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Where the hell am I? Akuma looks around the desolate land in disbelief. Am I in hell? She begins shaking from fear, then her legs give out and she collapses.

What seemed like a few minutes must have been hours, because the scenery was changing, and she was in the arms of a giant man, "excuse me... but where the hell are you taking me?"

After a long pause the man mumbles, "to Lord Chrono, he requested your presence."

"And where the... hell...wow." Akuma stops mid sentence and stares in awe at the magnificent manor that the man had brought her to. He sets Akuma down and walks to the door. Akuma,still trembling, didn't know whether to run or follow, but something compelled her to follow, because once the door opened she followed the giant into the house.

Akuma swore under her breath, three men sat at the table just to the right of the door. One she barely recognized and the other two she had never met in her life. The one nearest to her turned to look at her over his shoulder, "Well, come sit. this is the only thing we really have to do here anyways. you any good at poker?"

Akuma nodded and sat in the other chair between the two strangers. One was a little over six feet tall with tastefully messy white hair a ripped up jacket and leather pants. His wings were all cut up, and he had cuts all over his body; that were still bleeding. His angel wings were also cut up and bloody, and one looked broken.

The other was tall and skiny, with chocolate brown hair and red eyes. The thing she found most strange about him was the large metal wings and the wires coming out of his head.

"Nobu, get her some chips. We'll deal her in next round,"the man to her left mumbled while fiddling with his cards.

The man to her right looked up, "don't you think you should explain to her what's going on..."

They all lay down, and the man to her left wins. Nobu grabs all the cards and puts them in a case with the chips.

The winner of the round pushes away from the table and stands up, "alright girly, you're in the Abyss. And I am Chrono Abyss the so called "reaper" of this realm. I have been through many years of this damn place, and I'm ready to be put to rest. You have been chosen to take my place, but before I can rest I have to train you how to use this," he sets the double sided scythe in her hand.

She almost dropped the weapon because of its weight. It was HUGE! How the hell did he expect her to learn how to use it?!?!?

"Relax, I've taught all my children, whom were willing to learn, how to wield it. So I am well aware as to how to teach it. You'll start on this end of the rack," he walks over to an old wooden rack that holds several sets of weapons. On side had a wooden staff the other had a double sided scythe, "and you'll work your way up. Any questions?"

She looked around the room at the remaining three people, "who the hell are these people?"

Chrono laughed a deep laugh, "well, that one there is your father!" He points to the man that sat across from her at the poker table. "This one next to me is my son Nobu, and the man who brought you here is an acquaintance of mine who is known as Tsume. He will be your body guard after i die."

Her eyes were locked on her father. He smiled softly and waved shyly. Tears filled Akuma's eyes as she launched across the table and landed in her fathers arms bawling.

"Awww, isnt that sweet," Chrono smiles, "Tsume, get them a room. we'll begjn training tomorrow."

Chrono becomes distracted by the odd noises coming from the woods, "what's wrong with the damned trees now!"

Akuma took advantage of the opportunity, and jabbed Chrono in the abs with the tip of her staff. the staff stopped, like it hit a wall. Chrono looked over at her, his eyes glowing with rage, "Taking a cheap shot on your instructor are ya? well..." he took his stance.

She grinned and took her own, and just as they were about to clash a shadow covers them. they look up to see a massive dragon flying through the sky.

"Friend of yours?" Chrono mumbled

"i donno... wanna launch me in the air?" Akuma smirked and looked at Chrono.

"so long as i get to cut off your head when you miss and splatter to the earth," he smirked and linked his hands together.

She stepped onto his hands and held her balance on his shoulders. thrusting his hands into the air, he sends her flying. she spreads her tiny wings and attempts to glide, or anything at all, but just ends up splatting on the dragons back.

"Boyo, you better have a good reason for being here right now!" Akuma's Lapis Lazuli stone began to glow, in reaction to her intense fury.

"Aww, you care enough about me to kill someone who might impersonate me??? how sweet, however, you dont know me well enough to know that it is me... which irritates me... by the way... how is Lucid?" Akuma sits down on Tooles back and looks depressed, "i didnt get to say goodbye to him, and i could tell he really cared about me... if you see him tell him to just move on... im not worth dwelling on."

"well, there is one of two reasons why you are here. one is... you're dead... and two is you're in a death like state." Akuma sighs, "well... i hate playing the part of the psychiatrist, but... what was the last thing you did... "

Akuma glared at Toole, "you'll wake up and be perfectly alive in a few hours or so... your father said it would put you near death, but also save your life... so you'll just have to wait out the storm."

Akuma watches as they circle the Manor a few times, " you suppose we can land anytime soon? i need to get back to training. Chrono is going to be pissed for waiting."

"bah... you're basically like a ghost here. your here, we can talk to you, but we cant kill/hurt you in any way," Akuma looks over Toole's shoulder and sees Chrono getting bigger and bigger.

Chrono nods, accepting Toole'a apologies.

Akuma looks up at Chrono, "so... he kind of gives you an excuse to go to Arynia... his father is in the running... wanna go?"

The look in Chrono's eyes flashed to curiosity, "hmmm, I suppose it wouldn't hurt. Plus, I could introduce myself early to the lord of Arynia." Chrono sat and pondered the possibilities for a while then decided, "okay! So we get you off the stick to the single sided scythe and I'll take you. You have to have some sort of defense and that staff ain't doing a damn thing for you."

Akuma looks back and smiles, "don't worry about it, i'll try to hurry up with my training." her eyes return to Chrono once again, and her training with the scythe begins.