Betrayers Arc [Completed]

[Undying]

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Betrayer... still I am hunted, still I am hated... And yet all I seek is freedom...

The creature once known as Rave Pendragon stood atop a small hill, looking down at the destruction he wrought upon the unsuspecting place. So peaceful and so quiet, they never expected the level of destruction. The two people who managed to get beyond the tree line were lying dead at his feet.

His tattered robe rippled in the cold wind, but he did not move in the slightest. Cold, as other worldly effects, did not bother him.

His right arm pulsed in mystical, mesmerizing light. On the back of his hand, right at the center, a globe of sheer darkness pulsed and emanated that dazzling, hypnotizing light. A line of the same dark light extended to his forearm, splitting his forearm into two, and extended short creases of the light to the sides, making it look as though he had a small, glowing ribcage on the arm.

The wind grew stronger and his entire clothing now whipped around. What was left of his Exorcist robe, covering about half his chest, looked as though some wild animal racked it with deadly claws. The long jacket of the Exorcist was no less torn and tattered.

Even his wide pants, though not quite as badly damaged, were still tattered around the edges.

He turned, revealing his red-glowing eyes. The irises were completely red, and the whites bore a reddish hue.

"Give me more... power," he hissed to the world, and began walking. Only one thing weighted on his mind: he wanted to get rid of that voice.

The voice, chuckling, alluring, mesmerizing, taunting, angering. His master. And yet not his master.

He wanted to get rid of it.

Madness came.

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Komui sighed and put his chin on his palms. The committee weren't going to lay off on this. After Rave murdered several members of the HQ - Finders mostly - and escaped, they were up in arms about it.

"This is an outrage!" Roared one of the members, one of the fatter and more annoying one of them, to Komui's estimation. Freshly arrived from France, the fat little... Komui didn't want to go there, but he was annoying.

"This Rave, fails mission after mission, and now look! He's on the Earl's side!"

"We have no definite proof of that..." Komui tried to stop the tirade, but to no avail.

"If he is not on the Earl's side, then why did he go off alone for that Noah? And then treated by him, and given an arm by the Earl himself no less!"

The fat fool conveniently forgot that Rave had his arm blasted off first, or thought it all a ploy.

After an hour of talking, the order was given.

"Locate Rave an kill him."

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The atmosphere in Komui's office and the Science Dept in general was a dark one. Everyone seemed depressed and down, and even Komui wasn't up for his usual angry fits.

"We've got a bad mission, right now. Rave has escaped the hospital wing, murdering several nurses and doctors on the way, as well as several Finders, and wounding Kanda and Lenalee on the way outside. The committee's orders are simple. Locate Rave and kill him."

Everyone nodded and left. There was nothing more to be said, except...

Komui suddenly ran after them, remembering something.

"Try to find his word. Maybe it will bring Rave back to us."

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Rules:

- This is an actual arc.

- You'll be fighting Rave in the end, but not for a while. :o

- No canon DGM characters allowed (although they might appear by GM RPing)

- Don't be surprised if you are allied with the Noah

- As per RPG cliches, Rave's power will grow exponentially in this arc, but will diminish back to his original capabilities after this arc is over.

- You must find Rave by following his trail of destruction. I will leave clues as to where are you headed next.

- There may be new characters introduced here in this Arc and will take some RPing to meet them.

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As per RPG cliche, Rave's abilities:

1. Indefinite instant regeneration - as long as the requirement for his defeat is not made, Rave regenerates instantly, meaning that even as you damage him he is already healing. He can restore any lost appendages, organs, or body parts to his please.

2. Power-up - unless reverted back into human form, each time Rave is defeated he will shed his skin, and the new version will have more power than the earlier one.

3. Innocence cancel - Rave's attacks can stop invoked Innocence provided he aims specifically to destroy it (does not do any damage but removes Innocence abilities for 3 posts).

4. Three forms - Rave has basic, Hyper, and ultimate forms, to which he will switch in the final battle.

[Undying]

The Finder group had just finished their climb, getting to the small village. A remnant of another age, it seemed, and a very undeveloped area. The city had news about a skiing resort having been attacked lately and the people there brutally murdered.

Upon arrival, they found the place deserted, the bodies frozen.

They intended to continue moving when, suddenly, something slashed off the head of the Finder standing at the back of the group. Before the head Finder could turn, he was missing a half of his torso.

The attacks were so swift none of them could react. One by one the three fell down, bleeding.

[Location: Switzerland]

[Artemis]

Twas' some journey.

Sicarii wasn't wounded and since some of the Finders needed help back in Lebanon to repair some broken structures and help the locals, he decided to stay back.

The rest was good, and this time, he managed to find himself a far better form of transport. With a large group of Finders rushing back to England, Sicarii took the opportunity to travel with the large caravan, planning to break off when close enough and make his own way to Switzerland, where he was told the next place of interest would be by a well informed Finder.

It was still some journey to go.

The world was a big place, and a single Exorcist isn't.

(Location: Just entering the border of South East Europe.)

((I didn't have any reason to go back to HQ, so I'm going straight to Swiss Land. And I'm going on the assumption that I have no frickin' clue who Rave is.))

[Yamamoto]

Rave?!

Like most, Jean's reaction was of a sudden shock. How could one who seemed so in control and be a great inspiration cause the damage he witnessed in the eyes of the trembling nurse in the infirmary?

He ran back to the room where Rave resided since the last mission. The others could go on without him right now for all he cared, he just had to come back and look for clues. Why would he do this? Were Noah involved?

But alas..even the stuttering nurse collapsed of blood loss.

[Wacer]

"This is a piece of crap and you know it Komui" Dimitri shouted in his fit of rage. Telling that they where going to have to tack down and kill rave. He would just hear no other thing about him turning bad as he knew the there leader like Exorcists would never do anything to hurt them unless he had a good reason at heart, at least that what he wanted so hard to believe

"Whether you like the orders or not you will follow them Exorcists" Komui said in a unusually dark tone

"And who that coming from, the windbags at HQ, you know that rave has not turned on us, he has been our leader for like every mission we have been on" Dimitri fumed, he was sure the others where giving him funny looks for his outburst

"I will hear no more of this Dimitri, you are letting that trusting attitude of yours get in the way of your reason, now get on your way" Komui said at the end of his fuse

"Fine i will find some way to get to him on this mission so that he can tell us just what he did this for, i refuse to believe someone we trusted can of turned so evil on us for no reason" Dimitri yelled as he stormed out of the room to collect his stuff.

((As you can tell he is not happy with this orders))

[Artemis]

"Find who?"

Traveling apparently caused Sicarii to be blur and oblivious. At the other end of the line, one of the assistants was becoming more and more impatient.

"What are you? Stupid?

"I did trip and hit my head before..."

"H-Wh-Fu-never mind. To sum it up, we've got a possible rouge, you and the other Exorcists are trying to locate him."

"And when we do?"

"Oh my fu-Kill him. This is the third time I've said it."

"Oh, right, right. Since when do we kill people that are possibly rouge? I figured we were the guys that tried to refrain from doing that kinda thing."

"It has been decided. Killing him or taking him down is the best solution."

"We could always try talking. It tends to work with people who have ears. Unless this whatshisname doesn't have any."

The line ended.
Sicarii gave a thought that it was a bad connection via golems, but realised that the they were just fed up with him.

Rave, was it? Sure as hell got a catchier name than me.

Sitting at the back of the carriage, talking to someone you don't know in a foreign country, told to kill someone you didn't even know existed until an hour ago.

Was this all really about being an Exorcist?

((Location: Undefined, Middle Europe. 1 more posts until I get to Switzerland))

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

Kaze and Takai sat gloomily in the train, right on their way to Switzerland, watching the world fly past their window.

"So we're supposed to kick the shit outta Rave?" Kaze groaned, suddently breaking the silence.

"The preferred option is to make Rave remember his true self-" the Finder beside Kaze tried to console him.

"Yea duh, Rave's definitely not himself at the moment," Takai sighed and looked at Kaze. "Sad because your idol became the enermy?"

"Shut up," Kaze pouted.

"We're almost reaching," the Finder reminded the 2 arguing brothers. "The trip is a lot faster, since you 2 decided to come straight here from your previous mission."

Finally arriving at the train station, the 3 of them alighted. The Finder continued.

"There has been reports on several Finders killed in a village, and also in a resort nearby. Be careful, Rave has become loads stronger than he was used to."

[Fect]

In the train car behind Kaze and Takai, Jacques was worried as he played an elder man in a game of chess. From time to time, a piece would fall off from the constant clicking between the wheels and the side of the train; the old man looked up as Jacques looked out the window. Something just isn't right. The last time I saw him was in the training area under the Order. He's proud, but he wouldn't abandon us to defend his pride.

"Something bothering you, kid?" The old man asked.

"Oh, I'm just dealing with the shock of a friend who seems to have left us." Jacques replied.

"All things have their reason, even war. Now then, I'm going to head back and take a nap..." The old man got up from his seat and knocked the board over. Jacques, running for the pieces, collected them and began setting the board back up. The old man attempted to make corrections, but Jacques pointed to the moves in his book should anything be contested. They finished the game, shook hands, and Jacques walked back into the car in front.

The train had stopped. The three in front of him had walked out of the room, and he followed Kaze and Takai.

[Artemis]

Never been to Switzerland before.

Being dropped off by the Finder caravan, they gave him a horse, packed with rations to fuel him for the remainder of the journey.

At full speed, it wasn't too much of a problem, considering that the horse did majority of the work.

He entered the target town. Slowing down, he saw the devastation all around him. Groans could be sometimes heard, but impossible to locate it's source. Buildings, crumbled. People, left to die.

At times, between cries, groans and falling debris crashing, eerie pockets of silence came to flow into Sicarii's ears. They were the noises that would be a gentle reminder that peace use to stand in place of this torn down picture of a placid town.

Tying his horse to a pole, he started to walk on foot. A train had just came in, and figuring that the station would possibly be the only building that had a phone that his golem could link up to, he headed in that direction to get further instructions.

Whoever this Rave is. He sure is one crazy bastard.

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

Standing on the platform, Kaze turned around and looked at Jacques. "Hey there, ive seen you around loads of times, but we never talked! Im Kaze, and this is my older brother Takai."

They shook hands, and kaze continued. "Well anyway, we're supposed to find Rave, but i think we should keep a low profile while looking for him, he'll kill us if he find us, and its also better if we stick together, lessen the chances of being killed by Rave, abiet just a little."

[Wacer]

Dimitri praticly blew the front doors of HQ off there hinges as he stormed out of the order. Not really looking to see if any of the other where going to be coming with him he made quick work of getting to the cliff where he was to catch the train. Before he had made his exit from HQ had been informed that some finders had been murdered and i whole village had been slane some where in Switzerland.

Dimitri gave out a angry hiss as he jumped from the cliff side to meet the train, just what could rave be thinking. Why would rave take people's lifes like this so carelessly. It had the to be some doing of the earl's, he had of of done something to rave

As he climbed though the roof and into the passenger car the waiters where as unhappy with his mode of entry as always but he had not patients to deal with them today

"I am with the order, where is my room" He barked to the poor guy

"It is the first room to the right at the front of the car" the guy startled gut answered

Storming to the room and slamming the door shut Dimitri sat and thought of the whole event to try and get some sense of what was going on. He needed to have a clear mind for this if he had any hope of trying to accomplish this without having to resort to killing. The train rumbled off towards Switzerland as he mulled through his thoughts

[Fect]

"...albeit a little."

"Nice to meet you too. I'd rather refuse to think someone with his pride would join another," Jacques noted.

Jacques then took off his order jacket, putting it into his bag as they walked towards the town. He was in a green shirt and long brown cargo pants.

"Hello Takai," Jacques reached out to shake his hand. He gave out a creepy smile. "Hello~"

Something about this place chills me to my bone though...

((I like all our anachronisms.))

[Undying]

Jarlaxle:

Jarlaxle, sitting comfortably on a barrel, watched the Exorcists get down from the train. Seeing his good friend (although no one but himself would consider that a compliment) Kaze, he jumped down and walked to him openly.

"Hello there, my young friend!" He said with a wide smile. "I hope you're doing well?"

((React etc, but there are like 20 people with guns hiding nearby, and if you entertain any thoughts of attack Jarlaxle will mention it))

Mega Ultra Chicken... I mean Rave:

He did not know that he crossed a border, for borders held no meaning to him. Slowly he made his way into the forest, moving with precision towards an unknown goal.

He met no humans on his way, which was lucky, as he would have murdered them. Still, he passage was noted.

[Location - On the border of Switzerland moving north towards Denmark ]

[Tyekanik]

Switzerland. One thing Hei had to say about Switzerland is that it was

BLOODY COLD! Dammit why is that fool running around in such a place? Those finders last communicated that they were leaving this hamlet I'm in now. Supposedly they were going...up the God-forsaken mountains to an even smaller less important Hamlet.

Hei had departed by himself this time as he wasn't in the mood to listen to the other Exorcists complaints about the mission. Murdering comrades warranted in being murdered, regardless of who you are. However the Earl was involved, and Komui had said something about his sword.

Just how much harder is it going to be to find a sword than a rampaging person who can't control themselves.

The entire mission was a hellhole. Trudging off towards the mountains, Hei is accompanied by two finders, one named Petros, and one named Katalina ((Hey....are there female finders??? I don't recall any.))

"Hei-san, you're shivering but you create flames, pardon me for asking what could be a silly question but why is that?" Katalina peeks out from under her hood and shyly asks a question to spark conversation with the unusually dour Exorcist.

"Eh, well, I'm not really a source of open flames and you could say its a requirement of my Innocence." Still marching forward and answering without turning, Hei's thoughts are thoroughly preoccupied with the matter at hand.

Approaching the resort village, things are apparently wrong at first glance. There are lots of frozen bodies.

"Oh my God." Exclaims Katarina, placing a hand to her mouth, Petros forming a cross before his chest. "We need to put these people to proper rest."

"No, we don't have the time. Each person you properly bury would be another Rave is killing. Look at this, he's more of an animal now." Thinking that this would be more of a tracking expedition than one of going out and discerning a location through information, Hei gauges the probably direction of Rave.

No tracks left, but theres a direction left if I take it that the frozen blood is pointing right. Ah, looks like some it'll work for now. I'm sure he's not going so easy through this terrain, I'll just keep an eye out for branches, chewed animals, and dead bodies.

"Petros, radio out the location and ask some others to join us. If anyone had been here we should have seen their tracks by now. Things are clearly not normal, I've no intention of treating the lightly."

[Fect]

Since when did it get this cold? I don't get cold easy, but it's numbing me. And unlike my friends here, I took off my jacket.

Grabbing a different coat than his order one, Jacques looked off. The animals were afraid, retreating back as they walked by. A small snow rabbit cowered in front of them, pretending to die. Jacques picked it up and put it in his bag. Maybe it won't get that cold...

They kept walking through the pass. The snow was unbearable... How did the people live here? Skiing was the predominate reason others came here; but no one came otherwise.

The bunny poked its head through his bag, watching the scenery. As they came over the pass, the town looked... dead. There were destroyed buildings, but no people were seen from their angle. A torn piece of cloth, black with silver thread, was on the ground. The rabbit, shivering, hopped out, and ran off, scared.

A finder, wounded, walked forward towards them... then collapsed. He was dead. He held in his hand a small note. "Rave NNE."

He must mean North North East.

They came down from the pass, walked down main street, and saw the carnage. A voice came over the radio: "No threat, requesting assistance from all available finders. Exorcists are needed as well."

Takai grimly smiled and hinted at sarcasm, "This seems like a lot of fun... no?"

[Shiku]

Keisuke and Hiro jumped from the bridge onto the top of the train going past underneath.

Switzerland huh?

They got into the train and they were led to a room by an annoyed Train conductor, who stalked off muttering cursing the exorcists who constantly keep jumping onto the train, Hiro and Keisuke sat down and began talking.

"You know Hiro.....I think that it's really rude that we jump onto the top of the train and all..." Keisuke said

"We can't help it...this is normal for us....now stop whining...you're hungry right? I ordered some food for you when i asked for this room." Hiro said as he stared out the window.
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Later~

"Phew! I'm full now! Thanks for the food Hiro!"

"Yeah whatever...."

[Ryuzaki]

Using the dimensional portal from Dies, we both ended up somewhere in Switerzland.

"Oi, oi... I haven't been through that type of portal before... I feel I little strange after coming out of there...." I started to feel dizzy and started to limp around from the dimension that Dies made me go through. "I need... to take a breather..." I said to Dies while looking around the area, "Look over there, it's an Exorcist I believe, with two Finders..." I put my head back trying to ease the motion sickness. "How about you go greet our little Exorcist friend Dies... I'll stay here.. and..." I sat down on a stump and laid my head down trying to feel a little better.,.

[Artemis]

A scarf. That's what I need. Not some rogue-ass whatshisname. Just a scarf.

Managing to defrost a portable radio that a Finder lended to him before, Sicarii used all his small amounts of skill in modern technology to attempt to find other Exorcists to hook up to.

If anyone bothered to hear, it would start with tapping noises, a few curses and a small rant about needing a training course in radios.

"Sh*t. This thing on?.. Oh, what, yeah. It is. Ahem... Sh*t its cold. No, wait, wrong this to say. F-"

Sicarii cleared his throat and started again.

"This is Sicarii La-Aha, Exorcist of the Black Order, inquiring whether are any interested parties of Exorcists willing to link up with me. If so, replying on this frequency would be ideal."

Now I sound like a frickin' radio operator.

Sicarii waited at the steps of the station, where it was slightly sheltered, waiting for a reply. Passing the time by flicking his blade back and forward.

I wonder if it'll rust after a while...

[Seff vi Britannia]

((This is to Hei))

"Dear God, get a hold of yourself man."

Dies shook Constantine, but it was clear that he was out... for the moment, at least. Dies laid his eyes on the exorcist in the distance. Their qaurry was an exorcist, and as such, any exorcist would surely know the wherabouts of another... that was the theory.

He gestured to Constantine, signalling that he would be right back.

Dies unsheathed his sword, and kicked off from the snow, landing in front of the exorcist seconds later and pressing his blade to the man's throat.
((speed:27))

"I'm not here to kill you, but i will if you force me too."

Dies whispered into the exorcists ear. There were two other humans - normal finders, Dies presumed, nearby, and he ignored these.

"Our boss has sent us after one of your buddies... He's got some kind of wierd claw, a bad hair-do from what i can gather. He might have been acting a little crazy, too. You know the guy?"

Dies relaxed slightly, showing that his intentions were not hostile. Rinne'tenshou's point, however, never moved, kept locked in line with the exorcist's throat.

((@ Tyke, you can fight if you want but i wouldn't recommend it - it's 2 v 1. : ). Besides, we have a common goal.))

[Tyekanik]

((Nah, not gonna fight. however iunno anything you would want to :p))

Nudging back the blade - gently to show he didn't intend to fight, Hei answers the Noah.

"Not many people that could be, but I was under the impression you guys would know more. You did whatever you did to this guy, all I am doing is trying to find him."

Confusing, they are after who they just turned loose, and we can't control, yet are asking me.

Motioning for the finders to not do anything, as finders have a tendancy to do what they shouldn't, Hei notes that with two Noah, fighting isn't an option. In the very least, his helpers would die.

"If you are after a location, you'll have to follow this trail yourselves. As you say he isn't very cooperative, so we don't know what he's doing. Though if you know anything about that arm of his, I would always appreciate a tip on how to stop him...for our mutual benefit of course." Giving a small smile Hei doesn't really believe he'll get any information, not with his own lack of providing.

Giving no real information to the enemy is good, and easy when you don't have any real information. This is what happens when I don't wait for people who take too much time. Meeting up with two Noahs.

Hei starts an internal debate on whether or not he hates Rave at this point. It would be good to get an exorcist back, but this was really turning into a problematic situation.

[Yamamoto]

A manhunt. No, it's more like he's not human anymore.

Jean had recently heard of recent massacres in Switzerland. Among them, three finders were slaughtered. He noticed that his fellow exorcists have left either alone or in small groups for the pursuit. The ordeal has caused much controversy even the staff in the Black Order seem to form their own little gatherings.

As he stared at the speeding images that ran through the train window, Jean could only think of the consequences of the whole breaking-into-small-groups approach. What will happen when the one once known as Rave pounces upon them? Surely they would need some backup.

A curious little boy approached Jean. He had short brown hair and a small scar on his face, but he gave the widest smile to the quiet exorcist.

"Are you going on a holiday too?" the cheerful boy asked.

"Not exactly."

"You can come with my mommy. We're going to Switzerland, and make snowmen and throw snow balls and make millions and millions of snow angels!"

Jean chuckled slightly. Such is the captivating presence of innocence and youth. "Sounds like you're going to have a fun time."

"We will, but I lost my mommy in the train. She gets lost a lot."

"Are you sure it's not you who gets lost?" Jean smiled.

"Nooo..."

A worried dark-haired woman ran through the door and was frantically searching for someone, clumsily bumping into a few passengers and quickly apologising in mumbling speech.

"Is that her over there?"

"Mommy!!"

The mother and child held each other's hands as they started to try and find back their seat again. Only the boy looked back and waved at Jean.

[Seff vi Britannia]

Dies kept the man's stare for a few moments, before swinging his blade away and returning it to the sheath.

"There is one very simple way to stop him. You kill him."

The answer was blunt but truthful, the Earl had been somewhat less than specific. But at least he now knew that the exorcist had gone rogue...

"This then, would be a trail of blood..."

The comment was directed at nobody, but Dies said it anyway. He paused thoughtfully for a few seconds, before lifting up his head and shouting over to Constantine.

"Oi, Constantine! Get over here! We're leaving!"

Dies turned back to the exorcist, slightly lost for words. The Earl wanted this one guy out of the way, and it seemed the other exorcists did too..

No. Dies couldn't live down asking an exorcist for help or service. He turned his head away, his silence saying everything that needed to be said. He looked again to Constantine, waiting for him to turn up.

[Fect]

The shouting drew his attention. As they rounded the next corner, Jacques, Kaze, and Takai watched on, as the Noah turned around. One of them whispered: "That's the one who destroyed the dock..."

Jacques' interest peeked.

Takai, with his crescent smile, walked out. "Hello~"

There goes our cover.

Jacques walked out behind the building, his hair brown and eyes normal color. The Noah looked at the trio real quick, back turned to Hei, then looked back, yelling for a fellow named "Constantine."

Kaze walked at a slightly slower pace towards Hei and the Noah.

Without looking or turning, the Noah spoke: "Your friend did this. We had no part." We...?

[Yamamoto]

((Since Rave just crossed the border, that would mean he is either at France or Germany. He would have to cross either then Belgium to get to Netherlands :) ))

It was worse than what Jean had expected. It was a scene of dark red blood painted upon a frozen and desolate world. The site used to be a popular ski resort. Now, it was just another breadcrumb in Rave's path of destruction.

Jean reached for his golem and contacted HQ.

"Could we please have some finders and medics to Location 4G20 in Switzerland. We need people urgently to salvage and find as much survivors as possible."

"What about you?" the voice from HQ responded.

"I'm continuing in pursuit."

He couldn't have gotten too far...could he?

[Ryuzaki]

((After Dies' post))


"Alright, alright, hold on for a second will you? I'm still recovering from that damn dimensional teleportation crap... How are you even use to traveling through there anyways?" I staggered around trying to get to where Dies and the Exorcist was.

"Hey Constantine, this Exorcist, he looks rather familiar... doesn't he?" Dies rubbed his chin and looked at me.

"Pssh, I don't recognize him at all...." I turned away from Dies and faced the Exorcist. "Oi, so what's your name?" I took out my card and smiled, "You wouldn't happen to be Hei, right?" The grim on my face grew even wider.

The card keeper crept out of the card again and started to point at Hei. "This issss Heeii! Deleetteee." I shook the card so the card keeper would keep quiet.

"O, really...? Nice to meet you, Hei." I slipped the card back into my pocket, "Sorry, but it's the Earl's wish for me to kill you... aheheeh.." I pointed my hand at Hei ready to unleash the radiation on him. I flicked my finger, sending a small dose of rays to Hei's face.

"Constantine... not now..." Dies said as he sent the gamma particles into his own twisted dimension.

"Gaah!.... Sorry... My.. dark side took control a little..." I tipped my top hat to Hei and walked off. "Come Dies, let's get going...."

[Tyekanik]

As the two Noah strode off, Hei rubs his face after an uncomfortable sensation had passed over him. Undoubtedly that bastard light manipulator.

Glancing over to Jacques, Hei asks "Hey, did that card just say that I should be deleted?"

"I do believe it did." Jacques reply was not particularly what Hei wanted to hear, but what he was expecting.

"This gets better and better. Lets keep moving. We have a nice trail to follow, with some Noah's in front, what could go wrong?" Nodding towards the other two exorcists with Jacques whom Hei did not know so well, though they had ended up on his team in the last debacle.

"Kaze and Takai was it? Good to see you again. Guys this is Petros and Katalina, I found them a few years back and occasionally they try and help me, though Katalina has issues with being quiet so if you ever need silence, stay away from her."

"Hei-san, that isn't true! Petros tell them that isn't true!" Katalina pouts as she begins walking in the direction of the Noahs, and the border.

"Follow the ladies lead, gentlemen."

[Wacer]

In all his thinking Dimitri had went and ended up falling asleep on the train, normally that is not a problem but when you sleep past you stop and end up going to far then it becomes a problem. Stepping off the platform it seemed like he was the only one on the train that seemed to be getting off. It seems the other people had heard of what had happened to the town and where two afraid to get off.

It seems like the only thing that reached Dimitri's ears where the sound of crickets and his shoes crushing the snow under him. He did not even want to see what happened to the ski resort but if he was to find rave he would have to go. Not really want to see the destruction of the town around him Dimitri keeped his eyes on his feet but when he got to the resort words just lost him.

The blood was everywhere like it had been used as paint and the few bodys that where left where beginning to freeze over. Rave had let no one go, all fell in the path of his blade

Dimitri was normally good at keeping his emotions in check but this time was just a little too much as he let the tears stream down his face. At least when it was a noah ho an akuma he had someone to hate and blame but with this he could just not bring himself to hate rave, someone that had been one of them. With a teary face he pulled out his golem and pulled up HQ

"This is Dimitri, arrived at the ski resort, rave seems to no longer be here"

"Yes we received Jean report not too long ago, you should move on and try to catch the rest of them"

Storing his golem back in his pocket and turning away from the horded scene Dimitri contended on the search. Just how much longer could he still believe that rave still had some good within him at this rate

[Wacer]

((this is to double post is catch up to the group))

Wiping the tears from his face, Dimitri finally took a notice of the area around him and something caught his attention. Some people where starting to leave the area and thinking it could be survivors he rushed over to try and help them. As he drew closer he saw the familiar coat of an Exorcists and calmed down a bit. Drying his bloodshot eyes he wanted to not look like he had been crying and show any weakness. AS he looked in front of the Exorcists group he saw something that made his blood run cold, a pair of noah.

"They must of been captured, they are probably going to do what they did to rave" Dimitri thought as he mind went into overdrive. Not pausing to even think over the situation any more Dimitri flew toward the group with all the spped he could muster. If the noah where trying something he was not going to let it happen in front of him

In what he was sure the other felt he drew on his power as formed the sword around his arm. Just as he was about to blow past an Exorcists that he was able to recognized as hei he shouted

"die noah"

((One of you guys can stop me, since i know this is not a battle but Dimitri is not thinking straight so he jumped to conclusions))

[Kabane]

"I don't even know what we're doing looking for this guy." Nicholas complained. "We should just leave him be, he's not helping the exorcists. Besides, everyone likes a good murder here and there." Nicholas waves his arms wildly in the air, emphasizing his discontent with this current issued mission. He turns to Styx, who seems to be focused on finding Rave. What does Xavier still want with Rave anways... A score to settle? Possibly left-over sexual tension? Nicholas' mind giggles at the idea. That sword probably knows more than one way to prod and poke.

Apparently the mid-20th Century's technology is limited to trains and boats. Seeing as how there isn't a large body of water connecting to Switzerland, the only alternative was a train. Thank God Italy was close. Nicholas boarded the train, he rented out a whole car. It was quite nice really, he was free to train all he liked.

"So you're not really blind? Xavier would've asked if he were here, eh Styx? And I would've replied back non-chalantly saying something like "The whole white eye thing was a gimmick, though I'll still be posing as such for 'mortals,' as we would say.""

A difference from the "norm," Nicholas had deep blue eyes. They resembled the water in many ways, they seemed to continually move, it looked as if there was vibrant life in it's depths. Nicholas stared out the window of their private , unafraid to actually look without being seen.

[Tyekanik]

The exorcist Dmitri seemed hellbent on making a mistake. The Noah had turned to leave, and he was going to start a brawl.

The Noah may be of help on this mission, and would be thinking the same about us else they wouldn't leave without a fight.

Issuing a challenge and leaping past Hei, Dmitiri is taken by surprise.

Sighing, and holding his left arm crooked at the elbow, palm facing his right side and near his waist, Hei utters "Enrei" and releases the serpent into the side of his fellow exorcist.

The flames were weak, unable to penetrate the uniform of the exorcist, but the force was sufficient to carry the point, and the exorcist a few feet to the side where he rolled through some frozen brush, righted himself and glared at Hei.

"We aren't here to kill them." A simple statement, carrying the point. Dmitri's emotions were out of check, and he would need to fix this or be a liability. Better a problem now than when Rave were near.

With who had been acting as the team leader missing, things were already unraveling.

((Leaving it at this because I know you already aren't happy with the mission, but thats Hei :p))

[Yamamoto]

The cold harsh winds blasted snow and ice against Jean's exorcist coat. Vision was limited, and relying on sound did not help, as the raging winds howled across the echoing mountains of the Alps.

Jean took shelter under a small den created by fallen trees. The trunks were covered by gigantic claw marks, but they remained sturdy enough to provide shelter against the freezing gales. As his fingers examined the marks he felt something familiar- Did Rave do this?

How ironic. The being that he is right now created this.

[Ryuzaki]

Enishi:

[Northern Border of Germany]

It was colder than normal today, as Enishi walked through the a small snowy valley. The heat from his breath could be seen even through his jacket as he walked down the stray path. The sounds of birds fluttered away in an instant as someone was running towards the direction of Enishi. Looking back to see who was coming, Enishi spotted the man in a off white color uniform with a hood on and bandages wrapped around his face. Enishi recognized that uniform from anywhere, it was a Finder and he looked like he was on an important mission. The Finder caught up to Enishi and was about to pass him when he suddenly stopped. Pointing at his throat, Enishi's sword halted the Finder in his tracks, almost slicing off his head.

"Where do you think you're going... Finder....?" He lifted his sword higher to the Finder's throat ready to kill him if he made any sudden movements.

"Sw-itzer-l-land... sir....." The Finder stuttered uncontrollable, fearing for his life.

"And why might a Finder like you be going to Switzerland for?" He moved his sword even closer to the Finder, trying to get the answer out of him.

"A mission to cease the Exorcist known as Rave, sir!" he said extremely fast, trying to get his point across and seem confidant in what he was saying.

"An Exorcist named Rave...? He said while taking the sword away from the finder. "I'll go see what those Exorcists are up to this time..." Sheathing his sword, he continued down the path he was taking and set out for Switzerland. The Finder collapsed on the icy ground behind Enishi from the trauma that he just experienced.

"Are, you smiling, sister? I shall take the lives of these Exorcists and Akuma just for you... your revenge is far from being over..." He pushed back his glasses, wrapped his cape around his waist and continued down the quiet path lying ahead of him.

[Wacer]

"And just how is letting them go going to solve anything" Dimitri fumed at hei even though he knew this was no fault of his, he had done the right thing in letting the noah get away as they where outmatched and with them leaving they did not have the intention of fighting. He knew this but his brain would just not process this fact.

"You saw the town back there, Rave would never do something like that on his own, he was basically out leader under the generals, they had to of done something to him" Dimitri counted on his rampage.

Hei just seemed to contemplate his own thoughts on the matter as well, he did know one thing though, he was going to have to rein Dmitri and his emotions in if he did not want him to just be a week link

"If we somehow can beat the answers out of those two maybe we can find some way to turn rave back" Dimitri said as his eyes begin to water again obviously not giving hei any though any more

[Undying]

Rave

[Location: Germany, headed towards Belgium and through the Netherlands]

He trudged through ice and snow, ignoring the cold, always northwards. He heard the calling, the summoning, and he heeded it simply because he thought it would free him.

His red eyes staring straight ahead, he failed to notice the children running around at all. That is, until they bumped into him. They were probably from a nearby city or village, playing in the snow and carried away.

They looked up and him, but he completely ignored them and continued walking. That is, until one of them pulled on his pants, trying to get his attention.

Fatal mistake.

Rave rotated, barely glancing at the child, and hit him on the side of his head.

It flew off, blood sprouting from the severed neck. The other kids screamed and started to run, but they could never outrun this monstrosity.

Swinging his clawed arm quickly and efficiently, he removed a little girl's legs from under her, and then kicked another kid, breaking all his ribs and sending him flying. He slapped the final kid with his regular hand, smashing him in two down to his groin.

He reveled in the bloodshed. At least, a part of him had. The rest...

He turned and continued walking, ignoring the still warm blood all around him.

The voice was calling.

He was being summoned.

[Tyekanik]

Walking over to where Dmitri was standing, Hei stops in front of him, looking him in the eye.

"Done something to him? Of course they did. They are the enemy. However that has no bearing on what we are currently doing."

"No bearing!?" Indignantly Dimitri was not following Hei's logic.

Speaking in a low tone so as not to be overheard, hopefully, Hei gives a little reasoning.

"Do you see a katana? We know two things. We are to kill Rave, and that his sword might do something. Either way, fighting the Noah's does not benefit us, in fact it only benefits us to let them go about their way."

"You plan on letting them kill Rave!?" Still indignant, still unwilling to view things like Hei. Not that too many people did anyway.

"That is the second best scenario, yes."

Silence. Hei begins to think Dmitri might just hate him a little.

"And the first I suppose would be the Noah giving him his sword?"

"If they have it, you could call that first. However suppose they don't, we have to then find a sword which could be anywhere. Where would you like to start searching?"

Again silence

"There would be no way to search exhaustively and prevent Rave from killing. The Noah will either kill him, occupy him, or like you said, perhaps they will give his damned sword back. Now if you have no complaints, we will continue to trail Rave, after the Noah, until such time as we get the ability to achieve one of the two objectives, is that clear?"

I hate this job sometimes. Perhaps this will end now and we can be on our way, I've no desire to get into an open conflict with another Exorcist. Before getting into an open conflict with another Exorcist...

((might get one more post before bed))

[Toukestu Zero]

Zero and the finder sat in awkward silence in their carriage. Of course Zero was having a bubble gum. "Oy!" Zero suddenly said, breaking the silence. The bubble gum flew out of his mouth and smacked the finder in the face. "For the last time, why am I going alone again?"


The finder wiped the bubble gum off his face. "You will probably meet the rest later. And I'm with you, you're not alone." Zero gave in and sighed.


"Booo. You swiped my last bubble gum to the floor...."

[Kenken]

((Location: BO HQ))

Having achieved the second level of his innocence and a new Roar, Takeshi started walking towards the train station to take a train to Switzerland. He has been in Switzerland before, when he was travelling to join the Black Order. Takeshi remembered his time there well. He practically spent most of his stay in a hospital recovering, after an incident with a lvl 2 akuma and a little boy where he was forced to jump from a 10-store building and block his arm when he fall from a tree he grabbed when trying to escape death...

Cold... but nice, the people were kind to him, and although hardly anyone could speak english, he somehow managed to make his needs understood. "Hopefully Rave will be stopped soon..." murmured Takeshi.

As he got into the train, an finder asked him: "Master Himura, finally you're on your way!" "I've been training in the training room. I had to get stronger before i went off. I could hardly do anything with my previous strength." Takeshi replied to the finder, who handed him a cup of tea as the train started to move.

((Somewhere in France))

"Mr Himura, we received information that Rave Pendragon has left Switzerland and is moving North-East, possibly Belgium by crossing through Germany" told the finder to Takeshi a few hours later.

"I see, is there anyway I can get there without having to reach Switzerland? asked Takeshi as he got his map out.

"You can take a different train in the next stop, going to the border between Germany and France to the north, and walk from there. You could also ask for a carriage there to take us to Belgium." Answered the finder.

"No, I'll walk, I might find other exorcist or Rave himself if he hasn't reached Belgium yet." Takeshi told the finder. "And also, I always wanted to visit Germany" Takeshi added, as he stood up, bid farewell and left the train and waited, for the next train that would tak him to Germany.

[Wacer]

Hei was right and Dimitri could find no grounds to which to argue with him on with, His cold logic reaching to reaching to his core. He gave Hei a long cold glare before he lowered his head to back down. Hei's ideas where the only grounds he had to do on right now as much as he did not like them, as much as he did not like this mission he would have to get his act together less he wanted to end up doing something stupid.

Hei seeing that he had got through to Dimitri, turned and walked off seeing adsorbed in his own thoughts about the situation, Dimitri folwed in toe as it seemed to be the best thing to do at the moment.

Dimitri mulled over his own thoughts as he and hei trudged along the path, Not my words being said in between them. At least hei had calmed his fears of noah being behind this. It gave him some respite in the fact that there once stoic leader still had some good in him. He always tried to see the best in people no matter what and rave was no different.

His thoughts then turned to hei, just what could he be thinking about the situation ,just what did he think of rave. He seemed to have no problem with letting rave die should the need arise but what did he really think on the matter, was he really such a cold hearted person.

"And would you kill rave if the need arises, you have also been in command at one time or another, are you going to just do as HQ says even if the possibility is almost none that rave can saved" Dimitri said outload

Dimitri brought his full attention on hei in front of him, what he said next would likely have a large impact on Dimitri and his actions in this mission

[Z_Blitz]

Xavier:
[Location: Germany, headed towards Belgium and through the Netherlands]
[Time: 2 hours after Rave]

I treaded on the snow as lightly as I could, avoiding the blood spewed corpses "decorating" the place. I managed to catch up on the few who were spared by Rave's alterego and were not given a lethal blow. This time however, I was late, far too late. There were children among the dead, some not even 6 of age. Far too cruel a sight to be seen by bystanders.

"This is my fault." I murmured as I fell down to my knees, holding a girl's head while resting her cold, blood-stained body against mine.

Yes, it's my fault. I'm the one who brought Rave for the Earl. I'm the one who allowed the Earl to perform such a monstrous experiment on him and make him the demon he is. If I weren't to be held responsible, then who was? The Earl? No. I was the originator. I am the cause of this bloodthirsty effect, just like how I am the solution to eliminating it.

I grabbed the white katana I hung around my waist that originally belonged to Rave. The innocence in it shone in a chrome green sparkle, indicating that its owner was once here. I wrapped it where it was, before levitating and taking off once more behind Rave.

((A Noah can communicate with Xavier to keep track of where Rave is. We could all meet after that. Telepathy ftw.))
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Raphael:

"Damn! Damn! Damn!"

Fashionably late to the party as always, Raphael found himself dashing into a train that took off from Austria to Switzerland with his hair messy, his teeth unbrushed and his attire not ironed. Luckily, he hasn't forgotten his boarding ticket on the train. Slowly after entering the train, Raphael took his seat, opposite to the masked finder who was supporting him and shut the door of their cabin. He grabbed his toothbrush and started brushing while spitting the foam and water he took in out of the window.

"That's disgusting, you know." Remarked the Finder.

Raphael chose not to respond to that, or maybe he had no come back for it. After all, the man was right. In a frantic attempt to make himself look more acceptable, Raphael took out a comb from his bag and started combing his jumbled up hair. It was no easy process given the length and extent of clutteriness in his hair, the Finder took it upon himself to help Raphael out. He pulled hard and long against Raphael's hair to straighten it out. It just so happened that their ticket collector walked up on them while the Finder had his foot against Raphael's back, pulling as hard as he can on the comb.

"Tickets plea-!!! I-I-I'm sorry! I'll come back some other time!"

"NO! NO! NO! PLEASE HERE! THE TICKETS! IT'S A MISUNDERSTANDING!"

The Finder tried to reason himself out of this terrible notion he's sent to the ticket collector, but Raphael did not bother. His will was fixated on meeting this "hybrid" of an exorcist, the one he once fought and trained with, Rave Pendragon.

[Tyekanik]

"And would you kill rave if the need arises, you have also been in command at one time or another, are you going to just do as HQ says even if the possibility is almost none that rave can saved"

The others that were traveling with them also stopped.

Loaded question.

"Before I answer you, but I'll give you something to think over. Should I watch Rave kill you, Jacques, Kaze, Takai, Petros and Katalina?" Pointedly glancing at those also around, Hei tries to bring Dmitri's thoughts to a realistic level.

I should feel bad for this, for all I know that Noah that pulls things from nowhere does have the sword, they might really be controlling Rave, and I'm hoping this kid doesn't realize any of it. Not leader material, am I. Not to mention I'm being over dramatic, and have no idea if killing Rave is much of a possibility, not knowing what has happened to him.

"Do not speak lightly about the need of a situation before it has arisen. Do I want to kill Rave? No. Will I? Yes, if I need to, as would you, or any other exorcist. It's easy to have grandiose ideas when you don't have lives on the scale before you. Keep thinking like you are, and you will watch your comrades die. Killing to preserve life is a very old custom after all."

Whether such an answer would sate the you exorcist or not, it was the truth. Hei didn't hold back on the harshness, he couldn't, he hated the position, though he dealt with things differently than Dmitri.

It wouldn't be a first for me, going for the life of another exorcist.

An unwanted, and hazy thought enters his mind. He was sure he had done such a thing, but oddly enough could not remember it.

No matter, what is before you is before you.

Turning and continuing, Hei intended to keep distance with the Noah's, in case an opportunity arose to play off of them in battle against rave, for the sword, or for any other purpose to this screwed mission.

((bed...autofollow, kill me a yeti guys))

[HolyMoon]

Crescent and Rexus were sitting inside the train at the moment, facing each other on their seat. While Venus, Crescent's pet cat which equipped with a wireless phone, sat quietly in Rexus's lap, afraid of his own master.

'Rave, huh?' thought Crescent while starring to the outside from the window with a dark mood 'The one who picked the teams when we went for the Clouds Gather mission? Why should we kill that person? Isn't that we have a nicer way? Such as talking...?'

He didn't like this new mission. Killing people is the most forbidden act in his life, because he had made a promise with his big brother when their parents died. They had promised each other that they would never kill human.

Rexus saw the boy sat in front of him in silence. He knew very well that Crescent didn't like this mission, or.. maybe even hate it... He himself didn't like this mission either. But they had no choice.

When the train stopped moving, they quickly get off from the train and walk out of the station.

"Aww.... it's sooo cold....," said Rexus with a chattering teeth. Then he glanced to his partner to see if his mood had turned good or not, because Crescent likes cold places 'Maybe this place would lift up his mood...,' he thought.

But to his disappointment, the boy's expression hadn't changed a bit. 'Guess he really hate this job of killing people.'

Suddenly, the wireless phone that placed on Venus's necklace rang and they quickly answered it. The phone was from a finder who informed the location of Rave and asked for some exorcist to accompany them.

"Well, it's from Hei-san's group. But it's a bit far from here," said Rexus "Maybe we couldn't catch them now."

"It's okay," answered Crescent "I got this Teleportation ability when my Innocence reach its level 2. I guess I can reach the place."

"Uhh... is this safe, Crescent? We won't get some 'split-body' or something....?" asked Rexus in an uncertain smile.

"Just shut up and grab my hand, 'please'....," muttered Crescent. And a second later, they found out that they had stand on a different place.

"Wow! That's a nice ability you got there!" exclaimed Rexus while observing his body parts. Thanks God they were all on the right place.

"Yeah. Thanks to my Innocence," said Crescent while placing Venus on his shoulders. He continued watching his surroundings to see if they arrived at the right place. It seems they did. "But a long range teleportation would exhaust my body, so I shouldn't do it over and over."

"By the way, I saw many footprints, and they went to that direction. Let's move quickly, maybe they aren't far yet." Crescent started to move toward the footprint direction and was followed by Rexus who was still examining his body.

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((not long.......))

"Ah, there they are," said Rexus while pointing to his front. Crescent couldn't saw them since he was shorter that Rexus. ((that's one of the disadvantages of beings a shorty, including me... ;p )) "I saw some people moving there. Let's meet them." They quickly walked to catch them.


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((is it okay if I join your group, Tyekanik-san? :) ))

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

Jarlaxle, sitting comfortably on a barrel, watched the Exorcists get down from the train. Seeing his good friend (although no one but himself would consider that a compliment) Kaze, he jumped down and walked to him openly.

"Hello there, my young friend!" He said with a wide smile. "I hope you're doing well?"

Kaze spun around in surprise. "Jalaxle!" Taking a nervous step back before realising that if Jalaxle wanted to attack he would aready have done so, Kaze took a deep breath to calm himself.

"Excuse my reaction," he quickly said, before Jalaxle think of him as a overreactive person, and smiled. "Well im good alright, except im on another mission, a mission that i really hate too."

He was still a little wary (any exorcist with half a brain wouldnt really trust an akuma, espically when they had fought a near death battle the last time), but somehow he felt that this time he could trust Jalaxle, obviously only to a certain extent. Maybe their interest lies along the same path this time, or maybe it is the feeling of being watched.

Takai was just watching the exchange with a amused expression on his face.

Kaze grinned and waved a hand, inviting Jalaxle to join them. "So how are you too? No lasting damage from our previous fight i hope?"

[Undying]

Jarlaxle:

"I'm pleased that you remembered me, my young friend! And not to worry, I have only benefited from our short encounter." He jumped from the barrel and casually walked over to the - very short, for him - kid. "I know you're after this Exorcist Rave, hmm? I could provide you with information that the Noah don't have... for a small price."

He realized that the Exorcist would probably want to know what information, so he continued speaking, quietly.

"The Innocence that Xavier is carrying; Rave's Katana, is the key. You must stab it through Rave's right arm in order to revert him to his human form. But... there is a problem, you see... Rave is immune to the Earl's control somehow. I would like to know how. So I will follow him, and you will keep watch. Keep this information secret, for now."

He stepped away, waving to Kaze, walking as though nothing in the whole wide world could ever trouble him.

"Strange guy, isn't he?" Another voice spoke from behind Kaze. Allen Walker and Lenalee Li have just arrived on a horse carriage, and approached him to hear his final speech with the Akuma. "This level two is a very, very unique Akuma," repeated Allen, scratching his head.

Lenalee, however, was a sight to see. She was moving stiffly, and had almost her entire torso bandaged. Rave's handiwork. A strange light of determination shone in her eyes, though: she intended to find out what happened to Rave and bring him back, to his human self.

That's what friends were for, wasn't it?

((Stony, I give you permission to RP Allen/Lenalee as you go after the others, but keep them in the back - they won't be fighting unless the situation with the Noah spirals out of control.))

Rave:

He stopped for a moment, gazing backwards. He felt Xavier, the Noah who defeated him, and the one who helped the Earl turn him into this.

"Xa...vier?" Memories of near unconsciousness stubbornly dug into his mind, and he remembered seeing a beautiful, dark haired woman pulling out something from Xavier's internals.

Whatever it was, it killed her.

Killed...

Rave turned and stormed northwards again, heeding the call. He refused to face these memories of humanity.

Had he looked to his arm, he would have noted that the pale, bloodless flesh of his right biceps had sprouted black veins. But he didn't look, nor care.

As he moved, something zipped past his eyes, and a small explosion sounded to his left. Turning, he saw some men, standing with pitchforks and guns, aiming at him. Some of them were crying.

"How dare you kill our children?" They screamed at him, aiming the gun again and firing. This time, though, Rave already reacted and snatched the bullet out of the air.

"Power... give me... more... POWER." He hissed again, and charged. Three minutes later, all the dozen people who wanted to kill the murderer were lying, their corpses mutilated. Blood colored the snow in deep, vivid red.

Rave turned and walked, northwards, ever northwards.

Dinnin:

Moving at extreme speeds, Dinnin managed to keep track of the train, but as per Jarlaxle's instructions, kept himself hidden. Now he slowly followed the Exorcists. It was sad that he would not manage to fight, today.

Or maybe he would, seeing as the young Takeshi would be here, eventually.

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

((@undy: thanks, im honored =D ))

"Strange guy, isn't he?" Another voice spoke from behind Kaze. Allen Walker and Lenalee Li have just arrived on a horse carriage, and approached him to hear his final speech with the Akuma. "This level two is a very, very unique Akuma," repeated Allen, scratching his head.

"Yes he is, an interesting personality too. Anyway, hey there Allen," Kaze gave a quarter-bow. "I've heard impressive stuff about you. And... are you sure you want to come along Lenalee? You look-"

"Rave's my friend!" she glared at him, as though daring him to say more.

"I got a feeling its more than that though," Kaze heard Takai mutter behind him. He agreed, but kept silent, figuring he rather not get slapped.

"Come on, Jalaxle said to follow him," he continued. "Do we leave the carriage behind?"

"Yes we do," Allen replied.

Shrugging, the group walked off, with Jalaxle leading the way.

[Kenken]

((Location: South of Germany))

"So this is the German Empire" Takeshi said to himself, stepping out of the station and walking around the streets. The small city seemed to be as normal as anyone could hope.

"Seems like Rave hasn't come to this town. He must be well off north by now, maybe already in Belgium. What to do?" said Takeshi, wondering if he should go north, stay there or walk south for a while and see if he could find anyone. He took a coin and throw it in the air. After checking the result he did it 4 more times.

"South it is."

When he was far enough from the town, Takeshi summoned 20 dragons, which started flying in different directions. He was going to find another group of exorcists and join them.

[Toukestu Zero]

"He's crossing to Germany?" Zero asked the finder after he had informed Zero about rave crossing over Belguim. The finder nodded. "Boo. He's fast." Zero lamented. "So we alight at the next stop before switching trains?" The finder once again nodded. "Okay. We do so. But if he's planning to sight see a few more countries we'll be swithing trains forever."


The two arrived at the station not long later."Don't get on the next train yet." Zero told the finder seriously."Why?" He asked. "I want to team with the next excorsit i meet." Zero explained. " I at least need some backup. Or be the backup." He added. " Even if you were to get reinforcements..."


"No! But..." The finder cuts in. "Ah, didn't you said i would be meeting more exorcist soon? What's the difference meeting them a few hours before?" He cuts in. The finder has no choice but to give in and grit his teeth.


Zero suddenly runs to a nearby stand. "5 boxes of bubble gum!"

[Seff vi Britannia]

As Dies and Constantine trudged forwards through the snow, Dies realized that they didn't have the time to keep the exorcists in sight. They moved far too slowly, and even as the Noah followed Rave's trail of destruction, the path was starting to wear thin. Snow was blowing over, covering the footprints, and the blood was beggining to sink into the frosted ground. But... having the exorcists around could be useful later on. The fact that the Earl had sent most, if not all the Noah...

This kid must have quite some power.

Dies grimaced as he sent out a telepathic message

"This is Dies, Constantine is with me. We're in switzerland, about to enter Germany through the south border. We have a group of exorcists in tow. Anyone have any better ideas about this kid's whereabouts?"

[Yamamoto]

((Location: Just near the border of Switzerland and Germany))

The words "What!?" and "Germany?" could be heard sharply as Jean learns Rave's new location through the loud, panicked voices in his golem. He found following the fugitive's trail of destruction more difficult than what he thought initially, not for how hard (or easy) the trail is but the pace Rave rampages.

Jean finally made his way out of the misty white haze. He found himself in a small town just a walk away from the border, the broken buildings and decaying corpses a sign he's on the right trail.

The walk through the desolate town was heart-wrenching. Not one building was left standing as piles of brick, stone and metal were quickly being covered by the blanket of snow. Clearly Rave did not discriminate- man, woman, young, old- their bodies were too frozen too long to be helped in any way. They say time heals all wounds, not in this case.

Jean's heart almost stopped as he saw the same stuttering woman back in the train lying under the rubble of a cobblestone bridge, her skin a ghostly white as
her neck was twisted in a horrific and fatal angle.

"H-Help....."

For a moment, Jean thought his minds were playing tricks on him. Did the winter graveyard affect him so much that he couldn't discern anything anymore? His hands were sweating as the uncomfortable feeling in his stomach started to grow worse.

"Any....one?...out...t-there?"

It was faint, but it was definitely a voice. He stopped to make sure. Yes. A familiar voice.

Jean ran and tried to pinpoint where the weak cries came from. Wasting time was not an option. The faster he could find him, the more chance he could be saved from the moment where voice will be on the brink of disappearing.

"I-it's...YOU!" Jean gasped.

[Z_Blitz]

Raphael:

"That was some trip, huh Raphael?"

Raphael looked at the man with a grimaced expression on his face after finally "waking up" on the train.

"Umm..." The finder stuttered, leaving Raphael a chance to interrupt his speech.

"I'm glad that it's done and over with."

A smile, alien to Raphael's face drew itself across his face.

The finder nodded in agreement. He moved in towards the city's central saying that this was where he was told the other exorcists would be. His information was proven right though, there Raphael met with Hei, the flaming exorcist who he was once in their mission in Lebanon. He turned to him and said, after laying his suitcase on the ground softly:

"Raphael D'Alphonse, reporting. I apologize for my delay, I am to blame. I look forward to following your instructions, sir."

Unknown to Raphael, a Noah's sharp eyes glared at him from the dark corners of the room, scrutinizing his very existence.

((I call upon a ruckus xP))

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Xavier:

"He's close... This strong smell of blood is unmistakeningly a trail left by whatever remaining "Rave" persona in him. I must pick up my flight."

Dashing through the clouds at an even higher speed, I followed the trail of crimson snow left by Rave as dawn broke on us. Shortly thereafter, a message sent by Dies reached me, halting my flight and resulting in a slight headache.

I told them over a thousand times. I HATE telepathy.

Listening intently to what he said, I looked around for any neighbouring landmarks in the area to describe where I am. A mountain's peak that resembled a soft cream bought from any local market was the best I could point out to Dies. His akuma, Kujaku was its name if memory serves, should be capable or warping him and the others to me directly.

"Dies, slap that weasel for me if he doesn't remember who I am."

I ended the transmission and landed on the snow beneath me, waiting for Dies and the others to show up.

[Seff vi Britannia]

Dies listened to Xavier's description, nodding softly. He gestured to Constantine.

"Alright. We're going to meet up with Xavier. If you didn't like the dimensional transportation, you'll love this..."

Dies opened a small pocket plane, and a furry white Akuma bounced out, zooming around on the snow before throwing some into his mouth - makeshift ice-cream. His gliterring eyes noted Constantine, and Kujaku leapt upwards, trying to eat the top hat that rested on his head. Dies grabbed him by the tail, pulling him away from Constantine.

"Kujaku, we are in need of your services." Dies grinned and shoved some cheese into his mouth. Kujaku was back to normal after the events in Tripoli.

Dies knelt down in front of him, telling him of Xavier's rough location and reminding him of the frenchman. While Kujaku didn't have Xavier's blood, if he knew the person AND the location...

Kujaku paused thoughtfully for a minute, before letting out a large rasping noise. Several chunks of brown "stuff" came flying out of his rear end, landing with a "plop" on the ground.

Kujaku grabbed onto Dies' head, and Dies moved next to Constantine. The Noah looked back at the exorcist, waving a mocking goodbye, before Kujaku whisked them away on the dimensional planes.

Kujaku and Dies landed with a bounce in the snow in front of Xavier. Constantine...

Dies heard a crash behind him.

"Eurgh."

He looked up at Xavier, standing up and adjusting his clothing. A T-shirt was not the best option for this sort of climate.

"Well, the exorcists have no idea where he is either, if that helps."

[Wacer]

[Location- central germany]

All though the trip Dimitri did not say much as the group trudged on and followed the trail that rave had left in his wake. From what he was able to get from there soundings they had passed into the what seemed to be German territory, and when the signs switched to the German language he was sure of it.

"Do you have any idea where he could be headed hei"

"I can not see any goal in mind but if he keeps northward like this he is going to run out of room to run"

"That is right he is going to end hitting the north or blatic sea at this rate"

"well he could turn and head into France or Poland but with any luck we will be able to bottle neck him in"

"err this is so frustrating, just where could he be headed"

"well it seems like other groups of Exorcists are scattered around Germany as well and the noah are lurking around as well, someone is bound to find him soon"

With that Dimitri noticed a change in the path that rave had left, so far they had been heading at a steady northward pace but now it seems to have changed. Seems like belgium was where they where headed to next

[Ai]

Huddled over and sitting on a rock which was jutting out from the Side of the mountain Gabriel showed a rare amount of emotion as he swore into the wind at the Earl's sense of humour.

Trust the old man to dump me on the top of a bloody mountain..All I wanted was a large hill or the top of a house...

But at the same time he was somewhat happy, From his vantage point and after a bit of power manipulation he was able to enhance his Noah sight to the extreme so the figures on the plain as well as the ruins looked as if they were just in front of him.

He looked back at the trail of destruction the Earl had caused with his Experiment and smilled as it brought back fond memory's...If only he had caused it it would have been sweeter..But still the remains were just as good..He could see a small group of Exorcists just walking through the valled behind Dies, Constantine and Xavier who were in a group in the snow..Dies..as Incompetant as he was back in the city was wearing a t-shirt...

What brilliance... He thought then did a double take when he realised he wasn't dressed for the occasion that well at all and the only reason he was warm was because of his Akuma...

Oh well...

Ahead of his siblings was another group of Exorcists somewhat closer..he reasoned Xavier had been stalking them...He was the only one with the patience for it really...And ahead of that..Nothing that he could see..A single person was too small to be seen by it'self even for his enhanced sight..But the destruction ahead was as wonderfull as that behind.

Standing up and focusing on his siblings he Broadcasted a message through their shared Telaphic bond.

If you three are done standing around in the snow waiting for Santa i'm not too comfortable up here and would like to get this done as quick as possible

Telling them where he was he explained to them that he would be able to tell them exactly where an incident was happening as it was happening..This would ensure that instead of them having to follow mere pesants they would be the leaders in this merry chase.

((For the Three noah I can inform you of whats happening ahead of everyone as it happens, I can't tell you where rave is..Too small for me too see but as soon as he destroys something you can be told about it...I'll just skip along the mountain tops as you move along to keep up....Just rp my messages to yourselves....Have fun and hope this helps you..;)))

[Yamamoto]

"Kid, are you alright?" Jean shouted as he hurriedly dug out the pile of snow covering a large piece of rubble. He tried to make a hole so the kid would have more breathing space, and to try and see if he could reach him.

The same curious little boy from the train was crying, reaching out for Jean's arm. His leg was crushed by a large metal pillar, and his whole body was stuck under the rubble. His face was bleeding, as well as crying, as he desperately called for help for half a day now.

Suddenly, Jean's eyes widened in shock. "No! Why Now?!" he thought as he quickly turned his head around.

A group of about five level 2 Akuma appeared before him. The tallest one proceeded to point at the exorcist, questioning in an alien-like, metallic voice, "Are you the one they call Rave?"

"Do you see me as a blood-crazed monster?" Jean spitted back, as if he took that as an insult.

"Very well then. Let us...Exterminate!"

[Undying]

Rave

[Location - nearing the border of Belgium]

Trudging through the snow, Rave continued his stubborn journey towards the call that grew stronger with each step forward. The darkness in front of him grew larger by the instant.

He felt the Noah behind him, searching. But it didn't matter. Insanity gripped his mind tightly now, with only one goal in mind.

Jarlaxle

[Location - near Jean]

Jarlaxle watched with interest as the Exorcist was surrounded by a group of level 2s, leaning back. He could help, or watch. Then he decided that should it appear that the Exorcist is falling, he will help him.

((If you need help kensei, then Jarlaxle will help you and Kenshin))

[~*StÓÑy RèL0ÂÐeD™]

((@undy: arent kaze and friends following Jalaxle? so we'll be watching jean fight? O___O Nope, Jarlaxle left them for the time being, you're not with him atm <3. -Undy))
At long last, Kaze, Takai, Allen, Lenalee, and the Finder (the other exorcist they met at the train station disappeared) came to a stop behind Jalaxle.
"Arent you going to look for Rave?" Lenalee said breathlessly, seeming eager to meet Rave and finish this once and for all."
"It's up to him i guess," Kaze pointed out. "If we do run into Rave, we'll throw Jalaxle to him and the rest of us run."
"Just kidding," Kaze added with a grin as he saw Jalaxle turn his head a fraction of an inch to him and raised his eyebrows.

[Yamamoto]

((EDIT: that's okay Undy..Jean's just going to get real tired now..:)))

Jean was finding it hard to dodge the Akumas' volley of attacks. The weather, fatigue and the state of the town have all put him in a disadvantage. There were no suitable structures to hide from, and he would accidentally trip over some hidden pieces of rubble. Add to that the fact that Jean had the child to keep an eye on and prevent any of the Akuma from attacking that perimeter.

BOOM!!

One after the other the Akuma kept firing volley after volley, reducing the already destroyed place to even more rubble. Jean tried to launch his Chain Lightning attack, but the Akuma were smart enough to disperse so the bouncing effects of his attacks would not reach the other Akuma. His straight Blue Bolts were useless too, even though they had the reach, the enemy could see where it was coming from.

"Eliminate!!"

One of the Akuma aimed his weapons towards where the boy was located. Jean tried to rush to his aid, but another Akuma launched a sphere of flames and fired it towards the exorcist. Jean narrowly missed a direct attack, but the resulting explosion caused shrapnel and other pieces of rubble to fly off in all directions.

Jean's left leg was wedged by a flying metal rod. He couldn't move. He shouted in vain as the Akuma launched a volley of iron spears towards the boy. He held out his right arm as far as he could.

NOOO!!!

Suddenly a flash of light blinded the Akuma. The crackling of electricity could be heard as the smoke cleared to reveal Jean standing amongst the wreckage. He was holding his right arm up and in place of his innocence, the Blue Gauntlet, was a a gold and blue arm, now extended up to his right shoulder. The metal rods that were launched towards the boy were suspended in air where Jean was, and along with the rod which impaled his leg before, were clumped together by a strong electromagnetic force.

"No way!!" The bewildered Akuma were dumbfounded. In a moment of desperation the same Akuma continuously fired more volleys of the metal spears.

"Tch. Desperate are we?" Jean's mouth breaking into a slight smile. "Magnet Shield!"

Each volley of spears were redirected towards Jean, suddenly stopping centimetres away from his hand. The huge number resulted in the creation of a metal spear barrier, which in turn protected Jean from more attacks.

Jean didn't have any time to waste. With the command "Magnet Bomb", Jean created a strong magnetic field at a specified location away from the boy. Within seconds all forms of metal were sucked into that very space, including the Akuma, which had parts composed of the very metal they were made from as Level 1s.

The Akuma were fused together, unable to break free, at the same time being crushed by the strong magnetic force. Jean then released his magnetic grip on the spear barrier, as one by one the spears quickly joined the Akuma, unable to resist the Magnet bomb.

Jean then takes his left hand and forms redirects an entity of electric current from his right arm, the current transforming in shining ray of light into a golden chain-and-sickle weapon. He then proceeds to spin the sickle part of the new weapon to gain momentum as he throws it with all his might towards the Magnet Bomb, creating a visible path of the current wherever it went.

"Arc Lightning!!"

As soon as the Akuma were destroyed Jean hurriedly limped to the boy and used his new magnetic powers to free the metal pillars trapping the young child. Jean's face only broke down into sadness as he found the boy now cold and dead, the effect of thirteen hours trapped against the harsh storms of snow.

Rave...

Jean straightened his face as he heard footsteps and a distinct roar from behind.

"So, it's you."

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Damage taken- 30 (from the battles and fatigue)

Current HP- 17/47

[Fect]

((Killing a Yeti. Yeti yeti yeti!))

Crimson tracks were fading just as the crimson sun did behind them.

Something told him that it wasn't going to be an easy confrontation. As they crossed the border between Germany and Belgium, a German guard halted them. "Specken ze Deutsch?"

He then transformed into a large yeti-like akuma. Hei drew out a sword and cut off the akuma's leg. Within a flash, Dimitri had destroyed half of the body.
"Greve D'Ame." The five shots rang towards the head of the akuma, hitting him several times. His arm reached out and grabbed Jacques, trying to crush him. Dimitri severed the limb and Hei stabbed twice through the chest.

The akuma blew up.

The five continued their march forward into Belgium only to see more crimson before the day was done.

((Not quite a yeti. Never a yeti. Yeti Yeti Yeti!))

[Ryuzaki]

Constantine:

Where are those other Noah when you need them.... They're never here when you truly need them...

Looking over to Dies, I sat down on a nearby log, trying to sleep while we waited for the rest of the Noah to arrive. A moment later, a familiar face came along, interrupting my sleep. It was Chris of all things...

"Lord Constantine... do you need any assistance at all?"

"Assistance....? Pssh, not me, I'm just waiting for the rest of those slow Noah to show up. I want to get out of this freezing place as soon as I can." I said to the Akuma, turning my back on him trying to sleep. "You can go ahead of us to scout fro Exorcists, have fun..."

Chris listened to my orders and went ahead as fast as he could.

[Seff vi Britannia]

Dies quietly noted that Constantine was faling asleep on a log, but didn't care all that much. Dies turned again to Xavier, and Kujaku bounced around his head.

"So, do you know where he's heading? We got nothing from the exorcists we asked."

Dies was distracted by Gabriel's telepathic message, and shut his eyes, responding quietly.

"No, Santa's still giving us presents. You having fun up on that mountain?"

Dies smiled sarcastically. It seemed that Gabriel's predicament was similar to that of Road's, though the latter was stuck in a rather humid jungle. No doubt the Earl would have retrieved her by now, though.

Dies gestured to Kujaku, who leapt over to Constantine and bit him on the ass, thus waking him up.

"Pay attention, man. You're not a freakin' polar bear, so don't go hibernate on us."

Distractions over, Dies turned back to Xavier, waiting to hear any more information.

[Shiku]

The train stopped at the station, Keisuke and Hiro stepped onto the freezing cold platform on switzerland.

"Geez...It's really cold here!" Shuddered Keisuke.

"I know you'd say that, check your bag there's a scarf."

Keisuke opened his bad and found a black scarf inside, he wrapped it around his neck.

"Oooohh...Much better! Aren't you cold Hiro?"

"No....my innocence is ice so I'm used to it....Now let's get going!"

Hiro walked off and Keisuke quickly followed behind, they went outside into the deserted town, they wandered about hoping to run into some of the exorcists that arrived before them.

[Tyekanik]

After the latest akuma was dispatched, Hei and company heard an approaching noise. Turning to see who it could be, he recognizes the bookman he had met briefly during the last mission. Or tried to meet, before the Noah interfered.

Bookman, thats a class I won't have to worry over.

"Raphael D'Alphonse, reporting. I apologize for my delay, I am to blame. I look forward to following your instructions, sir."

"No, there are no apologies needed, and I'm an impromptu leader anyway. However, good to have you aboard. As you can see we are only able to track Rave, a few Noah's are ahead of us somewhere as well." Shaking hands, the group sets off on the path created by Rave.

Following the path was easy, however it seemed that Rave didn't need to stop for much. The exorcists needed to pause occasionally for food and such necessities, forgoing sleep in order to keep pace.

Just like when I met Jean, didn't sleep for three days then. This'll be worse I'm sure.

Turning to the Raphael, as bookmen are famous for knowledge, also because having left later he might have received a bit of information the group did not already possess. Besides, turning things a little lighter would help the demeanor of the group, even if the bookman had nothing they could use.

"Raphael, would you know anything about Rave's sword? Komui mentioned we should find it, so it has some bearing, however we could use some enlightenment on that topic."

Dmitri perked up at this, given the choices, it would be exceedingly difficult if a method of saving Rave were not available. On the brighter side, Hei was sure Dmitri would be willing to do anything if the possibility of saving Rave were clear.

Katalina and Petros also stopped their quiet discussion on the finer points of traveling in the cold, to listen in. These primarily did not want conflict between Hei and another exorcist, however they knew not to get involved.

[Undying]

Rave:

[Location - near the coastline approaching the Netherlands]

Rave trudged forward, occasionally glancing back and muttering something. He sensed the incoming approach of more Noah, but continued on, driven by his own madness.

He could not distinguish between his thoughts and the call anymore, but that didn't matter. Nothing did.

Suddenly he stopped dead, as though he hit a wall.

A thought surfaced into his maddened mindscape, possible his own, or perhaps the other voice's. Either way...

He placed his left, still human hand to the ground, and focused on his power for a moment.

The ground shifted slightly, and a single pillar of solid stone rose from it. Pulsing and throbbing like a living heart, it seemed to absorb light and life from around it.

Grinning madly, Rave continued his walk.

((When you get anywhere near to that location, you'll sense "Rave". And then a copy of him will attack you. 1/3 of his actual power and no special abilities (except regen)

Dinnin

It occurred to Dinnin that Germany was a boring place. Mostly occupied by working-class men and women towns were simply not fun. The people were so... grey, so empty, killing them would not be fun at all.

He continued moving quickly, following up the trail of the young Himura. A fun fight it was, and he knew he would enjoy another one.

Jarlaxle

Jarlaxle, satisfied that this electricity using Exorcist would not need help, returned to Kaze's side, eager to speak with the young Exorcist. He wanted to know everything about Rave, as he thought that he was finally on the tracks of discovering how to free himself from the Earl's control.

Kaze's joke amused him, but he was careful to appear annoyed.

"So then, Kaze, what can you tell me of this Rave kid? I'm rather intrigued as to why the Earl used him for experimentation..."

((Stony, for simplicity's sake, let's assume your earlier post fits in with Jar's leaving and return, and you can continue freely from here))

[Z_Blitz]

Raphael:

Rave's innocence... Such a touchy subject. I had a few speculations regarding the innocence's nature based on that single fight both he and I had, but that was hardly enough to judge something as potent as the innocence with. I chose to disclose the information I knew that was ascertained by different sources, as well as unknown to the general public within the Black Order's HQ.

"Rave's innocence. The blade turns into several shards that cut through the opposition like hail. Alone, each shard does not deal much damage, but collectively, it could prove lethal."

Pausing for a minute, Raphael took in a deep breath before telling his audience about its current bearer.

"The innocence, was last seen in the hands of a Noah. The tall, blonde one who visited us back in London. The fact however that he has not seeked our help to get rid of the innocence could mean one of two things. One: The innocence has synchronized with him, hence making him an Exorcist as well. This option is unlikely though and unheard of over the times that passed. Two: The innocence has been guiding him to its original master, thereby his "synchronization", if you can even call it that, has manifested itself is using the innocence as a compass, the north of which points to Rave."

Raphael looked around noticing the absence of the two Noahs who were here in the area along with the rest. Clearly they must've been tipped off by someone or something.

At this rate, our mission will prove catastrophic. We need to "exorcise" Rave, leaving killing as a last resort.

"Hei... I don't suppose the other finders in the European region would be so kind as to report any unusual sightings in their areas, would they?" Questioned Raphael, pointing with his tilted head and raised eyebrow at the phone in the vicinity. With any luck, they'll be able to trace a subtle thread left by the Noahs from which they could pick up their expedition.

((Xavier's post comes tomorrow =P.))

((Hei can move the exorcists towards the Netherlands now after getting in touch with a few finders.))

((And God damn it Undies. Stop moving around too much. We're coming, I swear!))

[Kenken]

((Location: Same as Jean)

When Takeshi arrived to the town, all the akumas has been destroyed by Jean, who seemed to have become stronger too, due to his new magnetic powers. Moving closer to Jean, Takeshi noticed that he was holding a young kid in his arm, just as Jean spoke:

"So, it's you."

"Yeah, sorry I couldn't come faster, it's hard to run at fast speeds in the snow." Takeshi explained.

"Who's the kid?"

"...Someone I met on the train." Jean said, lying the kid down on the ground, as he stood up and prepared a grave. Takeshi decided to help too.

((Some time later...))

After finishing the grave, Takeshi and Jean started moving north, slowly as Jean was still exhausted from the battle. Takeshi has sent his dragons from early as scouts, to prevent from any ambushes and also, to find any exorcists around, although if his information was correct, then he shouldn't worry about ambushes, as both the Earl and the exorcists were hunting Rave.

"Jean, you alright? We can rest in the next town if you want. It shouldn't take much longer now."

"I'm okey, we must find Rave as fast as we cane, before he murderers any more people."

"Alright, I'll try to get us some horses on the next town. I saw some when i was there." Takeshi added to Jean.

[Undying]

((Zeebletz: Poopoo on you! You guys are too slow! But I will let Xavier, and Xavier alone, to catch up to Rave <3. The rest, if you catch up to him, will be blasted all the way back to Africa. Kenshin: I will bring Dinnin in before I leave to sleep, so when I wake up we can fight))

Dinnin

Dinnin surprised even himself with his effective course, reaching the snowy resort very quickly. Upon arrival, he spotted several murdered bodies. The scene appealed much to the bloodthirsty Akuma, and he stopped to survey it, and savor each and every different position the corpse were left in.

Mutilated, some lying bent, their spines shattered and bending at impossible angles. Others lay as though they were buried up to the waist in the snow, while in fact their legs were sliced clean off.

One corpse caught his attention specifically; a slim, black-haired woman lying bent and broken in the snow, twisted to much it appeared she was screwed into the wall of the house. Blood, dark red, colored the remaining wall, and some stained the snow beneath it.

Such morbid beauty mused Dinnin, throughly exited with the gruesome visage.

Grinning, he continued his trek, a new scent filling his nostrils.

Himura, the young Exorcist.

[Fect]

"Alphonse, I don't think I've ever met you, but I'd like to."

Hei saw as Jacques tried to carry a short conversation, with a look on his face equivalent to "You're going to be surprised."

Alphonse responded, "Nice to meet you Jacques. I am a bookman. Unfourtunately, I try not to let others know me."

Keeping up at a grueling pace, they made their way through Belgium.

I really do need my sleep. I suppose I can do that later; maybe once we help Rave.

Jacques yawned. A strange black-red energy pierced the ground, making no spread or retreat from where they stood. This isn't good.

"Rave left a warning."

((We're not to your pillar. Yet.))

[HolyMoon]

As they approach the group of exorcist in front of them, they saw some people they don't recognized.

"Hi, Hei-san," said Rexus as they finally be able to catch up to Hei's group "We meet again."

Then he turned to the other exorcist. "I'm Rexus Hellford. Nice to meet you, all."

"And I'm Crescent Vell. Nice to meet you," said Crescent with a hint of excitement in his eyes as he glanced at Raphael.

Rexus just sweat over his partner's reaction. 'Oh, well... Crescent has been a fans of Bookmans for a long time now (he admired them cause they could remember everything they had seen),' thought Rexus, sighing.

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[HolyMoon]

((sorry I double-posted.. :D ))
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The group kept following the hint of destruction left by Rave. As they walked further, they felt many akuma presences that surround them.

‘If the akuma are attacking us now, this would be bad. The snow storm has started. We barely can see the trees in front of us,’ thought Crescent.

But it seems that his wish was not going to be fulfilled. The akuma presences were going nearer and nearer in a great speed.

“Be prepared, guys,” said Hei as he observe the grey sky. They couldn’t see anything in the sky, but they all knew that the akuma were already above them, waiting for the right time to ambush them. As soon as a harsh wind blew through them, the akuma started to attack. A rain of ice swords was falling among them. They jumped to the different direction to avoid the swords. While the 2 finders move from the battlefield as fast as they could.

The swords of ice were still falling when a figure fall from the sky, followed by 2 other smaller figures. It was a level 3 and two level 2.

“Arrgghhh.. We don’t have time to fight, akuma,” groaned Rexus while still moving around to avoid the falling ices “Aren’t we have the same job now? That’s to kill this Rave?”

‘[Rexus, we are NOT going to kill Rave],’ said Crescent in dangerous tone through their telepathy.

“Oh, well. I can’t help but kill when I saw some rats were walking on the ground below me,” laughed the level 3.

“And who are that rats?”

“YOU, EXORCISTS!!!”

Rexus quickly activated his Innocence, and so did the other exorcist. Wasting no time, he pulled his trigger and shoots the level 2 with his Bomb. The akuma just stand there and received his attacks with his palm, as if to test his strength. The bomb made a bit scratch in its hand.

‘Awww… I think the snow lessen my attacks power…,’ whined Rexus.

Meanwhile, Crescent has taken charge of one of the level 2 akuma. It has fire-based attacks too, which advantages Crescent because the battle field and his Innocence power decreased its attacks.

The akuma throw a big fireball to Crescent, who easily dodge it and made a counter attack. He quickly trapped the akuma in his Blood Cage and combined it with his Bouncer Bullets, which bounce in his Blood Cage in a high-speed. When the Blood Cage wears off, the akuma had had many holes in its body. The akuma suddenly opened his eyes and throw another fireball to Crescent who’s waiting for it to attack. He pulled his trigger and breaks both of the fireball and the akuma with his Unicorn Wings.

“Pity you who went to the wrong place to pick a fight,” said Crescent.

[Ryuzaki]

((You can double/triple post as much as you want while RPing HolyMoon =P.
And I would make my move with Constantine and smack everyone around but I can't right now. :)))


Enishi:

[Western Switzerland]

The footsteps in the snow echoed through the small valley where Enishi was. He had at long last reached Switzerland where the Finer had told him where the Exorcist known as Rave, who was wanted dead by the Black Order, was at.

"These mountains are much harder to travel in this freezing weather than I thought..." He put up his coat around his neck to cover up his lips. There was nothing for him to do except to continue his journey down the path and hopefully find clues to where the Exorcist was.

Peering further down the trail, he noticed some fresh footprints in the shape of a boot. Kneeling down to examine the footprints in the snow, he felt the crease marks to see how far the person is who made these tracks.

"He isn't very far..." The footprints lead off the trail into the trees. "More footprints huh... and they are different shoes too. There may be even more but I don't see anything else. I followed the trail even further, which lead up to the mountain through another clear path. Following the steps, Enishi finally reached the peak of the mountain only to find the steps disappear without a trace. "They suddenly vanished? It must have been an avalanche, the snow seems unstable and loose."

Looking down to the frozen wasteland, he noticed three figured miles away from him. His temper started to boil, and the veins in his forehead started to bulge, along with his arm, legs and chest. He was now able to see clearly who it was even from that distance away. Noticing the silver star embedded on their coats immediately, his anger grew even further as he clinched his teeth hard.

"Those scum! Looking at them makes me disgusted! Those damn murderers..!" Pulling out his sword, he lifted it up and slashed at the top of the mountain as hard as he could. The ground started to rumble and crack. Moments later, a massive amount of snow started to fall apart causing an enormous avalanche to slide down the mountain. The avalanche crushed the trees on the way down, the Exorcists saw the snow tumbling don the mountain and started to run for there lives.


((The group of Exorcists I'm referring to is Kensei, Kenken and Askand. And the other Exorcists around that area maybe. =P))

[Yamamoto]

((haha oh fine..))

"What's that noise?" Jean asked, as he heard a rumbling sound from the mountains where he came from.

"Uh guys.." Angelique started to step back, "I think we should RUN!!" she shouted as the avalanche tumbled down faster and faster.

The group ran as fast as they could. Jean was finding it hard as he limped with his injured leg. He knew he couldn't run very far.

I hope this works...

Jean quickly turned around and activated his new electromagnetic powers to form a dome of metal. He then jumped on the dome and reached out for Angelique and Takeshi. "Jump on!"

The snow finally caught up as the three found themselves on a bumpy ride, trying to avoid any giant rocks or trees. It was dangerous, as they held on for their dear lives. The dome rode with the raging avalanche, but after a few minutes, it finally stopped.

Jean panted as he leaned back on the cold metal dome. "So....huff-...wanna do that again?"

((Okay now i gotta go clean lol..and woohoo for our own sled haha

oh and 1 damage to Jean, for getting hit by a random small rock :p))

[Ai]

Gabriel sat on the rock and yawned as he looked up at the top of the mountain towering over him..Earlier that day he had desended the few thousand feet to a more comfortable climate..Still snowing but at least now he could breath..A fact which he had become aware of about 5 minutes after landing.

He had spent the day informing the group of the going's on on the low country and was now dead tired..He had felt some movings of something that he knew was going to make him uncomfortable sometime soon but with the sun shining on him and the fact that this was the first time in a while he had had a chance to sit like this he decided maybe it was time to go to sleep.

((At Ahmed, I can be caught were I am to where the others are mkay...You know what I mean..Hopefully..If not..Meh just Rp my character being lazy..))

[Ryuzaki]

Finally waking up from my sleep, I awoke to see that neither of the Noahs were around now. I got up from the stump that I was sleeping on, picked up my top hat and wondered around the area.

"Those guys... leaving me like this. How long was I out anyways? I can't tell at all..." Moving the branches of the trees, I saw no one around, not even Dies nor Gabriel. "Where's Xavier when you need him... he did say he'd be here soon, I wonder what he has up his sleeves for us, it must be something out there... I would talk to the other Noah telepathically but I know Xavier doesn't like to talk like that Gabriel is too lazy to respond and Dies never responds anyways... tch..."

I lifted out my hand and felt a snow flake land on my wrist. "Snow again..." I looked up to the sky to see the air starting to fill with snow flakes. The snow flakes were very fine and soft, I almost couldn't even feel them. After trying to eat a few snow flakes I heard some footsteps near by. Peering over I saw Dies with his Akuma pet and Xavier talking together. They both noticed that I finally awoke and ceased their little conversation.

"So, is it almost time we get going then?"

[Wacer]

((your just lucky that Constantine is not by Dimitri or i would put the beat down on him ryu XD ))

With the bookman Raphael joining there group things seemed to look a lot better then they had. Still unsure of weather or not he could make a move to kill rave should they have to, any news that he could be saved was the best news he could hear on the matter. In there travels they had also picked up two more additions Crescent and Rexus. He did not know the two that well but hearing them talk about killing rave while dealing with some akuma had not given the best option of them though.

For the most part Dimitri was very detached from the group, not really saying all that much. Not that he was mad at that or anything, just the he was just normally a very quiet person.

While on there little trip to find rave Dimitri had been wanting to ask Hei something but could never bring himself to it. He was not sure what there impromptu leader though of him after what he had said

Finally he had worked up the nerve to ask and one night when they had stopped to rest for a bit. He wondered over to the group and asked hei when he was not busy.

"hei there has been something and i have been wanting to ask you about it"

Dimitri was sure that hei was a little surprised that he was actually asking something when he was normally very quiet and reserved but gave him his full attentions.

"Do you think of me as being weak for my philosophy not only on rave but on what i think of people in general. Is it really so wrong for an exorcists to think like that. I cant help but think its right but from what you have said it seems like a fail would fail at being and Exorcists or even a leader"

He knew he was putting himself out there by asking and hei might even think of him as even bigger weakling for it but he had to settle his mind so that he could go into battle with a clear head

But there convo was cut short by some level threes that decided to rain on there prade

((this happens right before the fight with the level 3))

[Kenken]

"Another one?? No thanks." Takeshi stood up and got out of the evil metal dome, and went to lay down on the snow for a while. He hated surprises like the avalanche just now, and hated much more trips like the one they took to escape from it.

"Takeshi-kun, are you ok?" Angelique asked him, sitting on the snow next to him.

"Give me 5 minutes, I'm way too dizzy to do anything." Takeshi replied in a low voice.

"Haha, I'm sorry Takeshi, it needed to be done." Said Jean as he seated down too, waiting for Takeshi to recover from the escaped.

((15 minutes later))

After waiting for Takeshi to feel better, the trio started moving north, where Takeshi said there was a town where they could rest and eat. Somehow the town escaped Rave's attacks, and it also seemed to know anything about him either, as Takeshi tried getting information in the many towns he's been.

Not long after, they came into view of the town. Walking faster, for they were hungry, they reached it within minutes. They look for an inn where they could get a room and food.Also if possible a quick shower.

"Hello there!" said the inkeeper, "Would you like some rooms?"

"Yes," Angelique answered, "one will be enough. We would also liked food if you could."

"Sure, here's your key, and you can get food in the dinning room in this floor anytime."

Helping Jean into a bed, Angelique went to take a shower as Takeshi stayed on guard. After Angelique finished, they would go downstairs to get some food, and then rest for a while before setting out.

[HolyMoon]

Rexus avoided another rain of attack from the sword of ice while trying to shoot the akuma level 3’s vitals point.

“Crescent, do something with those akuma hiding in the cloud!” yelled Rexus as he placed another Bomb to the level 3. The bullet merely scratches its ankle. ‘Tch, my power isn’t enough. I need a stronger offensive attack!’

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Crescent shot his bullets toward the cloud in random, hoping his bullets would hit something. But instead of hitting something, his bullets clear the clouds a little. Realizing this, he yelled to Rexus using his telepathy, ‘[Rexus, shoot your Bomb along with my Aero Slash].’

Then came the reply,” ‘[kay! Seesh, interrupting my fight like this...]”

They both shot their Bullets at the same time to the sky. The two bullets met each other and made their way toward the cloud and exploded there. As the sky cleared a bit, they could see what’s hidden in the clouds now.

“There you are.” Crescent shot his Unicorn Wings towards the level 2, who was the one responsible for creating those swords of ice. But it easily dodged it and threw a very big ice toward Crescent instead. Crescent quickly jumped to avoid the ice, but when it smashed into the ground, it shattered and showered them with sharp ices.

“Damn it!” Being the closest one to the rock of ices, Crescent couldn’t react perfectly in time to dodge them and hurt his leg ‘If only my bullets are faster…,’ he thought.

[ Damage taken by Crescent : -3 ]

“If only my bullets are stronger…,” muttered Rexus. He was breathing heavily at the moment. He had successfully hurts the level 3 on several parts, but it seems it was just enjoying the entertainment given to him, and this pissed Rexus a lot.

He charges toward the level 3 again. This time, his Innocence reacted by glowing gray in color and his eyes glint in realization as he learn his new abilities, the level 2 of his Explosions!

“Time to get serious now we?” asked the akuma level 3, innocently. Its hand starts to glow brown light and the earth began to shake madly.

“Wha.. what?!” said Crescent, surprised as the earth began to part and sucking everything in 1 mile. ‘It’s the works of the level 3!’ As he saw his friends drawn towards the part, another rain of ice fell on them. ‘No, I don’t want to see anyone dying in front of my eyes anymore!’

He shot his bullets in desperation and formed a big Blood Cage that held the ice. This time, it was formed faster and it didn’t shatter as it was when they were fighting a level 2 in