Karn
Fiore || Hargeon Town || Thief ShipFlying through the air, Karn took off over the harbor of the town and soon the ocean. Already his anxiety was growing as his eyes looked down toward the water. But, he had to try his best. Just because there was water everywhere, didn't mean he had to go swimming. All he had to do, was confront the thieves, convince them to stop what they were doing, and then return the stolen item to his brother. Piece of cake right? Nothing about water. Nope, no mention of having to swim at all. He just needed to find the correct ship. Flapping his wings gingerly against the wind, the bird spotted a rather large foreign looking ship. It was of odd design and something he hadn't seen before in the flesh before. In Master Rian's books, he had seen some in this design. Usually traders from some wealthy country. Yet he couldn't remember which one it was from.
It was then something familiar entered his nose. A scent of a friend, smelling of warmth and utter flame, yet the gentle breeze of the forest. Eyes widening at the scent, a rush of utter excitement entered his heart. It was a scent he hadn't smelled for a long while now, but could never forget. Something that always made him feel safe and warm, easily comforted from all of his worries. Over any stench of the seawater, or the sweat of sailors, or the fresh smell of fish, this tiny wiff overpowered them all in Karn's senses.
"Ru!" Karn couldn't help but call loudly, before swooping down toward the ship, heart thundering and his worries for the water almost evaporating under the sheer joy he felt.
Landing on the sail of the ship, he transformed into a mouse and started scurrying down onto the deck. His large round ears twitching as he listened to men chatter about, quite a few laughing and drinking. Listening to their conversation, he started scurrying until he squeaked as a fireball launched out and almost hit his small form. Quickly, Karn returned to his human form, looking toward where the attack came from. He saw a woman standing there, long silver hair and bright blue eyes. Dressed up in some regal looking clothing as well as wearing gems.
Beside her was a ball of floating fire and her eyes held little emotion as she simply gazed at the apparent intruder. Holding what looked like a long red colored fighting staff. Karn blinked, looking at her as he wondered how did she find him out so fast before his emerald eyes glanced around him as the crew started surrounding him. Giving a friendly smile, he slightly waved a little.
"Uh. Hiya. Nice to meet you, sorry for suddenly popping by. But, I just sort of sensed something thought I knew here. You all.. don't happen be the people who stole from the Arikalia family eh?" he asked with a friendly smile, though no one else seemed amused as quite a few had their magic ready, blazing in their hands.
A large red haired man then stepped from the crowd, fully muscled and his blood red eyes were deep and harsh. A sneering grin crossing his lips as he cracked his knuckles with a brief laugh.
"What's this chick doing here? You're so fucking tiny you little pipsqueak? Does Fiore always have this tiny ass people? This is small even for a woman!" the large man bellowed with amusement, some of the others laughing as well.
Karn nervously chuckled, he wasn't exactly bothered by his height or misconception of his gender. It was a thing he was quite used to. It's not like he hasn't tried to get bigger before though. He drank a lot of milk as a kid. Just, apparently, it didn't work or he was having a very late growth spurt.
The silver haired woman was the only one who didn't seem amused. Her blue eyes watching Karn carefully before slowly blinking, as if it was just a lazy day.
"Tracile, this is a male. Seems to be the close description the one Acheon mentioned. Though it seems he is alone." she mused, her voice firm and straight to the point.
Expression twisting into one of confusion, the red haired man turned his crimson gaze to Karn then at the woman before storming over to Karn and forcefully picked him up by the scruff. Karn blinked as he was suddenly picked up and placed beside the woman before watching the red hair man stand before them. Rubbing his chin with one hand and scratching the top of his head, as he seemingly studied the two of them and compared them. After a few moments, he ruffled his red hair.
"Gah! Well, you definetly have the bigger rack Narisa. But look at this! Bloody pipsqueak got a bit of curves on him. Look at those hips and how bloody hairless this body has. That skin, there isn't a mark on it! Smooth as a baby's bottom! And what kind of dude is this short?!" the man exclaimed, making Karn slightly sweatdrop at the over reaction.
It was then the man stormed closer, shoving his face down so the two men were face to face. Karn simply blinked a little more, tilting his head a little to the side curiously. The man grumbled as if irriated by the action before promptly grabbing the bottom of the boy's shirt and raised it up over the blonde's head and letting it rest covering his entire head. Karn gave a muffled sound, waving his arms a little in a slight panic at the sudden darkness. Soft giggles erupting from him as he felt the man's palms rub furiously at the smooth chest. Attempting to feel for female assets. Yet there were none and the man gave a hum as his mind processed this.
Everyone else was just kind of staring at this weird awkward situation, a few of them whispering.
"Um... should we... stop this? I don't remember signing up to be some sort of pedophiles for little boys." One muttered, causing some others to shrug.
Humming as the man continued rubbing the intruder's torso, he looked down, pausing for a moment before promptly shoving a hand down the bottoms.
Karn suddenly gave a yelp and promptly uppercutted the man, causing the weirdo to fly right off the boat and into the water, causing a large splash.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I just reacted!" the blonde quickly apologized loudly, fixing up his clothes properly so he was wearing them properly again.
"Why's he apologizing? The dude took it a bit too far..." some of the surrounding people mumbled, sweatdropping and eyes twitching at the scene.
"What a sicko." another crewmember muttered.
The woman on the other hand, just watched the scene play out before pointing the staff at Karn's eyes mildly narrowing.
"You come to the wrong ship, shapeshifter. Or... a Slayer I should say." the woman said, causing the blonde to jump a little, blinking as the red haired man came jumping out of the water.
Glancing back toward the large man who rolled his shoulders and smirked a little, Karn looked to the woman.
"I just want what you stole from Arikalia, and maybe tie you up for the authorities if you don't turn yourselves in for theft. And to find Ru." Karn informed, emerald eyes glancing around a little.
"What does being a slayer have to do with thievery?" The blonde asked, causing a laugh to erupt from the red haired man.
"Well because, we got that item fair and square. It's just, someone happened to find it while we dropped it. Had to get it back you know. As for slayer, well, not everyday you see one. Haven't heard of a Chimera one, but they make quite the nobles happy with their little collection. Especially fancy smancy transformy one like you. Make excellent show business ya know? But all of them make quite the collection. It's usually the lacrima based ones, after all, finding the living thing is even harder than finding the bloody lacrima. Hoping to run into you after the little news of you in Mt. Hakobe, and it seems this time, you don't have any friends! Too bad! Would of loved that Dragon Slayer friend of yours but I suppose it will be easier to catch a secluded beast. But hey, guess after that little failure with saving the precious little dragon, none of your little Guild wants to hang out and protect you anymore. Makes it easy for us." The man laughed in amusement, a smirk wide on his face as he sneered toward the much smaller male.
Karn blinked a bit in surprise at the explanation before his emerald eyes narrowed a little, feeling a twinge of irritation at the... barbaric words.
"Collections? No living person are a part of something for people to just gawk at as we sit up as a prize! Slayers are people to! Collecting them is just... turning them into pets! Slaves. That's worse than just stealing. What is this item you stole? And I'm glad my Guildmates aren't here, cause then they would be just as sick as I am." the blonde said, feeling the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.
"Awe, so what? Just cause Fiore likes pretending it's so peaceful, it doesn't want such dangerous things anyway. Why not have them locked up where they can be enjoyed? Rare things, are rare things. And slayers are one of those. Course, quite a few of the known ones are snuggly protected in their little Guilds... except you. Even that Pantera is snug in a bug in that Guild. Course, that one will be a simple retrieval. So, girly boy. How about you be good, give up on your guild, and come with us? We'll treat you much better. You won't ever be alone. You'll have all sorts of beasties with you. Or, we can do it the fun way and beat you up." Tracile smirked as he cracked his knuckles, readying for a fight.
Narrowing his eyes and growling a little, the blonde's body tensed a little.
"I won't let anyone else suffer for your crimes. So either surrender now and turn yourselves in and show me where Ru is, or get ready to fight. Because I will protect my friends." Karn countered, earning a few amused laughs around him.
"Oh? Fun way it is then!" Tricile grinned before chaos emerged. Suddenly Karn found himself having several projectiles fired at him and swings from people.
Quickly ducking under some blows, his form turned into a cat. Quickly he bolted around several layers of legs. Clawing his way up one and causing a scream to erupt from his flesh made tree, before his body transformed in a blink of a eye into a giant snake. Hissing, his body wrapped around a large group, snapping his fangs several of them and sinking his paralyzing venom covered fangs into several of them. They went limp in his nimble body before Narisa swung her staff at him. Quickly, Karn transformed into a bird, weaving his body around the staff as he dodged it.
As the silver haired woman swung again, Karn quickly flitted higher in the air before gasping as a voice was suddenly behind him.
"Not bad, but me and Narisa are the big guns buddy." Tricile laughed before a sharp punch slammed into Karn, knocking him into the wheel of the ship.
"Do try not to destroy the wheel. We need that." Narisa said before chanting a little and waving her hand.
"Wolf Familiar." the woman said, the fire orb turning into a large silver wolf before it howled and charged toward Karn. Snapping its fangs at the bird who quickly flapped away.
"Steel fist!" Tricile yelled from behind, his right fist covered in complete steel as he lunged it toward the transformation wizard. Quickly, Karn fluttered around the fist, and opened his talons to smash against his opponent's face. Briefly clawing the skin with talon before clawing up to the top of Tricile's head and transforming once again. This time, into his Chimera form.
With a roar, Karn used his massive weight to push his massive paw against Tricile's back. Smashing him down into the deck from thirty feet in the air. Smashing through the wood with ease, Karn quickly lept back onto the deck before he fully crashed through the ground. Narisa suddenly lunged at him, swinging the staff and thrusting it to aim at the beast's eye. Quickly, the beast leaned his head back, the staff hitting against his thick mane before crunching his teeth against the stick. Pulling it toward him to force the woman closer. He quickly let go as she was thrusted toward him and headbutted her right in the skull. She let out a gasp of pain as the headbutt sent her flying, almost flying off the edge if the wolf hadn't come over and quickly grabbed her.
Before he could get a breather, Tricile soon popped up, launching a large steel hammer and smashing against the beast. Launching and forcing him to crash in a pile of barrels before falling off the edge of the boat. Heart pounding at the realization, Karn quickly changed into a bird again and managed to catch himself just in time before falling into the water. Sighing briefly in relief, Karn flew up to be above the ship once more. Tricile was ready for them and soon chucked a steel spike at Karn, who quickly dodged out of the way before having to do a barrel roll as another was launched at him, then another and another and soon there was a barrage of steel spikes as the red haired man threw one after the other. Karn didn't have much of a choice but keep dodging from midair, barely having anywhere to go.
Trying to look for a way out of the barrage, he turned and saw Narisa come up behind him, the staff extending and hitting right in the back. Grunting, he thumped against the ground, his small body groaning before squaking as Narisa's wolf quickly sunk its fangs into the small body. Transforming into his human form, Karn panted, feeling some blood on his skull and a now large whole in his abdomen. Kicking the wolf away, Karn struggled to his feet, holding the injury on his stomach. As some more of the crewmembers left tried to lunge at him, Karn transformed into a Chimera and spun around, slamming his large tail against them and knocked them right off the ship.
With a large roar as Tricile tried swinging a large steel hammer from above, the beast snarled before charging and smashing his head against the hammer. Causing a large crack to emerge before the steel erupted and broke apart. Tricile screamed out as if in pain, cursing loudly before finding a tail slam down against him, forcing the man to slam down and against Narisa. Karn quickly turned and charged, the wolf tried to jump at him but found itself getting a massive paw to the face. Claws raking against the familiar and causing it to evaporate into stardust. Karn didn't stop there as he charged toward the two opponents and jumped. Reaching his forepaws out and slamming them into his opponents stomachs. With a gasp and cough, the two seemed to lose consciousness.
Panting deeply, Karn licked at the blood that dripped from his skull and to his muzzle before sniffing the air. Now, he could find Ru. Did they capture him for their supposed client's collection? Quickly, the beast went below the deck, sniffing around and following the scent of his teacher, friend, adoptive father, whatever one would call their relationship. There were several boxes, yet he saw nothing that seemed to be able to hold something as powerful as a Eastern Chimera like Ru. Using his superior senses, Karn sniffed around the ship until coming upon a large box. Blinking, he sniffed at it and blinked in confusion. It smelled like Ru. Scanning his golden eyes over the box, eyes narrowing as he read what was on it. Apparently, this was the Arikalia box and so the item that was stolen should be inside. Yet why did it smell like Ru?
Transforming back into his human form, Karn opened the box and examined its contents. What he saw left him standing there frozen. Emerald eyes wide in utter shock and horror. He felt his heart stop, his breath hitch and his mouth run dry. A golden brown mass rested there, a giant bundle of fur. And Ru's hollowed face staring emptily at nothing, yet seeming to be staring right up at him. Golden eyes blank and glassed over. No longer holding any life or flesh, but turned into ornaments for mere decoration.
Everything seemed to be silent, he couldn't even breathe as Karn was only able to stare at what was in front of him. With trembling hands, the blonde boy reached out to gingerly pick the head of the skinned beast, the massive size a little bit difficult to just simply pick up. But it had lost a lot of weight then it once had when it was still upon flesh.
"....R-Ru....? Ru...... wake up.... please. Tell me you're just kidding... or this is a dream... a lie... a magic trick.. please. Wake up.... tell me..." Karn whispered, his mind having a hard time comprehending what he was seeing, and soft denial erupting within it. Denying that this was reality, that this was just some horrible nightmare.
But it wasn't. It smelled real, it looked real, it felt real.
For a few moments, Karn simply stood there, staring at the skinned animal. Then suddenly, he could hear his heart again. Ever so slowly, it started to beat... the sound growing louder and louder until it was like a roar. His hands started shaking more and he could feel burning fire burn up from with in him. What was this? He was... sad.... but... he felt enraged. So mad, that it felt like he would burst. Lips curling into a snarl, emerald eyes glowing like fire and pupils narrowing into that of a cat's, a snarling noise started to erupt from his throat. Golden flames started emitting from his body, dripping from his mouth and wrapping themselves around his arms and legs. His blonde hair seeming to glow golden with the flames and seeming to dance along with them.
No, he was getting mad. He had to stop. Stop. This felt like... when he lost control in another form. Yet, he was still a human. So why did it feel like he would lose his mind?
Staring at the head of the beast, teeth clenching together as his body trembled in rage. Claws and fangs growing more prominent now, before another snarl erupted from his throat and he threw his head back and gave a roar.
"RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Who did this?!?! WHO DID THIS?!"
Karn screamed and roared, golden flames uncontrollably bursting from his body and setting the wood around him on fire. Picking up the large bundle of fur bigger than his body, he jumped and smashed through the ceiling to reach the deck.
The people who were left jumped at the sudden loud sounds before staring at the golden flame covered boy as his emerald gaze narrowed. Golden flames burning away at the ship, causing it to crack and water to start claiming it. Yet Karn wasn't focused on it, glaring toward a few gawkers, he snarled before quickly spinning around, a large golden flaming tail appearing and smashing into them.
"Eastern Chimera Tail Slam!" he snarled before turning his glare toward Narisa and Tricile.
Storming over, Karn wrapped the fur around him before grabbing Tricile by the throat and lifting him up.
"Did you kill Ru for your so called collection?" he said in a growl, the golden flames sinking against Tricile's throat.
Despite the struggling, the large man couldn't get the grip to release. He couldn't help but let out a scream as he felt the flesh around his throat start to burn. Coughing, he struggled to respond to the question.
"....Kgah.....N-N....N-No.... W-We... J-Just claimed.... him.... Apparently... t-the W-Wizard hunters.... got it... A-After h-hunting down a Wizard." the red head managed to choke out a answer, though Karn didn't seem pleased as the golden flames grew brighter, ensuing another painful scream.
"Claim? Claim?! He was not some prize for you to treat as some precious item! He was a living being, a rare mystical being! And you think you have the right to think you can just barter for his skin?! Have the right to capture any living creature as you wish just because they are scarce?! How dare you! Tell me where I can find these hunters and where to find your Masters, or I'll make you wish you never even thought about being born." The blonde threatened with a snarl, watching the man struggle for air.
"...u....uh....hg... I don't... know.. don't.... know... we.... just work... You.. you won't kill us.... It's against F-Fiore law... for G-Guilds to kill..." Tricile coughed and hacked but froze a little as Karn stared at him coldly.
"Apparently, my Guild does not follow that law." Karn growled before his mouth started glowing and golden flamed saber fangs stuck out from it.
"Eastern Chimera Bite." he growled before leaning his head foreword and crunching his flaming saber fangs into the right arm of the man, just below the shoulder. The extremely hot flames burning the flesh quickly and assisting in biting the limb right off.
A scream erupted from Tricile, but Karn ignored it as he held the arm in his mouth, before chewing it in quick motions and swallowing it whole. Blood stained his lips, but the sheer heat his body was on evaporated the thick liquid clean off. Tricile screamed, and screamed and Karn leaned foreword with his tongue glowing and licking the decapitated limb used to be.
"Easter Chimera Healing Tongue." he growled, the magic closing up the wound and stopping the blood quickly from flowing out.
"I should kill you... I should eat you... I should devour all of you! You.... cruel people... all you do is hunt and kill and kill for sport! You have no honor. No sense of life. You just do it so you can say you killed like it's some achievement. First, Hemlock gets his mind overrun... just because he was a dragon. Then he was killed. Zero.. Zenoram... they are in so much pain.. but it's people like you who don't care. Don't see it. And you just keep doing it. Again.. and again.... So, how do you like being hunted?" Karn growled before picking up Narisa by the throat as well and lifted them up.
Claws digging into their throats, he snarled as his body trembled. Should he kill them? What if they kept doing what they were doing? Was Damian right to kill? Does this make it okay to kill? Despite how angry he was, despite how utterly upset how his mind clouded with rage... he could still feel regret. Guilt for his current actions. Begging him to stop. With a growl he slammed the two the edge of the ship as it sunk further and further, until he was almost touching water.
"If I ever see you come near my friends... come near anyone you deem as some sort of prey just for profit. You will wish I'll just kill you." Karn snarled before throwing them up before using Easter Chimera Tail Slam to smash against them and hit them back to shore.
Suddenly, the golden flames disappeared and he suddenly felt so tired. Blood dripped from his mouth, a reaction to using powerful magic. Then, the ship completely burned up exploded in a burst of golden flame, and he fell into the water. For once, he didn't feel panic as he sunk into the water. The blonde just felt so tired....... he just wanted to rest... He wanted to sleep once more curled up against Ru. Maybe... just for a little while. It felt... peaceful.
Prince
Fiore || River TownPrince chuckled as he watched Michael practically fall off the horse and the tall feline reached out his hands to help steady the blue haired male. Tilting his head a little as he watched Michael seeming to summon, the feline mused. He knew it was a familiar magic, though he couldn't quite place it. Should be a interesting sight to behold at least. At Zephyr's words, Prince grinned a little and hummed.
"Aye, though we should save some fun for Mikey. After all, it's his first mission and it's my job to see how he does. We shouldn't have too much trouble though. If things get too hairy, I'll turn them into hamsters." the tall catman chuckled before humming as he looked around.
"Ah, it should be the town leader named Lucas. We just need to go and find where he is. Don't suppose you got a idea eh Zeph?" Prince smiled cheerfully.
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