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The captain had gone outside to get air. It was a busy day after all with the meeting to commence soon. The sky was darkened. Kaki knew that it was either a storm or worse. The land was plagued with evil sorcerers of late, leaving few sure if the storms are natural in being.

He sat staring up at the beautiful mountain peaks, that were a several days journey away, to the north-west. It seemed that the storms always came from that direction. They were large mountains after all, and they say that an old wizard lives up there.

"Perhaps the storms are his doing," thought Kaki remembering when he journeyed with the wizard many years ago, "he was rather strange for a wizard."

Kaki's face appeared shocked when he heard his name uttered. It certainly came out of the storm, like an unpleasant wind caring the stench of a thousand dead bodies. He could remember the voice, though he couldn't put a face to it. It was taunting.

"There is something calling me to the mountains," he thought, "I must go see what it is, rather it be good or evil." Kaki then ran into the guild, down to his office. He started to gather all of his gear.

Kaki yelled some instructions to his secretary, "Carry on today meeting even if I'm not present."

"Yes sir," was her simple reply, and Kaki ran out to the stables and prepared Gendoth to ride.

With the fastest horse in the Guild's fleet, and some simple time spells he had learned many years ago, what would have taken days took merely half a day.

Kaki arrived at the base of the first mountain in the great White Range. He could sense someone was near, though he didn't know who. It seamed unfriendly, and know one knew were he was for back up. He was not dismayed, however. He simply sat one his horse, waiting for the welcome.

Kaki, hearing the voice, immediately turned while pulling both swords; the famous and greatly feared Aries and Athena.

"So it is you, my old friend," said Kaki with a look of disgust. "I can see you have found your old blade. The one you used in our last meeting hardly made the fight interesting."

"What's more important," said Kaki, "is the reason you have called me here. What is your purpose? Do you still wish to kill me?"

Kaki stepped to the side as the sword stroke fell to the right of him.

"I am disappointed," he said, "The old man taught you better then this. You are barely acting as yourself." Kaki began to wonder why his foe was fighting so poorly. He was held in high honors back in the academy. He hadn't thought of the possibility of it not being him at all in there last fight, of course he was fighting much better back then.

Either way, Kaki turned back thrusting his swords towards him.


((What is the name of your character? I'm not sure if you have even said it.))

"Why do you run?" asked Kaki being confused. He didn't even harm him. Why would he be retreating. It was not noble to follow a retreating enemy, and Kaki could feel a trap was in order. Nevertheless, it was important that he helped his friend, and to find out what, or who, was at the bottom of this.

Kaki followed cautiously.

Kaki saw the weak group lunging at him, from the corner of his eye. He quickly turned and beheaded one, while stabbing another in the chest. He then injured the others so they could no longer fight.

"The least your master could do is put armor on his minions," said Kaki wittingly. "You are indeed working for someone far more powerful then you. It's not everyday that people randomly attack me while in a fight with someone they don't know." This assumption was little help, because he couldn't think of anyone else that would want to kill him that wasn't currently imprisoned at the guild.

Kaki now waited for the next move from stonewall.