The Start of it All

[acetalon]

"I hope this Maestro guy isn't like the last one,"  Ace thought idly.  "Damn, that fool was crazy."

He was on a chocobo, taking an easy ride with a big pack of chocobo's obediently following his lead.  Eventually, though, Ace was starting to get bored.  He needed something to get his thoughts off the weird tingling in his head.

"Lets liven things up.  Hiyah!"  He cried out, snapping the reigns around the bird's mouth.  The giant bird let out a squawk before speeding forward, the rest of the pack following him behind.  "Yeah, this is how its done!"  He shouted, revelling at the sight of watching the world speed by.

[Kwokinator]

Kwok sighed.

"Forget about it," he waved it off.

"So what's this about showing Ace how weak he was?"

[Naphtali]

Shi frowned. "I taught him a lesson.  He let himself become weak.  And rather foolish.  I had to punish him."

He slapped Kwok on the back.  "Don't worry, I only killed him, he'll be back."

[Kwokinator]

Kwok blinked.

"Oh that's fine then," he nodded. "His human form should get its memory back soon enough."

"So what's up now?"

[acetalon]

"Hey!  You idiots!  Get off the road!"  Ace shouted at the group.  "You wanna get run over?"  He flicked Shi and Kwok off as he sped by them.  The Chocobos kweh'ed angrily as they swerved to the side of the road to avoid collision.  Travelers these days.  

Funky looking group, too.  Dammit, that weird tingling in his head was still there.

[Naphtali]

Shi glared at the annoying human who drove past.  Wait... that guy looked like... hm.  He looked at Kwok.  "Nice trick.  He got reborn before he died.  Wanna have some fun?"

Without waiting for an answer, he started running after the chocobos.

[Kwokinator]

"Fun?  Sure," he grinned sadistically.

"Why run?"

He tilted his head to the side, and called upon his Aspect powers to violently fling Ace off the chocobos.

[Naphtali]

Shi stopped and smacked Kwok in the head.  "Stop that!  He might wake up if we use those powers, and that would ruin our fun early!"

[Kwokinator]

Kwok shrugged.

"Ask me if I care."

[acetalon]

Ace fell off the Chocobo and landed on his knee.

"Crap!"  He cursed.  Pulling out a whistle from his pocket, he blew in it and stopped the chocobos.

"Kwok, you bastard!"  He shouted angrily, then blinked.  Wait...where did that come from?  Who's Kwok?

"I don't have time for this!"  He jumped back onto the lead Chocobo's saddle and sped up again.

[Shuten]

"Someone's coming." Sakura whispered to herself. Without wasting a second she altered her course and resumed walking.

OOC: ...


Shuten

[acetalon]

Ace kept his eyes in front on the road, sure that he'd finish this before the end of the day.  Except when he glanced down at the retreating form of a lady.  Time seemed to slow down as he passed her.  

"Hah, I guess there ARE some travelers around here with some brains,"  He thought with satisfaction.  "That last pair were a couple of real idiots, standing in the middle of the road."

[Kwokinator]

Kwok grinned sadistically.  Bastard, huh?

He picked up a rock from the ground and sent it hurling at the back of Ace's head.

[acetalon]

Ace leaned forward and let the rock sail over his head harmlessly.

OOC: ^_^

[RyderHakubi]

Not very harmlessly, as the rock smacked Ryder, who was walking back from the town carrying supplies...

"Ow!  Whatcha do that for!" he shouted before noticing Ace...

"Ace!  You're alive man!"