The warriors started to run out of the cave, happy that they distracted Garoun, but saddened because he dissapeared andwas probrably going after Sage. Romku and Razz ran forward, and Neko and Delita were following behind. As they reached the entrance to the cave that Sage was in, Garoun reappeared:

"Fools, you think you're going to get past me huh? There is no way you can beat me, you might have strategy, but you don't have the power of evil. Get this through your head. Sage will die, you will die, and the world will die!"

Romku stood up in anger. Tears started to fall from his face:

"You might have us outpowered, but you lack one thing, comrades that are by your side and willing to stand by you for anything. Teamwork works well for this world, and that is why evil will be stopped."

Romku started to glow weird, emitting a bright golden light. Suddenly, colorful sparks started to surround Romku. The sparks turned into visions of the spirits that were inside of Romku's body: fire, water/ice, lightning, earth, wind, holy, and darkness. The holy spirit, Angelo, started to speak:

"Romku, we have witnessed this battle and we realized that you need more power from the spirits. We have discovered a new technique. I hope you can use it. Just power up and say 'Ultima Spirit Fuse'!"

Romku "Alright, ULTIMA SPIRIT FUSE!!"

The spirits that were surrounding Romku body started to join together. The colors fused together, and the spirits became one, like an ultimate spirit. The ultimate spirit went into Romku's body. Romku's power began to rise like no other. His uniform became different colors, and turned out that each part of the uniform was in different colors. Romku's hair turne golden and now he was 'Ultima Romku'! Romku stood with his new found power:

"Wow! This is great, but I know of one way to enhance it. SACRED POWER!"

Romku's holy spirit in the ultima spirit began to power up with holy power, but then now that the spirits were fused, each of the seven spirit also got to use sacred power, making an ultima power up. Romku suddenly became golden, at least his uniform emitted a bright, golden color, his clothes turned golden, with traces of light blue, his hair turned golden, and he was now surrounded with a bright golden aura. Now he looked like a golden fighter.

Romku "Thank you everyone. You have let me se my true power. I know you have hidden power too. Just bring it out! I know we can beat Garoun now!"

Garoun started to power-up himself:

"I can do that too fool, POWERS OF HELL AND EVIL, COME TO ME!!"

Garoun startd to emit a dark red aura. His eyes began to slowly drip blood, He became hundreds of times stronger. He was truly evil now.

Garoun "NOW, PREPARE TO DIE!!!"

Garoun got into his fighting stance, ready to attack at anytime.

Romku "Guys, reveal your hidden power now!"

Garoun had brought the warriors outside the cave and were litterally driving them back. Neko and Razz had tried to keep up but it was too much. The were standing side by side, determined not to give up.

Romku had shown exquisite power, but it was impossible to face off against Garoun once he called upon his hellish powers. Garoun laughed out, blood running down his body. Some was his, some was the others.

"I think your friend is dead. His screams ring clear in my mind. Too bad for you guys!" he lashed out once more at Romku, knocking him back. The young fighter showed determination but that wasn't enough. Was Sage truely lost?

*******
Sage stumbled through the damp cave, trying to find the bracelet. He came to a dead end and gave out a frustrated yell. He was deep in the cave, no one would find him for another 15 minutes. He was about to leave but a creature swooped down from above. He gritted his teeth and drew his sword, his hand shaking.

"Leave me alone goddamnit!" he screamed and swung his sword out, blinded by his frustration. Tears fell from his eyes and four more creatures appeared. They screached and howled, playing with their winged toy. It was over.

Suddenly he screamed out in pain. An eminse power filled the room. Everything was filled with a light and he heard a voice.

"I am the wind beneath your wings....." the voice said gently.

Outside....

The others only saw a huge light. A huge rumbling occoured and ther others stopped fighting. Sage was still in there!

The top of the mountin suddenly blew apart throwing huge chunks of rock everywhere. From the distance you could see a great chunk missing where the cave had led to. Garoun let out a satisfied howl and turned his attention towards his opponents.

"He has failed you! He is gone! And you have lost!" he laughed once more waiting for the wave of horror to wash over his enemies.

((Ooc: Sorta gay, sorry for the controling. Please don't like make Sage come back okies? :3 I'm aware of what I've done.))

Neko squinted her eyes at the light that Romku's powers seemed to give off. She hadn't whittnessed anything like that before and was astonished by it, almost frightened. Using her arm to shield the bright light from her eyes, although it just made things more difficult to see. As she watched on, her blade clenched tightly in her fist, a startling rumble run under her feet.

A gasp lept out of Neko's mouth as she caught her balance from the emmence rumble, and looked up towards the mountain top. As she gazed up at it, a horrified expression ran down her face. Boulders and bits of pieces of the mountain side flew through the air, caused by an explosion inside a cave.. the cave that Sage had entered. She looked on, watching almost half the mountain tumble to the foot of it all.

Her eyes swelled with tears, at the sight of it all, and she turned to the laughing Garoun. The emotionless creature returned the glare with a grin and continued his insane chuckling at the group, speaking of how Sage's life was ended in that one explosion.

"..Liar!"Neko yelled out at him, as she took a step towards Garoun.
" ...he's not gone.." She said, little hope seemed to be given off in her voice.

There was a good chance that Garoun was correct. It was improbable for someone to survive such a massive explosion, leaving the mountain side crumbled. Although, she felt that there was still a little hope, even if it wasn't enough, there was still that much..

((OoC: Not that good, dunno what to right =P ))

Razz watched as the mountain crumbled. Razz's mind was blank... he didn't know what to think at the moment. He suddenly realized that Sage was in teh building.
S-Sage... Sage! SAAGE!!!
Razz collapsed tot he ground. The thought of Sage being dead was, to say the least, overwhelming. As if the death of Sage wasn't enough for Razz, he looked up at Garoun. When he saw and heard the insane laughter his body shook with anger, hatred, and sadness. The hight of these emotions put together was almost unbearable. It almost resulted on some sort of pain consuming Razz's body. Razz slowly arose from the ground he was crouched over on. His eye was twitching with emotion. He whispered to himself, Help me... I can't let this evil overcome. I am more than a conquerer. Oh, holy spirit, help me.
Razz's body began to float into the air. His clothes began to wave, as if there was a powerful wind coming from the earth beneath him. Razz started to slowly spin whilst floating in mid-air, While spinning, he began to pick up speed. Soon, Razz became nothing but a mere blur. A reddish-orange light flashed. The same light flashed again. Then again. Soon, the blur named Razz was consumed in teh light. A flame started underneath his body. He caught on the fire also. The blaze dimmed, but rose up again. The flame grew bigger than ever, but it did no damage to Razz. It jsut made him stronger. His pupils turned to flames, his armbands also. The energy inside of him was incredible.
Garoun... You shall never be forgiven.
Garoun,"Oh no! I little man that's on fire won't forgive me!"
Garoun laughed once more.
Razz's eyes narrowed.
You will never be forgiven... because you will never leave this place alive.

[OOC] HOLY SITAKI MUSHROOMS, BATMAN! THAT WAS BAD![/OOC]

[!]OHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM A DUMBASS!!!!!!!!! I guess I forgot to count. I am back in action! WOOHOO!!!! But someone e-mail me or PM me on what is going on?[!]

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Delita finally made it to the Outer Keep of Paranor. The Keeper Guard Captain acknowledged him and let him pass through to large steel and wooden gates. Delita continued on into the Inner Keep and made his way up to the tallest tower. More that 3 dozen guards were in the same room, guarding the same door at the top.

Delita: @$%*^(@(#$

Delita said a strange thing in a different language that seemed to be the password, as the guards moved out of the path of Delita.

Delita: Ah, finally. It is there. Undisturbed for decades, guards?

Guard 23 (Bremen): Yes, Delita. No one has touched it for 49 years, until now that is.

[!] Don't worry. Nothing super powerful. Or even that powerful.

Garoun battled on with the friends of the Winard kid, dodging and returning their blows with equally powerful hits. He continued to dwindle their efforts like nothing and suddenly leaped back a good 10 feet and blasted them with a holding spell of some sorts.

"Now I shall dismember you one by one." he smiled and turned his attention towards Neko. He grinned and took a step forward. The sky was pitch black, and soon small droplets of water rained down from above.

"The girl shall go first, her screams will be exquisit to my ears." he laughed and suddenly a huge demonic sword formed in his left hand. He took another step forward and the sky suddenly came to life. He looked up at the now clear skies and frowned. Such a nice day. He hated such.

But then something white appeared. A huge Pegasus appeared and shot a look down towards Garoun. The creature dived down from the sky and stopped 30 feet above Garoun, sending huge crashing gusts of wind down on him. He took the hit and fell back to the edge of the cliff. He looked forward at the crater the blast had caused and a human was standing there. It was him.

***
Sages eyes slowly opened up as he faced Garoun, his sword drawn and a green bracelet on his right wrist. His right arm was covered in elaborate green mystic runes, his adornments now a sleevless vest-like shirt and gray matching pants with black boots. His eyes calmly remained on Garoun, the hideous creature suprised that another foe would enter so harshly. Supprised that the foe would be Sage.

"You dare to face me!?" Garoun yelled, slashing his sword towards Sage. Sage just stood there, simply breathing and watching the monster talk big. His hand then clenched around his sword and before Gauron saw it coming Pegasus was next to Sage's side in a gust of wind. He gave the beautiful creatures nose a pat and shot an empty look towards Garoun. He turned away from the creature and closed his emrald green eyes.

"Pegasus, holy goddess of the wind, strengthen my wings and give me speed!" he souted and opened his eyes once more. The creature dissappeared and left a faint, warm green light. The light flew into the bracelet and Sage's runes began to give off a stronger light. He drew his sword and bekoned for Garoun to step forth. And so he did.

Faint winds came to Sage from all sides and he rushed forward waiting until the last minute to dodge Garoun's thrust at his face. He came up from underneath him and spun arround, planting his boot in the hellish being's face. He fliped off of him and simply stood their, waiting for him to continue.

Garoun rushed forward, angered and just before he brought down his sword he shot out a huge wave of darkness from his body. Sage simply let it hit, and rushed in once more, doing the same kick and flip. He stood his ground, not moving an inch. Garoun's anger was building. He let out a horrid scream and enveloped Sage in a fury and fists and swings. He just stood there, blocking and countering, and suddenly shot upwards, almost breaking Garoun's chin.

"I can't hit you! How can this be!?" he shouted out as Sage's face remaind calm as ever. He blinked once, his first sign of being of the same world and spoke up.

"You can't stand to have someone my age fight and win. Begon with you, you foul creature." he waved his hand and Garoun spit up some blood.

"Very well. I shall kill you next time myself."

"And I shall be waiting...." Sage replied and summoning up his dark powers, Garoun vanished. Sage continued looking to where Garoun once stood as his friends recollected themselves. He blinked once more and closed his eyes. He let out a sudden breath for air and the runes on his right arm dissappeared. He opened his eyes and turned towards the others, who thought they were dreaming. He turned his peaceful gaze on Neko and smiled.

"Hiya! Miss me?" he said in a playfull tone.

Neko struggled to release herself of Garouns spell, refraining the group from moving. She looked up at the large demon, in his fist appeared a luminant blade, larger than any she's ever seen. Neko could feel herself fall apart and began frantically trying to remove herself of his hellish grip. He lifted his large blade, the clouds above seem to gather as if to gaze down upon this evil deed he was about to commit. Neko turned her head and shut her eyes tightly, knowing that her life was to end as horribly as Sage's.

A swift sound blew her bangs lightly across her forehead and Neko slowly opened her eyes. As she turned to look ahead of her, in front of her was a large crater planted into the soft fertile ground. Neko nearly lost her balance, now able to move once again. In as quickly as a blink of an eye, there stood Sage, next to him a large horse and mounted on it's back two wings as elegant and beautiful as Sage's.

Garoun lept out of the crater, dirt and grass covered his dark colored attire. Once again summoning his blade, he charged at Sage, who stood calmly assured with his summon by his side. A battle commenced, and ended just as quickly at it began. the soaring horse returned to Sage's bracelet, and Neko knew then that he had found the wind bracelet.

He turned twards the group, and gave Neko a cheerful greeting. She turned away, wiping the tears from her eyes before taking a step closer to Sage. After doing so Neko walked up to him, amazingly, he didn't look injured at all.

"..You had us all worried. We saw the explosion..Well, glad to see you alive.. and dressed well She said to him as she pulled at his vest, observing the nicely woven fabric..

Romku looked on towards the bright light. He was so relieved to see Sage again.

"Hey man!! You're b

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Awww, man! I dind't even... I didn't even get ta use m...... ah, meh. Good to see ya back Sage!
The new found power that Razz obtained simply vanished. Razz didn't know how he got that power... maybe it was because there was an active bracelet near-by. Whatever it was, Razz didn't know how he could summon that power again.
The group was amazed and astonished at Sage's appearence.
So, dude! WHat was with that flying horse thing?
Sage simply showed the abcent minded Razz his bracelet.
Oh, oh yeah. Sweet.
Razz nodded, and the rest chuckled.
So, where we off to now?
Sage,"The village. Remember?"
Oh yeah, I forgot.

[OOC]Again, a very bad post by moi. But I have an excuse this time! I gots ta go ta skewl.[/OOC]

Romku stood in the shadows of the tree next to where they were.

"Well Sage, you got rid of Garoun, for now. My job here is done, but I don't know what to do from here. May I join for for a little longer Sage?"

Sage glanced over at Romku, a smile on his face.

"Well you saved the lives of my close friends. I cannot possibly begin to repay what you have done for me." he went on, looking over at Neko. He continued.

"But, Neko was the first one to bare a bracelet. So she shall decide where we go from here." he gave her a gentle hug and looked into her eyes.

"Are you up to leading this band of adventures? We need to get back to town and find Delita." he spoke in an ever so softly tone.

((Grah badness to the extreme XD ))

While Romi was thinking of what to do from there, Romku heard what Sage said and was touched.

"Parodn me for a minute, I'll be right back."

Romku jumped up into a high tree, not far from where they were. A tear fell from Romku's eye.

"I can't believe I'm useful to them. I thought I'd never become a good ally for them. A spiriter is a type of warrior that isn't seen much anymore, and yet, they still accept me as one of them. These guys are filled with pure energy. What Sage said to me was kinda touching. Not in a romantic way, I don't do that. But what he said was cool. I think I owe myself to them by staying with them."

Romku wiped up his tear and jumped back to the ground with the others.

"So, what's the plan?"

The warm hug from Sage turned Neko's a cheeks a rosey color red. She cleared her throught and looked up at Sage, his smile made her shift her eyes into another direction, but straightening her back she covered it all up with her toughness.

" Um.. me? lead.. bah, that's not as difficult as it seems.. at least that's how it seems so far. " She said, taking a step back and crossing her arms in front of her.
" .. Sage's right.. we left Delita back there, we should go back to get him before anything else."

Neko smiled at Romku, it was great to see someone so eager like him on the team. His strength was amazing, perhaps he's stronger than he thinks, judging by the unsure expression on his face. He seemed to be zoned out, thinking about something so she turned towards the rest of the group.

" So.. Shall we get Going?" Neko asked as she picked a small leaf off hof her jacket..

((OoC: =X have to get to school, sorry guys!))

Sage glanced around at the others. He was glad to be back, even if he was only away for a bit. He looked towards Neko, and smiled.

God, if it wasn't for her, I'd never would have been able to protect the ones I love. he stretched out his deep blue wings and smiled. He looked around, it was dawn.

"Wow.....its early. Come on, lets go back to town!" he said and he suddenly closed his eyes. His hair began to blow in an unseen wind and he shot up his right arm.

"Pegasus! I call upon thee!" he shouted and this time, the horse came from a breeze that rushed up the side of the mountain. The horse landed and he smiled. He pet the little horsey (Horsey! XD) and grinned.

"May my comrades get a ride down the mountain? Or is this abuse of your powers?" the horse took a step back and shook her head. A female voice came from it. (No it doesn't talk)

"Sage, do not use this for personal gain, but you do wish to seek out your other friend. Yes you may....." the voice trailed off and Sage smiled.

"You heard the lady, you three hop on, I'll fly by your side. Once they were all on he grinned. He got into a pre running stance and laughed at them.

"Lets race!" he said and Pegasus clicked her hooves. She suddenly bolted forward and Razz almost fell off. Sage flew just as easily next to her, but his wing design made it harder to not wear down. Soon they were halfway to the town. When they landed they were outside of town.

"Whoo boy. I need to get faster!" Sage said excitedly as Pegasus dissappeared. Now to find Delita.

Neko jumped, surpised that the pegasus was so swift as to keep up with a small breeze. She patted the back of the horse gently and watched as Sage began to talk to the horse.
After he had his private conversation with the winged horse, the group was told to climb onto the back of Pegasus. Neko was unsure of this, but listened to the horse and climbed on.

"..I think we've gotten mixed up somewhere here Sage.." Neko said, already mounted on the horse and helping Romku up behind her.
" I've heard of owners listening to their horses.. but this is just ridiculous.." She said as she gave a playfully strange look towards Sage.

He grinned and spread his large steel blue wings as he took a running stance. Neko gripped tightly to the thick mane of the steed. Sage began to talk to Pegasus once again, Neko just stared at the two. She was almost jolted off of the winged horse as Pegasus took off quickly into the sky, racing Sage towards the village down below where Delita was.
Soon Pegasus landed, Neko was now hugging tightly around the horses neck. Her eyes were shut tightly and didn't open them until she was sure that Pegasus had landed. She opened one eye lid and realized that they were in the village. She sighed and lifted one leg over to climb off of Pegasus, but her attempt failed as she landed face first onto the dirt still dizzy from the quick ride down.

"...Yuck..pew" Neko said disgusted as she wiped the dirt from her face.

The group began towards the inn. Dawn was still upon them, so it would be the b3est place to look for him at the moment. A small bell placed above the inn door range gently as Neko pushed it open, following behind her her companions. Pegasus had returned to Sage's bracelet just before they had entered the inn, so no commotion would be caused amongst the villagers.
They headed upstairs and Neko pushed open Delita's door. It was unlocked, which wasn't suprising since this town seemed like q quiet small community, nothing like robberies and attacks were common here most likely. She walked over to the Edge of Delita's bed and began poking him gently.

" ...Delita.. time to wake up sleepy head.." She whispered loudly.