Exodia Rising

	Once there was a man unlike any other, he was a skilled fighter who was loved by many. But deep within that man there was a dark evil lurking within his soul, his emotions where filled with a lust and evil desires so great it could not be contained within him. The man continued to
Live his life as he always had, with his friends and family keeping the darkness within him suppressed and under a tight control.

	Until one day the man had lost someone very dear to him, his wife had died in childbirth. Screaming in anger at losing the one he loved the most, he lashed out at those around him. He felt angry with himself later for losing control of himself and lashing out needlessly at his friends. Alone that night his daughter still at the hospital to make sure everything was fine with her, he stared at the picture of his now dead wife and felt the darkness swell within him. Letting out a sudden cry of pain, he felt his soul being ripped at as if it was being torn away From him.

	The darkness was breaking free from the light, so it could be free to do as it pleased. On that dark day Exodus was born, Smirking down at his "father" stood the darkness turned flesh. "Its my turn now old man, you held me back all this time and now I am free." with a dark chuckle he vanished into wisps of shadows and was gone into the night.

	The man had passed out from the strain he had gone through having a part of himself torn away, even though the darkness was gone from his soul he still had a bound with the dark being called Exodus. Now free from the darkness that had plagued him for so long he was able to meet the challenge of being a father and cope with the pain of his wife's death.

	Living happily raising his daughter Noriko, he trained her in the ways of wielding the power of her unique heritage. Exodus had showed up from time to time to fight his "Father" but there never was a
Decisive winner in their battles, Exodus would always depart after a time saying nothing but "Not bad old man, but your still not as good as I Am." with that said he would vanish into wisps of shadows.

	Life despite a few things was good for the man until one day....

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	Tabris lie dying on the ground, his fight with Exodus had gone far differently then it had in the past. Exodus had fought with such deadly skill and aggressiveness the likes of which he had never displayed before; he was serious in this fight. "Heh, look at you now old man." he said to his downed "Father".

	"I always told you I was better then you were," shaking
His head and shrugging, "Ya should have listened to me."

	There was nothing he could really do now; he always knew someday the darkness that was in his soul would consume him. Looking blurrily at Exodus he chuckled some despite the pain "Looks like you... were always holding back on...." his sentence was cut off as he coughed out some blood.

	Grinning evilly Exodus looked at his "father" before saying "Now that your dead, I'm gonna kill that bitch you call a daughter for what she did to me.".

	Darkness was starting to fall upon him, he couldn't let it end like this not now that the threat on his daughter's life had been made. He had no choice; concentrating on the bond that was dying with him he focused what life force he had left in him into Exodus's dark twisted soul.

	The grin that was on Exodus's face quickly vanished as he clutched his head in pain "DAMN YOU OLD MAN!" he cried out as he tried
To fight off the spirit of his creator from entering his mind, soul, and body.

	With his last breath Tabris managed to seal Exodus away into the
darkness where he came but he didn't know how long it would last...


Authors Notes: None of the names will be following whatever historical base they may have. I just happened to like the names of the first three books of the bible. Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus.