Battle of The Bands Arc

[Anonymous]

OOC: Graveyard Revisited.

She sadly smiled as she watched him reappear. The fact that he didn't even know what all this truly represented made her heart ache even more for the poor child.

Even now he was heading deeper and deeper into the heart of Darkness itself, and he wouldn't realize it until it was too late.

Her poor, poor baby.

The slamming of the Graveyard's gate behind him echoed in her ears with a tone of closure.

She closed her eyes to block off the flow of tears, and steeled herself.

She'd be with him up to the very end.

She owed her son that much.

And with a flutter of cloth and raven hair, she vanished.

***

Olguin sighed as he waved his arm in front of him irritably, hoping that he could force this damnable fog out of his face.

His expression grew infuriated as he petulantly kicked the dirt in front of him.

"Dammit! I want out now!"

Every damn time he thought he was reaching the exit, this damn fog just had to do that freaky glowing thing. And he was growing sick and tired of it!

"Finally! Some progress!" He gleefully cried out, before finally noticing where his blind wandering had gotten him to.

A mausolem...a blasted and desolate mausolem...

Just peachy.

***

Yesss....

Come closer boy...

Then....you....are....mine.

Within the darkness, twin spheres of amethyst power blazed like two small stars.

The Weak would perish....their blood would stain the deadened earth below.

And pave way to their God.

The God of Death.

***

A sudden blast of frigid air rustled Olguin's clothing as he looked on the mausolem. And left him feeling cold and alone in its wake.

What the...?

Any further musings were immediately shelved as the mausolem itself glew a bright red. He watched through eye eyes as he felt all his strength pour out of his frame. Collapsing to his hands and knees, his breath began to come out in shallow gasps.

"No..." It couldn't be...

But his eyes couldn't help but be glued on the rusted gate of the mausolem. And the four kanji on four corner of the iron gate.

Hate...

Lust...

Envy...

Fear...

His body convulsed as he desperately tried to force himself up, whimpers of terror escaping his throat as his every move failed.

Whimpers turned into gibbers of raw fear as the iron gate began to pulse, his own heartbeat providing the key for it.

The world grew hazy as he began to openly weep. For deep in his heart he knew...

He knew he damned.

Flecks of rust started flaking off the gate.

Moments later, the gate looked as if it had been recently made. Its dark metal glistened in the foggy night.

Click...

Tears streamed down his face as he watched the gate slowly swing open.

This was the end.

***

The darkness quivered in glee before erupting forth from the Judgement Gate.

A high pitched shriek announced its glorious return to the land of the living.

Once again free to maim, rape, and pillage.

And kill.

But first.

It would bring its God back to Earth.

Oh, it would be GLORIOUS.

Its shrieking reached a crescendo as it descended upon the mortal.

***

Malice.

No!

She wouldn't lose him to Malice!

The power came to her hand easily, her Will shaping her Spirit with experience that belayed her apparent youth.

"Go!"

A sphere of the purest white light streaked from her outstretched hand, tearing through both land and sky as it flew forth.

Please...

Don't let it be too late.

***

Olguin sobbed as a seemingly endless sea of darkness loomed above his prone form momentarily.

Only to descend on him like a tidal wave, hoping in its hunger to shallow him whole.

A sphere of Light halted its plans though.

Darkness and Light met in an explosion of colors, blinding the soul they were fighting over.

When it faded, it revealed...

[Bean Bandit]

Miyuki's silent weeping was suddenly interrupted, by a violent mental shove... and a flare of pain.

She sat bolt upright, crying out, and promptly fell over, unconscious, tears still flowing from her eyes...

[Anonymous]

OOC: Sorry, Wen. I SUCK at typing up a thick accent, so...too bad, so sad. *flees*

A familiar ceiling greeted Olguin's brutal wake up call to the world of the living. Rolling onto his back he chose to stare at the tiles for a few moments in contemplation.

"Dreams suck." He announced his findings to the world before groaning again.

***

"Miyuki!" Tofu rushed up to the prone girl and began to quickly and effectively check her.

He pulled back a few moments later, and breathed a deep sigh of regret.

The poor child needed sleep.

Picking her up, he opened the door, and stared at the scene presented.

Olguin lying prostrate on his back in front of Yui.

O-kay...he HAD known about her crush on him, but to THIS extent.

"Um...well...Olguin IS adopted, but could you two chose a more...REMOTE location?" He added with a twitching eyebrow.

***

Kasumi smiled down at the boy serenely, but a touch of sadness lay beneath her eyes.

"I'm sorry we don't have much else for you besides that sandwich, but I wasn't expecting any guests...let alone so many at once." She flushed at her thick accent, but hoped the boy understood her english.

[Asrana]

Yui blushed absolutely crimson, "DAAAAD, nothing like that happened..."

She kneeled down, offering a hand up to Olguin, "Olguin-kun just fainted..."

[Anonymous]

Olguin ignored his own blush in favor of taking Yui's hand to pull himself up.

That's when he noticed Miyuki.

"What happened to Michan!" He cried out as he rushed his uncle.

"Hold on, Olguin. She's just resting from the various shocks to her system. That's all."

"But what shocked her so much?"

Tofu sighed as he started heading towards the stairs.

"Uncle..?"

"I'll tell you, as soon as I place this young one to bed."

Olguin turned towards Yui, a pleading expression on his face.

"Do you know ANYTHING about this?"

[Shukuen]

Leets blinked, spending a moment to decifer the nice lady's accent. "It's okay," he said. "It's better than what I usually scavenge."

After taking a bit though, his eyes widened slightly at the bombardment of flavor, more rich then he was use to. "MUCH better!" he added, savoring the sandwich.

[Asrana]

Yui looked down, a small blush still suffusing her cheeks.

She meekly nodded, "It's not really my place to tell you..."

[Anonymous]

Kasumi smiled at the youth before him, trying to hide the pang of anger she felt when she heard that the poor boy had to scavenge to find food.

"You can have more when you finish that one." Kasumi sighed, "I hope the others get here soon."

***

Olguin patted Yui on the shoulder understandingly. "Alright, let's go upstairs, then. I'll find out from your parents."

He started upstairs, feeling a shadow of the fear he felt in his dream begin to grow stronger.

***

Tofu sighed as he tucked Miyuki into the guest room's bed.

If she took it this badly...

How would his nephew take it.

This wasn't going to end well, not by a long shot.

[Asrana]

Yui nodded sadly, following Olguin closely up the stairs and letting her silent movements relax.

[Anonymous]

Kasumi smiled at her husband brightly, but it quickly died a painful and agonizing death when she noticed his expression.

"Did you...?"

Tofu nodded, a solemn expression on his features. Which quickly became one of calm when Olguin and Yui entered the kitchen.

"Please, take a seat Olguin." Tofu softly asked.

"Um..alright." Olguin quickly did as told, and took a seat next to Yui. "But can you all tell me one thing? Why doesn't anyone give me a straight answer about my parents."

Silence descended on the group as a whole at that.

[Asrana]

Yui gently reached out and took Olguin's hand, softly squeezing it. Her eyes offering what comfort she could for what she knew was about to happen...

[Anonymous]

Olguin blinked at Yui's gesture, still feeling some residual surprise at what Tofu had said. Really..it was too much.

That's when his aunt and uncle started telling him the tale...

The tale of the destruction of Rome. And of Ranma and Akane Saotome's final day.

***

The loud clattering of a chair, and the shattering of several plates heralded Olguin's reaction to the story.

"Olguin!" Tofu cried out, dashing forwards to restrain the howling youth.

"IT ISN'T TRUE, IT ISN'T!" Olguin hoarsely screamed as his aura manifested itself in the worst way possible.

A crimson nimbus of power surged to life around his form, searing into the ground deeply as it blasted the room's occupants far away from him, slamming them into the unforgiving environment.

Fuel was added to the fire when it appeared.

Malice.

Lacing through his aura, the midnight black shards of energy trembled with glee as they manifested for the second time since the tragedy in London.

With another inarticulate howl of agony, he burned up the ground below him in his mad dash out of the clinic.

Had to get away!

Had to!

HAD TO!

[Asrana]

Yui groaned as she tried to move her bruised body, managing to roll away from the site of her impact and catch a bare glimpse of Olguin running back towards the old dojo...

Wincing and groaning as she pulled herself up, pain flaring in her body while she checked everyone else in the room.

***

Once having attended to the others, Yui tried to calm herself, only marginally succeeding once she came back to the kitchen and saw the burns left by Olguin's aura.

'No...we have to go after him. We HAVE to go after him...'

She shook her head softly, violently repressing her thoughts of doubt. Mother always said if you try hard enough you can accomplish anything...

She forcefully kept those thoughts in mind as she slipped outside and into the night, moving as swiftly as she could with her battered body and still remain silent. He had been heading to the dojo, and she would follow...

[Anonymous]

Olguin ran as fast and far as possible. He had to get away from this nightmare. Only way to escape this horrible, horrible lie..

Speed...

Power...

He needed MORE, dammit!

A nimbus of crimson and obsidian power streaked through the deserted streets.

Home...

Yes...

Home is safe and warm.

With that thought in mind it continued onwards to a home it had not seen in a decade.

The Saotome Dojo.

***

Ten minutes later, the red and black comet faded from existence, energy dissipating like mist to reveal a heavily breathing Olguin.

He looked at the complex before him in slight naustolegia, breathing a sigh of exhausation as happier memories battered his conscience.

But he refused to believe what they had told him.

Never.

With a powerful leap, he bounded into the complex proper, making a beeline into the two story tall house sitting smack dab in the middle of the property.

Moments later, the door exploded inwards as Olguin applied his own brand of lock picking to the stubborn thing. Stepping into the house, he only had one thought running through his mind.

He was home.

[Asrana]

Yui ghosted through the streets of Nerima, blending into her surroundings almost completely as she snuck towards the Saotome Dojo.

No way in hell was she going to let Olguin-kun stick this out alone. She'd help him dammit! Just like he'd helped her...

***

Many minutes later she finally came into sight of it, straining her eyes to see if anything was happening or had happened...