Aftermath of the Mission (Xex. Jisenki, Riko, Lock.)

On an unusually warm morning, the breeze wrapped and circled in the air. A man stood alone wearing dark clothing which included a cloak that had a hood, dark sandals that revealed his bare feet, and black gloves. It would obvious to anyone that this person was trying to not be seen well. Luckily for him, the early morning darkness provided its own brilliant cloak that kept him well camoflaged. Why was this person standing here so suspiciously? He was actually waiting for a small group to find him. Timing seemed to be great. It wasn't too early or too late and he expected their arrival at any minute. This man, this man named Kisuke, was very confident about what had happened with his plans. The reason being: he was watching silently from the shadows, simply observing the battles between a hired hand and a team of Sentou warriors. Kisuke was very pleased. The mission was a success and all went according to plan. As a slight breeze whistled through the air, Kisuke made a slight grunt. This grunt, however, was one of pleasure. That small group of warriors may prove useful in the future. I'll be sure to hire them more often for missions and tasks that I have. Now, all that is left to do is wait....wait for the team to show up and deliver me my prey. As time continued to pass, Kisuke continued to wait, simply remaining patient and thinking deep clear thoughts about the future.

The fight went very well. The team managed to defeat Xexame although they didn't kill him. He did lose an arm though and was forced to surrender. In the end, only one other warrior was defeated in battle while the others were left to tend to her the hired warriors fled through the forest with Xexame in hand.

Rals led the group that he belonged to with Xexame in hand. Each step he took was slow and steady, reflecting his calm attitude. He looked down at his feet and noticed the darkening surface. He felt odd at that moment and realized that something bad was going to happen in the future. He slowed down his pace a bit, not worried about the ominous feeling that he had, but because of his tired condition. The toll of carrying a fully grown male for such a long distance took its toll. He lay down the unconscious Xexame on the ground with the hopes of catching his breath. For the first time, he showed that he could be tired and that he was still ordinary...at least to an extent.

Suddenly, he noticed a man that was barely visible; hidden in the shadows of the surroundings and the early morning.

"Is that you? The one who employed us?"

There were long pauses between Rals words, as he inhaled and exhaled slowly to catch his breath. When he had placed the unconscious person down, he kneeled down, but as he saw this well-hidden person he began to stand to his feet in case more fighting was required of him.

As Kisuke walked forward a bit, it seemed as though the shadows parted and allowed the others to see his identity. Meanwhile, Havoc hovered nearby, stopping some distance away from the others, being at the very back of the group. As usual, he had a tremendous grin on his face and remnants of blood stained his cheeks. He landed and, on all four feet, crawled up to Kisuke, sniffing him heavily as he circled around him. Kisuke made a annoyed face but let it pass as he looked to Rals and revelaed his face by letting down the hood on his cloak. Havoc smiled more than before and back up a little, making an action that was appeared to be similar to a bow.

"It really is you! Zero. We did as you requested."

Kisuke looked away from Rals for a moment and turned to Havoc although he did so barely, making only his eyes shift rather than his entire body.

"Indeed you have. You all have. As promised, I have the payment that you all have worked diligently for."

Kisuke pulled out the money that he had promised and handed it out to Rals to pass along to Sara and Akira. He then looked at the unconcious Xexame and tendrils of shadow began to surround him. As they vanished, so too did the body. He turned away for a moment. It seemed as though he would disappear at that moment, but he didn't. Instead, he stood there for a moment or so with silence that seemed to linger.

"If you all wish...you may join me as I head back to the place that I call home. I always have tasks that need to be performed if you ever wish to work."

He began to walk off with a slow pace.

"As for you two Kagemaru and Havoc, I would like you to return with me. I have something that I need to speak about with you two."

He departed into the darkness of the trail. He gave one final call to everyone that stood behind him.

"I must warn you to make haste on whatever you all choose to do. I doubt that Sentou Gakuin will just sit back and wait while a student from their school gets taken away. They'll retaliate with much greater numbers and much higher ranked warriors."

Havoc followed closely behind as he hovered down the trail again. He snickered a bit as he left after Kisuke.

Kagemaru followed along with his gun still in hand from the recent battle. The expression that appeared to be of anger had not faded from his face although that was the same expression that he had most of the time. Without any question or signs of denial, he walked away without so much as a goodbye. This was Kagemaru though. It was expected of him to seem to be the cold loner that would never let anyone understand him. If you were to ask him, he would claim that its not that he doesn't let people understand him, but its that people could never be able to understand him. Through many years of pain and emotional scars, he has come to not have much trust for people. This was true especially for humans.

For these reasons, he would continue to follow this demon known as Kisuke until he learned about what his goal in life is and his destiny.

OOC: I'll wait for Lockheart before I reply since the stuff that Rals would say makes more sense if the leader was present

Akira came walking up with an added spring to her step. As usual, Akira was happier than everyone else...everyone else besides Havoc that is, and had the most enthusiasm of everyone. She was in the center of the group, so she had heard about the plan for them to be hired to do more jobs. She looked at her teammates and gave a look that almost seemed to say, why not. In her mind, Akira believed that the job they had just done was more than satisfactory, and that they could each get more money if they do more jobs. Of couse, they would also be evading the option of having to deal with boredom. "So guys....whaddya think? Wouldn't you like to do this job?" From the way she spoke with a tone that would only be used by small children, it seemed as though her question should have been stated as a suggestion instead. As she looked to her allies, she gave a pitiful yet cute looking smile, which added to the fact that her question was more like a suggestion.

Rals had to admit that he, himself, was excited too although he didn't show it. He placed his left hand in his pocket and leaned against a nearby tree in order to think about what to do. Though he did really want to do another job, he figured that rest would be best for the moment. He walked over to Sara and flicked her ears a little, not really knowing whether or not she liked this.

"Well thanks for asking me gorgeous. I don't think that we should do another mission so soon though. Don't get me wrong. I love to fight and I am starting to get a little bored, but I think that resting and getting a bite to eat might be the best things to do. Personally, I think that it might be dangerous if we do too many missions against Sentou Gakuin so closely together. They'll start to hate us more than they probably hate us now and will begin to actually hunt us. We'll have bounties for ourselves and life as we know it won't be the same. To be perfectly honest, I think that person will turn us into criminals."

Rals was simply giving suggestions although his lack of emotion to his voice displayed a lack of worry that the others probably picked up on.

"I'm not saying that this bothers me, but I'm just saying that we should wait a day or so for the next mission. Wouldn't you agree?"

Rals looked at Akira but walked directly beside Sara. He then looked at her and touched her shoulders, moving down to her back and lower ever so slowly. His aim was to touch....

Akira laughed while Sara and Rals flirted with each other. As expected, she was more than excited about Rals suggestion although it wasn't the rest and healing that she was happy about. She was mostly happy just because they could go to Nyukyoto. "Wow!! GREAT IDEA!!" She ran Sara closer to Rals and hugged both of them at the same. "You guys sure know how to make good decisions. I would have NEVER thought about Nyukyoto!" She released her grip of the two, which was surprisingly tighter than she realized. She was so happy that she was actually squeezing Rals and Sara close to her in what was probably an uncomfortable way. "Let's go there now!! C'mon. Nyukyotoooo......AWAITS!!" Akira charged off down the Eternal Pathway, not realizing that she was using more of her ninja speed than her average running speed. Unfortunately, she ran off in the wrong direction and was heading back towards Sentou Gakuin. She stopped after running about 140 meters. Afterwards, she darted back to her best friends and stood quiet for a moment. It was unbelievable. She looked at them and gave a childish smile. "Uh, guys. I hate to say this, but uhhhhh....I don't really know where Nyukyoto is." She grabbed Rals arm and tugged on it with more vigor than necessary. "You used to live near there right? Please tell me you know the way!"

OOC: I'll make the next topic there.