Hydra Way

[Ryuu Sanada]

A large serpent-like road that connects to the Otherworld check-in station and leads to a planet governed by a Kai. This path isn't a straightaway, but a long winding path meant to test the endurance, speed, and agility of the traveler. There are four paths, heading North, East, West, and South of each other.

 

[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

Sayla walked calmly to the Hydra Way entrance, though she wondered why is was called 'Hydra' Way if it was just a single pathway. Boy was she shocked seeing the entrance was actually the head of a large snake with its mouth open wide. The back of this snake head opened up so to allow the traveler to get onto its flat, winding back. Still it was not much like a hydra than a massive snake, but its name likely coming from having different 'heads' to start at and ending in four different 'tails'. This makes it seem more hydra like in having the multiple heads and tails like the great snake Orochimaru from ancient text. The Bio-Saiyan climbs into the serpent's mouth and up a set of stairs to its back. The long winding road ahead of her looked to have no end in sight. She had been warned about falling off the road and she was told that there was no way to fly the path. This was a test of her will and power, could she make it to the Kai's planet that the had requested to go? Only way to honestly found out was for to indeed run the path herself and under go the trials that where a part of it. With out much a a delay, Salya takes a in a deep breath then exhales in a deep sigh. She does this a few more times as she stretches her legs and readies for the task at hand. Once she felt she was warmed up, the Bio-Saiyan took off into a dead run along the winding path.

It was a painfully long trip for the Saiyan girl, and she had only been running for a few hours. In this time she had nearly fallen off the path quite a few times, one was once due to taking a sharp turn entirely too fast. Underestimating these twists and turns were going to end up hazardous to her her health, provided she wasn't already dead. Still Sayla had to still forever vigilante as she run on the narrow, winding pathway or else she would find herself in Hell. A path she greatly wished to avoid if at all possible for her. Every time she had looked over the side, the Bio-Saiyan had only seen clouds and nothing past that, though she didn't care to actively find out what was below Hydra Way seeing as she was promised Hell if she where to fall. Man what a choice that King Yemma gave her, seeing as three of the four chooses lead to Hell in some way or another. Of course she could have chosen to just go to Heaven, but she had to train if she wished to carve out a name solely for herself in that unforgiving world. Salya wanted at least a fighting chance, but had been defeated pretty much twice in the fights she had been in. The first was her fight with the Shadow Dragon, Attor Haze, while still training in West City academy.

~A soft blood curdling growl was emitted from the oddly clothed male as he casually walked, or more over glided, forward through the grounds. His swift and movements easily allowed him to dodge and avoid anyone that he may have run into while moving through the crowds in the academy. Sayla being a part of the crowd, had been there during her own thing. Which happened to be doing free presses with one hundred plus pound weights, though it felt like less to the Saiyan girl, but had to be easier than ripping apart the ground and causing explosions though a Red Ribbon base though it was a small one. The male figured was far too annoyed with the large amount of people, though he had no evil intent for them and this place but none good either. He finds himself at an unoccupied bench press within the eyesight of the Bio-Saiyan. He lays back to feel the leather on his back as he begins to do reps. Sayla notices his olive eyes look over and a low growl of 'showoff' is barely heard by the working out Saiyan. Though it is heard and the gaze upon her causes a chill to travel down her spine which makes her drop those one hundred plus pound weights. This causes a loud bang but as everyone looks over Sayla has already moved a good deal away, and heading to the door to the outside sparring grounds. This seemingly amused the cloaked man as he had intended to startle her but not to send her running as he had done. Though outside was a terrified girl, but one hell bent on taking out that evil feeling Shadow Dragon. Placing her index and middle fingers together on her right hand, Sayla created a blade made from pure Ki which was powerful enough to cut through pretty much any material that it was pitted against. The Saiyan girl raised her left hand aiming it at the wall around where the Shadow Dragon should be, and releases a crystal blue colored Ki Blast through the brick and mortar wall. Now by using the smoke, dust, and particles of brick and mortar in the air as a cover, the Bio-Saiyan leap through and slashes down on where Attor Haze should had been. The thing about creating a visual cover is that it blinds the user as well and with out the proper gear to find the target it gets hard to hit the spot perfectly. Sayla was having this issue as she sliced through the bar which help the press weights as well as into the bench itself. With as surprising accurate her attack was, the Bio-Saiyan hadn't counted on the Shadow Dragon's quick and graceful movements to save him from the killing blow, or for even being scratched for that matter. What was worse is Sayla had passed though a mix of Haze's toxins, though its effect was unknown till his foot slammed into her arm pinning her to the bench as her Ki sword flickered away into nothingness. It had seemed that Sayla's Ki had been cut off, or more over it was unable to be focused outside her body in a way to use any form of Ki based attack. After a failed attempt to grab the Shadow Dragon's leg, Sayla quickly frees her arm and grabs the nearest weapons, the weights themselves, and saturates the air full of them. Each aimed at or around Haze and to her shock each dodged or countered, hell one was even thrown back at her as Haze counter-attacked the fierce assault. Luckily the Ki sealing toxin was quickly washed away from the sweat generated in the desperate fight, this allowed Sayla to reform her Ki sword once more and combined with the After Image technique to temporarily throw off the Shadow Dragon. Throwing Haze off enough allowed the Bio-Saiyan to get behind him and slash, though this tactic falls and she finds her Ki cut off once more. The fight ends rather uneventfully after a series of physical blows. Her first attack to land any merit knocks the mask off Haze's face, and was also the ending blow of the fight. The Shadow Dragon had used her momentum to stabs his claws into her torso, luckily a non-fatal wound, then kicks her off and collects his mask before leaving academy to combat the Namekians after his Kin. Though it was a short fight and neither of them had landed a decisive blow against the other, but in Sayla's mind it was clear who had won. The Shadow Dragon had her matched in speed and locked out her Ki based abilities, so if the fight had continued on for much longer she knew Haze would have come out on top.~

Back on Hydra Way, Sayla hadn't even noticed that she had dazed off thinking about the past and that is rather dangerous do to the narrow, winding path she had to follow. She nearly tripped over the side of the path before she once more realized where she was, then it took her all the balance she could muster to stay on the tip of her toes and more importantly on the narrow path. After a bit of a balancing act, the Bio-Saiyan once more finds her balance and takes off down her winding trail. It was becoming tiring to do so much running and the rumbling in her stomach told her that she wasn't going to be able to keep this pace for much longer, "So hungry. Why didn't King Yemma give me some supplies to run this path." Now with her legs giving up on her, Sayla falls to her knees while holding her stomach with a single hand. Even this doesn't last as she falls forward again so now her head and left arm hung off the path, while her hand even dipped into the clouds around the path. They felt fluffy but unlike any cloud she has ever felt on Earth, since they didn't feel like they where made of water at all. Though at this point water would even be better than redying of hungry and dehydration so the Saiyan girl dips her other hand into the clouds and pulls up two hands full of them, which naturally shouldn't happen. In shock of pulling two hands full of clouds out of their original resting place, Sayla throws caution to the wind and begins to eat the the clouds in her hands and what a surprise they are remarkably tasty and filling. After only two hand fulls of the clouds, the Bio-Saiyan felt like she was full and hydrated once more so she stood back up, stretched, and took off running once more in an attempt to try and making it to the end of the path as long as she could.

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[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

Now with a full belly and still around millions of miles to go before reaching the planet of the Kai she had chosen, Sayla pushes on and hard despite the ache in her whole body. It was a rather huge surprise that her body hadn't shut down from the abuse of being so harshly over used in such a manner that Hydra Way was. The sharp twists and turns meant she couldn't just unwisely barrel through it while its excessive length meant that not a single person was going to be able to run at full force for long, but it was a great way to build up endurance and work on speed and the strength of ones legs. As as the Bio-Saiyan found out the clouds were wonderfully tasty and filling to a point of needing something to eat while on the path. Still the rest of falling off was great and she knew what laid under Hydra Way, Hell. Just the name of the place brought chills down her back as she thought of what gruesome horrors awaited her if she were to happen to fall off the narrow pathway. After a few more miles at her usual pace, Sayla felt herself tripping up and nearly tumbling over herself. Taking the sign from her sore body the Bio-Saiyan stretched and yawned as she sat down on the path, "Need to rest some. Even dead my body is sore for all this running." She lays back and soon drifts off to sleep, though she didn't have such nice dreams as thoughts of Red Ribbon filled her mind.

~Noise was all around her but it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Even finding a tube in her throat startled her but worse than that was the inability to make her body do as she said. What was going on? She couldn't say before but the sounds of machines all around her beeping and humming told her it wasn't a good thing. As she tried to focus her thoughts one of the machines went off in a high pitched alarm, and it would seem in her panic her heart was over taxed causing her pulse and blood pressure to skyrocket. 'She isn't spose to be awake! Put her back to sleep! We can't waste this chance the Dr. Gero left us.' A males voice rung out from outside her stasis tube and sure enough the other lab tech scurried about. After a short time she felt her heart slow and her mind seemed to numb, though in this state the Bio-Saiyan fought to stay away and it failed. She had fallen into a medically induced coma once more at the request of the lab's lead tech, but who was he or this Dr. Gero or herself? This question would likely be answered, but soon Sayla felt herself 'float' from the tank and her body. In this point of view she could see the whole lab and all its techs, though the appeared to be walking shadows in lab coats. Not a one of them had any features to them and as such nothing set them off from each other, though one shadow where a badge on his lab coat the photo was of the shadowy mass that it belonged to. What of the girl in the tank? The thought crossed her mind, so the spirit of the Bio-Android looked over to see a young girl, around five or six yours old, restrained at every limb and a blind fold over her eyes. That explained the darkness and why her body would respond as she asked earlier, and it would appear that Red Ribbon had stolen something from her and it wasn't anything that was capable of being replaced or filled in so easily. But why now? she had been awake for about a month now and only now did she see this in such a clear way. Normally such scenes simply flashed painfully when she tried to think back further than when she woke up. Sudden time seemed to speed up in the lab as shadowy masses move here and there in a quickened hurry but never leaving the room for long, but what caught her eye the most was the development of the girl in the tank. In mere blinks of her eyes, the girl had started to grow and develop as any girl would. The shocking thing was that they had removed most the restraints from her body, likely due to how fast she seemed to grow to Sayla. Soon enough the only restraint was a collar around her neck that had a golden chain to hold her in place. The Bio-Saiyan reached up and felt her neck which still had the restraint collar and even a few of the golden links left in place. It was her in the tube after all and now matter how much she begged the fates the scenes of her growth and minor implantation over the quick span of several years couldn't be changed. They are what they are and honestly no one could change how it turned out, then King Yemma's words returned to her mind and reminded her once more her destiny was her own and that no one could take away her free will. Suddenly the alarms ring out causing Sayla's attention to fall back on herself as a pair of Ki swords formed from the index and middle fingers of each hand. She dream faded quickly into blackness but even the Bio-Saiyan was quick to know what came next. Freedom.~

When Sayla had awakened she found herself clothed and safe on Hydra Way once more, but she remember clearly the dream she had. Perhaps her being dead allowed her to see that dream. It was the only guess she had to work with though so it would have to work for now, and the Bio-Saiyan had found what she had thought was lost, so would there be a reason to return to Red Ribbon's headquarters? She would have to decide that for her self once she returned to the world of the living. No more time for idle thoughts of when and what ifs, Sayla had to run this course all the way through and meet the North Kai for training. She hops to her feet and brushes herself off before taking off in run and now that her body was rested and back to full power it should be easy to knock out at least the rest of the course soon. Unknown to Sayla there were more risks than just falling off the narrow pathway and one was heading straight for her. A soul driving a cleaning vehicle, seriously? Yes, was heading straight for the Bio-Saiyan, and this vehicle was big enough to take up the whole of the narrow path. The spinning brushes attached to the vehicle were brushing and polishing the sides of Hydra Way as the ones under the vehicle cleaned and polished the actual pathway. Why did King Yemma even have one of these machine? The answer would never be known, as Sayla took a corner too sharp and found her tottering on the edge as she had once before though this time that cleaning vehicle runs into her and sends her over the edge of the path. As she fell through the thin layer of clouds, Hell came into view of her and surprisingly it wasn't as fire and brimstone as she heard. Souls floated around a fountain of red liquid and off in the distance was even an amusement park. It made her wonder if Hell was this pleasant then how was Heaven or even one of the Kai's planets. Seeing all she wanted to of the place, the Bio-Saiyan flies back up to snake way only to be stopped by a then barrier and sent crashing back down to Hell at even faster speeds.

Right before crashing into the ground, Sayla catches herself and lands rather gracefully, for a rock, in front of two large Ogres, one blue the other red. The red Ogre offers his hand to the girl, "Welcome to Hell. Enjoy the rest of eternity here." The blue Ogre only nods at the statement as Sayla looks to them both confused, "Um, but I'm spose to be on Hydra Way. I got run down be King Yemma's cleaning crew." "Thems the breaks," the blue one answers and begins to walk off to tend to some of the soul playing in the fountain, "'Ey, you no the rules no playing in the fountain of blood. Go run along to Hell Land or something." Yea, that just happened and now Sayla was in Hell instead of heading to her wanted destination, "Can I get back to Hydra Way?" She chirps up before the red Ogre lives her as well. This question catches his attention and her turns to her once again and this time notices her body, "Hmm, why I think there is. You most beat me in two out of three games of my choose." She looked shocked at the statement and nods, "Of course! I'll accept but you have to play fair and at least tell me the rules to each game." The Ogre looks offended by this statement but grins, "Of course! Where do you think we are? Earth or something." He then walks off beckoning her to follow him into a vast open expanse of land. Once out in the flat land, Sayla sees a rather tall tree bearing a few fruits, but a sign posted before it warned not to pick the fruit of King Yemma's tree, then it hit her. This was the same kind of tree that King Yemma had in his office, the one that looked like a bush in comparison to Yemma's giant size. To her shock the blue Ogre even came out to them to watch, and judge, the contest that was about to begin.

"Now, game one is a race. The first one to Yemma's tree and back is the winner. It is a simple and easy game, but the distance is the killer." the red Ogre explains the game as he paces himself off till he is nearly out of sight of the tree, "A good. We start here." He draws a line in the ground as Sayla and the blue Ogre walk over. The Bio-Saiyan gets in place along next to the red Ogre as they both wait for the blue Ogre to start the race. It was a game that the red Ogre never lost Sayla would come to understand later, but it was fair even if he was undefeated. The blue Ogre holds up his hand and steps back, "Ready? Set? Go!" In a down ward swipe of his hand at go both contestants where off and running like mad to the tree. The red Ogre was in the lead but not by much and Sayla was catching up rather quickly. The first to tree? The red ogre, who then turned and passed the Bio-Saiyan with a grin, but the race wasn't over and Sayla leap and kicked off the tree to speed up. The girl rocketed passed her opponent in this way and crosses the starting line first. "First game goes to the girl," The blue Ogre announces as she red one stops to catch his breath from his run. Both the Ogres seemed impress but there was still two games left and still a chance that Sayla would have to stay in Hell. "Time for the second game?" Sayla asks as she looks between the Ogres who were testing her, though she had to admit. It was fun. The blue Ogre walks over to the Bio-Saiyan, "Your second test is against me so my brother can rest." The girl just nods at the statement and understands the need to rest after a long run, so she waits for the game to be announced. "Second game will be a test of strength. But no ordinary test of strength, but a sparring match. Since this is to test your strength there will be no Ki abilities or weapons allowed." the blue Ogre states as he finds a nice clean area, "The first one to call mercy loses." The girl nods along and understands the rules to this match fairly well, after all it was a basic sparring match.

Now that the second game and rules were stated Sayla and the blue Ogre begin their spar. The opening move going to the Ogre as he throws a series of startling fast punches and jabs, but the Bio-Saiyan ducks under the furious barrage and lands a powerful kick to lift the Ogre off his feet. See her legs were feeling stronger due to all the running she had to do before hand and would have to do after this match. Not so fast though, as the Ogre recovers and lands a powerful knee to Sayla's ribs and sending her flying up into the air. Man this guy was strong, but that just made it better as the girl pretty much gave him the face of C1 'Reaver'. Now that she was pumped the two contestants threw and landed series of powerful blows and kicks till neither one was able to stand on there own free will. Sayla forces herself up and walks slowly over to the Ogre, before putting the worn out foe into a head lock and leaping unbelievably high into the air. The Ogre looked shocked but knew what she had planned, "I give. You win this game." As Sayla and the Ogre land back on the surface of Hell, the red Ogre offers the girl one of the fruit from King Yemma's tree, "Eat this. It will restore your energy." So she does and licks her lips at the wonderful taste of the fruit, even as the Ogres lead her to the gate of hell, "'Ere ya go." The blue Ogre says as the two pull the gate open showing the check-in station on the other side, "I-I have to start over?" Both the Ogres nod and close the gate behind the Saiyan girl.

She makes her way back to the North road and begins once more on her her journey through the winding roads. Though this time it seems like its going faster than it had before. Who knows perhaps falling off the path wasn't the worst thing that could happen, but she knew she wouldn't get another chance if she fell once more. As she moves she finds the cleaning vehicle that original knocked her off the path, though this time she rushes it and flips over it gracefully. Once she lands, the Bio-Saiyan is off and she seems unstoppable in her resolve this time.

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[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

Glad to be back on Hydra Way despite its many twists and challenges, Sayla keeps her eyes on the path ahead keeping a watch for the sharp turns so she doesn't end up in that same situation twice. After all if Yemma put one cleaner on Hydra Way then who is to say that there isn't more, though she got the feeling that the path didn't get much travelers either by foot or cleaner since King Yemma made note that the path was normally opened for those that do heroic actions. Though she didn't really feel that she had earned this rite but she wasn't going to let chance by pass her cause of it. Now a small looking building appeared on the horizon, had the Bio-Saiyan reached the end, though there was even more of the path past the building in sight. Sayla did wonder what this new building was, maybe a rest stop? She had be vastly surprised by her own progress despite having to start from the start of the path from the accident that had ended up actually knocking her into Hell. Now that she had reached the building, several Naga ladies came out to greet her, "Welcome. Please come in and relax you must be tired from your long travels-sss." On of them hissed as she the pack lead the Bio-Saiyan in to the building, which was actually bigger than it first appeared to be.

Back at the Otherworld Check-In station, Ogres ran about and organized things as King Yemma kept judging and delivering the rightful futures to souls. This was till a green Ogre came running up and handing King Yemma a stack of papers, "Sir! It seems Naga have infected the rest station on the northern Hydra Way!" Yemma looks down from the book on the soul before him to the Ogre and papers, "This isn't good. I let a girl take that path to a Kai. I didn't know it was about that time for the Naga to return." The lord's attention then fall back on the soul floating before him, "To Hell with you." A door under the soul opens and drops it down into Hell. Was the situation with the Naga so serious that it even worried King Yemma? Well it turns out that every thousand years or so a pack of Naga find their way onto Hydra Way and make their nest at the rest station half way through it. They then entice souls with worldly desires and keep them trapped there till they are suitable for eating. Several travelers have meet their end in such a way and even many fighters have fallen victim to their charms.

In the rest Station, the Bio-Saiyan had be stripped of everything but her former restraint collar and finds herself in a nice hot bath that her hostesses had drawn for her. She was getting the royal treatment as well seeing as Nagas slithered in with trays of meats, cheeses, breads, fruits, vegetables, and even fresh baked sweets. All part of their trap just like that planned to make Sayla a part of a stew for dinner. I t had been several thousands of years since they where given a meal in the northern galaxy. The more the Bio-Saiyan insisted she had the leave the harder her captives pressed that she should stay and offered more gifts. Though she had already been a captive once in her life and she hated the feeling of being in such a place for too long, but she stays with it so that she gets a full belly of home cooked food, cleaned, and rested up. Once Sayla is satisfied, she gather up her things and tries to leave only to be meet with hostility. The whole nest of Naga no longer hiding their true selves had filled the halls and rooms of the way point, so now the only way out was to fight them head on or become a quick meal for their hungry mouths.

Not knowing it at the time, Sayla made the right choose to fight as so many had given up or feel to far into the trap to be saved. Once killed in Otherworld a soul has no higher plan to go to meaning that if killed again they are lost to the world and their knowledge and experience is forever gone. The Bio-Saiyan didn't wish to become one of those forever gone souls, so she places her index and middle fingers together on her right hand before she charges her Ki through them, creating her Spirit Sword in a crystal blue color. The Naga that rush her head on either find it was an afterimage before them or lose a head, as she Saiyan girl couldn't have the power to fight through the sheer numbers that the Naga horde possessed. Least that was what the Naga thought as they begin their assault for their future dinner and the less Naga in the horde meant more food per one left after they out powered the dumb girl that fell to their whims. What wasn't counted on was that Sayla wasn't a dumb girl, and her built-in scouter and 3-D scan mode allowed her find and see all her possible targets no matter where they may have laid in ambush for her. Not wanting to waste too much Ki in her escape the Bio-Saiyan had chosen some of the less crowded rooms when planning her escape route, and her 3-D scan mode allowed her to make out every thing in perfect detail so even if the Naga had cut the power to the room, set up trip lines or barricades, or even waited to try and ambush her from around corners then she would know before they realized it. One such ambush group was felled from a combination of Ki blasts and her Ki sword. Even after roughly an hour of fighting small group and maneuvering through the surprisingly large rest station, Sayla had realized that the only way out was through the large group of Naga and what seemed to be their queen. The queen being the largest of the serpent ladies that the Saiyan girl had seen and for being so big she was still highly maneuverable and agile, so as far as the other Naga were concerned she was the toughest fighter in the group of them. "You can't hide forever girlie," cackled the Naga Queen as she had more of her servants rush through the doors that lead out of the room. Each of them seeking out the girl for a meal that at this point was honestly well deserved as compared to what they normally have to do. Meanwhile the Naga left with the queen seem to be an elite guard to her royal serpent, and each use a personal weapon. One wielded a spear with a ritualistic head at the tip while another was wielding dual swords with the blades the same in design as the spearhead, and the final guardian held a mace and shield with serpent, likely Naga, designs in graved on it.

Looking at the final four of her captors, Sayla figured it wo be a rough fight between at least a three to one fight since she figured the queen would use her royal guard to weaken her then attack and claim the girl all for herself, after all Sayla pretty much killed the other serpent in the rest station. The Bio-Saiyan steps into the final room, its plain white walls are decorated with several painting and even a few sculptors of past heroes that had graced the halls of the north galaxy. Now in the sight of the queen and her guards, Sayla bares her teeth as she slowly walks the edge of the room, "I just want to leave. Lets come to a deal..let me leave, and you live." The queen cackles at the offer and shakes her head, "I think not Miss-sss. You have caus-sss-ed us-sss a lot of time and we are sss-so hungry now. Get her Guards-sss!" Well that prediction was right, but no time to goat on her near psychic powers as the three serpent warriors closed their way in around their prey. They thought there combo was unbeatable, using the shield and mace user to block her Ki Blasts with the large shield while the spear user would thrust in from behind the shield to keep the Bio-Saiyan off balance while the dual-sword user tries to sneak in and take out their prey. This plan falls apart as Sayla leaps over the the spearhead and blast the sword serpents face off with her Ki Blast. While in the air, the girl kicks off the wall and sends her Ki sword through the shield and into its owner this leaves the spear Naga open but after the next rush in power even the snake lays dead and Sayla was still untouched. This even surprised the Bio-Saiyan as she had never felt this strong on Earth, and even thought it was perhaps her games in Hell and all the running she has been doing that has toughened her up. That or perhaps the Naga where painfully weaker than they looked. The queen yells out in rage and even leaps out of her skin, this new form the queen still had some of the same serpent details as the rest her kin had but now she was roughly Sayla's size of taller with 6 arms. After a chant the weapons her guards once wielded rattled and moved towards her. The Queen Naga's lowest set of arms takes the spear, the middle set of arms claimed the shield and mace, while her upper arms took up the dual swords, "Now you will face my wrath, and when we over done I will have my meal." She grins from ear to ear as she rushes in at the Saiyan with near legendary speed. This speed reminded her of that Bio-Android C1 in that his speed was seemingly unmatched even compared to her memory of Attor Haze. How had he gotten so fast, was her only thought as she parries a blow from the heavy mace. She winces from the clearly obvious pain the weight of the weapon had caused her, and that wasn't the worst of it as she Naga Queen to struck out with the shield to smack the girl into a wall. Now in a vulnerable position the spear came in aiming to pierce the girl's heart and end the fight that had gone on for far too long. Now it is to the queen's surprise that the spear had stuck into the wall behind her target, but the girl was no longer there just an image of her that fading away into nothingness. Behind her! The Naga Queen turned and again a fading image was there, but where had her prey gone? Sayla kicks off the ceiling and cuts down on the Naga Queen, but cause of her speed the queen only lost the three arms on her left side and as such the use of the spear, a sword and the shield. Clearly not beaten yet, the Naga Queen cries out a battle cry that freezes her target in her steps. It looked helpless as she raised the mace and started down on the heavy swing, but the Bio-Saiyan raised her left hand and fired a Ki Blast just as the mace connected with her shoulder. She had managed to dodge a fatal blow but the queen wasn't so lucky as she laid beheaded on the ground.

Despite the harsh battle, Sayla couldn't just leave the rest station as the fight took some much energy out of her. She walked her way to medical and patched up the damage she had taken from the Naga and the weapons used on her. In the area she found and anti-venom for Naga poison and take that in case their weapons had be coated in it. After her medical needs where taken care of, the Bio-Saiyan made her a large meal and ate till she was so full she could pop then found a bed and fell asleep to recover. While the Saiyan girl slept, a team of Ogres come in and blink at the amount of damage in the area as well as the pile of Naga corpses. This made their job easier as they gathered the weapons to be locked away in a vault, and began cleaning out the area of the corpses. What did they do to them? Threw them into Hell of course so that the Ogres and souls had fresh meat. Who knows how long the clean up took, or how long Sayla slept but once she awaken the whole station was cleaned and it was as nothing happened there at all. The new staff of Ogres as Souls say the girl off as she walked back out on the narrow pathway of the Hydra Way.

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Sayla: 7,236 Words

 

[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

Now with what Sayla thinks is most the trials that Hydra Way has to offer, the girl runs along the path as she thinks back on the past event of what just happened. Not only had she won her way out of Hell but also defeated a horde of Naga all on her lonesome. These where not feats normally attempted by those mostly considered sane by the far stretch of the word at least, but it showed that she had great strength and the ability to overcome some of even the hardest challenges that lay ahead of her. In felt felt like an eternity the Bio-Saiyan had been able to speaking with King Yemma about who she was and then even get to see her 'life' in fast motion up till her awakening that fully brought her into the world. Then there was Haze, as she looks over the fight in her mind she regrets ever attacking him now, though with the way things are there is now way to tell what his reactions would be if they ever meet again. She can only hope that he didn't hold too much anger towards her. Another thought was on her mind, what had become of the cat girl, Nyx? Had she managed to get away from the man aiming to kill the small group in the Red Ribbon base. Sayla hoped she was alright, and hoped that that even the male Makyan that was with them managed to get out of C1 'Reaver''s path of destruction. She at least knew one thing she had to do when she returned back to life, and that was to seek out Nyx once more.

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Sayla: 7,516 Words

 

[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

It was becoming tiring to do so much running and the rumbling in her stomach told her that she wasn't going to be able to keep this pace for much longer, "So hungry. Why didn't King Yemma give me some supplies to run this path." Now with her legs giving up on her, Sayla falls to her knees while holding her stomach with a single hand. Even this doesn't last as she falls forward again so now her head and left arm hung off the path, while her hand even dipped into the clouds around the path. They felt fluffy but unlike any cloud she has ever felt on Earth, since they didn't feel like they where made of water at all. Though at this point water would even be better than redying of hungry and dehydration so the Saiyan girl dips her other hand into the clouds and pulls up two hands full of them, which naturally shouldn't happen. In shock of pulling two hands full of clouds out of their original resting place, Sayla throws caution to the wind and begins to eat the the clouds in her hands and what a surprise they are remarkably tasty and filling. After only two hand fulls of the clouds, the Bio-Saiyan felt like she was full and hydrated once more so she stood back up, stretched, and took off running once more in an attempt to try and making it to the end of the path as long as she could. After a few more miles at her usual pace, Sayla felt herself tripping up and nearly tumbling over herself. Taking the sign from her sore body the Bio-Saiyan stretched and yawned as she sat down on the path, "Need to rest some. Even dead my body is sore for all this running." She lays back and soon drifts off to sleep, though she didn't have such nice dreams as thoughts of Red Ribbon filled her mind.

~Noise was all around her but it was pitch black and she couldn't see anything. Even finding a tube in her throat startled her but worse than that was the inability to make her body do as she said. What was going on? She couldn't say before but the sounds of machines all around her beeping and humming told her it wasn't a good thing. As she tried to focus her thoughts one of the machines went off in a high pitched alarm, and it would seem in her panic her heart was over taxed causing her pulse and blood pressure to skyrocket. 'She isn't spose to be awake! Put her back to sleep! We can't waste this chance the Dr. Gero left us.' A males voice rung out from outside her stasis tube and sure enough the other lab tech scurried about. After a short time she felt her heart slow and her mind seemed to numb, though in this state the Bio-Saiyan fought to stay away and it failed. She had fallen into a medically induced coma once more at the request of the lab's lead tech, but who was he or this Dr. Gero or herself? This question would likely be answered, but soon Sayla felt herself 'float' from the tank and her body. In this point of view she could see the whole lab and all its techs, though the appeared to be walking shadows in lab coats. Not a one of them had any features to them and as such nothing set them off from each other, though one shadow where a badge on his lab coat the photo was of the shadowy mass that it belonged to. What of the girl in the tank? The thought crossed her mind, so the spirit of the Bio-Android looked over to see a young girl, around five or six yours old, restrained at every limb and a blind fold over her eyes. That explained the darkness and why her body would respond as she asked earlier, and it would appear that Red Ribbon had stolen something from her and it wasn't anything that was capable of being replaced or filled in so easily. But why now? she had been awake for about a month now and only now did she see this in such a clear way. Normally such scenes simply flashed painfully when she tried to think back further than when she woke up. Sudden time seemed to speed up in the lab as shadowy masses move here and there in a quickened hurry but never leaving the room for long, but what caught her eye the most was the development of the girl in the tank. In mere blinks of her eyes, the girl had started to grow and develop as any girl would. The shocking thing was that they had removed most the restraints from her body, likely due to how fast she seemed to grow to Sayla. Soon enough the only restraint was a collar around her neck that had a golden chain to hold her in place. The Bio-Saiyan reached up and felt her neck which still had the restraint collar and even a few of the golden links left in place. It was her in the tube after all and now matter how much she begged the fates the scenes of her growth and minor implantation over the quick span of several years couldn't be changed. They are what they are and honestly no one could change how it turned out, then King Yemma's words returned to her mind and reminded her once more her destiny was her own and that no one could take away her free will. Suddenly the alarms ring out causing Sayla's attention to fall back on herself as a pair of Ki swords formed from the index and middle fingers of each hand. She dream faded quickly into blackness but even the Bio-Saiyan was quick to know what came next. Freedom.~

When Sayla had awakened she found herself clothed and safe on Hydra Way once more, but she remember clearly the dream she had. Perhaps her being dead allowed her to see that dream. It was the only guess she had to work with though so it would have to work for now, and the Bio-Saiyan had found what she had thought was lost, so would there be a reason to return to Red Ribbon's headquarters? She would have to decide that for her self once she returned to the world of the living. No more time for idle thoughts of when and what ifs, Sayla had to run this course all the way through and meet the North Kai for training. She hops to her feet and brushes herself off before taking off in run and now that her body was rested and back to full power it should be easy to knock out at least the rest of the course soon. Now a small looking building appeared on the horizon, had the Bio-Saiyan reached the end, though there was even more of the path past the building in sight. Sayla did wonder what this new building was, maybe a rest stop? She had be vastly surprised by her own progress despite having to start from the start of the path from the accident that had ended up actually knocking her into Hell. Now that she had reached the building, several Naga ladies came out to greet her, "Welcome. Please come in and relax you must be tired from your long travels-sss." On of them hissed as she the pack lead the Bio-Saiyan in to the building, which was actually bigger than it first appeared to be.

In the rest Station, the Bio-Saiyan had be stripped of everything but her former restraint collar and finds herself in a nice hot bath that her hostesses had drawn for her. She was getting the royal treatment as well seeing as Nagas slithered in with trays of meats, cheeses, breads, fruits, vegetables, and even fresh baked sweets. All part of their trap just like that planned to make Sayla a part of a stew for dinner. I t had been several thousands of years since they where given a meal in the northern galaxy. The more the Bio-Saiyan insisted she had the leave the harder her captives pressed that she should stay and offered more gifts. Though she had already been a captive once in her life and she hated the feeling of being in such a place for too long, but she stays with it so that she gets a full belly of home cooked food, cleaned, and rested up. Once Sayla is satisfied, she gather up her things and tries to leave only to be meet with hostility. The whole nest of Naga no longer hiding their true selves had filled the halls and rooms of the way point, so now the only way out was to fight them head on or become a quick meal for their hungry mouths.

Not knowing it at the time, Sayla made the right choose to fight as so many had given up or feel to far into the trap to be saved. Once killed in Otherworld a soul has no higher plan to go to meaning that if killed again they are lost to the world and their knowledge and experience is forever gone. The Bio-Saiyan didn't wish to become one of those forever gone souls, so she places her index and middle fingers together on her right hand before she charges her Ki through them, creating her Spirit Sword in a crystal blue color. The Naga that rush her head on either find it was an afterimage before them or lose a head, as she Saiyan girl couldn't have the power to fight through the sheer numbers that the Naga horde possessed. Least that was what the Naga thought as they begin their assault for their future dinner and the less Naga in the horde meant more food per one left after they out powered the dumb girl that fell to their whims. What wasn't counted on was that Sayla wasn't a dumb girl, and her built-in scouter and 3-D scan mode allowed her find and see all her possible targets no matter where they may have laid in ambush for her. Not wanting to waste too much Ki in her escape the Bio-Saiyan had chosen some of the less crowded rooms when planning her escape route, and her 3-D scan mode allowed her to make out every thing in perfect detail so even if the Naga had cut the power to the room, set up trip lines or barricades, or even waited to try and ambush her from around corners then she would know before they realized it. One such ambush group was felled from a combination of Ki blasts and her Ki sword. Even after roughly an hour of fighting small group and maneuvering through the surprisingly large rest station, Sayla had realized that the only way out was through the large group of Naga and what seemed to be their queen. The queen being the largest of the serpent ladies that the Saiyan girl had seen and for being so big she was still highly maneuverable and agile, so as far as the other Naga were concerned she was the toughest fighter in the group of them. "You can't hide forever girlie," cackled the Naga Queen as she had more of her servants rush through the doors that lead out of the room. Each of them seeking out the girl for a meal that at this point was honestly well deserved as compared to what they normally have to do. Meanwhile the Naga left with the queen seem to be an elite guard to her royal serpent, and each use a personal weapon. One wielded a spear with a ritualistic head at the tip while another was wielding dual swords with the blades the same in design as the spearhead, and the final guardian held a mace and shield with serpent, likely Naga, designs in graved on it.

Looking at the final four of her captors, Sayla figured it wo be a rough fight between at least a three to one fight since she figured the queen would use her royal guard to weaken her then attack and claim the girl all for herself, after all Sayla pretty much killed the other serpent in the rest station. The Bio-Saiyan steps into the final room, its plain white walls are decorated with several painting and even a few sculptors of past heroes that had graced the halls of the north galaxy. Now in the sight of the queen and her guards, Sayla bares her teeth as she slowly walks the edge of the room, "I just want to leave. Lets come to a deal..let me leave, and you live." The queen cackles at the offer and shakes her head, "I think not Miss-sss. You have caus-sss-ed us-sss a lot of time and we are sss-so hungry now. Get her Guards-sss!" Well that prediction was right, but no time to goat on her near psychic powers as the three serpent warriors closed their way in around their prey. They thought there combo was unbeatable, using the shield and mace user to block her Ki Blasts with the large shield while the spear user would thrust in from behind the shield to keep the Bio-Saiyan off balance while the dual-sword user tries to sneak in and take out their prey. This plan falls apart as Sayla leaps over the the spearhead and blast the sword serpents face off with her Ki Blast. While in the air, the girl kicks off the wall and sends her Ki sword through the shield and into its owner this leaves the spear Naga open but after the next rush in power even the snake lays dead and Sayla was still untouched. This even surprised the Bio-Saiyan as she had never felt this strong on Earth, and even thought it was perhaps her games in Hell and all the running she has been doing that has toughened her up. That or perhaps the Naga where painfully weaker than they looked. The queen yells out in rage and even leaps out of her skin, this new form the queen still had some of the same serpent details as the rest her kin had but now she was roughly Sayla's size of taller with 6 arms. After a chant the weapons her guards once wielded rattled and moved towards her. The Queen Naga's lowest set of arms takes the spear, the middle set of arms claimed the shield and mace, while her upper arms took up the dual swords, "Now you will face my wrath, and when we over done I will have my meal." She grins from ear to ear as she rushes in at the Saiyan with near legendary speed. This speed reminded her of that Bio-Android C1 in that his speed was seemingly unmatched even compared to her memory of Attor Haze. How had he gotten so fast, was her only thought as she parries a blow from the heavy mace. She winces from the clearly obvious pain the weight of the weapon had caused her, and that wasn't the worst of it as she Naga Queen to struck out with the shield to smack the girl into a wall. Now in a vulnerable position the spear came in aiming to pierce the girl's heart and end the fight that had gone on for far too long. Now it is to the queen's surprise that the spear had stuck into the wall behind her target, but the girl was no longer there just an image of her that fading away into nothingness. Behind her! The Naga Queen turned and again a fading image was there, but where had her prey gone? Sayla kicks off the ceiling and cuts down on the Naga Queen, but cause of her speed the queen only lost the three arms on her left side and as such the use of the spear, a sword and the shield. Clearly not beaten yet, the Naga Queen cries out a battle cry that freezes her target in her steps. It looked helpless as she raised the mace and started down on the heavy swing, but the Bio-Saiyan raised her left hand and fired a Ki Blast just as the mace connected with her shoulder. She had managed to dodge a fatal blow but the queen wasn't so lucky as she laid beheaded on the ground.

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Shirubā Hoippu


Shirubā was led to Hydra Way by and escort and stared in awe at the long path. 'That thing must go on forever,' he thought. A smirk then came onto his face. "What a workout," he said. "Alright, be seeing' you." He then jumped onto the Hydra Way and dashed away. As he ran, he thought back to when he died. 'They say when you die,' he thought, 'Your life flashes before your eyes. But all I saw was darkness. What a rip-off.' Shirubā then remembered about his chicken companion. 'I forgot about the chicken,' he thought. 'How is he supposed to deal with that assassin. He's probably dead right now. Shirubā sighed and then sped up. 'If my life won't flash before my eyes,' he thought again. 'Then I'll just make it do that. Flashback time.' He then began reminiscing about his life.

"A what!" he said in disbelief. The others looked at each other uneasily. "A Saiyan," his father repeated with an expressionless face. "I am a Saiyan as well. 1/16 Saiyan. You are 1/24 Saiyan. We are both Saiyan-Hybrids, having one human parent." Shirubā's eyes widened. "O.k.," he said, "So what if I am a Saiyan. I still don't know what that is." His father then turned around to walk away but stopped. "A True Saiyan is one that was born on the Planet Vegeta," he said. "However, since we were earth born, we don't have as much ki as they did. We do still have the ability to transform." He then pointed to Shirubā's tail. "That is no human feature," his father said. "That tail allows you to transform into a giant ape. Crazy as it sounds, it gives you a big power boost, though sacrificing your endurance and speed. However, without the proper training, you would lose control and rampage. Not to mention, the tail could end up causing your death without training." Shirubā froze. "So why are you telling me this?" he asked. His father then turned around and told everyone that the party was over. After they had left, he continued. "There's a special place for people like us," he said. "Its called Skull Valley. In this place, there are two rival factions. We will leave this place to join won of those faction." Shirubā nodded, not wanting to argue. They then took some supplies and left out the house, his dad burning it so before leaving. Shirubā then grabbed his father's hand and his father flew off. It didn't take long for them to reach the wilderness area. They then saw a group of Saiyans gathered together and dropped down. The Saiyans then got up to be prepared to defend their home from invasion. However, Shirubā's father told them of his real reason for coming and they led him to the chief. He told them that they would have to prove themselves, so they were each put against other Saiyans. His father easily defeated his opponent but Shirubā struggled against his. At his level, all he new was swordsmanship and martial arts. However, this proved enough to defeat the other Saiyan. The chef then gestured for them to approach and formally greeted them into the Phantom Faction.

Shirubā smiled as he remembered that important moment in his life. He kept the flashbacks going as he continued the trail, ignoring the exhaustion he was feeling. 'How long is this thing anyway,' he thought. 'I've been running for hours and I'm still not even halfway there.' He sighed and then kept thinking back. Shirubā ignored the pain and kept telling himself "feel the burn."

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Shirubā Hoippu


Shirubā felt like his legs were going to fall off as he continued to run through the long winding path. 'This Kai guy better be worth this crap!' he thought as he continued the run. The North Path seemed endless and Shirubā wondered if the others might have been shorter. He sighed as he continued the trail. Shirubā desperately wanted to get to the trainer. He had tried everything to speed up from flying to jumping. However, it still seemed as if the path would never end. He wondered if Chikiritīō was on one of the paths as well. 'Either he took another path,' he hypothesized,'Went to heaven, or-.' A smirk came onto his face as he thought about the last one. 'He survived the assassins attack,' he continued. 'Though that is highly unlikely since he couldn't even beat me. That guy was so fast I didn't have a chance to blink.' He sighed and then turned his attention to the trail. "Better get the flashbacks back on to lessen the pain," he said to himself. "And I know the perfect one." He then thought back to the fight he had had with a rampaging ape.

The night moon shone brightly through Shirubā's window. He knew enough about the Great Ape Transformation to know not to open his eyes to the moon, no matter how beautiful it looked. His mind was racing as he thought about the events that occurred at Central City. 'Those two Saiyans,' he thought. 'The Namekian, and the damn marshmallow.' He rolled on his side so he could open his eyes and look into the darkness, making sure not to look at the moon. 'What were they all there for?' he thought. 'The Saiyans and the Namek might have come to stop the marshmallow, but that doesn't explain where it came from. What was it? Maybe it had something to do with the broken pieces of tree I had found.' He sighed and closed his eyes to try to sleep. However, they then shot open when he felt an unfamiliar ki. He quickly got up, ignoring the moon, and went to his katana, which was placed in the corner. Shirubā rushed out the door and looked around. He then saw a man floating in the air. Shirubā saw that he had almost the same clothing as the one he had fought. His scooter then picked up Shirubā and he turned toward him. "Your the one who comes to face me," he said. "Guess you'll have to do. A descent kidnapping is sure to show you Phantom Faction that we are the only Faction." Shirubā flinched. "Kidnapping," he said in disbelief. "You must be from the True Faction." The man smirked and then suddenly disappeared. However, he was slow, so Shirubā was able to block his attempt at grabbing him with his sword. As he reached out, Shirubā stabbed his hand with his katana. The man quickly grabbed his hand and screamed in pain. "Stupid little boy!" he shouted, forgetting about kidnapping and going for blood. He then aimed his other hand at Shirubā while he was still close up. Shirubā wasted to time and sliced off the man's hand. He grabbed his arm and screamed in pain. "Now you've done it kid!" he shouted angrily. "I wanted to use this to destroy this place. But I can do both right here." He then flew into the air and turned around to look at the moon. Immediately, the Great Ape transformation started. "Two can play it that game," he said. He then took off all his clothes, as he new they would only be ripped apart, and put his katana on top. Shirubā then looked to the moon and he two began to transform. It didn't take long for the two Saiyans to fully change. Shirubā then realized that this Saiyan had no control of his Great Ape Form, as it roared through the air and fired a mouth energy wave at a far away large tree. "Stupid Ape," he said, going toward the beast and catching it off guard, slamming it into the ground. He then began pounding it where he stood, wasting no time to finish it. However, the beast then caught his hands and threw him away, making Shirubā glide across the ground, yet still on his feet. The beast then roared with anger and grabbed a gigantic rock. Shirubā quickly reacted by firing a mouth energy wave to knock the beast off its feet, making the rock fall right on its chest. It screamed in pain and Shirubā knew that this was his time to end it. He then punched the beast and knocked it out. Shirubā then kicked it onto to turn it onto its face so he could get the tail. He then plucked out the tail and he began to revert back to his normal state, still unconscious. However, he then realized that that whole time, he had on clothes. He sighed and then picked up the Saiyan, throwing him so he would land back in True Faction. The moon then went down as the sun began to come up. Shirubā then began to revert back to his normal state. He panted, as he was always exhausted after the Great Ape Transformation. He then caught his breath and went over to his clothes, getting dressed. 'Looks like I'll be sleeping in tonight,' he thought as he went for his house, dragging his sword so he could clean the blood off of it.

Shirubā sighed. Why couldn't he just have been tested with a battle instead of this endless jog. He sighed again and then sped up. His sweat began to drip as he went on. He then felt his stomach growl. 'I need some food,' he thought. 'And there's no food for a mi-.' He then saw a castle on the side of the path. 'I'm tempted to destroy it,' he thought. 'But that would just give me a one-way trip to hell.' He then continued the run. His legs felt like jelly but he pressed on. 'I wonder how strong this guy is anyway,' he thought curiously. 'I hope he's as strong as Umi. Then I'll really get some work done.' He imagined a handsome man with long black hair and a black jeans, headband, and jacket combo. 'Or maybe he's more muscular,' he thought. He imagined a massive giant with powerful arms and a ripped shirt from the muscle growth. 'Sweet,' he thought. 'I gotta get there fast.' He then let his ki spike and sped away. His mind raced as he thought. What if this Kai guy was way weaker than him. 'I'm gonna be real pissed if this guy is weaker than that Chicken,' he thought. He sighed and then began flying. However, he didn't get very far since he was tiring out. He sighed. "Wait a minute," he said, looking down the path. A smile then came onto his face. 'I'm here,' he thought. 'I finally made it to the end.' He then jumped down from the large part of the path. His smile then dimmed as he saw that there was nothing here. "What the hell!" he shouted in anger. Shirubā then fell on his back in a fit of rage. "Where the hell is he!" He then stopped when he saw something above. It was no moon, that was for sure. He then gathered enough strength to fly towards it.

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[Ryuu Sanada]

Sayla

Despite the harsh battle, Sayla couldn't just leave the rest station as the fight took some much energy out of her. She walked her way to medical and patched up the damage she had taken from the Naga and the weapons used on her. In the area she found and anti-venom for Naga poison and take that in case their weapons had be coated in it. After her medical needs where taken care of, the Bio-Saiyan made her a large meal and ate till she was so full she could pop then found a bed and fell asleep to recover. While the Saiyan girl slept, a team of Ogres come in and blink at the amount of damage in the area as well as the pile of Naga corpses. This made their job easier as they gathered the weapons to be locked away in a vault, and began cleaning out the area of the corpses. What did they do to them? Threw them into Hell of course so that the Ogres and souls had fresh meat. Who knows how long the clean up took, or how long Sayla slept but once she awaken the whole station was cleaned and it was as nothing happened there at all. The new staff of Ogres as Souls say the girl off as she walked back out on the narrow pathway of the Hydra Way. Unknown to Sayla there were more risks than just falling off the narrow pathway and one was heading straight for her. A soul driving a cleaning vehicle, seriously? Yes, was heading straight for the Bio-Saiyan, and this vehicle was big enough to take up the whole of the narrow path. The spinning brushes attached to the vehicle were brushing and polishing the sides of Hydra Way as the ones under the vehicle cleaned and polished the actual pathway. Why did King Yemma even have one of these machine? The answer would never be known, as Sayla took a corner too sharp and found her tottering on the edge as she had once before though this time that cleaning vehicle runs into her and sends her over the edge of the path. As she fell through the thin layer of clouds, Hell came into view of her and surprisingly it wasn't as fire and brimstone as she heard. Souls floated around a fountain of red liquid and off in the distance was even an amusement park. It made her wonder if Hell was this pleasant then how was Heaven or even one of the Kai's planets. Seeing all she wanted to of the place, the Bio-Saiyan flies back up to snake way only to be stopped by a then barrier and sent crashing back down to Hell at even faster speeds.

Right before crashing into the ground, Sayla catches herself and lands rather gracefully, for a rock, in front of two large Ogres, one blue the other red. The red Ogre offers his hand to the girl, "Welcome to Hell. Enjoy the rest of eternity here." The blue Ogre only nods at the statement as Sayla looks to them both confused, "Um, but I'm spose to be on Hydra Way. I got run down be King Yemma's cleaning crew." "Thems the breaks," the blue one answers and begins to walk off to tend to some of the soul playing in the fountain, "'Ey, you no the rules no playing in the fountain of blood. Go run along to Hell Land or something." Yea, that just happened and now Sayla was in Hell instead of heading to her wanted destination, "Can I get back to Hydra Way?" She chirps up before the red Ogre lives her as well. This question catches his attention and her turns to her once again and this time notices her body, "Hmm, why I think there is. You most beat me in two out of three games of my choose." She looked shocked at the statement and nods, "Of course! I'll accept but you have to play fair and at least tell me the rules to each game." The Ogre looks offended by this statement but grins, "Of course! Where do you think we are? Earth or something." He then walks off beckoning her to follow him into a vast open expanse of land. Once out in the flat land, Sayla sees a rather tall tree bearing a few fruits, but a sign posted before it warned not to pick the fruit of King Yemma's tree, then it hit her. This was the same kind of tree that King Yemma had in his office, the one that looked like a bush in comparison to Yemma's giant size. To her shock the blue Ogre even came out to them to watch, and judge, the contest that was about to begin.

"Now, game one is a race. The first one to Yemma's tree and back is the winner. It is a simple and easy game, but the distance is the killer." the red Ogre explains the game as he paces himself off till he is nearly out of sight of the tree, "A good. We start here." He draws a line in the ground as Sayla and the blue Ogre walk over. The Bio-Saiyan gets in place along next to the red Ogre as they both wait for the blue Ogre to start the race. It was a game that the red Ogre never lost Sayla would come to understand later, but it was fair even if he was undefeated. The blue Ogre holds up his hand and steps back, "Ready? Set? Go!" In a down ward swipe of his hand at go both contestants where off and running like mad to the tree. The red Ogre was in the lead but not by much and Sayla was catching up rather quickly. The first to tree? The red ogre, who then turned and passed the Bio-Saiyan with a grin, but the race wasn't over and Sayla leap and kicked off the tree to speed up. The girl rocketed passed her opponent in this way and crosses the starting line first. "First game goes to the girl," The blue Ogre announces as she red one stops to catch his breath from his run. Both the Ogres seemed impress but there was still two games left and still a chance that Sayla would have to stay in Hell. "Time for the second game?" Sayla asks as she looks between the Ogres who were testing her, though she had to admit. It was fun. The blue Ogre walks over to the Bio-Saiyan, "Your second test is against me so my brother can rest." The girl just nods at the statement and understands the need to rest after a long run, so she waits for the game to be announced. "Second game will be a test of strength. But no ordinary test of strength, but a sparring match. Since this is to test your strength there will be no Ki abilities or weapons allowed." the blue Ogre states as he finds a nice clean area, "The first one to call mercy loses." The girl nods along and understands the rules to this match fairly well, after all it was a basic sparring match.

Now that the second game and rules were stated Sayla and the blue Ogre begin their spar. The opening move going to the Ogre as he throws a series of startling fast punches and jabs, but the Bio-Saiyan ducks under the furious barrage and lands a powerful kick to lift the Ogre off his feet. See her legs were feeling stronger due to all the running she had to do before hand and would have to do after this match. Not so fast though, as the Ogre recovers and lands a powerful knee to Sayla's ribs and sending her flying up into the air. Man this guy was strong, but that just made it better as the girl pretty much gave him the face of C1 'Reaver'. Now that she was pumped the two contestants threw and landed series of powerful blows and kicks till neither one was able to stand on there own free will. Sayla forces herself up and walks slowly over to the Ogre, before putting the worn out foe into a head lock and leaping unbelievably high into the air. The Ogre looked shocked but knew what she had planned, "I give. You win this game." As Sayla and the Ogre land back on the surface of Hell, the red Ogre offers the girl one of the fruit from King Yemma's tree, "Eat this. It will restore your energy." So she does and licks her lips at the wonderful taste of the fruit, even as the Ogres lead her to the gate of hell, "'Ere ya go." The blue Ogre says as the two pull the gate open showing the check-in station on the other side, "I-I have to start over?" Both the Ogres nod and close the gate behind the Saiyan girl.

She makes her way back to the North road and begins once more on her her journey through the winding roads. Though this time it seems like its going faster than it had before. Who knows perhaps falling off the path wasn't the worst thing that could happen, but she knew she wouldn't get another chance if she fell once more. As she moves she finds the cleaning vehicle that original knocked her off the path, though this time she rushes it and flips over it gracefully. Once she lands, the Bio-Saiyan is off and she seems unstoppable in her resolve this time.

Sayla walked calmly to the Hydra Way entrance, though she wondered why is was called 'Hydra' Way if it was just a single pathway. Boy was she shocked seeing the entrance was actually the head of a large snake with its mouth open wide. The back of this snake head opened up so to allow the traveler to get onto its flat, winding back. Still it was not much like a hydra than a massive snake, but its name likely coming from having different 'heads' to start at and ending in four different 'tails'. This makes it seem more hydra like in having the multiple heads and tails like the great snake Orochimaru from ancient text. The Bio-Saiyan climbs into the serpent's mouth and up a set of stairs to its back. The long winding road ahead of her looked to have no end in sight. She had been warned about falling off the road and she was told that there was no way to fly the path. This was a test of her will and power, could she make it to the Kai's planet that the had requested to go? Only way to honestly found out was for to indeed run the path herself and under go the trials that where a part of it. With out much a a delay, Salya takes a in a deep breath then exhales in a deep sigh. She does this a few more times as she stretches her legs and readies for the task at hand. Once she felt she was warmed up, the Bio-Saiyan took off into a dead run along the winding path.

It was a painfully long trip for the Saiyan girl, and she had only been running for a few hours. In this time she had nearly fallen off the path quite a few times, one was once due to taking a sharp turn entirely too fast. Underestimating these twists and turns were going to end up hazardous to her her health, provided she wasn't already dead. Still Sayla had to still forever vigilante as she run on the narrow, winding pathway or else she would find herself in Hell. A path she greatly wished to avoid if at all possible for her. Every time she had looked over the side, the Bio-Saiyan had only seen clouds and nothing past that, though she didn't care to actively find out what was below Hydra Way seeing as she was promised Hell if she where to fall. Man what a choice that King Yemma gave her, seeing as three of the four chooses lead to Hell in some way or another. Of course she could have chosen to just go to Heaven, but she had to train if she wished to carve out a name solely for herself in that unforgiving world. Salya wanted at least a fighting chance, but had been defeated pretty much twice in the fights she had been in. The first was her fight with the Shadow Dragon, Attor Haze, while still training in West City academy.

~A soft blood curdling growl was emitted from the oddly clothed male as he casually walked, or more over glided, forward through the grounds. His swift and movements easily allowed him to dodge and avoid anyone that he may have run into while moving through the crowds in the academy. Sayla being a part of the crowd, had been there during her own thing. Which happened to be doing free presses with one hundred plus pound weights, though it felt like less to the Saiyan girl, but had to be easier than ripping apart the ground and causing explosions though a Red Ribbon base though it was a small one. The male figured was far too annoyed with the large amount of people, though he had no evil intent for them and this place but none good either. He finds himself at an unoccupied bench press within the eyesight of the Bio-Saiyan. He lays back to feel the leather on his back as he begins to do reps. Sayla notices his olive eyes look over and a low growl of 'showoff' is barely heard by the working out Saiyan. Though it is heard and the gaze upon her causes a chill to travel down her spine which makes her drop those one hundred plus pound weights. This causes a loud bang but as everyone looks over Sayla has already moved a good deal away, and heading to the door to the outside sparring grounds. This seemingly amused the cloaked man as he had intended to startle her but not to send her running as he had done. Though outside was a terrified girl, but one hell bent on taking out that evil feeling Shadow Dragon. Placing her index and middle fingers together on her right hand, Sayla created a blade made from pure Ki which was powerful enough to cut through pretty much any material that it was pitted against. The Saiyan girl raised her left hand aiming it at the wall around where the Shadow Dragon should be, and releases a crystal blue colored Ki Blast through the brick and mortar wall. Now by using the smoke, dust, and particles of brick and mortar in the air as a cover, the Bio-Saiyan leap through and slashes down on where Attor Haze should had been. The thing about creating a visual cover is that it blinds the user as well and with out the proper gear to find the target it gets hard to hit the spot perfectly. Sayla was having this issue as she sliced through the bar which help the press weights as well as into the bench itself. With as surprising accurate her attack was, the Bio-Saiyan hadn't counted on the Shadow Dragon's quick and graceful movements to save him from the killing blow, or for even being scratched for that matter. What was worse is Sayla had passed though a mix of Haze's toxins, though its effect was unknown till his foot slammed into her arm pinning her to the bench as her Ki sword flickered away into nothingness. It had seemed that Sayla's Ki had been cut off, or more over it was unable to be focused outside her body in a way to use any form of Ki based attack. After a failed attempt to grab the Shadow Dragon's leg, Sayla quickly frees her arm and grabs the nearest weapons, the weights themselves, and saturates the air full of them. Each aimed at or around Haze and to her shock each dodged or countered, hell one was even thrown back at her as Haze counter-attacked the fierce assault. Luckily the Ki sealing toxin was quickly washed away from the sweat generated in the desperate fight, this allowed Sayla to reform her Ki sword once more and combined with the After Image technique to temporarily throw off the Shadow Dragon. Throwing Haze off enough allowed the Bio-Saiyan to get behind him and slash, though this tactic falls and she finds her Ki cut off once more. The fight ends rather uneventfully after a series of physical blows. Her first attack to land any merit knocks the mask off Haze's face, and was also the ending blow of the fight. The Shadow Dragon had used her momentum to stabs his claws into her torso, luckily a non-fatal wound, then kicks her off and collects his mask before leaving academy to combat the Namekians after his Kin. Though it was a short fight and neither of them had landed a decisive blow against the other, but in Sayla's mind it was clear who had won. The Shadow Dragon had her matched in speed and locked out her Ki based abilities, so if the fight had continued on for much longer she knew Haze would have come out on top.~

Back on Hydra Way, Sayla hadn't even noticed that she had dazed off thinking about the past and that is rather dangerous do to the narrow, winding path she had to follow. She nearly tripped over the side of the path before she once more realized where she was, then it took her all the balance she could muster to stay on the tip of her toes and more importantly on the narrow path. After a bit of a balancing act, the Bio-Saiyan once more finds her balance and takes off down her winding trail. It was becoming tiring to do so much running and the rumbling in her stomach told her that she wasn't going to be able to keep this pace for much longer, "So hungry. Why didn't King Yemma give me some supplies to run this path." Now with her legs giving up on her, Sayla falls to her knees while holding her stomach with a single hand. Even this doesn't last as she falls forward again so now her head and left arm hung off the path, while her hand even dipped into the clouds around the path. They felt fluffy but unlike any cloud she has ever felt on Earth, since they didn't feel like they where made of water at all. Though at this point water would even be better than redying of hungry and dehydration so the Saiyan girl dips her other hand into the clouds and pulls up two hands full of them, which naturally shouldn't happen. In shock of pulling two hands full of clouds out of their original resting place, Sayla throws caution to the wind and begins to eat the the clouds in her hands and what a surprise they are remarkably tasty and filling. After only two hand fulls of the clouds, the Bio-Saiyan felt like she was full and hydrated once more so she stood back up, stretched, and took off running once more in an attempt to try and making it to the end of the path as long as she could.

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[Ryuu Sanada]

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After several days of pure straight running, the tail of Hydra Way came into view. Though it was still far and the Bio-Saiyan could still fall of the trail and fall into Hell once more, but now the risk of threats outside of herself were lower. She had faced her own difficulties in herself during the twisted and narrow pathway, as well as meeting one of the pathway's cleaner that had taken advantage of her moment of weakness from taking a sharp turn in the path to fast. This of course lead to her fall into hell and taken challenges by two of the Ogres there in order to win her freedom and the right to return to Hydra Way. It was a simple race and spar, but Sayla had prevailed over the challenges. Having defeated the red Ogre in his race from King Yemma's Ensenji tree then back to the checkpoint, lead into her next challenge and this one was against the blue ogre that had be with the last one. This challenge was a weaponless, Ki-less spar between her self and the blue Ogre. Sayla finds out shortly into their match that the Ogre's strikes were unforgiving and power, and as each blow was landed against her it solely reminded her of the attacker that had leader her to this point, C1 'Reaver'. Even now in the Other World, his face haunted her every thought and in this fight for her very freedom it made her question her capabilities to win. Then there was a flash of light that drowned out the haunting face, it was the same color of her own Ki. Coming to find out the Ogre had landed a powerful kick in the same side that had be slashed through, and oddly there was not as much pain as she thought. With a renewed vigor, the Bio-Saiyan counter attacks and uses everything she has to wear down the blue Ogre while dodging and evading its own punches and kicks. After they were both worn down to the point of passing out, Sayla grapples the Ogre and leaps into the air so out of fear the match was called in her favor. That match won her freedom from Hell, as well as a one of King Yemma's Ensenji fruit which restored her vitality and stamina back to before she even fell to Hell. Alas, she was informed she had to restart from the beginning of the winding pathway and so she did. It wasn't long, or it at least didn't feel it, before the Bio-Saiyan had run into the path cleaning machine that had knocked her off the path after she was left on teetering balance but this time she gracefully flips over it and continues to run as she lands on her feet. The next challenge was that of the Naga that had taken over the rest station for souls that happen to be lucky enough to make it to the half way point of the winding, narrow pathway. These serpent creatures were notorious for tricking travelers and treating them with the luxuries of a king, then eating them while there guard is down. The Bio-Saiyan was one of these travelers and despite the plees to just let her continue on her way, the Naga had taken her in, feed her, cleaned her, and let her rest. This kindnesses were to hide the true intent of eating her as she slept, but they were shocked when the plan was thrown off from a blade made of Ki. Sayla had tried to sneak out after a rest and caught her ambushers by surprise. Not welling to let their prey go with out a fight, the serpent women fought back as she cut and blasted though their ranks. In the end even the elite guards and the Naga Queen herself had fallen to the Bio-Saiyan's Ki sword and blasts. After cleaning herself up once more and sleeping off her loss of energy, Sayla heads off once more this time making it to the tail of Hydra Way. Several long days of running had lead her to this, and now on the tip of the Hydra's tail it seemed to have payed off. In the distant sky, the Bio-Saiyan had spotted a small planet that was far from her reach or jump. How was she spose to get there? Well something told her to jump for it and with nothing to lose Sayla tries it. She feels herself being pulled towards the planet, which was quickly getting closer and bigger. Well one could more accurately describe it as falling then being pulled in. In a matter of seconds, Sayla corrected her position and gracefully, if not a bit heavily, landed on her feet on the small planet.

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[Still Roty]

"So you will be taking the north path and like I said the planet is at the end." The Oni pointed to the north and its path Coraata nodded and stretched for a second. The Oni stepped into the car and took off back the way he came. Coraata stared at the path for a second and then closed his eyes, he counted down slowly in his head, when the count down reached three his eyes opened and he began his run. He ran at full speed and watched as the yellow clouds swirled, he had wondered what was beyond them, what if he jumped? Would he come back to life? Would it be a loop that just took him back here? He would just ask this King Kai when he arrived at his planet. He thought that King Kai must be this huge and all mighty warrior who is extremely buff and has mastered every fighting style ever created.
He soon got tired after a while and fell to his knees and rubbed his eyes which were now filling with sweat. His heart was racing and he tried to catch his breath. He stood up and started to run again. He could not give up so easily. He charged for a couple more hours and then he slowed his pace. He laid down on the rough stone and rested his head on his hands like a pillow. He slept soundly for a long time and then awoke. He stood up and held his hands out stretching once more. He did a quick running in place warm up and then took off once more. This time he was well rested and he was at full speed. He reached what looked like a tail and then came to a halt. "where could that planet be?" He looked around then he looked up and saw a planet. "There it is!" He shouted as he started to fly up. He started to get closer and closer and started to feel an intense gravity.


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[The Ghost of Razgriz]

Ryan arrived at the entrance to Hydra Way, with the newly found knowledge of the so called 'wonders of mahogany', as King Yemma had dubbed it, fresh in the back of his mind. A fire proof desk that was made from three hundred foot tall fire breathing mahogany trees from the planet of Malchior Seven, using ancient blood rituals of the Malchior people, by some wizard from long ago, and it also had the ability to bend the very fabric of space and time. That was something that was as of yet to be seen by Ryan, and the young swordsman had hoped he never would have to witness the powers of the Mahogany Desk. Well, at least he had something new to say when he killed someone, because living this life, it was inevitable. "I'm going to send you to that great Mahogany Desk in the sky."

At the start of Hydra Way, a red Ogre attendant stood by. He was dressed in dress pants and dress shoes, yet he had a tropical shirt, sun glasses, and a straw hat on. It would seem as if he had just returned from vacation, and was going to be late for work. The red Ogre attendant confirmed this when he replied to Ryan upon noticing the quizzical look Ryan was giving him. "I got back from Vacation just two hours ago. Us Ogres have tight work schedules. We take our jobs very seriously. Now, before you continue, I must give you warning and instruction, even if you have already received it from the great King Yemma." The red Ogre attendant straightened his sunglasses before he continued to speak. He snapped his fingers, and in an instant, his tropical shirt, sunglasses, and straw hat were replaced by a dress shirt that had the sleeves rolled up, a black tie, and a pair of normal glasses. "There we go, much more professional." The red Ogre attendant then proceeded to straighten his glasses once more and he then put his arms behind his back and began explaining the dangers of Hydra Way.

"For starters, Hydra way is not a straight through to your destination. The path has many twists, turns, ups, and downs, and it winds the whole way. Half way through Hydra Way, the path will fork into four pathways. The paths lead in each of the four directions. North, South, East, and West. To the North lies the North Kai. His techniques follow along the lines of smiting evil, and giving yourself the boost to do so. Power Level is his forte." The red ogre attendant straightened his glasses once more. "To the south we have the South Kai. He more so favors the defensive side of the fighting spectrum." Once more, the red Ogre attendant adjusts his glasses, this time going so far as to remove them and wipe them off with a handkerchief from his back pocket. After replacing the handkerchief and his glasses, he continues speaking. To the East lies the East Kai. Her teachings favor Speed above all else. She also is very strict, and does not accept failure. "Once more, the red Ogre attendant adjusts his glasses, yet again. "The West route will take you to the West Kai. His teachings favor the fundamental of any good punch, strength. The West Kai is also rude, arrogant, and insulting." The red Ogre attendant would adjust his glasses yet again." Now, I tell you all of this, as to let you make your decision now, or at least along the way to the split in Hydra Way, for once you have made your decision, there is no turning back. You may only train with one Kai. Once your training is concluded with the Kai, you will return to your life on Earth. You will know when you are done, as your halo will disappear and you will have a few moments before being teleported back to where ever it is that you would call home."

The red Ogre attendant adjusted his glasses yet again. "Now, to explain the dangers of Hydra Way. The sides, as you can see, are spiked. They are sharp. Do not touch them. They will hurt. Even though you are deceased, you can still feel pain. As I am sure you are aware, there are not very many medical stations scattered among the after life." Again, the red ogre attendant adjusted his glasses. "Do not, by any means, fall off of Hydra Way. You can fall through the clouds, but even if you can fly, you can not return through the clouds. I repeat, you can not travel back through the clouds. They are solid from the other side. In case you do fall off of Hydra way..." And yet again, the red ogre attendant adjusted his glasses. "Down below, in Hell. And yes, it is Hell below Hydra Way, not some other Heavenly place. Down below in Hell, there are a couple of Ogres you can challenge for access back to right here. Right back to the beginning of Hydra Way. There will be no skipping back to where you were before. That there in should be enough of an encouragement to not fall off of Hydra Way." One last time, the red ogre attendant would adjust his glasses. "Oh, one more thing. Before you start on your way, I wish you luck. You may need it. Then again, you may not." Once he had finished his speech and warning, the red ogre attendant stepped aside and would say nothing more.

"Thanks for the tips." Ryan stepped up onto the starting platform of Hydra Way, and for the first time since he had arrived at this spot, actually looked at the winding path he were to take. It winded a long ways out, in and out of clouds, and even past the horizon off in the distance. "Woah...well. Looks like I have some tracks to make." Without another word, Ryan was off towards the Northern planet of King Kai.


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[The Ghost of Razgriz]

As Ryan ran along the twisting and turning curves of Hydra Way, he thought back to what that blue ogre attendant had brought up about his family back at King Yemma's palace. Apparently, long before Ryan was born into this world, a curse had been put on the first born male of the next generation in the family line. Each first born would be a male, and each one would have an evil side to themselves locked away. It would seem that the cursed individual would have a trusted friend, relative, or loved one, and in Ryan's case a friend, try to kill them at some point. Ryan's grandfather had survived his fight, so the evil side did not escape. Ryan's father, on the other hand, was challenged to an honor duel by his very own brother. Ryan's father had lost the fight. His evil clone was then released upon entering the other world, and the evil soul was judged in to going to Hell. Fearing that he would not be able to defeat his evil clone, Ryan's father chose to stay in the other world, and went to Heaven instead of going to Hydra Way to travel along its path and train with a Kai. Ryan knew that his father was still in Heaven, but the young swordsman was not going to go visit his father. He could not go see him. There was no way to Heaven from Hydra Way. There was only an express ticket to Hell, and a long and arduous trip to train with a Kai.

Ryan, like his father, was in a battle with someone that he trusted. His friend, Majin Bubbles. He had joined in the Junior division of the World Martial Arts Tournament. Ryan had been given the by slot in the drawings, and had automatically made it to the Semi Finals. It was during this fight that Bubbles had gone all the way and pulled out every single stop along the way, and had used a combination of four different beam attacks to overwhelm Ryan, and then disintegrate him. The next thing Ryan remembered was waking up outside of the check in station in the other world.

After a few minutes of trying to piece together what had happened, Ryan waited in line for what seemed like forever, and finally went before King Yemma and his Mahogany Desk. It was an attendant that noticed that a Ryan Greyson had already been through. That is when Ryan had discovered the disturbing truth of his family's history. From what Ryan gathered, nobody had ever actually returned to life and killed their evil clone. Well, Ryan would not stand for it. He was going to break this curse. There was no choice to not kill his evil clone. He had to return to life and ask Majin Bubbles for answers, and his evil clone was sure to want revenge upon returning to life as well. That is why Ryan must rush through the long and winding path of Hydra Way to go and train with one of the four great Kais. But not just any Kai, but the North Kai. Ryan was instructed to go and train with the North Kai, otherwise just called King Kai, as King Kai had a technique which could help him. defeat his evil clone. So thus, after sitting through King Yemma's whole speech on the 'wonders of Mahogany', Ryan was here, on Hydra Way, on his way to train with the North Kai, so as to be ready for what was likely going to be the toughest battle of his life.

Ryan continued on towards his destination, knowing full well that his evil clone would only return to life when he did. It was an inevitability that he could not avert. He could only postpone his return. It would be then that he would rush to find his evil clone, or to find Majin Bubbles, as his friend would be the evil clone's target upon returning to life. Ryan had to reach one of them before they saw each other, or else Majin Bubbles may not understand what had happened, but then again, Ryan did not understand what had happened either. It was all so fresh in his mind, and it was all he could think about. Why did it happen? Why did Majin Bubbles let himself lose control like that? It surely was not because of bad blood. Ryan understood that there were people more important than Ryan, and that Ryan would be all alone in a choose this person or that person situation in case it involved Wave, but Ryan could tell it was not a situation such as that. It was a friendly match between two long time friends, in the Junior division of the World Martial Arts Tournament. There were beings much stronger than the two of them. Ryan knew this. He knew there were just some people in life that you did not go and attack because of the obvious power gap, but he could not let that stop himself. He had to keep on going towards his goal and train to diminish that power gap, no matter how great that power gap actually was. In the end, Ryan put all of this thought process in the back of his mind, as to concentrate on not falling off of Hydra Way.

Ryan had been running for only fifteen minutes now, but he could no longer see the starting point behind him. There was no sign of the mid way point, where Hydra Way would split in to four more path ways. One going to each of the four directions. North, South, East, and West. He was sure it would not be too much longer. Then again, he was also sure that his friend would not kill him for no apparent reason at all. This was going to be quiet the stay in the afterlife. That much was obvious to him. "Well, here we go."


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[The Ghost of Razgriz]

Ryan continued his run along Hydra Way with thinking back to those dreams he used to have back when he was still a student at the West City Academy. He would be wearing a traditional swordsman's garb, a kimono, complete with wooden sandals, and the only thing that was the same as it was in the real world was his father's Gunblade. In these dreams, Ryan would be met with a single enemy. And when that enemy would be slain, more and more would come at a time. When the single enemies were finished, they began to come in pairs, as if trying to take Ryan down. Most of the time, Ryan would take them down with one or two hits. Every now and again, there would be that opponent that would give him trouble, and he would almost die in his dream. But right before the killing blow would be made, he would wake up in a cold sweat, his heart rate sky rocketing, and he would be breathing heavily, as he would have a loss of breath. It was not until a few moments ago that Ryan had finally understood why he kept having that same recurring dream.


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[The Ghost of Razgriz]

The dreams that Ryan used to have, the ones where he would be fighting multiple enemies, and eventually himself. The ones that were recurring, which had hinted at something more than just a dream. They were in fact an inner struggle. One that was generations old within the Greyson family. This curse had caused a lot of problems within the family. Problems that, until recently, Ryan could not explain. But now he could, and he was ready to end this curse. No child of his would be subject to this curse.

Ryan continued along Hydra Way, not even thinking about how far he had gone, or how far he had yet to go. All he thought of was what he was going to do when he got to his destination, and how long he was going to stay. Ryan was only going to stay as long as he needed to, as he had to hurry and return to life, so he could interrogate his friend, Majin Bubbles, and to dispatch his evil clone, which would return when he did. The only question was, which of the two Ryans would reach Majin Bubbles first? The original, good natured, caring Ryan, or the evil, benevolent, revenge seeking Ryan? Only time could tell with that one, and time was something Ryan did not have a lot of here. He had to hurry as quickly as possible, yet still absorb every single last bit of training he could.


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