Homecoming [B-rank Exam]

Kite was standing by his desk with mounds of paperwork stacked up at nearly every corner. Each of these documents were reports about the members of his guild and their deeds or misdeeds while on various jobs. While reading over them he made note of several guild members who had been showing promise and would be able to take their exams to progress to the rank above their current one. ”Mashyuu, Kirara and..“ he was in the middle of naming those that would be going through exams to make it to B rank or above when suddenly a knock was could be heard on the doors to his quarters. The sound made him break away from his thoughts and completely turn his head as well as his gaze to the door, ”oh a visitor?“ he would ask himself while giving his full attention to his visitor on the other side of the door as he approached it he approached it. With his right hand he gripped the door handle and pulled it open to reveal a lovely woman wearing an outfit that didn't hide much of her figure standing across the threshold of his room. She promptly introduced herself which wasn't necessary, he was well aware of Luna’s joining of Sabertooth but with the introduction he understood a bit more of her character and found her formality admirable.

Shortly after her introduction she got right to business about the topic at hand which was in the form of a request. There was a person she was looking to find and despite her not knowing this person she admitted that this woman she was looking for was important to her however Luna believed that she was located on the other side of one of the Wakusei Portal in the world of Akuma. ”Ah, that makes more sense to why you'd ask for help when you already know of her general location.“ he would say to her as he walked to his desk and leaned against it, ”The worlds on the other side of those portals are full wonder and with that wonder is a very real danger.” he spoke from experience. He had been through two of those portals, in one he was in a fight against an army of dark wizards and the other held a dragon, one that had once taught him dragon slayer magic. ”I'll help you Luna. Do you have any information regarding where in Akuma she may be or what sort of opposition we may come across?“

Kite was made it clear that he was more than willing to help, especially since he had experience dealing with the worlds on the other side of the Wakusei however to his surprise at both the fact and the manner of which it was spoken, Luna has been born and raised in the world of Akuma as well as had memorable experiences in the other realms beyond Wakusei’s portals growing her own personal library of each world. ”“I see, I have to admit that I had no idea that you weren't native to this world, that is very interesting. he would say truly intrigued by the prospect of having someone as knowledgeable of the other worlds as Luna.  Truth be told he wouldn’t mind getting a small glimpse at this library to see just what sort of information she had on the neighboring realms and if that information would be useful for further exploration, however this wasn’t the time to entertain such ideas and Kite knew it. Things began to proceed quickly after Kite asked Luna if she knew the location of her mother as well as the sort of enemy they would be up against. Kite was a bit surprised upon learning that her father was their opposition to finding this woman, but that didn’t really answer his question. Aside from establishing her father was a bastard by the tone she regarded him in he didn’t really know how strong her father was. Before Kite could request her to elaborate on what sort of power her father held she revealed that under his command was a platoon of lesser demons but as interesting as that was for him it was only the tip of the iceberg of his excitement, What made him nearly smile ear to ear was hearing that he had a Balor type of demon at his disposal. Kite has had many run ins with demons over the years but he had not once had the opportunity to add a demon like Balor to his notched belt. He listened as she further explained that she would have to deal with her father on her own in order to gain information vital to locating this woman but only by proving she is stronger that would happen. That being said she openly admitted that she was concerned about the Balor and was certain she would fall against it. Kite nodded, ”Don’t worry.“ he said to her gesturing with his hand with a dismissive demeanor, ”Your father is all yours.“ he would clench his hand into a fist letter a hint of his flames reveal themselves, ”You can leave that big bad Balor to the demon slayer.“ it was clear that Kite holding it back, but he pretty much claimed the Balor as his own to slay. He stood up as Luna opened the gate in space with a key she held in her satchel and proceeded to the wall behind his desk where his weapon rack and coat were located. Kite grabbed a hold of his coat and slung it around and slid his arms through the openings where the sleeves would have been located. Kite had it tailored to have no sleeves, he felt they did nothing but get in the way as he tried to work. It had a long tail that stopped above his calfs and was buttoned at his waist and covered over his abdomen and chest up until the center of his torso which was exposed. The ribbed part of the coat was able to attach itself to the skin tight top Kite was wearing. He slid his collapsed sword under the tail of his coat across the back of his waist and then added his Lacrima blade that was wrapped in scabbard made of vines it created was slung up over his shoulder and vines identical to the scabbard laced together over his right shoulder and under his left armpit securing it to him. ”I’m ready as ever.“ he looked at Luna and then the golden door before she had opened with a void on the other side. Kite would smile at her statement about having to hike back, he had a solution regarding that notion but now was the time to not worry about events beyond what’s about to happen. ”Roughly ten miles… how long will it take papa bear and his underlings to detect our presence?“ he asked as he entered the void not fearing what was on the otherside.

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Kite listened as she explained that while she had lived in the surrounding myriad of worlds her life wasn’t filled with all positive experiences and her upbringing was the worst of it all. She later explained that she was brought to earthland from one of those worlds and was put in an orphanage and as a result form the act she gained the notion of wanting to help people just as she was helped out of her horrible life. Kite understood what it was like to have a horrible upbringing. When he was in his early childhood he was taken in by a cult and raised by them and taught their anti magic ways but soon enough he had escaped after discovering his own magic abilities. It was right after that he found refuge in an orphanage himself but was forced to flee after his foster parents came to apprehend him and most likely kill him. He injured his foster father and ran out of town and stumbled upon the book of Asmodeous and from there it was history. He was hellishly trained by the demon being scorched and burned by flames until he was able to adapt and not feel the heat any more. ”I know how that feels. I’ve got the scars to prove it.“ he would add under his breath and nodded in response to her statement regarding that this was all for another time. ”I couldn’t agree more. The battle field isn’t a place to dwell on the past.“

The gate that Luna had been using a ritual to open finally revealed itself and he followed her into the gate and then popped out into a ruined village of some sort ”such destruction...“ he would say before taking a few steps away from Luna and kneeled down and scooped up the dry soil and let it slip between his fingers to rain back down onto the ground. He closed his eyes and concentrated on the dirt in his hand still and felt it, it was faint but he still felt the signature of demons from in the dirt but it was old and easy to miss unless one was looking for it. ”So a realm of demons huh?“ he wasn’t trying to hide his sharp tone from Luna. He knew that just like people Demons could be vile or actually have some sort of good nature, the former were the ones he hunted with great pleasure. Luna would answer him by explaining they have minutes until lesser demons would come to scout the cause of the dimensional disturbance that brought them there. ”I see.“ He would answer back looking at her, ”this is your home. You know more ins and outs than I do. I could stay here and act as a beacon for the demons and draw them here clearing the way even more for you or we can go around the wave like you mentioned but there is one thing that I have to ask. Where will this Balor be located?“ he would ask to her. His demon slayer instincts were driving him to take out this demon more than anything due to his malicious nature as well as it would eliminate the threat he represented to Luna. ”I’d rather deal with him as soon as possible as well as any demon that may pose as an obstacle for you.“

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He wasn’t expecting to see such ruins upon entry so his surprise was not anything less than expected. However upon commenting on the destruction and examining the soil he heard Luna say something that made him instantly look back at her. He listened to her as she explained that she was the cause of the destruction and at first he was wondering if she meant that she was the direct cause of the destruction. It wasn’t the first time he knew of a young person exhibiting strong powerful outbursts of magic, he himself did it when he was a teen but luckily that wasn’t what she had meant. Her father, Irithiel destroyed the town simply because Luna had lived and while living itself wasn’t such a horrible crime, she was born of a union of both demon and angel and thus a taboo. ”So you are a Nephalem. And because of that your father saw fit to destroy so much life? “ he asked rhetorically with anger hinted clearly in his voice. He had stood up and looked in the direction where there was an approaching force of demonic energy and asked his question to what she wanted to do in regards to traversing this world she had brought him to and she answered by going with the ladder of his suggestions which was to stay in the destroyed village and wait for Balor to lead his demonic horde right to him. This answer was music to his ears and his grin would be more than enough to share that with her. With a fire in his eyes he held out his hand in a closed fist offering a fist bump, ”Then it’s settled. You go and hash it out with your oldman. I’ll have my fun and join you when I can.“ he said and as soon as he got either a fist bump or some sort of acknowledgement he would walk away from her and stand just on the outside of the village and would sit down on the ground with his legs crossed and would be in a meditation like position and let his aura spill from his body causing a great deal of heat to exude from his body creating a beacon of sorts, a strong repelling sensation would be felt by any and all demons within a mile radius and any demon that was wise would steer clear of him. However that is exactly why he was expecting this Balor to do the opposite and come to find him. With as big of a threat Kite was presenting himself there was no way Balor would allow such a threat to roam around freely here in his domain. Kite’s eyes were closed and his hands were cupped in front of his hand and let a flame float between them and kept the blaze going strong. He would finally open his eyes with the horde of demons coming up to fight him and even so he only opened one eye to see. The lesser demons ranged from simple imps and and hell spawns but what caught his attention was the big guy. Standing in the back towering over the others was a red skinned demon that stood on his hind legs, his feet were two toed hoof. His legs were bare up until his hips which were covered by a loincloth like fabric that covered his bits. His abdomen was exposed but his chest was completely covered by armor. His wings were protruding from his back and big meaty hands held a molten whip and a blade in his other. ”Well now. Aren’t you sore on the eyes.“ he would shout directly at Balor who responded by squinting with all four eyes and scoffed at the statement. “You have some interesting power for a lowly human but you are hardly worth my time and even less worth my breath.” he would say arrogantly and this would make Kite smirk and his flames would extinguish as he pushed himself off the ground then dusted off the back of his pants, ”Don’t worry. I’ll cut through your little platoon here. Then I will deal with you directly ya four eyed asshole.“

Kite reached back with his left hand and pulled his blade from behind his back in a reverse grip all the while he pulled Rose from his back and as the vines retraced he held it out in front of him and then charged into the platoon of demons with claws and teeth made of nightmares. The first demon that came with in striking range of his swords received a slash through its midsection with the rose saber and rotated so his body was 180 degress and lifted his reaper saber up to block an incoming attack. Rose began to glow a pink color and as soon as Kite moved his blade away he slashed forward released a energy slash made of rose petals crashed into it and tossed it away. Kite stabbed his reaper blade into the ground and dared a nearby horde of demons to try and meet their maker, ”you demonic pieces of trash you will all fall here.“and it was enough to get two to come at him. The first lunged at him and he reacted quickly by side stepping and placing his right hand with the sword in it into its back and let it slam into the sword that didn’t budge an inch but the demon slid down to where the point was stabbed into the dirt. Two more charged in but Kite reacted quick, stepping to the side avoiding the one completely and then on the second demon he hit him with a leg sweep followed by a downward slash that threw the demon to the ground in half. Not looking to lose momentum he held rose out to the side and gave it a strong toss sending it digging into the demon’s chest dropping him where he stood. Now weaponless Balor figured it would be the best time to attack, “Attack all of you or you all will feel my wrath.” he would crack his whip and the remainder of his forced charged at Kite. He lit his hand a blaze and let the demon slaying flames make their way up his arms and soon his body was ignited. ”Flame Demons...“ he said low and started to concentrate his flames inside his lungs and stomach and then opened his mouth wide to release it all, ”Rage!“ and azure flames shot from his mouth and washed over the horde of demons burning some while reducing others to ash. Balor looked on in horror before his anger got the better of him, “What are you?” he would ask and Kite would simply put his hands on his hips and lean forward, ”Would you look at that. Managed to get you to waste your breath on me after all.“ He took a step towards Balor slowly at first and Balor readied his whip and as soon as Kite was in range he cracked his whip in Kite’s direction and he ran forward to meet the strike.

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The field of battle was much different from how Luna had left it. Several of the ruined buildings that were still barely standing before were toppled over completely. The ground itself was also different as instead of the dull brown it was upon their arrival it had now accumulated a thick black layer of ash. The numerous amounts of demons that had joined Balor has met their ends by the hand of Kite and his flames meant to extinguish the life of demons. The only two remaining were Balor and Kite who had place the palm of his hand across the face of a beaten and burned Balor that was on both knees before the Demon of Sabertooth. ”Burn to nothing. Flame Demon’s Flame away.“ Azure colored flames spread from his open palm and covered the demons entire body in the blue flames. Balor said nothing as his body was washed by the flames and slowly and surely his body began to break down and eventually turned to ash and then there was nothing there. Kite’s red eyes would look upon the Sky goddess slayer as she spoke to him stating that she had completed what she set out to do and that it was time to go. ”Good. Let's head on back.“ he said smacking his clothes to shake all the soot and ash from his clothes. ”I'll return one day to deal with this world's problem. “

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