A Mysterious Reappearance!

[Angelus]

As the winds rustled through the tall grass of the devine hills, anyone could feel and see that something was just not quite right. A figured appeared at the border of the grassy plains and the forest.

This figure was Angelus! After mysteriously disappearing from his survival class, he had now returned.

He limped his way out of the forest, clutching his right arm with his left. Blood could be seen dripping from the many deep gashes that were scattered around his body. Most of these slashes were along his arm. The blood leaving his body seemed to be weakening Angelus as he made his way across the Devine Hills. The limp became more pronounced and, eventually, Angelus collapsed.

Angelus fell hard to the ground, but his energy did not wane. He continued to crawl through the grass, constantly looking back in the direction of the forest where he came. His eyes were blood-shot and his breathing was shot. There was something after Angelus.

Angelus was able to once again prop himself up on his legs and began to run across the field. Only a few seconds later, however, he fell once again. He lay on the ground, unable to move.

"Help!" Angelus cried. His voice was loud and scratchy. He was in desperate need of help.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

A calico tomcat ran through the tall grass like a bullet, a wake of rippling tendrils of grass behind him, his two tails streaked out behind him as he approached Angelus. He was kindly disreguarding the 'let's eat it' comment from potionry class at this moment. Neko came into this world with the purpose of being a guardian sure, not Angelus' guardian but protecting others was hard wired into his mind and he could tell something was obviously not right. His bright green eyes looked up at Angelus and when he actually reached the student he shifted into his human form, sparkling gray smoke swirled around him as he did so. He heald a staff in his hands, a leather strip heald various coins to it that jingled in the cool air. "You called?" He meowed. It looked like Neko was too late to do much but if he was having an exceptionally lucky day than he won't manage to make things work. His feline ears twitched atop his head and he bit his lower lip as he tried to put together everything that was going on.

(Neko to the rescoooooo!! Now lets hope he doesn't accidentally get everyone killed...)

[baha]

A cough sounded behind Neko. Zephyr, master teacher of Trinity, walked down the dirt path towards the two. With the breeze his thick red robes swung back and forth, his long white hair bouncing up and down in a rather flamboyant way. Zephyr bowed deeply to Neko, then smiled, "I've heard much of you, Neko, from the other teachers. I must say you've earned my respect." He smiled again, this time more pleasant than polite, as if a student wasn't dying nearby.

Zephyr turned, then walked towards Angelus, "Don't know you, but you're Leonidas' student, right? He said so in the teacher's lounge. Well, looks like you're in a little predicament?" He glanced back at Neko, "Do you mind if I heal him?" He brushed back his hair, throwing it out of his tan face.

[Whiteshadow]

Crow, sitting atop the great pillar known as "Crow's Paradise" noticed a figure crawl out of the woods in the distance. Fwayglin screeched, which was a sign of danger. Crow jumped off the pillar, and landed in the cool water with a splash. The water then rose into a cyclone, and shot in a wave across the Divine Hills. At the Top of the wave, rapier in hand, Fwayglin by his side, and cloak flying, was Crow.

His wave crashed a mere 50 yards from the figure, as Crow broke into a sprint. Crow saw another figure run to the fallen human's side. It was Neko! The Mysterious cat/boy that has come with them on their journey Through the Crack on the Elemental Serenade. Crow had a vague remembrance for he was possessed by spirits that night, but he had a mutual trust in this cat. As he drew closer to the wounded human, he noticed it was a familier face.

"Angelus!" he cried, happy to see him, for he had not seen him since the last survival class. Which he found ironic that now Angelus was at a struggle for his survival. His happiness turned to terror now that he saw Angelus was badly wounded. "Stay still!" He shouted and rolled Angelus over on his back, and began to heal the wounds by running pure water through his pores. It was then he realized, something strong had done this to Angelus. Angelus was a great fighter, and for something to do this much damage to him, would be far above Crow's fighting point.

He turned to the woods, sword drawn and asked to the semi conscious Angelus....

"What did this to you..."

[baha]

Zephyr pulled Crow away, "Back away, boy. Don't know who you are, unfortunately. But water doesn't have much, or any, healing properties. Leave the healing to Neko and I." He bent next to Angelus and evaluated him like a man buying a car. He held his hand above Angelus' arms, then allowed white-colored electricity to run from him to the boy. The wounds began growing together, eventually patching itself up, leaving only a red mark behind, as if he had just gotten slapped. Zephyr continued to heal the rest of the wounds all over Angelus' body, moving over the smaller wounds to concentrate on the larger, life-threatening ones.

Finished, Zephyr stood up, leaving Angelus on the ground. He looked around the area, looking as far as he could over the various bodies of water, forests, and plains. Still surveying the area, he spoke, "The wounds were fresh. Something had recently attacked him, and it might still be close. To put a student in danger like this... It would be my duty as a Master Teacher to dispose of the beast." His dark red eyes flashed with anger.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Neko looked towards the forest where Angelus had come from, his eyes narrowed and his large ears pricked forewards, mouth open slightly as his nostrils twitched whilst he scented the air, breathing it in for any signs of a creature and his tails swayed back and forth placidly he didn't think about healing or even attempt to heal Angelus since he seemed very much on his way for the better with Zephyr's help and to be honest, Neko didn't want to accidentally kill Angelus or something of that sort. Instead he seemed to want to find whatever had caused the injuries, "I might be able to track it- just follow the scent of Angelus' blood, it's the most pungeant thing out here and it's more than likely that whatever had done this has blood on it too- either it's own or Angelus' as well." He sunk to the ground and his nose began to sniff around him and his tails curled upward as if he had forgotten he was in his human form which wasn't far from the truth to be wholly honest. "We gonna go now, or later after the scent gets stale?" He asked Zephyr, Angelus, and Crow.

His two tails twitched slightly as a large raven circled in the sky above, cawing, it's ebon feathers shimmered in the light from the skies and it looked down with eyes like shards of onyx. A large wound on it's side showed it was in fact undead, small maggots wriggled in it's flesh as the bird circled closer, coming towards the ground.

[Whiteshadow]

Crow pushed his hair out of his face and looked at the teacher. He hated it when people underestimated him, but he would not argue... his friends life could be at stake. "You sure you don't want me to cleanse the wounds? They could be extremely infected. Now patched up, the infection can grow!" he said. He pulled a small bottle of green potion out of his pocket that he had made in potions class. "Please don't tell me this has no healing properties either. If you wish to slay whatever has done this, leave tending to the wounds to me. If you wish to tend to the wounds, I will go with Neko. Angelus doesn't look in any shape to fight..." Crow said. He looked at Neko, they would have to go soon. Flwayglin landed on Crow's shoulder and purred viciously.

"Fwayglin can help you track Neko, but we better hurry."

[Angelus]

Angelus' body felt much better after the healing process by Zephyr. His energy seemed to be regenerating as he stood to face the three that had come to his aid. When Angelus tried to talk, however, his voice was scratchy and low. Barely anyone could here him

"Don- go into for-. Fat- in there. Will Kill is all. He is af- me."

[Whiteshadow]

"Oh no!" Crow shouted... "There's a fat guy in the woods who wants to pee!!"

Crow looked to the woods, becoming serious. He started to walk towards it unconsciously, not thinking. When he reached the forests edge, he knew he didn't have to track it. It would come out after him...

He pulled some muddy water out of the ground, and froze them into 2 dozen foot long ice shards, sharpened at the end. They hovered around Crow, like rocks pulled back in a sling shot. Any minute, ready to fly.

"Show yourself!" He shouted into the woods.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

Neko could have sworn that Angelus said something more along the lines of 'Don't go into the forest. *indescriminate word* is in there, Will kill us all. He is after me.' he wondered momentarily what that one, key, indescriminate word was... f-a-t-, now he had to finish the word, whatever it was has a gender which would be male hence the using of the word 'He' but now Neko wanted to figure out what it was, it could be 'father' that was always a possibility, but who's father would beat up thier kid? There was Darth Vadar, cutting off an arm counts as beating someone up, didn't it? But no, Angelus was no Luke Skywalker... maybe Angelus' dad did beat him up. Neko's mind raced as he sat next to Crow at the edge of the forest awaiting whatever it was that was in there. He blinked in that lazy cat way that felines seem to do at the oddest of moments and his tails swayed back and forth in anticipation as the large, undead raven circled overhead.

[baha]

Zephyr looked at Crow, "By all means I mean no offense, but do you really think anyone with 800 years of experience, any Teacher, would not be able to heal simple flesh wounds? Save your potion for a time when there are no teachers around." He stood, then listened as Angelus sputtered nonsense, "Well... If something bothered him so much that he's at the point of insanity we might as well go kill it."

Zephyr walked beside Neko, "The Raven is your friend, no?" He looked up at the Raven, "Good sir, I ask of you to please survey the Forest from above to see if there are any unusual signs of, well, anything. Wherever Angelus was hurt, the branches should be broken, ground abnormally matted, human blood, things like that. We should just need to find where the boy was hurt, then we may be able to track the thing."

[Angelus]

Angelus crawled to his feet and looked back in horror at the woods. "I thought he loved me. Now he is after me."

Just then, a figure strode out of the forest. Unlike Angelus, this figure was not limping, but walking rather smoothly but with a sense of determination and strength in his stride. As the shadows from the forest receded, the figure's face could be easily seen.

The figure was a man, around 50 years old. He had long, white hair that flowed elegantly down his body all the way to his knees. In his right hand, he held a long, wide sword, about 5 feet long and one and a half foot wide. The sword was red with a core strip of orange.

Matching his sword, the man was garbed in red and orange plate armour. His hands were guarded by which seemed like golden plate gloves. The finger guard of these gloves extended past the fingers into a point.

Atop the man's head was a golden crown.

"Angelus!" he yelled, "return to me or you will die!"

[Whiteshadow]

"Hawk..." Crow said. "Fwayglin is a red tailed hawk." Crow kept his eyes on the forest's edge. He nodded slowly to Fwayglin, as she lifted off his shoulder... and flew into the woods. "She will come out if there is any danger." They looked closely as Fwayglin flew out from the tp of the woods, scanning it from above.

[Señor Sunday Friday]

"I think Zephyr was talking about the raven..." Neko commented to Crow and the undead bird above looked down at Crow with a flat expression before it looked at the man in the armor. The bird beat it's wings as he squwaked at the strange human, in bird speak it was something along the lines of, "Who the hell are you?" but then again, it could only be understood between other birds or someone who understood them.

Neko looked at the stranger and hissed angrily, "You're not going to get to Angelus." he said, green eyes flashing and feline ears laid flat against his skull. "You're the one who hurt him, aren't you?" He bared his teeth, obviously in his head he imagined himself to be in his feline form- forgetting that he had in fact never changed to his cat form yet so he was still perfectly human.

[Whiteshadow]

"O, well either way, looks like we don't need to scan the forest anymore." Crow said as he extended his arm. Fwayglin landed on Crow's arm and screeched violently at the man. "What's your business at TMA, you will leave now and leave Angelus alone, or you will die." Crow shouted at him.