"I geuss you are right about that" Keyaro shrugged and walked in the same area as Alex "Hmm I never did think that I was anything but special, but eh I must be since I met you guys." Keyaro chuckled and put his hands behind his head "I really don't wanna get mixed up with some Chimeras the just give me the heebie jeebies."

((You'll find out how Red knows so much as long as you ask the right question. hint: read my battle post. Oh and I'm done with band camp.))

Red walked into the Inn, passing Alex. "Chimeras will eat any living thing it finds but Goki are another story. They act on the commands of higher demons. Well this is a demonic town so humans would be hunted here."

((That's good redt))

Keyaro followed after Red and stood in the doorway holding it open for Alex "So buddy" Keyaro directed at Red "How come is that you have two marks instead of the standard form, and what was that whole thing about you being half demon" he asked curiously and innocently. "I am just curious about it that is all, if you don't want to say anything then you don't have too I just like to know a bit about my friends."

Red half smiled at Keyaro, "You probably wouldn't call me friend after you know about my past. I'm much older than you think. Everything about me physically is due to having the two marks. Ninety-nine percent of humans painfully die if their marked more than once. I was that one percent sadly." Red sighed deeply as he remembered his long past.

"I was in New York City when the final invasion arrived. My parents and I were hiding in abandond apartments, moving to rooms during the night so that we wouldn't be found. One day a group of dopple gangers found us by impersonating friends that we knew. They took us to the Demon King himself to decide our fate. I never saw what he looked like since the room was pitch black but his voice was as cold as ice. He said that humans could become like the demons but my parents declined. They said they would rather rot then become a demon, that's when everything happened. I heard both my parents scream out in pain then it just stopped. His dark voice echoed in my head as he said that he marked my parents but it killed them. He told me what he was planning for the world, an army of half demons. Half demons can change between human and demon forms, so he was planning as using them as spies in human civilizations then kill them all eventually."

Red shuttered, "I felt searing pain in my hands but I couldn't feel anything touching me. It felt like an ice shard was carving in my hands, my soul beginning to freeze over. It ended soon, I assumed I was dead but I still heard his voice. He was surprised that I lived so he sent for two water demons quickly. A hot blade was slit across my chest and blood flowed onto the ground. The water demons did likewise but they poured their blue, water-like blood onto my open wound. I was scared but as the blood mixed I felt invigorated. My wound healed fast and my feelings of pain and suffering vanished. I was dismissed with the water demons since they were ordered to care for me."

Red unsheathed his katana, "This is what I mean." He slipped the blade over his wrist and purple blood poured onto the ground like water. "My blood isn't the same colr but it is the same property as a water demons. I also inherited their magic also. And since I have demon blood in me I'm immortal. My body has remained in the same state since I was marked fifty years after the first invasion." Red grabbed a cup of water off the counter and splashed it across the wound. It closed up as if it was never cut.

"Hmm well then friend that is an interesting story, and I am quite sorry about what happened to you" Keyaro said nicely Could I have some demon origin seeing how I can use fire and I am not marked? "Well I think we should all get to sleep" Keyaro said as he hopped on a bed and drifted off to sleep.

Blake slept quietly under the shade and darkness of the balcony. He felt a shiver coming on as he dreamed. Voices of demons echoed through his mind.

--- FLASHBACK, WHOOSH~~~~

"What is this... this thing? It's certainly not human, nor devil..."

"No, it's not... Where did it come from? And why is it in the Underworld?"

"I don't know... Maybe we should ask the Demon King?"

"N-no way! That won't be necessary!"

"Haha! You're scared him, aren't you?!"

"So are you!!"

"No way!!"

"GRR, QUIET!!"

"Eek, sorry!"

"Sorry, Boss!"

"Let me see this child... Hmm, interesting... Huh? Wait... No... That can't be..."

"What is it...?"

"It... It has the same blood running through his veins as... From... Of the Demon King himself!!"

"What?! How is that even possible?!?!"

"I don't know... But we all know where the Demon King came from... Perhaps... It was sent here, from...?"

"Nevertheless, it's still just a child. We can do something about it right now before the situation gets any worse."

"Right, right..."

"Allow me."

SLICE.

"What... What did you just do?!"

"I am a soul demon. I have cut the creature's soul to two."

"Wha---?! Where did that thing go?!!"

"...You idiotic fool."

"...What?! You belittle my skillz?!"

"The creature has disappeared! There should be a soulless corpse here!"

"Oh... oh no."

"What?!"

"...Well, it wasn't human, right? And it wasn't a demon like us, right? Well... Uh...?"

"WHAT IS IT ALREADY?!!"

"...Uh, perhaps... Perhaps I may have just cut the soul into two parts... Wherever those two pieces fled, they could still be out there somewhere, reappearing elsewhere... My best guess is Earth... Instead of destroying the soul, I may have just split it in half, creating two weaker entities, mere morals now really... Well, that's never happened before! Ahahaha!! And because of that we won't be able to track it down anymore......heh. Oh well! At least it won't be as powerful as it was! And it's out of our hair now, right?! Right? Right?!?!"

"..."

"..."

"...?"

"...That's it. You're so going back to the fiery abyss."

"Damn. Guess this means I'm fired, huh?"

FLASHBACK END, WHOOSH~~~~ ---

"Wakey-wakey, eggs an' baccy."

Blake opened his eyes to see a very dark yet beautiful woman standing above him. It was still dark out. The two of them looked sort of similar, like a brother and sister. But of course this chick wasn't as big as Blake. She was just overly hot. With her pale white skin and endless black long hair, she wore black shiny leather that cut from her shoulders and met down her cleavage. A single striking large black wing arched from her back behind her.

"Uh huh. You're awake, good. I thought you were dead for sure," she rolled her eyes, putting her hands to her hips.

"...And you are?" Black responded in a glare. She looked... No. Her presence felt familiar somehow...

She looked apalled, "You've forgotten me?! Gee, Blake! You forget your other half?!"

"Other..." he looked down to her strapped boots, and then up again with a tilt of the head, "...Half?"

"Oh, right... Out of the two of us, you're the dim-witted one, right? Anyway, you lost your soul to a devil-nitwit, right, darl?"

Blake glared again at her.

"I thought as much. My power and being is draining away, too, thanks to you babe. We are one of the same, after all. We can't co-exist without the other."

"...What are you talking about?"

She sighed, "...Look, nevermind. I'm going to help you, for now." She kissed her hand and put it to his forehead. Black murmured. "Just sit still, hun. I'm going to give you my power until you get your half of the soul back. My power of light is so much stronger than yours anyway."

Suddenly, her black wing lit up in a holy-like light, and then her whole body started as well. As her body lit up in a light that made her see-through, like she was some sort of spirit, her hand on Blake's horrified face started merging with him as he glowed too.

---

Blake woke and jumped up in freight, sweat pouring from his face. It was daylight. He placed his hand to his forehead when he regained breath, putting it through his hair.

"Just a dream... I'm sure," he murmured to himself.

((Roleplay to be continued please.))

As soon as Keyaro turned away from the door, Blake burst in.

"Oh, good. Some of you are awake. We all seem to be in perfect condition for the hike across the desert now, so let's go for it," he cracked a smirk.

Blake felt really good for some reason, like he was a new man. He seemed, different somehow. He was slightly happier and more upbeat.

"We better be going soon. though. I'm getting a bad feeling about this place."

Red sat up in his cot. " Yeah, the demons have probably sent demonic creatures already to find us. The desert is our only option to elude most of them. There's not many that can survive in those harsh conditions."

Red walked over to Alex, " Your hand's healed, that's good. Your powers should develop soon which means that you'll have an even playing field with most demons." He stood up, grabbed his sword, and walked over to the door where Blake was standing. "I'm guessing someone had a goodnights sleep." He has more personality now, like he's more human or something.

Blake watched Alex leave, noting his healed hand. Something was up. His wound shouldn't have healed so quickly. And his presence... It was different somehow... Did it have something to do with the mark? Or was it something else...?

Blake grinned to Red about the night's sleep, turning to Keyaro with a shrug reply concerning the marks. He chuckled to himself oddly, giving Red a tap on the shoulder as he turned to follow Alex out.

Blake walked by Alex's side.

"Yeah, when I woke up I didn't see anybody either. I thought everyone must've been still asleep, but... It's quiet. Too quiet..."

He proceeded outside to the suspiciously silent town. It was a ghost town now really.

When Blake patted Red on the shoulder, a surge of energy flowed through him. This power....I've felt it only once before but that was from a distance away. Could it be that....No I heard that its' soul was destroyed. I'll just watch closely.

Realizing that everyone was outside, Red opened the window and jumped out of it, landing next to Alex silently. He smirked at Alex, " Being half-demon does have its perks." Red glanced around the town as he walked. " The people and lesser demons fled. Abdiel definetly must of sent creatures our way, just stay on your guard. The undead are common in the desert along with weak fire demons as well."

Red smiled, " We'll get a good warm-up before we reach Abdiel."

((Yeah, Red should be afraid. Very afraid. Bahahahaha... Tea and biscuits, huh. ))

The desert wasn't putting a strain on him at all, unlike before. He felt... Relaxed. No exhaustion, no tiredness... No fatigue whatsoever. He walked on with the others through the near endless, heat stroking desert.

Blake followed them inside the farmhouse and leant back by the door with his arms crossed. A familiar woman's voice echoed through his thoughts.

"Bahahaha!! Tea and biscuits?! Really?! Those humans are too much!"

"Huh?" Blake perked up, looking around the room. He soon murmured, "...Huh. Must have been hearing things," he sat back and watched the characters do about their business.

As Red sat down, he thought he saw a transparent wing on Blake's back flicker in and out of sight. I really hope that I'm just getting paranoid. Red grabbed a biscuit and began eating, then he thought of something important. "Um excuse me sir, do you have a water pouch or cantine?" The old man reached under the sink, "Yeah, I think I got an old cantine done here somewhere. Ah, here it is." He handed it to Red. "Thank you very much. Do you mind if I take some water from the oasis as well?" "Sure no problem. Just be careful since it's starting to get dark." Red nodded and walked out the door.

The moon was almost full and the air was beginning to get humid. Red knelt down and put the bottle into the water. After it was filled he put his hand in the pool and it began to glow. Red began to mumble to himself, "I'll need all the strength I can get for the upcoming battle. I just hope that Blake doesn't turn out to be who I think he is. I thought I saw some demon in him which he didn't have before."

((Red can see demons that are hiding their true forms and he can see how much demonic spirit a human has. If anyone wants to go outside to check-up on him that's fine or eavesdrop that's fine too.))