Tatsuo find's Imeri's head and meets Aoki

The girl stood slowly, making her way over to Imeri and standing in front of the older woman allowing her to wrap her arms around her if she so pleased. The young child had been doing a lot of thinking lately, the majority of which was not entirely pleasant.

But still, that wasn't Imeri's fault, nor the fault of anyone that she was still in contact with on a daily basis. Her eyes darted over to Tatsuo briefly as she embraced her adoptive mother, curious about him and what it was that made him seem so sombre and depressed. The horns, which she had seen several times over the course of the last few months, were interesting in her opinion, but she always wondered where and why the dark cloud that hovered over him never seemed to go away.

"Miss Imeri, I think I need to practice." she exclaimed suddenly and without notice nor context, clasping her hands in front of her and nodding slowly. "Every time I use magick, I get super tired and sore afterwards... Like I'm using too much mana, or I'm just not used to it..."
(Terria Corignis)

Imeri looked at Terria and smiled as she wlaked closer to hug her adopted mother. She picked Terria up and moved her on her lap before embracing her in gentle, motherly hug with one arm, while another moved and tried to pull Tatsuo as well, to show that she wasn't leaving him out and that she cared about all of her children.

She kept smiling and trying to keep her family as happy as possible despite fighting her own problems, some involving recent ill news of her old friend, Leonard passing away and of her firstborn daughter being kidnapped. First weeks were an complete night mare for her, especially with the fact that the circle of ones that she knew began to slowly shrink.

Her insane plans began to slowly take form as she spent weeks over weeks in library, going through endless tomes while seeking knowledge she would need to begin her expeditions to gather ingridients required to brew potion she desired to create. Witch herself sighed and looked at Terri as she spoke, soon smiling faintly and speaking.

"You do need to practice alot, thats how I kept doing it, I can help you with practice of course but rest is your own involvment sweetie. Easiest way is to daily practice with your magic, use fire and earth with or without your stick and try to lift stones and rocks, as well as try to spark flames above your palm or above the stick itself. It took me long years to reach my point..."

She said calmly before trying to kiss Terrias and Tatsuo forehead before looking at her son and speaking with calm and caring voice. "Cheer up my handsome horned young man, I will begin taking measurements soon to begin my work over your prosthetic leg, if needed I will ask Arryn to help me with it but I promise Tatsuo, you will have new leg in few years time." she said before deciding to sigh quietly and move her hands to pet her childrens head gently.
(Imeri Ryozo)

Tatsuo began to look down upon himself everytime he saw Terria. Tatsuo didn't like the fact that his mother was up and adopting a total stranger to be his sister. Sometimes Tatsuo thinks that his mother is trying to fill the void that his sister left. He couldn't easily remove the felling since it was too hard. Him and Yuzu were triplets along with Ru. Everytime he looked in the mirror it was as if he was looking at Yuzu's face and it felt horrible everytime. Tatsuo wanted to forget it all, but couldn't with the constant reminders of that day. From his horns to his leg, it all reminded him of that day of failing and losing his sister. Everyone around him feels guilty about the lost and blames themself, but it was he would push the most on himself since his aunt wanted Yuzu and Tatsuo not to come, but he wanted them to go anyway, so they could help their mother from her curse.

After being hugged,kissed, and talked to by his mother, Tatsuo stood up with his crutches and walked away saying that he would talk to his mother later. he couldn't bare the feeling of replacing Yuzu with someone else.
(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)

(Inter vention and this skips a few hours)


Tatsuo questioned himself about everything. He felt absolutly worthless. He felt as if he shouldn't gotten up today. Katai was the only person he felt high respect for other then his parents. He loved his family in a whole, but couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of Katai and his accomplishments. Katai became something as close as their parents, but Tatsuo wasn't nearly as strong. Tatsuo felt a deep and wide gap between the strengths of himself and Katai. To Katai that gap was as small as the distance between a brick to the ground. To Tatsuo it was more like a gap after an earthquake happened.

Tatsuo didn't want to say anything at first. He wanted to remained slient and distant. He wanted to remain cold and gastly, but he knew if he made Katai wait it would only cause a scene. He tried to suck it all up and show him, but even that was a challenge. Tatsuo tried to remember a time where he and Katai were on good terms with each other with out the fear and worry of the dangers of the world.

Tatsuo took in a deep breath. He looked around to his mother then back to himself. Tatsuo's world felt like it was being broken apart piece by piece as he though of the reaction Katai might give if he found out. Every possibility came to mind. So many were bad and very few were good. The worst was if Katai would get angry at him and scream saying that he was stupid and worthless being he ever called a brother. In Tatsuo's mind that was the worst thing Kata could have said, but the nicest was if he said "You think that is something to kep from me? Im just glad you came back alive". Either way Tatsuo felt like he failed in terms with his older brother. He couldn't protect eeryone on the mission and he couldn't eve protect himself.

Tatsuo focused back on reality, he took another deep breath then exhaled and then removed his cloak from around his legs. The moment seemed simple, quiet, and bright. Tatsuo looked back to his side and didn't know Katai would say when he would see this.

As Tatsuo sat on the bench weither he said anything or not, Tatsuo spoke spoke softtly.

"....I lost it fighting the Imperfect Fairy King along with Auntie Vareline, Big Sister Nuala, and Big Sister Kiara......A few minutes before they landed the final strike he cut off my leg...."
(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)

"It's good to see you Grand Crusader, I would like to talk to you about recent events that happened. I know that Kiara's capture must be hard for you, but I want you to know that everything in the power of the republic will be used to try and get her back, and bring those responsible to Justice. Kiara is important to me, she has done a lot for the sake of goodness and I promise I will fight until my last breath to see you safe. "

"I want to discuss a plan of action in Danarium to try show some solidarity, Tilandre has enough problems to deal with in recovery, it will be long, but for the sake of the republic and for the sake of Valmecia as a whole, justice must be had."

"Will you work with us to see your kin safe again, no matter the cost it takes? Kiara is like a sister to me, and my blood is boiling at any thought of some vampire having her way with her...it's going to die a brutal death for what is has done to her....."
(Rynoa Warsong)

Imeri was about to tell her son and husband that she was about to go and talk with her student about private metters when suddenly Rynoa aproached her and began to speak with her. What surprised her was that she did not speak of anything involving the elections as she expected, instead she spoke of the recent events.

Imeri listened to Rynoa as she spoke, with her eyes narrowing slowly, waiting until she would finish. Witch would stare at Rynoa in silence with as her her own thoughts began to fight within her mind, making it harder for her to respond. She needed a good moment to snap out of her thoughts before she would finally respond.

"What plan do you have in mind and what you exactly expect from me exactly? I need to know before I will be able to give you my answer. But know this that I will not stop until my daughter is either freed or the killer and kidnnappers are dead...its not only about my daughter though...its about Leonard and Republic as well..." she then fell silent while waiting for Rynoas response.
(Imeri Ryozo)


She smiled.....

"Tilandre has declared war on Lionhold, one that will be set to destroy all of them in one fatal swoop. We will need to have a search for Feithan in *every* state of the country. We can discuss more in Danarium, you and I need to speak with the champion on legal terms. You will be involved, if Kiara's life isn't forfeit by the end, the republic will move for trials for most of the people involved, but this war will end up killing a lot of them. We can make a task force to limit the amount of casualties a war would bring, Lionhold is small, a swift pack of elite soldiers could easily whip them into submission."

"We will need to know nostvale's involvement in this, Feithan was *with the king* of nostvale during the trial, they might have history together, one that will need to be checked and reviewed with permission of the king...."

"You make motions to lead in Danarium, it would be much more fitting if you were there, than here...."
(Rynoa Warsong)


Tatsuo waited for a little while after seeing his mother off to go to Danarium with her associate. Tatsuo didn't know why but the woman seemed a bit strange, but he didn't want to put any thought on it as it would just make him a bit sadder to see his mother off. He wanted to wish his mother luck in her quest, but she was already gone. Soon later, Tatsuo could help but feel a bit hungry since he neer ate anything andjust left out the door like normal.

Tatsuo felt as if he would need to go home and get some rest. Luckily for Tatsuo he knew where he and his mother had walked to get to Tilandre. He got up from his seating position on the benches and grabbed his crutches and set off back home. On the bridges Tatsuo made sure to take it slow to ensure he didn't break the boards or did he fall from the rocking.

After a few minutes of walking on the rocky bridges Tatsuo made it back into town. With a few glances he noticed his sister that he hadn't seen in a very long time. He wanted to say hello for a little while before he went home.
(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)



Power.....

This word echoed into Tatsuo head like a lightning bolt. He didn't know why or how he heard this oice, but it seemed to know something about power. Tatsuo talked to himself for a moment only to stop after going to the market.

The air around the market was thin and light. He took a deep breath from the clean air and looked around and saw the family and friends of those who lived in the town of Byson. Tatsuo only lived here for a few months and it didn't seem to change much from when he first came with Gianna. He didn't think he would ever see anything change in the longest time. Tatsuo took another deep breath and this time he took it slow. The air smelled of earl tea and lemons. Tatsuo laid upon the benches of the market center and looked up to the birhgt blue sky. It was the middle of the day and the sun was on the right hand side of the sky. Tatsuo looked around and saw nothing that would interest him so early in the day. It had been a about a day or so since his mother left to Danarium with one of the associates he had never really known.

Tatsuo looked down to his stubble that was once his left leg and frowned. Tatsuo wanted his mother to hurry and make his new leg so he wouldn't have to keep crutching around and hide his disability from everyone. He wanted to walk again like he did before he was 12. It had been 4 years since he was on that old island of fairies. He didn't want to begin remembering the past since it would make him feel worst when Katai was already trying to put him back on his feet. He was already broken down about the whole ordeal, but he was just happy that his mother was alright again. He wasn't sure how to place his feelings after so long, because his mother is back from her curse, but they both hadn't had time to have mother-son bonding time when so much time has passed and alot of work was put on his mother's shoulders. He wouldn't want to bother his mother about work or how she lied, but he wanted to hang out with her, but whaat kid didn't want that?

Tatsuo was 15 now and he had changed his hair himself to reveal more of his face. He had cut the strands of hair from in front of his face, so he could see more and he moved his head closer to his forehead as to try and conseal his horns as best as he could. This look was only a bit different from his original look of shaggy hair and rough ends. Tatsuo though of his old look a bit outdated and overused. He started to twiddle with his small strand of hair left on his face and played with it as if it was some kind of play thing. Tatsuo twiddled it somemore before he got tire of it and decided to do something productive, but couldn't think of a thing. His brother Johnathan hadn;t shown him any new water spells since before the incident ad he had been to the library almost everyday and learned nothing new and still nothing on the different type of magic he wanted to learn. To Tatsuo he only knew how to use 2 different types of magic; Water and a bit of fire. Tatsuo hadn't learned anything else since, but he was trying to make his water abilities stronger and stronger, but he didn't reach the kind of strength he dreamed of. It was as if something was holding him back, but he didn't know what.

Tatsuo closed his eyes lightly and tried to think of a way to keep himself from being bored. As he thought he heard a few rustles from a nearby bush and a few words. When he opened his eyes he began to see red hair and red eyes. From a clear look Tatsuo looked nd saw Gianna. He hadn't known why she was coming through the bushes, but he didn't care. He hadn't seen Gianna for a bit since she went on a small adventure on her own. She and Tatsuo's family never got to meet her since she was always all over the place and never in the same place twice in a row. Tatsuo rose up from his seat and smiled toward saying hello and good afternoon.

Gianna didn't seem in a large talking mood seeing as she was hiding or playing around as she normally did. Tatsuo couldn't help but feel a bit shy toward her again thinking she had changed so much in the first few months of living in Byson.

Tatsuo looked back toward the gates of Byson and then back to Gianna. She seemed to be more in a fantastic mood after he said hello. He knew that they would be able to at least leae town for a moment to see the treehouse near the riverbank that seemed similar to the one near Danarium. Tatsuo grabbed Gianna's arm and walked her out of Town toward the treehouse. Tatsuo was estatic to see the treehouse Gianna could possibly live in like she did in Danarium. He thought that she might be more use to living in the treehouse than in a city anyway. When Tatsuo looked around in the forest he took a bit smile and did't look where he was going, but Gianna would let him know if he would hit something or someone.

When Tatsuo left town it wasn't long before he had gotten a small of rotten flesh. It stunk wildly and it was getting stronger. With the problem of the smell Tatsuo wanted to find the source and get rid of it. When Tatsuo moved the side of some bushes away and reveled a bit of the smells source. When Tatsuo looked he saw a few strands of Pink hair and a sword close to it. He started to feel sick to think that Yokai were leaving heads around when they ate people. He was afraid of it entirely since he didn't like dead in a whole, but he had to at least bury the head. The worst part about ti was that the head smelled like it been there for a few hours baking in the sun. Tatsuo walked closer to the head and tilted it his way to see how long it had been there really and who it was. He didn't expect it to be anyone from town, not alot of people had pink hair other than his motherm but his mother went to Danarium with her assosiate. Tatsuo started to tilt the head more and more and it seemed alot famiar then different to him. When he forced the head to look straight at him, Tatsuo felt like he would throw up a whole horse, because the head he saw belonged to his mother. Tatsuo didn't know what to do, his head was full of emotions nn which he thought were real. He wish that he was dreaming and that this was a dream.

Looking back at the head of his dead mother, Tatsuo looked at it and couldn't help but scream.

" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Tatsuo kept screaming and kept yelling at the top of his lungs hoping that someone would come and help him out of what happened, but no one came.

Looking at the head Tatsuo kept panting and breathing heavily as if he was looking as his nightmares in their dark faces and he didn't look away.

Tatsuo kept looking at the head of his mother frozen in fear of who might hae done this. In his head, Tatsuo looked confused, angry, horrified, and full of sorrow. He looked around to find someway to get himself out of here, out of this illusion, but nothing was there. Tatsuo looked at the decapitated head more and more and seemed to talk for a moment.

"Why...."

Tatsuo's eyes darkened as his mind began to break. He was morified to the sight of something so sickening and gored. More time passed and Tatsuo recieved no help at all. He began to hear voices in his head and his horns began to burn him.

"Another dead because of you.....you are nothing......you are letting your family die......first Jennifer......then Yuzu.....now....your mother is dead.....all....because.....of....you...."

Tatsuo didn't like the voice's tone. It seemed dark and eerie. Tatsuo held his head more as the voice spoke and left eerie thoughts in his train of thought.

"All....your....fault.....All...your...fault....ALL YOUR FAULT!!!"

Tatsuo began screaming again and this time it was more like a howl then anything. He screamed so loud that the nearby Yokai could hear him, si they decided to attack him. Tatsuo began to completel lose his mind. His head was drumming, his eyes were running with tears of sorrow, his horns began to burn him from inside his brain, and he wasn't recieveing any help.

Tatsuo was mourtified due to the lost of yet another family member. Was this his destiny? Was his life to soon become alone with no one in his family? Who would be next? His father? Katai? Johnathan? Nuala? Kiara? himself? or Gianna? He began to cry out more and more as he began to realize his reality of forever being a death magnent. His deathly howls could almost be heard from Byson itself.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAMA!!!!!! MAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)

As the wind howls and the trees blistin. A small Ookami girl standing at around 5'3 in height and 14 of age. She seemed to be looking around for a perfect person to take and rob.


Or atleast that's what she was planning. she wasn't really sure on how she was gonna rob someone. Being she was only 14 and armed with a small dagger.
While she walked around the Bysongrove woods. She heard...Screaming?"

She began to move towards the source of the sound moving through the trees as her sight gazed on a young boy, no older looking then 15. Huh he was kinda...cute too. But besides that she shook that thought out of her head and slowly walked up to him. With a dagger in hand she seemed to have it behind her.

"H-hey uhh...whatcha screaming bout?" She'd asked looking at him. What was she doing?! You don't try to talk to the person your trying to rob!

For some reason though she seemed...interested in what he was screaming about...and wanted to see if she could help him.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)

All your fault......All your fault........All your fault..All your fault.....All your fault.....All your fault.......All your fault!!!!!


Thats all Tatsuo could hear in his mind as his screams got louder and more blood curdling. He hadn't known so much pain ever in his life. The sorrow, the anger, and the lost. Tatsuo was feeling every negative emotion anyone could ever experience.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHH! AH AHA AH AH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! AAHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

Tatsuo's tears ran down his face almost like a river. Tatsuo's min began to more and more like mush. His tears began to run more and more downard, ever flowing, unchanging, and wet.

Tatsuo had lost yet another family member. It was as if he was a eath magnet. Who eer saw him last ended up dead. Tatsuo eyes began to burn and his horns began to have an after glow of depravity. His body began to glow with qua blue flow around around him as if his body's mana was turning inside out.

His mana started to flow downward into the ground itself. The air became moist and the grass around him began to die out. The grass turned from a grassy emerald green to a dirt brown. Water began to flow around the grass and built up around Tatsuo's body.

To most who saw this they would think he was casting water to flood out the depravity, but instead, the water formed a circle around Tatsuo's feet and began to swirl. The ring around him began to dance and spin like it had no care in the word. The ring began to seperate itself into small bubbles being released in every direction.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!"

Tatsuo was sick and tired of any and everything being taken from him. He hated all things that caused him loss. The Crellus, the Golems, the yokai and everything in the future. Looking back Tatsuo felt weaker then ever. He felt as if he would get everyone killed since he was a death magnet. He cried out more and more letting a lot of Yokai hear him, but before they could get closer the water bubbles would tear into their flesh and leave a large hole. To some, this would be someting strange. His eyes burned a lot more and his mind was on the brink of madness. He couldn't ear anyone at the moment due to his bloody screams and his fight against his madness.

He felt something in his head; burning, growing, flying away, and leaving him. He felt like he was being boiled alive. His blood boiled and his eyes began to shif. His eyes fel like he was losing sight and that his pupils were ripping them selves open. He didn't know anything that was happening. He didn't know what was happening, his left eye was begining to run out of tears and started to use his blood as a substitue. He would nearly pass out right after his water ring began to dissappear. Tatsuo feel down tot he ground, with his eyes open wwith his right eye still in tears and his left eye crying with blood. Tatsuo fell close to his mother's head with the sword still under its neck. Tatsuo passed out right after whispering to himself.

"Mama......you promised...."
(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)

The boy didn't seem to listne, he just kept on screaming and screaming. He was attracting the yokai as well. But as they came close his bubbles of water tore them too shreads. "W-woah.." She just sit there watchind and dodging one's that neared her. "Wah!"

Ducking to the ground she'd quickly walked up to the screaming boy and then turned him around slapping him in the face. "Hey!" She screamed.

"In the name of Kraus! Calm the fuck down!" She shouted at him. Hoping that would knock the sense into him. If not she probably just pissed him off even more. "W-what are you even scream- oh.." She saw what seemed to be a head of a pink haired lady on the ground. ALmost made her barf.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)

Slapping him didn't do anything or atleast she thought. Seems as if he passed out. She'd gazed about and looked at the head. "Oh...Kruas...S-should I take it with me?" She'd thought. The boy seemed ot care for this person or...who they use to be...So she thought but that may be a very very bad idea.


"Uhh...w-what do I do..." She'd wondered and quick and picked him up. Slinging him over her shoulders as she picked up the head putting it into a backpack. Just....for the sakes of burial later. Atleast...she thought it was a good idea. Maybe she thought of reporting it too.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)

Slinging the boy over her shoulder she carried him through Byson and through the bridge towards Tilandre.

She needed to drop him off somewhere nice so she thought of the inn that seemed okay place to have someone off. And watch over them to see if they were alright.

"Alright...this inn will do."

She spoke paying for the room and walking in she'd dropped the boy on the bed and tucked him in watching over him as she sat in the chair waiting for him to wake up.

"I wonder who he is...and...why does he have horns..?" She'd slowly moved up to him and began to rub her hand against the crevus of his horns...feeling the texture on them. "Hehe..they feel funny." She'd then had an odd sensation...and kept playign with his horns a bit. But not pulling on them.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)

Tatsuo couldn't believe what had happened to his mother. Her head was in the middle of the Byson Forest and it seemed to be tere wfor severa hours. He couldn't think straight. Tatsuo had passed out in the forest and hadn't woken up since. He wondered if Gianna was alright since she was with him up to the point where he found his mother's head. His reality he felt someone or something touch his horns. Was it the yokai? Were they touching his horns to see if they should kill him or not? Was it someone who knew him? Was it someone who wanted to kill him? Tatsuo didn't know what was happening, but he dind't have any energy to move at all. The best he could do was shake lightly.
(Tatsuo Ryozo-Nagano)

She'd saw it was waking him up and she'd then shook him a bit. "Hey wake up."

She spoke triyng to get him to move. "Your alright.. your in the inn and in a bed. Hi my name is Aoki. Aoki k. Allmiker~" She spoke with a firm nod and her hands to the side of her hips.

She seemed to share resemblance to someone familiar too. But it was unsure to who. She just seemed to stood there looking at him.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)

She'd looked around the inn and quickly ran out towards the tavarn buying some ingrediants and food items as she came back too the inn and began to make some food for him.

She seemed to be making some frieded fish it seems. Being that they were in Til Fish was the easiest thing to get and make some food for. "Alright here you go~"


She spoke brining over the fresh meal for him.
(Aoki K. Allmiker)