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Overwhelmed when in the wrong, Damien Draven continues to walk away from the campfire as Faye Valentine and Mantis follow in pursuit. Faye walks beside him, trying to reason with him but all she receives is an agitated and silent glance. Steps add up and continue onward away from the freshly cooked food and the rest of their �family�. Damien contemplates reasons as to why they haven�t gone after Vain for what he had done. Faye Valentine � Damien!!! Please�stop walking for a fucking minute!!! A sudden stop from Damien makes Faye feel bad for raising her tone to him as his eyes remain forward and away from making contact with her own. Faye turns and starts gently placing her hands to his skin on his forearms, she moves herself to stand in front of him, feeling him out and calming him down a little before Mantis comes walking over toward Damien, now several miles away from the village of Fitstral. Faye Valentine � Baby�??? What the hell happened back there, are you okay??? Mantis � Damn it, Damien!!! You could have hurt that kid!!! Right when Damien wanted to kiss Faye and just want to be alone with her for a moment, a further-enraged burst sparks in his eyes, now staring through Faye and directly at Mantis and she moves away while turning to face Mantis with the look of question on her face. Faye gets prepared to verbally abuse Mantis but before she works up the motivation to begin, Damien�s hand grasps her shoulder and nearly pushes her out of the way. Nightstalker � You are my fucking �Problem� Mantis!!! �Mantis� eyes widen in surprise as Draven gets in his face� Nightstalker � Why in the darkest depths of HELL would you go to Slavista ALONE!? THAT�was the most idiotic move possible and I NEARLY PERISHED DOING THE FUCKING SAME TO SAVE YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!! �Saliva sprays onto Mantis� face before winding up on the ground� Mantis � You will never disrespect me like that ever again� Damien Draven kicks his feet up into the air and then quips so that he�s standing upright again before bending his upper body forward to kick at the head of Mantis, which is swiftly grabbed and used against himself as Mantis executes a dragon screw, sending him twisting down to the grass that barely softens his landing. Mantis � So�you want to play�Huh!? Okay, get up. �Mantis feels a jolt against his back and he stumbles forward three steps� Poison � Get the fuck away from him, you bastard� Frowning, Mantis averts his focus away from Damien just to spin around and spin kick Faye in the head. The eyes of Nightstalker watch this in slow-motion a thousand times per second as her fragile body flails to the ground and the blood that forms on her lip where Mantis had responded to her physicality with his own. Poison - �I hope that�s not all you�ve got, son of a bitch� Rising, a sudden burst of spiritual pressure takes Mantis by underestimation of the very blessing of his immortality bestowed upon him in grace by the God of Life�his Lord Sukinahito. Damien�s eyes go blank as tears fall down his cheeks to express the anger that overwhelms him into an uncontrollable mental disposition. Mantis - �do not let the power of immortality fool you, Nightstalker� �The title of his alias being used by the man that just struck his beloved� Nightstalker � I�m going to give you one option to keep your life� �The air grows thick as Mantis narrows his eyes at Nightstalker� Nightstalker � Tell me the truth behind your secretive affairs� �For a split second, Mantis� eyes seem paralyzed in disbelief� Mantis � I have nothing to share with you that I haven�t already shared with you, Damien Nightstalker � You just said my real name�generally, the only time you ever say my real name is when you are dossal and feel safe from confrontation. The second I found you on Slavista�working for VAIN�I figured that had something to do with your disappearance from our clan all those years ago� Mantis � What the hell are you getting at�Damien�??? �Faye Valentine slowly stands again as she hears the anger in Damien�s tone� Nightstalker � You were off making deals with Tokachi Shoudashi�Moku to save your OWN ASS back on the Andin Islands�FOURTEEN MOTHER FUCKING YEARS AGO!!!!!!!!!! You�re the reason why the woman you just assaulted was attacked, right along with the DEATHS OF OUR RESTORATION SQUAD!!!!!!!!!!!! �Nightstalker takes a few steps toward Mantis, breathing heavily� Faye Valentine � Baby�Calm down�this bastard isn�t worth it� Faye walks past Mantis while shooting him a glare and while doing so, she notices how Mantis never even takes his eyes away from Damien, not even for a quick glance at her. Frowning, she wipes her hand across her lip, leaving a streak of blood on her forearm as she approaches Damien in another attempt to calm him down but before she can say anything else, Damien�s eyes had the chance to glance at the streak of blood on her arm. Mantis - �You don�t know what you are talking about, silence yourself� The look in the eyes of Damien triggers an emotion for Faye as another pulsation from his rage getting the best of him sends yet another shockwave of pressure that sends a vibration throughout an small amount of the ground in diameter around him. Faye pauses with a shocked expression on her face, now knowing that something is different about him. Faye goes to speak again but Damien cuts her off. Nightstalker -�babe? ...Mantis seems impressed with a grin, feeling this new intense spiritual pressure� Mantis � Nobody will ever believe�either�of you, anyway� Faye Valentine - �Yeah??? �Faye ignores the words of Mantis as Damien stares through her� Nightstalker � Go back to the camp and get Lord Sukinahito�Mantis has some answering to do, and knowing that his ego is too tremendous for our worth, perhaps Sukinahito can get the truth out of him. After-all, you just heard him say that �nobody would believe us, anyway�� �A disappointing frown slowly forms to the face of Mantis� Mantis � Why would I lie to you??? Poison � Because, You�re existence in the Mantis Clan has been an entire lie� �Faye steps out of the way as Mantis stares at her like she�s stupid� Nightstalker � Why wouldn�t you lie to me�Mantis? That must be why you didn�t want me with her she�s the only one outside of me that doesn�t believe that you�re a fraud. Mantis � You have no evidence to any outrageous theory of my affairs� �The final two words used in his sentence sticks in Faye�s head� Nightstalker - �If what you say is true�? Than why do you sound like you must convince me�so�??? The tone alone in your voice tells me that you are lying, and I�ve also noticed how every time I take a step toward you, you take one backward. What�s wrong, Mantis�??? You don�t want me reading your eyes??? �Faye Valentine contemplates unlocking her gauntlets, glaring at Mantis� Mantis � �Faye, aren�t you going to go find Sukinahito??? What are you waiting for? Faye Valentine � Nice bluff, asshole. But, I simply don�t trust you two belong alone together for that long. I�m afraid I might have to be the one explaining to Lord Sukinahito�of your body�s sudden disappearance. I�m not falling for it, dickhead. �Damien grins due to Faye as she starts warming up with her verbal abuse� Nightstalker � You taught me too well, Mantis. But, now you must realize that you are no longer my Master. Your teachings included how to be a sociopath�a miserable pathological liar is all that you have become. You can�t just come back�and pretend like you were never gone in the first place. Mantis � I�m not acting like that at all� Nightstalker - That is exactly how you portray yourself!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You cannot lie to me anymore Mantis�and I think that deep down inside, you aren�t powerful enough to doctorate me with your bullshit lies ANYMORE!!! Mantis � Lower your voice�you might draw the demons from the forest� �Faye rolls her eyes and crosses her arms, shaking her head back and forth� Nightstalker - All you�ve ever done was LIE to me�I just let you believe I believed you. You keep your face concealed for a good reason, you�re poker face must really suck�especially when you�ve never been able to haggle very well�or is that what your suddenly defensive strategy is for??? Mantis � You need to learn how to respect me before you become a grand master� Nightstalker � Stop trying to change the subject. That�s yet another desperate attempt to get yourself out of this hole that you�ve dug. You are covering something up and you know that I know too much�too much for your own good. Mantis � I�m not going to deal with this any longer�good day to you both� Just as Mantis goes to walk away, Damien dashes toward him and tackles him clear off of his feet and straight to the ground they go. The talking comes to an end and they start wrestling around on the ground, getting their clothes dirtier than they do damage to one another. A strategic ground game of submissions, reversals and counters takes place before Faye Valentine as she cheers Damien Draven on. Faye Valentine � That�s right!!! GET HIM BABY!!! Nightstalker uses his size to his advantage to work his way onto top mount from top guard position, yet Mantis neutralizes any further movement by applying a Fujiwara by pulling Damien�s left arm behind his back and locking his arms in for the armbar. Mantis � Do not make me�break it�Damien� �Mantis applies pressure and Nightstalker slips right out of it� Faye Valentine � Yeah Baby!!! WORK IT!!! WORK IT!!! Nightstalker smashes Mantis in the temple with a hard right hook before Mantis shields a few more attempts with his forearms, wrists and hands. Covering his head and preventing any critical damage until Damien quickly switches into a stand over Mantis� chest, grabbing onto Mantis� left wrist�he pulls his former master�s back from pressing to the grass while failing an triangle armbar attempt. Mantis stands right up, lifting Damien up and forcing him to the ground with a snapping power slam. ???????? � HEY!!! STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Faye turns her head to spot Kyren Tomokashi and Arignee running toward them�than, she turns and figures with a suggestive shrug before kicking Mantis in the back of the head with a firm and momentum driven kick. Mantis rolls off of Nightstalker and they both flip right back up to their feet, Mantis goes after Faye with a roundhouse attempt but Damien jumps in front of it, takes it in the ribs just to clutch onto his attacking leg. Damien pulls on the leg to keep his landing off and Mantis falls to the ground on his back, Damien than applies a knee-bar and then elevates it to make Mantis wince in pain. Kyren Tomokashi � COME ON GUYS!!!! BREAK IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! �Kyren pries Mantis out of the hold by putting Damien in a full nelson� Kyren Tomokashi � Come on man, chill out�CHILL OUT!!!!! Faye Valentine � HEY!!! YOU!!!!!! LET GO OF HIM AND STAY OUT OF IT!!! �Mantis flips back up to his feet and hobbles on the affected knee� Mantis � Yes�Lord Sukinahito shall hear of this treason� Faye Valentine � TREASON!?!?!? Nightstalker growls and pulls out of the full nelson before diving at Mantis, whom jumps over him and at Faye Valentine. Landing before Faye, she gets into her fighting stance and readies herself to fight before Kyren steps in between Mantis and Faye, facing Mantis�holding his arms out to the sides, Mantis remains at bay but it requires for Arignee to make a courageous move by getting in front of Faye Valentine. Nightstalker � Don�t you try to weasel your way out of this one�Mantis�you�are the entire reason why the �Mantis Clan� has lost everything we�ve ever loved and cherished. Our homelands, our friends and neighbors�our loved ones�YOU WILL NEVER GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! �Kyren�s eyes widen while hearing how angered Damien has become� Mantis � You�ve seen how he was assaulting me with your own eyes, have you not??? �Kyren stares into the questioning, yet reassuring eyes in silence� Nightstalker - �you wouldn�t understand�don�t listen to his lies� Arignee � I�m going back for Lord Sukinahito� �Kyren looks to Arignee and than back to Mantis again before he steps away� Kyren Tomokashi � Okay, fine. I will go with you. We should all go back� Mantis � No. I will deal with these two until you come back with Sukinahito�I will then let him make the correct disciplinary actions for their betrayal�GO�Make Haste�I cannot keep them here forever� Faye Valentine � We aren�t going anywhere until you are punished, Mantis� Nightstalker � That�s right! We aren�t going to let you go anywhere either� �Kyren and Arignee turn and head off back to the camp, in a dead run� Mantis � We�ll see about that�You have no proof of anything. You�re forgetting that I am the first student of such a powerful man. I need not fear him for irrational theories that you�ve come up with. Allow for me to explain�whatever it is that I may have been doing in my absence is strictly my business and none of yours. I was on�Vacation� Faye Valentine � Vacation my ass� Nightstalker � Keep digging your grave deeper Mantis, we�ll see won�t we�??? Mantis � Lord Sukinahito believes me when I tell him the truth� �Mantis shakes his head and reaches one hand behind himself� Faye Valentine � You can�t handle the value of such a word, Mantis� �Mantis grins wide enough for them to notice in his facemask� Mantis � I could lie to Sukinahito and he would still believe me�what makes you two�kids�with your imaginations�think your going to explain to Sukinahito concerning what you think might be true about me??? Nightstalker � It didn�t have to be like this�Mantis� �Kyren and Arignee disappear into the tree-line in the distance� Nightstalker � But, I will not apologize. You should have told us the truth in the first place and perhaps we wouldn�t be in this conundrum now, would we??? Further proving that you have a problem accepting it when you are indeed�wrong. Mantis � What is the truth when there is no truth to be told�??? Mantis� hand comes out from behind himself to detonate a smoke bomb on the ground, it explodes causing Faye and Damien to close their eyes and turn their heads away. Nightstalker � NO YOU DON�T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They cough and get out of the smoke as it spreads and thins due to the wind taking it�s place in natures balance, but before they can get clear of the smoke so they can use their vision�Mantis is gone. Damien frowns, gripping his hands into fists, his eyes panning around to barely catch a twig on a tree branch dangling as if it were just previously broken. Nightstalker � THAT WAY!!!!!!!!!!!! COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! �Damien and Faye both take off running toward the south and after Mantis� 
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