*notices the glompin. slowly and gently moves sharpy away by the shoulders*

um excuse me... i'm happy that you seem to be happy to see me but... that whole physical contact thing doesn't go over so well, when it comes from people i don't know...

*is interupted by a small boy carrying a note for him. grabs the note, gives the kid a handfull of coins, and reads the note*

unholy knights?! demons?! dragons?! argh.... the chibis want to ally?!

*teleports to the castle. looks around and finds nobody around...*

ok this can't be good....

*draws his katana and begins to search for the rest of the royal family*

*blinks* It's SharDy.....

*suddenly Hito-sama disappears*


Oh...my.... *faint*

<pops head outta book>

*Whats happening?*

*wakes up*

Hito-sama has just disappeared into thin air!! <---*does not understand the concept of teleportation. Poor deprieved little barbarian wench*


*faints again*

<wakes SharDy up and gives her a cup of cofee>

Hito-Sama didn't disapeer Hito-Sams teleported...

*whispers* Actually, it's just Shardy; I spelled it like that to emphasize the "D" when Hito-sama called me "sharpy". XD


What is this teleportation you speak of? *sips coffee*

ahhh...*finishes his coffee and notices shardy looking around in confusion* Would you like tour of the castle?

*starts explaining the fundamentals of teleportation to shardy*

I dont kno how to do it myself but its basically disapeering from one place into another sneaky eh?

<---*her barbaric brain cannot handle the distinct specific details of teleportation but she nods as if she understands anyway*

Xith!! DARLING!! *glomps Xith* I would LOVE a tour of the castle my love! XD

*sits back down and orders ramen*

this book is hard >.<

*grabs shardy's arm and begins walking back to the castle* Here we go..... This is the courtyard. Alot of the time we all hang out around here. Or atleast I like to meditate here. *points to a little emerald green and silver dragon that is attempting to freeze a firefly* Thats Shaviri! He's a ice dragon but he's still a baby. *Walks over to the grand hallway.* This hallway connects all the towers, dungeons, and training areas. My quaters is located in the west tower 3rd floor down. There are libraries everywhere, but most of the restaraunts are located near the entrance......oh ya *points to a map on the wall that has a flashing arrow that says "you are here"* Theres also that map, but I suggest you memorize it because there are few of them.

*stares at map*

@.@

<---*WARNING! WARNING! Barbarian Brain Overload!!! Activating simple memory overtake now!*

*remembers Shaviri*

DRAGON! *runs off to play with Shaviri* Dwaggie, dwaggie, dwaggie!!!

*Stares at book and starts understanding it*

when does it end? where does it start?

*looks over at shaviri and shardy in their own little world* Be carefull, or you'll get frostburn!

*walks over to the scorched corner of the courtyard and begins to meditate. -flames surround him-*

*Shardy and Shaviri look over at Xith and both grin evilly. Then Shardy tiptoes out of the courtyard with Shaviri following*

....


*Shardy leans out a window directly above Xith (Shaviri showed her wear it was) and dumps a bucket of cold water down on him!*

*open his eye and snaps out of his trance* So its gonna be that way is it? *points his finger at the fountain and murmurs some words in latin then points his finger at shardy.....water shoots from the fountain towards the window, completely filling the room.*

*Barbarians would not win the gold metal for swimming, and Shardy is no exception*

Eeeeeeeeeeep!!! O.O!!

*There is only one escape; ignoring the jet stream of water stinging her, Shardy makes a daring leap out the window and lands on Xith in an ungraceful heap (Barbarians would not win the gold for sky-diving either). *



Funger??

*stares at castle*

whats all of this comotion?

*laughs* funger

*grins pervertedly* It seems that fall left certain part of you touching me.......

Eh? *looks down and blushes heavily*


Eeeeek!!! *begins beating Xith with her magical butterknife* You pervert!!! >.<

*Okay, so barbarians are rather animalistic when it comes to carnal drives but Shardy is the shy one of the clan*

*wonders what in the world is going on in the castle*

*dashes off while laughing heavily, with shardy running behind him with her butterknife* Why do I suddenly feel like Keitaro from Love Hina?

{hey guys, be careful of the spam. as you know, the spam king has returned. and he doesn't like his threads to be spammed...}

(sure is a lot of commotion...) ? *notices the King left* ;_; And I just finished... *stares at the soba* Well, can't let it go to waste... *sits on the bar side of the ramen bar and begins to eat. finally notices Chiarys crying buckets*
Chiarys: T_T
Keep that up, and your food'll get cold.
Chiarys: But it's for the King...
Just eat it... Don't waste the good food you just made...
Chiarys: *begins to eat* Wow, I really outdid myself this time... XD *she begins to eat rabidly*
(I guess she really is my sister... I wonder how Coffee is doing on her side of the shop?)

Ahh…I’ve finally lost her! *Walks off to the coffee shop for a drink. After several hours opens the door and yells* See you later Falling!

*Xithion walks out from the coffee shop and heads towards the courtyard. As he enters he hears wicked screams of laughter in the distance. Running towards the hallway he is overcome by darkness. Red eyes appear to surround him.* Alright….who are you? *A voice can be heard speaking a demonic language. Suddenly a red and gray mist surround Xithion and seconds he is gone. Where he once stood is one of his katana. Strange marks cover the sword.*

Spamming? o.O? Who's spamming?

*looking for Xith*


All right, where did he go?

*enters the hall and sees the katana*

Oh...my...

*stares at the katana....the squeals*


WHEEE! Sharp shiny object!! *picks up katana and skips off*

*The ground begins to break apart and shift. Xithion breaks out from the gravel bruises, burned and cut.*

He's got a new lacky.

*topples over and falls asleep on the spot*

[Note: I'm really bored!]

*is still roaming the halls of the castle in search of the rest of the royal family. looks down to notice that he is standing a giant puddle. follows the flow of water to a door with water gushing out the sides.*

you have to be shittin me.....

*presses his palms to the door. transmutes the water in the room into a solid block of ice. punches the door, all the ice in the room turns in snow and explodes out the window. opens the door and walks in. takes a look around*

awww..... son of a bitch.... these books are ruined...

*draws his sword again and proceeds to find those responsible*

*drinks the soda* Now I need to go back to Golfing, here *toss over the war helmet to FM* Watch out, okay?

*at the ramen shop*

mei: One bowl of ramen, please.
Chiarys: Just one?
mei: Damn you're good! Three then, two to go.
Chiarys: So many!
mei: Yeah. mei's going to retreat to the Cave of Deep Thinkings and Ponderings for a while. Well, at least until King Hito finishes putting the castle back in order.
Chiarys: Ahhhh...
mei: Uh huh. Thanks for the ramen, and if anyone needs mei, would you let them know where to find her?
Chiarys: Will do!

where is fallen man we must work on the ad in my coffee shop for ramen!

*wakes up from book at the coffee shop*

*yawn* ahh so sleapy whats going on outside?

*pokes head out of shop to see shardy running around with a katana then turns head to see xith collapsed on the floor with marks all over him*

um...ok bad time to wake up I guess

*goes back to sleeping in book*

*wakes up on the cold floor and begins to stand up when a flash of pain shoots across his right wing* aaahhhh...its broken. *slowly makes his way toward Blue's bar*

[Wormhole opens and Blue makes her way into the castle with a tray full of cotton candy drinks for the Queen and Persimmon cocktails for her vizier.]

As the court's apothecary, I am available for any assassinatiion service the beloved Persimmon King may need

*Aproaches Blue* I don't need cotton candy drinks! I need something to heal this. *points to his wing* *slouches over the bar in pain*

*As Xithion howls, Blue throws a purple spotted pill into his mouth*

No worries, that'll heal you quickly and it feels better than valium
And since I've noticed you're a bit hyper-active, it'll call you down a bit too....

Oh yea....one more thing.

I still won't let you within 100yrds of my bar!

Xithion is transported to a guest room to heal

*Laying on the bed he begins to feel 'funny'* Hehe...Haha......Woah the ceiling is so far away! *falls asleep*

*eventually playing with a sharp marky katana is not as fun as Shardy first thought*

Eh...this is boring. *tosses katana out the window, where it turns out that a swamp is right below it and the katana is proceeded to be consumed by the alligators*

*sniffle* Where is my love? *runs off to go find him*

*wakes up and notices that his wing feels considerably better. but as he begins to move pain shoots through it again.* arg....dammit! *rolls from his side onto his stomach. <-for comfort.> notices shardy skipping by the door and yells to her!* Shardy!........wait wheres my katana? SHARDY!

*hears xithion's cry of pain and teleports to where he was. looks around to find nothing there.*

hmmm....

*sniff*

brimstone... blood...

*sniff*

demon.....

*suddenly three dozen roboninjas appear. turns to the roboninjas*

finally, i was wondering when your sensors would pick me up.... a demon entered our world here...

*points to where the ground is disturbed*

i want that thing hunted down and captured alive. as for anyone that tries to stand in your way, tell them this is a royal decree issued by me. if they still resist warn them once, after that incapcitate and send them to the dungeons. break up into two teams of fifteen; one team in is to secure the castle grounds, while the other is to find the major and then proceed with the hunt. the remaing six men will come with me. you have your orders, now move out.

*leads his team to and tracks the scent down to where xithion is resting. pulls out a mic headset.*

major... are you there?

Armstrong: my lord, it is good to hear your voice again...

yeah, yeah... we can talk later, alex. i need your team to converge on my signal and secure the perimeter.

Armstrong: yes, sir

you men wait out here... i'll take care of this.

*enters the room housing xithion*

[Blue ponders at the bar]

Oh my, I didn't know that he was being hunted down...If I had realized such, I would have given him an immobilizing pill

*looks up at Hito in confusion* Huh, whats this?

*notices the men around* Am I in trouble? Your the King!

*attempts to stand up and bow but with the pill in full effect he cant gain balance! So he just sits back down* This will just have to do *salutes*

*stares at xithion for a bit and finally sheathes his sword. transmutes an obsidian throne next to xithion and sits down*

so... theres something strange going on here... i can't seem find any members of the royal family. but you know what troubles me more? the fact that i found signs of interdimensional seepage in the castle. so i said to myself... "self... i think you should look into this further". do you know what i happened to find? signs that a demon was within the castle walls. at this point in time, i'm starting to worry about where my family is and what could have happened to them. naturally i decided to follow the scent.. and what do i find? you....

*motions for everyone else other than xithion and himself to leave the room. as soon as they are alone, he sits back in his throne and looks xithion right in the eyes*

so do you have something to tell me?

*opens his right hand, with his palm facing up. a blue orb of energy appears in his palm, whilst his eyes glow with a silver light*

*looks at hito and grins*

Well....As you may have noticed, as well as several others have. I am a demon or at least have become one. The inter-dimensional thing wasn't my fault. I was attacked and taken back too.....well you know. But don’t worry I'm no threat to you....of course. As far as the royal family is concerned. I don’t know. Last time I checked Bling was in the airship.....haven’t heard from her in some time. We did have a run-in awhile back with a horde of demons. The portal they escaped from was due northwest of here. Me and Phoenix closed it awhile back. Before that happened we kept running into small Red Eyes, but since the portal's destruction they haven’t been showing up. *removes a 4 inch fang from his pocket and tosses it to hito* whatever jumped me is missing a tooth....don’t really know what type of demon it is

*lays back down* Is there anything else you need to know?

*clenches his fist and extinguishes the orb. looks down at the fang for a moment and then sniffs it. thinks things over for a bit and then turns back to xithion*

hmmm.... alright... i'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now... i'm gonna go check things out. don't try to leave this room.

*walks out of the room and finds armstrong*

major... if he tries to leave, put him back in the room. if he resists and becomes a threat, put him in the ground. also i want to the status of my family members verified. find them.

*teleports to the library and starts to browse through the volumous stacks*

chaos theory... cult worship... death magic.... ahhh... here they are... demonology.

*grabs a armful of books, sits down at a table, and proceeds with his research*

*looks up at Armstrong* Hmm....well he doesnt trust me. *Armstrong just looks at him sternly.*

Well aren't you a chatterbox. Well you may want these.....*stands up, walks over to Armstrong and begins to remove hidden weapons; his katana, daggers, throwing stars, a small glowing box, and his spellbook. then walks back to bed and lays down* Don't play with the box!

*Shardy is now hopelessly lost within the castle as her selective hearing did not pick up on Xith calling her (way ta go, Shardy! )*

Oh, man. Where are those strange drawings with the blinking pointy things? I knew I should've paid more attention to Xith!

*the mentioning of Xith makes her think of Xith and she begins to miss him terribly in spite of the fact they're in the same castle* Xith...


*A sudden chill races down her spine and she has the sudden sense she is being followed. In spite of her *coughimmaturitycough!* innocence, she is not as weak as she seems. She takes a small dagger from her belt and clutches it tightly. Granted, she is not much for dagger-manship as Barbarian ways of fighting are "stab where you can and hope for the best"*

*Stands up feeling much better. Spreads his wings. <-they nearly cover the room> Ah, all healed up! I must thank Blue, and then yell at her for not telling me all of the effects. *walks over to a nearby chair and sits down. Begins to talk to himself* Now I have another problem. *looks at Armstrong through the corner of his eye* I have a strange feeling that the royal family has a problem with demons. *sighs* What do they expect me to do? Destroy them from the inside out? After that I need to find Shardy. *sighs again* She better not have pawned off my katana! Or worse, gambled it away….*shudders at the thought of Shardy rolling dice with his katana on the table as a bet.* Erg…I hate waiting. I always begins to think the worst of things. *Slams his head onto the table* But if I leave Hito will post wanted posters of me all over the castle. *Imagines guards’ running up and down the castles shouting his name* Arg….I did it again! *slams his head into the table again.* I need entertainment!

*Suddenly his mind darts back to Shardy and he is overcome with a abysmal feeling* Nah, it couldnt be...........could it? *stands up and begins to pace the floor*

*is sitting in the library and sees the King appear out of nowhere out of the corner of her eye*

Hmm?

*watches as he creates a stack of books and brings them to a nearby table*

Hard at work again, I see.

*finishes with the first book*

argh... its incomplete.....

*gets up to find a book on summoning magic, when he notices quis. smiles and walks over.*

there you are... i was actually starting to get a bit worried.

*smiles at the King, embraces him, then steps back to look at him*

Worried? If you were worried about me, there is no need. Most of my subjects who have seen my wrath feel intimidated enough not to try anything funny.

The queendom has been seeing many new people/things from other lands. Perhaps this diversity may prove to be useful in the long run. In the mean time, most of them have been given positions in the army or are self-employed in the villages.

Since you had disappeared without notice, the negotiations with the Chibi-dom has been postponed. However, they are planning a small festival in their land to boost morale, and might like to have the negotiations around that time. Other than that, there has been nothing else worthy of note while you were away.

Oh, and our daughter got married. The wedding and events after the wedding were . . . unspeakable.