Rise of the Cynth [1x1]

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Luna rolled her eyes, "What do you mean he has no control?" She asked, scoffing. At times Luna can be rather clueless when it comes to things like this. She was much more slow to things when it wasn't about fighting, killing and such. She narrowed her eyes at Rioku, "Are you plotting against me?" She asked, very suspiciously, and it was also clear that she wasn't so bright. Luna sneered at Rioku and then at Skye, back and forth between them, she uncrossed her arms. After a moment of silence she finally started to go back through Rioku's words. She pursed her lips into a firm line as she concentrated harder. Now that she actually thought about it, it seemed rather obvious. Luna scoffed, pretending that she didn't make a stupid mistake, "So, there is someone controlling you?" She asked, in a low voice, serious for once.


Ren shook his head slowly and sadly, "Stop..." His voice trailed, his tone weak. Ren sighed, "Mayia, let's go." He said, a hint of urgency in his voice. He didn't want to be there anymore, he had enough of this. He stood back up, and touched her lightly on her shoulders, trying to peel her away again. But he was hesitate, full of doubt. "We need to go." He said, but it was firmer now. Maybe because he meant that Mayia needed to go, it was clear she was breaking. Ren didn't want that to happen, not a bit. "Please!" This time it was in a slightly raised voice, flooded with desperation. He glanced behind him, again, to outside. To him it seemed like their best bet to live. Ren had little hope they would live, but he should at least try. Ren would pick Mayia up if he have too, or even knock her out.

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Skye and Rioku simply waited out Luna's ramblings. Skye had a bit of faith in her, so he thought that she would figure it out sooner or later. Once she finally did, Skye had forced himself to sit up, looking Luna straight in the eyes once he placed his hat on his lap. "Yes... I was unable to control myself and my master had caused me to wreak this havoc..." He said, Rioku not having the chance to tell Skye to calm down. This was actually the most lively that he could get while he was in control of himself. He spent the years he had his body to himself to practice patience, control and music. His master was the one who gave him the most of his fighting ability, but before that, he had been studying it himself in order to protect himself. "I advise you leave with him before these wounds cause too much weakness..." He started to cough once this was said, his hand to his chest while blood spilt from his lungs. His blood... It began to rot the second it came out. His body was dead, so his blood wasn't needed. He would probably die if he ever got his soul back... And that was just what he wanted. To have a soul again. To be alive and human for just a few seconds. He could die happy. Rioku didn't move. He wasn't worried about Skye since he knew that the blood was a simple warning. Once Skye's hair regained the black colour that it was truly meant to be, then that was when running would earn you no mercy. It was fight or die... Usually.

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Mayia looked up as Ren started to raise his voice, tears in her eyes with her hands on Hunter's side, still feeling the warmth. He looked kind of worried... She couldn't understand why he wanted her to leave so badly. "... Why would you care whether I leave or not? You have no reason to care about me... Hunter's the one that helped you in the first place! I-I can't just leave him..." She said, her tears coming down in a torrent and soaking the fabric around her mouth and nose. It was obvious at how much she cared about Hunter. This was his body, even if his soul was gone. She felt as if she would die without him in her life, that no one would ever take his place. Hunter knew everything there was to know about Mayia. He was the only thing in her life that stayed with her till the very end. She wasn't just going to up and leave his body, wanting to be with him for as long as she lived, the bottom of her dress staining a bit in the pool of blood on the floor... It was Hunter's blood.

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Luna glanced at him, then at his blood. For a moment she stared, fascinated by it, or something like that. Luna pursed her lips as she returned her attention back to Skye. She crossed her legs, resting her hands on them. "Hm, interesting, but enough to risk my life over?" She murmured to herself, as if Skye and Rioku weren't there. After a moment of staring off into space she climbed to her feet. "Sure, I'll just go over there." Luna said, pointing over to a gravestone a little ways off from them. She grinned widely, "Besides, I would just love to see this." She snickered and without waiting to see their reactions she spun on her heels. Luna moved several feet away from them before she sat next to a gravestone, she leaned against it and smiled sweetly at Rioku and Skye. She crossed her arms, "This is as far as I'm going." Luna growled, sneering at them.

Zero stalked along the dank and dark alleyway. He kept close to the wall, dieing always drained and confused him. All the feelings of when he died were distant, like he had imagined them. It was a strange feeling and it was fading fast, like he had never had those. Zero snarled to himself and bashed his claws into the wall. How could he be defeated so easily. Suddenly he caught scent of a small soul. He growled, feeling his stomach clawing, burning, screaming at him for more food. Out of what seemed like no where he took off, running at full speed. He was a mere blur as he headed towards the scent.


Ren rubbed the back of his neck. "I'm sorry, Mayia, but you made me do this." He mumbled as he heaved her up again. Ren held on his shoulder as he spun on his heel and started to walk away. He picked up his pace, "Mayia, please understand." He pleaded before she could protest. Ren knew she was going to scream her cry, or something like that. Ren quickened his pace again, heading for the sewers. Ren winced as he took a quick glance back at Hunter. He was almost running now, frantic. He dropped into the sewers, landing heavily and almost dropping Mayia. Ren held his head a little low as he headed down the tunnel.(sorry, it's kinda short D;)

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Skye looked at Luna as she walked away, Rioku actually getting up and following her as he was ordered. A loyal partner to a puppet that belonged to an evil puppeteer. Rioku took a seat beside Luna, as if she were his master, the one that was able to call the shots, but of course, Luna held no such power over him. Skye was the only one that Rioku had even obeyed. No one else had ever given him a successful order. Skye was still in pain, the sensation still increasing in his chest and weighing him down to a point where he actually thought that he could truely die. He was able to maintain control and composure, though. Sitting there, having put his hat behind him, Skye just looked to the ground, a look of mourning on his face as he listened to the screaming of the souls that still remained in this cemetery. This was Skye's sanctuary. The only place he could hide from the evils of the man who took his soul.

Skye's peaceful form didn't last very long. He dropped his head again, coughing terribly. The wind started to pick up and his eyes were unable to close of his accord. Rioku had stood, his hackles raised as he glared at Skye's now agonized form. Skye looked as if he was going to truly die, but that didn't happen. His uncovered hair turned black, darkening from the roots and spreading to reveal the true length of his hair. It was long enough to just pass his shoulder blades. "Move slowly unless he looks at you, Luna... If you are too slow, you will be noticed and killed..." He growled very lowly as Skye's eyes lost their cold quality and became blood thirsty as he let out a blood curtling yell. The pain was too much for even him, who spent his life perfecting his emotionless mask.

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Mayia kept her hand against Hunter's side, wanting to be here for him for all eternity, but she wasn't going to be getting her wish. She was lifted before she could just lay against him again, her stomach over Ren's shoulder. She was told to understand other than protest, so she became still, tears streaming down her face as she looked back at Hunter's body, his peaceful expression just breaking her heart. I'm sorry... Hunter... She thought, shutting her eyes and cringing as Ren took her into the sewers. Once she was sure that they would be relatively safe, she looked over at Ren, seeing only his ear and his green hair. "Where are we going?..." She whimpered, her voice trembling and her voice expressing that she was on the verge of ultimate tears.

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Luna jumped, barely catching onto his words. She slowly looked down at Rioku, "What the? Why is his hair black." She mumbled, her eyes darting from Rioku to Skye. Even Luna could feel the thirst for blood reeking off of Skye, which was saying something. Luna stood up, perhaps a little too fast. She didn't feel safe enough to sit down anymore. Luna slowly put her hair up in a ponytail and unsheathed her katana. For once she wasn't smirking or smiling sweetly. Instead she stared coldly at Skye, for once looking close to mature. Luna glanced down at Rioku. She pursed her lips as she returned her gaze back to Skye. "I've gotta myself into some deep sh*t, didn't I?" She murmured to herself. Luna put her sword in front of her, gripping it with both hands and ignored the faint sting.
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Ren winced, "I don't know yet...." He admitted, he wasn't the best planner. "But we need somewhere safe." Ren said, but it was more to himself then anyone else. Ren pushed his long legs faster, making them burn. He held his head down as his breathing quickened and more shallow then before. Ren glanced behind him, seeing nothing or hearing nothing. Ren caved in and slowed his pace to a fast jog. He glanced around again, searching for a manhole of some kind. After a while he came across one. He slowly set Mayia down, frowning as he stared up. There was only two places which were safe. The cemetery and the sewers. Ren didn't feel very safe staying in the sewers so he better go to the cemetery. "Stay here." He murmured to Mayia as he climbed up the ladder. Ren pushed the cover up a little, peeking outside. It didn't seem too far from the cemetery, just half a block of away. Ren climbed back down, "We're going back up." He stated, crossing his arms, waiting for the expected protest.

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Rioku continued to growl, his back arched and ready to attack. "Now you see why it was that he wanted you to leave... Now run! Before he gets too close!" Rioku roared, his demonic voice coming on in a powerful tone. Skye's attention had been brought towards the two before Rioku even parted his jaws. From his hands extended two, thin blades. One of the swords he held was his regular, silver sword, placed in his left hand as usual, but in his right hand was a black blade, an evil essense cloaking it and Skye as well. In one swift movement, Skye darted towards Luna, his blades dragging behind him until the last second, swinging them forwards. It was a good thing that Rioku knew what happened to Skye what he was like this. Skye merely swung his blades recklessly, destroying anything he could get his hands on and stealing the souls of all he could. It was mind boggling. Rioku had been able to headbutt Skye in his gut to throw him back. Skye never attacked Rioku, since Rioku was already a soul. A part of one anyway. And Skye had no use for fragments.

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Mayia just snivelled like a child that just lost its favourite toy, wanting to force Ren to put her down so she could go back to Hunter's body, but with her strength, she wouldn't even be able to make him stumble. She was light, so she would also be a little too easy to overpower if she did decide to struggle. Shutting her eyes, Mayia cried, her hands to her face so she didn't notice as Ren slowed. It was the lessening of bounces that got Mayia to open her eyes again, the two of them coming to a stop before he put her back down. Mayia just sat there, not wanting to move anymore. She knew that she couldn't save Hunter. There was nothing around here that she could kill herself with, and then there was Ren... He wouldn't let her run away even if she did start, so she had given up. If Ren wanted to kill her, then she'd accept it. If the only reason he was taking her with him was to use her as bait, so be it. There was no worse feeling than to see the only thing in the world that you were left to love dead, so her will was taken away by that sight. She didn't even dare look up at Ren when he spoke to her, her face shadowed by her hair. She wasn't going to speak anymore... She didn't want to say anything anymore. She only wanted to die...

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Luna had already jumped away to another gravestone. Instincts, they really come in handy sometimes. Luna gripped her sword harder, to snap her into focus with the pain in her hands. She narrowed her eyes, "You should know by now I won't run away." She mumbled underneath her breath, mostly to herself then Rioku. But still, Luna hesitated. Or something like it. Her eyes cat-like as she examined the now dark-Skye. With a hand she brushed hair out of her face. Despite power reeking off of him he didn't seem too smart. He was mindless monster thirsting to blood. Perfect. Just like everything else here. Luna's cold, calculating gaze flickered to Rioku. Did Skye have some sort of attachment to Rioku? Seemed very unlikely, considering the state he as in now. Anyway, his speed and strength had bumped up a much higher level. But his intelligence seemed to fallen a lot. Out smarting him, was not going to be an easy feat. Well scratch that, just looking at him he really was a puppet.
Luna finally snapped out of her thoughts, she launched off the gravestone. Closing the distance between her and Skye, or whatever he was now. She pointed her katana's tip down as she brought all of her weight with it. She aimed it at Skye's head.
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Ren glared hard at Mayia. "Please, not right now. I'm losing my everlasting patience." He finally snapped at her. "You've been here a long time, mooching off of Hunter." Ren drew in a long breath, "It's time you take care of yourself." Ren grabbed her again, but was much more gentle then before. Ren held her on his shoulder again, he climbed up the thing ladder that was threatening to break under their weight. He held onto Mayia tight, hoping she wouldn't struggle in his grip. With much difficulty he climb ed all the way up. Ren set Mayia back on the ground. Ren glanced at the cemetery, it was just a little less then a block away. Could they make a run for it? Ren really hoped so. He glanced down at Mayia, grabbing her hand. "We're going to the cemetery, I need you to get your act together so we can survive." He said, his voice soft and a small smile on his lips. Ren pulled her in the direction of the cemetery. He would be running again if it weren't for his short of breath and Mayia who seemed to have hit rock-bottom. He jumped, hearing a some loud noises from there. That made him hesitate. Should he go there? Ren slowed his pace slightly, gazing at the entrance of the cemetery.
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Zero stalked along the shadows. He wanted to be no where near the cemetery. He still got some shivers. Zero could swear that girl was one of them. She had the same exact blood-lust as one of them. Zero picked up his pace, scraping his claws across the ground. His stomach made a noise, very loud. Oh, how hungry he was. Zero needed food, right now. He felt like he hadn't had any in years. Zero started to run, very fast, sniffing for a soul. Anything to squash his hungry, even if for a second. Zero hissed to himself, could feel insanity biting at the edge of his mind. He made a sound that sounded like angry cursing. The hospital seemed like a good place. Zero had caught many small-fry's there. Why not now? Energy pumped through him as he thought about feeding.

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Skye was here only to battle at the moment, to kill and collect souls for his master against his will. His mind had been locked away, whatever was left of his heart torn asunder by the thirst for blood that had been built up through torture and wounds given to him by any living being that desired revenge on him. Some people would do anything for a soul, for rage or fear, but Skye... He was doing this for happiness. It was strange and angering to think that such a person could do things like this for almost no reason. Skye's eyes didn't follow Luna at all, but the second she was over his head, he looked up at her, tossing his blades up at him. The only thing that was in Skye's eyes right now was death. Skye had been stabbed right through his chest as he attacked. Just before he was sure that his blade was going to pierce flesh... He smiled. It was no ordinary smile either. His face... It was alive with delight from the thought of piercing flesh. Skye's master had kept his word, but at a horrible cost.

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Mayia kept her head low, trying to keep herself from hearing anything that Ren had to say. She was able to hear Ren no matter what he said, though. The frightening words that spilled from his mouth only making her feel more like the trash she had begun to think she was the second she woke up from the hospital one day a few years ago. Soon enough, Mayia had been lifted up again, shuttering and shaking as she was held over Ren's shoulder for second time. She really didn't like being carried like this, but for some reason, it didn't hurt as much this time, Why, Ren?... Why did you take me away from him?... She thought to herself, tears silently flowing from her cheeks as she shadowed her face with her bangs. Her breath didn't quiver and her body was completely still... With Hunter gone, Mayia didn't think that she had to lie anymore, When she was set down, she could feel the aura from the cemetery. It was powerful... frightening even... "Don't go..." She murmured quietly and darkly. "He's awakened... The puppet..." She said lowly as she stood there in silence. "Just... don't go..." Her murmuring was rather out of character. She seemed as if she were a whole different person from the one she was when Ren had met her... To tell which one was the real Mayia... That would be pretty difficult, seeing that she had so many sides to her.