The Battle For Earth [SAGA] (open)

[Kami]

The collar around his neck made him useless, he was right to have not fully trusted Kemuri. There was nothing he could do to get the collar off his neck. Kemuri had taken the upper hand, but he didn’t know that Kaladar had a called warriors to this location. Even if the message was for them to go to New Vegeta he was glad he had Popo contact them. Kaladar needed to contact Popo again, the warriors needed to know what they were heading to, if they were coming at all.


“Popo you need to send another message to the people I had you contact, and I would like you to contact more as well.”


“What has happened Kami? I have already sent out the first message, but I am sure that I can send out another.”


“Popo tell each and every warrior that is on Earth to head towards the kings palace. We have been betrayed by Kemuri. He has put some device around our necks that has limited out Power. The two of us can’t do anything to stop him, we need the help of strong warriors to stop Kemuri. So please send this to them. They need to get here fast, we need to stop him before he causes too much damage.”


“Indeed we do Kami, I will send this out immediately, if you can try to keep him there. To give the warriors time to get to your location.”


“I will try Popo, I will try.”


(Kami isn’t outside the palace where this thread is located, he is still inside. He has just contacted Popo to contact every fighter on Earth who wants to join the SAGA.)

[Azazel Moloch]

“Miss Azazel Kami is in trouble he wanted me to pass this message along. We have been betrayed by Kemuri. He has put some device around our necks that has limited out Power. The two of us can’t do anything to stop him, we need the help of strong warriors to stop Kemuri. So please send this to them. They need to get here fast, we need to stop him before he causes too much damage.” Please head over there as soon as you can.”


Azazel had no idea who this person was that was talking to her but the voice sounded concerned for Kami’s safety. She had only meet the old man once, but his determination to protect Earth was uncanny. If him and the king had been taken out then Earth was indeed in danger. Azazel knew that she was going to have to get over there as fast as she could. The only thing she had to do now was leave Alexandria.


“Alex you are going to have to stay here for a while, I need to go see the king. This isn’t going to be up for discussion, I am going to go and you are going to stay here. I just got contacted by someone and I need to leave right now. ” Azazel said placing her hands on the young girls shoulders.


“As long as you promise to come back, you better promise to come back Azazel. I don’t want to be waiting here all day.” Alexandria said placing both hands on Azazel’s face


Azazel smiled and she grabbed onto Alexandria’s hands “I promise Alex that I will come back. I am sure others have gotten the same message I have, this shouldn’t take too long. Just sit tight and I will be back before you know it.” Azazel said as she placed a light kiss on the girls forehead.


Azazel quickly lifted off of the ground and headed towards the King’s Palace. It took Azazel a little longer then she would have liked to find the palace. She thought it would be easy to find the kings palace on Earth, but apparently not. Eventually She found the Palace in the center of the Central City. Everything seemed quiet from the outside, but Azazel knew that something had happened to Kami. Otherwise that voice would have never contacted her. She looked around and noticed that no one else was there.


“I don’t think I should go inside yet, maybe this person that attacked the king will make his way out here. Hopefully others will arrive, otherwise I am going to go in alone. If the king and Kami are really in danger then something has to be done. Those are the only two people that defend the planet. With them gone Earth would be in great danger.”


Azazel stood waiting outside the kings palace, waiting to see if others had been contacted by the same voice that contacted her. Hopefully someone would come soon, there was no telling what was inside the palace waiting for her.

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A couple days ago Carla Andorran, the young red-headed ninja assassin had finished up training with the legendary Kami of Earth for a second time in her life. It had been a thrilling experience since it had attracted more people than last time, however, as soon as it had ended Carla went back to exploring the islands in the Isles of Dragon and ended up at a small fishing port on at tiny place called "Baiting Point". Here, she was hoping to rent a powerful speed boat and head out into the ocean to fight sea monsters, sadly, this chance would never come.

The reason was that as she walked by stalls filled with giant carp, shark tails, and octopus tentacles the voice of Mr. Popo once again contacted her and said, ""We have been betrayed by Kemuri. He has put some device around our necks that has limited out Power. The two of us can’t do anything to stop him, we need the help of strong warriors to stop Kemuri. So please send this to them. They need to get here fast, we need to stop him before he causes too much damage." And with his own words, a direct message from Kami, put her into shock.

"I'm going to be right there Mr. Popo it'll take me a few hours probably, but I'll cross the ocean from the island I am on, travel across the mainland, and invade the castle. I will probably be late, however, maybe I can help with the investigation afterwards."

She then went deep into her mind and found the bodacious Pandora sitting with one leg crossed over the other in a lawn chair. There the woman would tell her, "Sounds like something's happening in the world... I really do not know who this Kemuri is so I cannot help you there, but I suggest we head to this Central City, check out the King's Palace, and bring justice back through the forces that sleep within me."

Carla would listen to her words and respond to the older spirit within her, "I really do want to help him. I am glad we are on the same page or once. I increasingly see him as a master even though you seem to think I probably will surpass him. Yet how will we get there."

Pandora, since she shared the same mind with Carla, conjured up the image of a speed boat and instructed, "Instead of going out on the water to fight fish simply go from here to Central City, land there and then head for the palace. When we get there go in with full power and I will try to take care of the rest."

Carla nodded and very soon she came back to reality where she smelled a truck with dead cod driving by them and walked to the nearest dock launching zone less than one hundred yards from her. Once there, she spoke to an old, blind man sitting on a bucket there cutting up a large pile of potatoes and asked him, "Do you have a boat?"

The man nodded and pointed to red and white speed boat with a massive engine attached to the back, "Meet Super Speed, 500 hundred horse power, solar power charger, and automated inflatable crash bags. The fastest thing on the sea-"

Carla did not care for the man's prattle and pulled out as much Zeni as she could from her kimono and handed it to him. "I have to get to Central City in a hurry so I will be buying your boat and not your services to drive it since you seem busy. There is a high chance I will crash it since I'm only..." she shut up at first but then said, "...a novice seaman." The old man was a little hard of hearing so he could not tell she was a young twelve year old that easily because Carla spoke in a soft voice and very quickly. He only smiled and let her have her way.

"Don't worry I have boater's insurance and I'm in the process of building a better boat anyway." Carla had gotten lucky and as she stepped off the dock and jumped into the boat she went to the front of the ship and found Pandora taking control of her arms. The young girl turned the keys she found in the boat turned the wheel as the gas revved up and headed out to sea. Once out there she pushed the throttle all the way up to the highest speed and sped across the water and the ocean to the main land. Once there, the boat would crash, slamming into the coast line.

Poor Carla would nearly drown upon doing this, but raised her power and used Pandora's Presence to rise to the surface of the water, swim to shore, and then stand. "Gotta' keep going," she told herself as she used her ki to super heat her body. Getting from where she was going to take a while, but Pandora pushed all of her strength into her body's now longer legs and made her run at bullet train-like speeds to cross the continent. It was taxing on her body and she could feel every fiber of her body begin to tear as she approached Central City and collapsed.

She was not unconscious though, just extremely tired, so she struggled to her feet and stumbled to the King's Palace through the streets of Central City. Once she got there she looked up at it in awe and thought, "Wow, sure did take me a long time to get here, but now I wonder if I can fix whatever problem is inside." While she stood there she noticed a woman much older then herself, it looked like Azazel, however, her eyes were so tired it was hard to focus.

Geez... Pandora uttered inside her mind. You're using my full power but just to get here you have pretty much pushed all of that to the limit. You might as well go home because that dark haired woman near you, the one we met before is definitely not in your condition.

"I don't care what condition I'm in," she muttered aloud, "I'm sure Mr. Popo called me and we had to crash a boat you know, walk across a land mass, and walk through the city to get here. Wouldn't that be called a waste?"

You're going to die if you don't rest. Pandora warned. She could already feel Carla's power dipping ever so slowly but at a non-stopping rate. To counteract this she stopped the flow of her power into Carla's body and upon doing so felt Carla's figure shrink down to it's normal, twelve year old shape. She could feel Carla fall on her knees and sent a thought to her This was a dumb idea. I have no idea why I agreed to this. Azazel would surely see Carla in a weakened state though and probably come to help her if she could. Real combat had yet to come yet she had traveled so far to participate in it.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

"We have been betrayed by Kemuri."

"W-what!?"

Bear's head shot up from the table he'd passed out on, a line of drool still connected to the pool under his face. A castle of empty glasses surrounded him, apparent evidence he'd been drinking; which was not unlike Bear.

The tavern he was in was dark, only he and the tender remained. Shooting back from the outburst, a glass dropped from his hand, shattering loudly as it connected with the floor. Growling at the loud noise, Bear grabbed his head hand, trying to shield himself from his hangover. However as the voice in his head continued, it was apparent he would have to just deal.

"He has put some device around our necks that has limited out Power. The two of us can’t do anything to stop him, we need the help of strong warriors to stop Kemuri.'

"Who the hell are you!" Bear roared, looking around as he bounded into a standing position, the glasses around him shifting off the table and onto the floor, shattering with enough noise to shake the whole planet; or so it seemed to the hungover Bearserk."I don't even f**ing know you!"

Turning for the door, Bear rushed out of the tavern, literally taking the door off the hinges with him. Panting hard, he tossed the solid oak rectangle aside, what a way to wake up; hung over with a voice in your head that just wouldn't stop. Had Bear finally drank himself into insanity?

"So please send this to them. They need to get here fast, we need to stop him before he causes too much damage."

Stopping, Bear grabbed hard for his flask in his pant pocket. Undoing the cap, he quickly took a large gulp. This wasn't insanity, this was a plea. Pleas were something Bear grew quiet familiar with in his time in the military. He'd heard hundreds of desperate cries for help in the past, and this was definitely one. Looking around, Bear could feel one source of energy, something he was not completely familiar with. That had to be the source of the plea!

Taking to the air, Bear burst off at full speed towards the source of the energy, sipping from his flask as he flew. As a Castle in the skyline grew closer and closer, Bear slowed, looking around. Though he'd seen the castle plenty of times, Bear had never been so close, and in all honesty it was somewhat intimidating. As he hovered in the air, ki signature suppressed to undetectable levels, he noticed movement on the ground below him.

Two figures, both female, and both very familiar. The first was a tall girl, whom Bear had met under... Pressing circumstances. The other was a pink-haired girl, met under different pressing circumstances. Raising a brow at the two, Bear stayed where he was in the air hoping neither would look up as he spied on them. Though he hoped neither would hold hard feelings, that might only complicate things. It was best to see how things would pan out first.

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Dawn suddenly froze in her steps, as she heard a voice in her head, as she tried to catch what she could, but the only words that she remembered was "We have been betrayed by Kemuri." as she wondered what a Kemuri was. She had a feeling everyone she knew knew what the voice was talking about, and saw Azazel take off flying in a direction, leaving Alexandria behind.

She quickly said "Dont worry, Ill go see whats going on to sweetie." She said, as she took off flying after Azazel.

It wasnt long before Dawn saw Azazel touch down near a grand structure, as she touched down somewhat behind Azazel as she asked "Miss Azazel? What in Asters name is going on? Whos Kemuri?" wondering what was going on. She had only been on the planet a week, and it seemed lie her luck had allowed her to arrive on Earth at a bad moment, as something very serious in teh making.

Without hesitating, she drew out her sword and waited to hear what Azazel had to say.

[Azazel Moloch]

As Azazel stood outside the king’s palace waiting to see who else got the message. An hour went by and no one had shown up yet, she was about to go inside when suddenly a younger looking girl appeared a little bit to her left. Dawn had made her way here and was now standing behind Azazel with her sword drawn. Azazel could feel another presence nearby, looking up she would see a familiar male figure keeping his distance. She recognized the man from her unfortunate meeting before, but now was not the time to bring that back up again. She was going to need his help with whatever was going on inside the palace, at least that’s what the voice said. Looking to her left she saw Carla, the young assassin that she meet before. The girl looked exhausted and in no condition to help out.


Walking over to Carla reaching in her pocket “Here take this bean, I have heard it helps people get their strength back. You look like you have traveled a long way to get here. We are going to need you at 100%. You can take this if you want, if you think that you need it.” Azazel explained attempting to give Carla her Senzu Bean.


Looking up at the man “You might want to get down here, you aren’t going to be much help from up there. We are all going to have to enter the Palace together if we want to stop this Kemuri. What happened between us is in the past, we need to focus on what is happening right now.”


Looking once more at Carla to make sure she was capable of fighting whatever Kemuri was she would then turn to face Dawn. “Dawn I don’t know who Kemuri is, but I am assuming all of you heard the same voice that I did. Kami and the king are in there and have been attacked by Kemuri. We have to enter the Palace right now, all of you follow me.”


Once again the voice came into her head “Azazel it is Mr. Popo, once you are inside I can direct you to where Kami and the king are, I have been in the palace a few times. Please be careful, if Kemuri was able to take those two out then he is stronger than I can imagine.”


She didn’t answer the voice, instead she began walking up the stairs to the Palace entrance. Once at the top she would look back at the three others that have chosen to come. She was surprised that Roxsenne or Kuro had not heard the same voice and didn’t make their way over here. Looking back Azazel would push open the doors to the Palace making her way inside, hoping that Carla, Dawn and the male would follow her into the palace as well.

[Delashano]

Jenn was.. frustrated to say the least. The message she had received contained some VERY bad news, evidently Kami had been captured by someone named Kemuri and had his power locked away by some sort of (Jenn presumed magic) device, that in and of itself was not the frustrating part normally Jenn would have considered that a minor inconvenience at best as she lacked the knowledge of just how powerful Kaladar was and how important it was that his power was limited and thus her plans for simply blasting her way into where he villain was keeping Kami would more than likely just result in her demise or her own capture. What DID complicate things and cause Jenn no end of frustration was that her lack of knowledge of this era's Earth was coming into play yet again.

Kami had been rather vague on the whereabouts of his location, perhaps to the others that had been contacted(the phrasing of the message was clearly intended for a group of people and not just herself) would have had an easy time of it but until she'd received the message Jenn hadnt even known the Earth HAD a King now and thus finding his palace was an exercise in frustration, it had thus taken Jenn much longer to arrive on the scene as she had needed to visit one of the larger cities the Earth had and when that city had not been where the Palace was located she'd gotten a few of the locals to tell her where to go. Thankfully these Humans were still more than willing to give any information you might want provided they saw you as a big enough threat. Jenn hadn't actually intended to follow through with turning that man into a sheep if he didn't tell her where to go but the threat had done the job of getting the idiot to actually pay attention.

As Jenn touched down near the Palace she noticed that she at least appeared to eb correct or had perhaps walked directly into a trap as she was not alone at least four others were present and as Jenn was now bothering to actively use her ability to detect energy sources it appeared that at some point humans had become rather impressively powerful as all four of those present had an impressive 'resting' power, from the way she was speaking it seemed the woman in red was taking charge of the situation to some extent providing the younger human girl with some sort of food. Jenn was relieved to hear the woman in red mention Kami and the Kemuri guy in a fashion that was clearly a' im here to help' way.

Jenn couldn't help but be a tad confused by the attire of the woman that the woman in red was dressed in, she appeared to be wearing armor but the armor itself appeared to be designed to protect as little as possible. Jenn wasn't of course one to speak as her manner of dress usually consisted of pants and bandaging but really what was the point of armor if it wasn't going to DO anything but that was a question for another time, now she needed to join in the rescue of Kaladar before something bad happened to him. "I suppose I'm a bit late to the party, would someone be willing to bring me a bit more up to date on what is going on? The message I received was rather.. vague." Jenn asked, perhaps at a later point she would endeavor to learn telepathy as Kami and Popo had it would be a useful technique in situations such as this.

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"I don't need a bean," Carla answered her as she pulled out her own Senzu Bean and ate it. It was the only one she had, but as she crunched and swallowed it she could feel all of her energy return to her. She stood up and listened to what Azazel had to say about Kemuri and Kami in the castle and looked around.

There was a savage man she knew high above them somehow floating with his own power, a woman in strange armor with a sword, and now a purple genie woman landing nearby them. "Geez," she uttered aloud, "Our group has only one guy in it? Doesn't this world have heroes at all? Who sends a kid, three women, and a man to fight some guy in a castle?"

This really worried her since it meant one of two things. Those other heroes were somehow occupied or these were the only good people around to deal with the situation before them. She had never been inside a castle like the one before her, nor had she been long in Central City ever, but she hoped she would not get lost, especially since it sounded like someone dangerous was inside the building they were to enter now.

She decided to bring the genie up to date though and looked at her saying, "In the castle there's this mean man named Kemuri. He's probably got my Mr. Kaladar as a prisoner, so our job is to go in and kill him I think if we have to and rescue him and whoever else is inside." After speaking she turned back around, crossed her arms and started walking towards the castle door. This was a chance for adventure her inner child told her.

One Senzu Bean Used

[Ohkara Minamaru]

There was plenty of interaction between the girls down below as a third arrived. This one wore armor, and wielded a sword. Though females, there was no doubt it Bear's mind that each was a strong warrior. Having seen both Azazel and Carla's abilities in action, he knew that whatever was inside this castle was in for a surprise. Turning, Bear nearly left, a call from Azazel turning him back around:

“You might want to get down here, you aren’t going to be much help from up there. We are all going to have to enter the Palace together if we want to stop this Kemuri. What happened between us is in the past, we need to focus on what is happening right now.”

Shuttering lightly, Bear took a drink from his flask, and slowly lowered himself to the group. Getting closer only amplified the feeling that they were each stronger than him. But with another drink of high-grade whiskey, his nerves began to fade, calmness taking over.

A fourth women joined the group, this one wearing what looked like bandages. Had Bear not been under the influence, he might have had to stare. But as the conversation recapped the message everyone received, Bear knew now was not the time for gawking.

"I'll be honest with you ladies..." Bear said, slowly replacing his flask into the pocket of his green pants, "I'm not sure who Kami, Kerumi, or Popo are. The only reason I showed up was that I have heard my fair-share of pleas for help in my day. This was surely one. That being said... Do you all really think that we have the time to stand around and bullshit?"

As rude the question was, Bear's brash nature masking it from him, he had a point. If this Popo was really in trouble, standing around and talking outside was the worst thing that they could do; worse than not showing up, even. For all they knew, or at least Bear knew, these men inside were being tortured, or even executed. Both of which Bear had experience with.

With a light huff, Bear would push past the remaining group, and follow the others inside the castle.

[Kemuri]

As soon as the first stepped inside, they would notice the eerie calm throughout the building. There were no people to be seen, and perhaps even eerier than the calm would be the quiet. The air was stale and the scene immaculate, as if it was just waiting for the day to begin rather than a hostage situation. The floor would creak as they made their way in, and the first would find an odd sight upon entering further in the building. As soon as they got towards the kings office they would notice something. A purple mist slowly swirled up from the stairs leading down towards the war-room.

At the same time, classical music began pumping from the throne room. It began softly at first, and as the group would stand or explore more, finding nothing in the entire castle other than the classical music from the throne room and the mysterious purple mist swirling up from the war-room, it would rise to cacophonic levels, rumbling things off of the shelves and smashing them upon the floor. The noise would be terribly painful to those within the building.

(More to come depending on what you all do from here.)

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"So you did hear the voice to... Something in my gut tells me, that me showing up, and this mysterious incident are too much of a coincidence... Either that, or I have gone paranoid." She said, as she followed behind Azazel into the palace. She had already met Carla and gave her a smile, but the others she had not met yet, a woman in bandages and a man who looked like he didnt bathe all that often had arrived on the scene as well. "Hmph, at least that other guy from that clan isnt here...God he pisses me off so much..." She said, as her keen sense of hearing picked up the music first.

"Is it me? Or do I hear music?" she asked, as her eyes caught a wisp of the purple mist and rubbed her eyes. "Now Im seeing things... Theres purple...stuff over there..." She said, pointing towards the war room. But as the noises grew louder, she had to try and cover her ears. "Someone shut that noise off....Its almost too loud..." She said, as she continued to follow Azazel. Her anger mixed with the loud irritating sound as she added "Shut off the sound, or Ill blow something up! Yeesh!"

[Delashano]

"The amount of people present and there genders is irrelevant, we were those who were chosen by the Guardian to come to his aid. He believes that we are the ones most fit to come to his rescue. He believes in us so perhaps you should have a bit more faith" Jenn said giving the girl an encouraging grin, she seemed rather worried about the groups chances of success but Jenn herself was certain that they would prevail she could sense that the majority of the group was far above what she expected and even the weakest of there numbers was far above what she was used to encountering. The girls fairly basic account of what was going on didn't exactly help as much as Jenn would have liked however as Jenn had managed to infer the majority of that from the message she had recieved. But the effort was good none the less.

Jenn turned to listen as the only male of the rescue party spoke up explaining that he evidently had even less information then Jenn herself had as he didn't even know who Kaladar was and had ultimately come along because he had heard a plea for help. Though the man appeared rather rough around the edges Jenn couldn't help but respect him for coming to aid a complete stranger in there time of need even at risk of his own well being as it had readily become obvious was the case. "While I agree that getting to the task at hand is a very good idea it would be best perhaps to ensure that everyone knows what is necessary, such as what Kemuri actually looks like. That way we know who exactly needs a beat down." Jenn said with a grin. Truthfully Jenn was hoping that she would be able to negate the majority of potential danger that this mission would pose, all that she really needed was for the group to get her to Kaladar, then it would be a simple manner of wishing Kaladar and the King free from there bonds or heck simply wishing all of them to the Lookout would likely work as well as then they would be safe and then she could devise a means of freeing Kaladar. This course of action was ultimately only necessary if there opponents happened to be capable of overpowering them.

As they proceeded Jenn rolled her eyes as the strangely armored woman spoke up. "It is not a matter of coincidence if you are called to the incident." she said, wether the woman was actually paranoid remained to be seen. She next remarked on hearing music playing and not long after Jenn could hear it as well, it was a strange sort of music a style that Jenn had never heard before even during her brief time exploring the modern Earth. Not too long after as they proceeded the music began getting louder and louder and the armored woman began getting more and more belligerent over the noise. Truth be told Jenn didn't actually blame her for it much, the music WAS rather excessively loud now but getting violent at 'nothing' would serve no purpose but to reveal there position if there enemy was not already aware. "Calm yourself, that sort of reaction is almost certainly exactly what our enemy wants. Geting you angry and off you're focus in order to make it easier to attack before you realize what is going on." Jenn would then snap her fingers summoning forth a number of ear plugs for the group. "I suggest everyone take a pair, if not for now then for later in battle if things come to that, it would be best that if this music is capable of throwing you off that you remove such a distraction from the equation during a fight." Jenn suggestion before offering a set to everyone present save for herself. If it came to that then she could simply create a new pair for herself on the fly, as it stood there was no guarantee that the enemy would not seek to divide them before initiating combat.

"In the event we do find this Kemuri and we find ourselves outmatch I would suggest the best course of action to be that we get me to Kami, If we can do so I can almost guarantee that we will succeed in out mission." Jenn said choosing not to explain the nature of how she would accomplish this as while Kami clearly trusted these people on some level Jenn was still unwilling to give total strangers information on her abilities. Getting Kaladar was her only priority at the moment, she needed to know if he had her ring on him, she had not gotten the chance to suggest to Kaladar that he put the ring somewhere safe rather than keeping it on his person, if he DID have the ring and this Kemuri person took it... things could get rather bad as that would transfer the bond over from Kaladar to whomever took the ring.  Jenn was not entirely sure what exactly would be the result, if this Kemuri sought to weaken and capture Kaladar his intentions towards him and the Earth were certainly not good. Which would likely put any wish he would make at odds with her Oaths made to Seikatsu. In all likelihood the result would be her being forced to break those oaths, an act Jenn was not interested in preforming. The result wouldn't kill her but would be beyond painful. Worse yet she would be forced to work against what Seikatsu had wanted for the Earth and that was to her perhaps worse than the pain that would result from her broken oaths.

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Carla was not up for talking anymore or listening to the paranoia of the woman in armor. She simply shut her eyes and walked towards the purple mist, geta sandals clacking on the tile, she said as she approached the door "Let's leave the music on please. If we turn it off wouldn't it just make the place unbearably quiet? Plus, I bet our guest probably put it on just for us to enjoy. It would be rude to turn it off even if we could find a switch for it."

Without another word she would draw her two swords, open her eyes again, and stand just five feet from the swirling mist and ask, "Can any of you identify this? I have never seen this kind of mist before. Purple seems an abnormal color for fog." Carla was hardly paying attention to Jenn's words because she had not worked with anyone in a real long time. Team work was not something she was used to after she had killed her own sister to gain power. Her sister had been her former partner and taking instructions from a spirit did not seem to suit her taste, even if the woman's confident words of "getting her to Kami" could save the day. She had no idea what that meant but she really did not care if it did or did not have double meaning. As it stood, it was very likely that Kami was not captured at all and that this was a training exercise.

Mr. Popo had sounded desperate yet thus far no enemies had shown up. Plus, the fact that Kami was in trouble just seemed impossible. Carla had seen his power and the old geezer had probably two hundred times her or more. He was like a nuclear reactor just waiting to go critical.

[Ohkara Minamaru]

As they stepped into the castle, there was a moment of silence. It was the calm before the storm. Taking a deep breath, the whole moment changed for Bear. This was it. He was in active combat again. It had been years since the man had done anything but train and drink. There was a weird feeling about it, but it wasn't a bad feeling... It felt so right. Bear's life had ended the day he was dismissed. This was the feeling of living he had missed so much.

The silence was broken by the brunette. Saying something about music at first, then continuing about a purple mist. It took a moment for Bear's eyes to adjust to the dark castle, and a few more for the music to chime in. How poetic the scene was to play classical music in an eerie castle. It reminded him of an old horror movie. Ask the music began to grow louder in louder, the brunette began yelling about turning it off.

In the blink of an eye, the bandaged girl produced some earplugs, handing them out. Her advice was to stay clam; which was a good note. Bear had already began his process of staying calm. Grabbing up a pair, he would place them in his pocket, turning to watch Carla near the mist. Asking if anyone knew what it is, Bear shook his head.

"I wouldn't go near it! Might be poisonous!" Bear shouted, trying to speak over the music was getting harder and harder. Soon, the music was so loud, the vibrations where beginning to shake the whole place. Placing his fingers over his ears, Bear would take a deep breath, and react. Turning off from the group, Bear would motion for the brunette to follow, then head towards the origin of the sound.

[Kemuri]

As soon as the first person were to step into the throne room, the music would stop suddenly. Upon exploring the person or persons would find it utterly empty, except for a large stereo set up directly on the throne. On it would be a note with fine cursive upon it. The ink is a deep purple and seems to glow with some magical energy. The note reads

Hello champions of Earth! My name is Kemuri, and whether or not you’ve heard the name before is irrelevant, you now know it, and won’t soon be forgetting it. I am the new leader of Earth. This is non-negotiable. You are powerless to stop it. Kami and King Buraddori are both under my control. That is, To clarify, I have them within my power, and could kill them at a moment’s notice. They are still very much opposed to my rule, but there is naught they can do. This may come as a surprise, but I’ve been studying the bastards for years. It was only a matter of time.

When their eyes hit the very last word on the bottom of the page, a slow clapping would sound from behind them. Turning, they would see a tall Hyena-like man standing there, a beautiful deep purple lounge robe fitting him like a glove. When their eyes fell upon him he would take a bow. Scanning him would prove ineffectual, there was something in the room that caused power-levels to be unable to be read.

“I must say he does have a way with words. And by him I mean me. My name is Kemuri, and I welcome you to my humble abode. Lovely place isn’t it? A bit messy what with the racket that just occurred, but I have tons of slaves now to clean it up.”

He would stroll around the room for a bit, very lackadaisically. There was no sense of hostility within him, and no urge to make any move towards the intruders to his house. It was as if he was in total control of the situation.

“Now. How can your lord and master help you?”

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Anyone that went into the purple mist would find themselves feeling very light headed. Should they delve deeper down the stairs, the mist would slowly put them to sleep, lost in a slumber. The mist would fade in about an hour’s time. There would be nothing to find when they eventually woke up, as the war room had been empty this whole time, the mist a simple ruse.

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Anyone left outside of the throne room would here a voice whispering for them to enter.