Flower Hunt!

Seikatsu was passing through Magnolia town when he noticed a rather sullen looking woman at a flower shop. This threw Seikatsu off as he'd normally seen sad people, an flower shops, but never the two in one spot. Upon inquiring of the cause of the ladies distress, she'd told him that a friend of hers was terminally ill. Seikatsu could understand how this would cause sadness among a standard person as the concept of "life" for them was that it ends at death. Seikatsu normally didn't bother to try and make people in this situation feel better, and began to turn. A sudden wind picked up, and lifted his tattered, tan cloak enough to reveal the scabbard of his Thorn of Betrayal. The woman grabbed Seikatsu's arm with haste, and looked at him with eyes full of hope.
"Please! Please, help me." she said shrilly
"How would I help the dying?" Seikatsu asked in a cold voice.
"There's a flower! It's ummm... here! It's located right here!" the woman said while pointing at an area on a map labeled 'Spooky Forest'
"Please, you look tough! None of my workers will do it." She said hopelessly.
"Will the flower save your friend?" Seikatsu asked curiously.
"Or will it aid you in forgetting?" He added to the question in a colder voice.
"It'l help him recover. It's the main ingredient in a very potent medicine." she said with new levels of hope.
Seikatsu couldn't ignore such a person who'd been to the pit of despair, only to find the ladder of hope by the blade of a lone wanderer.

On his way out Seikatsu felt something impact his stomach. He looked down and noticed a smallish looking girl with light green hair. Her green eyes met with Seikatsu's dark, dull, seemingly lifeless and devoid of all hope, eyes.
"Hmmmmmmm..." Seikatsu said as he studied her.
Seikatsu picked her jagged looking hat from the floor and dusted it off.
"You're a Lamia Scale wizard right?
My daughter's in that guild too. Since she's not around, mind giving me a hand with a small errand? It's not particularly tough, but it could be a learning experience. Your old guildmaster once said 'Learn fast, or die.' So what d'ya say to coming along?" Seikatsu asked her, assuming she'd overheard him talking to the shop owner.
Seikatsu put the dusted off hat in the girls hands and said with a somewhat cold voice.
"Name's Seikatsu."
And he began walking to his destination.

After reaching the end of Magnolia Town, where the city turned into a long road that would permit Seikatsu to use as a landing pad or take off point, Seikatsu spoke to his wyvern.
"Lisa, you're up." Seikatsu said calmly.
A small snake like creature with wings, and a boney armoured skull slithered out from Seikatsu's sleeve. It was no bigger than half of Seikatsu's arm, and was more cute than scary. Seikatsu put his hand at the tiny Lamia Scale wizard's stomach and gave a gentle nudge signaling to go back.
"Take a couple steps back please." Seikatsu said respectfully.
The two of them moved backwards a few steps, and Seikatsu nodded in Lisa's direction. Around Lisa's neck, being supported by her wings was a small pendant shaped like a black tear drop that began glowing. Lisa began glowing a faint blue color in certain places and before long had grew from her standard not even two feet, to a behemoth of a beast. Lisa was now as long as five school busses parked bumper to bumper, and  five feet wide. Lisa spread the first pair of her wings, the once closer to her head, to display her 200 foot wide wingspan and let out a monstrous roar to boast her power.
Seikatsu glanced behind him and saw the small wizard marveling at Lisa, and he decided an introduction would be proper. Lisa bowed her head, bringing the colossal skull towards Aiyana and stopping a few feet in front her. Seikatsu moved from being between her and Lisa, to being at Lisa's side. He began rubbing Lisa's head while explaining.
"This is Lisa. She's part dragon, and part snake and is one of two of her kind left in the world. Don't let her size scare you, Lisa's a sweetheart and only attacks if I ask her to. That and if someone attacks me.
Spooky Forest is a ways away from here so she'll be our ride."
Lisa extended a wing to Seikatsu allowing him to step up to her head. Seikatsu sat at the top of her skull right where head turned to neck. At this spot there was a dip where her helmet stopped and her spine brace began that kept him and other riders from being knocked off by the wind.
"Get on or start walking, if yo choose the latter I'll wait for ya' at the forest!" Seikatsu yelled playfully to Aiyana. Lisa extended a wing to allow Aiyana the option to get on, however Lisa was also making a low pitched clicking sound that would put anyone on edge if they weren't used to it.

Seikatsu put and a sadistic smile as he grabbed hold of a pair of small, hand sized protrusions on the back of Lisa's skull. He adjusted to make himself a bit more comfortable as he got ready to take off. Lisa slithered to align herself with the road ahead so she didn't knock over too much with her massive wings.
"Ready hun?" Seikatsu called the the massive creature.
Lisa replied with a few low pitched clicks.
Seikatsu felt Aiyana's arms tightening a bit as she was getting ready for a new experience.
"Alright, take us north-north east!" Seikatsu called sternly.
Lisa spread her massive wings and slammed the air with them. At first she didn't move, but as Lisa repeated the action she began to inch off the floor. Lisa angled her wings and began moving forward while getting further and further off the ground. Lisa picked up speed, and was soon moving faster than the horses clopping along behind her. Lisa tilted her head and the rest of her body as she sharply got higher in the sky. Seikatsu grabbed the two protrusions tighter and latched onto Lisa with his legs as the wyvern began to spin while leveling out.
"Great work Lisa! Angle 15 degrees west and keep that heading." Seikatsu directed to Lisa.
Lisa gently tilted her body causing the two passengers to be on their side while she corrected her course. After the wyvern was pointed in the right direction she leveled out, and turned her head to look Seikatsu in the eye while giving a sassy clicking sound.
"Hehehe, Aiyana was it?" Seikatsu shouted over the sound of the wind rushing past them.
"Hold on tiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGHT!!!!" Seikatsu added as Lisa sharply pointed downwards.
Lisa dived directly downwards to the ground straightening her body out entirely to gain max speed. She angled her wings to begin spinning, slowly angling them further to spin faster. Lisa straightened her wings and leveled out just in time for her underside to be a matter of inches from the ground. While flying past a few grazing animals a dust cloud was kicked up behind Lisa as she sped past them. Lisa angled herself to the side and a bit upwards sending the three darting into the sky while being leaned sideways. Seikatsu laughing like a child at an amusement park the whole time.
Lisa noticed Aiyana's hat fly off her head and spun around while keeping the two riders tilted on their sides. Lisa caught the hat gently between two of her massive teeth, and decided to keep hold of it for the remainder of the ride. She then made a loop in the sky and flew close to a large lake, flipping herself upside down and getting so close to the water Seikatsu's hair tips was brushing against it.
Lisa then began climbing again and spun herself right side up.
Seikatsu saw a somewhat grim looking forest as he felt the inertia caused by Lisa reducing speed. Lisa let out a set of clicking sounds to alert the pair that they were gonna land soon.
Lisa flew past the landing point on purpose, and circled back getting lower to the ground. She slowed down enough that the landing wouldn't cause a crater, and got a few inches from the ground before letting herself drop.
Lisa extended a wing to let her passengers off. Seikatsu slid down the enormous leathery wings while still chuckling.
"Haha, you didn't do so bad for your first flight miss!" he complimented the green haired wizard.
"Your little friend alright?" he asked out of concern for the fairy.
After Aiyana disembarked Lisa's neck, Lisa turned her massive head to face Aiyana and made a low pitched clicking while moving closer. Lisa gently placed the hat on Aiyana's head and began glowing blue as she reverted back to her adorable size. Lisa flew back to hiding under Seikatsu's tattered tan cloak.
"Whadda ya know, she likes you. Or doesn't hate you enough to attack... not sure which." Seikatsu said jokingly before looking at the grim forest behind him.

Seikatsu could sense the spiritual activity of this forest, and was glad Aiyana couldn't. Seikatsu made sure to keep his cool as they walked through to dark and spooky forest. Lisa began making clicking sounds as she sensed something was following behind the pair of mages.
Seikatsu stopped in place suddenly causing Aiyana to bump into his back.
"Before we move further in, I'm going to warn you about me." Seikatsu said ominously.
He turned around and looked Aiyana in the eyes as he pulled down his tattered hood revealing a rather demonic looking scar. Seikatsu's eyes became emptier then before as he got his mind set to reveal this to his partner, but he knew that she'd never trust him if she found out any other way.
"I am one of the only people from the Tribe of Souls. I am their chief, and their murderer. As a child I stumbled upon a demonic parchment and performed a forbidden sacrament...
My price for playing with a demon was the lives of my entire village...
The demon used me to slay them all, and resides in my to this day."
Seikatsu heard a rustling in the bushes, turning his head slightly. He locked eyes with Aiyana again in preparations to drop the hammer.
"In areas where spiritual activity are highest those who enter a contract with a demon are at risk of being controlled by the demon. I'm a soul wizard, so this danger is alway present as souls walk with me. However, in areas where spiritual activity are stronger I run an even greater chance of this happening.
I've been feeling the presence of this area from the moment I stepped foot on it. Just in case you notice my scars glowing, I want you to get away from me. My demon and I are on good terms, but my demon is a woman, and a sadist. She has mood swings, and may turn on you.
I'm telling you this for your safety, and asking you to keep a distance if you feel in danger."

Seikatsu turned around, and put his hand on his sword as he heard rustling growing louder and louder. Upon him touching the hilt of his Thorn of Betrayal, several voices could be heard emanating from the lang itself. The voices were... screaming... crying... being slaughtered.

Seikatsu felt the urge to aid the woman being attacked by the goblins and wolf, but he had other pressing issues. Seikatsu began applying his Reinforce spells to his using the hand already on the grip. Seikatsu also ran his free hand along the blade, applying a nice coating of Ice Shards, imbuing the sword with the bitter cold of the Silent Glaciers itself. He stood in place with the blade pointed down, waiting for his foes to get within range. The closest of the wolves jumped to attack Seikatsu and Seikatsu quickly stepped to a side, placing the beasts flank on the same side as Seikatsu's blade.
Seikatsu struck out and cut the wolf from the crown of its head, filleting it and cutting its spine off. Seikatsu looked at the other 6 wolves that stopped in their tracks.
"Welcome to my world friends of the land." He said in a dark, dreary tone as the air around him began to feel colder and colder.
"Now embrace my heart!" He screamed as he forced a fierce wind to pick up and drop the temperature down to -50 degrees fahrenheit. The wolves furs began to ice over, as well as the leaves and grass and trees in the area. One of the wolves got ornery and charged at Seikatsu, followed by the other five. Seikatsu ducked down, and flipped his sword so the dagger end gutted one of the wolves. The wolf stumbled about a few moments while its entrails were flopping out and onto the now frozen floor.
Seikatsu lowered his sword and looked the five remaining wolves in the eyes as he waited for them to come and get some.

The wolves were being affected by the cold more than they knew. Seikatsu didn't like the idea of causing other to suffer, and he decided to end it quickly. He could see that his ally was dealing with the cold well, that being said she was shivering like crazy while fending off her attackers.
'I'd better end these quick.' Seikatsu said to himself.
The five wolves attacking in unison with their razor sharp teeth in full view, and aimed at Seikatsu. Seikatsu quickly leapt forwards and rolled under one of the wolves just in time to hear a set of distinctive snapping sounds which Seikatsu assumed was the sound of their fang filled maws slamming shut where Seikatsu's neck was a moment ago. He spun around and cut the hind legs of the closest wolf clean off. Knowing that the only option was to kill it as its life would be horrible if let live, Seikatsu delivered the final blow by thrusting the tip of his Thorn of Betrayal through the beasts skull.
The four remaining wolves charged straight at Seikatsu, moving as fast as the bitter frost would permit them. Seikatsu held the grip of his sword in his mouth as he spread his fingers. A set of strings appeared and tethered him to the floor, out of the ground came more strings that flew up around him startling the wolved. Seikatsu controlled his Marionette's Fury to grab each of the four wolves by their mouths and pulling them in. He used the second set of strings to grab them by the necks and threw one of them aside like a rag doll. The strings that were holding the one thrown were used like sewing needled, entering one end of a wolf's head through its eye, and exiting through the other. The strings wriggled and emulsified the wolf's brain killing it immediately.
The wolf that was thrown began its attack, but was hit in the face by the now dead, brainless wolf. Seikatsu used the six free vines and grabbing one of the wolves by its torso with them all and pulled, only stopping after its head and body were no longer connected. He let the two pieces drop to the floor, and he used the eight free strings on the last wolf still in his grasp. The eight strings plunged into the chest of the wolf, and began spinning. They wolf cried in agony as its heart was being cut out by the attacks, and before long the hole was cut all the way through.
Seikatsu let the body drop to the floor like the others and saw the wolf he threw aside charging at him. Seikatsu waited till the wolf was close and then used all ten of the strings to pierce into the wolf. One strings penetrated each of the wolf's eyes and exited through its tail. Two strings grabbed each of the wolf's limbs, and forced the beast to become spread out. The strings pulled in six different directions, each limb in a separate direction and one of the strings in the wolfs eye pulled up, the other down. The wolf was torn apart on the realest level, so much so that it exploded into a cloud of bloody snow.

Seikatsu's Marionette's Fury wore off and he turned around to look at his ally, and saw her staring at him. He walked over and put his hand on her shoulder as a 'good job' kind of gesture before throwing his cloak over her to help her stay warm.

After walking through the woods a bit longer, maintaining his silence for fear of making things awkward, Seikatsu and his companion came across a massive patch of land that was cleared out. The grass was green, lush, and very even as if the gods themselves had trained the grass to remain at that one specific height. Looking around, on the far end of the field Seikatsu could make out a stone structure. He couldn't see it too clearly, but it seemed to be a set of stone pillars conjoined by arcs around an object.
"Well, this seems promising." Aiyana said confidently.
Seikatsu knew one thing from all the dangerous missions he'd been on before. When you're staring at your prize, it's never as easy as 'Walk up, and grab it.' Seikatsu grabbed Aiyana, pulling her out of the way as another of the pack wolves darted at her. Seikatsu pulled Aiyana's head down just in time to have his arm  grabbed by the wolf that would have taken her throat. Seikatsu grabbed his blade by the hilt, and pulled it straight out ramming the jagged dagger into the wolf's skull. The wolf released his arm and made an attempt to get away, but as his arm was freed of the grasp Seikatsu used the now free hand to grab the wolf and shove the dagger end of his Thorn of Betrayal into the wolf further. Seikatsu ripped the jagged end out spun the blade around and rammed the meter long sword through the wolf, ensuring that it was dead.
Seikatsu was so wrapped up taking care of the other wolf that he hadn't noticed that the wizards were surrounded by eight hungry mouths.
'Wait...'
'One... Two... Three...... eight?' Seikatsu thought to himself.
Seikatsu realized that there was one too many wolves, and slammed his hands together. As he did so, a large amount of blue and grey ethereal swords appeared and began circling about Seikatsu, Aiyana and their attackers. The wolves were too close to be hit by his Wall of Swords, and Seikatsu spread out his hands, enlarging a ball of concentrated spirit energy that caused the cautious wolves to back up.
The eight wolves backed themselves right into the Wall of swords, and began taking hits repeatedly from the bladed cyclone.
"Common, which one of you is it..." Seikatsu said under his breath.
One of the wolves head butted the Soul barrier, casing the entire bubble to ripple violently.
"Found you!" Seikatsu said happily.
Another wolf followed its lead, and smashed the Spirit Barrier wide open. Seikatsu put his hands at his sides, calling forth eight knives sheath in a sleeve on his arm, and two knives, one in each hand. He threw five of them at different wolves while running away from Aiyana. The five wolves followed Seikatsu, attempting to take revenge on their now bleeding sides.
The more grizzled looking wolf backed away from Aiyana and sat down, obviously waiting to fight one on one with the she-wizard.
"If she get's hit, I want you to bail her out." Seikatsu directed Lily.
The small wyvern uncoiled itself from Seikatsu's arm and began circling over Aiyana, the two pack wolves, and the much brawnier looking loner.

Seikatsu ran far from Aiyana, leading the wolves so he could deal with them individually. One of the wolves latched onto his leg and began shaking its head. Seikatsu kicked it repeatedly, and got his head together when he realized that kick was trash. He reached out to grab his sword that was just out of reach when he felt another wolf grab his left arm. Seikatsu forced himself not to scream from pain, and felt the tips of his fingers gracing the dagger end of his sword. He grabbed it and pulled the blade to its hilt. Seikatsu swung it at the wolf shaking his leg and slashed an ear off. He stabbed the other wolf in its neck, leaving a not so bad cut in it. The wolves jumped back, and Seikatsu stumbled to his feet.
The wolves began backing up slowly while looking at something that was in Seikatsu direction. Seikatsu flicked his weapon and said in a deep, strong voice:
"Du...
är...
nu...
min...
byte!"
The sword began to rip itself apart, maintaining the reinforcement Seikatsu put on it. The blade reformed and appeared as a scythe. The wolves turned tail and began charging towards Aiyana, just as they were in the danger zone, and Seikatsu was no longer in that zone, a set of meteors slammed on the wolves turning them to mush. Seikatsu looked at Lisa and noticed her body was glowing red with the power of her draconic blood. Seikatsu turned around to see what made the wolves run away so quickly, and lo and behold... a bigger wolf. Seikatsu looked at the monstrosity that was easily able to poke Seikatsu in the face with its snout. It growled at first, and let off a ghastly howl. Seikatsu noticed the bleeding on his arm and leg stop, and the wounds froze over, he knew there was no way to regain the blood lost, but it was fixed.
The large wolf took a few steps back and looked Seikatsu in the eyes. He saw the power of spiritual interference in the wolfs eyes, and knew that wolf wanted to die. The wolf gave a growl signaling he won't just drop dead, no that would be far too simple.

"Very well." Seikatsu said in a low voice.
Seikatsu knew his ally was too far to hear him speaking in a normal voice, and had no issue doing this by the official rules of his tribe.
"I am Niyol!
Chief of the Tribe of Souls!
Wielder of the mighty Thorn of Protection!
Husband of Istas, the queen of ice!
And Father of Kateri, the queen of frost!
I accept your challenge, friend of the land!"
Seikatsu looked back at Aiyana, and knew that this had to be one on one.
Seikatsu looked back at the wolf.
Black orbs arose from the ground and began encircling Seikatsu.
Black tendrils stood tall above the grass, and flickered in the air.
Seikatsu's eyes turned bright crimson as his scar emanated the power of Altsoba, the Demon of War. A loud, feminine voice called from the ground below Seikatsu. The voice was definitely not Seikatsu's, but was his demon permitting Seikatsu to use her power.
"Du...
och...
jag...
är...
odöda!"
Seikatsu followed it by slamming the looped end of his Scythe on the ground. The world around Seikatsu grew dark as night, however, on the outside it seemed as though Seikatsu and the wolf were engulfed in a massive black bubble.
Seikatsu's voice resonated through the bubble and echoed to the world outside.
"Ljus...
lyser...
starkast...
på...
natten!"