Last Hero - C6 Raising Despair Part 2

As the last Hero's guardians made their ride to Hiromi's rescue, a certain individual was making a move of her own. Shiiva Mist had found her way to the perimeter of the Tower Of Despair. Within hours she was able to get the information she needed to find Hiromi. She made a small camp and waited for her cloak of darkness to arrive. She was also waiting for the Eclipse to finally fly back to Paradise. As she surveyed the land she noticed the ground surrounding the prison was looking more lifeless than what she imagined. There were smouldering craters, and debris all over the lands. The signs of a fresh battle. It looked like a war zone. She started to ponder what kind of army or rebel group would have the numbers and guts to try something like this. She also had to wonder if whatever happened here would make her mission easier or more difficult.
 A few hours passed and Shiiva was cooking over a small fire. A huge roar shook the lands and she almost fell face first into the blaze from the surprise. She felt a light gust going through her small camp. She looked towards the tower and saw the mighty Zidora flapping it's wings and increasing altitude. He began to fly in her direction. She quickly put out her fire and concealed herself with her wind technique. The huge dragon shook the grounds beneath it as he passed over the trees where Shiiva was camping. She watched in awe as he got farther from her sight. Shiiva focused back on the tower and saw the Eclipse was also moving. It's pace far slower than Zidora. It was finally time for Shiiva to make her move.
 She scribbled a symbol in the dirt and pressed her hand to the ground. A huge cloud of smoke blasted upwards, and big bag was laying on the ground. Shiiva dug through all her items and pulled out all the pieces of a Paradise Soldier outfit. She began to change clothes and dawned the look of a low ranking Paradise Soldier. She let her hair down, and applied makeup to her forehead to hide her third eye. The finishing touch to her disguise was a fake pair of glasses she placed over her face. She looked over herself and arrogantly complimented on her own work. She didn't feel complete. She made another symbol on her palm and ran her hand through her hair. Her long blue hair slowly turned jet black. She looked over herself again and giggled in delight. Despite everything, Paradise was actually one of Shiiva's best paying clients. She needed to be extra careful, so that nobody in Paradise found out she was working a job against them. She was in the skin of a whole new character that could take the blame for anything that went wrong on this mission. She began to dirty up her clothes and ruff herself up a little bit, once she thought she looked the part for her character she began walking towards the tower. When she felt she was getting closer to their view she started walking with a fake gimp. As she drew closer two soldiers on warhounds approached her.

Soldier: You there! What happened?

Shiiva: -Panting- Ugh... Private, Waters.. sir. I'm a newbie knight.. my.. my squad has been wiped out!

Soldier: What!? Under who's command?

Shiiva: M14, We were doing a patrol. We were attacked by a pack of 8-Spikes!

Soldier2: A pack!? 8-Spikes don't travel in packs!

Shiiva: I know... we were.. we... We were wiped out in minutes. The 1st Lieutenant, gave his life for me.. I didn't want to be a coward.. But I didn't want him to die for nothing either.. -She starts crying-

Soldier: Doesn't explain the pack of 8-Spikes!

Shiiva: I assumed... it must be some sort of Crawleon, Bug Tamer.. with some kind of vendetta against the empire.. -She hands the soldier dog tags- This is all that's left of the Lieutenant...

Soldier: Ugh!! This.. these are Herald's tags all right...

Soldier2: This rookie is shaken up man.. We should get her to the Doc..

Soldier: Yeah... Waters.. hop on!

Shiiva: -Sniffles- Ugh... thank you sir.. -She climbs on the warhound and holds onto the soldier-

Soldier: It'll be all right... An 8-Spikes is terrifying.. you somehow got away from a pack.. This could be the begining of your legend you know. Let your tears out now, If I ever catch you crying in our uniform again, I'll sock you!

Shiiva: Yes.... sir.. -Sniffle- (Hah! Idiot.. Even I couldn't kill a pack of 8-Spikes! Truth is I just jumped that squad and robbed the guy closest to my size of his uniform. Jacked all these tags too! Man I am quite the actor! Those tears! Those tears! Top tier I tell you what! I am soooo awesome... and get a load of this jackass.. he's probably fantasizing about how he's gonna try and console me later, thus leading to some romance between the rookie girl soldier and the glorified vet! Hah! As if loser!)

 Shiiva was escorted by the two soldiers into the tower. The moment she set her foot inside her eye sent a warning headache that grounded her. She grunted and fell backwards. There was a presence in this tower that was oozing murderous intent. Shiiva's arrogant strut left her body and she was now in a state of shock and fear. The two soldiers helped her to her feet. She was on high alert now. She had confidence in her escape ability if things got too risky. She continued being escorted by the soldiers. They took her up the stairs and eventually to a large open room that they were using as an infirmary. They sat her down on a bench and eventually left the room. Shiiva now had a serious look on her face as she played the waiting game for her next move. She didn't even need to fully open her third eye to sense the terrible mana. It was coming from above. She pressed her hand to her face and began to wonder if her pride and some candy was worth jumping into such danger. She thought herself to be pretty high on the totem as a fighter, but to be terrified to this level twice in such a short amount of time was cause for her self reevaluation.
 Another couple hours had passed and TJ and the others were closing in on the tower. They tied their mounts about two miles out from the tower's perimeter and continued the rest of the way on foot. When their two mile sprint finally ended they could see the tower stretching into the dark sky. They stopped out by the rocky hills and began to prepare themselves.

Ace: This is it..

TJ: You guys ready?

Endra: I am..

Baronas: All good here...

 The party continued their walk slowly towards the tower. The plan was for TJ and Baronas to find a couple of soldiers and steal their uniforms. They would do a fast job on the inside, pretending to have captured the wanted pup Ryo, while actually using him to track Hiromi as fast as possible. All while Endra and Ace caused a massive distraction. Endra and Ace had to buy time against an entire army by themselves and force enough time to get Hiromi. TJ and Baronas had to use every precious moment so that they didn't cause the two to die. The pressure was on for both sides.
 TJ and Baronas managed to dodge the search lights from the tower and made great progress towards their goal. They managed to get on the blind side of two guards. They were careless and chatting between themselves quite loudly. TJ saw the opening. He stayed in the shadows and crept behind them as quiet as could be. Baronas followed closely behind TJ. Baronas pulled one of his wave swords from his case. He held his hand up and tightened his grip.
 "TJ!" Neimi shouted.
 TJ looked behind him. Ryo leaped out of his arms and clamped down on Baronas' wrist. He grunted and dropped his blade. He swung his arm and flew Ryo into the ground. Ryo landed on his feet. He bared his fangs at Baronas and growled. TJ's face was in shock. Baronas met his expression with a nonchalant sigh. The two guards, who were now on alert drew their weapons and held them towards TJ.

TJ: Baronas... you're a Paradise soldier..

Baronas: More like a... double agent slash... assassin if anything.. -He grabs his blade off the ground and places it back in his case- I almost feel sorry for you guys..

TJ: Trust me, we don't need your sympathy!

Baronas: Good to know..

Endra: -She drops in next to TJ- The hell is this!?

TJ: Baronas' a double spy...

Ace: -He drops in next to the party- Ahh... well... this puts a huge wrench in our plan... Can't anything just go smooth for once..

TJ: The game wouldn't be interesting that way my friend..

Ace: When did you become a life risking junkie?

TJ: -He summons Victoria- Plan B! We're not leaving here without our hero! No holding back this time!

Ace: You heard him... We'll give you one chance to just give us back Hiromi... then hundreds won't have to die here tonight.

Baronas: You make it sound as though you have the pressure hand..

Ace: Who are you anyway.. are you just a traitor from the alliance or an actual Paradise spy? In all my years in Paradise, I've never heard of a Baronas Greid..

Baronas: It's because I have no real name anymore.. or a number.. or a signature weapon, method of killing.. I'm Baronas today.. but after this mission is over.. I'll be someone brand new.. and I'll be using a new weapon.. have a new name... new target.. my entire legacy.. is having no public legacy. That's why you've not heard of me, Ace Blitzkrieg.. Everything I do for Lord Leviathan. I do as a true shadow.

Ace: I see.. so the actual spies from the alliance.. all gone?

Baronas: Probably... I did not lie about their situation.

Ace: You did lie about the back up however..

Baronas: Not entirely... I have a whole squad heading to Beastview... to capture your family..

Ace: You what!?

Baronas: And a whole army preparing for an all out assault on the Alliance HQ. I believe it's checkmate.

Ace: You underestimate my wife... and Azreal of the Alliance as well..

Baronas: You overestimate your chances... as well as the chances of your loved ones...

 General Hydroyle drops down from the highest point of the tower and crashes into the ground. He rises out of the dust unharmed. Hundreds of Gargoyan troops stampede from all around the tower's perimeter closing in on the party. Hundreds more soldiers in the air swoop down riding wyverns. Their leader General Wade has his Seryvern descend to ground level. He sits atop the saddle of his beast looking down on the party with his trademark smirk. As if the first two General's intros were a signal, the doors of the tower opened and hundreds of soldiers marched out like a stampede.
 Ace noticed Crawleon troops mixed in with the foot soldiers. Crawleons are a race of humanoid bugs, their features and abilities range from all sorts of amazing and disturbing sources. He displayed a surprised look as a foe he did not anticipate was in their ranks. He and the others heard strange steps on the ground and a strange noise that was somewhere in between chirping and hissing. They looked in the direction of the approaching foe. The leader of the Crawleon soldiers and one of the seven Generals, Lezarra. Her mouth was vertical and her face had two huge pincers on her chin. Her eyes looked netted, two large fuzzy antennae atop her head and a green source orb fused on her forehead. She had a body that resembled a human from the neck to the waist. Her back sprouted wings like a dragon fly. Aside from her two human arms, there was a second pair which were like a praying mantis. From the the waist it connected to a huge bug like abdomen that mostly resembled a spider and a praying mantis. She had eight legs all sharp like blades. Another set of huge mantis wings and a large stinger at the end. She was a true vision of beauty to all Crawleon kind. To the party she was something from their nightmares.

Ace: Lezzara... you look as lovely as I remember..

Lezzara: Ahh Ace.. you always knew how to flatter a lady. If you ever grow tired of your wife... you could always give me a go.

Ace: Uhh... tempting as that may be.. I ain't about the cheating life style..

Lezzara: What a shame..

Wade: Enough chatter.. Ace, you must realize that even you cannot defeat a force of this size..

Ace: Maybe not.. but I'm not alone..

Wade: Hah! You think this... cannon fodder would aid you in this fight? A traveling writer with no swordplay ability, and a worn out single horned slave demon.. Surely you jest..

Ace: Even if we couldn't... even you know... that I'd take a huge chunk of you all straight to hell with me.. There's no need for that much loss of life.

Hydroyle: Don't let his bluffs fool you. He makes as though you are all worthless meat shields. You're soldiers! Warriors! We out number them by hundreds! Blitzkrieg is too soft to kill any of you! You needn't worry..

Ace: Tch.. Hydroyle.. Good to see you too asshole..

Endra: He's not the one who's going to cause a mass genocide tonight...

Hydroyle: What?

Endra: Ace and TJ may be softhearted and merciful towards you all... but I won't hesitate to leave you in pieces..

Hydroyle: Another empty threat men! She's a broken down slave whore! She lacks the power to kill any of you!

Endra: Then I'll start with you.... -A huge wave of dark mana surrounds her-

Wade: The hell?

Endra: (No more holding back!) -She lets out a terrifying scream that echoes through the battlefield-

 A glyph glows on the hands of TJ and Ace. The huge mana around Endra begins to erupt violently. Surges of energy blast in all directions. Wade commands his troops to fire their arrows. They acknowledge and a storm of arrows hails down from the sky. All the arrows are caught by Endra's mana and thrown back at them. All the air troops begin a flight for their lives. Dozens of men shot by their own arrows. Some poor souls fall from their mount to their death.
 In the chaos, Ace quickly brings his hands together in his prayer stance and throws a strong right fist forward in the direction of Lezzara. She quickly jumps out of the way, but the wave from Ace's fist blasts a straight line through hundreds of soldiers. Huge amounts of soldiers crash into each other. Hundreds more fly straight into the air and crash into the ground.
 TJ leaped towards Wade. He transforms Victoria into Grandeur mid way through his leap and winds back his giant sword for a huge hit. Wade was shocked that he came flying at him from nowhere. He saw a look of rage in his eyes that sent a chill down his spine. He drew his lance and panicked as he tried to raise it for a parry. TJ brought his blade down and it was caught between the hands of Baronas. TJ was surprised that Granduer was stopped by a blade catch. He had now caught a glimpse of how strong this spy really was. Baronas twisted his wrists and sent Tj twirling through the air. TJ released his blade and it vanished from sight. He re-summoned it in it's normal form and held it up in defense. Baronas' fist collided with the sword and TJ went sailing through the air. Baronas appeared behind TJ and went for a punch to his lower back. Victoria's awareness helped TJ keep up. He turned and blocked his strike at the very last instant. The shock wave from Baronas attack sent them both flying. The separation was what TJ needed. Victoria transformed into Ignis. He took a stance and the blade of fire stretched out and formed a circle around TJ. The blaze behind him took the form of a serpent. [Serpent Circle]
   All of the soldiers around TJ began to back away. Baronas kept an emotionless face on as he drew both of his wave swords. TJ held his hand out like he was giving an order and the serpent of flames lunged out towards Baronas. He jumped to the side and dogded the flaming beasts. When the serpent crashed into the ground where it's target once stood it quickly pounced right after Baronas continuing the chase. He continued to hop away from the fiery serpent until it seemed to finally stop. The serpent dispersed and the flames around TJ grew more intense. Baronas grew intrigued with this power, he was about to make his next move when the sharp cries of the demon Endra distracted him.
 The dark mana around Endra converged to her body and exploded sending hundreds of soldiers flying. Everyone's attention was caught and the entire fight froze for a moment. When the smoke cleared, Endra was hovering over the ground in her true form. Her one and a half horns, were now six. Four of them pointed up, and the two bigger ones pointed forward. Her face now had an obsidian armor visor, etched with patterns and a gem in the middle, only her lips exposed. Her hair grew to her ankles in length. Down her body the obsidian like armor was clad over her chest, with a spinal lining down her back and sides. The spinal designs connected to armor around her hips. Her forearms and calves also dawned the sharp obsidian armor. Her hands and feet were now sharp claws. She sprouted four wings from her back. The wings also had hand like claws at their tips. Three devil like tails swaying at her feet. Each of them bearing a sharp blade at their tips. The black chains known as the Death Link, wrapped around her wrists and ankles.
 She bent her legs and kicked off the air as if it were solid ground. She left shock waves from where she hovered. She dashed through the air and palmed Hydroyle's face. She drove him into the ground and dragged him across the battlefield. She eventually released him and flew up high into the air.  Hydroyle slowly pulled himself out of the dirt and looked up to see Endra descending with a giant claw of dark mana. Hydroyle saw his doom approaching him, he didn't have the time he needed to dodge, or the power needed to block. Endra was set on claiming the General's life. Before she could reach him she was struck by a giant lance engulfed with light. Endra shouted in pain as she crashed into the ground and was caught in a huge explosion of light. Hydroyle gave Wade his thanks. Wade continued hovering over the field on his Seryvern. Dozens of his troops lined up behind him with their crossbows aimed and ready. At the first violent shift of smoke, Wade commanded his men to fire. The wyvern riders launched their assault of arrows. The first line flew to the back and reloaded while the next line fired their arrows. They continued their assault for about five rotations. Endra rose slowly out of the smoke with a sphere of dark mana around her. She was singed from head to toe. Her mouth smirked and she let out another battlefield shaking cry and thousands of chains blasted out of the ground and reached into the sky. Wade and his entire fleet was forced into a sky dance of death. Through some impressive flying Wade managed to escape all the chains that chased him but he saw dozens of his men captured. The chains slowly continued wrapping around all the soldiers and their mounts until they looked like cocoons of chains. It was a disturbing sight, like a giant spider web in the night sky. All the chains pulled tightly and all the chain traps twist and grind down on their prey until they were crushed into slop. Blood and guts rained down onto the ground of the battlefield. Wade and all of his surviving troops looked on in sheer terror. They were all reminded of just how powerful demons really were. With only a couple actions Endra had taken out nearly half of the air troops.
 "WW-10-7 Formation! Clip this bitch from our skies!" Wade shouted as he drew his bow.
 The remaining riders began their assault. Half of them switching to their spears, while the other half continued with their snipe attempts. Endra grinned and met their formation with a provocative gesture.
 Meanwhile TJ was caught in a deadly game of his own. Troops would swarm him from all sides and while he used his flames to keep them away Baronas would take a quick shot at him slashing him once and escaping his fire's perimeter of defense. Baronas had managed to cut TJ over ten times and no matter how he tried to change his counter set up, Baronas could figure out his fire's limit. TJ called back all the falmes to his sword and swung it around in a circle. The blade stretched out to about twenty feet and TJ wiped out dozens of soldiers. Ignis' blade turned white and TJ planted the sword into the ground. In the next instant a giant white blade of fire rose out of the ground under Baronas. Baronas jumped out of the way, the blade scathing his side. He looked towards TJ, ready to strike and met with the fangs of a transformed Ryo. Baronas caught him and stopped the fangs inches from his face. Ryo's lunge still caused him to fall backwards. He rolled back and kicked Ryo off of him. He kipped up to his feet and his eyes widened in disbelief. TJ brought down the huge blade of Grandeur and crushed Baronas under the pressure of a direct hit. Grandeur's huge blade planted Baronas into a huge man shaped crater. A giant mark of impact down his whole back from his shoulder going diagonal down to the opposite leg. Baronas released a gasp of pain and grunted as his fingers twitched.
 "Good boy.." TJ said as he panted.
 Ryo trotted over to TJ and got his congratulatory petting. However the boy and his dog were now surrounded by soldiers on all sides. They all closed in soldiers of all sorts of races and weapons. Ryo and TJ were back to tail in the middle of it.
 "Stay close to me, Ryo. Don't let anyone touch me, I won't let anyone touch you." TJ stated as he gripped his sword tighter.
 Ryo growled at their approaching enemies. The first line of soldiers charged from all directions. TJ stayed with the great sword and took out multiple enemies with one swing. Ryo snagged the leg of the smallest soldier in the line and swung him like a rag doll to take out other soldiers. With each man who fell a new soldier took their place. It wasn't long before TJ and Ryo were being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of soldiers that came at them. TJ summoned Ignis and activated his ring of fire again. He and Ryo made quick work of the soldiers trapped in there with them. The circle held the rest of the force at bay for the time being. However TJ knew that this trick wouldn't last for long. It would only be a matter of time before they did the numbers and found an equation passed his fire like Baronas did. The technique was also very taxing on TJ's mana. Between the ring of fire, and the mana he was constantly giving to Endra for her transformation, he knew he would find himself and the whole plan in trouble if he didn't find a new tactic.
 TJ figured to go back to the well. He began talking in his head. He called to his sword and asked for some kind of miracle again. He asked Victoria for a sword that would help out with crowd control. A blade that could manage through this on it's natural merit without needing vasts amounts of mana. He waited but it seemed as though the sword wasn't feeling up to being a Genie on this night. The soldiers all around them began to form their numbers. TJ and Ryo backed up to each other again. The soldiers all began their charge. TJ's senses suddenly sharpened. It looked as if all the soldiers were running at him in slow motion, super slow motion. The flames surrounding TJ and Ryo turned white and froze in place. The air became cold. The flames around them turned to ice. A giant claw of ice surrounded TJ and Ryo. The ice shattered and a blizzard raged out in all directions. All the soldiers who were surrounding the two were blown away. TJ was surprised and still confused. Ignis froze over much like the flames around them. The blade of ice shattered into hundreds of specs of light. They swirled around in the air and slowly converged building the bright silhouette of a new sword. The blade emerged and descended slowly to TJ's hands. This sword was even longer than Grandeur. The blade was almost eight feet in length. It had strange blue symbols and linings on it. Attached to the blade was another thinner blade that looked to be made of light. The blade's handle was almost as long as the blade itself. It's design had mechanical look to it. TJ grasped the sword with both hands and his brain took in all the knowledge that it had to offer. [Victoria: Frost Wing]

TJ: (Holy crap! What the hell is this!? I feel like my total mp just sky rocketed once I grabbed this baby. This bad boy.. is some kind of spell sword..) Ryo!

Ryo: -He grunts in reply it sounds off-

TJ: Follow me close! This thing's gonna get us to Hiromi!

Ryo: -He barks in reply, but it sounds distorted and lower than usual-

TJ: Hm?

 TJ begins his sprint towards the tower with Ryo running behind him. Every soldier that gets close to him is instantly moving in slow motion in TJ's eyes. He quickly bashed them with his new sword as they passed and took out soldiers one by one dropping them. He looked back and noticed Ryo would be moving in slow motion as well every time he got close enough to TJ. He realized then that whatever field barrier this blade put up protected only him. He was now slowing his pace and making sure Ryo was unharmed. He commanded Ryo to run beside him at a certain distance. The dog of war easily understood his command and followed him flawlessly.
 Meanwhile up by the highest point of the tower Neimi was floating up zoning in on Hiromi's position. She made her escape from enemy eyes the first time TJ put up his ring of fire. She sensed Hiromi's heartbeat and continued up. She could also sense a terrifying presence, but she knew she couldn't let fear stop her this time. She finally reached the top and was now looking for the closest and safest opening for her to sneak into. She continued her search when she suddenly felt a new heartbeat enter the zone. Among all the terrifying heartbeats that were making her scared out of her mind, this new one felt, safe and strong. A heart, that beats for justice. She quickly found a spot far from any sentry lights and hid. She waited for it to approach as it might be some much needed help.
 The soldiers who were standing guard atop the tower began to get flustered as they picked up something in the search light. They saw a massive avian headed straight towards the tower. Neither of the two men recognized it as a beast of their world. As it got closer, the searchlight revealed it to be a huge black bird. It's eyes reflected in the light like gems of silver. They could see patterns down it's body that glowed purple. It had multiple tails that flapped in the wind that gave off the purple glow as well. They figured what ever it was, was just passing over. It seemed to get closer and closer and it's altitude looked as though the massive avian was going to dive bomb the tower. The soldiers panicked and quickly manned the balista. As the bird got closer the soldiers thought they might be food. The panicked soldier fired the giant arrow straight at the avian beast.
 Just as the arrow made impact the giant bird exploded into a huge cloud of black smoke and feathers. There was then a violent quake through the tower. One of the soldiers quickly left the post to make a report and check around. The other soldier who remained sat quietly in fear. He quickly walked over to the search light and was shining it around all over the sky. Neimi was confused as well. The heartbeat was definitely from the avian, and though it appears to be gone, the heartbeat was still around. It was in the tower now. Neimi decided she should get back to her mission and find Hiromi. She zoned in on her location and found a small barred window. She peeked through and saw Hiromi hanging by her wrists. Neimi got bubbly and almost shouted, before she regained herself. She looked all around the room and floated in through the bars slowly. It seemed empty. It seemed as though that the fight below was working perfectly to their advantage. Neimi floated towards Hiromi and began to talk to her.

Neimi: Hiromi.. Hiromi!

Hiromi: Hmm.. Neimi?

Neimi: Yup!

Hiromi: Neimi! It's really you! Then all that noise outside!

Neimi: Yeah! We all came to rescue you! It looks like you're okay for the most part! That's good!

Hiromi: So everyone's okay!? Endra? TJ? Master Ace?

Neimi: We're all accounted for, but we gotta get you outta here before the chance of that changing happens. How the heck am I gonna do this?

-Suddenly the door creeks-

Neimi: Wha!?

Hiromi: Hide!

Neimi: -She flies behind the board that Hiromi's against- (Oh crap!... wait a sec...)

Shiiva: -She walks into the room and walks towards Hiromi- Ahh.. lookit you just hangin' around..

Neimi: (Are lame puns just a genetic thing for the Okuha people?)

Hiromi: Urgh... (that voice.... it's the most annoying voice in existence...) Shiiva?

Shiiva: Hey Shhhhhh!!! Shut your yapper! The name's Misty Waters..

Neimi: -She flies out from behind the board- Misty Waters!? Really!?

Shiiva: Oh... hey cutie.. wait... the hell? So all that fighting outside must be your crew.

Neimi: Yeah, yeah, we're passed that.

Shiiva: I see... Well you're timing couldn't be more great!

Neimi: Looks like you'll get the other half of the bag after all!

Shiiva: Yeah, yeah! Hold still Miss Hero.

?: Stop right right there foul villain!

Shiiva: Eh? -She turns around-

 The rescue is interrupted by the entrance of a young boy. He stands no taller than four feet. Dark skinned, with wild orange hair, hazel eyes and pointy ears. A golden headband over his forehead, patterns around his eyes and cheeks drawn with bright blue paint. He wore a kimono, that was half orange and the other half white with a blue leaf pattern across it. A black hakama that was cut short and modified to look more flashy with striped trimmings. A tail that looked like a lion's swaying from the back of his costume. He held a dark purple staff towards Shiiva, looking to challenge her.

Neimi: (That's the other heartbeat!)

Shiiva: Eh? The hell are you kid?

?: Do not address me as kid, I am Kye, The Chimera! You'd do best to remember it!

Shiiva: Kye, The Chimera... like the play character?

Kye: I am no simple character ma'am! I am the hero who has arrived to save the Princess!

Shiiva: Princess?

Kye: Now lowly Paradise scoundrel! Remove yourself from the scene! Hyah!! -He rushes towards Shiiva-

Shiiva: Heh.. -She dodges multiple attacks from his staff- (The kid's pretty fast)

Kye: Hmph! I see you're no normal Paradise grunt! This is clearly a front by you. Causing misplaced underestimation by my part! Clever!

Shiiva: You're pretty on it! -She takes her stance-

Neimi: Stop!! Both of you!

Shiiva: Eh?

Kye: Hmm.. What's this!? An adorable fairy has entered the picture!

Neimi: Kye.. was it?

Kye: I am he..

Neimi: Uhh.... if I understand you correctly.. you're here to save Hiromi correct?

Kye: Indeed.. I've heard tale of the Last Hero's journey finally starting. I know that not many brave souls exist to aid her in her quest. For the past few weeks I've been gathering information on her whereabouts. I was always a step behind! When I learned of her capture, I raced here at Godspeed! I've finally found her. My princess Hiromi!

Hiromi: Eheheh... Princess?

Kye: Indeed! You are my princess! I shall aid you in your quest to destroy the evils of this world! Until my dying breath!

Hiromi: (He sounds so cute!!) Aww I wish I had my glasses... I can't see your face..

Shiiva: Oh yeah... I just noticed.. your pretty slammin' without those things.

Hiromi: Ew...

Kye: My fair lady is blind!? This is a tragedy! We've no longer any time to spare! -He swings his staff at blinding speeds and breaks all the chains holding Hiromi-

Hiromi: Whoa! -She lands on the ground and falls over-

Kye: Milady! -He catches her-

Hiromi: Wow... I've been hanging up there for so long.. my legs are all whooooo... This is weird..

Shiiva: Sooooo.....

Neimi: Don't worry about it! We're all on the same side..

Shiiva: I'm still getting paid right?

Neimi: Naturally.. You went and threw yourself into danger! You really are a hero type character, just like I suspected!

Shiiva: Shaddup! I am no such thing! Anyway, we should get the hell out of here quick! There's something monstrous on this floor and I'd like to get the hell out of this tower before it decides to make a move.

Neimi: I sense it too! You know how hard it was for me to muster up the courage to enter this room!?

Kye: Ladies! Worry not! For I shall rid our path of any obstacles that stand in our way!

Shiiva: You "must" be a loon...

Kye: Forgive my rudeness ladies, for I have not yet received your names.

Neimi: Neimi, The Greywing!

Shiiva: Call me Misty for now..

Kye: Lady Neimi, and Lady Misty! Lady Misty, I apologize for my rude behavior! It's unbecoming of a hero!

Shiiva: Yeah sure...

Hiromi: I like him! He's so damn cute!

Kye: Uhuh... my word... -He blushes- Praise from my lady, so soon!

 The three of them escort Hiromi out. Kye leads the way while Shiiva drags Hiromi by the wrist. As they continue down the hall they reach the intersection. They were about to head down the left hall that lead to the stairway when they heard a loud crash. An explosion at the end of their current hall. After the smoke clears there is giant hole in the tower wall leading to the sky. Neimi and Shiiva freeze in shock as they sense the vile mana that they wanted to escape from.
 From the corner they see a single bare foot step out. It continues forward revealing the body it is attached to. Thrice Blitzkrieg walks out from around the hallway and sets his eyes on the party. A smile grows across his face as he walks slowly towards them. Even Hiromi can easily sense him at this point. She remembers how she froze up against Dragnauk, and has vowed never to succumb to fear again. However this mana was making it hard to keep such a vow. Hiromi unable to see with her eyes tightened her fist and prepared for a fight.

Thrice: I sensed.... an interesting mana... It was interesting enough to wake me from my nap.

[THE KING OF BEASTS VS SADISTIC FIGHTER! SOMEONE'S GETTING PUT DOWN!]