*Still pacing the floor, he suddenly stop and glares at Armstrong.* How much longer is this going to take?…..*Armstrong doesn’t respond.* Did you hear me you big oaf? I asked you a question! *Armstrong still stands silent* You’re really trying my patience, and I have few….especially when there are more pressing matters. You do know I could blow right past you, right? Still no response. Ehh *Walks over to his bed and lays down coolly propping his hands behind his head.*

*Suddenly the ground shakes* Gaaaah!….What was that!? *stands up and begins to pace again*

*feels the ground shake*


GAAAAH!!!

*falls flat on her butt unceremonously still clutching the dagger*

What was that? Okay, calm down, Shardy. You've felt many earthquakes in your land before...I think....Oh, Daddy is so going to kill me when I get back...if I get back...

*stands up, no longer having the awkward feeling of being stalked*

I guess whatever it was is gone now...

*smiles and closes the distance between him and the queen. kisses her.*

sorry about the disappearing..... i promise i won't go out drinkin with the fairies again...w. i'm so glad you are ok... when i finally came home, i couldn't find anyone and then there was evidence that a demon had came into our dimension.... that reminds me. what's up with that xithion guy? armstrongs watching him now, but should i... you know... "remedy" the sitiuation? but if he's not the one, that means theres something bigger and badder roaming around...

*stands back up and walks over to Armstrong and points to his radio* Well if your not going to use it then I'm going to. *Makes an attempt to grab the radio but his hand is slapped away by Armstrong* What? Your not useing it! Besides,*pats Armstrong on the arm and swiftly grabs the radio....this time suceeding* we should be friends! *walks over to the bed, turns around to avoid being seen and begins to talk into the radio* How long are you planning on keeping me here? *static* Hellooo! Is anyone there? *static* What good is a radio if no-one uses it? *tucks the radio under his pillow*

*returns the kiss and laughs a little*

You're forgiven for your disappearing act. And take me with you to the fairy drinking parties next time so I can get away from this crazy place you don't have to promise that. You need a break once in a while as well.

As for Xithion, he has been dubbed the queendom's so-called "Unholy Paladin Knight." A little on the rebellious side, I should say, so some strict punishment discipline could be in order. Armstrong is watching him? Poor man. But I am sure the Major can handle him. My intuition tells me that Xithion is not part/the root of the evil force we are after, so yes, perhaps something bigger is wandering about.

*Walks over to a nearby window and looks out. Then begins talking, knowing Armstrong is listening.* I would beat you to a pulp, but that would mean everyone would be after me. That is assuming they're not already after me. I just dont need to be labeled the bad guy here. So consider yourself lucky. *Turns around a faces Armstrong. Eye's turn completely white and the room darkens for a split second.* Really...lucky!

(Edited because Shardy is a perfectionist! )

*wanders into the library and pokes her head in* Excuse me? *she says this very shyly; she knows they are the royal King and Queen and she is very unsure of how to carry herself* Have you seen Xith? I can't find him anywhere...


(@Xith: GAAAH!!! Wrong one! It's "they're after me" not "their after me"!!! *ish going into a frenzy; blame her Creative Writing teacher*

*is slightly worried, but tries to hide it.*

alright... if there really is something big and bad around here, i think its time that i show it some of that "good old fashioned hito hospitality"

*pulls out his headset and patches into the castle wide intercom*

attention.... this is the king. i'm here to address the being that has the audacity to roam our halls uninvited. i WILL find you, and i WILL redefine hell for you. i suggest you run... not that it will do any good, i just think it'll makes things more fun for me.

*closes his eyes and concentrates. a transparent image of him appears in the room where xithion and armstrong are.*

major, release him. if the queen is willing to vouch for him, i have no further need to keep him there.

*the image fades away. turns back to quis*

that should liven things up...

Excellent. Well, I am certain that there isn't anything the queendom cannot fend off if you are here.


Yes, it does. And yes, I will vouch for him. However, one mistake on his part and a certain head will roll, and limbs will be fed to livestock in neighboring lands.

*Listens to Hito's voice, And begins to pick up his weapons and replace them* Hmm....Badder than me? This should be fun! *Grins. Suddenly he see's a tranparent Hito in front of him that is declaring his release* See, their going to need me! (<egocentric) *Walks out of the door brushing Armstrong ruffly.* See ya! *Spead his wings and flies down the hall breaking the sound barrier and several windows in the process* Here I come Shardy!

WAAAAHH!!!

*having heard this, Shardy mistakeningly thinks the King meant "her" and runs in to throw herself at Hito-sama's feet*

I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to roam your grand halls! I was just looking for Xith, my one true love and I couldn't fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind hiiiiiiiiiim!!!! *bursts into sobs*

You'd best watch yourself. And you'd better replace those windows, young man. And don't touch Armstrong without his permission.


It's all right, dear. You may rise. It seems your love has left the building.

*stands up and sniffles, rubbing her eyes* Really? But where did Xith go? I gotta find him! There's something really scary out there. It was following me, at least I think it was, but I couldn't see it. And then the ground started shaking. And then that feeling of being followed was gone.

*Flies up and down hall untill finding the Library! Then lands outside the door and enters* Shardy! *runs over and hugs her* Sorry about the windows I'll fix them later. What can I say I was in a hurry! Hito. There's one more thing I forgot to tell you! There was necromancer at the portal. *pulls out the miniature stone necromancer* I kinda....well did this to him. *hands the stone figure to Hito* Maybe you could re-animate him for questioning. *Grabs shardy and begins walking back to the courtyard.* I told you to memorize the maps.....

*all of the sudden feels something clutching his leg and sobbing*

um....wtf?! who are you? wait.... your that girl that tried to glomp me or whatever back at the coffee house. get up. your love should be somewhere close to where major armstrong is. just find armstrong and ask him to help you find him. be careful though, theres something stalking the grounds.

*hears the sonic boom caused by xithion flight*

wtf?!

*turns to quis*

i'm gonna go check that out.... be careful. if at any time it looks like things have gone wrong, use the doorway to the persimmon lands. we'll meetup at the tree.

*gives her a kiss and runs out to investigate*

ADDON:

*as he is leaving he runs into xithion. looks down at the necromancer figurine. drops it on the ground and crushes it under his heel.*

rule #41 of interogation: humans are always just pawns when it comes to demonic schemes. therefore they are useless when it comes to info.

*clutches Xith* Don't ever leave me again! It was scaary! And I felt like something was following me around!! *buries her face in his arm*


(Honestly, if I'm ever thrown into a fantasy world, I have the sneaking suspicion that I will truly be THIS DUMB. )

*watches him smash the figurine and the magic it contained disperse*

Whatever you say. *waves* I'm taking shardy back to a safer location. She's scared.

Roger. You take care as well, my King.


Do get out of here while you still can, kids.

*readies her weapons in case anything unexpected should spring up*

At least the alchemy I learned in the King's absence will likely be of good use now.

*Walking with shardy down the hall it dawn on him that he still is missing a katana!* Dear, where is my katana? *Looks into shardies eyes due to lack of response* Well? Where is it?

*walks out to find the broken windows*

hmm.... sonic boom maybe?

*as he surveys the broken glass and wood, he notices a scale just laying on the ground across the courtyard. walks over, picks it up, and examines it. pulls the tooth back out. sniffs both*

so.... a huge, scaled being with 4 inch fangs that can break the sound barrier.... this could prove more fun than i originally thought.

*nervously* Uh....uh...nnnn........*looks down as she pokes her index fingers together* Well...you see, my love....I sorta....threw it in the swamp.....and I think the alligators...er, ate it.......hee...hee...

*Stare and Shardy and listens to her explain* Oh well thats.........Wait, you did what? How?........Why?.......What where you? *sigh* Oh well *grabs the second katana and tosses it out of a nearby window* No use keeping that one then!.

*Notices Hito looking at the glass. Yells out* Sorry, that was me! I'll fix it soon I promise!

*Looks back at shardy simpathetically* Dont worry I'm not mad.

*walks out of the library and tries to look for clues as to where/what the mysterious thing is*

Ahh, there is a light at the end of the corridor. How typical. Yet I am curious nonetheless.

*begins to walk towards it, but it fades; a shadow rushes by at high speed and the movement causes her to lose balance for a moment; she places a hand on the wall to steady herself*

What — ahh!

*the wall has moved and she has now been knocked down to the ground*

I don't remember this being here. Ugh, not good. I can't see a thing.

*stands up and moves her arms around, trying to get a better idea of her surroundings; a soft light appears again*

Well, only one direction I can go in now.

*Senses the shadow coming and ushers shardy into his Quaters and closes the door* You'll be safe in there!

*The Darkness rushes by him and consumes the hallway. Then a small light appears at the end. Reaches to his side and removes his Fist Dagger.* Whats this, a flow of demonic energies?

*Begins to walk towards the light*

*Waves as Xith as he walks towards my torch*

HI!!

*wakes up from book at coffee shop again this time to see alot of roboninjas running around*

um wow this village is pretty wierd hmm maybe I should introduce myself to the king and queen....

*goes to castle to look for the king and queen pushes the doors open to the castle*

wow tight secuirity

hello! *waving at Xith with le monkey's torch* How are you? I'm lost, so I looking for a way out so I can tee it off *carrying the golf clubs*

*Shardy stands there for a moment, before skipping out to follow Xith (like he was going to leave her alone in there? Yeah friggin' right!). She walks silently so he is unaware of her following him*

*while walking through the castle Serk notices alot of broken windows so he transmuted them and fixed all the windows*

ok lets see first time I wake up I find shardy running around with a katana and her lover on the ground with alot of cuts and bruises, second time I wake up I see alot of robonijas running around, now I find alot of broken windows in the castle....yea I think this is turning out to be pretty damn wierd...and I kept having wierd dreams of big earth quakes and lots of really sharp noises...what is going on....



(oh look I'm an aprentice now *starts doing victory dance*)

*Walks toward le monkey and Dragons04 slowly realizing who they are* Oh, it you two. There's something weird going on here, and I'm not talking about the fact that Shardy seems to be following me. *peeks over his shoulder and grins* I'm not sure but all this started happening when Hito came back. I'm not sure if something’s after him, he's after me, or if something followed him back from where-ever he's been. I favor the last one personally. You two can come if you wish. *peeks over his shoulder again and yells* If your going to follow at least pull out a weapon!

*Sigh* Now I have a group.......*continues to creep along the hall, only now he footsteps from his followers can be heard behind him*

I have one *pulling out a club*

*Looks at the little wooden club* Okay, are we cavemen? *Waits in silence to get an answer from Dragons. Then suddely slaps him upside the head* No, we're not! *Reaches down to one of his boots and pulls out a Black Steel Dagger. Hands it to Dragon* Use this, but I want it back later!

Thanks *looking at his pants and got a apple* nyuk, nyuk, Moe! (Xithion)

*After finishing fixing all the windows, Serk heads down to the courtyard to see a baby ice dragon*

aww how cute *kneels down to pet the dragon*

*suddenly the dragon starts growling and chasing Serk while spitting ice at him*

AHHHH oh my gosh this thing is trying to kill me AHHHH little de..*suddenly Serk sences something....an energy source of strong power*

hey Moe! (Xithion) look at the FMA engineer and that snow dragon *peeling the apple off with a dagger* Nyuk, nyuk

*Serk then pops out his long sword*

You show yourself!

*Serk than transmutes the ice on his leg into a cage and traps the ice dragon temporarily*

*Continues to walk down the Hall. Peeks around the corner and see two rather large demons devouring a castle gaurd* Crap. *Looks at the group nervously* Stay put! *Turns around the corner, removes a small knife from his sleave and throw is into one of the demons eyes. The demon begins to scratch at its own eye in pain while the other one looks at him and begins to growl ferociously.* Welcome to my personal hell! *Licks his Fist Dagger, then flies head on at the two demons. The demons jump at him baring their fangs*

*still peeling off the apple* Hey Moe! (Xithion) Do we have much demons left, huh?

*Moe is one of the Three Stooges*

*hears the commotion outside as he whips up another batch of ramen* What the heck...

*A soldier walks in, then says something to the other soldiers* Rumor has it there are demons running around, or a giant one...

Chiarys:That sound dangerous...
*sigh* *wips out his laptop and sends a message to the King via a message window* Reads:

If it helps any, Prince DM called for assistance from a demon friend of his. His name is Farrow. He's very pale and looks human, keep an eye out for him. Hope this helps...

{sidenote: Farrow is rped by mistress aya, who is DM's sister}

*the message pops up on a wall near the King through some high-tech/magical method*

*The two sides collide and in second one is impaled on a suite of armor and the other is cut in two pieces. Both demons are still alive but unable to move.* Hmm, way to easy. *Pulls out a small red glowing box and the two demons are sucked into it. Then set the box back into his pocket* We need to find Hito!

Ahhh, my love is so brave....

*as Shardy stands there gushing over her Xith kickin' ass, a shadow falls over her* Wha---?

*just her luck, a demon stands over her, leering at her with bright red eyes*



GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!

*Her screams are loud enough to make anyone deaf if they didn't cover their ears fast enough. ALL the windows in the hall burst (blame the demons, Hito-sama!! ). The demons who are still alive cringe from the sound, however, they are not sedated for long. They pop in magical earplugs!...Well, damn...*

Uh oh...

*the now sound-proof demon lunges at Shardy. She screams again and points her dagger forward at the same time. By sheer dumb luck, the demon impales itself on her knife then falls dead to the floor.*

Eh...*staring in horror at the bloody body before her* Eh...eh....XIIIIIIIIIIIIITH!!!!!!!

*Watches all of this happen and begins to laugh unconrollably at Shardy's luck* Ahahahaha....*points and laughs at the demon* You dumb shit! * Walks over and kicks it. Then pulls out the box and sucks up the demon* I guess barbarians also are rather lucky. I think it's time we get moving.....

*emerging from the shadows, covered in demon blood, the figure of the king can be seen*

you know... most people that aren't members of the royal family generally don't refer to me by my given name. but thats not really important right now... though this might be...

*tosses a sack at xithion's feet. a demon's head rolls out, it looks like there has to be at least seven more left in the bag*

(Parenthesis is the comments of the Narrator... )

*curious, leans down and picks up demon head, unknowing of what it is...then she turns it over*


Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeekkkk!!!!

*tosses demon head as far she could throw it at the same time attaching herself to Xith's leg*

*Grins, and raises Shardy back to her feet* Well, King it seems you've been busy. I hope you dont mind. *Pulls out the box and sucks in the demon heads*

We haven't ran in to that many. Of course if I didn't have a group following me things might be different. I can tell you that this is all coming from deep inside the castle. Do you have blue-prints?

*standing doesn't do much; as now Shardy attaches herself to Xith's arm instead of his leg...bravery really is not her forte, but then again, shockingly enough in spite of her heritage, this isn't something she's used to*

blueprints? there are no blueprints, it was a security measure that was enacted long ago. however the secrets of the castle, which include the layout, are taught to every new vizier and princess. bling's still on her honeymoon and ailuro is... somewhere. but i can tell you there can only be one place within these walls that could act as a large scale dimensional entry point. but unless these beings come from the Gate, there is no way that they could be using the nexus chamber as a doorway. luckily there is no way that....


*punches to the right of him. it looks like his arm has been amputated off at the elbow. then all of the sudden, a demon begins to shift from invisible back to the visible spectrum, with the king's arm in the middle of his chest*

these weakass punk could from the Gate. hell... those from the other side make these little isty-bitsy punks look like puppies.

*a horrid look of pain appears on the demons face, right before his entire body is turned inside out*

dead puppies...

*Feals his arm begin to go numb as shardy has claimed it as her own. Though she isnt brave she is strong for a girl. But what else is he to expect?*

( ~Unoffical In-Laws (Xith and I aren't married yet)~ *thinks of when shardy asked to marry him.* AAAAAAAH *Realizes he's of age* )

Edit:

In that case they must be coming from above. Or perhaps.......nah it couldnt be. *shakes his head in disbelief* Lets go get a peak at the top of the Castle.

*The blood and carnage around her is just too much. Shardy miraculously detaches herself from Xith and runs screaming down the hall. She isn't exactly sure why this scares her out of her mind, everytime she sees something get slaughtered, she goes nuts for some odd reason.*


(BAWHAHAHA!! *polishes butter knife* You're MINE, boy!! X3!! )

*Watches shardy run down the hall screeming.* Ugg, I guess I'd better go after her. Besides I can't pass up a chance to get rid of the group. *Runs down the Hall after her*

( Eeeeek! *tugs the collar of his t-shirt* Did the tempature in the room just change? Or is it just me?)