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The building Ailes was standing on was beginning to creak and lean as supports on the other side were being burnt through. The smoke was creeping out of the moss and the seams of the shake roof. The sound of shattering glass and the flames licked up the front of the building. on the far side of the peak the fire had burnt through the roof giving ailes the perfect light in the back to let anyone see her shadow like form.

The nagging voice of his name kept buggling Toole, were these people insulting him, first they take her away from him, but then torture him with the sound of her voice screaming his name. When there was none left to face him he turned to the voice still screaming at him. His eyes were drawn to the burning building, and his eyes widened noticing the form of who was up on the roof.

He tore up ground to close the distance, and stepped on whoever was in his way or just bowled them over. He lunged forward in his last stride as the buliding began to twist in its collaspe, he curled into a ball as his hands snatched her off the roof, and he held her close to him. Toole plowed back first into the neighboring building and the whole front half of it was crushed under his form. Toole just laid there for a minute breathing, he picked his head up to look down at his stomach. He let moved his arms aside and he didn't know how it happened, but laying on his chest was Ailes. The necklace didn't lie, and the awful truth became apparent.

(before Toole crashes into the building)

Yumiru was in the back hall of the builidng, the senior mistress of the nearest tribe had Yumiru surrounded by her men, and was taking great delight in prolonging the battle. "I will wait until my superior numbers completely destroy this village, you were foolish to think we would allow you to partner with dragons from Arias, and your death will be the last." Yumiru wanted to put her knife right through her heart, and end this conflict once and for all. However, unless a miracle happened she wouldn't be able to get close enough to her without being overpowered by the men around her.

The house shook as the roof buckled, and the wall seperating this training hall from the rooms in the front disolved. in a pile of dried grass and mud, and the sticks that held it all there. the heaver beams of the roof started dropping and Yumiru shot under a strudy table. Yumiru coughed and hacked as she waved the dust out from in front of her face, but when the orange light and heat from the fire next door flooded in Yumiru could see her opponent was still alive.

(after Toole crashed into the building)

Yumiru crawled out from under the table and over the beam that the table managed to stop. The table collapsed and the beam landed right between the legs where yumiru was. Yumiru looked back and smiled before finishing the short climb over to where the trapped mistress lay pinned at the waist under some rubble. Yumiru stuck her blade through the womans hands, and she of course of her enemies men unburied himself. Yumiru faced him; 'Your mistress has been defeated, you, and everything she has now belongs to me. I order you to cease fighting immediately and begin treatement of the injured." He bowed and pointed a hand at the sky the large bolt upward spidered out in the clouds of smoke from the fire. Yumiru sent up her own spider lighting, but the patten was different, and the fighting just stopped.

People put their weapons away as the man moved out to pass the word along. All of Toole's siblings were still alive, and had minor wounds. Tolly however was not so lucky, but he was already being taken care of at the house Ailes left from. Toole laid his head back down and the world returned to being upside down. His body ached all over, and he just sat there wondering how he could have made such a mistake in telling the two women apart. He gave Ailes a necklace that should have told them apart immediately. Then again the victim he picked up had severe wounds, perhaps that is all he cared to see, but in the end what really mattered the most was still safely between his arms.

"There, there, Ailes, you don't need to cry anymore, were both alive, and the war is over." Toole began to move a bit, the sound of things breaking under his weight, and he laid back knowing with his wings half unfolded rolling over would be impossible. He summoned his amulet and put it on, The rubble got a lot bigger now that he was smaller. He gave Ailes a hug; "I'm sorry you had to go through this." Toole got to his feet and lifted Ailes up into a standing hug; "I surely hope that with this victory the rest of the lighting demons will accept the change that is taking place."

Toole's arms stiffened, and a horrible smile graced his face. "When the sun rises a new era will start, but unfortunately the one within me fights still. So to punish him, I'm going to let him watch me kill you."

Toole smiled as the edge of the sun crept up the sky was already godlen against the clouds. "In his lament he will loose all hope, and then those who will come to murder me for this treachery will kill this body before he has a chance to explain himself." Toole smile grew larger, as the sword materilized from the ring on his finger. "Why don't you make this fun for me and scream, I like it even more when they resist, but i'll settle for a scream."

He swung the sword up above his head stepping forward to bring it down on Ailes. A fan shaped blade attached to a ribbon struck the blade off course. "You are not going to hurt her Balthezor, how about you be a good boy, and let Toole have his body back?" Nepta twsisted her body back and the ribbon retracted, the fan like blade resting in her hand, and she jumped down into the wreckage of the house.

Nepta took Ailes hand; "Toole is in there, but right now there is a nasty soul in there controlling his body. I have come to take him back with me. He tortures people, and I'm sorry for my late arrival. I will return Toole to you, but you must seek safety as it will become too dangerous for you to remain here once I start."

Nepta sighed; "The things i have been through, and the things I have done to people are unforgivable Balthezor. One way or another you coming back with me, my daughter has fallen in love with you, and as much as it sickens me to think of you two together i won't deny her anything." Toole drew a wary look; "It's not like you to concede so easily, what are you planning, and if you think I'm just going to let him have this back and come with you your saddly mistaken."

Nepta smiled; "Turn around Balthezor, she is right there." Balthezor turned around and the large mirror stood behind him. His eyes went wide and he turned around to stab the sword into Nepta, but instead of Nepta being there another mirror stood in her place. "What's wrong Balthezor, don't like this mirror, its such a lovely memory in you, you spent so many years looking out of it, and who would have thought it would be my way in."

balthezor moved Toole out of the wreckage of the building. "I bet you that I'll find that woman before you seperate us, and the deeper you go the less likely I'll be interupted." "You forget your place Balthezor, I'll sever your 3 lines of before you find her."

(Note: the sequences below take place within Toole's mind. They are scenes of Toole's past, and a memory of Balthezor guards each line from being broken. With each line defeated Balthezor's control over toole lessens. After each line i will post what Balthezor is doing in the physical world, but each section is marked with OCC text such as this. )

(The first line)

Nepta found herself walking in unfamilar halls, and eventually she ended up in a large library. Down below sitting at a table was Toole. He was sleeping at a table, and sitting atop a bookcase not far away was Hamlin. Nepta smiled seeing hamlin, and she quietly descended the stairs. She was almost at the bottom of the stairs when she jumped backward to the step above her, the clink of metal against the wall and the dagger fell on the steps with the chatter of metal. Nepta leapt forward with her hands streched out foward as a dagger struck the wall where she was stadning.

Landing on her hands she flipped behind a bookcase a dagger striking into the wood. Nepta smiled the large fan like blade appeared, and as she spund out from behind the bookcase she sent it flying at hamlin. He rolled off the bookcase, and Nepta reeled the ribbon back in with her free hand as she closed the distance. He threw a few dagger as her from his crouched landing pose. Nepta dived to the floor and rolled to knock a table over. The next spread hamlin sent stuck in the top. Nepta picked the table up and moved forward with it, and when she heard the shuffle of feet she threw it aside. Her free hand leand the moving hamlin, and three dagger of fire were sent screaming as his body, the first two missed, the third struck home in the side, and hamlin burned to a pile of ashes.

(meanwhile in the physical world)

Balthezor searched for Ailes, amongst the people milling about helping the wounded, and he called her name repeatedly. Roothemay turned around and caught Toole's arm; "Where was she last, i'll help you look after i finish here, and she couldn't be far." Balthezor smiled and nodded; "I said something foolish again, and she went and hid somewhere. We were talking over by where i crashed into the training hall." Roothemay smiled; 'Relax Toole, emotions are running high right now, our father is in bad shape and you should probably go and see what you can do to help them. If i find her i'll bring her to you." Balthezor nodded and moved on heading towards the building where Tolly was being treated. He stumbled a bit, and he gritted his teeth cursing Nepta's name as he continued on.

(second line)

The library changed into the streets of Arynia, The sound of thunder and the lighting streakeing everywhere on the streets. She turned around sharply and looking up she noticed Toole flying overhead. Perpled at how flame could curve until she noticed who was riding on top of him. It stood only to remind her not to fail, this was only a memory, but the real deal could step in at any moment. She had to look amonst hundreds of people for a person who didn't fit this scene.

It took a few moments but she smiled and started slaughtering everyone in sight, and when the bodies and combants disappeared to be replaced with a wounded Tristan she smiled holding up her free hand. The three burning daggers struck him and he burned to ash, but she wondered why the scene didn't change after 2 minutes.

She found the answer in the form of a church that didn't belong in arias. She leveled it and the scene began to change again, and Nepta waited for the next challenge to begin so far she had 40 minutes wrapped up in this.

(during the second line/ physical world)

Balthezor entered the building and moving past the untreated to where Tolly lay on a table. He shook his head; "You're treating him the wrong way, take him outside, remove his amulet, and then your energy will have more effect in repairing his injuries." Balthezor turned around sharply to the feeling of someone staring at his back, and Lisa detached herself from leaning against the wall. "You're in a bad mood, barking orders like that, and why don't you put all that healing knowledge to work?" Balthezor worked quickly in searching the memories of Toole for a answer. "You honestly want the murderer of our mother to work on our father too, hypocrites, and how can you stand there and ask me to help when you blame me for the death of someone who loved me more then he ever did. I'm sorry, i forgot to write "I love you papa" in a book. Save him your damn self." Lisa backhanded Toole hard; "He may have not been the best father, but lately he's been with you. You're just too full of yourself to go talk to him." Toole growled and pushed by her, when lisa grabbed his hand he spun back around and landed a solid punch in her stomach. He pushed her back to fall on the floor. "Stay the hell away from me;" Toole walked back out the door to resume his search for Ailes.

He returned to the original site, lighting demons were looking at the two strange mirrors, but he began checking buildings nearest the site.

(The third line)

The final scene was when Toole and his father having a heated argument, his mother was off to the side weeping softly, and Toole was telling them he was leaving for good. Nepta remembered these kinds of arguments with her own parents, but she always came back after she cooled off. Then again Nepta didn't have a monster like Balthezor eating her from the inside out, and causing all sorts of painful encounters. She found the first object to be destoryed easy enough, a book with a title written in a language that didn't fit the realms, but if her other two experiences were correct then two more objects or persons existed within this memory.

The answer came in in the form of a hissing and violent Jezabelle. The scene changed violently to a slave camp and while Nepta fought with Jezabelle, Toole was paying the slave master to purchase Jezabelle, and the contract was being written up.

Nepta had enough of the scratches she was getting and when Jezabelle added a fresh set, Nepta just grabbed her arm, and swing her up and around she slammed Jezabelle into the ground where she exploded into fiery embers that drifted up past Nepta. Nepta took a moment to let the pain of the scratches disipate somewhat. She withdrew a hand mirror and looked at the scratches on her face. "Balthezor, I changed my mind, killing you would be a release for your crimes, i'm going to seal in that ******** mirror for eternity."

Nepta put the mirror away and began searching for the final thing she had to destory.

(Meanwhile in the physical world)

Toole/Balthezor entered the last building bordering the site. He touched just under his nose feeling something wet. "b***h, I'll still kill his worthless whore before you get me." Toole moved into the building, the sword appearing back in his hand. "Come out come out wherever you are, I'm going to make it hurt, i'm going skin you alive if I must search this entire building."

Toole hissed lurching forward from the attack. "Dammit, I'm going to kill you, rip you face of and wear it for a mask, and send your corpse to your mother!"

Toole thrashed about trying to dislodge her, but feeling the legs wrapped around his waist preventing it he took the swords and started slicing at the legs hopping they would dislodge.His other hand was trying to reacha round back to grab something, hair, body part, anything to cause pain.

Toole shook his head; "Seems to me they don't want to change too well, they jumped me, i was looking for Ailes, but could you give me hand these really hurt." Toole stumbled backwards a bit, getting rather unsteady on his feet, and Balthezor feeling the body beginning to die turned his attention on occupying another. However he was reluctant because in order to do so he would be vunerable to Nepta. He dropped the swords with the loud clanging noise of metal.

(Third line continued)

Nepta watched as the memory was starting to fall apart, a black mist starting to destory the scene and make things hard to see as she fought her final challenge. "How the hell, b*****d, you pissed with the wrong person, now you got him killed, and now their is no point in me holding back."

Nepta just destoryed the whole memory. She ran for her life, consideirng if she died in this body she was toast.

(back in reality)

Toole screemed like a banshee, his hands coming up to grip the sides of his head. His nose started bleeding rather profusely, and he crumpled onto his side. Tears were starting to run down his face mixing with the blood. his breathing was becoming raspy as the poison worked its way through his body.

Nepta appeared back where the two mirrors stood and threw the formless blue energy that was Balthezor into one of them. One of the lighting demons raised a hand; "Who are you, and what are these mirrors doing in our village. If you refuse to answer we will kill you." Nepta just looked at the speaker, she was in no mood to be messed with, she had come hoping to prevent death, and here it happened after all. She was so pissed, and it showed through her eyes. The lighting demon took a step back, and Nepta reached up touching the mirror frame and both mirrors disappeared.

She disappeared in the burning flames leaving the lighting demons to scratch their heads.

Toole swallowed it, but he wondered how he did that considering every thing else in his body was numb. His eyes grew heavy mumbling something incoherant before just laying there with half open eyes. Shallow breathing the only thing letting Ailes know he was alive.

two little candle like flames started between Ailes and Toole, and the flames died out and there were two small potion bottle no bigger then the shot glass ailes used on Toole. The note under one read.

"I'm so very sorry this had to happen, I take full responsilbity for the pain and suffering that Balthezor caused your families. Within the two bottles is a restoration potion, its very potent so only one each, and wait to give Toole his for another 5 minutes. Have blessed and wonderful lives together."

Nepta.

Toole's leg wounds healed and he started to twitch, his eyes blinked and the eyeballs moved and began to focus. He began to sit up; "Remind me not to make you angry, and i so terribly sorry ailes. I tried hard to resist, but I was just so exhusted from fighting." Toole just lunged forward hugging her tightly. "I would never hurt you on purpose."

Roothemay quietly walked in and whispered into Ive's ear. "Tolly is in bad shape, he sent word for you, but wouldn't tell us why for."