++Smooth Criminal++

[DemonicFox99]

Kette then noticed that there were only three horses, "You're not coming with us?" The demon looked down at his good friend.

"I cant help you more than what the counsil designates..." He smiled saddly. "I'll see you again though. Good luck." He shook the demons hand and whacked the horse on the butt. Instantly the horse leapt three feet into the air and began to jump and buck like crazy. Kette clung to the horse for dear life.

"I ******** HATE YOU HYSTRYX!!!" He screamed bloody murder before the horse ran into the street and threw him off. Once her rider had fallen off into the mud she turned to nudge his face with her nose.

[Rikku_Feline]

Myfi rushed over to him, kneeling down beside him. "Kette!" Casticus only laughed, having to actually sit down on the ground to stop from falling over. "Are you hurt?!" asked Myfi, finding no humor in the situation.

"Hey Kette!" cried Casticus, grinning. "I like your friend!"

[DemonicFox99]

The demon growled, covered in mud, "SHUT THE HELL UP CASTICUS!!" He slowly sat up raking the mud from his pants and limping from landing on his butt. "God aweful mother freaking stupid...." He continued to mumble obsenities and scooped up a ball of mud to hurl at Hystryx, who was laughing hysterically.

"Hey what the hell." He burst into laughter mud dripping from his face. "you never could take a joke Kette."

"You never could make one." Smiling slightly he hurled more mud at the dragonkin splattering him entirely.

[Rikku_Feline]

Myfi ducked, squeeking so as not to be hit by wayward mud splatters. Casticus, simply sat on the fence, watching to two of them with a grin. Myfi squeeled, feeling several drops of mud smatter across her cheek. "Hey!" said Casticus, a bit annoyed. "Watch out for Myfi!"

"It's fine!" said Myfi, wiping off part of it, only smearing it across her face.

[DemonicFox99]

The demon gently smeared a muddy finger across her cheek, "Gotcha."

"Wish you could've got me that way. I'll never get all the mud out of my ears." He stood out in the rain trying to get some of it off. "You'd better get going. You dont have much time to find one person."

"Yeah." He warily lifted himself onto the horse patting her shoulder slightly, insanely nervous. Hystryx smiled waving to them.

"Good luck."

[Rikku_Feline]

Myfi giggled, washing it off in the rain, shutting her eyes and letting the warm water hit her face. The pitter patter of the droplets on her skin felt good, the familiarity of the water calming her. "Come on, Myfi!" cried Casticus, already on his horse. Myfi's eyes snapped open as she realized they were waiting on her. She hopped onto her horse.

"Thank you for your help, Hystryx," said the selkie sweetly. "I hope we meet again soon."

[DemonicFox99]

The dragonkin smiled at her cutely, "We will Myfi.." He waved goodbye to them. Kette gently rode his horse up to his friend.

"Where does this river lead?"

"Go north and it leads to Ash Lake in the mountains."

"Then we'll go north." He nudged his horse off in the direction of the lake. Hystryx waved watching them ride off.

[Rikku_Feline]

Myfi followed close behind Kette, careful not to fall behind with Casticus bringing up the rear, ever alert for any signs of danger. As soon as they had left town, their surroundings seemed deadly quiet. No skitter of wildlife. No rustle of bushes. Nothing. The uneasiness of it all made a shiver run up her spine. "Kette...why can't I hear anything?"

[DemonicFox99]

Kette was looking around warily slowing his horse down to ride next to Myfi to keep her within sight. "Something's here." He narrowed his eyes which had gone back to normal along with his hair keeping his voice low. "Stay close." He rested his hand on the holster of his gun.

[Rikku_Feline]

Casticus, slowly gripped the handles of his sickles, pulling them from his belt. There was a small rustle, one that seemed to come from all around them before suddenly a large dark green form burst from the trees, leaping towards Kette with its mouth wide. In the day, they could make out the creature much easily. It was wolf-like, with shaggy forest green fur and a long tail of braided fur. Its firey red eyes glowed like ember and its fangs were longer than a grown man's hand. Myfi screamed as her horse neighed in fear, rising up on its back legs in fear.

[DemonicFox99]

Kette aimed his gun straight into the mouth of the cus sith and fire three shots, then kicked his horse to race away from it to draw it away from Myfi. "Myfi! Run!" He raced around the back of the wolf and fired more in it's back.

[Rikku_Feline]

The cu sith's eyes darted around, saliva dripping from its teeth as it zoomed in on Kette. It flicked its tail back and forth, head held low to the ground. The cu sith's eyes traveled from Kette to what he was looking at. The struggling selkie was still attempting to calm the horse, gripping the reigns with white knuckles. She was an easy target for the hungry cu sith who hadn't had a meal in days. It rushed forward, listening to the tightening of her muscles with its sensitive ears. The kelpie looked back at the woman who wasn't following, hissing, "Damnit!" He swerved his horse around, swinging his sickle towards the large wolf. The fairy dog whipped around, knocking him down easily onto the ground.

Casticus lay on the ground, near motionless, groaning as the wind was knocked out of him. The cu sith, turned approaching him slowly, ready to eat.

[DemonicFox99]

Kette lept to the ground, rain water dripping from his bangs that hung at his face. He fired an acid green bullet into the creature's chest, once inside the beasts flesh thousands of tiny threads burst from the wound and dung into its limbs binding it to itself. "Get up." He shouted at Casticus.

[Rikku_Feline]

Casticus slowly sood up, struggling to get on his horse. Myfi's horse had just calmed down asthe subdued cu sith struggled, howling and snapping. She trotted over to Kette saying, "We had better leave before it gets up," she said, eyes filled with fear. Casticus was breathing deeply.

"She's right."

[DemonicFox99]

Kette glared at the thing before firing several more rounds into its head, "Who sent you?!" He growled loading a crimson bullet into his gun's chamber. When the beast did not answer he shot it in the shoulder with the red bullet causing its insides to erupt with fiery pain. "Tell me!!"