(OOC:sorry for the misunderstanding people)
Dark Wolf followed his master's orders and imedeinently teleported to Europe,"send out all avalible units to find, and trap The Rising Dragon. Then, Maya wants him brought to her. she wants him ALIVE."

~Reidou Ruins~

Behind the massive door was an Ancient. He was covered in silvery-white armor that resembled the armor of a knight, and he had long red hair that reached his ankles. He was slightly pale, much like Juno, and had cords jacked into his spine, elbows, and the backs of his knees. He had large silver wings on his back that looked similar to the wings of an angle. He seemed to be in the fetal position as he hung a good 9-feet off the floor. He appeared to be sleeping, or maybe even deceased. Due to his armor one couldn’t tell if he was breathing, which almost made him look dead. Suddenly his eyes shot open, and he stared down at the 3 Ancients. “So, the war has come,” the cords launched out of him, and he landed gracefully on his feet, “and the Ancients still stand.” The man stood at 6’2, about the same height of Kouken.

"The feel would be different, that it true," Ondal said, "As it is, He is still just as dangerous as the enemies you face now. Should Maya bring Ziatoch the Rising Dragon, it is doubtful He would keep His word if it were a deal. He would wait, and when the time comes, He would have her struck down. Do not be surprised if He actually comes to your aid during this war."

Ondal looked down at the floor, looking tired. "But also remember, you will be in His way as well. Do not be surprised if He comes to Maya's aid as well."

Ondal looked back up at Juno. "Perhaps we can benefit each other, MegaMan Juno. I need someone to help guide the Dragon on the path to unlocking his power and his memory. You seek knowledge of the Dark Balance. I can be of aid there," he offered.

===At Shayol Ghul===

The Child looked down upon the black tower of Xobelisk from one of the four Demon Spires, his ragged clothing fluttering in the wind. "The end of the Age has arrived," he said in a small voice, "And now you plan to give the Ancient access? A bold move, but risky as well."

It is necessary, Ondal replied in a mental link, We have been on the Isle for much too long. It is foolish to think that mortals are not gaining in power. It is the only way.

"Are you sure, Ondal?" the Child whispered, "The Library is too great a place. The knowledge could very well destroy him."

I am confident he will be fine. His power is unlike any other. He would be perfect to aid the Dragon and the Host.

"Very well, Artisan Ondal," the Child said, "Thy will be done, thy kingdom come, after all."

~Reidou Ruins~
"I understand" the anceint replied and walked over to 2 huge doors, he placed his hand on them and the doors opened, beyond them was a huge room filled with thousands upon thousands of idenicle reaverbots, "Elitro activate" suddently all the reavers stood up at about 5'10
"Yes master Sammule" they all replied.

"...I am rather hungry," Matt suddenly remarked.

"Okay..." Hugo answered, not really caring.

Matt unshouldered his backpack, and dug into it briefly. "Okay, we may have a problem. Almost all our food is out."

"Good thing we're near a town, huh?" Alasea said, "It shouldn't be too much of a problem to get some."

R.D. glanced over at Alasea. "One, I think people are going to freak if our little ragtag band of misfits march into town leading a small platoon of Reaverbots, and two, this place isn't completely demolished like half the known world," he said, "So how do you propose we PAY for this food?"

Alasea rolled her eyes. "My parents were, if anything, rich. They're will had it so their fortune is inherited by me, seeing how they knew I wouldn't blow it all in one place," she explained patiently to R.D., "So don't worry about money. It's all on me."

She gave him an evil grin, still miffed about his sexist comment from earlier, "Though it's totally unchivalrous to make a lady pay, you know," she teased.

R.D. simply rolled his eyes. "Don't think I can't take you in a fight," he warned.

"I have Reaverbots now."

"Mine are bigger, and I have Lumiya."

"... touché," Alasea muttered sullenly. "I'll pay for the food, just don't expect me to carry it all."

A large shape rose out of the shadows on the horizon, seemingly twisting the darkness around it. The night sky seemed lighter, comparitively.

"Wonder what that is," Kalmar thought, standing in his boat to stare at the floating castle on the horizon.

"Or who owns it, for that matter."

----With HER!! >.< ----

The redheaded woman stepped out from behind a tree, her green eyes glowing contemptuously. She waved her hand in the air, and a blueish trail appeared, moving through the forest towards the ocean.

"You can run, my dear... but you can't hide."

She slowly stepped forward, following the trail on it's ever steady course to Kalmar.

"I did not say guardian," Ondal explained, "I said guide. Someone who can help him tap into his power and teach him to be a leader for when he enters the war, as he WILL enter it."

Ondal looked at Vagabond briefly, before returning his gaze to Juno. "Think on it. The offer is still open. The Library of the Isle contains more knowledge than anything even Elysium holds. There, you will find the answers to Kuro, and perhaps weaknesses in the Seven Beasts and Maya."

He finally turned to Vagabond. "You will do what, now, Vagabond?" he asked politely.

===On Kattelox===

Something suddenly shot through R.D.'s mind like a lightning bolt.

"Look alive, guys," he growled, "We've got company."

Edited by RisingDragon on November 9, 2006 at 18:47:59.

Matt pointed his finger over his shoulder. "Bang."

An explosive shot suddenly launched from his fingertip and detonated at the ground where the horde was located, kicking up dust and chunks of rock.

"F*** you." Matt promptly swung at the shadow monster's head, with enough force to take it clean off.

"LET'S ROCK!" Hugo whooped, firing a powerful shot at another monster's body.

"Robots! Attack!" R.D. shouted, alerting his Reaverbots to charge into the fray, further disrupting the group of shadow creatures.

Just why am I called the Rising Dragon, anyways? he wondered as he drew one Phase Blade and slammed it into the hilt of the other. He pulled the fused weapons out and squeezed the hilt, causing the blades of the Phase Lance to extend. The amnesiac teen readied himself for battle as he spun the weapon overhead and brought it down into a combat stance.

===Within the Main Gate===

Ondal also watched Vagabond closely, his line of thought unknowingly mirroring Juno's. The man puzzled the Artisan. Finally he asked, not unkindly, "Do you have any experience in the field of untapped potential?"

Matt widened his eyes at the attacking monsters. "Big F***ing Eye Laser!"

From his eyes, two thick beams of golden energy shot forth at the creatures, seeking to incinerate them.

R.D. swung himself and slashed his Phase Lance around in a circle at one of the beasts that leapt at him, and used his free hand to start firing Light Beams at another. "I told Lee the same thing, we're no easy meat!" he snarled.

Alasea unsheathed her own weapons and ordered her Reaverbots to aid the group, then leapt at her foes. Hope my Reverser Strike works on these guys as well, she thought as she tore into the ranks of shadow creatures.

When the rest of the monsters showed up, however, he couldn't help it.

"God dammit!" R.D. swore at the incoming horde.

===Within the Main Gate===

"We shall see," Ondal replied, "I will have to observe you more as time goes on. But I believe you have good intentions. If you wish, you may aid in R.D.'s current battle, but no more than that. Should I give you permission to guide him, I will take you to him personally. Do we have an agreement, Vagabond?"

Edited by RisingDragon on November 9, 2006 at 19:23:34.

"That doesn't look good," Hsien-Ko deadpanned, in a rare moment of dry wit.

"I'LL take care of this!" Matt chambered his fists, and began drawing energy. "Megaton..."

Hugo raised his pickaxe. "I'LL take care of this, you mean!" He slammed his pickaxe down, and torrents of cold overtook his small body, changing his helmet and shoes to a cool blue. He dismissed the cold torrent with a wave of his pickaxe, pointed it at the horde. "Let's go!"

"Is that who I think it is?" Hsien-Ko asked, glancing at Vagabond's direction.

"It's a total showoff, if that's what you're asking," Hugo muttered.

The dark form of Ziatoch sat on the Throne of Souls, His red eyes staring. But His eyes saw nothing of the Throne. In reality, He watched the battle between the Dragon, the Host, and Donovan's latest monster. He was mildly intrigued by the interloper, but not overly concerned.

He then felt something enter His lair.

Is there something you require? He inquired.

The being that stepped onto the platform wore a black hooded cloak. It did not speak, but merely turned its head to the side slightly.

Very well, Ziatoch said to His guest, Do as you see fit. You know not to mention a word of Me should you be captured.

The being stood straighter, as if it were insulted. Ziatoch chuckled. Indeed you would not. I do not doubt your abilities, avatar. Go. Use the shadows.

The being nodded to his master, and was suddenly gone.

===At Kattelox===

The cloaked figure stepped out from the shadow of a tree and watched as the red-armored figure confronted the leader of the group of minions that had been slaughtered. It looked down at the group, flanked by Reaverbots. It stared at R.D. and Matt in particular.

It raised a hand out of its cloak and snapped its fingers, and a multitude of demons appeared around the group, snarling and raring to battle.

Down on the battlefield, R.D. swore. "Well this isn't good," he muttered under his breath. He had barely had a chance to react to Vagabond's emergence and the destruction of the group of shadow beings when another set of monsters appeared.

Alasea looked up on the hill the interloper stood on. It waved its hand, and the demonic horde converged on the group.

===Within the Main Gate===

"A strange one, this Vagabond is," Ondal murmured, "So secretive. He never did agree to my terms before he left."

The Artisan turned back to the Ancient. "So, Juno, I know you have an obligation to your obligation, but I believe you may find the knowledge waiting at the Library of the Isle quite useful. We have much information of Kuro stored there, though I do not know if some of it was damaged by the previous Age."

A thought came to Ondal, and he cursed inwardly. He is here? That monster was supposed to have been destroyed completely.

"I must make my leave now, Juno. The offer is still open. Should you desire to enter the Library, call my name and I shall appear. May the Light shine on you, Master Key of Kattelox," Ondal bid his farewell, bowing. With a thought, he disappeared.

"Oh, this just keeps getting BETTER and BETTER!" Matt spat, hands bright with power. "All right then! Boys, I'm servin' up a nice, hot pan of HUMBLE pie!"

He threw his hands foward. "Get it while it's HOT!"

The Megaton Cannon made its grand entrance, erupting from Matt's palm as a bold, powerful beam of streaking blue energy, fired at their various enemies.

Meanwhile, Hugo slammed his pickaxe to the ground head-first, and from that point, jagged towers of ice burst forth in a large wave toward the monsters. "Frost Tower!

R.D. nodded and readied his weapon. As he dove forward into the mass of creatures, he noticed the ground shake as Matt's Megaton Cannon vaporized a swathe of monsters, and Hugo's ice attack shred another large group, while his Reaverbots trailed behind him, wrecking their own kind of mechanical havoc.

The being in the cloak watched passively as the group tore into the group of monsters. And as if it were some sick game, with another snaps of its fingers, another horde of demons appeared around the group, nearly twice the size of the first group of demons it had summoned.

Back on the battlefield, R.D. and Alasea danced a tight circle with their backs to each other, their blades slashing through the ranks of monsters that pressed closer.

A particularly large beast, with massive arms, a dumb face, and a strange cart strapped to its back, lumbered up behind Matt and swung its large arms, while a group of imps began throwing spells at the two sisters while they made short teleport leaps around them.

Matt felt the attack coming and leapt up, swinging around and delivering a hard roundhouse to the beast in mid-air.

It was then that he caught side of the cloaked figure. There you are, you little bastard...

Now in battle mode, Hsien-Ko spread her arms to their full length and swung around quickly, like a bladed tornado. Her claws extended, attached to chains, in order to better attack her assailants.

Edited by The Helldragon on November 9, 2006 at 23:46:50.

Ultima slowly made his way out of the forest covered in dirt and leaves he arrived before a town surrounded by a giant pool of water."Aw damnit can't I ever get a break?!"he fell over backwards and stared up at the sky.

(OOC: Yo, Juno, tone Vagabond down a little. I don't want to keep adding monsters.)

The cloaked figure watched as Matt's kick, combined with Vagabond's attack, obliterated the lumbering beast. With a twitch of its fingers, a pair of winged female demons, much like Cora, descended from the air at Matt, their hands sporting vicious claws. Another snap, and an even larger group of monsters surged onto the battlefield.

It then turned to the snake creature and stared at it. With a look, it dismissed the creature as a weak tool. It turned away and continued watching the battle.

With a quick plan, R.D. had Alasea step up onto his blade. Using a burst of strength from Lumiya, he used his Lance to vault the girl through the air. She made a whooping cry as she cut down some flying monsters and landed nimbly on one of Matt's Karumuna Bashes, and quickly seated herself. As the Reaverbot charged through the fray, Alasea used her blades to strike down enemies it missed in its charge.

R.D. quickly cut his way through the pack. He too had spotted the cloaked figure. After a spot of frustration, R.D. used his superweapon's elemental powers to launch a flurry of fireballs, ice bolts, and tines of lightning at a pair of large demons wielding human corpses at clubs, then charged up the hill at the figure. He split his Lance into the two Phase Blades as the figure drew a black sword.

"Here, boy!" Matt shouted at his other Bash, which promptly came running in. Leaping on it, he drew his Vorpal Sword, and ran through the crowd, skewering monsters. "This is startin' to get old!"

Hugo was just laughing maniacally as he reveled in the carnage he was causing, his powerful ice attacks easily defeating his enemies.

Hsien-Ko, meanwhile, was surfing through the crowd on one of her own hovering Reaverbots, slicing and dicing on her own.