Shanna came out of the bathroom first cuaseing Ryo to push Dante back  behind a cardbord standing poster.

Shanna looked around, "Sabyien?"  She clunched her fist. "He'd better not have run out on me or I'll..."
Sabyien walked out he bathroom. "Sahnna?"
"Er" She blushed and took his arm. " I'm getting pretty hungery. Wanna go for some Chinse take-out?"
"Sure, if that's what you want." Sabyien smiled.

With Ryo and Dante following at discrete distance,
Sabyien And Shanna ordered some rice and chicken from one of the many fast food vendors along the boardwalk along the river.
Eating as the slowly walked up the side of the river. Shanna was telling Sabyien some of the adventures she had.
They stopped only for Sabyien to buy a bunch of balloons and nicly wrapped packge from a Sweets shop, He gave most of the ballons away to the children at the playgorund.
  
Ryo peeked from a tree smiling a bit at the happy face of the children. "Aww... thats cute..." HE smiled watching Sabyien with the children. 
:'He would have made a good father had he not married you':
Ryo speared Dante with a glare.

Sabyien was smiling at the delighted faces of the kids "Thank sir>" They said and scrambled off to thire parents. Sabyien was looking after them, He sighed. "I wish I had children of my own." He took the last balloon and tied to the handle of wrapped sweets box. 
"I'm sure your kid would be a heartbreaker like you Saby." Shanna said.
Sabyien smiled, and held out his hand at Shanna. "Come, let's go somepleace a little more private."
Hand in hand they walked farther into the woods at the edge of the park.

Ryo heard this and growled. "What do they mean 'More private.'" he made a fist. 


Shanna climbed up to sit down on the branch of a tree that almost dipped to the ground, Sabyien leaned up against it. he was looking down on the ground where the box of Sweets and kitty plush was set down.
"Shanna, in the short time I've known you. I feel...as though we've known each other before...Why's that?"
The woman shrugged."I don't know either, but your right, I feel it too...Like." She shruggled to express the feeling. "...something from my childhood." SDhe smiled.
"Hmm...Shanna? there is someting that I've wanted....I want to ask you." Sabyien said in low voice. Shanna also lowered her voice. "What is it?"
He hesitated.

Dante and RYo had snuck as close as they could without making any noise, they caught bits of thier conversation. Listening the trees with held breaths. What was it that sabyien was going to ask her?
They saw Sabyien guesture her to lean in closer. he said somethin in her ear that they couldn't hear.
Shanna was ooking at Sabyien. "Have your Children?" She exclaimed in surpise.

Ryo's eyes flared Dante had to hold ryo back as thw boy struggled to go tear them both new ones. he had to clamp his hand hard over the boys mouth to muffle his screamed swears. 

:'If you don't shut up i will snap your neck.': Ryo calmed down begrudgingly.

Sabyien put both his hand together and begged, "Don't refuse me outright,At least promise me you'll think about it." 
Shanna started to laugh at him."Alright, I"ll think about it"
Sabyien gave a sigh of relife, the hard part was over. "Thank you Shanna."
She jumped down fromher perch and bendt the pick up the Plushie. "I can't say...but the idea is very appealing." She strightened, "Are you gonna tell Ryo?"
Sabyien shook his head. "Not unitll the time is right..." He looked at his watch."We'd better get back, I kind promised Seth that I'd see him again."
Together they started back for the hotel at a fast walk.

Ryo was shaking in rage, it took him alot to wait untill they passsed but thire hiding place.
Dante was davistated, he was sure that he'd lost Shanna forever. 

Ryo looked at dante. "She.... said...." He sounded as upset as dante. The halfling glared. 

"I will kill him..." The man growled. his voice raged.

Back at the hotel, Shanna and Sabyien went thire septrate ways. Sabyien went to go see how Seth was doing, he still had the balloon and the box of candy with him. "Hey Seth!" He looked around the rom "Where's Ryo?"
Seth grunted, "I don't know, he took off somewhere with out telling anything...What do you got there?" The vampire smelled rich chocolate.
"I brought them, I thought I might share them with you and Ryo." Sabyien put the box in Seth's lap.
"Hey Seth?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you remeber when Jenga was younger?"
"Yes," The vampire smiled."Always our little trooper.....where are you going with this Saby?"
"......" Sabyien frowned. "I don't know yet."
Ryo came in after a few minutes with a bucket of ice. he had removed it as a cover. he now returned with it full of ice. "Saby how was your date?"
"Alright..." He raised an eyebrow, why did it souind like ryo knew something he didn't?
"Did you and Shana have fun?"
"For the most part."
"Oh what went wrong?" Thre boy turned dumping the ice in a sink chilling some wine in it.
"It just wasn't the same. I'd rather go out with you." Sabyien still held the ballon he saved for Ryo. He began to relates the events of the date. starting with the ruined movie to dinner then the walk to the park. He didn't mention anything about the talk in the woods with Shanna.
Ryo looked at him with that strange look. "Uh... is that everything?"
Sabyien blinked. "Pretty much, we hung out at the park for a bit.i've got this for you." He held out the ballon to Ryo.
Seth stared with curiousity, Ryo took the ballon. "......."

Dante was on the roof, pacing back and forth. Sabyien was aksing Shanna to marry him he was sure of it, already plaing to have children already.
The Dhampire clenched his fist. Wasn't Sabyien already married to Ryo?
Didn't the guardian honor the sanctity of marriage, his OWN marriage!?

"...T-thanks.." Ryo said, forcing a smile. Sabyien leand in a kissed Ryo on the side of his face.
"Ryo?"
"Yeah?"
"uhm,,,,Can I have an honest awnswer?" 
"....answer to what?"
"Should I grow my hair back long?" Sabyien smiled nervouly, "I'm not used to it being this short....or do you like the new cut?"
The boy stood quietly for a few minutes. "Is that it? Sure... I can't see why it wouldn't be a problem..."
Sabyien smiled,  "Ok, then...." He went to ge sit by SEth, who had opened the box and was starting to eat the chocolates.
Ryo let the balloon float to the roof watching it bounce along. "Saby... have you concidered adopting a kid?"
"Adopting?" Sabyien blinked, his mouth smeared with chocolate."No, the thought hadn't crossed my mind. Don't we have Jenga?"
"Seth adopted Jenga...I mean like a younger child."

Sabyien's gaze truned inward, "Yes, that would be nice..." He frowned and then licked the fingers.  "Shanna's going to ask Dante to Heal Micheal." He said out of the blue. "Raphiel told me he wasn't doing too well."

Ryo looked down. "Did you hear why?" he asked softly.

"No, He didn't" Sabyien frowned."He only said that he was very sick....I don't know why." 
There was a knock on the door. Ryo, who was closer, wnet to answer it.
He opend it to Shanna's smiling face. "He said 'Yes' Saby!" 

Ryo Moved out of her way to let the woman in. The look he had behind her back said it all. He knew what they had spoken of. But he covered it with relief of the news that Michael would be heald though he had his doubts that it would work. Michael had been rambling about ssome holy trinity and it having to destroy the guardian to save this dimention.... but would it be worth loosing him again?

Shanna was happy enough, "Dante agreed to use his healing powers on Micheal. But He said that he wanted to do so right way."
Sabyien's smiled dissapered. "Why right away?"
="Becuase, I will leaving soon."=
Dante stood at the open doorway, the look in his eyes wasn't friendly when he looked at the Guardian. He took a step inside. = "With all that was happening these few days, I've missed my chance to slay Hexen." =
Confused, Sabyien glanced at Seth. "He and the other's disspeared, I don't know where thye've gone." the vampire answered.
= "Luckily for them."= There was venom in Dante's 'voice' He truned to leave the room. = "Take me to this Micheal, so that I may begin my hunt anew."=
Shanna merely looked confused, but Sabyien looked genuinly hurt.

Ryo Relaxed. "Dante... A word Privately please?" He asked looking at the man Wo looked at him in suspect. The boy started to the door. The halfling felt his presence was not to be questioned. He rolled his eyes following.

Shanna shock her head, she looked qustioningly at Sabyien, wondering if He told them yet. He caught the look and shook his head no, this wasn't the rigth time for it.
Seth noticed the by-play with a raised eyebrow but said nothing, he was patinctent, he could wait until Sabyien revealed whatever he had in mind eventually.  


Ryo stood on the roof the gentle wind in his hair. "Dante.... Should I jump? Should I step from this ledge and end this?" He said softly. "Sabyien wants to love another, You're going to try to kill Seth... Ther'll be no one left to catch me."

For a moment Dante was partly shocked by what Ryo said to him. ="To...end your own life is a sin, Saint...I cannot allow such an action."= To prove his point he moved to block Ryo from the ledge of the building. AS much as he could admit, Dante was begining to like this boy. They shared a mutal intrest, and for a short time they warn't rivals. Dante's anger began to cool in the Saint'child's presence, leaving a more clearer mind.
=" I am not going to slay Mr.Belmont...though he is a vampire, my own counisous won't let me kill a man that protects innocents from the horrors of the sex-trade in young children."=
Ryo looked surprised, but he thought about it for a long momnet. "Yes....he does likes children." He though of Jenga, the little girl he adopted and protected with his life.
=" ....as for the Guardian, I believe he still loves you."= Dante's eye fell to the roof ="...When I was with him....his longing for you was very appearent."=

Ryo covered his face and began to sob. "Then why did he try to leave? He hurt.... so deeply..." The boyy looked up at him. "Because he didn't feel needed... but.... I just wanted to be stronger to help him...." He sobbed. "This is all my fault." 
Dante knelt and put a hand under the boys chin. ="It is not your fault. Mistakes like these do happen. as a parent fears the day their child leaves so did the guardian."=
"But I don't need him as a protector.... I need him as a lover. Someone who I know.... Doesn't stay with me because he has to... but because he wants too... I... Just that is all I ask of him."
="He knows Child but he doesn't know how. You three must work together to overcome your own weaknesses because only together can you do what you cannot do alone."=
Ryo looked up at him. "What fortune cookie did you crack that one from?"
Dante smiled. ="Dinner three weeks ago."=


Sabyien let Shanna lead him down the halls, they found a quite corner they talked with low tones. The gurdian was hestitant, he didn't want to push Shanna into an answer. but...
"WHat will you do? Once Micheal is healed?"
The woman shrugged "I don't know, I think that I might be in trouble with the Knight's council...The may not let me continue."
"I'll see what I can do for you Shanna." He shook his head. "I dout that the Rapheal will listen to me."

Seth sat alone in his room thinking to himself. "Hexen... where have you gone? I can sense you aren't going too stay away for long.... Why bother running now?" he shook his head. "The knights are slowly giving up the hunt of vampires for demons. hell I made it into their ranks. and I've even married their saint and the best of their knights. they won't hunt our kind anymore..."

Sabyien had gotten a call from Raphael, He wanted to know what was going on. "Raphael, the healer said yes.....Yes, I'll bring him." He hung up and truned to Shanna. "We have to get Dante, Michael is getting worse."
They quickly wnet back to Seth's room. "Seth? Can you use your telephy to contact Dante? Tell him to meet us at the front door."
The vampire looked suprised. "Alright..." his eyes seemed to drift"....He says he's on his way."
"Good." He truned, "Do you want to come Shanna?"
she blinked. "S-sure."

Seth Pushed himself up from the bed. "I think I'll stay here.... theres still some things i need to attend too." 
Sabyien looked mildly suprised. "Are you sure?"
"I doubt I would get much welcome among them anyhow. I doubt they atre too welcome of my lineage."
"They never minded before."
"Even so."
"If you're certain." Sabyien shrugged.

Ryo watched dante go. He sat on the roof feeling the breeze on his face. He trembled a bit. "i'm still... too weak..." He whispered to himself.


Sabyien and Shann met Dante in the lobby, "Where's Ryo?" the guradian asked.
=He's.....still up on the roof.= Dante said, he didn't seem so angery anymore.
Sabyien frowned. "Didn't he want to come?"
=Why don't you go and ask him your self guardien?=

Ryo lay on the roof watching birds fly around Fearful tears in his eyes. Why did he feel like he was loosing one of the men he loved. Sabyien wanted a child.... he couldn't give that to him. even if they adopted the guardian wouldn't be satisfied. he couldn't satisfy him so why did he stay? Why had he come back if he knew the boy wouldn't be able to give him what he wanted? He felt a shadow fall across him he looked up to see the guardian standing over him. "Sabyien?"

Sabyien smiled, "We are heading to Michael's now, do you want to come?"  he noticed that Ryo seemed to be disspondent. "Is someting the matter Ryo?"

"I cannot birth your child..." Ryo whispered looking up at him.

Sabyien winced inside, "Well, there is a problem of biology, Ryo." Saby sat down beside him. "If it could be done....I would have done it already..."

Ryo Shrinks away from him. "So you had to go ask Shanna to do it...." 
"What?"
"I saw you and her on your date, dante and I watched you two. I heard what you two talked about."

"You where spying on us?" Sabyien was a bit shocked. "It was only a date...I- I did Ask Shanna to help me out with something..." He paused wondering if he should say more. Looking into Ryo's eyes he said slowly. "I want to raise my children with you Ryo."

"Saby..." Ryo said quietly. "Do we have to get shannas help? Isn't there another way?" HE asked Looking up at him. Do we have to use her?"

"Well, she is a woman..." Sabyien crossed his legs. "I've asked her if she would carry our child."

Ryo Casts his eyes downward. "DO you really want to have sex with her?"

"Heh?" Sabyien blinked." Sex? Uh....No! That's not it, I wanted her carry it, not...have it with her." The guardian struggled for a way to explane. "In Ashalan, there's a way that two men can have a biological child together...same sex marriage isn't common, but it does happen."

Ryo looked up at him. "But.... I can't give you what you want...."

"No you can't...But that doesn't keep me from loving you." Sabyien gazed at Ryo.
"....it's has been a dream of my to have children of my own...." He got up."....with my beloved Elysion."  

The youth looks up at him. "Elysion? YOu mean that lady that was trying to destroy the world a while back?" 
Sabyien nods. "Not exactly but close."
"I see...." He stood up. "So who will you chose to be your second man? Seth or me?"

Sabyien smiled. "Why, you Ryo." 

The boy smiled Standing, He looked up at the guardian. "You'd forgive a jealous fool like me so easilly?" He blushed looking away.

"Yes," Sabyien went to Ryo and put his arms around him. "becuase I love you....don't you forget it ok?" He kissed the boy's neck.

Ryo Snuggled into the mans arms watching the sun set. "Love you too." He smiled softly. For once in a long time..... feeling safe.

"I"m going to take Dante to Micheal see if he can heal him, do you want to come?" 

Ryo nodded. "yeah... I want to ask Michael something too...."

They meet Dante And Shanna down by the lobby, Shanna seemed distracked, her mind on something else. On teh other hand, Dante seemed to withdraw into himslef, he didn't even raise his head to aknologe the Guardian and the Saint's pressance. 
"Come, we are wasting time, Micheal may be on his last hour..." Sabyien usered them all into his car.
 
Ryo Got into the passengerside door Buckling himself in. "Come on lets go....."

Sabyien drove, his mind half on teh road, half on teh task ahead, 'IF Micheal is sick....what if he dies? No, I'd hate it if he died soo soon.'
Driving down the roads,  Sabyien stopped in fornt of Rapheal's house. The Red-haired angel was wating for then at the door.  He quickly masked his suprise at seeing Dante. 

Ryo Got out. "You is he?" He came around the car towards the angel on the steps.

"He's not doing so well..." Rapheal looked at Dante. "So we meet once again..'Erik' "
Dante frowned, = My apologies, for the trouble I'v cuased at the opera-house, I didn't think you'd still be sore about it after soo many years.=

Seth Stepped fromt he car. "Rapheal.... now is not the time to deal with old grudges. Once Michaels better you two can have at it."

Shanna trailed after them, hesitating at the door. Dante followed sabyien and Ryo up the room where Micheal was resting, The angel's face was drawn, it looked like it lost it's color sabyien touched his hand. "Micheal, We've brought the healer Ryo told you about. He's goin gto try and make you better."
At the sound of his voice Micheal opened his blind milky gray eyes. "The healer?"

Ryo Sat on the side of the bed. Bring Dante foreward. "He's here. He can help you."

Sabyien moved aside to let Dante throught, the dhampire looked over the invaild and shook his head, ="I'll see what I can do."=  he took the man's frail hand and kissed it. = "whatever happens, you must hold on to your life.=

Ryo held the angels other hand watching carefully.

Dante kept his mouth on the angel's hand. though touch he could digonse and teat the aliment. He frowned but this was strange to him, The body was infused with a type of energy that was forign, But he could stopp and then flush out teh man's Ki, or spirtual arua to treat it.

Ryo Watched the man work. A strange feeling comming over. "Dante... Do you feel that...?" He asked He could sense something wrong in the room. Like a dark cloud was growing. The boy trmbled visibly.

= Quiet, please don't diturb me right now....= Dante consintated  on teh his tast, 'yes, he'd found it. It was buried deep within Micheal's Ki. a slowgrowing wyvm.

Ryo Fell silent shivvering as the room dropped in tempurature. 

 The wyvm was a parisitc being, it fed on teh phyic energies bestowed apon powerful seers. It happeden when the fabic of hte world had rupture. 
Dante didn't know this he only knew that there was somthing wrong with the angel.  He took a deep breath and centered at his spirt onto that source of the disese.

Ryo's body trembled The room began to get hot to him and the darkness grew filling the space with suffocating silence. he gasped choking for breath. He tried to cry out but no sound came.his mind went fuzzy. he was feeing strange, he was panicing and yet. it was like a supreme calm....

Mm? Dante's mind was dimly aware of Ryo's panic. 'What was...?' The dhampire truned a part of his mind to the saint. 'Calm, saint-child, this won't last long.'  he gently shielded the boy's mind from his work.
 
Ryo breathed hard tears running down his face. he tried to shake the feeling off but he couldn't.

Sabyien noticed the tears..he reached over and took his hand, gripping it.

Dante Opened his mouth and yelled. "AWAY EVIL-SPRIT!!"
The ones who heard his voice felt as if they where cuaght in a melstrom of emotions, a strong desire to obey the voice. But it wasn't directed at them...

Ryo Fell over hitting the floor with a thump;. He felt as though an army of insects were crawling under his skin. He vomited. a stain of blood.

Dante pulled back his work done. Micheal was coughing out a black dust, all that remained of the paricite.
Immeditly, Micheal's face became young again, fresh and healthy.
Sabyien had let go of Micheal's hand when RYo had fallen, He was now cradling the boy's head in his arms. "Ryo? Ryo?" 

"Sabyien...." Ryo Said weakly His eyes tearing up. "Michael said... Your existance here.... Is unnatural...." He clung to him. "I don't wwant to loose you again...."

"You won't, I'll stay with you." Sabyien comforted him.
Revived, Micheal sat up. "Guardian, what he says is true...your pressance here is disrupting the balance of this world. My sickness was cuased by this unbalace and also cuased Donovan's insanity."

Ryo Clung to sabyiens body desperately burying his face in the mans chest.
"How can we solve thois without killing sabyien?" Seth asked concerned.

"We can't." Michale said, his voice was grim and sad. "Sabyien, you must leave this world." 

Ryo Clung to Sabyien sobbing. "No...! I will Never let him go!" he sobbed. "I love him."

You won't, I'll stay with you." Sabyien comforted him. 
Revived, Micheal sat up. "Guardian, what he says is true...your pressance here is disrupting the balance of this world. My sickness was cuased by this unbalace and also cuased Donovan's insanity." 

Ryo Clung to sabyiens body desperately burying his face in the mans chest. 
"How can we solve thois without killing sabyien?" Seth asked concerned. 

"We can't." Michale said, his voice was grim and sad. "Sabyien, you must leave this world." 

Ryo Clung to Sabyien sobbing. "No...! I will Never let him go!" he sobbed. "I love him." 

Sabyien closed his eyes. "There must be a way....There must be!" He held Ryo tight to him. 

Dante listened with a detached intrest, this situation didn't consern him. He truned to leave when Shanna looked intothe room. "Is he alright? I fellt a rubbling and....." her qustion trailed off when she saw Micheal . 
"Micheal?" 
He smiled warmly at her voice, "Shanna.....my betrothed?" he held out his hands towards her. 

Ryo Held Sabyien closer. "I won't loose you saby." 
Rapheal turned. "Saint you would give up this world for one man? How shallow...." He said rather harshly. 


Thinkgs were becoming too senimental in here, Dante left the room with a heavy heart, Shanna was Micheal's betrothed? Sabyien has to die? 

"Rapheal. Do not be so harsh on the saint. it is bad enough he must surrender the man he loves without you abasting him for not wishing to let him go." 

"He should do what is right, I know that the guradian has been dead before..." 

"Enough!"  Sabyien stood up, "I'll.....find a way to fix this. just give me time..." 
"Time is a luxury we cannot aford guardian." Rapheal pulled a short sword from his hip. 

"BROTHER! STOP it!!" Mcheal yelled form his place on the bed. 
The angels blade was resheathed. "I will not have this world destroyed." 

"This world will continue" Sabyien promised. "Even if it means that my life here ends."  he left Ryo and went outside to see that the day hadn't really changed at all. 

Ryo Walks over to Rapheal and slaps him in the face before leaving. 
Once the boy is gone the angels sits. "Are we certain he is the saint?" 

= The fate of the world is on your shoulders....= 
Sabyien truned around to see Dante leaning against eht railing along the proch. 
= Are you really going to die?= The dhampire's 'voice' was filled with a certin regret. 
"I don't know that yet Dante, but of this I'm ciertin. I will not leave Ryo. " 

="And oif that is impossiblle"= The dhamphir inquired. 

Sabyien thought for a long moment. "I must so something....." He sat on the top step and waiing for some idea to come to him. 

Ryo came outside. "Saby....." 

He looked up "Ryo, what should I do?" 

Ryo sat curling up to him. "If you die... I want to come with you..." 
"I hope that it dosn't come to that." 

dante was listening, he was pretty sure that the guradian had forgotten about him stand ing there. 

Ryo whimpered. "I lost you once... Never again...." 

he pulled Ryo close to him."and I....serched for you al my life.I'm not going to leave you behind." 

Dante looked down at the two. "Then what shall be done?" 

"I was told something about a holy trinity..... That it could stop whats going on.... But I have no idea what it is." 

Dante: Was forwing looking inwards. = I think I may have an idea of what you mean...the Holy Trinity....I 've read something of that in my mother's diary. =  The Dahmpire's thought-voice in thire head sounded ingreted. 
Sabyien let go of Ry oand stood up to Face Dante. " What do you know?" 
Dante shurgged. =" Just bits in picecs I'm afirad, I'll help you.....on one conditon.= 

ryo turned looking up at the dhamphir.. "What is it?" 


== Help me to hunt Hexen down.= 

"....Why? What does he have to do with anything?" Ryo asked blinking. 

= I have sepnt teh better  part o fmy life hunting him= Dante walked over to RYo and Sabyien. =He also has the othe rhalf of my mother's diary....parts of which may contan the rest of informtaion about the Holy Trinity. = 

"You won't...Kill him will you?" Ryo asked. "If he dies..... the vampires.....will all die..." 


= That may be....it may be also that they'll be cured.= 

"....There....has to be another way...." 

Sabyien was listening to every word the man was progecting, Thinging about the possiablities. "If I help you track Hexen down, would you help me?" 

=That is waht I wish to do Guradian....or have you forgoten our time together?= Dante was looking at Sabyien thorugh lowered eyes. a glimmer of a smile on his lips. 

Ryo: Voice of disbelief. "Time....-Together-?!" He looked up at sabyien. "What's he talking about?" 


Sabyien's face was a mask, keeping his expression nutral he told Ryo."When I was working with Donovan. Dante and I........we reatched an understanding." 
The dhapmire nodded. 

"What kind of Understanding?" Ryo asked feeling worrired. 

= An understanding of the mind. = Dante offered, = I was ordered by Donovan to seduce Sabyien into his cuase useing my voice....but I didn't want that, I wanted Shanaa and I to be freed of Don's influnce. to do that I would need his help, but I wanted to see if he could be trusted.= 

"Dante probed my thoughts and my memories." Sabyien said. he frowned. ".....and invertingly stummbled into some my more privet memoires." 
The dhampire blushed...... 
Sabyien contiued. "...and he also shared me some of his, that was when I knew that he was a good man. So I agreed to help him." 

Ryo Looked up at him. "Theres so much i don't know about you." 

Sabyien smiled warmly at Ryo. "We have planty of time  to get to know eachoerth Ryo. " he kissed the boy's lips. 

=...ahem..= Dante got Sabyien's attention. = Guardian if you please, we must get going, the trail grows old, and I  must begin the hunt. for Hexen.= 

Ryo clung to sabyien. "....please...." 

Sabyien held him close. "Ryo, I must go....This is the only lead that I have right now." 

Ryo Held his hands. If you must..... But please... bring him to me before you kill him..." He looked up at him. "Show him mercy though he does not deserve it for what he has done." 


Dante was frowning. 

"I will try Ryo." Sabyien reluctenly pulled himself from Ryo. "I'll be back as soon as I can Ok?" 

Ryo kissed him. "Please." 

he kissed him back..."Ryo....." He smiled. "Your goning to make me stay longer..." 

Ryo kissed him. "I want you to stay with me until the end of our days...." 

= Guardian..= Dante again, a little more insitantly. = That may be soon if we don't get going.= 

Sabyien forwned and pulled away from Ryo. "Alright.....let's go then Dante."  He gave Ryo a loving look before truning to the Dhampire. 
" We could ask Seth where Hexen is now.." 
=I doubt that he'll vollenteer any information... all vampire's are loyal to thire king. but....try anyways.= 

Seth: My ears are burning." He leaned out a window. "What do you want." 

Sabyien looked up"....Do you know where Hexen is?  he may have something that I need." 

Seth looked at him wearilly. "Why are you askig me this guardian?" 

"it's so that I may beable to stay here on this earth." he tells Seth about the Holy Trinity, inforamtion that he might have. 

Dante looks up at Seth, frowning. 

Seth Frowned. "you know what this may do to me guardian." 
"It may kill you I know.... but it may also cure you." 
"This is not an illness guardian. It is my life." 
"Please seth." 
"..... He's gone into hiding. Either in new mexico or arizona. he enjoyed it in that area." The vampire spoke bitterly. 


Dante reaccthed over and put a hand on Sabyien's arm. =Let's go gurdian, = 
Sabyien nodded and they jumped into the car. He looked at both Seth and Ryo before drinving off the airport. 

Ryo Curled up in seths arms watching the men drive away. "I'm worried.... What if they kill hexen... you'll die...." 

"Then we'll just have to hope that they grant him mercy." 


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Hexen sat outside the trailer alone the sunlight shining down on him. It was uncomfortable but he would handle it. He looked back. "Amazing." He said to himself. "I've lived in castles across the planet and now.... A trailer alone in the desert.... yet here... I feel at home." He sighed drinking a beer. "Least I can tan naked for a bit." 


Arizona, Sabyien frowned. He and his travling companion had been in the states for 2 days and no leads to Hexen.  The guradian looked over to the firgure in the dark sunglasses, trying to reist a smile. 
Sabyien's companion was also frowning, the bright hot sun bothered him a bit. He looked like the guradian, with his hair dyed black and applided make-up to cover his albinoisim. Dante quickly headed inside the air-port where it was cooler. 

Hexen sighed finishing off a beer and stood He opened the door of the trailer the windows, as well as the door were painted over as well as covered. "Lucivar I'm going to go into town for supplies. anything you want?" 

Lucivar sat on his bed still hurt a bit that hexen had told him he wouldn't take him as a lover any more. though mostly he was relived by the news. "Umm..... Some A negative." He said softly. 
THe man nodded. "Alright... would you like me to get someone to keep you company lucivar?" The boy looked up at him. 
"Ummmm....." He did wish he had someone his own age to be around but he didn't want hexen to have to ruin another life. He shook his head. "No...." 


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Later that night Sabyien watched as Dante threw the fledging vampire into the pile of garbage behind the bar. The vampire-hunter didn't make a sound when the man stuggled out of the refuse. 
"Ok...enough, I'll tell you." He wined. 
"Good." Sabyien crossed his arms. 
The vampire sat against the wall, nursing his borken arm, "The Vampire king, he's been around here...he's looking for an immortal to look after his lover, that child....." 
Dante, still dressed as Saby's twin  lifted a silver weapon threatingly. 
"What about it?" Sabyien looked over, intrested in this bit of news. 
".....It is said that he's grown tired of him, but....who wants to be burdened with a brat?" The vampire looked over at Saby."....It's against our laws to trun someoen that young and....worse to kill our own kind." 
".....Tell me here Hexen is..." Sabyien said. 
"I don't know...." 

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Hexen climbed out of the beat up pick up truck. he looked around. I suppose if i cannot find an immortal to accompany lucivar... I'l have to make one." He looked around. a stray dog was eating from a tipped over garbage can, That would make an adiquate protector but he wanted someone human at least. he began to walk the streets. This was no more then a small town on the way to the city where the guardian and the dhamphir were. He had chosen to live outside of this city due largely to the fact that it wasn't large enough to be listed on any map. He sighed looking up at the night sky. 

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They were done with him, the vampire had told them the location of his maker a vampire-woman who lived in this city, who might know where Hexen was hiding. 
The vampire fledging wined as his arm healed. he cuaght the other man's senct the one with the super-human sternth. Not acceatly human....."Ok, ok.. you won't tell Mimi that said anything will you." 
"No." Sabyien answered. " Only feed on criminals and we won't be back for you." 

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Hexen headed in to an alley. moving towards the movie house. There would surely be some youthes there. He started to whistle to himself. feeling there was someone behind him. he pretended not to notice feeling them drop a hand on his shoulder. He turned there was a young man a year or two older then Lucivar the boy held a knife up to him. "Your money or your life." 
Hexen chuckled. "Or maybe yours." 

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"Thanks for your help." Sabyien and Dante had left Mimi's kareoke-bar in shambles, resulting from a fight that one of her minons had started. 
In the car, Sabyien looked over at Dante. "Dante, next time.....don't take it so seriously." 
The Dhapmire was still flushed in rage and had taken a threat from the guradian to prevent him from ripping that vampire minon apart with his bare hands. 

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Hexen smiled at the youth whose eyes were wide with terror as the man revealed his fangs. "Tell me boy.... do you want to live forever?" 

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Hitting the pot-hole jarred dante out of his reverie. Sabyien had just pulled into  a small town outside the city, the night was starting to cool down, and the Guradian pulled on his coat. 

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The boy cried out as he was bit. "Drink from me." Hexen nicked his own neck for the boy. "Unless you wish to die." 

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As they were curising the dusty street, Dante lifted a hand to his head. ='Gaurdian, I can sence him...he's close...= 

Sabyien stopped the car. "Where?" 

They both got out and started to run int he direction Dante indicated. 

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Hexen was loading the boy into the vehicle and climbed in to drive away. He started the truck shifting gears. 

As  the vampire pulled away, he rounded a coner quickly.  Suddenly a body hit the front of the hood and into the windshield. Cuseing, he slammed on teh braks sending the man he hit off the hodd on to the ground in front. 

Hexen locked the doors and got out to see whom he had hit. 

That man on the ground groaned, Hexen  looked down at the firgure. "Sabyien?" no, it couldn't have been him. teh guradian had resently cut his hair and besides....he sniffed the air. It was his Dhampire Son. 

"Hexen!" 

Sabyien himself came running up the street, Dante had left him behind. 

Hexen turned then got back in the truck drowve around Dante and sped off into the desert. 

The guardian bent to shake dante awake. the dampire groaned and sat up painfully. =What happened?= 
"Hexen, he was driving in a truck that hit you." 

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Hexen pulled up outside of tthe trailer he turned watching as the desert sand covered the roadway. He sighed in moderate relief. "Going to have to start moving again." 
"Mmmnnngh?" The passenger was starting to awaken. Hexen opened the youths door and carried him inside. the sun would be comming up soon. 

Lucivar was reading in the gloom he looked up in shock as hexen lay the boy down. "You....." 
"Lucivar.... I don't want you to be alone....." He said softly. "I'll take you two where you can be safe.... then I'm leaving." 
The boy grabbed his arm crying. "Why? Did i do something wrong? Please.... Don't leave me." 
The man took a painful breath. "The Dhamphir is comming for me.... I do not want you to be harmed. I brought you a companion to live with. He's newly made..... You will have to help him as I helped you.... Please, do not cry lucivar. I will see you again." with that he got out and set up the trailer to leave working quickly. The sun would come up again soon. There wasn't much time. 

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He lost the  tracks a few times but he was certin that the tracks left in the dust was Hexen's truck. Dante forwned it seemed to headed in a westerly direction. 
Sabyien was driving the car, along side Dante. the Dhampire got in. They would drive down this road untill the trucks tire tracks would appear again. this time going down a worn dirt road. 
Dante had his eyes closed, he was consitrating trying to find the vampire....'yes, they are nearby' 
=Guadrain, we are getting close. I suggest that we stop now and walk the rest of the way.= 

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Hexen got into the vehicle and started to drive. He could sense they were comming after him. =Wait until I have gotten them someplace safe, Then I shall do what you wish.= He thoguht spoke. Driving slow enough for them to catch up easilly. 


= The child....and your fledgling...= Dante repsoned, =I know they are near, Where are they?= 

Dante urged Saby to hurry, they started running, Sabyien stumbling over rocks in the darkness. Dante went up ahead seeing the lights of the truck. 

= Hexen,  Stop and Face me. = 

=I will not until I have their security taken care of Dhamphir.= Hexen replied speeding up. 


Dante shook his head. =Guradian, he's getting away.= 
"Not for long....." Sabyien opend his wings and pulled Dante to him. "Hold on to me tight." 
Dante seemed suprised but he held on as the guardian's powerfull wings bore them skywards. 

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Hexen Drove faster shutting off his headlights in the morning gloom. Praying silently for any sort of cover. His eyes fell upon an abandoned town. He gunned the engine for it. then parked between two buildings. He made sure the boys were hidden well before looking for cover himself he ducked into an old salloon. "Fitting." He muttered to himself before sitting at the counter and pouring himself a drink from he old bottles of alcohol that sat under the bar. here he would wait. 

The ghost town was falling around them, they landed in what was once the main street, Dante looked around scaning hte are wiht his mind. =Over there= he pointed to the run down saloon. 

Pushing the door open Dante saw him sitting at the bar looking very much like he belonged there. 
= Hexen...You have my Mother's Diary, i want it back.= 

"The diary..." Hexen mused. "Its been a long time since anyone has mentioned it...." He took a meditative sip of the beverage. "Is that all you have come for Just my half of a book?" 

= It was never yours to begin with...= Dante took a step closer, =....I want it back.=  in the gloom, he could easily see Hexen though Sabyien had to strain to see in the dimness. 

"I want, I want, I want. You truely are still a child." he xen sighed into his drink. "Why do you want it?" 

"It is of grave importance." Sabyien said, he could feels Dante's animosity torwards Hexen. While he didn't  want to fight the vampire he didn't want to get away with out the book either. 
"I need it," 

Hexen smiled, "What would you give me for it Guardian?" his smile was one of amusement. "Perhaps a night ith you....?" his voice was low, erotic. 
Dante didn't take that too well, swiftly he threw a needle sharp dart at Hexen. 
The glass in Hexen's hand shattered. 
=No games!= 

Hexen sighed. "Since he's noy going to behave I do not see why i should give it to you." 
"This is more then your father son rivalry If we do not get the information we need the world will be destroyed. And yes that includes Lucivar and yourself." 
".... Its still in Romania. My old laibrary hidden beneath the saints heart." He turned. "There." 

Sabyien nodded. "Thank you." he would not doubt the vampire. this was much too important He put a hand on Dante's shoulder. "Come, We must get that book." 
At the touch Dante broke his gaze from Hexen. He truned around. = One day Hexen....i will rid the world of you.= He followed the guardain out but stopped when Hexen sent him a privet thought-speak ="What do you hope to accomplish?  Following Sabyien around like that?" = he smiled. ="Luciver told me  what you and he did......= 
Scowling, Dante truned back to Hexen. = Where is Luciver?= 

=No where that is business of yours.= Hexen thought coldly. =Now leave, you both have things to accomplish.= 

= The boy Hexen, where is he? = Dante tried to calm his anger. =I know that you wish to abandon him now....How long do you think he'll be able to survive?= 

=I do not wish to -abandon- him. I have made arrange ments for him to have someone to love his own age. and also for him to be away from me will make it far easier to live.I do not wish for him to hunted further.= Hexen's mental voice was soft, remorseful. =He deserves better.= 

Dante scaned the area with his mind....=....a fledgling....your leaving him with a newly truned Vampire...perhaps it's not too late for that one..= 

Sabyien was still he heard no words but he ssenced that were communicating. He waited, whatever Dante was doing at least he wasn't directing anger at Heen anymore. 

Hexen lifted an eyebrow. =...Late?= 
= I have....found a way to cure vampirizim...= Dante hestitated, not wishing to tell him antmore. = As for the boy, there are less....sympthic hunters then I .... I'll take him...= Dante walked past Sabyien and out the door, looking around for what was the most likely place Hexen had hid the two boys. 

There was a click Hexen had a gun drawn it was trained at the hamphirs head. "Leave now." 

= I''ll take Luciver....or I'll take your life....= Dante wasn't consenred. Sabyien had moved intothe path of the bullet. 
" We've got that we came for Hexen. Dante had promised me that he wouldn't try to kill you this time...and I have no gruge with you." 

"he may not try to kill me but how will i know he won't try to harm them? Am I to trust the words of men who have tried to endm y life with the one person I hold above all others?" 

"Had it ever occered to you that he might want to help Luciver?"  Sabyien wanted to reson this out  with the Vampire....if it would result in one life changed for the better... 

"I'm sure. the man who wants to kill me wishes to help the one I love. This is a sick game you play Dhamphir." 

Dante didn't want to acknolage the commemt, though he wished to snap back a retort, his sence of honor wouldn't allow him.  Instead, he left the building, to be more focused on the task of finding Luciver and that new fledging before the sun rose. 

Sabyien let Dante go. He relaxed and watched Hexen. "You dont' understand do you?" 

"What is there to understand? my s-.... The Dhamphir does not understand that vampirism is not a disease. It is who we are. I regret having not raised him better, if having him wish to destroy me is my punsihment i accept that, having him try to destroy the others of my kind. I will not stand for." 


" He only kills vampires who pray on the innocent." Sabyien said. "We allow vampires to live on;ly if they drink from criminals." 
"Yet he was instramental in cutting our nummbers in half during hte past year." 
"........Yes, Only because he was stuck in Donovan's web of infuence." 

"The blood is still upon his palms." Hexen crossed his arms. 

Sabyien huffed. "Which is why he dons't want to kill anymore vampires....instead he's found a way to reverse the proess, so that he dosn't have to kill them." he truned to the door. " Dante hasn't forgiven himself for the loss of innoncent lives, even if they were vampires. He's trying to redeam himself.  With Luciver, he may have that chance...." 

"He doesn't even realise that it is impossible to remove vampirism. especially from my direct chosen. perhaps fom the ones bitten by others where the traits are weakend but not from the origins." 

"That may be....But, I won't be the one to kill this one small hope of redemation.....Dante is my friend." Sabyien walked out, looking for Dante. Not seeing him around he woundered where he could have gone. 
The guradian looked into one of the ohter building calling for him. "Dante?" 

Hexen picked up the ancient bottle and started to drink. 

Dante found them in a stable. the walls where built up darit and clay, solid after all these long years. 
and, the Dhampire noted, no sunlight could get in.  He called out mentaly =Luciver?= 

Lucivar clung to the other vampire and remained quiet out of fear. 

While he could see he would need better light, Dante brought a small flashlight... The satble was a bit of maze of horse stalls. remebering that there were two vampire's he called to Sabyien. = Here, in the stables at the edge of the town...= 

Lucivar clung to the other boy afraid of the dhamphir. he was crying softly the other boy sat with a dull stoned look in his eyes. 

Saby came running, a bit out of breath he met Dante at the entrence. "In there?" 
=Yes, in that corner.= Dante pionted. 
Letting Sabyien take the lead Dante kept his ears open, the new vampire would be hungery by now and would attack any living thing...but then again Sabyien  wasn't really -the- threat to him. 
"Luciver?" The guardian called soflty. he had the flashlight and was cheaking each stall. "...Luciver, It's is I, Sabyien....there is someone willing to take care of you...Luciver?" 

Lucivars voice came softly. "Sabyien....? Where's hexen..?" The boy sounded fearful and saddend. 

"He's...still around. But he said that....he wants you to with someone who will take care of you." He said, He stopped where he was becuase the boy's voice was coming from the next stall. 

"He's...Not comming for us?" The boys voice was full of sadness. 

"I don't think so." Sabyien found a bench that was still strudy and sat on it, to wait fo the boy to come out. Dante was standing nearby,. out of sight of the stall door. 
"There is a friend of mine here, he wants to help you." 

"The Dhamphir? no...." Lucivar said softly. "He'll try to kill us won't he?" 
another sleepyier voice asked. "Whats a dhamphir?" 

"No he won't, he dosn't want to hurt you....never did." 

Lucivar peeped out. "But hexen said....." 

= Hexen sometimes lies.=  Dante said from his place in the shadows. 

"He...he...." Lucivar pulled back. "I don't believe you." 

Sabyien frowned, H ementioned Dante back. "Believe what you want, the truth is that he won't hurt you in any way." 

Lucivar's reply was curt. "He never did before." 

"Then why are you scared to meet him? Once you get to know him as a person I think you'll get along great." Sabyien was talking easyier, forgetting about the other vampire. 

Lucivar just whimpered. "I.... just wanna go home..." 

=Where is 'home'?= 

Lucivar trembled. "Home..." 

= What's your home like?= 

"I...." there was a soft sob. "I.....don't remember...." 

= What.....what do you want your home to be like? = 

Lucivar spoke softly. "A small house.... with my familly.... a garden.... have it near the forest...." 

=....to hear the birds sing.= Dante finished for him. There was along silence. The dampire walked out of the shadows in view of the door. 

Lucivar still cowers. "But.... that house is gone.. isn't it?" 

= Another house can be built in place of the one that was lost...= He sits on teh floor somewhat in front of Saby, so that Luciver can see him. 
= A nice one, with flowers and music...= 

"But...It won't be the same.... the home isn't important... the people that fill it do..." 

Dante noddes, understanding. =But people pass...move away....nothing can be as it once was.= 

"Thats... why i do not wish to leave hexen.. he is my constant..." 

= He wants to move on Luciver....so should you.= 

The boy sniffed. "But.... I'm not ready to..." 

= Sometimes Life dons't give you that option to be ready...= Dante said. Which was true thought Dante, He looked back on his life an woundered was he really ready for a vampire hunters life. he wished that he could go the past and change it..... 

Lucivar came out of hiding with the new vampire. "What.... are you going to do with us?" 

= I will try and find you a new home.=  Dante siad to him, =But the other one....it's not too late for him.= 

Lucivar looked up at thew other who's stomach growled. The hunger had begun. 

Dante looked sharply at the other boy. = Do you wish to remain a Vampire? Drinking blood?  A fledgings hunger is worse becuse they need to drink each night.....if not they will die. = 
Sabyien stood up. "What do we do? I mean....We can't just kill him, he's done nothing worng." 
= I'm not plaing to....= The Dhampire said, standing also. = If he is strong enough, I can revert him.= 

The boy growled in reply his body trembling with need. he focused on sabyien his new fangs hanging out. 

"How do you plan to revert him? The vampire's that Hexen turns are uslly stronger then the secound gen.....urm.. Dante?" Sabyien had noticed the new vampire looking at him. "Dante?" 
=...I see it....don't worry....= Dante moved to block the vampire's path to Sabyien =You must resist, Listen to me. I'll tie you the beams.....after  you drink this elixer,= he pulled out  a small bottel from his coat. 

The boy hissed and lunged around Dante towards Sabyien. Lucivar cried out. "Stop!" 
The boy froze in place. completely under lucivars control. 

Sabyien had tesnce ready to fight but was suprised to see that luciver had such control over the other. 
Dante didn't seem suprised, Insted he guestured to Sabyien. = The ropes, qucikly.= 
The gurdian produced the ribbons he usally used for fighting, he wond sterverla stands together making  a strong rope. Dante grab it and  swifly tied the vampire's hands to the study over head beam. 
= This is for your safty and ours.= 

Lucivar watched worried. 

= Open your mouth.= Dante ordered. He had the bottle open. the vampire's feet was also tied firmly  to the bottem. i ncase he kicked out. 
"Dante? What's in that...??" 
=A mix of holy-water and Saint's blood...= 

The boy kept his jaw clenched shut struggling to try to get free. 

= Open your mouth, and drink this. If you don't, you  will die.= Dante grabed the back of the boy's head. =...or, You will subject to being hunted by other Vampire Hunters who are not as sympathic as I am.....the ones that kill for sport. = 

The boy glared and spat in the Dhamphirs face. 

=.......Let me convince you.=  the Dhampir wiped his face and places his fingers on the boy's face. for a brift secound, the boy's body bucked and the face froze into a mask of horror. He bagan to tremble violently. Dante dropped his hand. 
"Dante...?" 
Prrvetly to the Guardian. =" I have given him a glimpice, a vison, of what will happen to him if dosn't do as I say...I would perfer that That I not kill him.....but even this, it may not work."= 

the young vampire tried to resist the immabged he bit dantes hand as hard as he could. 

Dante snatched his hand back it was bleeding but not so much.....he frowned. =Sabyien, help me with him.= 
Together they wrenched his mouth open and poured the mix in his mouth. 

The boy tried to reject the fluid, spitting most of it on the floor but enough was swallowed. 

" I hope that was enough...." Sabyien said, stepping back. 
The dhampire said nothing he was watching the boy for any sighs that the change was starting usally it happend right away. 

the boys body went limp he trembled a bithis skin having a faint glow. He opened his eyes blinking. "Where am I?" 

"Your safe now..." Sabyien looked at his compaion questioningly, Dante shook his head. =Perhaps for now, but untill he get him into sunlight, we'll have to see if it really did work.= 

Lucivar looked down away from the boy a small sadness within him. 

Dante united the boy's feet and hands. = Outside.= He said, He and Sabyien followed the boy outside where the sun was already peeking over the horizion. 

The boy wimpered as the sun shone down inton the small street. "Ow...." He groaned rubbing his eyes. 

Dante was watching, 'At lest he didn't burst in flames' he thought, They cught it just in time. if the fledging had drunk any human blood, he won't have been able to save him. 
"Can you find your way home from here?" Sabyien asked the boy. 
"I...I think so...." 
Dante nodded and went back inside for Luciver. 

Lucivar sat on the bench Sabyien had sat on and looked down. He had been crying. 

Dante found him, he saw teh wet straks down his face and stopped where he was, not sure weather to distrub him or not. 

Lucivar looked up at dante and clung to him crying. "I wanna go back." 

= Ok....= What else could he say? Dante's hand went to stoke the boy's hair. =I'll take you back.= 

Lucivar sobbed hexens name once softly before burying his face intop dante's chest. 

He didn't know what to do, Dante stoked the boy's hair =Will you come wth me?= 

Lucivar softly cried. ".....Do I have a choice?" 

=No...But it would be better if it was of your own free will.= Tha dampire bent and to look into the boy's Face. =There is something very important that I must ask of you. Can you show where in Hexen's home in Romania where he hid a book? = 

Lucivar nodded. "He told me it was... under the saints heart.." 

=Will you show me where?= 

Lucivar shook his head. "I don't know where all I know is if anything bbad happened to hexen i was supposed to go to his castle and look under the saints heart for something important." 

Dante nodded. =Then we must go there.= He took the boys hand and lead him to the entrence where Sabyien was waiting. AS Dnate got closer to the  door, He flet Lucivepull back. 
'The sunlight' he thought....He looked down at Luciver.... 
=Sabyien, go back for the car. Luciver can't leave this bulding.= 

Lucivar points across the street. "Hexen left the trailer for me..." He pointed. it was prepped to go. 

Sabyien looked and nodded. he would have to go back for the car anyways..... 

While he was gone Dante and lucvier went back inside to wait for him. Dante didn't seem to comfortalbe with the boy. 

Lucivar didn;t seem comfortable either. he had shyed away from dante cowering in a corner. 

=......= 
'I hope Saby hurries' Dante thought. 

Saby cursed, the car realy wasn't ment for the back roads. Once he hicked it up the the trailer. he Drove it up right to teh entrince. 

"Dante?" 

Dante sighed  and gestured to Luciver to follow him. =Gudardian? how will we take him on the plane?= 
"I've got that covered." Saby smiled. 

Lucivar hid in the shade whimpering. 

Sabyien pulled out his cell phone. "Hi? Ariel? can you meet me at this airport?" While he was givint he angle directions Dante went into teh trailier to find something to cover Luciver to carry him into the covered trailer. 
The dampir drapped a heavy thick tarp aroudn the boy and amking sure that he was well covered, lifted him carefully in his arms. It was only a short way to carry the boy intot he protected trailer. 

once inside lucivar sat at the table and neither spoke nor moved. he stared a the table top and after a few minutes quietly spoke. "The boy you sent into the dessert won't make it back home..." there was little emption in his voice. but when he looked up the others could see tears in his eyes. "You dais you would keep him safe yet let im wander alone out there." 

The dhampir forwned, 
=Sabyien? that boy we let go....?= 
A moment later, the cell-phone that Saby lent him rang. Dante picked it up. 
"what about him?" 
=Find him= 

His footprints faded away in the breeze as he walked. completely lost. unable to even find his way back to the strange men that he was convnced had kidnapped him. He panted for breath. growing parched as trhe sun rose like some unescapeable demons eye that glared down upon him. He sank to his knees. his vision becomming blurry. 


"There." He was just a dark form on the ground but easyliy visibale fromt eh air. Sabyien flew down and landed nearby, he walked behind the boy. "Hey, You need a ride?" 

the young man stared up at him "An angel.... I've died....." he flopped down in the sand. 

Sabyien frowned and knelt down to check him, the boy was unconsouis. Lifting him in his arms he truned around and headed back to the car and trailer. 

Lucivar sniffed a bit. feeling responsible for the whole situation. 

In the trailer Dante kept quiet, unable to offer any converation. He was listening for the gurdains' footsteps. 

Lucivar moved to the fridge and opened it. he pulled out two packets of blood. he hesitantly held one out to dante keeping both their arms length away from him. 

He looked at the packet. Dante's face was nutral. = Thank you....But I don't drink blood.= 

Lucivar blinked. "You... don't drink blood?" 

= I'm half human, I don't need to drink blood.= 

"But you're also half vampire." 

=I Don't have to live as one...= Dante said firmly, yet his 'voice' was soft. He truned his head at the sounds of footsepps crunching over sand and dirst. =Guradien?= 
A knock at the door."Open up, I've got an armfull here." 

Lucivar put the blood back still drinking his. 

Making sure that the heavy drape covered the door, Dante opned the trailer-door to lift the boy from the guardian's arms. SInce the trailer hadbetter air condtioning, Sabyien thought he would rrecover better in there. 

Lucivar got the boy a large glass of water. "HEre." 

dante Let Luciver take over the boy's wellbeing, Sabyien went back out to drive them to the small town where they first spotted Hexen. 

Lucivar covered the boy with a blanket after he had fallen asleep. he whimpered. "You're lucky...." 

Dante, hearing the whispered words He was alarmed to feel his heart consrtict. How could the boy have gotten to him so quickly? The dhampir watched Luciver sitting in the chair besie the boy. 

Lucivar sat quietly for rhw wntire ride he kept his sight focused upon the sleeping boy. 

Feeling a bit shaken inside Dante noticed that the road had changed from dirt to aspult. =Guardian, we must leve the boy at a hospital.= 

"I know." Sabyien said.to himself. he couldn't respond to Dante's comment but he was driving around the small town looking for one. 

There was a small hospital near by. it looked more like a small town clinic then a hospital but it would have to do. 

Sabyien stopped the car and pulled open the door, "Dante it's a clinic, He'll leave him here and let the nurses here." 
Dante nodded and went o wake the youg man. 

The boy stirred when dante woke him looked about. "Where?" 

= can you stand? We are leaving you by the towns' clinic= 

Lucivar nodded at the boy. whostood wobbly on his feet before falling towards the others. 

Sabyien and dante helpe dthe boy walk to the clinic. Whie Sabyien went to find a nurse Dante used his mind to block out the lastnights memories to make him beleive that it was a dream. 

The boy blinked sleepilly. "What happened to me?" 

= We found you passed out ont he street.= Dante moved his lips mimicking speech. = We've taken you to the nearist medical center....= 
He stopped as the nurses came to take charge of him. 

Once outside Sabyien looked at his watch. "Ariel won't be at the airport for at least another 5 hours." 
=Yes....= dante looked up at the morning sky the sun was hot and it made him uncomfortalbe. =I think....a few hour's sleep would do us good.= 
Sabyien agreed. 

Lucivar sat. "Where are they...." 

A littel while Later, teh trailer began to move. Dante was siting in the car with Sabyien, The guardian woundered why he wasn't in the trailer with Luciver. 
A few hour's rest would be nice he thought, he drove around town looking for a motel to stay in for awhile. 

with a sigh lucivar went back to reading. hew had no idea what was going on. he just prayed they would do the right thing. 


With a sigh Sabyien opend the the motel room and truned to Dante: "Maybe Luciver would like tostay with us for awhile....he must be bord with staying in there all day." 
= I 'll ask if he wants to join us.= Dante said. 

Lucivar sat about to go to sleep he snuggled into a blanket that held his makers scent. He whimpered. 

Dante looked in, he saw that Luciver was already sleeping, with out saying a word he sat by the door. 

Lucivar stirred. "Dante?" 

=Go back to sleep.= 

Lucivar lay down and closed his eyes. he shivvered a bit. missing being held. 

Quietly, Dante moved up and pulled a blanket over him. his hand driffting hesitently over the boy's form. 

Lucivar shrunk away from his touch. a soft whimper escaped the boy. 

Thinking that he might want to be alone Dante truned to leave him. 

The boy waited until night fall and walked into the hotel looking for them 

Hearing the door open dante opend his eyes Sabyien was still asleep. 

Padding gently across the floor lucivar stood at the side of dante's bed. "Are you asleep?" 

=Not anymore.= Dante sat up He called to the gurdian. =Sabyien?= 
The man moaned in his sleep, unlike the vampire and Dhampire, a human needed more sleep. 
= Sabyien, Ariel would be wiating for us now.= 
Sabyien graned again and sat up, blinking sleeply. "Alright......" He reached for his clothes."Let's get going going..." 

Lucivar looked down. "Ummm.... where is he?" 


"He's probly at the airport wiating for us>" Sabyien looked at the time."And, he would have been waiting for about an hour now...." 
Danted nodded, now standing and adjusting his robes. =Luciver, We are going to leve teh trailer behind, if there's anything from there you want to take, get it now.= 

Lucivar nodded abnd gathered a few things taking the blanket as well keeping it folded over his arm. 

Dante noticed the blanket. He stopped the boy with a raised hand he spoke gently. =From here on....you must leave Hexen behind. Holding on to him will only make your pain worse.= 

lucivar looked down at the blanet. "But...." He held it close tears in his eyes. He chewed his lip looking between the men hoping sabyien would show him leniance. 

Sabyien was frowning, he knew that Dante didn't want the boy to rember Hexen.He was sure that DAnte would want to take venganace on Hexen by making sure that his lover forgot him compleatly In fact why didn't he alter Luciver's memory to begin with? 
Dante held ou this hand to the blanket. =Leave it behind. You don't need it...or him anymore.= His eyes were not without sympathy. 

The boy handed it over tears running down his face. "You can't make me forget him." The boys words were cold. he fairly spat them at dante looking away. he balled his hands into fist. 

Dante put the blacket in the trailer, He motioned to Sabyien., 
The Guardian nodded, "Come on Kid....We have to make tracks." He slid into the driver's side While Dante took the passenger. Then Luciver was sitting in the back Saby gunned the engine and sped towards the city and the airport. 

Lucivar lay down in the back softly sobbing to himself. He could tell that the man was watching him. He just wanted to be held one last time. 

Senistive thought he was, Dante tried to push the Boy's feelings of sorrow from his mind.but as they went farther from teh town he wasn't sure that he could take much more. 

With a soft sniffle lucivar wiped his eyes. 

Dante reatched out to luciver mentaly. =I'm sorry...= 

Lucivar didn't reply. though his emotions were strong enough to be felt. 

=You may not trust me......But...= he hesitated, unsure. =...You have my word that you'll find happiness one day.= 

Lucivar hissed back. "I already had it." 

His kind words sprned, Dante said no more to him during the trip. 

(( Oh, Not good, Dante's gonna be "closed" to Luciver too now )) 

Lucivar sat in the back glaring out the window. he knew what he had said was rude the man was trying to help him but he didn't want it. he had been hapy living with hexen and because of them they had been forced to seperate. 

'He is no diffrent.' Dante thought to himself as he watched the road pass under them. The "pure blood' vampires always seen him as a bastard, not even full blood......The  result of a unholy union of a vampire and a human. Undisired, unwanted..... 
As for the humans.....Dante relfected,  most viewed him as a kind of a monster, not far from the vampires he hunted. Yet a few....He looked over at the guardian. Seen him as a person....a whole being..... 

r sat in the back he glared at his feet. He wasn't angry at dante for what he was. he was upset because of the whole situation, being rejeted by his maker having what could have been his first friend like him torn away before he had gotten a chance to know him, the banket had been only something to make the transversal easier upon himself. something to comfort himself on nights he felt alone. was that really such a sin? He swallowed. would the sun be comming up soon? 

AT the airport, Sabyien noticed that Dante had slipped into a brodding slince, he  didn't want to press on it. After all there was something much more important to do. But he worried nontheless. 
As they Lef thecar, Dante's attude was cold, rather aloof towards the boy, = Guardrien, WOuld it be posiable to make arragments for sustenance for Luciver?= 
"Yes." Saby nodded. "I can ask and see what....' 
"HEy! Sabyien!!"  a voice called out from the hanger bay where a small jet was waiting. Gabrieal Waved tehm over. he looked suprised when he was Luciver with them. "Picked up another passenger?" 
Sabyien smiled. "Yeah....He's with us now." 

Lucivar kept his distance from the others looking down and away. he glanced up at the angel then down. he crossed his arms and pouted a bit. 

Gabriel Bent and looked into Lucvier's face..."Sure is a cute kid" He siad after a moment of inspecting him. he truned to Dante. "What are you gonna do with him?" 
"Uhm, That's for Dante to deside." 

Lucivar scrunched up his face and glared at gaberiel looking much like a spoiled child who hadn't gotten their way. 

Dante was a statue of unbrakable resolve. Gabrieal got the inpresstion that he didn't wnat to be spoken to. 
"Well. We've got room for one more.....Come on in, Ariel's waiting to back into the air again." 
The three of them  climbed abord the plane. 

Lucivar sat in a shadowy corner his knees curled up to his chest. He swallowed. looking to the others. his small body shivvered. 


Dante had setteld into a seat, his eyes where closed apparently in deep mediation. SAbyien blinked, earyier he thought the Dampir had wanted to help Luciver but now, he was completly ignoring the boy. 
'Cold," he thought. 'What could have changed his mind?' 
He went to sit by Luciver while the angels perpared to start up the jet. "Hey." he said quitly."Why don't you sit beside me?" 

Lucivar clmbed into his lap. "Is this my fault? He asked quietly. did I do something to cause him to hate me? I loved him.... He was my protector but....." The boy sniffled. 

Sabyien held the boy in a comforting way. " He had his reasons I'm sure....." 
The plane started to taxi down the runway. 

Lucivar snuggled against him. 

As the plane picked up speed, sabyien held teh boy firmily to him, thinking that he might be scared or something. 

Honestly, lucivar was. He trembled everytime the plane shook. he kept himself buried his face into sabyien. 

'Just like Ryo.' The guardian thought, feeling Luciver shivering in his arms. "It's going to be ok." he mummered to the boy in comforting voice as the plane left the runway. 

lucivar trembled. "I've never flown before...." 

Sabyien lifted his hand to stroke the boy's hair. "It's nothing to worry about, This plane is strudy" h esmiled at the Luiver, "Do you want to listen to some music?" he asked glanceing at the headset attached to the back of the seat in front of him. Sabyien figured that to take Luc's mind off the ride was to keep him busy. 

Lucivar nodded. "Ok." he puleld the headphones down over his ears. 

The mucis that was on was a modern rock. Appartnly Gabrieal had programed the music. Sabyien blinked sleeply, it would be awhile till they'd land in Germany, and he was still tired, So with hands still aaroound Luciver he fell asleep... 

Lucivar Looked down over at dante. he sighed. "Dhamphir..." 

Dante's only move his head slightly to the side, indicating that the was listening to whatever Luciver wanted to say. 

"I wanted to appologize for my shameful actions and words earlier. I do appreciate your trying to help me.... but All I had asked for was just one thing to help me through the change...." 

Dante opened his eyes. =....and that is?= 

"Just that blanket.... When I wore it it... felt like he was still holding me." 

= I'm sorry, but we can't go back now....= he looked over to see Luciver in Sabys arms. =Take what comfort you can in those around you. It's going to a difficult road ahead for you.= 

Lucivar looks down. "Thats what I'm afriad of...." 

Dante siad nothing more to him, there would be other times to speak to him. The dahampire closed his eyes once again, his mind trained on the vampires around the world, mostly it was fledglings who didn't know how to block out thier pressence from other vampires. The elder ones like Belmont were untraceable to him, for thire power was grater. He could feel the Boys pressance as well very close by and afirad, not only was he a target for rouge Vampires Hunters but for other vampire's as well. 
It was one of thire Laws that forbade the creation a child-like vampire,  The vampire would be forever cught in the state of childhood, both in the mind and body. There was always a rick that the child mght make a mistake and expose the carfully hidden secret of the vampire's extance. Most vampires' woud have just simply slayn the boy outright, either out a sence of duty or evny. 
Without Hexen to protect him, Luciver was an open target....A target that was now  under the protection of the greatist Vampire Hunter. 
Dante opned his eyes, = He's found himself another compaion....= 

"He.... Did?" The boy asked softly. "Who?" He licked his lips trembling nervously. 

= A vampire...=  Dante didn't say that it was Luciver that he was talking about. Perhaps The boy didn't want Dante as a companion. If that was the case.....he'd have to ask The guradain to make arrangments with the angels. 

Lucivar looked down. "....So....I meant that little to him?" 

= Not so, he....he only agreed to give to location of my mother's diary if I vowed to look after you.=  The last few words where difficult to him.=....He did care about you.= 

Lucivar looked down. "... He did?" He sniffed rubbing his eyes. 

=...Yes.=  Dante dug a square of soft cloth from his poket and handed this to Luciver to dry his eyes with. 

Lucivar dabbed at his eyes. "Thank you...." 

The Dhampir's cool expression warmed. he gave him a slight nodded and sat back, lowering his eyes to the floor. 

Lucivar looked down. "So.... will you try to cure my vampirism the same way you did to that otherboy?" 

= You r too far along for that work.....but, I can change you into something more.= 

"How...." Lucivar asked. 


=Saint's blood, pure from the soruce,= Dante lifted his eyes and looked at Sabyien.  His mind wandering to that time in the training room...no, he shook his head, it was no ggod to think about that right now. 

Lucivar looked up at him. "From Ryo? But... I was told not too..." 

=Yes, It's beacuse drinking form a saint would give a vampire more power, but it will also case insantiy.....= Dante's eye brow lifted. =...and drink from him enough times, It will asend you to the light and also bind you to the Saint......to his life.= 


Lucivar looked down. "But If I get bound to him... when he dies... I'll die with him...." He looked down. "I don't wanna die though..." He looked down. 
Gabe looked back. "Well Kiddo. No body wants to die but its a natural stage of life." 

= Maybe there is another way.= 

Lucivar looked up at the Dhamphir. "But.... There is only one saint in this life time. the only other perrson it would be possible with... is you." 

Dante didn't say anything more. He was already devising a way for the transition to work. 

Lucivar looked down. Would this mean he'd be able to feel the sunlight on his face again? to grow up? What if it didn't work? He felt a knot of worry in his small stomach. He got up and walked up to the angels. "Uh.... Do you think... that what dante wants to do will treally work?" 

Gabriel shurgged, "I'm not sure. Dante's only got half of the saint's blood in him, It might not work becuse of his vampire half. 
Ariel glanced over, he was flying the jet, His own thoughts were almost the same as the boys, he was worried that what the Dhampir would do worse to Luciver. 

Lucivar looked down. "If I drank from Dante now... I would be a thrall connected to his life force... Is.... that what he wants? That I be under his power? so that he can use me to hunt other vampires for him?" 
"I doubt that kid, Michael's ordered the hault on vampire hunting." 

"....Donovan and his crew had already did a lot of damage, I don't think the number of vampire will increse due to that." 
=EXcuse me, but I can still hear you.= Dante was looking up at the angles with a sullen look, it was rude enough to talk about him as if he wasn't there... 
"Sorry, I forgot you were there, " Gabrieal gave the Dhampir a teaseing grin. 

Lucivar looked down. "Uh... sorry dante..." he looked shamed. 
"He was just wondering if we knew about your plan. It wasn;t supposed to be anything personal." 

Dante sat back. =NO, I do not want him in my powers. but to have his own will....I have been askeing Sabyien a lot of question about Mr.Belmont.= 
"Yeah....we know about that. " Gabriel leanded on his hand. "He drank from  Ryo and now he's more human-like then vampire." 
Dante nodded. =It is going to be difficult and dangerous....= He looked at Luciver =....but it will be worth it.= 

Lucivar looked down. "What Kind of danger?" HE asked worried about the Dhamphir. wait a minute. He looked up. He was -Worried- about -Him-? He shook his head. "Well... lets not worry about it until it matters." 

Dante agreed. 

Sabyien was oblivious to the disscoustion, he contined to sleep. Gabriel having grown bord, went to the cockpit to co-pilot with Ariel. 
Luciver was listiong some music in the headphones, trying to catch the words of a rap-song. he was intent on understanding the words. 

Dante's hand twiched, he was watching Sabyien sleep from the corner of his eye, privitly admiring the man's beauty...ok, so it was a shame that he cut his hiar...but it would grow back. 
-- He was running his bone-white hand throught the guardian's long black tresses...soft and silky in his fingers.-- 
The dhampir sighed. 

"Dante you shouldn't pine for him so. he is a married man." the boy said softly growing bored with the music. "And besides Are you not supposed to be celebite?" 

= A destion that I now regret.= Dante said in answer to boy's question.  He was akwardly aware that his fangs were begining to unsheth themslef in responce to the memory.  He truned to the dark window and tried to block it out of his mind, mumering a prayer of forgivness. 

Lucivar settled in for the ride between the guardian and the dhamphir. He  felt the plane pitch a bit he fastened his belt. 
Ariels vocie came over the speaker. "We're preparing for our landing. those of you who can be in the day light its a beautiful sunny day of about 20 degrees celcius." 


Dante felt the boy beside him wince. =I"ll keep you from the sun...= 
At Arieal's voice, Sabyien woke up, he ywaned and looked at Dante sleeply."how long was I out?" 
=almost the whole trip Guardian.....We are here.= 
"Oh good..." Sabyien streched. "I needed that sleep." 
THe palne made a bummpy landing.  Dante and Sabyien didn't rick opening any of the window blinds to see where they were, they dind't want to risk Luciver. 

Lucivar looked down. "So how are we going to get me out of here then." 
"We can't wait for nightfall..." Gaberiel came out. "Michael says whatever's happening is speeding uip." 

=I can't leave Luciver behind.= 
Gabriel almost winced at the words. 'Ok, Ok....we'll think of something......" He looked around the cabin. sabyien was also lookign around, "How about we put him in one of those boxes?" 
"These?" Gabriel opned one of the equipment boxes, it was filled with armor and weapons. "Yeah....good idea, If we empty this out it should be big enough for the lil'squirt." 

Lucivar Pouted. "I'm not a squirt." But he satarted to unpack the box alon with the others. trying on a few things. "Incase theres cracks." He said more to himself than the others. 
"Good Idea squirt. thatr ands we don't have to leave this all behind." 

The armor was too big for luciver but it covered him enough. lightly closeing the lid, Gabriel and Dante each took one end and lifted thire cargo off the plane, Dante winced a bit at the bright sunlight. 
Sabyien was frowing, following in behind then as they loaded into a van and drove out of the airport. 'I"m guessing that it would be in the forests?" 
"WHoo.....Good luck in finding it." Gabrieal said. "It's all mountians, cliffs and tress. I doubt that there any useable roads that even go into the most rugged parts of the region." 
=Luciver, where in romaina is Hexen's castle?= Dante spoke to the box beside him. 

Lucivars voice was muffled. "Moldoveanu mountain." He called out of the box. 
"All the way out there? Geeze... gonna be one hell of a trip...." Gaberiel sighed. "going to be a hell of a trip." 

Ariel was typing things into  a small screen. "The only useable road that come close....." He looked  the screen. "....even we do make it, it will still leave more then 7 miles to the moutian." 

Gaberiel shook his head. "We'll have to borrow a supply chopper. That way we can make it there a hell of alot easier." He shook his head. "I hope we have enough of a contact there." 

Ariel looked uneasy. 

For a good reson, the woman who was in charge of the helicopter flights wasn't about to let a couple of strangers take one of the countries valuable helicopters take one of them. She crossed her arms in her native tounge told Gabriel and Ariel "No." 
A little dishartened, Gabriela had a idea. he opened the office door and leand out. "Hey Sabyien? Could you help us convince this nice lady that we need to borrow one of her toys?" The raven haired angel was grining. 

Lucivar sat in the box sweat covering his young body, he was lucky he wasn't human yet he thought. or this box would surely have been the end of him. He panted. "So... hot...." 

His ears heard Luciver. Dante looked around and spotted the bathrooom. He lifted the box up. =Hold on, I'll get you out for awhile.= He carried the box into the bathroom,  settting it down on the floor, he made sure that here ware no windows in the men's bathroom. Luckly. 
Dante pulled the lid open and looked in with consern. =Are you well?= 

Lucivar pulled off the armour. "That stuffs so fringing hot...." His skin looked as if it had been tightened to his frame. "Has... this armour been blessed.... I don't feel well..." 

Dante put his hand on the armor. = Yes it has.....= Stifling a curse, the dhampir flug the armor away, and  pulled at Luciver's clothing. =.....your clothes take them off. Quickly.= 

Lucivar blushed and ducked into a stall taking them off. "Uh.... Here..." He passed them out. "My underwear too?" 

=Yes, the holy water used on the armor would have permated thorugh your clothes.= He bundled up the clothes. and began to tkae his outter robes off =....It  is going on your skin, come out here.= Dante ran the water in the sink. 

Lucivar came out still holding the underwear infront of him embarrased to be nude infront of the dhamphir. He looked up. "Ummm.... here." He handed the clothing over standing on the other side of the crate from the man. 

Dante didn't seem to notice the boy's discomfort, he cupped the water in his hands and started to wet Luciver down. Once he was throughtly wet( his hiar dripping too.)  Dante Ripped off a pice of cloth form his robe and handed this to Luvier. =Go and wash yourself, You must keep pouring water over youself.= The dhampir was slightly annoyed at himself, he should have remembered about the armor being blessed. He looked about, this was a public washroom no showers just the sink. 

Lucivar did as told washing himself as best he could he turned to dante. "Could you.... help me get my back?" He held out the cloth. "I...can't reach too well..." 

Dante nodded, and took the cloth, he ringed it out, the water running down luciver's back.Using the cloth, he rubbed down, giving the boy's back a good scrub. He dipped the cloth in water again so that he could wash away the trace amonts of holy-water that stuck to Luciver's skin. 
Already, he could see the faint red spots. Like chicken-pox.... 
Dante cupped more water over the boy. 

Lucivar blushed looking back. "Thank you for your help...." he looked down. "Will we have to wash out the box too? wouldn't the holy water have rubbed onto it?" 
Gaberiel opened the door carefully to limit the light that came in. "We got a copter. thanks to sabyiens new date." He kept his eyes up away from lucivars body. "Uh.... why is he naked?" 
"The armour was blessed." Lucivar looked down. 

= We needed to wash it off...= Dante added, he was keeping himslef from trunning his face to Gabriel, a light-pink tinge on his pale face. = The box does need to be washed out as well...= He stood up and started to pull out the paper-towls handing this to Luciver, = Dry off as best you can....and put this on.= The dhampir gave Luciver his outter robes.  and trunedto the box, throughtly rinsing it. 

"I can't believe you made me do that." Sabyien was waiting for Dante and Luciver outside the bathroom. Gabrieal was leaning againt the wall. "Hey, it worked didn't it?" He grined."With one smile,  you can trun any woman's head....or men for that matter." he leand in closer to Sabyien, who retruned the angel's look of interest with a one of dismay. 
"Gabriel......" 
"Just one kiss?" 
"I'm married-" Sabyiens' words was cut off in suprise as Gabriel kissed the side of his face. He pulled back. ".....Don't be an idiot." he touched the place where he was kissed."We've got more important things to do." 

Lucivar was in the box that was washed out. "Thank you Dante." He curled up. against the side he was most certain the Dhamphir was behind. 
Ariel came back from outside. "We have a 72 hour rental. it'll take six to get there and back." 

Dante shook his head when Gabriel offered to take the other end of the box. He carried it without much difficulty. 
Loading into the helicopter, Ariel took the wheel and preped them for take off 
A few hours later, with the sun low on the horizion. Gabriel in the so-poilt's seat told them that were approching the moutian.  Ariel was hard-pressed to look for a clearing to land in. 

Gaberiel pointed. "There's the castle. If we can land on the grounds it'll be far easier to find what we're looking for." 
Ariel nodded. "Yeah I suppose so. I'll see what I can do. if theires a useable space I'll set us down." 

By the time Arieal found a clearing to land in the sun wasm just dissapearing. 
He landed some disstance away from the castle. 
"Either way, we're gonna have to walk from here." Gabriel siad jumping out. Sabyien followed after. Dante lifted the box's lid. = The sun as set Luciver.= 

Lucivar tried to climb from the box but instead fell on his side. "Ouch...." He pushed himself up with a wince. He looked up at the castle. "The liabrary is in the central tower.... Hexen said to look where for the saints heart...." 

Dante nodded, he began to walk. 
With Gabriel complating about he distance, they walked  untill they could see the castle gates. it was getting darker. The trees brushed up close to the walls. 
A Loud Howl was heared. 
Sabyien frowned, that sounded like a....a... 
From the partly opened gates came a wolf. It was a gray and silver wolf. It sniffed the air. and let out a growl. 
The wind shiffted, Dante tenced, this smell.... 
Luciver stepped in front of Dante.  He was smiling. 
=Luciver wait!= The vampire broke away from them and ran towards the wolf. 
The wolf ran towards him. 
Gabriel and Ariel lifted up thire guns. 
Sabyien ran forwards ready to... 

The child's giggles stuned them as the wolf stopped before the boy jumping up to lick at Luciver's face, knocking him down with more licks and whimpering. the wolf, though it was big enough had the  stocky form of a puppy, fuzzy fur and a lolling tounge. It's tail wagged from side to side, happy to see it's master. 

"Wha...what the hey?!" Gabriel's arm dropped. 
Sabyien shook his head. "....a puppy..." 

Between giggles and spits. Lucivar explained. "She's -my- Puppy." He Pushed the wolf off. "This is daisy. Hexen said she was going to be my guardian if i ever had to come here. She's a first generation wherewolf." He grinned at the suprised men. 

".....a were-wolf named 'Dasiy' ?" Ariel was still stuned. 
Dante was looking at the puppy. =A were-wolf cub....I thought that were-wolves where extinct...= 
Gabriel stoll held his gun."Apparently, we missed a pack of them." 

The wolf cub ignored the men instead was looking up at Luciver with her adoring silver eyes. Whining, she shook her fur and tranformed into a girl about 10 years old. 
"Master!" she threw her arms around the boy, making a whimper of pleasure. 

Saby blinked. "Oh....she's old enough to transform." 

Lucivar blinked and huged her back blushing enbarrassedly. "You don't have to call me that Daisy." She ignored what he said rubbing her head against him. 
Ariel sighed. "Gabe Put the gun down. She's been trained obviously. she's most likely no more dangerous then a house pet." he held out his hand to her.she sniffed his hand wrinkled her nose and went back to snuggling into Lucivar. The boy just looked embarrased. 

Dasiy was still young, her transformation wasn't total. Fine silvery gray fur covered her back and her along her arm and down her legs. she had retanied the ears and tail. 
Dante couldn't help but smile at the reunion. 
Daisy noticed Dante, she sniffed the air. Curious, she crept over the Dhampir on her hands and knees still unused to walking upright. 
Dante stood very still as the cub sniffed at him. 
"Great Master?" she whimpered hesitently, the smell was smiler but.... 
=No= the dhampir held out a hand for her to sniff. She gave it a lick then scrabbled back to Luciver, hiding behind him. "Where is he?" 

Lucivar looked down. "Not here daisy..." he sniffed. "He's not here." 
Ariel Knelt down. "Miss Daisy... would you be able to take us to The saints heart?" 

Dasiy was blushing looking up at Ariel. her tail curled "Yes.....I'll help you." she stood on shakey legs and pulled Luciver's hand. "Come on! Let's go inside." 

Lucivar was brought along at a half drag by the girl To look at them you would bring to mind the image of two children on playground who were playing girlfriend and unwilling boyfriend. Ariel chuckled a bit. "were we that bad at that age?" 

"She's cute." was Sabyien's responce. "...when thire at that age." He gave Gabe a wry grin. 

Dasiy led them inside though the open door of heavy wood. Blinking in amazment, Ariel whisled. "Wow....." 
Inside was clean and almost modren. It could have been the home of any rich man. Luciver found the light swich and fliched it on. nothing happened. 
"The master told me to keep the power off while you and he were away." Daisy offred. "I can go trun it back on if you'd like." 

Lucivar nodded. "Please." He looked about. So many memories. He looked about he moved through the darkend home able to see in the dark. he stood in a large room. he looked up at the far end. in his minds eye he could see a large christmas tree fully decorated. he could see it all. even he and himself opening gifts and curled up together infront of a roaring fire. he took a small memorable breath he could feel ghostly arms around him. he opened his eyes. and moved to where the fireplace was. it was just as it had been. ready for a match to bring it back to life. he opened a box on top and struck it letting the small light land in the feul. the fire lit instantly. he turned the glow casting long shadows about. he could see dante in the space below the shadow of his arm. he looked down. "This.... used to be home." 
Dante nodded. "Mine too lucivar." 

Sabyien had gone to explore the next room with Gabriel, Ariel had followed Daisy. Thinking that he would help her. 
The Dhampir sighed and sat on the old familer couch in front of the fireplace. He had hoped that he wouldn't have had to come back here.  =I was raised in this castle...= 
Things haven't changed much since he remebered, the same rich maroon wallpaper, the lovely  wood furinshing, the gold trappings. 
The couch he was sitting on was one in which his mother would read stories to him.... 
Unable to bare the memory any longer, Dante swiflty stood up to leave. 

Lucivar looked about a small smile. on his favce. he pointed to a small rug. "Daisy And I used to play there on nights when he would leave us to go hunting. He said that being there we would be saf from anything." he came over and stood on the rug. the floor creaked under his feet. he looked down. they floor was suppoesed to be stone. why did it creak like wood? 

Dante looked up at Luciver. = What is that?= 

Lucivar awas already rolling the arpet back. there was a wooden door set into the floor. he pulled it open. there was a wooden box lay in a shallow dust filled shallows. He picked it out. "What's this?" He set it on the floor by dante and pulled it open. the diary was not inside instead were small stone figures. lucivar picked one up. "Dante... this one looks like you...." He pulled out others. "the guardian... Seth.... the saint.... all of us...." He lay them out. "How is this possible?" 

He came closer to look at the stone figures. Indeed, himself as well as luciver and the four Angels all carfully carved from....he took one, it wasn't as heavey as stone. and it certenyl wasn't made of any matrial that he knew of. 

Lucivar held his figure. "This is really strange.... These look far older then us... how can it be that these look like us?" 

="Not sure..."= 

Dantes' thought where intrupted by Sabyien's arrival. "I think I may have found the 'Saint' " 
Gabriel followed behind. "tthe only reconizable statue of a saint in the liberary." 

At that momnt, the electric lights came on. "Dasiy and Ariel must have gotten the generator working." 

Lucivar set the figures on the floor. "The laibrary?" 

Dante stood up. =Perhaps i should look....the dairy should be hidden somewhere around the saint."= 

Sabyien nodded and then noticed the figures on the floor. "...Toy of yours?" 

Lucivar shook his head. "No sir.... I've never seen them before..." He picked one up. "This looks like you...he lifted one carefully but as he anded it over the head flipped over revealing the other face. 


Gabe looked over. "Oh...that's creepy" 
the figure's face had changed from a serene look to an expression of horriable torment. Sabyien almost dropped it. 

"Light and dark...." lucivar said softly. "Why.... who would make these....?" 

Dante puts them all into his pouch, he wasn't totally sure but he had a feeling that they would need them. =Show us where the statue is.= 
Gabe thumbed back, "Back that way." 
The guradien gave his figure to Dante shaking his head in confusion. 

As they entered the laibrary lucivar pointed to the statue. "Thats 'The saint'." he nodded. Gabe shook his head. "I dunno... this tapestry is of a saint.... Lady Manella, Dantes mother..." He looked up at it. "And that stained glass window is of her as well." 

Dante was looking at them the statue, the window and the tapestry. he shook his ehad. = I don't remeber these ever being here.= 

Luvivar looked around unsure which it was suppoed to be. he looked out the window. inside the body area of the window he could see the familly crypt. 

"We'll just have to check all three." areil sighed. "Wonger if its in the window setting or where the light shines...." 

Sabyien was looking over the tapestry while Dante inspected teh statue. 
"...Hear tof a siant." Saby mummered to himself. "Do you think he ment it literaly?" 
The Dhampire glanced over. =I sure hope not...= 
""What if it's inside....?" Sabyien lifted the tapestry. 

Gabe looked about hed was examining the staqtute. he pueshed on it. it moved saa bit. he started to push it aside. there was nothing beneath it. 

"Nothing..." Sab let the  tapestry fall back.  He sighed and walked over to Luciver. "What's out there?" He stood behind the boy looking out the window, he could barly see teh the stone mosolem across the the yard in the semi-darkeness. 

Lucivar shook his head. "The family crypt...." he shook his head. "But theres no way in there. Hexen said the keys to get in were lost..." 

He shook his head, "Might not.....even be..." he paused, from here he was standing, the statue and the tapestry seemed to be faceing the window, the window it's self was a design of a woman with a flaming heart. 
Sabyen stepped back untill he was at teh apexof al three items..... 
Gabe noticed. and came closer to Saby, looking over his shoulder. "...I'll be damned. it iss int he siant's heart." 
Here Sabyien was standing he could see that the Sain't heart was over placed where the door of the mosoluem would be. 
"Dante, I think i've found it." 

Lucivar turned to them. "Where?" he had't quite gotten it just yet. He blinked at the others. 
"Well it was under the saint's heart which was in the laibrary... I guess the vampire isn''t a liar." gabe sighed. "I'll have to appologize to him before he gets what he deserves." 
Ariel shook his head. "Gabe of all people I am suprised you'd say that." 

"For all that he had done...." Gabriel truned and walked towards the door, Sabyien frowned and followed. 

Once outside they looked at the iron gates surrounding the mosoluem . Ariel pulled at them. but there was a chain locking them closed. 
=Step back please..= Dante grabed the padlock and useing his vampireic stemrth snaped the chain off of the gates. 
Dasiy was in her wolf form she whimppered when Luciver stepped past the gates. She lookked up at him with her tail between her legs, whineing. wanting o go with him but frightened to go past the gates. 

Lucivar petted daisy's head. "Its alright..... you don't have to be afraid Daisy.... If you want you can stay here." He smiled at her. "We'll just be a few minutes ok?" he headed towards the others who were already heading inside. Daisy still whimpered unsure." 

Ariel panned his flashlight around. there were names of long dead vampires and humans on plaques along the walls. "Well If we were a diary where oh where would we be?" 
Gabe shruged. "Lets just pop off the placards one by one untul we find it." 
"Please sir." Lucivar said to from the door. "Don't disrespect their resting place...." He stepped into the room there was a soft sound of crumbling from beneath them. 

Dante heard, he paused. =What was that?= 
Sabyien lifted his head. "What?" 
Gabriel was dusting off a plaque. "I think we should open all of these never know, it migh tbe here..." 
Arieal looked uncertein, "I don't know. This dosn't feel right to me." 
= He's right...there\s something odd about this place.= Dante moved to usher Luciver out. =Wait outside...= 
As Ariel moved closer to Gabrieal and Sabyien, the sound of falling stones echoed from behinth them. The stone floor suddenly lurched under them. falling away. 
It was too late for the men standing in the center, caught by suprise, they fell into a deeptunnel 

Lucivar cried out peering into the hole's darkness. "Are you alright?" he called down. 
Areil groaned. "Ungh... Peachy.... If you dont get your face out of my butt gabe I'm taking it off." 
"Then get off of me." Gabe groaned. 
Ariel got off of him with a small blush on his face. 

Sabyien sat up. the fall was so sudden he hadn't had time to open his wings. He looked around, luckly he didn't. the tunnel they had fallen into was narrow. He looked up, 
Dante was looking over the egde of the hole he had managed to cath him on the edge, and had pulled himself up. =Saby?= 
"We're fine.....There is a tunnel that leads farther...." He shone his flashlight down it. "If you would care to join us," 

Lucivar was already trying to climb down without falling off the ledge onto the debris below. 

=Luciver...= Dante pulled him back from the hole. =Stay here. = 

"But...." Lucivar said softly he looked up at Dante then with a soft sigh sat on the side. 

Dante placed a hand on teh boys' shoulder. =I'll be back as soon as I can.= He then jumped down beside Sabyien, 

With flashlights in hand, they walked downt eh tunnel, keeping all senses alert. 
Gabriel brushed aside some cobweds from his face. "Why are we always crawing thrught dark damp tunnels? Why couldn't relics be stored in a mordern safe?" 

"Because those ones are false." 


Sabyien had to smile. They continued walking until they came to a large stone door with angels carved into it, 
Not finding anyway to open it, dante stepped forwards and try to pull it. No go He steped back =Sealed shut= 

"Lets see..." Gabe wiped off the door. there were nine holes. "Hmmm.... doll sized slots...." 

Dante pulled a bag from his robe. =Doll-sized?= He held up the bag, of teh figures. 

The angels stepped back looking at the dhamphir. watching to see what he would do. 


Pulling them out one by one Dante read the the wron script under the holes. =The Four angels.....= He placed them in teh approoate places, then forwned there was a "trinty" of holes which was puzzling, they didnt\ have any words under them so he looked at teh other three. 

"Heaven hell and earth dante... then put the others into the last two slots." 


Dante looked confused. =WHich goes which?= 
Sabyien forwned and took the three which where of HImself , Ryo and Seth.  "Heven..." He put Ryo\s figure there. "Earth" Seth 's slid into place. Sabyien pushed before putting his own figure into the last palce. "Hell." 
Dante avoided looking into Saby's eyes as he put the last two in the other holes. 

With a groan the door slowly budged open. revealing a study. it was lit by a burning fire and quite richly furnished.  there was a pedistal with a glass top the room looked like it was still lived in despite the centuries of abandonment. Gabe and ariel followed The guardian inside. "it looks like someone's still living here.... but theres no other door in and theres no way anyone else could get in the way we did." Ariel noted. 

Dante was forwning, =Perhaps this is not a safe....but a prison?= 
"It's pretty well stocked for a prison......yet still..." Gabriel walked farther in. "Hello? anybody here?" 

There was the sound of whispering from somewhere in the room. "Mother? Mother? Please... wake up...." it sounded like a child weeping. in the mirror above the fireplace depicted a young white haired boy over a form on the floor whimpering. 

There was no one else in the room. 

((This room is reacting to dantes memories. its a defense mechanisim to keep the diary safe from him because Hexen didn't / doesn't trust him.... such family love.)) 

At the sound of the child's voice Sabyien and the Angels claped thire hands over thire ears. It was filled with such pain, they could almost feel it as thier own. 
Dante blinked and looked with growing horror a the mirror. =Mother?= 
The sound of teh weeping was having an affect on the others, Sabyien fought to keep himself on his feet, Ariel was curled up beside gabriel weeping. 
"...Dante." 

Gabe held ariel close crying. "We almost lost him... what would we have done?" 
"I dunno..." Ariel sobbed back. "we should tell him we love him...." 

Dante was struggling with hismelf, He wanted to run from this room to get away from teh memories that threatened to consume him. 

"No, NO!!" Sabyien's legs trembled under him. He started to scream. "I will not FIGHT!!!" 

The Gudrains' cry broke teh spell over Dante. He realized what was happening. = Sabyien?= 

(( Ok, Need a bit more clearfiaction, are they being affected by Dante's memoeries? or there own?) 

((Its their own sorrow / memories.)) 

Ariel Wept against Gabe. "Why do you... take the vampire to bed.... I....." he sobbed against gabes chest. 


Sabyien was on his feet now, lashing gout at some foe in his mind. "You can't make me, I WON"T! I REFUSE!!!" 

Dante imeeteditaly sat down in a crossed legged postion and began to meditate to focus his mind on fighting the growing sence of panic in him, = Sabyien, be calm, You have a choice now....= 
Sabyien stopped where he was and looked about wildly. 
Somehow focusing his attention on the Guardian Dante was able to block out the invadeing memories. 

Gabe held ariel not understanding and weeping. the two angels continued on. 

(( Ok....there's something going on with Ariel isn't there? or was he just tramatized by Seth and Gabe sleeping together? )) 

= Look at me.= Dante ordered, he needed to get them all to focus. to help them fight this spell that seemed to take over them. 

((Areils having a Why him and not me moment.)) 

Gabe looked over at dante ariel still clung to him crying. 


(...Oh? Ariel's attracted to Gabe? ) 

= Calm your selves and foucs on my words.=  The dhampire closed his eyes. =I'll help you.= 

Ariel whimpered, he curled up against him. he nodded to the Dhamphir and tried to focus. 

( You know, we should try  have  a few straight guys.) 

= I know of this spell, it's one that forsces the mind to remeber the most tramatics events in a man's life......the only way for me to brake this spell is for all of you to try to remeber you most  happist moments.= 

((I know... it was just a crush from when ariel was younger. he's over it... and married to someone isn't he?)) 

Gabe closed his eyes and tried to focus on a happy thought. ariel did the same. 

Sabyien was a lot clamer now his eyes where closed. "Most happyist moment?......." 
He rembered that time on the boat when he Ryo and Seth where escaping.  He'd confessed his feelings in that dreamwalk, letting Ryo know who he really was 

Ariel closed his eyes. he was in a barn helping a woman give birth to her child. that one moment of holding the young one in his arms. 

Gabe smiled. his was suprisingly not of him and the vampire but insted just sitting resting during the time between saints when he could rest. 

Dante smiled,  He could easily feel the men's emothins truning from panic to a warmth.....He tapped into that warm feelings and in his mind molded it into a arrow. 
It was taking a lot out of him this teyp of counter spell, his smile faded as he 'shot' the arrow, it would fid the source of the spelll and..... 
Crack! 
Dante opned his eyes to over wheilming momeories of deispar stopped. He looked up. a glass orb hanging inside the chandiler cracked into two. the pices fell to the carpet. 

Ariel opened his eyes abnd blinked a few times, then looked up at gabe. then skittered back from him looking embarrased. 

Sabyien groaned. His head ached. 
Gabeirel looked a bit confused. her truned to Dante. "What was that?" 
=The counter spell.....I was hard put to remeber it. I've only read of the witche's orb of sorrow in book long ago. a Difficult spell to cast...= 
"Hexen's very cleaver....that one almost did me in." 

Ariel stood. "So? Can we get this book and get out of here? This place still feels wrong to me..." 

Dante looked around for a likely place where in might be. The gurdian was already up and looking about. 
=Sabyien?= Dante's voice was conserned. 
"I'm fine....just a bit of a headache." 
After a few minutes of serching, it was Sabyien that found a locked box on the top of the mantlepice. he handed this to Dante. "I'm pretty sure the book's in here.....You should open it." 

Ariel tugged on dantes sleeve. "The door.... it's....gone...." 

"Uh?" Dante let out an involentary gasp. He quelled it in time....Ariel had onlt blinked in suprise. 
= Not good,= 
He walked over to where the door was, but no door. it was as if it was just disspeared. Dante put the  box under his arm and knocked on the wall, solid stone. 

Ariel whimpered. "I'm closterphobic....." 

Gabe frowned." It's not that bad, we can just blast right through right Saby? you can use your magic." 
"Yes, I could...." Sabyien was running his hand along the wall. "But my maigic is limited,  Ryo has my  Kyis jewl with him, I afriead it would be enough." 

Ariel looked around. "This is just a big grave..... we're trapped under here....." 

"Ariel...don't start freaking out on us, we are going to get out of here." Gabe looked at Saby. "Right?" 
Sabyien was still running his hands over the stone. " It must be another kind of spell. Dante do you know of any magic that might have allowed the wall to close?" 
=Not sure, the spell might have cuased an ilution to become real. there might be a tunnel on the other side. It let us through but I don't think it will let us out...= 
"A 'one-way' entreance spell?" Gabriel sat in one of the chairs neaby. "Couldn't we send a message to someone above to come and.....'open' the the door for us? 

"OUT OF MY WAY!" Ariel shouted running towards where the door had beenhe hit the wall with a hard thump and scrambled back up he wanted out. he backed up and tired again his wings fluttering franticly. 


( *ROTFLMAO!!* Poor guy.) 

"Ariel!"  Both Gabriel and Sabyien jumped up to stop the paniced angel from throwing himself against the wall again. Gabriel held the younger angel. "Stop that! You''ll hurt yourself." 
Dante pressed his hands against the wall, he closed his eyes and sent his thoughts up to the surface. 
=Luciver, Luciver we seemed to be trapped down here....= 

Lucivar perked up looking around. daisy curled up next to him. she looked around sleepilly. "Dante?" 

=Luciver, listen carfuly. I need you to come down to the tunnel. = 

Lucivar looked down into the darkness. "you told me to stay here though....." Lucivar sounded rather frightened. "What happened?" 

= Appartenly Hexen had put some kind of spell on the door. We can't find a way out, perhaps if you can come to the door on the outside you can find a  way to open it.= 

"Ummm..... hexen doesn't actually...know any magic...." lucivar said softly. "Auntie was the one who used spells..." he tried to climb down the side but fell as the crublng sones he had hold of crumbled. he landed on his backside with an "Unf!" and tried to push himself up. 

Sabyien had managed to get Ariel to clam down a bit, the young angel was still shaking pressing his face against Gabriel's arm. 
"Dante? waht are you doing?" 
= I'm having Luciver to take a look at the door, perhaps we may have missed something from the ouside. = Dante pressed his ear against the wall. =...This is not good, Jenga's spells are complicated.= 

Lucivar made it to the end of the tunnel. he peered through the gloom and pounded upon the door. "Hello?" 

= Luciver? is the door still on the other side? There is no trace of it here.= 

Lucivar nodded. "Yes.... its still here...." He called out. then screamed in fright. 


Dante heard the scream. =Luciver!? Luver!= He slamed his hand on the stone wall. =Luciver!? What happened?= 

"Skel....Skele....skeleton..." The boy tremblied. 

Dante blinked. =....is it moving?= 

Lucivar sighed in relief. "No...." he pushed on the door. it wouldn't budge. he groaned pushing harder. "Its stuck!" 

=There should be a mecheniziem to open the door, are the statues in thier proper places?= 

Lucivar nodded. "Yes they're still in place..." He pushed again. "it won't move!" 


Sabyien  was frowning, "Dante, what's going on?" 
=I'm getting Luciver to to try and opent he door on the other side.= 
Gabriela looked up at that. "The lil'squirt is down here?" 

Lucivar continued to try to push it open. "It won't move." He sounded as though he were concidering giving up. "I'm too little and weak to move it...." 


=Luciver, tell me. What face is the guardien's statue is?= 

"The human face...." he said quietly 

=The faces's expression, which is it?= 

"The calm one..." 

=Flip it to the other one....= 

Lucivar turned the head. there was a subtle click. the door began to appear on the other side. 

Dante stepped back from the door. Sabyien breathed a sigh of relife.  As Dante opned the door. Gabriel gave Luciver a thumbs up. "Good going lil'squirt." 

Ariel was already running to the opening of the tunnel whimpering. "Freedom!" 

Sabyien followed Ariel out stopping to put hand on the boy's shoulder. "Thank you," 
Gabriel was the last to leave the room. Hearing a noise, he truned. 
An iron gate had appeared a moment after the door did, the noise that cuaght his attention was the sound of the gate opening. 
"Uh....guys?" 

The sound of a hacking roar sounded from the beyound the gate. 

ariel was busy clawing at the wals under the hole trying to climb out. "A barrier! No! No! Let us out you bitch!" 

"Arieal, stop making so much noise." Gabriel hissed at him. 
Sabyien was slowly backing away from the gate on the other side of the room, he could sence that what ever was on the other side was large, and hungery. 
"We'd better do something Dante." 
Dante already had pushed Luciver out of the room. =Luciver, go. close the door. The guardian and I will handle this.= 

KLucivar tugged on the door. it wouldn't move again he strained. Gabe lended a shoulder. "I'm fighting with you two. no sense letting you hog all the glory." 

=Luciver, trun the fce again, it's the key for the door.= Dante  took a step back, his magic powers were stroung, but it took time for him to call on them. He'll have to let the other's destrack the monster before he could do anything. 

Gabe pushed the door in place standing with the guardian and the dhamphir. "Lets do this." 

Lucivar turned the head. it locked the door into place. 

Hearing the door lock behind him, Sabyien clenched his fist together, a tangle of bright red ribbons spilled between his fingers. 
The blood ribbons where his basic weapon-spell, razor sharp and directed by the guardien's will. 

Gabe pulled two feathers from his wings. they morphed into swords. he stood ready. "Lets do this..." He peered into the blackness of the gates void. 


(Ariel? I thought he was freaking out beyound the door? O.O;;) 

"What is that thing!?" Gabriel almost stepped back, The  beast that was imprisoned behind the gate 
was about the size of a bull, with long horns. Unlike a bull though, it had thick scaly skin and a mouth full of sharp teeth. It roared at them, and charged towards them. 
Sabyien flicked his wrist, the ribbons snapped at the beast. the thing just shook it's head and kept on coming. It's hide was was like armor! dimond-hard and it completely covered the montser, even it's eyes where covered. 

((>_<;; that was supposed to be gabe doinf the feather pluck ariels with lucivar but is still trying to escape. I fixed it)) 

Gabe swung the blades releasing swathes of energy. at tyhe monset. they had less effect then sabyiens attack. "Fuck...." 

They had to throw themselves out of the beast's path. Sabyien was seperated fromt he others so the it went after him first. 

Gabe havked at the monsters back "....every....f.ucking....monster...has...a...weakness...where....the....hell...is....this.....one...?" 

=Not sure.= Dante was trying to get the monster's attention away from Saby. =This thing, I don't reconise it.= 

"Lets try to knock it over maybe he has a soft underbelly." Gaberiel shouted to dante and sabyien 

Dante nodded, Sabyien flicked his wrist again, haveing to dodge aside as a horn lunged towards him. One of the ribbons wrapped around the a thee toed foot. Saby felt as his arm got pulled off, he let go of teh ribbon, wincing a bit. 

Gabe slashed the beasts underbelly as it tipped over. a long deep gash appeared then healed over again. 

"Not good." Sabyien rubbed his shoulder, it hurt to move it but.... 

=What about the mouth?= Dante had enough time to produce a a ball of fire-ice in his hand, it flickered, growing as the Dhampir had more time to focus. =It can't be invulnerable in all places.= 

Gabe looked back."If I slash it do you think you would have time to put the spell inside of it then blow the fucker to kingdom come?" 

=Maybe. We'll have to do it qucikly.= 
Sabyien nodded, he got some more the ribbon ready. 

Gabe nodded then leapt aside as the monster roold back onto its stomach. 

Sabyien moved to the other side.   The monster was attracted by the flickering light in Dante's hand, it swung it's horned head and charged towards him. 
Dante tensed, he notice that The guardian and the Angel getting ready to aid me. =Wait! Stay back!= 

Gabe leapt back to avoid the flailing tail. "Why?!" 

=If I can get this down it's throat....= He barly had time to explane it at the monster bore down on him. 
Dropping down, the dhampir thrust his hand into the creature's open mouth. 

"Dante!!"  Sabyien ran to help seeing the monster bite down on Dante's arm. 

Gabe also rushed the the Dhamphirs aid hitting the monster in the head to try yto get it to release. 

Sabyien wrapped the ribbon aroudn the neck and pulled, Dante was trying to get free, beating it on it's head. 

Gabe beat with both hands dropping his swords. "LET GO!" 

Dante's arm was bloody, finally the monster let go to snap at the man beating him.  Sabyien quickly lasso'ed Dante and pulled him out of harm's way. 

Gaberiel cried out in pain his arm hung dead at his side. the upper arm was broken. 

Dropping Dante, Sabyien grabed a heavy table and smashed it on the monster's head. 

"Dante... Whatever you're spell does do it!" 


= GET BACK! Get BAck!! = Dante covered his head 

Gaberiel ducks down behind a couch wondering what it would do. 


For amoment the moster looked wozzy, giving them time enough to.....The monster whined and began to writhe. 
"....."Sabyien watche with fasination... 
KA_BOOM!!! 
The monster exploded! 

After a fw minutes gabe peeked out from his hiding spot. "Ew...." 


"Ohh....." Sabyien was wiping monster goo from his face. "Gross..." He looked around the monster's remains where everywhere. 
Dante picked himself off the floor. He was bleeding badly. =...S-sorry...I...= He looked unsteady on his feet. 

Gabe supported dante on his good side and smiled. "can we go now?" 


=Yes..= Looking towards the door, he smiled. =Luciver, open the door now...= With that, he slumped against Gabriel's side, worn out from the battle. 


the boy opened the door and stepped aside. the barriergave way at the end of the tunnel ariel flew out and landed on the floor laughing in an unnatural way. 

"Let's get him inside the castle." Sabyien lead  them all out the mousleum. 

Lucivar and Daisy tried to pull Ariel to his feet but the man wouldn't move and keep giggling to himself as if he had lost his mind. 

Sabyien Put a hand on Ariel's shoulder. "Ariel? We're out now..." After some coxing, He lead the shakey angel inside. 
Gabriel had put Dante into one of the bedrooms. 

Areil stayed in the courtyard sitting on a bench. "Hate small places...." 

Saheking his head Sabyien Left Ariel where he was and went to check on Dante. The dhampire had nearly exsusted his reserves with the spell-workings. and the fight wiht the Monster had torn the flech of his arm, already his arm was healing. Sabyien only hoped that He didn't lose too much blood. 

Gaberiel was trying to bind a splint on his upper arm. "damn beast...." 

"You need help Gabe?" 

"Please..." He pinched two broken off chair legs to his arm a strip of curtain fabris crudely bound around it. 

Sabyien went to help him tieing the strps of fabric.to his arm  "I"ll take Ariel with me back to the heilicopter.  Tell them to have a dotcor there." 

Gabe nodded looking down the dining table at lucivar who was looking over the pages of the journal. it read like a fairytale. he wrinkled his nose. 

"Uh, Luciver, I think you should let Dante be the first to read that." 
Sabyien finished trying Gabe's arm. and looked over the boy's shouler. "What does it say?" 

"ITs just talking about the dark knight slaying a dragon to rescue his princes... then it uh gets kind of hard to read. the boy had a blush on his face." 


"let me see that..." Sabyien plucked the book out of Luciver's hand and read it. 
Gabe was frowing. 'I thought that Dante should read that first." 

Lucivar looked down. "I miss the kingly character...." 

Sabyien didn't say anythign at first, He was flipping throught was seemed to him like confessions of love and regret....as well a story about a King. 

Lucivar looked up at him. then back down. "I wanna go for a walk... I think theres something i left in my old room...." He stood and headed to the door at the end of the dining hall. He loked back to make sure he wouldn't be followed 

Sabyien hardly notice the boy leave, he was engrossed in the book. Gabriel nodded to Luciver. what did it natter that the squirt wanted to take walk around? 

In his old room, the one ajoining his mother's. Dante opened his eyes to the celing that he thought he'd never want to see again. 

Lucivar slipped into hexens bedroom. it was seperate from Dante's mothers. he moved to a large chiffarobe. he opend it with a deep breath. the clothing inside was untouched by the hands of time seemingly. He pulled out a long shirt and breathed in the mans scent and slid it on over his own clothing. it felt so warm to him though the fabric was cold. he touched a sleeve to his face hearing things the man used to say to him in his mind. he pulled out all the clothing memories, words, feelings.... all of them wee held in this one wooden chest he sat infront of it his face burried in his hands crying. it all meant nothing now... the man didn't care for him. he was outright bawling pulling hexens clothing to him weeping. "Why... Doesn't he love me anymore....? why?!"He shrieked grabbing the clothing and starting to shred them all in rage. "WHY?!" 

Closeing his eyes agaisnt the memory of his childhood here Dante tried insted to fall back too sleep, his head was aching from the amount of of his mana he expended in casting that spell. 
Grasping for the feelting threds of sleep he became aware of a wave of emotion from nearby, first Deep sorrow then a rage. a Destructive Rage that bothrered him. 
Frowing, he sat up. now fully awake. 

Lucivar was trashing the room tearing apart fabric toppling bookcases smashing mirrors and anything made of glass. he upened the dresser watching as it landed on the empty bed which gave way with a loud crunch of ancient wood snapping. with nothing left to destroy he sat on the floor shaking. 

Walking quitely down the hall, Dante  pressed his hand on the closed door, the rage had subsided. but.... 
He pushed the door open. The last time he was here, 200 years ago, this room was had been locked to him.  He looked about with some interest, his eyes fell on the form inthe middle of the wreckage. =Luciver....?= 

Lucivar looked up at dante and shakilly rose to his feet then ran to the man climging to him and sobbing. "I want to forget! I don't want his memories anymore...." 

Stunned, Dante almost staggered back when Luciver clung to him. = You want to forget? = 

The boy nodded. "I want to forget...." 

He stared down at the boy's face. = Are you sure?= he needed to know, There was a way of ereasing memories, but it was dangerous and when done, could not be reversed. 
Dante had intended to erease Luciver's memories after he asended the boy, to give him a better chance of living as a human. But asention would have required him to find Saint's blood. 

"please...." He whispered. "Take them all away..." 

=Luciver....I will do as you want. I will erase them...but there's something that you have to know.= Dante hesitated. = When you have your memory erased, you'll go back to childhood. to the time before you were ever turned...= 

"....Will you be there to help me?" He asked quietly. burrying his face in dante's neck. 

........... 
He thought about it, He wasn't sure if he was the right choice. He would have to 'raise' Luciver, teach him, nutre him. Dante sighed. = Do want me to?= 

Lucivar whimpered and nodded. "Please?" 

=....Alright.= Dante puts his arms aroudn Luciver. =I'll help you.= 

Lucivar smiled and looked down. "Thank you." 

Dante let his arms drop to his sides. A wave of dizzness made his head swim for a moment. =uhh....= He reatched out and to steady himself by leaning against a bedpost. 

Lucivar held onto dante to try and steady him. "Are you alright?" 

=Uh.....Yes, I'll be fine.= Dante sat on the edge of the bed. =I....just used too much of my mana.. it'll pass.= 

Lucivar sat with the man bitting his lower lip nervously. 

The dizzyness passed, Dante stood up, wery. = I need to rest...= He walked back to his room. 

Lucivar followed dante closely like a lost pet hoping the man would help him. 

Dante was hardly aware of the boy, he was consintraiting on putting one foot  infront of the  other, HIs headache was worse. but he knew that this would pass too, Droppping face down on the bed. He fought sleep long enough to see the hopefull look in Luciver's eyes. 
= As soon as I recover....I'll help you forget...= 

Lucivar smiled and moved to tuck dante in climbing onto the bed curling up nead him 


"I don't get it..." GAbriel was flipping throught hte book too. "It's just a farytale. I thought there might have been some clue." 
"Appartnently there isn't...non tha I can see anyways." Sabyien had found some wine in the kicten and He and Gabriel were drinking it. 

Ariel held up the pages to a light to get a better look at the small neat script. "... theres something between these pages..." 

Sabyien looked closer...he could make out some writing. He pressed the paper between his fingers. "Hey....This paper, it thicker...." 

"I think these pages are stuck together...." He plucked a smaller feather from his wing it turned into a thin blade. 

Gaberiel carefully cut the outter edges of the page, withe thin blade, he side it between the thin papers. 

in between the two pages was a folded piece of parchment. carefully it was opened. the top part was dominated by a drawing of a sealing circle bleow which were written in small fine handwriting instructions. 

"I Think we'd better get this to a lab right away." 

Gaberiel nodded. "Yeah... I guess I'll go round up the troups." He stood. 

While Gabriel went to get Dante and Luciver Ariel and Sabyien had carefully put the pice of paper into a fold of palstic to protect it. 

Lucivar stirred when Gaberiel awoke him and danter. the boy groaned. "What time is it?" 

"For you, late. For us, early. It's about 4:00 in the morning Squirt. Get Dante up, we're leaving." 

Lucivar groaned rubbing his eyes. "mmmnh..." He clung to dantes arm sleepilly. he yawned a bit. 


"Come on!" Gabriel pulled a the covers. 
DIstrubed by the noise, Dante stirrried and opned his eyes, blinking at the warmth at his side he frowned seeing Luciver clinging ot his arm. 
=Uh?= 
"Ok, Sleeping beauty, We've got to go, Saby's found something in that journal." 

"YOu mean other than her story? what is it?" 

"A piece of paper that he might have been looking for." 

Dante sat up, waking Luciver.  =TIme to go now.= 

lucivar clung to dante. "In my new life... I'd like the name... mathias... 


=Why that name? =  Dante was opening a chest to look for somethng in Luciver's size for him to wear. 

Lucivar: *looks down* I don't know... I think it was my name.... before.... 

Dante truned to face him. =It's a good name....= He was holding a bundle of clothing his arms, they were a little old, but the matrial was still soft and looked like it just been cleaned the day before. =I don't see any reason why that shouldn't be your name.= There was  a faint smile on his face. 

Lucivar smiled up at him with a feeling of a new beginning was nigh. he was getting excited about living with dante and being free. he pulled the man along excitedly. 

Dante couldn't resist that smile, he smiled back, feeling the boy's emotions eminating like warm glow.  He let Luciver lead him down to the Door where Sabyien and the others where waiting. 

Lucivar stopped infront of the others and made an energetic salute to them. "Ready to go when you are sirs!" 

Gabriel blinked but didn't say anything. Sabyien gave him a nodd."Dante, there is something that you must see, I'll show you later when we get to the helicopter. 
Dante nodded,="Have you foudn what you were looking for in the diray?"= 
"Perhaps...." 
="Could I have the diray back?"= 
Sabyien gave it to him. "We found something stuck between the pages, Maybe there are more...secerts in that book." 

"But... it's Dantes..." Lucivar looked up at Sabyien. "and he hasn't read it yet... maybe he can understand the story better than we do?" 

=" Story?"= Dante took the book back he looked a the cover for a moment before tucking it away into his  robes 

"Let us know if you find anything in it dante.... it may be important." 

="Alright, I will."= 

Gabe turns. "Ready to go?" 

There were nodds all around. 

As they were wlaking back to the helicopter Sabyien noticed that Luciver was walking beside Dante his steps were light and almost animated. Catching Dante's eyes with an inquireing look the dhampire shook his head and sent him a provite thought-speak. ="I will tell you later....in privet."= 

Lucivar skipped along happilly. He didn't notice as daisy snuck up on him. She hugged him. "You're leaving already?" 

He stopped and truned, Daisy was looking up at him with sad eyes. "Will you come back? " 

Lucivar looked up at dante. "Will we?" he tok the girls hand hpefully. 

Dante steeled his heart, he didn't wnat to ever come back to this place again but....the way Luiver was looking at him...His resolve faltered. =Yes,= He sighed. =It' needs re-decorating we'll do that next time. = 

Lucivar and daisy echange joyful smiles. she huggs him exciedly. "Yay!!!" 

= It may be awhile untill we get we get.back......Daisy? Could you stay and guard the castle?"= 

Daisy gets in to a protective stance. "Can do." She looks away in a sweat when hearing a wolf howl. "Raidei...." she looked down. "I'll stay." 

"Who's Raidei?" 

Daisy looked down. "Another wherewolf..." she had a small blush on her face. 

"Oh~ Is this a boy were-" 
Sabyien nugged Gabriel in the ribbs before we could continue. "Uh, Perhaps we'll meet again, Dasiy." 

Daisy blushed and tried to deny their accusations "he's just a friend! Just a friend!" 

Sabyien had to smile. "I'm sure, bye." 

They filed in the helicopter. Ariel started. they saw dasiy run off inothe forest, waving back at them. 

Gaberiel smiled chuckling to himself. "Daisy got a boy friend... next time you visit there may be a litter waiting for you." 
"She's not old enough..." 
"In dog years she is." 

Sabyien closed his eyes. He was getting pretty tired. and the sound of the blades overhead was making him dozy. 

Lucivar yawned curling up with an already snoozing dante. 

he smiled, way to go Dante the thought before he dozed off, Sabyien was a sleep in moments. 

Arieal woke them when thye landed. speaking urgently. "The sun is going to rise soon, Dante, you'd better get luciver into that limo over there." 

Lucivar rubbed his eyes. "the sun?" 

Dante strieed, ="what?'= 
"the sun's coming up..." 
Dante woke and ushered Luciver out inot the limo. the windows were dark enough in there. 

Lucivar looked up at the sky. "Can I see the sun?" 


="Not yet."= Dante pressed a botton, the sun shiealding came up behind the windows. ="can't take the risk..."= 

lucivar lay his head in dante's lap. "when?" He looked up. "And when can we do something about the memories?" 


="After I figure out how to asend you. Please, be patincent."= Dante touched Luciver's cheek. ="Maybe after, Do you want to remeber seeing your first sunrise?'= 

"Please...." The boy looked up at him. "Can I?" 

="Yes..."=  Dante smiled, closeing his eyes. remebering his first time, it wasn't untill he was 13 year's old beofre he could stand being in sunlight before he see the day. 

Lucivar smiled. "Well... what else will I see?" 

="Flowers in bloom....unpicked, the way there supposed to be enjoyed. and also, birds and the world in golden light."= Dante was still smiling, ="it's going to be wounderful Luciver."= 

"Like the house I used to dream of...." 

Dante pressed his hand against Luciver's face, convaying his warm emotions through the touch. He was happy, he would have a compaion to ease his lonliness 

Luci smiled feeling his hand against his skin. "You're so warm..." 

=" I'm Half human......'= he lifted his hand off Luciver, ="When your asended, you'll be warm too."= 

Lucivar smiled. "It sounds wonderful...." 

There was knock on the door. Dante heard Gabriel's voice. "Dante, Saby's got a previous engagement, would you mind waiting here for a few hours?" 
The Dhampire blinked. ="Sure, but when..how long for?"= 
"Not sure, Ariel and I are going to get the jet ready, is there anything you want?" 
Dante looked over at Luciver. ="Perhaps a stopover at the blood-bank?"= 

Lucivar looked up. "Umm.... is that really allowed? 

Another knock. "We'll see what we can do...Don't want the lil'squirt to starve now do we?" the sound of Gabe laughing. "Just wait here, we'll be back You want anything to eat Dante?." 
Dante shugged and smiled. =" Whatever you can get is fine with me."= 

"So four bags of blood... that'll be 29.50 please pull ahead to the next window." 

='What?'= Dante looked totally suprised, Luciver giggled. 
More laughter form outside. "We'll be back soon." The sound of retreating footsteps. 
An hour later. Gabe tapped onthe window. "Special delivery. two bags one O-neg and a A+." 
Dante was already in deep sleep, he was laying on the seats. he stirred. 

Lucivar hid under a thick blanket. "you can open the door now...." 


Gabe, opened the door and puts both bags on the seat and closed the door. He was grining, He had gotten McDonald's for Dante and had put Luciver's food in a kid's happy meal box. 

Lucivar looked down at the box. "Ummm...." 

The light had distrubed from his dream, Dante groaned and rolled over hopeing to go back to being with the guradian...at least in his dreams. 

Lucivar moved to the box nd pulled out a blood bag and fed on it. "mmm...." 

Dante resumed sleeping, a half-drawn fang pressing into his lower lipp. 

Lucivar climbed towards dante and put a hand on his knee to try to awaken him. 

He moaned in his sleep, not realizing that it was the boy who was touching him. 

Lucivar touched his shoulder. "Dante?" 


He twiched, Frowing hin his sleep. He opned his eyes..... ="Luciver?"= He blinked, somewaht dissapointed. 

The boy held up a bag. "They brought us something to eat..." 

="Oh..."= Dante sat up and took the bag. Two bugers fries and a drink. =".....fast-food?"= he shook his head. 

"It must have been the best they could do..." 

="Ah.."=  Dante took a bite out of the buger, then grinced, ="oh...how..."= He forced himself to chew and swollow. he out the rest of it down and tried the fries. 

Lucivar blinked. "It tastes bad?" 

="Horriable....."= Dante stopped and looked thoughtfully at the fries. ="These are tasty."= He ate another one. ="Mmm..."= 

Lucivar picked up the burger and sniffed it. "huh?" 


Dante was too busy enjoying his fries to notice Luciver. =" Mmm....Mmm."= 

Lucivar took a small bite then spit it into a napkin. "even for human food that's vile..." 

Dante looked over and grined a fry stickingout one corner of his mouth. =It's not all that bad." = He took a sip of hte drink and frowned, ="This drink.......burns."= 

"Is it holy?" 

="I don't think so....= Dante pulled the lid off and looked into the dark brown bubbly water. He sniffs it. ="Humans don't ually bless thire food.=" He took another drink.feeling the fizz on his tounge. ="...interesting."= 

Lucivar sniffed it wrinkling his nose. 


Finding himself enjoying hte drink, Dante realxed back woundering when the  others would get back. 

Lucivar sat looking about in the darkness growing restless. 

Dante groped for the light switch, failing to find it, he just sat back. "................" 

Lucivar. bounced on his seat boredly. 

He tried to meditate instead, but Lucivers' bouncing was distracking him. ="luciver? Help me find the light switch."= 

Lucivar peered into the darkness. "I got it..." He flicked it on. 
=Thank you,= he blinked in the light. dante pulled out the book from his robes and began to read through it.

Lucivar peered over the page and tried to read what was written there

="Do you know how to read?'=

Lucivar nodded. "A little... depending on the language..."


"So what do you do?" The woman was leaning on her hand, having luch with her was Sabyien, who was trying to his best to be intrested.

Ariel and Gabe stood watching them. "Uh..." the smaller angel watched to woman carefully.

"I'm a teacher,"
"Oh?"
"I teach english in amrica." Sabyien was eating the snadwich he oredered.

Ariel took a sip of his drink. "so who is she?" he asked gabe.
"Probably some kinda linguist."

They chatted for awhile, Then Sabyien looked at his watch. "I'm sorry to cut this short, but I have a flight that I can't miss."
"I'm sorry to hear that, I...." she blushed. "I enjoyed talking with you."

Ariel stood. "Ready to go?"

"Yes, he is." Gabe took saby's arm and pulled him away.
"Erm.....so sorry we couldn't have had more time.." Sabyien said as he as draged towards the car.

"We shouldn't have wasted that time...."


"What?" Sabyien slid into the backseat. "I was only forfilling an obigation....."

"One that could have waited until after you had been saved from non-existance."


"Yes I know.....But, who coudl have known. I might have never seen her again." Sabyien looked toughtfully out the window watching hte cars pass by.

"Well never mind it now... we haven't got much time to get you back home now..."

Sabyien nodded.  "Yeah....." He sighs. "I'm starting to miss Ryo right about now."

"Imagine how bad he'll be."

Ryo. The boy was on the Guardian's mind  as they picked up Dante and Lcuiver and headed to the airport.
During take off they had some rough turblinace, cuasing Luciver to cling tightly to Dante. The dhampire was doing his best to calm the boy down.

Lucivar whimpered but as the plane settled so did he. "How soon will we get there?"


="In a couple of hours."=  Dante felt the boy relax on his lap. ="Now why don't you sit in your seat and read the book Saby brought you?"=

Lucivar nodded and started to read though he still looked nervous.

Sabyien had a bag in his hand he look ill. "Ariel....next time.....don't do that."
"Sorry."

Dante frowned. The rough take off  had put him on egde, not so much as he was trying to keep clam for the boy's sake.  He was reading the book again, the story was begining to become familer to him.

Matthias turned a page. he did look al ittle green.

Sabyien noticed this. "feeling sick too?" He smiled weakly, holding his paperbag.

"A li....." Lucivar grabbed a bag anfd pulled it to his mouth.


="H-hey!"= Dante dropped the book seeing the boy put the bag up to his mouth. ="Don't lose what you drank, it still be hours before we get to Paris."=

Lucivar swallowed but had nearly lost it.

With his face filed with consern Dante rubbed Luciver's back. trying to think a remedy for nauasa.

Saby popped a gravol pil in his mouth, Dante didn't think that would help a vampire.

Lucivar lay his head on the seatand groaned. "sleep...."


(( we have to get out of this oneliners. -_-; ))

Later, the flight had calmed down somewhat. Dante was dozing, Luvier's head was on a pillow on the Dhampir's lap covered with a blaket, he still looked ill.
For Saby the nasusa passed leaving his mind free to wander. Moslty he was thinking about hte piece of paper that he held carfully in his coat. Was there really a way that he could remain  in this with Ryo?  God, He missed him. Just wanted to be able to hold the boy in his arms again. Saby let out a soft sigh. Seth too, he missed.

"We're beginning our decent home. Please return all seats and trays you their upright position. for those of use on a busy schedual we are six hours and counting." gaberiel explained over the intercom.

Ariel looked over at him. "six hours? that little of time?"

Sabyien frowned. "What's do you mean six hours? Gabe?"
Dante was bukeling Luciver into his seat. The ride was getting just  bit bumpy.
"Hold on, we're about to hit a lot more turblence."

Gaberiel looked back. "As morbid as it sounds I've been timing us since we found out how long you had left." He returned his attention to the co-piloting job. "to see how long it would take to stop the boys tears."

Dante looked up at Sabyien, The guardian was clenching the armrest rather tightly. =There is no need for that, I'm sure that Ryo would alright...= He stopped as the plane seemed to drop a few feet.

"We'll be landing in twenty minutes..." Ariel called back. "Preparing for decent...." He chewed his lip. landings had always made him nervous. even the slightest miscalculation....no. he could do this he;d done it thousands of times before. it would be easy.. wouldn't it?


Dante flet his stomche heave agian as the plane swayed to one side. Luciver clenched the Dhampire's hand.

Ariel circled the airport and began the decent . the plane touched down easilly onto the fround and came to a stop. "Whew...." he taxied it over to the disembarking area and shut it down. "We're here..."

"Good." Sabyien let go of the armrests and was the first to the door whe Dante stopped him. =The sun hasn't gone down yet.= He was covering Luciver in a thick blanket.

Lucivar peeped out from the blanket. "How long?"
"Seven hours until sundown... not enough time..."

Dante covered the boy and lifted him up as Sabyien opned the door. =Saby...=
"Yes I know...." Sabyien looked out and saw Rapheal and Seth waiting for them by a car.

Seth ran towards saby his arms open and grabbed the guardian around the wiast. "I missed you!"

Rapheal opened the door for them. "Pelase hurry. there's not much ime left."

During the ride over, Rapheal was filling Sabyien in on the situation. Micheal hadn't wanted to wast time so he and Shanna had gotten married.
Dante looked up in suprise at that, he didn't comment but had a frown on his face.
"The Saint has been waiting patinly for you, He wasnt to speack to you.....Seth! Would you please..." the angel stopped.  The vampire was trying to enage the guardian in a kiss.

Seth glared. "Keep driving raph The guardian can kiss and listen at the same time...." he pulled the guardian closer. "How would you feel if you were away from him huh?"

"Rapheal, could you tell me later? Right now I just want to get to Ryo." Sabyien was again pushing Seth's hands away from him. "not now Seth," he hissed.
Dante gave Seth a cold glare. the vampire stopped and held his head, "Urk!" he frowned at the Dhampire.  Dante truned his head a smirk on his face.

Ryo was standing on the front porch where sabyien had left him when the car had pulled up he looked as though the fainted breeze could reduce him to dust.

"Ryo!" Sabyien got out of the car and rushed to him. "Your so thin...." tears caught in his throat.

Ryo looked up at him with tired eyes. Shanna came out with a hot mug of tea. "He hasn't moved from there since you left.... we can only get him to drink...."

"Oh Ryo...." He mummered when he took the boy in his arms, gently as if afriad that he might crush him.

Ryo rested against his chest. "I really need to use the bathroom...." he spoke softly he had been holding it in since the man had left.

"You....." Sabyien sighed. " You didn't have to do this."

"I wanted to be sure you came back... If I moved from here... I might forget again." He looked up at him tears trickling down his cheeks. he swallowed amd burried his face in sabyiens chest.

Dante carried Luciver to the den in the basment. He noted in passing that he should wait until Ryo was well before asking for his help in asending Luiver. He tried to ignore the pang in his chest when he saw Sabyien embracing Ryo.

Gaberiel held out his hand to the guardian. "The page?" he wanted to get it to michael to get things ready.
Sabyien pulled back enough to give the Angels the page from the book. "Can you translaste it?"
"We'll see." Gabe, Ariel and Rapheal went inside.

Dante placed Luciver on teh couch in the den he had noticed that the boy had become limp. Worried he pulled back the blanket.
Lucivar was alseep still out from the travels. he groaned stirring. "Where are we?" he looked about bleary eyed. "Huh?"
="We are in Micheal's house, just outside Paris."= Dante was relived, Luciver seemed to be better now then he did on the plane-ride over. ="How are you feeling?"=
"Betterish." the boy groaned and lay upon his side on a couch. "kinda woozy though. I think I got something from the plane..." he sneezed a bit.

Ryo clung to sabyiens body whimpering. "hold me... please?"
Saby complied, holding Ryo close."I hurried as fast as I coudl Ryo."
"Thank you..." the boy clung to him. "I was really scared...."

Seth was listening, his time would come later to properly greet his husband back. He smiled,. 'If he get's throught this alive.' he thought.

"Let's get you cleaned up. and maybe share a nice dinner?" Sabyien lead Ryo inside the house.
Ryo nodded.  "bathe with me?"
"Anything you wish." Sabyien kissed him. "But, you wouldn't you like to have something to eat first?  or later?"
"Later please... once I know that you're really here..." he still clung to the man sniffing back tears a bit.
"Alright...I hope Micheal dosn't mind that we use his bathroom...."
Sabyien had to let go of Ryo to fill the tub, He smiled warmly as he undressed Ryo.

Ryo had a deep happy blush on his face as the man undressed him. he swallowed and pushed up to kiss the mans lips. "Please... don't leave me... if you do...I'll follow you..."

Sabyien kissed those lips. "I will never, ever leave you...." He undressed and held Ryo frimly to him as if to take the boy within his body. "I love you, Kanni-meta."

"And I you Sabyien...." Ryo kissed him and felt the hot tears trickling down his cheeks. "we should get in the tub before it gets too cold."

Sabyien stepped into the tub, He had Ryo sit in front of him. The tub was roomy enough for hte both of them But Sabyien wanted to hold Ryo.

Ryo lay back against the man like a puppet who's puppeteer had been gone for too long and forgotten how to move the strings exactly. he had is eyes closed and held the mans hands tightly as if believing the instant he let go the guardian would be torn away from him again leaving a tear in the world that would threaten to suck him away with it.

Sabyien whispered to Ryo in Ashalanian. ~ "To my beloved I give thee, everything that I posess. My heart, my soul....my love for all time."~ He kissed Ryo's shoulder and neck, his hands running up and down the boy's body.

Ryo closed his eyes. now he could rest. the all encompassing darkness pulled him into deep slumber. it felt safe in the world. what was in the tub was all that was needed for the world to be right. if only the moment could last forever.

Sabyien just held him, sighing.  'What should I do? What will happen to Ryo if I....If I....'  He Held Ryop tight to him letting out a chocked sob.

After a few more minurtes Gaberiel came to thebathroom door. "Guardian? Saint? It's time....."

Sabyien looked up. "Give us a few more minutes, we'll be right there."

Dante sat in the basment, he could feel the emotions around him, the angels were conserned, then become agitated.  He could also feel the Guardian's tenderness towards teh siant, thought he tries Dante cousln't help but feel a bit of bitterness......It could have been him...

Lucivar swallowed. "How much longer?" he sounded almost scared. "How long?"
="Not sure..Stay here, I hae to talk to Micheal."= Dante stood up and headed to the door

Lucivar looked up at him. "Ok... I'll be waiting..... here...."

Dante walked up the stairs, he was looking around, the living room was empty, he could hear voices in the kitchen. He walked in on the four angels dissusign the meaning of the chart and the words.

Gaberiel sighed looking at it. "I think its a seal. Like a tattoo to bind him to this plane..."
Ariel shook his head. "I think it's a earthen circle... to block the ripping..."

"it is certienly a seal, But it's in a formation that I've ever seen before." Rapheal pionted to the paper on teh table."Look at the script going around the innerhub. it's not a language that is induginous to any culture."

".... It wouldn't be Aelotan...." Michael thumbed his chin. "The atlantian mother language..."

"It look more simmiler to...." Raheal looked up at Dante. "........"  The dhampire said nothing he was looking a the paper. =I've seen something like that before..."

Sabyien had to waken Ryo in order to get dressed

it made it dificult for sabyien to get dressed as ryyo clung to him needfully.

"Oh?  Please do tell."
Dante frowned, =" My mother, she painted something like this. it was a..."=

"It's a Neihalli-seal." Sabyien said, walking in. "I wasn't too sure before, but....it's not in a way that most seals are done."

Ryo clung to sabyiens arm. looking so frail and frightened.


Dante stepped aside when Sabyien came closer. The guardian was explatning the diffrences. "The script here, it's in a diologe that is forgine. The symbols here and here." he pointed, "Suggests Not a place, but  "Time" "

"A Time?" Gaberiel scrunched his forehead. "What do you mean guardian?"


"The seal is originaly supposed to hold a being or a place. Something that has mass, engery." Sabyien rubbed his forehead, "I created one to hold the engery of the sancrosanct sword, in order to save Ryo....It can hold a soul as well."
=That does not explane this seal"= Dante stood to one side.

"I get it! He's going to use it on himself to seal his body and soul to this realm... right?" Ariel asked the guardian

"Wrong, The seal has to placed on the outside." Sabyien was lookign at the angles in turn. "This seal is intended to Lock an Event in Time. "

"Lock an event in time? what do you mean?"

"It will stop an event from happening." Sabyien's finger's traced the pattren of the seal.

"But... if you do that... the time stream itself will stop... the universe will be frozen permenantly in place..."

"Perhaps...."  Sabyien looked to the side to smile at Ryo, but had caught Dante's eyes instead.

"Is it worth stopping the universe for just one man?"

Dante was stilled, he wasn't aware of the other in the room, only Sabyien. He felt his face tingle when he realized that he was staring. he looked away. ="That one man who died once to save the world?....it wouldn't be fair to let him die again."=

"...." everyone else fell silent.

Ryo looked around. "...What if it was someone else who were in trouble? what if it was michael... or... me...?"

"Then..." Sabyien looked at Ryo. "...we would try to find a way...to make the spell to work." He siad, speeking for everyone.

"What do we have to do to make this work?" Ryo asked looking to the others.

"....The spell is quite complex but..." Michael started. ".... But the saint must give up their life as they know it..."
"....what do you mean?"

"You will lose your memory of the guardian." Micheal said. "As will we all."

"...NO!" Ryo shouted clinging to him. "I WON'T FORGET AGAIN!"

"Ryo. There is a way, even out of this." Sabyien stepped to one side and urged Dante to speak up.
Dante stepped forwards. =" I am a mage of the mind. If there is only one of us to remeber him, I could re-awaken the memories in others."=

Micheal seemed suprised. "A mage of the mind?"
"One who could manipiulate a being's memories." Raphel smiled from behind his glasses. "How long have you've kept this secret from us Dante?"

="For along time....I never intended to tell anyone, or use it."=

Ryo looked to dante with hope in his eyes. "please! I don't want to forget..."

=".....I may not be the one who will remeber all this....="

"Yes, the only one who would, would be...?" Gabe looked at Sabyien.
"The one who the spell is ment for... me." Sabyien looked up at Ryo.

"then how will the rest of us remember him?"

"After the spell, I'll get Dante to remember me." Sabyien's eyes didn't have to go up the Dhampire's he felt the mental agreement from Dante. he continued." Then he'll relay the procese to the others. Seth, the four and you  Ryo."

Ryo nodds. "but.. what if it doesn't work?"


"Have faith,"  Saby lead over and kissed Ryo.  Dante diverted his eyes, his connection to the guardian lost.

Ryo sighed a deep breath and nuzzled into him. "I'm just scarred..."

Dante walked out.   Sabyien didn't notice this, he was holdign hte boy to him. "It'll be alright Ryo."

Gaberiel stood. "so lets get to work then... get this over with so we can move on..."


Micheal raised his hand. "Wait, we don't even know when the event is supposed to happen."

Gaberiel looked over at him. "He has 4 hours left... not that much time."


The lead angel rubbed his forehead. "Sorry....I'm starting to forget some things. Go on." Useing a cane he stood up.

Shanna had seen Dante walk down to the basment room, she didn't know why. but she senced that he was saddend.

ryo clung needfully to the guardian. "We need to hurry then... what do we do for the ritual?


"We have to go to a large feild, somehwere far away from people. The rune wold have to be carved from the earth."

"Well we could use the farmland out back of this house couldn't we?" Ariel suggested.
Gabe nodded in agreement."It makes sense I mean where else could we go in this short ammount of time?"


"Yes," Sabyien nodded, "Micheal, could you perpare the grounds for the rune? I have to go and get the Sancrosanct sword."
Micheal blinked his blind eyes at the guardian. "That blade dosn't have any power now, how are you.."
Sabyien inttreupted him with a raised hand. "If this seal-spell is correct, I can make a few adjustments to it." He gently pried off Ryo. "I need to go back to the house, Stay here ok?"

Already ryo looked on the verge of tears. "You're leaving again?" He swallowed.
"It's only for a little while ryo... an hour at the most." Seth said quietly putting his arms around the boy. "I'll hold you til then ok?"

Sabyien had to force himself from looking at Ryo's pleading face.  He pulled on his jacket and walked towards the door. "Dante! "
The Dhampire was at his side in moment, ="Yes?"=
"Come with me."
Seth raised an eyebrow as Dante left with Sabyien.

Ryo clung to seth tears rolling down his face. he sniffed sobbing. "What if he never comes back?"

"Have faith ryo. He'll return to us."

Dante slid into the seat as the guardian gunned the engines. he wasn't all that aware of how fast Sabyien was driving. His mind was on what he had heard.  'Only one of them would remeber? only one?'

"Ryo... are you hungry?" Seth asked. The boy nodded again.

Micheal and Raphel went outside to mesure the field at the back o the house. Ariel was helping Shanna cook dinner, she brought Ryo a sandwich.
Seth was watching the former Vampire-hunter  serve him some tea. "So....how did you get involved with Micheal?"
She didn't look at him. "My parents agreed to have me Marry Micheal when I came of age."
"That's....." Seth shook his head. "....no fun?  Did you too ever date?"

"If you can call it dating... We went to a play once and Rapheal sat between the two of us the entire time... I swear his care for his brother borders on.... Well... indecency." She shook her head.

"He's always been like that." Gabriel said sitting down on the other side of Seth, a cup of hot tea in his hands. "Makes me wounder if you'll have some serious compition for Micheal, Shanna." He winked.
She looked puzzled.
Sighing, Seth nuged Gabe hard in the ribs. "Let's not talk about that ok?"
Gabe nodded, coughing. ".....s-sure."

((....Today's topic, the dangerous levels of "Brotherly Love".  XP ))

Sabyien was a little chargined when he had remebered that he had left his sword at the hote, not the house. He apologized to a somber looking dhampire riding beside him. "Sorry for draging you allover like this."
="It's alright, you are just stressed."= Dante looked out the window at the traffic. ="...is there something important that you want ask me? I can feel your question at the edge of your thoughts."=
Sabyien gripped the wheel. ".......Yes, there is, I hope that you'll be able to help me."

Ryo sat in the corner of the kitchen. watching seth as he moved about the kitchen. Seth smiled at him. "Seth... I'm scared..."
Seth nodded turning to him after pulling a fresh loaf of bread from the oven. "Me too..."
ryo nodded looking around the kitchen the room was packed full of baked goods. a nervous habits he had started.

Gabe and Shanna drifted into the kitchen, drawn in by the wounder smellls.
Seth had to shoo them away from the pies that were cooling. Gabriel snaged a tart for himself.


=".....That might be possiable Sabyien.  but are you sure you want to do that?"=
"Yes, I do."  Sabyien unwrapped the sword and held up the hilt to Dante. "This blade dosn't follow the laws of time. Perhaps with your help, we can perserve all of our memories in it."
Dante took the sword, =" It will be difficult, for you I will try my best......your hand please...."=

Gaberiel rewound the measuring tape the symbol was finished being carved. "Hope we did this right...." He scanned over the large complex symbol carved into the earth. "For all our sakes...."

Ariel crouched on the ground making sure his job was done properly. "It's fine.... We did it to the letter.... picture."

Micheal was kneeling by the last tangle of runes on teh other edge mummering archane words over them, the rune glowed a faint blue light. The blind angel's legs shook as his part of the spell casting  took most of his energy. Rapheal was there to help his younger brother to his feet. "Now, to wait for the Guardian."

gaberiel turned. "What else do we need for this spell? Other than the guardian?"

After seating Micheal in a lawn chair Rapheal looked back at the house. "The sword and the 'Triniaty' ...." He shook his head. "Does it mean the Holy trinity?"
Gabe gave him a wary smile.  "No, I think it's our other 'Trinity.'  Sabyien, Ryo  and Seth. "

Ariel blinked. "Buyt if he;s part of the trinity how will that keep him from fading during the spell?"

"That's right....How could Sabyien be in two places at once?" Micheal pressed his fingers into the paper. "It calls for the "trinaity' and allso the Guardian of balance.


"....It is possable."

They truned at eh voice. Sabyien was standing behind them with the sword unsheathed. Dante was beside him.

Ariel blinked. "How? How's it possible?"

"Dante and I just spent a few moments putting a copy of my memories into the sancorsanct blade.....it also holds a small part of my soul as well...." Sabyien was smiling at the angel's expressions.  "This sword was originaly made to hold something, it will take my place as the "Guardian" part of me while I play my part as the Trinity with Seth and Ryo."
Dante looked a littel fatigued, he didn't seem too happy.

"But... will that work?" Ariel looked worried. "IF this backfires we'll loose both you and the sword."

Gabe clamped a hand over ariels mouth. "Have a little faith already." he shook his head. "Well Let's get this started. best begun is earliest done."

"Get  every one out here. Dante is going to put your memories into the sword before we start this spell."
Dante seemed to sigh, ="What about Luciver? I want  him to remeber as well."=  Sabyien nodded. "alright. him as well."

the others were escorted out to the feild. lucivar looked up at dante. "What are we doing now?"

=" We are going to put all our memories into Sabyien's sword, he has a plan that will case time to re-vert back to before the sword was drawn...."= Dante was speaking to everyone else as well.

"and whats to stop the same thng for comming along again later on?"

Sabyien  smiled. "The spell that will seal this event....won't happen when we come around to it.  it would be as it never will happen." He looked around "Is this clear..?"
"Clear as mud" Seth frowned. "What do you mean "come around" to it?"
The guardian gripped the sword tighter, "During the sealing,the time-flow will be interupted, during that "storm" I can send this sword to point in time before I met Ryo. "

Ryo looked up at him scared. "But... you'll be here still right? after the ceremony... you'll still be with us won't you?"
Seth looked down at ryo somewhat grimly. "we don't know..."

"....tampering with time.....isn't it a little dangerous?" Micheal asked.
Sabyien nodded, "It is,  but with this spell, we may have a chance to take a differnt path....." He was thinking." ...to perserve this world."
Dante was standing quitley. ="Guardien, what you have in mind....what you told me, are you sure it will work? I mean sending the sword with our memories back in time...."
"It will work. my memories willl merge with my past self, once I touch the sword. with that knololage, I'll go nad find the rest of you to recover your memories."
'There is one problem." Seth spoke up. "In the past the sancrosanct sword is inside Ryo.....how are you supposed to retrive it?"
The man winked at him. " This "sword of memories"  dosn't carry the same power that the blade inside Ryo does. two inanimate objects can exist in the same time-frame, but two persons or forces cannot."
Ariel crossed his arms, "Your conifdent that this will work? what if this happens again and we're caught in some kind of time-loop?"
Gabe sweatdropped. "Arial, you've been watching too much Star-treck."    Saby shoook his head. "it won't happen."
Rapheal huffed at the other two angels. " You two haven't been listening, The guradian had said that this spell will seal this event it won't happen in the new timeline he plans to create."


((  Ok, do you understand waht's going on now?   It's like we're gonna be hitting a "Re-set" button on this RPG.  but once Saby had the sword of memory with him, it will be new quest to get everone else's memories back. ))

((I gotcha now.))

Ryo Looked up at the others. "but... will time continue after this? Or will our lives end here?"
"I'm not totally sure.....after all, this all started becase I....came back."
Ryo looked up at him. "but.... will you still be here?"

" Yes.  If  I  just get rid of the sancroacant sword in the past. I won't....have to die, I could stay here indefinatly."

Ryo looked up at him. "Great... but... How will you get rid of it?"

"uhm.. well."
Seth grined put an arm around Ryo. "Remeber how 'restrainted' that I had to be?" The vampire kissed him.
Micheal blushed slightly. "Yes, that would do it....lose the sword."

Ryo Blushed shyly. "Please... Be kind to him... me...It'll be his... my first time..." he stammered out.

Sabyien stached his head, "uh....We'll talk about that later." He turend to Dante. "Alright Dante, how do you want to do this? all together, or..."
="i would perfer that we do it one at a time, I don't what the memories getting mixed up."=
"Of chores,"
"I'll go first...." Micheal placed his hand on the blade, Dante nodded and placed his hand over the angels hand.

Ryo watched this closely. Rapheal went next then ariel and gaberiel. Dante turned. "Seth....you're turn."

Seth Nodded, "so after I do this, would I remeber?...."
=" once recovered, you'll only remeber up to the point when i put your memoy in the sword.'=
"So, anything after, I won't remeber?"
=No= Dante shook his head.
Rapheal was listening. "...Intresteing, " He murrmered to himself.

Ryo looked at the sword and swallowed. "It's only temporary..."

Dante put Seth and Ryo's memories and then looked down at Luciver. in priviet thought-speak He said to him. =" you know why I must ask that you put your memories in here as well......I want you to remeber what you know now so that, I can keep my promise and find a way to asend you and help you live a better life."=

Lucivar nodded. touching the blade looking up at dante trusting him. He swallowed. "when will we remember?"

= The next time you touch the blade, your own memories will come to you."= He put his hand over the boy's hand, closeign his eyes in consintration as he copied the boy's memories.

"Now that we are all done....I have a few things that needs to be resolved."

Sabyien looked at him suprised, "Yes, we are done with this." he lowered the sorwd now that they where done putting their memories in it. "what is it?"

Ryo looked to dante and sabyien. "You sure?" He swallowed nervously.

Rapheal took Micheal to one side well away from the others, speeking quitly to him.

Sabyien glanced over and the then truned to hug Ryo. "I wouldn't do this unless I was compleatly sure that this will work."

"Ok... What did you want dante?"

Dante looked over at Shanna. ="I was wondering do you want to remeber too? I'm a littel weak, but I should manage to...."=
She shook her head, "No... there's is nothting that I need to remeber of this time....how far back in time will the sword be sent?"
=" 5 years. "=
She thought for a moment then nodded. "I would like to request something of the guardien." Sabyien blinked. "Yes?"
"Could you, please save my brother Draven?" Shanna looked at him with pleading eyes."He's the only family I've had...and I didn't get a chance to say goodbye to him."

Ryo nodded on behalf of the guardian and seth smiled. "We'll do everything we can to save her... him...."

Sabyien gave her a smile. Then he felt the ground tremor slightly behinth his feet.  Looking about in apprenction. He called out to the two angels, "We had better hurry."
From what he could see, Rapheal was apprently telling Micheal something important. While he couldn't hear them he saw that the older angel was holding onto other's hands speaking.   One of Seth's eyebrows shot up when Rapheal had stopped speaking and kissed Micheal's lips.
"..............."

"Badalink-ding-ding-dink-ding-ding-ding." Seth sighed to himself. "I think it's time to get this done..."

Micheal looked a littel dazed when he walked back. He shoook his head, "Take your postions...." He and the angels stood over the four runes on the outer circle  Ryo, Saby and Seth took the inner circle. Sabyien stuck the sword blade down in the center.

Ryo held out his hands to the others to complete the inner circle. He swallowed nervously feeling the ground tremble.

Dante felt Luciver cling to him, he knelt with Shanna as the ground began to shake even more violently. He put and arm around her shoulders and Luciver huddled in the dhampire's arms, watching them with wide frightened eyes.

Sabyien heard the four singing the rune-song. He began to mumer the words that would open the rift and activate the spell.  The guardian yelled out the words, in Ashalonaian ~"In thy Name Of Time I involk Thee! Shannnahalla!  Guardian of Time!

Ryo tried to hold onto the hands of the other men as tightly as he could. but he felt his grip failing as the rift began to spread open.

He heard the voices, they were chanting the same name over and over. "Shannnahalla,Shannnahalla. guardian of time. Shannnahalla guardian of time. Shannnahalla..." The chanting got louder as the spell's magic swirled around them.
Seth had a firm grip on the both of them, the wind was buffing them from all sides!
Sabyien continued chanting along with the voices, throught his half closed eyes he watched as the sword before him dissapear into nothiness......





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