((Hmm, should she find him or no...that is the question.....it could be interesting if she finds him..but then again...the possibilities are endless.... hmm, descisions, decisions..any votes or ideas?))

Evan woke up."Hey sis".she said to Steven as she was getting dressed."im going to get something to eat downstairs.Tell me if you want anything to eat k?"she said in a calm voice as she opened the bedroom door completely dressed.
-----
"Oh your awake.I didn't notice.Steven said with a laugh."im not hungry at this moment thanks for asking though sis"Steven said as she felt her demon getting closer and closer to being free and taking over.She tried her very best to calm down
Calm down steven your alright.there's nothing to be afraid of.As Evan was downstairs to the lobby ordering something to eat steven fell down to her knees as she felt her demon getting much stronger than that one time evan went through."stop torturing me"she shouted loudly.she dug her nails through her scar on her chest to make the pain go away.

Tears continue falling from Talin's face as the energy he was building starts to release, breaking the bonds around him. "I'm sorry......Cadur. I wanted to talk....but you never gave me the chance." Talin rolls forward out of the chair now that he is free of his bonds, as he stands he grabs his blades off the desk drawing them both as he faces Cadur and his guard. "Forgive me, sensei."

Cadur jumps back at the sudden movement by Talin breaking free. "I see you still remember that trick, not that it will save you." Cadur stands with his blade at the ready, laughing at Talin.

((Preferably not.))

((allrighty then. hmm, when should she find/see him?)) Mizuki cursed, feeling lost and helpless. Even with the added adrenaline running through her, Mizuki was unable to keep up any great speed. Unable to find Talin's scent, tracks, or mind, and feeling lost, Mizuki cried out into the night. Slamming her fist into a tree, Mizuki ignored the throbbing ache her knuckles felt from the force of the blow, tears threatening to spill. "DAMMIT!!!!!" she shouted. She had never before felt so helpless, something she didn't think possible to feel again. Clutching her pendant, Mizuki squeezed her eyes shut. Mother! Father! Talin!..please...please help me..I must find Talin. Talin...please hang on.

((Once he reaches the outside of the town, or when he is on his way back.....because he will more than likely pass out.))

((gotcha))

----------

Mizuki tried to think back. What direction had he been coming from when he went out with Akio and Angil? That was when he first mentioned his father. Clinging to this small bit of hopeful information, Mizuki began to try and retrace her steps and follow in the direction she last remembered Talin coming from.

Angil sighed and decided to get up. She noticed Akio left for his room and she followed. He sat on the bed, so she went over to him and sat on the floor in front and laid her head on his knee. "I'm sorry for ruining the mood. It was something I had to do. See, Talin received orders to do something, probably dangerous, so I can understand Dark's fear of loosing him" She wrapped her arms around his thigh squeezing gently to hint at what she meant.

Talin lunges at the house guard a smile on his face knowing he would catch the man off guard. "You should learn to hire better bodyguards, Cadur." After pulling his blades back out of the guards throat Talin smiles at Cadur, licking some of the blood off one of his blades. "Dear Cadur, you underestimated me. You may have expected my coming, but you have not seen me in a very long time, you have no idea what I have been up to." Talin looks the man up and down, looking for some minor fault with Cadur's defensive stance, "Perfect as always, eh sensei?"

Cadur stumbles backwards slightly after seeing his bodyguard cut down with such ease. "You didn't, please Talin, tell me you did not do the same thing your father did. Please tell me you never made a pact with demons." Cadur shudders in a slight bit of fear at the thought.

The pendant burning against her chest, Mizuki had to stop, feeling a bit of bile in her throat out of nauseating fear threatening to overwhelm her.

Akio looked down at Angil as she wrapped her arms around his waist, he smiled as he tried to get her to stand up rather then sitting floor. "Come on Angil...get up......you still helped me.....so I will do anything you want as a reward." he said with a joyful smile.

In a roar of rage Talin lunges at his former teacher striking with blinding speed, but for every blow he throws, Cadur counters with the same amount of speed.

"So this is it, eh Talin? A fight to the death...." Cadur beams with a bit of confidence as he continually turns Talin's blades with ease.

Finally finding the tree he had been in, Mizuki scanned the area as well as her memories to pinpoint where he had come from, where he had been looking, where the enemy bird had come from.

Steven's scar by her heart started to bleed as her nails dug through it because the pain of her demon comming out was unbearable.Her hand was becomming to get covered in her blood."why?why in all the people in the world was i cursed a demon?why was i born a demon?"she kept asking herself questions."Must i keep on living day after day screaming at myself just to shut my demon out of my mind and hope that she doesn't ever come out?must i keep telling those distant voices to shut up?whenever i do so i feel like i need to give up".

Angil stands and sits next to Akio and she held on to his arm, blushing. She started to think to herself but decided to think aloud so that Akio could hear too. "B-before, I guess I acted on instinct. Perhaps thats how I was before I lost my memories. A lot less innocent than I am now.." She tucked her face behind his arm. trying to hide her blushing face.

As the fight between the two continues moving Talin starts to wear down slightly. The two fighter both jump back and twin objects fly through the air, the two of them throwing boot knives at one another. Talin grimaces in pain as Cadur's knife buries itself in his shoulder. He drops his right hand blade from the wound, starting to get a bit dizzy from the amount of blood he has lost. Cadur, on the other hand stands at the ready, his body not yet noticing that Talin's knife had buried itself in Cadur's throat. The man continues to stand there for a few moments before his body finally give out and he falls forward onto the floor.

Akio looked back at Angil and gave a slight smile as he saw her face blush a bit, he turned around completely so he could see her and touched her chin. "Angil....to tell you the truth...that's how everyone is......i am no expection." he said as he kissed her once more but a bit more lovingly this time.

Mizuki felt her pendant cool down ever so slightly, the tightness in her throat similarly receding just enough so she felt like she could once more breathe. Finally remebering the direction the strange bird had come from before Talin killed it, Mizuki smiled at the feather she had found, thanking the clue to her memory. Setting off at once, Mizuki hoped and prayed she'd be there in time.

Talin leans down over Cadur's body and pulls his boot knife out of the dead man's throat. A smile slowly crosses his face as he sheathes his weapons, "I told you sensei......I told you, that if you ever crossed the line.......I would be the one to kill you." Talin looks at the man, a twisted smile still on his face as he starts to walk off, in search of a cloak to cover his body and face well enough that the guards won't notice him when he tries to leave town. Once he finds the cloak Talin wraps it around himself as he leaves the house, forgetting that Cadur's boot knife is still buried deep in his right shoulder. His walk is a bit unsteady, but those that pass by him believe he is just another drunken bum and ignore him, as he makes his way to the front gate of the town.

Seeing a town ahead, Mizuki felt a surge of relief as she ran forward, determined to find Talin.

Talin passes through the gates, the guards not paying him any attention since he appears to be a drunken beggar. He smiles once he is through, stumbling a bit and coughing up a bit of blood. "Must.....must make it back to....to Mizuki-chan......koibito....." After getting about two hundred yards away from the gate, Talin's body gives out and he falls to the ground, the force of the impact driving the blade even further in his shoulder. "Forgive me......koibito......" Talin passes out, blood starting to pool around his body from the wounds on his head and shoulder.

Angil's heart felt like it was going to burst out of her chest and she returned his kiss with one hand on his neck with one finger in front of his ear and the rest behind. Her whole body felt like mush and she became light headed.

Seeing a figure stumble out, Mizuki almost paid them no mind, but as she grew closer, a sick feeling- - and recognition, came to her. Eyes wide, Mizuki rushed over, only to confirm her suspicions. "Talin!!!!!!!" she cried out, turning him over and gasping. Who had done this to him? Forcing herself to calm down, Mizuki pulled the cloak away, looking at his wounds. "I know I promised, but you should've known better." she murmured, holding out a glowing hand after pulling the blade from Talin's bloody shoulder. As she began to heal his shoulder, she felt somewhat guilty, and decided to only heal it halfway. Once half of the blood returned to his shoulder and the wound began to slowly close, Mizuki pulled her hand away, wincing in pain as she had an identically deep wound, half of what it was before. "Talin....." She didn't notice one guard getting curious as they saw the same stumbling figure in the distance, starting to walk forward. Looking at his head, Mizuki quickly mixed some herbs and water to form a healing salve, applying it to his remaining injuries.

Akio smiled as he held onto Angil's hand that was on his neck. He looked into her eyes and hugged her tightly against his chest. "Angil....are you okay?" he asked with his wings twitching slightly.

Talin barely opens his left eye and looks at Mizuki. "Don't heal me anymore.....we must get out of here......they will notice soon and come to investigate. We must be gone before then." Talin sees the guard leaving his post and starting to move towards the two of them. "We must go....now." Talin starts to struggle, trying to get back on his feet, even though he is highly unstable.

Angil gazes into his eyes and nods. "Uh huh. But you must me jesting me. Even though I have lived a long life you have lived three. Your 17 years on earth, who knows how many in heaven, and then the years you returned to earth. I'm sure you have loved many women, thus making you more knowledgeable in some instincts."