Return of the Blood Dragon (Open)

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

"What. The actual. Fuck."

Rai would walking throughout Territory 259, looking all around him, taking in the new sights. This was his first time out and exploring since he died... Everything was different.

"HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO REVIVE ME YOU OLD FUCK?!"

Rai yelled at an imaginary Hades. Hades had offered little to no explanation as to what happened to him after he died, nor how long it had been. He was beginning to see why. Sigh... Can't complain too much though, I mean after all, he did just come back from being dead. Looking around he wondered just how much had changed. Maybe he wasn't considered a criminal any more? Even if he was Rai was killed, doesn't that mean he can no longer be charged for past crimes? He decided to not test his luck on that, for now he would play it safe and keep his head down, being considerably weaker than he was before this was no time to run into someone from his past with a grudge to settle.

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity exited the school and decided to go for a ride. Maybe that would help clear her head. She turned down a few alleyways and finally came out of the highway. Odd. Many of these roads were closed down due to disrepair but many were in nearly serviceable condition. Trinity stopped and cut the motor. This seemed far enough away from prying eyes. She didn't like being followed or being spied upon. She was only 5-10 miles outside the main city, it was quieter here. THAT was when Trinity heard the yell. What on earth? It was normal for people to yell, but not at this time of night. She checked the moon placement, nearly half past 11. She peaked around the side of a building and saw... No. He was dead. Had been for years but she knew that mass of messy hair anywhere. Darting out from behind the building and using the shadows to her advantage, Trinity would pounce from behind a parked car near him and tackle him to the ground.

"WHO ARE YOU? ANSWER QUICKLY OR DIE."

If all went her way he would be lying forward on the ground with her stratling his back. Her left hand was in his hair and her blade at his neck in her right hand.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Tackled! What now?! Rai took a slow calming breath. Judging by the voice and the weight of the person sitting on him, his opponent was a young woman, and judging from the feeling of the cold blade against his throat he surmised that she was armed and possibly dangerous. Damn, I must be rusty if I got caught of guard this badly.

"Normally I would tell you something along the lines of 'You're making a mistake, leave now and I'll forget it ever happened.' Unfortunately for you, you picked a bad day."

With that Rai would lean into the knife just enough to cut himself and start bleeding, the blood would rush from his wound and cover his neck and harden. Then with both hands he would slap the ground hard creating to craters and causing a decent sized cloud of debris. Using the distraction Rai would force himself off the ground throwing the woman off his back. Then he would rush forward and turn around to face his opponent.

"Bring it on, I've got some muscles that need to be stretched. This body has been stiff for too long. Time to work it out."

Lvl 1 Partial Defense: can cover a small portion of his body (i.e. forearm/shin) with hardened blood (+half eng stat to def)

God Item Ability: Super Strength vs inanimate objects

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity let out a chocked cough.

"I don't really care what day it is."

He pushed himself onto the blade! That meant he knew about Rai's abilities! This bastard was USING HIS FUCKING BODY! Not only that, but he was making a joke out of it. The blood hardened and coated his neck. Damn him! He hit the ground and threw debris around. Difficult to see, but not impossible. She threw herself off his back and backed a few paces. He wants a fight, she'll give it to him. Silently, Trinity sent a prayer to Raikotsu: Look away, cousin, I do this for you.

"Unforgivable. That body isn't yours."

Trinity spat and grinned. This wont help you hide from me. She stalked around to the side, obtaining a different angle and threw her shield over herself. She knew the kinds of things Rai had learned while they trained together. What she didn't know, was how much this abysmal character had learned of them. With that last thought in mind, Trinity pounced upon her prey, perfectly outlined by his life energy. First she would aim to land a blow to the rear left side of his head with her right fist, followed by a strong kick to the inside of his right knee with the bottom of her right foot.

Stats:
STR 22
DEF 21
SPD 20
PER 17 (27)
ENG 20 (30)

Qi uses left: 8/10
Abilities used:
Legacy Zero Ability: (Takumi's Zero Ability): Force of Fate
Desc: Takumi is able to create a shield anywhere he so chooses. His limit is one at a time. However, being as he can make them anywhere, he normally only needs one at a time. The power of his ENG.

Aura/Life Energy Perception: While activated Trinity can see a persons life energy through objects if needed adding +10 to her Perception and +10 to her Energy.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Rai activated his Seikatsugan to get a better view of the person through the cloud. Just in time to see her flying at him. Hmmmm, this should be interesting.

"Kuron!"

Who knew if that lazy bastard was still hanging around but, now was a good time as any to find out. With that thought the blood on his neck wiggled to life and a hand made out of blood shot out of his neck grabbing the woman's arm tossing her at the nearby building. After doing so however the hand would return to just be the blood armor on his neck. Guess he decided not to come out to play since Rai was being an ass. Fine. Rai would then launch after the the thrown woman aiming for a punch right for her gut.

"That all you got?!"

Wait... what was that about this not being my body?



Kuron: Due to being infected by Titans blood, Rai has a new organ in his body that is able to make an identical clone of himself made completely out of his blood.

Aura/Life energy perception: While activated Rai can see a persons life energy through items if needed (+10 Per, +10 Eng)

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity growled. He knew more than she had hoped he did.

"Dammit!"

She yelled as he threw her against a building. Looking up just in time to see him coming at her, she began to move. Too late. Had he had always been faster than her? His fist clipped her side, just above her kidney. Damn... Trinity's body recoiled from the blow as she continued moving to the side. She aimed another hit, this time kicking at his thigh. She moved the shield from herself and forced it over his face. Cringing, she flexed her Qi and tightened it to suffocate him.

"I'm Sorry, Rai."

She whispers.


Stats:
STR 22
DEF 21
SPD 20
PER 17 (27)
ENG 20 (30)

Qi uses left: 6/10
Abilities used:
Legacy Zero Ability: (Takumi's Zero Ability): Force of Fate
Desc: Takumi is able to create a shield anywhere he so chooses. His limit is one at a time. However, being as he can make them anywhere, he normally only needs one at a time. The power of his ENG.

Aura/Life Energy Perception: While activated Trinity can see a persons life energy through objects if needed adding +10 to her Perception and +10 to her Energy.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Rai stumbled back from the kick, that's when it hit, he couldn't breath! *I'm sorry Rai* He heard her say faintly. What the hell? Trin?! Rai stopped himself from stumbling, reaching up he manipulated the blood from his neck to cover his fist, he slammed his fist against the shield to shatter it. He took a huge gasp of air and gagged. Coughing he would manage to get out.

"If *Cough cough* If you're so sorry. Stop trying to kill me. Hades just revived me this morning! He'll kill me if he has to revive me twice in 2 days!"

The debris cloud began to dissipate and Rai could finally see his attacker, it really was his young cousin Trin. Rai coughed again and deactivated his Seikatsugan.

"Long time no see Trin. You've gotten a lot stronger."





Blood Craft: can create weapons and items out of his blood (creations strength is half Eng stat) (weapons give +1/2 Eng to attack) Atk = 44

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity moved into a defensive position.

"Found his memories then?"

A tear slid out of her eye as she recalled the nickname he gave her and she wiped it away angrily.

"No. You aren't my cousin. My cousin is dead. I saw- I was there--"

She couldn't speak, the memories which she buried deep all rose up and chocked the words. She stumbled forward, tears blinding her and struck at his chest.

"How dare you?!"

Her Seikatsugan fizzled out. but she would keep 'almost hitting' until stopped.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

"Oh, Tri- Oof"

She hit pretty hard that first hit... Did she always have this much strength? Gritting his teeth he moved forward and wrapped his arms around her.

"Shhh, it's ok Trin. It's really me, I swear. I'm sorry, I can't even imagine what you and the others must have gone through since I've been gone. But Hades brought me back, I'm here to stay..."

He smiled at her.

"Well, ya know, until or unless someone kills me again, but I aim to not let that happen a second time!"

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity tried unsuccessfully to keep hitting him and eventually hugged him back. Breathing in the familiar scent she grabbed the back of his shirt and held him close.

"I really need to stop losing people."

Her voice was muffles in his shirt. After a few minutes she pulled back and hastily wiped her face. Clearing her throat, she blinked a few times and stood straighter than necessary. Totally NOT looking like a puffed up toddler

"Welcome back, Rai. Sorry bout the shield thing."

Awkward? What, no! Of course not! Never in a million ye-- Yes. Very. Absolutely and completely.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Rai chuckled and patted her head.

"Don't worry about it, if I had a nickel for every time someone close to me tried to kill me, on purpose or on accident, I'd be a millionaire."

Rai would reach up to his neck with his blood crusted fist and the blood would seep back into the cut and then the cut itself would seal and fade.

"But hey, be proud. You did extremely well, you've gotten a lot stronger I can tell. How long have I been gone anyways?"



Minor Heal: Rai can focus his Qi to give a small healing factor (able to heal minor wounds and cure mild illnesses)

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity looked away at the 'don't mention it' and 'at-a-girl' remarks, a small hmph escaping her. Her head snapped back when he asked how long it had been.

"Three years, four months, nineteen days."

She looked up at the sky.

"Make that twenty."

She looked back at Rai.

"We still arent any closer to finding out who killed you. I mean we've found a little. But only just enough to rule out The Katashi Clan. Now that you aren't dead anymore, what happened?"

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Thats... awfully precise. Jesus... Still over two years he's been gone. Damn.

"I... don't remember very well. I know I was out on a mission and I was ambushed... but other than that... I can't even remember if I got to do any fighting or if they killed me right out. I remember being dead... well more accurately I remember the feeling of dying, and next thing I remember was Hades pulling me back to life. Other than that everything is still hazy. Hades said that it could be something that I might remember in time or never remember at all. He enjoys being incredibly vague like that."

Old bastard.

[Trinity Sudeki]

Trinity had hoped to hear more. When she didn't, well it wasn't good.

"DAMMIT!"

She wasn't angry at him. How could she be? Turning Trinity kicked a rock that flew at a not-so-nearby building and smashed through the brick wall. She sighed and turned back to Rai.

"Sorry. I just, I wanna get them back for what they did to you. I've been taking any job I can find these days. Constantly on my toes to catch the bastards that did this shit. Do you think they have any connection to Prota? They're the ones that captured Spike all those years ago. At least they're the ones who were caught with him."

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Rai's face darkened.

"You and me both. Hmmm, Prota. That's Strike's people right? I remember him. I can't remember if it was them. But I'm pretty that would be a good place to start looking. Even if Strike wasn't responsible, I bet he would have a few ideas on who it could've been."

Rai looked down at his hands and clenched them into fists. Then he would look back to Trinity.

"Unfortunately Hades wasn't able to bring me back completely. I'm a lot weaker than I was a couple years ago, and I'm sure Strike wasn't just lounging around for that entire time. I'm need to get my strength back if I'm going to get any info out of him."

Rai would pace back and forth for a moment thinking before turning back to Trinity again.

"Where's your father? Maybe I could talk to him and figure something out."