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Village of the Shinobi Chapter

After we had left the Hidden village of the Shinobi, we head to a Feudal town to the east, out to find Lord Hanzo's son, Isuki, along with his sister, Sakura and our guide, Kai. Together we managed to get in quietly and get the heavily injuried Isuki out but we soon we're discovered by that mysterious woman back in the fight with Omon. She was the one manipulating the Shogun into attacking the ninja village and somehow control his very soul, much to the suprise of the Dragoons and ally ninjas. A battle ensued against the samurai guards and a lackey of that woman. Fortunately we got by without any major damage and went to the outskirts of the town, leaving Isuki in the care of Sakura. The Shogun's throne room was covered in blood, there the leader, sitting upon his royal throne, was assassinate with a stab wound to the heart. We got out of the town as soon as we could and headed back to the village of the ninjas. There, Lord Hanzo encountered assassination attempt but Kai died by shielding Hanzo. Giving our final respects to the ninja, we stayed there for a week, guarding Hanzo without any incident before heading back to our home.

Underworld's Conquest Chapter

After noticing a rise in demon attacks and raids, a band of dragoons led by Lion went down into the underworld to see Sefziel to find out what was happening but interrupted by a gate keeper under that mysterious woman's orders. It was a long and hard battle but in the end, we won but with dire wounds. The old mage healed us in a day before telling us what is happening. The demon lord Fumasuike had upsured leadership in the underworld and planned revenge against the world and 'clease' it as we know it. There was a special orb he needed to get to successfully complete his conquest and break the seal guarding the overworld: The Orb of Annihilation. The other part about it is that it increases the wielder's powers immensely; a dangerous tool in the hands of the enemy. Sefziel told us that it is hidden in the Cave of Trials southeast of the city and warned us that if we do try to retrieve it, we must be aware of the danger the trials possess for no one has returned alive...if they did somehow, they had lost their sanity and could only speak gibberish of what they have encountered. Lion and co. returned to the overworld and start to muster their forces as much as they could for what they know it as the battle for humanity.

The Trials Chapter

As Lion, Ocarina, Shadowkite, Relena, Haji, and Erim entered the cavern, the cave splits up into six other openings. Deciding that everyone could take care of themselves..hopefully, Lion had everybody go into each tunnel, that way they could cover more ground. As Lion walked through the tunnel, he started to hear voices murmering about another foolish being that dares to enter.

Lion remembered Sefziel's advice and steeled himself against whatever he was to run into. Suddenly it went dark and Lion was knocked out. When he came about, he was in a familiar village..but he couldn't recognize it. It was until dawn when he remembered: He was back home. However, Lion was confused about this. Why was he here? What is going on?...When he suddenly heard loud screams of pain, Lion rushed to the scene only to find the people dead, laying at what they were doing. Breathing heavily, memories pummeled him; the screams, the cries, the pleas, the confusion...all attacked him at the same time, forcing him to his knees.

As he fended them off one by one, a shadow stood in front of him, enpowered by the flames set upon the houses. "Get up" the voice commanded and Lion looked up slowly; it was his old self when he was controlled by Mortamus. He sneered and readied his sword to beheaded him but Lion showed no movement or anything, still shocked by the events unfolding once again before him. As the rusted blade came, Lonewolf's sword met it with a resounding ping. Lion forced the other him backwards before drawing his gunblade and saying this, "Even heroes have regret...they can never escape that reality..but they always have the most important thing: The people they hold dear to!"

Lion fought with the old Lion until they met each other in a stalemate with each other's swords locked together. All of the sudden, the Old Lion was on the ground with Lion's sword at his throat, "Surrender." The Old Lion just sneered at him, "Never." Silent, Lion just broke the rusted sword into pieces and walked away, leaving old him confused. The burning memory slowly faded away as Lion walked away until he faced an elaborated door.

Shrugging, he opened it to find that mysterious woman. "What took you so long? I got bored waiting here.." she taunted as she walked provactively towards him. "Had to do something. Sorry to keep you waiting..," Lion positioned himself into stance, "Now then, we have a fight overdue, but before we do that, what is your name?" She laughed, "It's Katrina, just for your information." She pulled out her fan and unfolded it, slightly covering her face.

The battle stood still for a moment before exploding into probably one of the hardest battles that Lion had to ever face. A couple of times he had faced death in the eye before avoiding it but when it finally came to the last attack, Lion used his dragoon powers to end it but not without many wounds and extremely exhausted.

He staggered towards the door and trudged into the dark cavern once again.

Epilogue - Lion's Farewell

Lion watched the rest of the dragoons as they regrouped and organized themselves from afar with Shadow, his dragon and partner. His whole body was tattered and bleeding, but somehow sustained enough for him to live.

"Do you think they will be alright without their leader?"

"Yeah...I left them a letter on the desk in my room...hopefully, they will move on without me."

"So then, shall we be going? After all, this is...an unusual action for you to take."

Lion gave a small smile, "Don't worry..I'll be meeting up all of them..sooner or later." He painfully climbed onto Shadow's back and gave his friends one last look, "Farewell...Dragoons.."

Shadow took off and flew into the night.

Lonewolf's Legacy: The Necromancer Lord Chapter

After receiving an email about a necromancer coming to Croatia, Lonewolf felt a little uneasy as soon as he heard the necromancer's name. Mortamus. Knowing that he had heard that name somewhere before, he dug into his past and realized that Mortamus was the brother of his old lover, Stephanie, who had committed suicide after she had broken up with him. Once he found this out, Lonewolf ran out of the guild and onto the cliff that over looks Cliffside Village and called Mortamus out:

"MORTAMUS!!!!!!" He yells at the top of his lungs. "SHOW YOURSELF!!!" Suddenly, a man in a dark cloak that touched the ground, and he was about 6'5'' in height, appeared behind Lonewolf and wrapped his cape around Lonewolf, then they both vanished.

Up on top of the cliff overlooking cliffside village...

Lonewolf begins to regain his conciousness. His vision is blurry at first, but he can still recognize the man who stands before him. "Mortamus..." He mumbles. The man stands defiantly over Lonewolf, "That's 'Sir' Mortamus to you!" The zombie overlord, wasn't a zombie at all. He was a living breathing...necromancer. Lonewolf manages to chuckle out a derisive laugh, "'Sir'? Ha...ha...since when did you become Mr. High ranking officer? From what I can remember, you were nothing more then a jealous little scrub who was too selfish to give up his younger sister!" Lonewolf's words seemed to have struck home. Angered by the mockery, Mortamus rears his right hand back and smacks Lonewolf across the face. Lonewolf smiles as he spits out some blood to the side. "...you still hit like a scrub too..." Outraged, Mortamus picks up Lonewolf by his neck and begins choking him. "A 'scrub' am I?!" He squeezes tighter, "As I recall, it was YOU who was the scrub that believed my possesed little sister's words! Leading to your parting, and to this pathetic 'Lonewolf's Dragoons' guild!" Mortamus laughed malevolently, He drops Lonewolf to the ground. Lonewolf rubbed at the hand marks on his neck, "What....*pant*...what do you mean...'possessed?'" Mortamus truned his back on Lonewolf, "You fool!" He snorted, "Did you really think that was my SISTER who cancelled the wedding?! My sister cared about you more then anything! I couldn't stand it...so I decided to possess her with my new-found powers and make her end your relationship together. Needless to say, she did not approve of this, and tried to steal my powers from me. So..." He heaved out a sigh, "...I killed her."

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Lonewolf was shocked by that last sentence. "I...I thought she committed suicide..." He looks down, "....b...because of all the horrible things that had happened to her....I thought she broke up with me so I wouldn't find out that she killed herself..." Mortamus turned around to regard Lonewolf with amusement, "Don't be so naive. My sister would never have killed herself for something like that. She always had a way with dealing with things, no matter how hard." He scoffed, "Only a weakling such as yourself would give up and kill himself like that!" He began laughing loudly. Lonewolf clentches his hands into fists...fists that trembled with rage. "You...will...pay..." Mortamus took a step closer still smiling, "What was that?" Lonewolf stood up and looked up at Mortamus, "I said...you...will...PAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lonewolf dives at Mortamus and tackles him down to the floor. Lighting strikes, followed by thunder, then rain, as the two duke it out among at the top of the cliff. Lonewolf punches Mortamus in the face, followed by another and another and...Mortamus quickly moves his head to the side and Lonewolf smashes his fist onto the rocky ground, "AAAUUGH!!" Mortamus rolls out from under Lonewolf and summons three skeletons out from the ground. Lonewolf stands up and easily slices each of them in two with his blade, followed by a shot from his pistol aimed directly at Mortamus' head. Mortamus blocks the blast with his cape. "What?!" Dumfounded at the strength of Mortamus' cape, Lonewolf quickly fires another shot...and another...and another...each of them being blocked by Mortamus' cape. After the volley of pistol fire, Lonewolf lowers his gun, "...impossible..." Mortamus then throws off his cape, "Oh, it's VERY possible! I have grown much stronger since we last met! I am no longer this 'scrub' you speak of! Come! FIGHT ME!!!" Lonewolf tosses his pistol aside, "s**t, ya don't have to ask ME twice..." Without hesitation, Lonewolf grips his blade with two hands and dives in with a vertical slash...which is immediately blocked by Mortamus' right index finger... eek "What the hell???" Lonewolf swings the blade around to a wide horizontal arc, which gets blocked by Mortamus' left forearm. Again, Lonewolf swings and swings and swings, but to no avail. Panting and soaked from the rain, Lonewolf steps back. "How...?" Mortamus smiles, "THIS is how!" He swings his right leg up off the ground and boots Lonewolf in the face. Lonewolf falls to the ground, dropping his blade, which slides off of the cliff and down a very large drop indeed...staring at his lost blade, Lonewolf doesn't notice the large boot stepping on his back and pinning him to the ground. "OOF!" Heaves Lonewolf as he gets the air knocked out of him. "How ironic it is..." Muses Mortamus, "...that I have killed your lover...and now I will kill you..." Mortamus pushes harder on Lonewolf's back squeezing the air out of him. Lonewolf's mind races for options. He then summons a lightning barrier, surrounding his body and conducting with the rain, electrifying both of them. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH!!!!!!" both of them scream in agony. Suddenly, it stops...and Mortamus gets knocked away from Lonewolf. "Impressive move....but I can see that's all you've got left!" Lonewolf tries to push himself to his feet, but he's far too weak to do so. Mortamus stands to his feet and walks over to Lonewolf, and picks him up around the neck again, this time, holding him over the edge of the cliff. "Farewell...'Mr. Hero'..." Lonewolf sputters a few words, "My name...is...Lone...wolf..." He summons up the last of his strength to surround his right index finger with fire. He then sticks his flame-engulfed finger into Mortamus' right eye. "AAAAAAUUAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGHHH!!!!!!!!" Mortamus lets go of Lonewolf, and Lonewolf drops off the cliff. Falling.......falling........falling.......*....

Soon after that incident, Mortamus created a magical castle on that very cliff. As time went by, Lonewolf had regained his healthe with the help of his friends and of a new member in the guild. A young, stout-hearted young man named Lionheart. Turns out, the boy knew a strong healing spell and used it Lonewolf. Once back to normal, Lonewolf kept himself incognito, and called himself Shadow as to fool Mortamus into thinking that Lonewolf was dead. However, Mortamus had hired a young and beautiful mercenary named Nien to spy on the dragoons as a new member of the guild. After learning about an ancient artifact called the Fire of Tesugious from a quick internet search via from his persacom laptop, Violet, Lonewolf (AKA Shadow) begins asking around and getting as much info on this artifact as possible. It is said that the Fire of Tesugious strips a necromancer's powers completely, with a weapon like that, Lonewolf's Dragoons could surely defeat Mortamus. After a few weeks with the Dragoons, Nien began to realize that Lonewolf and his friends were truly, honorable and caring people and eventually joined forces with Lone and showed him where the real Fire of Tesugious was. Ofcourse, Mortamus had figured something like this might happen and had casted a death curse spell on Nien prior to having her join the guild. He activated the curse, killing Nien instantly.

Finally wielding the Fire of Tesugious, Lonewolf summoned the dragoons and rallied up an army of demons from Hajimate's side to wait amongst the sidelines as cavalry. The draggoons fought long and hard against Mortamus' undead army. Finally, Lonewolf and Hajimate fight their way to the indie of Mortamus' castle. They make their way up the many steps, reaching the very top of the tower.

Mortamus

"Ah, so you've finally arrived!" He opens his eyes and smiles evily. He holds out his right and the sword he had earlier appears in it. "Let us begin, shall we?"

Lonewolf

"We shall indeed." Lonewolf holds out the Fire of Tesugious in front of him. "Fire of Tesugious! Relieve this necromancer of his powers so that victory shall be ours!!!" The amulet sparkles and shoots a red beam at Mortamus.

Mortamus

Takes the blow. He doesn't flinch as the red beam envelopes his body.

Lonewolf

"Now you're dead!!!" Lonewolf puts the amulet in his pocket and fires a purple blast at Mortamus.

Mortamus

"No...you are dead." This voice came from behind Lonewolf and Haj.



Lonewolf

Surprised, Lonewolf turns to see Mortamus standing behind them, "What the...?"

Mortamus

"That was a decoy, you fool." Mortamus charges green energy in both arms and fires them at Haj and Lonewolf, blowing them to the other side of the throne room.



Lonewolf

"NO!" The Fire of Tesugious flies out the window. "s**t..." Lonewolf grits his teeth as he lifts himself to his feet. Haj does the same beside him, "Looks like we'll have to do this the old fashioned way..." Says Haj. Lonewolf nods, "Seems so." They both get into a fighting stance.

Mortamus

He snorts derisively. "Imbeciles." He mumbles as he uncrosses his arms and makes his sword appear in his hand like his decoy did earlier. He stands there, awaiting an attack.



After a very epic battle, it seemed as though Mortamus had the upper hand, until Violet, the innocent persacom laptop scurried into the thrown room with a red rock that resembled the fire of tesugious.

A red flash catches Mortamus' eyes just before he was about to answer Haj. He sees that same little robot that had mistaken him for Lonewolf awhile back holding up a red stone. She keeps nudging Lonewolf and saying: "I have it! I have the Fire of Tesugious, Master! Please wake up!" Mortamus' eyebrows furrowed as he looks closer at what was in the mini robot's hands. "Why...that's nothing more then a red rock!" He bursts out laughing, "Excuse me Hajimate." He walks over to Violet. "What do you have there, little one?" He sees Violet hold the rock in front of her as if it would keep Mortamus at bay. She tries feebly to chant the same words Lonewolf had done to the decoy earlier. This only makes Mortamus laugh louder and more maniacal. "Pathetic little machine!" He picks up Violet and hold her in front of his face, Violet instantly slashes at Mortamus' cheek with her mini katana, "OW!" He drops her on the floor, "Damn you!" He kicks Violet across the room, she flies through the air, smacking into a far wall and landing on the floor, sounding like some circuits had been broken. Lonewolf's body twitches after hearing and seeing this. Mortamus turns back to Hajimate, "As I was saying..." He continues with his offer.

Lonewolf

Violet!! Lonewolf watches helplessly as he sees his persacom laptop fly across the room and smash into a wall. No!!! Damn you Mortamus!!! How could you do that to someone so...so helpless?! Without knowing, Lonewolf's pupils disappeared, revealing completely white eyes. He grits his teeth as he pushes himself up off the ground slowly. Power surges through his body...an unknown power that he never knew he had. "You will pay for all of those you have hurt, Mortamus!" Lonewolf's body hovers above the ground. His body pulses with a dark purple aura. The enchanted blade that was sprawled on the floor flies into Lonewolf's hand.

Mortamus

"What the hell?" Mortamus takes a step back, alarmed at this sight. Then he grits his teeth, "No!" He charges up two large green energy balls in each of his hands, "YOU will pay for taking my sister from me!!!" He shoots both balls at the same time.

Lonewolf

Lonewolf just hovers there as the green balls hit him. Mortamus laughs as he sees this. Suddenly, Lonewolf's voice can be heard from within the smoke, "As I recall, Mortamus...it was you who killed Stephanie." The smoke clears, revealing Lonewolf. He calmly holds out his free hand "Suffer."...suddenly Mortamus flies to the far wall behind him as if he got blasted by some kind of invisible energy.

Mortamus

Lies in the rubble. He stands up slowly and winces at the pain in his mouth. He touches around his jaw and looks at his fingers...blood. In seeing this, Mortamus grits his teeth and lets out a deafening roar.

Lonewolf

Turns his head slightly, regarding the demon form of Hajimate, "You still wish to join him?" He asks with an alarmingly calm voice. Hajimate doesn't answer...too awestricken by the power that pulsed from Lonewolf. Lonewolf ignores this and hovers over to the broken little body of Violet. He lands on the ground and picks her up gently, "So innocent...you, of all others, surely did not deserve this..." He hugs her gently, a small tear rolls down one cheek. He lays her back down on the ground, "I'll fix you up after this. That's a promise." He whispers these words as he stands back up to face Mortamus.

Mortamus

After the long, loud roar, Mortamus looks over at Lonewolf who was now talking to the broken little robot. He snorts at this sight, "Oh, how touching." He says mockingly. "You almost made me...GAGG!"

Lonewolf

"First Stephanie....then Nien....now Violet...I won't let you take away any more of my friends!!!" He charges a purple orb in one hand and launches it at Mortamus.

Mortamus

"Not that attack again." He smiles as he brings up his green sheild again...however, when the orb impacted with his sheild, the power of the impact broke away his sheildcausing Mortamus to kneel down onto one knee just as what happened to Lonewolf when he had blocked one of Mortamus' attacks earlier. "Wh...what?! How can he be so powerful???" His eyes widen at the sight of Lonewolf just hovering there. "N...no!! I won't believe it!!! You're not stronger then me!!!!" Mortamus crosses his arms in front of himself, "Mirror Illusion!!!" Not 2 but 10 Mortamus' appear. "DIE!!!!!!!!" All ten of the Mortamus' come charging at Lonewolf.

Lonewolf

Blasts the first 3, killing them instantly. Blocks 2 attacks and slices 2 more Mortamus' in half. Moves aside from a clumsy vertical slash, grabs his neck and snaps it. After snapping the neck, Lonewolf holds his blade up over his head and down his back, blocking a horizontal slash, swings around and roundhouse kicks that Mortamus in the face, causing him to disappear. After that, cahrges another orb and flings it at two more Mortamus' but before the ball hits them, it stops right in front of them. The two Mortamus', sweating profusely, just stare at the orb, then look up at Lonewolf. Lonewolf smiles, and clentches his fist, causing the orb to explode, blowing away the rest of the mirror army.

Mortamus

The original Mortamus just stares at all that dumbfoundedly. All nine of his mirror selves, vanquished so easily...lucky for him, those "mirror images" of Mortamus are nowhere near as strong as the original. Still...seeing this caused him to quake with fear.



It had seemed as though Lonewolf had the upper hand...until Mortamus created a diversion and took Pana hostage. Grabbing her by the neck and threatening to take her head off if Lone got any closer. Suddenly Erim entered the scene, with the Fire of Tesugious hidden from Mortamus in her pocket. She pretended to betray Lonewolf and challenged him to a fight. Mortamus seemed amused and alowed it. During the staged battle, Erim slipped the Fire of Tesugious into Lonewolf's pocket and casts a strong binding spell on Mortamus, catching him off gaurd completely and allowing Pana to escape from his clutches:

Mortamus

"What's this?!" Pana slips out from his hands. Mortamus roars with anger and frustaration. He breaks out of Erim's spell with ease and charges at her...not noticing a faint red flicker from the corner of his eye.

Lonewolf

There, his powers are gone! Now...for the finishing blow! Before Mortamus reaches Erim, Lonewolf instantly appears in front of Erim and thrusts his blade into Mortamus' stomach.



Mortamus

Coughs up blood as he slowly walks back, step by step. "H...How did I not see that...? How could I die so easily...?"

Lonewolf

Pulls the fire of tesugious out of his pocket and tosses it over at Mortamus. "That's how."

Mortamus

Stunned at the sight of the amulet, Mortamus falls down to his knees. He whimpers at first...then it turns into a loud echoing roar...then into a manical laughter. "I'll...I'll kill all of you...yes! I know how!!!" His eyes are widened with death and insanity. Mortamus uses a simple telekinetic spell to lift one of the arms on his throne, revealing a switch. He uses the rest of his remaining ability to pull the switch with his spell. After that, he flops down onto the floor...dead.

The switch triggers a self-destruct mechanism within the castle, but the dragoons escape with ease. Once again, good triumphs over evil.