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Seshiro lands in the middle of the Village of the Firebird. He looks around as the humans and ape men crowd around him all asking who he is. Seshiro bows low to the people(including the ape men). "Greetings, I am Seshiro Tokugawa, your new leader." Seshiro hears all of the cries of astonishment and hears one particularly old ape man ask "And what of our old leader, Damian. I suppose you think that he'll just hand over his position?"
"Actually, Damian fell in battle to save my life. He gave me his Phoenix powers and his position as leader of this clan of his own free will." Seshiro replied sadly. Cries of outrage and astonishment sound throughout the village. "I suppose you just expect us to believe you?!"
"Of course not, but the necklace, ring, and markings I bear are truly indicative of the truth." Seshiro bares his chest and presents them with the ring, necklace and markings.
"It is true! He is the new leader of the Phoenix clan!"
At the end of this exclamation every being in the village bowed to Seshiro.
"No, my friends, you will bow to no man. We are all equals, I am merely the one who unites us into one unit. I promise on my life and the lives of my descendants, that my family's rule will be fair and just."
As the crowd rises to their feet they all give a cry of excitement.
"This is a time for a celebration!" cried the old ape man. He then approached Seshiro. "My lord, may I ask how Damian died?"
Seshiro looked straight into the man's eyes, "No, but you may ask how he bravely fought to the end and sacrificed his life in order to save a man he hardly knew and how he, through my body, ended a great threat to the existance of these people," Seshiro smiled and clasped the old ape man's arm in friendship. As the village prepared for a celebration that would be remembered for all the ages, Seshiro rested and talked with all the children and elders of the village exchanging stories and laughs.

*Asura walked through the village gates to see a bustling town full of people*

"I thought this place was deserted," Asura thought to himself. "Where did all these people come from? Oh, no matter. It just makes my job easier."

*Asura walked around the village until he located a local pub. He went in and sat down at the bar, where the bar tender asked what he would like.*

"Give me something hard," Asura requested, setting his things infront of him.

*the Bartender prepared a glass of sake before him, and Asura sipped from it.*

"Hey bartender, have you ever heard of the Heaven's Cloud?" Asura asked, sipping.

"I've heard many rumors, but none quite as worthy as that one. There once was this old beggar who frequented here. He gave me a map and told me to pass it on to the first able bodied human being that inquires about it. Give me a second and I'll go fetch it for you," the bar tender said. He tended to a few more customers and then went into the back room. Two minutes and much scumbling about later, the bartender returned, holding a rolled piece of parchment. "Here you go."

"Thanks," Asura said, taking the map from the old man and gently unfolding it.

*On the map, Asura noticed exactly what he thought he would find.* "So, the sword is actually on an inactive volanco. And legend has it, whoever takes the sword from the mountain with actually set off an explosion of pyroclastic rock, and probably die. Probably. The volcano is also home to red dragons, which guard not only the sword, but a supposed treasure trove of things which this world has never seen, and knowlege that will allow a mortal human being the ability to fly in the clouds," Asura read near the bottom of the map. "Hey bartender, how come nobody else has come inquiring about this thing?"

"Because no one else was supposed to know about it. Everyone that's ever gone to that volanco has either died on it, or is no longer amoung the living," The bartender informed, then tending to another customer.

Hmm.....could the man I got the rumor from be a spirit? It's possible. But at least now I got a lead. and....it's almost as if I was supposed to come looking for the Heaven's Cloud. I gather I'll figure it out soon, Asura thought. He finished his drink, paid, and packed up his things and left. Just beofre he was about to go out the door, the Bartender shouted, "Good Luck!"

*With that, Asura walked back out the way he came and make his way up the mountain range.*

((Now posting in Grog Volcano))

*Appears with Runa, Takara, and Seshiro*

*The Heaven's Cloud sends small vibrations across Asura's body and down his right arm, where it gathers in Asura's and Runa's hand, and turns into a gentle, healing light*

"I still don't understand everything this sword can do, and to be quite frank, I'm almost scared of it's power," Asura admits, glancing down at the Heaven's Cloud. It hummed once and stopped vibrating.

Jadice wrapped her arms around her brother,returning the hug. "No,I was just pretending to be dead,so that they wouldnt come back and really kill me."She then pushes her brother away and smacks him in the face."Why didn't you try to see if I was really alive?"

"Hmm. I just guess I'll go check out the surrounding area around the house. I'm sure there's bound to be something to be seen," Asura says, then waves to Takara, Seshiro, and Runa. "Let me know when Runa's health has returned. I don't know what happened involving the Heaven's Cloud and her hand, but I think she'll be fine."

((see ya, folks! Gotta get ready for Homecoming! Be on later, sayonara!))

"OW! I wasn't in my right mind, everyone else was dead so I assumed you were too." Seshiro kicks his sister in the butt then runs. "Catch me if you can!" He runs inside of his house and shuts the door then hides behind it. Laughing all the while, he looks over at Takara, "Hey, guess what? My little sister is alive....and here and mad at me!!" Seshiro then stops laughing at looks into Takara's eyes, still smiling.

"AHH!"Jadice screamed,more so in surprise than anything. She then took off running after Seshiro and ran into the door."Darn you Seshiro!!You always did cheat!"Then she unsheaths her sword and cuts the door down.