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I heard frustrated cries coming from the middle of the battle. The troops had not yet gotten that far in, and thusly I was confused. I looked to one of my men as he felled an enemy. "BOOST!" I yelled and I ran at him. He held a scimitar with the blunt end towards me. I planted my foot firmly on it, and as I jumped off of it he propelled it upwards, launching me about 15 ft. into the air. I did a slight backflip, and saw that Marcellus was way deep into the enemy crowd. I landed neatly and started hacking my way towards him, leaving our troops behind. My whirlwind technique that I used on the arrows was working nicely on people, as well. Soon enough I was standing back-to-back with Marcellus. He just nodded at me knowingly, and we began hacking the enemies to pieces. I kind of lost myself in the moment, which was a dire mistake. I started slipping up, not paying attention. It was almost the end of me. As I leveled another guy with my Lunar Scimies, I felt a sharp pain in my side. Upon inspection, I saw a spear had been thrust neatly just below my kidney. Rage filled my vision and I went ballistic on the man who had done it. I downed a few more troops and suddenly... nothing... I had blacked out.

I saw Haku crumple to the ground, someone was about to finish, but I got to him in time to put my sword through the side of his head through his eye socket. I Slung my shield onto my back, and grabbed a hold of Haku. I put him on my shoulder. I Screamed for help,suddenly the man with the huge zambato showwed up, I barely ducked as he leveled the soldier behind me . I continued slashing and hacking back to safety. We had almost made it thanks to the help of the soldier. I was almost there suddenly was body jerked forward. I almost lost my balance. I looked down and saw and arrow through my gut. I shook it off no big deal,right. I kept trudging on. My body lurched forward again. Dammit must be the final arrow volleys, those where always the worst. I looked it was in myshoulder. I could barely see he arrow head in my shoulder. I saw Theo and kept going toward him. The arrows were darkening the sky. If it wasn't for the soldier with the giant sword I would have been dead the first volley. I got Haku to Theo, it looked he was bleeding pretty bad from his side. I laid him down. I pulled out the arrows,reaching to my back and ripping it out. The damn arrows had barbs on it. I looked at Haku he had one in his leg, oh well he'll be safe now. I looked and saw the blood it was all over my hands. Something inside wrenched, in my head something snapped. It felt like my head was tearing itself apart. Something in my head said, (my turn)

(Everything went black)

This is what I was told that happened

I took off my helmet and through down my sword and shield. There was two dead samurai. I picked up their swords. A crazy look came over my face, I sailed into the army , the only words peolpe could describe about that day was the maniacal laughter and screams and the massacre laid down by one man.

I woke up standing in an open battlefield, no helot left standing. I was covered in blood. Then I faded. I fell back unconcious.

Haku awoke with a start. He winced as he felt the wound in his side threaten to reopen. A woman came rushing to him. "Please, please sir, you mustn't move!" She pleaded. Haku laid back down, remembering what had happened. Marcellus must have saved him. 'How foolish,' he thought to himself as the nurse removed some gauze to check the wound. 'I went in to save Marcellus and he ended up having to save me.'

((Pssh I knew it had to be one of the 3 names you use... get some originality, n00b!!! mrgreen ))

Haku spent the next 2 days lying and resting. He heard no news of Marcellus, only news from his own men about how many of them had died during the battle. It was tradition. The men would scour the field, find and identify any of the fallen members, and report it to the leader. The leader then went to a miniature shrine erected for this particular event, a shrine to Onega, the God of the Sands and the Heat, who appeared to them in the form of a giant badger demon ((Naruto!!!)). The names would be rattled off one by one in the same order they were given to the leader, and Onega would depart, leading their souls to his otherworld where they would be rewarded for their bravery in battle. Their weapons would be buried with them. On this second day, the shrine was erected, and Haku began to pray out.

((And Ranmyaku is any better? That's like a Japanese sneeze)) ((And Haku was one of my favorite Demon Slayers on Inuyasha))

Haku prayed out as Onega watched down on him. Haku heard a disturbance behind him, but payed it no mind. However, Onega took a different approach. He reached out his hand and flicked a man lightly on the face. The man fell back a distance, but kept his balance. Just then Haku ended his prayer and Onega dispersed back to his own world. The man grabbed Haku by his shirt and lifted him up off the ground. "Who the ******** are you???" He demanded. Haku just stared, unbelieving. He felt... he didn't quite know. He had never seen this man before, but you could practically cut the familiarity with a knife, it was so strong around them. Haku reached down between the man's arms and twisted, an action that forced the man's arms apart and weakened his grip. Haku dropped lightly out of the man's hands and dusted himself off. "I am Haku of the Sands. And you would be wise not to barge in on a ritual of this magnitude of importance." As he walked off back towards the castle, he could swear the man gave him the same look of unbelieving recognition. 'The man's panic was understandable' he thought to himself. 'After all, only the believers of the Sand God can see him. I'm sure having a God reach down and swat your nose is pretty shocking. Still... who is he?'

((Dude, you're the GM, you need to decide where you're going with this. I don't even know who Ranmyaku is or what he's supposed to do. I don't know if you turn back to Marcellus or something or if you stay, I don't know what triggers it... You need to advance this))

Haku rose, interrupting the King as he was about to start speaking again. "And what of us, King Theo? We are but mercenaries. We have done our duty, we have done what we were payed to do. To wage all-out war on these new enemies, you will need to continue paying us for our time here. And I assure you, our prices will only raise due to supply and demand. You need us for this war... that is, if you still plan on winning." As he spoke these words, he slowly started walking towards the king, addressing the crowd louder and louder as he went. "My men have suffered many casualties. How much more will you pay us to sacrifice our lives? I assure you we do NOT work for free, we do not owe you any loyalties or duties as your own army does." He stopped for a moment. King Theo just sat and contemplated this new news.