? That cough seemed pretty bad.. is there anything I .... i mean, we can do to help you out?" Another smile now upon his lips as he waited for the woman to reply... even if it was just to say her name... Tetra may not like getting to close to people but some company now and again was nice... he just had to control the demon within him, although he always felt it was more like a devil laying dormant within his body ready to strike... and Tetra was only a host for it. Sadly this was not the case.. the demon / devil was infact Tetra....

Dark Descendant's gaze shifted onwards, pale blue orbs transfixing upon the form of Tetra Hikari. Her gleaming orbs continued to shift up and down his form, slowly, as if observing his form for any dangers.

Words emmitted from his mouth as he began to move forwards, towards her, introducing himself to her in this polite manner. She opened her mouth for a few moments, allowing a few words to flow from her parted lips.

' I would be Kurotsume Iora, that I would. Nice to meet you on this fine day...' Her speech comes to a hault and then she says in her usual harsh cold tone, giving her form an edge of coldness and icyness. ' I do not wish to ask you questions for I do not believe you could possibly comprehend my questions, and therefore would not be able to provide me with a logical answer. '

She nodded slightly towards his haulted form, allowing strands of her electric black hair to fall across her face in different angles, giving her face a layer of shadow, thus concealing her gleaming eyes.

She shakes her head slightly gaze falling from his form towards the falls once more, it had been quiet strange that her mind had been so into the conversation at hand that she had indeed seemed to stop hearing the flowing water. A trick of her mind maybe.

She moved past his form, nodding towards his question but not allowing anymore words to flow from her mouth, simple moving past his form, stride a slow one as she moved away from his form towards the closest fall.

A grin spread across her lips as she reached the fall, gaze upon the gleaming, shimmering water that lay, stirring at the base of the waterfall, the sound of running water filling the air once more.

She brought her arms up to her face, palms outwards, feet seeming to align in a left alignment position, her left hand coming to the tsuba of her trusty Daito, she remains in this position for a few moments, eyes closing in a state of mere focus.

Cassie watched, not daring to say anything, not wanting to break the spell this girl was under. *Why had we all been brought here today? What do they God's have in store for us?* These were both questions that Cassie couldn't answer, at least not yet.

As time wore on, Cassie brought her knees up to her chest, her bare feet resting crossed in front of her, her arms wraped around her legs. Cassie could feel the mist from the falls spraying onto her, but she didn't mind much. Soon, Cassie felt a pair of eyes one her. As if the person was watching every move she made.

Tetra nodded at this new person as she walked by and he said "Well its nice to meet you..." He then walked over to a tree again and sat down, sitting within the shade of the large tree towering above him. Of course doing this ended up being a bad thing for Tetra as the memories he did have suddently all came back to him, the pain.... the pain he had caused everyone, and the many deaths caused by his hands.... how could he, Tetra, be called a server of The Goddess Of Life Lothlómendil when he had done so much wrong in his life.

With all this in mind his demonic half then began to make precence known to the two woman. Tetra fell to the ground in pain as his body began to change. His nails begin to grow into claws and his head began to ache in pain as the horns started to rip from his skin, He quickly cast his cloak to the side as two large lumps formed on his back and a long powerful tail appeared on his lower part, just above the waist at the back.

His eyes then turned red and his teeth grow, Tetra then looked at them both and said in a loud sharp tone "GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.... I... I CANT CONTROL THIS FORM YET... GO NOW. I DONT WANT TO HURT EITHER OF YOU, PLEASE !!!!" His eyes growing a darker shade of red now and his lower half began to slowly get covered in a deep purple fur, replacing the clothes he had on. His feet began more powerful looking and the nails also turning into claws. The rest of Tetras skin then also turned a deep purple but without fur on it.

Thats when the transformation began to complete. The horns on each side of his head were now fully out and the skin on his back looked under alot of strain. A large scar was now shown down Tetras chest as his fangs fully showed. After this the skin on his back ripped open and two large demonic purple wings came out where the skin had been. Tetra then stood up, he was now standing at nine feet tall and looked onto the other two with a look or pure hate and a desire for destruction filling his dark and twisted face.... The demon was now free and on the loose once again... the killing spree was about to being.

Cassie looked on in fear, but she didn't run. She couldn't. Cassie had sence the look in Tetra's eyes when he had turned. This isn't what he wanted. And, Cassie didn't know why or how, she was going to help him fight this side of him under control.

"Please Goddess of Life, give me strangth." *I'm goona need it.*

And so the fight begain.

Dark Descendant's form moved forwards, unsheathing her blade, it sending out a ringing sound, outwards across the fall region, the yaki-ba of her blade gleaming a beautiful white colour, as it should when polished skillfully.

She began to spin her blade around, it seeming to whirl and spin through the air, soon seeming to change into a blur tht could easily be mistaken as a gust of wind as it continues to be plunged outwards.

And yet, something had broken her focus, a noise had disrupted her thoughts. Her blade came to a hault once more as her eyes opened gaze shifting to where the sound had come from....

"GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.... I... I CANT CONTROL THIS FORM YET... GO NOW. I DONT WANT TO HURT EITHER OF YOU, PLEASE !!!!"

These words had echoed throughout the falls, a tone of agony in the voice. Dark Descendant arched a brow towards the form that had emmitted these words for their mouth. A beast?

Her brow remained arched for a further few moments gaze shifting towards the mutilated form. And then it came to her, this was no beast. This was indeed the man that had introduced himself to her, mere moments ago.

Although his warning hard echoed loudly around her, she did indeed stay where she was, she was not one to cower or run away. She would stay here like she had planned, and once this predicament had ended she would indeed continue training.

Her grip tightened around the tsuba of her blade..

Tetra in his full demon form glared at both woman, a dark smirk then slowly began to spread across his lips. Soon his new voice was heard, dark, deep and evil. He said "Looks like the fool was not able to hold back his anger anymore... now its time for my little bit of fun before that pathetic boy gains control again.... any of you two want to fight... i would be more than happy to rip you apart." it was strange how much he had changed, now insteed of being the fun loving Tetra who only served The Goddess of Life, he was now a raged beast set only on the path of war.

His dark red eyes then moved onto Cassie who seemed to be both the most emotional and the one most off gaurd. He spread his huge dark purple demonic wings and pushed himself off towards Cassie. His dark smirk growing larger and his wings pushing him faster though the air towards her. Tetra had his hands down at his sides and his claws were ready to strike at the younf female pirate.

Once reaching near Cassie he changed the way his wings were placed. This sent Tetra speeding off the right quickly. He then landed and spun round, his large, heavy tail cutting through the air and heading for the chest of Cassie with great force.

Dark Descendan't gaze shifted onto the form of the demon now pocessing Tetra as he speaks, his tone now harsh and full of coldness. Giving his frame an icy eerie one of mere evilness.

She allowed her eyes to narrow towards his words, shaking her head slightly, hand still tightly around the tsuba of her blade, she watches him head towards the form of the girl. Moving straight towards the face of the girl. And yet Dark Descendant does not move.

She then grins as the demon indeed changes his course, Turning to the side of the girl, And moving towards her chest, Dark Descendant takes this opportunity and moves forwards, swiftly towards the frame of the girl.

Her form moves infront of the form of the female before the form of the demon can impact her chest, Dark Descendant drives up her blade, Spinning it around swiftly in a clockwise motion to protect herself from the demon, as if she did not do this, he would strike her instead of the girl.

Her blade spins swiftly infront of her form, the tip of the blade to the side, as she somehow spins it with such speed, it seeming to become a merer blur as it spins in a clockwise position infront of her form.

Her head shifts upwards, gaze moving up to the form of the demon. She shakes her head slightly towards his form, allowing words to flow from her mouth once more, now towards the demon.

'Tut-tut. Attacking an un-expecting person, the cowards way out.' She shakes her head towards his form once more, Her blue orbs gleaming with mere amusement towards the flying demon infront of her form.

Caais hadn't had time to react fast enough. Her sword still lay at her side. But not for long. Cassie grabed the hilt, and with one swift motion, it was out and ready for use. She didn't wnat to hurt Tetra, but she would hurt his demaon side if it meant he would come back.

Tetra looked at the both of them and smirked, his body mass then bagan to grow and body tightened, showing the power his demonic form had. His feet then crashed into the ground as did his tail with one mighty bang. His now red eyes seemed to narrow as the beast fully took over, It seemed like Tetra was gone... but the man was fighting inside to gain control again.

The demons eyes then feel onto Tetras belongings, he quickly darted in that direction and grabbed both the Scartlet Thunder in his left hand and the Kali - Yuga in his right. With these powerful weapons in his hand the demonic half of tetra would now be even more dangerous.

His wings spread fully once more as he raised himself into the air by beating them. Once somewhat in the air he flew straight in the middle of each of the woman and began to strike at both of them. He attacked Cassie with the Scarlet Thunder, its blade cutting through the night air, while he attacked the other woman with his Kali - Yuga, the reforged form of his father Unicorn Spear and the stronger of his two weapons.

Dark Descendant's eyes narrowed upon the form of the demon that had possessed Tetra. Her gleaming pale blue orbs transfixed upon his form as his form seems to mutilate to that of a bigger form.

She allows a brow to be arched as he dashes towards Tetra Hikaru's weapons and then attacks the girl with one of his weapons whilst attacking Dark Descendant with his large spear. It whirling towards her.

She leaps backwards, Ducking to the ground in a swift motion, Gaze locking upon the spear head as it whirls past her head, Blade coming up into the structure of the spear, feeling air across the top of her head as the spear misses by mere inches.

She growls slightly, eyes narrowing upon the form of the demon once more, her form moving forwards into a running motion, towards the form of Tetra Hikaru, she moves upwards into a leaping motion, his attack on both women would have left him wide open so she takes this opportunity.

She brings her fist backwards as she leaps, fist clenching tightly ino a fixed ball, she then releases it forwards into right cheekbone of the form of Tetra Hikaru, hoping to cause a bit of damage..As she does this she also brings her blade upwards in her free hand. Lashing the kissaki of her blade outwards and upwards in a swift motion into the elbow of the form of Tetra Hikaru. If hitting the man it would cause a large slice in his arm if not slice through the bone.

Although this seemed to be in a slow motion, it was indeed only a few moments, as she leaped upwards, performing these two harsh attacks towards the demon possessing Tetra, her form pivouetting skillfully towards him with these attacks.

Cassie dodged the blow from the weapon. She had to find away to help save him. She just had to. If only she had paid more attention during school, none of this would be happening. Then she would know what to do.

Cassie tryed to put up a good fight, she couldn't let this demon win. She had to get Tetra back. Eve nthough they hadn't talked much, she felt something for him, as if they had been friends her whole life. She needed to know how they had meet if they had. And him being a demon right now, wouldn't help her out in that quest.