Redemption

Ziarre kept running and running. She didn't know where to but she followed Tatsujin's orders. Zet's head flopped around helplessly in Ziarre's arms. " Oh Zet, please be ok." Suddenly, Ziarre realised the forest was getting thinner and thinner. Finally Ziarre came to the edge of the forest. A small, cosy looking cottage appeared in front of her. Breath entered and exited her mouth in quick succession. She ran over to the cottage's door and kicked it since her arms were already in use. An elderly man opened the door. His eyes widened at the sight of Zet. " Zetsumei!" " Are you Jukusei?" Ziarre puffed. " I most certainly am. Come in, come in. Lay Zet on the bed over there," Jukusei said as he opened the door wide. Ziarre rushed in, laid Zet gently on the bed and went to go out the door when Jukusei grabbed her by her arm, the injured one. " Let go Jukusei, I need to go back out there..." Ziarre started. " You are injured. Your wound is infected with a mild poison is it not?" " That's not the point. I am immune to poison. The electricity in my body kills it. Now let me go!" Ziarre wrenched her arm out of the old man's grasp. She sprinted out the door and towards the forest. Jukusei shook his head. " That girl has always been irrational." Ziarre sprinted back to Tatsujin as fast as she could. Her body screamed at her to stop pushing herself to her limit of endurance. Once she got to the clearing where Tatsujin had left them, he was nowhere to be seen. Body parts of demons lay scattered across the ground. Tears welled up in Ziarre's eyes. " TATSUJIN!!"

Name: Chloe Hunter Gender: Female Age: 18 Species: Elf/Amazoness Class: Elementalist/Hunter Element: Soul (all) Hair: Long pure white hair with dark red streaks through it. Eyes: Emerald green Height: 6 foot Build : Lean with a bit of muscle Personality: Has the gentleness and grace of the elves but the fierceness and battle-like qualities of the Amazons. History: Chloe's father was an elf and her mother was an Amazon. She grew up going from where her father lived to where her mother lived every year until she was 16. During those years, her parents taught her everything they knew. After she turned 16, they decided to let her go out into the world.

Real world Name: Atalanta Hunter Gender:Female Age: 16 Description: Short black hair with blood red streaks, emerald green eyes, tannned skin, tallish (5'7"), lean with a little muscle. Short Bio: Atalanta lives with her mother. Her father left her mother for another woman about a year ago. She still resents her father a lot but has to go and see him and his new girlfriend every second weekend. Personality: Atalanta is a very laid back person. Cool, calm and collected. She loves to hang out with her friends and go to the movies. She loves to draw cartoons and has sketch books full of them in her room. Atalanta also loves to play soccer and snowboards. In the World Name: Hunter Gender: Female Class: WaveMaster Level: 1 Description: Same as real one. Dressed in dark blue tank top and short pants with a white cape and black leather knee-high battle boots. Personality: Same as above.

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Ziarre opened her eyes slowly. Selino gently shook her awake. " Mistress Ziarre, Master Night says the hunt is beginning my dear," the aging servant said quietly. Ziarre sat up straight and rubbed her eyes. " He always manages to wake us at the most untimely hours, I swear," Ziarre complained. Selino chuckled quietly to himself. Ziarre moved herself to the edge of her bed and hopped out. She walked behind a screen and dressed herself in her hunting gear, black leather top and pants and body-length black leather trenchcoat. Her Soul Talisman swung around her neck loosely. Ziarre grabbed her whip and hooked it to her hip. With all things now in place, she walked out of her room in the dormitory and headed up the hallway - her purpose, going to find Night to get her instructions.[/COLOR]

Current Location: With Joey, Kay and Lucus Natalie appeared beside Joey, a girl that looked remarkably like Lt. Surge and a strange boy. " That wasn't Moltres, was it Joey?" she asked, scaring the living daylights out of them. " Whoa! Next time a bit of warning Nat," Joey said, trying to slow his incredibly fast heartbeat. " Sorry," Nat apologised. She looked up at the blazing trail in the sky that Moltres left. " Yeah that was Moltres. Why do you want to know?" the girl asked. " Oh. I just want to capture it, that's all," Nat replied. " Oh. Is that all?" the girl said sarcastically. Nat and Joey laughed, the boy just stood there silently. " So what's your names?" Natalie asked the two newcomers. " I'm Kay," the girl replied. " I'm Lucus," the boy replied. " Nice to meet you guys. Well, Joey can I ask you something?" Nat said, turning to Joey. " Go for it," he replied. " Can I join your group? It's getting kinda lonely by myself."

Elena walked in through the door of herr house. The TV was blaring with her father sitting in his usual grubby armchair with a can of beer in his hand. As soon as the door closed behind her, a demand was thrust upon her. " Get me another beer girl!" her father shouted. Elena looked at him. It disgusted her how he lived, she didn't even know how they managed to pay for food, clothing, etc. " No, you've already had enough. I can smell your breath from here," she replied. " I said get me another beer!" " Get it yourself, you have your own pain of legs," Elena replied hotly. She swept past him and entered the sanctuary of her bedroom. With the door closed behind her, Elena slumped to the floor. Tears of pain fell freely from her silver eyes. A sudden beeping caught Elena's attention. Wiping, the tears out of her eyes, Elena approached her computer, the one piece of technology she, herself, owned. A message appeared on the screen, telling her she had a new mail message. " Ooo. I wonder who this is from." The message brightened her mood substantially. She clicked on the message. The sender was [COLOR=Red]digital@world.net[/COLOR]. As soon as she opened the message, a pink, flower-like symbol appeared on the screen. Darkness crept into Elena's vision. _______________________ Elena opened her eyes. Green, leafy trees obscured the vew of the sky above her. Elena sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked around. She was in the middle of a forest. [I] How is that possible?[/I] Elena got to her feet and dusted herself off. " Where am I?" " I can answer that for you," came a voice from in front of her. Elena lifted her head and came eye-to-eye with a flying bird. More precisely, a [B] talking[/B] flying bird. " Well, where am I?" Elena asked this bird uncertainly. " You are in the Digital World," it answered. " The digital world...right..." Elena said as she turned to walk away. She took one step when an almighty thump collided with her head. It send Elena sprawling across the dirt. " I haven't finished talking with you yet..." the bird's voice said again, " I'm Feathomon." " Ok...[I] Feathomon[/I], why did you do that?" Elena said as she stood up, rubbing the back of her head. [COLOR=Red]" Because it wasn't Feathomon. I am the Puppet Master. With my E-Virus at my side, I will be able to control the Digital World through the very digimon that inhabit it. Everything will be mine. Join me...while you still can."[/COLOR] Elena's eyes narrowed dangerously. [I]This Pupper Master is using these poor creatures for his own chaotic purposes. Does he realise that he will hurt them? That this is cruel - controlling these poor creatures' minds. I will not stand by and watch this world be destroyed by this one person. I have to serve justice. I can't just stand here and do nothing. I have to do something! I will NOT STAND BY AND SEE THESE CREATURES HURT![/I] The last part Elena screamed in anger. Suddenly, the sky darkened and a symbol appeared out of Elena's chest. It moved to in front of her face and revolved around. [I]It's the same pink, flower-like symbol that was on the screen before I woke up here![/I] Elena reached out and grabbed the pink symbol. It turned into a hand held, electroniic device in her hand. At once, Elena knew what to do. With fire in her eyes, she looked up at Feathomon. " Pupper Master...I will not stand idly by as I watch you destroy this beautiful world. It isn't right. Now I will show you why I was sent here. CREST WEAPON ACTIVATE!" Elena pulled the Digivice downwards while it turned into a whip. A sharp crack split the air. Feathomon backed away. [COLOR=Red]" You cannot defeat me, not by yourself. I will be back,"[/COLOR] the Pupper Master said through this innocent as he watched Elena approach. She cracked her whip. A small cutt appeared on Feathomon. A back bulge with a red 'E' on it appeared out of the cut. " The infamous E-Virus," Elena said to herself. She cracked her whip again. A slice of light flew towards the bulge and destroyed it. " The darkness cannot defeat the light...." Feathomon opened his eyes to find himself being cradled in the arms of a human, a human that was faintly familiar to him. Elena looked down at the Digimon. " Good, you're back.' " Digi-destined!" Feathomon said as he hopped out of Elena's arms and explained everything from the Puppet Master to the Digivice. At that moment, Elena's Digivice started going beserk. Dots of different colours moved around on the screen. " That's the other Digi-destined," Feathomon said. Elena stood up. " Thanks." She turned and started her adventure in the Digital World.

Current Location: With Alex in Rustoboro City " Oh boy," Natalie sighed to herself. She just watched Joey stalk off and Imric storm off in a typical fire trainer's rage. She looked to Alex. " So what do you want to do?" Alex shrugged her shoulders. " Hey, what's your poke`mon?" Alex asked curiously. Natalie smiled. " Come on out Dragoon." Natalie opened her only pokeball and from inside came a silver Dratini that floated around her trainer. " Oh wow! A Dratini. And it's silver! Cool!" Zlex said, walking up close to it. " You can pat him if you want. Your Ponyta is very cool too and rare because its flames are blue. Doesn't that mean they're hotter than red flames?" " Yeah, how did you know?" Alex asked while patting Dragoon. Nat shrugged her shoulders. " Just guessed." From the forest, a bark from a Growlithe came to them. Imric emerged from the forest with his Growlithe at his side. He saw Natalie's Dratini and snorted with disgust. " I thought you'd have a better poke`mon than that." Nat's eyes narrowed dangerously. " Do you want to see just how powerful a well trained dragon poke`mon can be?" " No. Because I know my Growlithe's fire attacks are uneffective against a dragon type." " Wise choice," Nat replied. Dragoon kept circling around her in mid-air. " So you are both from Cinnabar? I like fire poke`mon, especially Moltres and Entei. I want to become a legendary trainer, one who trains the legendary poke`mon." " Wow. That'll be something if you achieve it," Alex said. " Don't worry, I will," Nat replied. Imric snorted again. A chirp came from behind Imric. He spun around. The Taillow Joey caught chirped happily behind him. " Buzz off!" Imric spat. His Growlithe warned the Taillow not to approach Imric with a low growl. Natalie walked over to the Taillow, picked it up and placed him on her shoulder. " Don't worry Taillow, if he doesn't want you, I'll take care of you." Taillow looked sadly at Imric then back at Natalie with his head down. " Don't worry Taillow, he'll come round. Dragoon stopped mid-air and approached Taillow with caution. Alex laughed. " Is Dragoon scared of Taillow?" " No, he's never seen one before. Curiousity." Both the girls laughed with Imric staring coldly at Taillow.

Tatsujin and Ziarre walked out of the forest and into the village square. Tatsujin made Ziarre sit down on one of the benches. He bandaged her arm tightly. Ziarre looked up at Tatsujin. " What's the deal with the chain and the pendant?" " It belonged to Zet's mother. She was killed by demons," Tatsujin replied. " Oh......You know me and Zet are kinda the same. My mother....was killed by a demon..." Ziarre said, looking at the ground. Tatsujin looked at her. She was shaking, not with anger, but with fear. " Are you scared of the demons?" he asked. Ziarre looked up quickly, her eyes narrowed dangerously. " No way. I fear what the can do to people who can't defend themselves against them." " Oh." " So, are we going after Zet?"

[COLOR=DarkSlateBlue] " True, it did work," Ziarre replied, relieved. Zet got to her feet, looking a bit pale. They left the bloodbath and headed back to the town. Ziarre's legs were a little shaky as they walked. She hated seeing so much death, even if it was a demon's death from her own hands. The only one who didn't seemed fazed was Tatsujin. It looked like his face was made from stone. " Stop for a minute. I have to sit down for a second," Ziarre said as she collapsed heavily onto a rock next to a big tree. Zet sat where she stood. Tatsujin whirled around, his face darkened. " What's wrong? We still aren't out of danger yet." " I know, but just let me breathe for a second. I need to calm down after that," Ziarre replied, a little hotly. " Ok ok you two. Cut it,' Zet said, keeping the piece, even if it was held by a thread. Ziarre coiled her whip and hooked it to her hip. Ziarre breathed in deeply and closed her eyes. She let out the breath and took another. [I]That smell....[/I] Ziarre kept her eyes closed and tried to find the source of it. The softest growl iminated from above. Ziarre opened her eyes quickly. " ZET!" The demon dived for Zet from the top of the tree Ziarre sat next to. Ziarre launched herself at Zet who looked bewildered at Ziarre. She pushed Zet out of the road as the demon landed on her back and ripped the top of her right arm. Ziarre flipped over and pinned the demon to the ground. Ziarre looked at Zet and Tatsujin. They were shocked that her eyes had turned completely black. Ziarre looked back at the demon. " DIE..." Ziarre hissed through her teeth. Dark storm clouds gathered overhead. A single lightning bolt came from the clouds and struck Ziarre and the demon. The flash blinded both Zet and Tatsujin. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue] Current Location: Rustoboro City Natalie followed Joey and watched him capture a Taillow. She smiled when she saw Scyther's skill. It was a beautiful thing, watching a Scyther battle, especially a well trained one. She joined Joey at his side. " Nice capture. Your Scythe is very skilled," she said, looking sideways at Joey. He smiled. " Thanks." " No problem. But now I'm thinking that you could have taken on Roxanne with just your Scyther," Natalie said, putting her hand behind her head and smiling innocently. " Yeah? Well, at least I have a backup." They both turned to the girl who had hopped off her Ponyta and to the taller boy Joey had argued with before. " Hi! My name's Natalie. And you guys are?" Natalie asked them. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=RoyalBlue]Current Location: Rustorboro City Gym -------- Natalie lent against the gym's outer wall, right beside the door. She was waiting for someone to have the guts to go and defeat Roxanne. She looked from underneath her white cap to see a boy walk up the gym's path with a Scyther at his side. The boy stopped at the door and looked at her. " So you're going to challenge Roxanne?" Natlaie asked the boy. " Yep. What's it to you?" the boy replied. His Scyther stood composed beside him. " I was just wondering. What's your name?" Natalie asked in a kinder tone. " It's Joey, and this is Scyther. Are you a poke`mon trainer?" " Of course. I'm Natalie and I want to become a legednary trainer." " Cool." They shook hands. " So, are you going to do it?" Nat asked. [/COLOR]

Name: Myria Halo Age: 27 Gender: Female Race: Seraph Birth-place: Seraphiem; Valeim Class: Mage Appearance: Like all Seraph, Myria has long blonde hair with almond shaped, bright blue eyes and is about six foot tall. She has dark red lips and tanned skin because she spends a fair bit of time outside. She wears a white tank top and short white pants with knee-high leather battling boots. Personality: Myria is a very kind person. She loves helping people and making them happy. With her magic, she entertains the children of her race with simple spells and tricks. Myria is a free spirit and loves to just fly around over the world. She is very artistic and has a passion to draw anything she deems worthy. However, she also enjoys fighting. When she fights, she does it with passion and controlled fury. Myria also has a very high morales and standards for herself. When she trains, she pushes herself to her limits and beyond them, always striving to be better than everyone else. However, she also has a strong sense of justice and doesn't mind acting judge in other races' quarrells. History: Myria grew up peacefully with her parents until she was 18. She had a older brother who she adored. Unfortunately, he was sent to fight in the war and never returned. A man brought her the news that he had been killed by Gautesh's forces. Myria vowed she would reap her revenge for her lost brother. Since then she has been training and training until the day she would join in the war against Gautesh. Weapon: A silver alloy staff that is very light with a crescent moon on the top. Magic: Myria is what you call an elementalist. She chose the hardest avenue of study for a mage. Each attack is based on one element. She conjures the essence of each element (earth, fire, water, air, spirit) as a ball on the end of her staff and throws it at her opponent. Skill: Defensive shield

Ziarre looked mad, her knuckles white from gripping her whip too hard. " How are we supposed to kill these things if they keep coming back!" " I don't know but we have to do it somehow!" Zet said, raising her staff again. Tatsujin said nothing, a vein throbbed in his temple. The corpses of the demons slowly crept towards them, their arms out like zombies, calling for the trio to come to their side. Ziarre cracked her whip in anger. Lightning bolts crackled from around the leather and her hand. Suddenly, Tatsujin had an idea. He turned to Ziarre and Zet. " I don't really like doing this but this might just work. How about we join our elements together for a single attack?" Ziarre turned to him. " Are you crazy? Do you know how powerful that would be?" " It might be our only chance!" Tatsujin replied strongly. Ziarre bit her lip uncertainly. " That's a good idea Tatsujin. Let's do it," Zet piped up. They both looked at Ziarre for her co-operation. " Oh alright. But don't come complaining to me if you get hurt!" she said, giving in. Zet conjured an energy ball of ice while Tatsujin did the same thing with fire. Ziarre conjured a ball of lightning. The corpses closed in around them. Tatsujin looked the other in the eyes. " We let go on three." Zet and Ziarre nodded. " One..." The trio turned around to face the demons. " Two..." They all held out their balls of energy. " Three...."

Name: Ziarre Halo Age: 17 Race: Half Demon Bio: Ziarre's mother was a demon who had a secret passion for human men. She wanted to have a child that had the best of both world. Unfortunately for the human men she slept with, the desire for blood was too much for her and devoured them after they had done what she wanted. After Ziarre was born, her mother abandoned her and left her for dead. A good samaritan picked Ziarre up off the street and took her to his home. Ziarre grew up with this man who was very strange. His job was peculiar. He was called away at strange hours, left for days on end and came home with no reason for Ziarre when she asked where he had been or why did he go. However, whatever his job was, he taught Ziarre the skills of his trade - how to be stealthy, etc. The day he never retturned hhome was the day Ziarre met Night. Niight had come to tell her that the ma she grew up with was dead. From that day on, Ziarre had become a Hunter. She now knew what the man's job was. Another thing, Ziarre didn't realise she was half-demon until a DNA test confirmed she was. Weapon: Lightning Whip Appearance: Long black hair in a plait, bright yellow eyes, tanned skin, dark red lips, tall, lean with a little muscle. Wears a black leather tank top and black leather pants with a body-length leather trenchcoat. Hides her whip underneath coat. Talisman: Soul Talisman Magic: Manipulation of air and lightning

[B]Name: Natalie Taylor[/B] [B]Age: 16[/B] [B]Appearance:[/B] Natalie has long black hair, usually in plait pig tails that hang down the sides of her head. She also has tiger orange eyes, tanned skin with dark red lips. She wears a silver tank top and long dark blue cargos. She carries around a black backpack wth all her necessities in it. A silver chain belt is where her party poke`mon rest in their pokeballs. Sometimes she wears a white bandana around her head, sometimes its a white cap. Natalie also has a necklace with a silver curled up dragon on it. [B]Personality:[/B] Natalie is a very friendly person. Cool, calm and collected. She loves to talk about poke`mon among other things. Training poke`mon to be their absolute best is her goal for any poke`mon she decides to capture. She wants to become a legendary trainer, one who captures and trains every legendary poke`mon known and some unknown. Natalie also loves to travel, and draw. When it comes to battling, Natalie turns into another person. One full of passion and spirit. [B]Pokemon:[/B] Dratini (special, silver dratini) [IMG]http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/pkrs302.gif[/IMG] [B]Nickname:[/B] [B]Profile:[/B] Natalie's family is well known for their training with dragon poke`mon. Her father, Lance, was once in the Elite Four in the Poke`mon League a while ago. Since then, Lance met Claire, the gym leader of BlackThorn gym and another dragon trainer. Together they had Natalie. Natalie grew up with dragon poke`mon all around her. Since then, she had a special bond with them, knowing what they think, etc. When she turned 12, Lance decided to give her a poke`mon he had been keeping for his child one day. Natalie eagerly accepted the poke`ball in her father's hand and opened it. A flash of white light blinded hr for a second until she heard a familiar cry. It was a Dratini. When Natalie opened her eyes, a silver Dratini appeared in front of her. Claire smiled and said that it was a very rare Dratini since it was silver. Immediately Natalie and her Dratini bonded and they were never seen without each other since. [B]Home Town:[/B] Blackthorn City

Ziarre unhooked her whip from her side and let it unravel as they sprinted through the forest after the demon. "Where could have that child got to?" she asked the others. They didn't answer. All of a sudden, a icy cold wind blew through the forest. Zet, Tatsujin and Ziarre stopped dead in their tracks. " Something doesn't feel right," Tatsujin said coldly. The dark forest seemed to close in around the trio as they all withdrew their weapons. Gleaming red eyes appeared all around them. " This isn't good," Zet said, a tad nervously, raising her iron staff in a defensive position. Tatsujin gripped the handle of his katana tightly. Ziarre looked around, summing up the situation at hand. " This is going to be one rough fight..."

Yay! Only two more people to go!

Ziarre sprinted after Zet. After catching up with her, Ziarre grabbed her by the shoulder. " Zet, hang on. Think about this reasonably. You need to use your element to your full advantage. You can't fight in a battle with anger in your mind. You have to focus. If you don't you could hurt innocent people in your anger." Ziarre took Zet by her hand and looked into her eyes. Ziarre could see the horrible things that hd happened to Zet. "I can see in your eyes that you have already learnt one of the hardest lessons in life. Just don't make another child go through what you went through because of your anger."

Thanks Panda! You're the best!

Ziarre looked at Zet and smiled. " Let's go see what Tatsujin is doing and what info he's collected." Zet nodded and they both walked out of the alley into the villlage square. Ziarre rubbed her neck where Tatsujin had his sword pressed against it. " Oh Zet, I never got to thank you." " For what?" Zet replied. " For stopping Tatsujin." " Oh no problem." " So, can I ask, what elemental powerdo you have?"

Ok. I would llike to hear some ideas from you guys for an art project I want to do over the school holidays so I don't get bored. Here's some pointers for your ideas: 1. Has to have anime on it (well duh) 2. No crossovers. ( For example, having Yugi Mutou in a DBZ painting.) 3. I would prefer to do it on a paintboard but if it's a good 3D idea, put it down. 4. Could you give me enough information about the idea in detail. The painting is going to cover a canvas that is 3 metres by 1 metre. Or any 3D object no bigger than a small table. So go for it! I have pictures for most anime I can use but if tthere is one that you need it specifically on there. I will credit any ideas I use. And please be specific! :)

[COLOR=Navy]I used to watch Transformers, Robotech, Samurai Pizza Cats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Sailor moon. Ahh....the start of my love for anime.[/COLOR]

I agree. I have most of the Dragonlance series and there are very good for dragon-lovers. For fantasy, try the Sword of Truth series. They may be a bit full on but they are an excellent read. I'm reading the fourth (there's about 8 in the series) ad I'm still hooked. I have a heap of dragon books at home, so if you ever want to know any more, just PM me.

Could someone please make me a Noir avatar with Kirika on iit please!

The girl had followed them to Shigai. She could sense evil lurking about in the village, evil that Zet and Tatsujin weren't aware of yet. " I will not let them get hurt, Ziarre don't you dare let them hurt." She watched Zet and Tatsujin walk towards the villlage entrance and followed them. Ziarre unhooked her whip from her hip and let it unravel. She followed Zet and Tatsujin until they turned a corner. Ziarre ran to the corner and looked around it. They had disappeared! Frantically, Ziarre looked around the village square. They had disappeared. She made her way to an alley. " They have to here somewhere!" Ziarre said to herself urgently. Suddenly, she felt the cold sensation of metal against her neck. " Who are you?" Tatsujin asked. " I am Ziarre. I want to join your group. I have the power of lightning and thunder and I want to help. If you'll let me."