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"Hey, what's up?" He returned Kartia's hug. His phone rang again. "Aw man. . If I get creepy message again. . . I swear, I'm going to kill the next vampire I see." He picked it up.

"Are you still breathing?"

"Whoever is on the other end of the line, shut up. This isn't funny. . ." Keiryu frowned.

-3-

"I can fix that. . . ."

The next thing anyone knew, there was a blur and then blood trailed after it when it passed Keiryu. Keiryu had a gash in his side, between his ribs. He was down, coughing up blood.

"Can you still feel pain?"

Keiryu winced from the sting of the medicine. "Just who the hell is this guy?"

-2-

"It will be all over soon. It won't be long now. . . "

Another gash but this one was deeper. Wait, scratch that! The blur cut off Keiryu's arms!

"I'm going to take you all part. . . . Bit by bit. . . Is your heart still beating? Your spine still working?"

There was a manical laughter from the speaker. "Go ahead. Let go of him. . . Don't worry, he won't be the last. . . .What else should I take next? His legs?"

As if on cue, the blur came again and cut off Keiryu's legs. Actually by the speed of it, the damn blur cut his legs into pieces. Blood was everywhere now. Keiryu's eyes started to get dull.

"Oh. . . What to pick off next?" How about half of his body?

-1-

"Tick tock, tick tock. . . . Time to end this now. . . . Be a good little boy and die!"

People had already fled at the first cut. They were scared. One of them ran to the Sha house and told everyone what had just happened. Of course the account was only of the first cut.

-0-

Another blur passed by Keiryu and Kartia. But this time, instead of cutting a piece off, Keiryu was basically in literal bloody pieces. The youngest Sha was as good as a dismembered corpse. He was gone, head on the floor, the rest of him were in bits.

"Don't worry. . . He won't be the last. . . ." The person hung up on the phone.

Dolores came running along with the theraquads. Of course they were running after the guy told them what happened. "Damnit. . . You better not be dead now!"

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-In Etheria

The city was half filled with Zeniths and Katenas alike. It was no longer full due to the decline in their population. There were some demons, angels and humans amoung the population of the city. The major buildings were metalic white in color, almost castle-like.

Most of the Zeniths and Katenas bowed down as Karia passed them. It was in respect for the goddess.

"Damnit Cain. . . Where are you?" Galumn growled as he went looking through the city. He left Feel back at the Zenith's home.

Feel was basically still sore all over. His mother forbade him to move from his bed until he could walk without tiping over from his soreness.

A small red and black winged cat played with Feel's younger sister. Feel's human mother was out back in the garden.

" !! " Dolores looked at the bloody sight of what was once three siblings. "Holy s**t. . . ."

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"That all you have, Vitis?!" A red dragon looking Zenith charged in at the purple paladin looking one. He swung his tail at Vitis' arm to throw his aim off.

"Bah! Not even close, Cain!" He jumped back to the edge of the sparring ring. He sent his purple energy bolts at his sparring partner.

They clashed claws and blades against one another.

Galumn found him. Best not to interrupt a sparring session.

"It is. Cain and Vitis are the best Katenas we have in combat. They say that Cain was trianed by Leon's father and Vitis was by Juju's grandfather." Galumn mused.

The two Katenas were still sparring each other. If it wasn't for the timer, this match could've gone on for hours. The clock read that there was only two minutes left in the spar.

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"Did you guys see who did this?" Dolores asked.

The theraquads whined at the bloody sight. Wings and ears drooped down in grief. Penn was hit the worst, the poor dragon basically grew up with Keiryu.