Welcome to Gaia! ::

Luke smiled. "great!.." Luke looked over to a nearby cottage. "HEY JAMES GET OVER HERE!!" Luke yelled. Suddenly a old man with a staff and long white beard came from the cottage and grumbled as he walked over to Luke. "yes..what is it" he said. Luke frowned. "must you always be in a bad mood?..anyway..This is Kikyo..and she has a potion book..ca.." Luke was interupted by James. "Potion?! Let me see that." He grabs the book from kikyo's hand and skim reads half the page she had been currently on. "OHHH" James became intranced by the book. "Come with me child..we have work to do.." James began walking back to his cottage.

Luke sighed. "its alright..he's just the village magician..and he's quite a good one at that..a bit nuts though..either way if he thinks somethings interesting you should take a look at it with him..it IS your book of course.." Luke said.

Asura was walking down the road, with his head down and his peasant bamboo hat tipped low to hide his face. He had been on this road for three days seeing no travelers headed in either direction, which seemed strange to him. It seemed strange, but he didn't much care. He was used to being in places that didn't have much traffic, the Agaru Monastery was isolate and had few travelers each year.

He continued walking down the road thinking. Just four more cycles(of the moon) he thought to himself, and then I will be able to return to Agaru. He missed the Monastery. He missed the the calm air, the simple living, the complete devotion to love. In fact the Agaru Monastery was a temple of the Goddess Sineha, the Goddess of Love.

Just then he felt a disturbance in the serene surrounding forest. He felt extreme hatred and destruction. Out of the corner of his eye he saw three creatures come out of the forest onto the road. Once they saw him, they began the attack.

The first one jumped at him. Asura pulled out his Katana and sliced through it, he was dead before he hit the floor. While his attention was occupied, a second one grabbed his legs and pulled him down. They then began clawing him. Asura struck the closest one with the sword, it fell back. The third gnawed at Asura's sword arm, and he was forced to drop the sword.

Without his sword, Asura gave into his fear. He then channeled his fear into the two creatures. They immediately stopped and ran away into the forest.

"What in Niraya's Kingdom were those?!" Asura yelled to himself. It was a close one, a little too close. "I'd better get to the nearest village, and fast." Luckly for him, the nearest village was less then a day's travel away.

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He neared the village, but was shocked at what he found. It seemed as though the village had been attacked, or rather the people in the village. It was a war zone. There were injured everywhere.

He looked at the nearest person, a soldier he seemed. "What happened here?" he asked.

"Ungrateful brat." She murmured under her breath as she watched Leon walk away. "I spared his life yet I receive no gratitude. He should have been bowing at my feet. Then, I could have made some use of him."

She sagged against a tree in relief as he left. Lilliath had been constantly on edge since the Leon's arrival. His curious manner made it seem as if he had some type of tricks up his sleeve. She was used to dealing only with Demons and dead bodies, working in the shadows. Lilliath did not like being confronted face to face.

After a few moments, Lilliath finally regained her calm. She had taken some steps deeper into the forest towards a lowly group of demons. Her self confidence recaptured, she grinned from ear to ear.

"Guess I'll test him before he leaves." She decided after much musing. "It's a waste not to know the strength of your enemy.

With her eyes closed, Lilliath looked deep into the hearts of 3 very special demons. The darkness that lie there she would shape and enlargen with her own darkness. They would become puppets, only able to fulfill the command she placed in their hearts. The Demon would become filled with rage and attack the target of her choosing. That target would be Leon.
She removed the sword from her back and began the ritual, drawing symbols in the dirt, to increase her own darkness.

A few moments later, 3 demons headed steadily in his direction.

Uroth had hidden stealthily in the shade of the surrounding trees watching the end of the exchange between his Master and the Elf. He dared not intervene because he knew Lilliath well and knew that she would be upset if he had gotten in the way of her 'fun'. She nor the Elf could sense him. It was impossible for anyone to sense him in his human form. Uroth's presence was almost nonexistent in his human form due to his lack of strength, power, and darkness. He would be weaker than a human if not for his weapon. That was his only line of defense as a human. His master could sometimes sense him because of the link of their souls, but right now she was weak. Uroth knew that she was powerful, but she had sorely underestimated her strength and spent unnecessary energy drawing a ritual to test the Elf. He was angry with himself for not intervening even if she had been angered.Anger, what a useless human emotion, he thought to himself.

As the Elf walked off in victory, Uroth could not help but to make himself known. No one had ever seen him in his human form that had lived, besides Lilliath. And he would never kill someone that his Master had let live. Still, he needed to confront the elf. He needed to make himself known as Lilliath's first hand man. The human emotions claimed his soul.

He stepped in front of the Elf just as he walked away from the trio of dead demons. His face was dark and serious. Yet, his stance was casual.

"Elf, I won't hurt you. I cannot go against my Master's wishes." Uroth spoke menacingly. "But do not dare show your face to her again. I cannot always be so forgiving."

He turned away from the Elf.

"You should go to the town from whence you came. There are demons sent there to attack at any moment. If you value your friends you will do your best to hurry."

The appearance of the man surprised Leon, but not so much as to show it visibly. I couldn't sence him... Odd... When the man turned to leave, Leon just stared as usual. "Your name is Uroth... Am I right? Just an extension of Liliath's power..."

James sighed. "well..hmm.." he flipped through a few pages of the book. "ohhh..heheh...this one seems well suited for luke..." James holds the book in his hand and shows a potion for turning a corrupted human into a pure demon. "dont you think?!" he said loudly.

"What's wrong with Luke?" Kikyo asked, confused. "And why are you leafing through my potions book? We are looking for a medical healer not a transformation!" she was getting stressed out a bit, but trying her hardest to keep a level head.