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This had to be one of the dumbest things Kayuu Amon had ever done. Such a reckless act was uncharacteristic of her, but her overworked mind had taken over her conscience. The Umiwo Forest Clan Matriarch had just been doing a routine check with her people when news came from the Willow Trees. Trespassers had entered the forest. Concerned for the safety of her people, she ushered most into their homes and near any of the guarded monuments. Sighing in relief, she was glad her husband was in the Council Building. He will most definitely be protected there. Gathering her books and scrolls, the Dragonshifter hoped that the sighting was not of humans.

"Lady Amon!" A guard had cried out for her, rushing towards in a hurried motion, "Lady Amon! You should be in the Council Building with Lord Chiusa. If anything happened to you, he would be livid with all of us."

Kayuu moved her head towards him, scanning his novice attire, and stated plainly, "If anything had happened to me, I doubt he would be livid. The stages of grief start with denial then anger."

The new guard rolled his eyes slightly at her snarkiness before quickly bowing his head in shame. He had just made a very disrespectful act to an important figure. He's lucky if she only ordered for his exile. Kayuu, however, gingerly placed her hand under his chin and lifted his gaze to her golden orbs.

"Never roll your eyes at me again, son. I am your queen."

Gulping, he nodded his head frantically. A large noise and a blast of air shifted from the trees leading towards the west of the grounds. Erupting in fear, the guard raised his glaive in case a human should appear, his helmet blown off his small head. Kayuu, disheveld slightly, stared on in confusion. Those waves of energy felt....familiar. Is it Yalin? Had her sister returned from her quest so early? Energy-based Dragonshifters were quite common, but something made the redhead's cold blood rush about.

Lifting her silk robes, she raced over towards the looming trees. The young man called after her but his pleas fell on deaf ears.

"Yalin?" The queen called out to the dry air. As she ventured further, she found herself overstepping the protective line that separated her clan from the outside world. The trees became darker and taller, surrounding the woman and plaguing her mind with many conflicting thoughts. Stopping for some air, she glanced around herself. This was not good. She had never been in this part of the Umiwo Forest before. What if she wasn't on her grounds anymore? Landing on a fallen tree, the young woman sat straight up and began pondering on what was happening. Something just didn't add up.

Asley walks towards Kayuu, excitedly asking, "What are you doing out here Miss?"

Yasaki follows behind Asley and turns and glances at Kayuu. He then begins walking towards the forest and with his back facing Kayuu he asks. "Why are you this far from your kingdom?"

Startled by the new voices, the matriarch looks up at the two newcomers.

"Oh! Pardon me, I was just searching for someone. I believed they were around here, but I seem to have imagined it," She sat up straight, looking between the two.

They were so young. And alone in a forest filled with dangerous creatures. A forest where she had walked right into.

(For Ambiance, listen to this. Only if you want to though)

A dangerous, but also somewhat... calming, heavy exhale surrounded the three. Thomas was in the middle of a nap before he finally realized that there were one... two... no three, people getting too close for comfort. As soon as he had fully woken up, he grabbed his mask, which then, near instantly, flung onto his face with a strap wrapping around his head. Only the bottom of his face was visible, from the bottom of his nose to the bottom of his chin. He began walking to where he heard the voices of the three people.

With a heavy sigh, his body slowly appeared from the shadows of the trees behind the two other women the startled lady spoke to... his dark, yet bright eye seemed to take the ocean in its entirety. Almost like he appeared out of thin air, he began to speak. His voice was so... distressing, almost like a cry for help, but it also made the strongest men's blood curdle... had they known him and what he'd done prior at the time. "You three... are so loud..." Thomas never really... enjoyed being woken up from a nap, but when he was... he usually wanted to... burn something to cinders.

(sorry if this was long, I don't usually type a few sentences... you'll have to forgive me, for this one, please.)

Yasaki grabs his blade handle and draws out his katana and turns to face Thomas. He stars Thomas straight in the eyes and and points his sword directly at him. "What is your problem?" he asked Thomas. He smiles and stares at Thomas the blood pumping threw his veins not knowing if he was gonna fight but thrilled all the same.

Asley walks over to Yasaki, looking to Thomas and smiling. "Hello. I really hope you aren't looking for a fight. I don't think it would be very nice." She's standing calmly next to a fiery Yasuki, but there's something off about the soft smile set on her face.

Kayuu stepped forward between the two opposing groups. She did not want to see two children fighting against a man she can tell is full of dark magic.

"Please, sir, I'm sorry we had been too loud to your liking, but these are only children and they do not understand their actions."

Looking back at them, she gave a stern look, "We wouldn't want someone to get hurt because they acted so brashly, now do we?"

(Again, I apologize for the long post, I enjoy giving people a lot to work with ^^)
(Also. going to say this now so no one gets confused: I go by the earliest post of someone, to the last, in this case, its "Yasuki, Asley, Kayuu. Now that that's out of the way, here's the post)

"Well... it's a nice thought but... I'm not as hungry as I thought I'd be..." He let out a yawn and continued to walk, disappearing before he touched the light and just seemed to appear behind the boy with the Katana. "Listen... boy... do you have any idea what it is you're staring at?" He tilted his mask over to the other woman with her... annoyingly bright hair. It wasn't visible but... it was definitely made clear since he was there. His power wasn't that of a dragon-shifter, or whatever these other two were, but instead... something that Satan or Death themselves created. The grass beneath all of them had decayed, as it had spread from under his feet.

"You're staring at the 'son' of death. Or... if my memory serves me right, a demon with a name that shouldn't be spoken." Looking back over at the girl with an "innocent" smile. Something... was off about this girl. Was she normal- no, there's no way, right? He took off his mask, the strap turning into smoke. Her smile felt wrong to him... so he would show her what his smile was like. His smile wasn't something human... nor something even the person with the stretchiest face could handle. His teeth were like that of a shark, and he barred them like a dog as he smiled. His smile, quite literally, spread across his face. To some it was terrifying, to others it was just plain... odd. "What are your name's anyway? I might as well know that before I eat all of you..."

Watching the other woman get between all of them, he turned towards her and took another glance at her annoying hair. Walking past the other two, now in front of the other woman, he looked at her for a few moments, as if trying to find out who she was without her saying. "Hmm... I wonder... should I really forgive a child drew not just a sword... but a katana at that, and a child whose smile doesn't feel right." Following her gaze towards the other two, something wasn't right about Thomas either. Something was there, it wasn't visible, but it was clear. Something was behind him... or was it just him? Looking back at the woman who seemed to treat these two as her own blood, he looked at his hand. "I really have gotten softer..." As some of the trees around all of them had begun to decay, and the grass turning to dust, Thomas had grown quite annoyed, but also quite surprised on all of their reactions. Not only did they not seem to show fear towards him, they also were either brave enough or stupid enough, to draw a blade against him. "Mind putting that toy away boy?" He said, looking at the boy with the katana.

Kayuu couldn't believe it. The lush forest around them was dying. It scared her, but she dared not to show fear.

Putting her hand behind her, she felt the warmth of fire crackle. She doesn't want to fight, but she knew, just knew, he wanted to. If only she had her army with her. Despite her love for them, she'd rather have others fight for her, not herself.

"What are you?" she breathed in exasperation.

He smiles and then puts his sword away. Yasaki then reaches into his shirt pocket and pulls out a canteen and takes a drink. He then begins to laugh as he senses Thomas. He looks at Thomas and says "Yes I've heard of you, your also known as Satans puppet if I'm correct." Takes another sip and stares with dark eyes that become black and red "I have fought alot of things sense I was a small boy you don't scare me."then smirks and whispers "you sense it to we aren't just ordinary kids."

He then turns to kinda face kayuu and about falls as he does "look we aren't kids thank u for worrying about us but right now we are in a bad part of the forest and should be leaving soon unless you wanna fight monsters." Takes one final sip and then throws the canteen and sits down.

Asley walks over and picks up the canteen, tossing it into her backpack. She then turns to Kayuu. "Do you need any help Miss? I sense you're very strong, but even the strongest need help sometimes, especially when they're in trouble" She gestures to the forest around her. "This is a big place. It's easy to get lost without some type of locator magic"

Kayuu looked between the two younger ones.

"I'm okay. I won't let the two of you fight alone. But, there shall be no fighting. We must talk this out, isn't that right, sir. My name is Kayuu Amon, Matriarch on the Umiwo Forest Clan of Dragonshifters. And you are?" She curtsied politely.

No matter what, she wouldn't just let two people be in danger as she runs away.

Asley smiles and introduces herself. "I'm Asley. And that over there is my friend. You'll have to excuse him. We don't see many people on our travels." She looks over to Thomas, "I actually dabble in some magic myself, but I prefer to create rather than destroy." With that, she whispers the word silva and new grass starts grow, turning what was dead back to green life. Satisfied with her work, she walks over and sits down next to Yasaki, handing him a water bottle, and taking one out for herself.

Drinks some water and looks at Kayuu "my names yasaki, we travel the land doing jobs for people. We don't really stay in one place to long." Then looks at Thomas waiting for his answer.

Turns and looks at Kayuu and stands up "do you know the way back because we are being surrounded by something and i don't know what's in this forest but it's dark so get ready to fight." Draws my sword and jumps to your right side "we will protect you"

Asley walks over to the left side of Kayuu, glancing back at Thomas to make sure he'll be alright in the upcoming battle. She senses great power coming off of him and chills run up her spine as she senses the surrounding power that Yasaki mentioned. Asley moves into a more relaxed position, closing her eyes to better sense where the power is coming from.
Her eyes suddenly open, filled with a steely determination. "There is a large party, surrounding us on all sides. I'm sure if we work together, we will have no problem defeating them."

Everything was happening quite fast. Feeling a bit overwhelmed, Kayuu calmed herself by breathing deeply.

"Please, everyone have some common sense and think. We do not need to fight. That only brings on bloodshed and I would be damned if I let such a thing happen in my presence. Now, please, Yasaki put away your sword," Turning towards Thomas, she added, "Would you mind stopping this madness? I know you're powerful - I can feel it and I do believe you can overpower all of us."

Of course, the red-haired monarch was afraid of this man. She had never met someone like him and his smile unnerved her. However, after years of ruling over a people, she knew that she could never show her true feelings. She also knew that her words had meaning. Hopefully, this strange man found so.

(I sincerely apologize for the late...late...late... reply, and will work hard to reply *w*)

Her breathing was... slow. It felt similar to something Thomas had done before... well... he was "here".

"But, if we- no, even if only I wished for bloodshed, you'd all already be sitting in your own pool of it. But I'm convinced that I need not do that." He was slightly surprised by this, truly thinking she would have let them continue on with the way they were. "Stopping it and not wanting it to happen are different things. I don't want to stop what I've done for centuries, but I also don't want to do it, so for now, sure. I'll listen to that request, but things change by the drop of a dime... though you probably don't know what a dime is yet... do you?" He sighed. "Yes, I could if I tried, though I feel this presence, which Asley over there has already stated, that surrounds us, requires more attention than mine and her friends little battle."

"Fear..." He muttered under his breath. Now... if he had wished, he could cover the land in his image and kill any and everything he wanted. But he would keep that hidden until he wished. Instead, the land around all of them seemed to slowly decay, grey leaves, aged wood, and fallen vines all crumbled to dust, showing everything that surrounded them, which had send shivers, not of fear... but of blood-lust, down his spine. He had known from the start that Kayuu only spoke her words with true meaning, and he commended her for that, so he would repay her for that with him helping them all out.
He sighed. "Fear is my strength, so thank you red-dy, for giving me even more strength. Though, had my friends been here, we wouldn't be here. We'd all be sleeping soundly as if we never had disagreements."

"Thank you, sir," She felt relieved that he wished not to fight, "Oh, I believe I had never caught your name. As I had said before, I am Kayuu Amon."

Now, unwary of the man before her, she did acknowledge the feeling of being surrounded. She hadn't felt this emotion for years. The last time she had come across an ambush was when she was arrested for protesting against the High Council. They had thrown her into the center of their village and declared her a rebel against the government. A traitor to their kind. She was all but.

Of course, she knew that whomever was surrounding them did indeed want to cause a disturbance. For a mere second, she felt as though they had created that energy that made her rush into the forest.