[Kanji_The_Wanderer]

The ashes of Xephon travel in a light breeze across the frozen earth. I lay upon the ground still. The ice digging into my flesh. It was so cold that it burned. Akuma stood there, and stared at me. Smiling. "YOU ARE BECOMING A NUISANCE...THIS IS WHERE YOU DIE. THEN I'LL BE ON MY WAY TO THE OTHERS..." hisses Akuma. I manage to gather myself, and stand up on the unstable snow. My metal arm, is frozen, and won't be of much use. I am running low on supplies. I think to myself. If I use everything I got here, we might not make it out of another dragon's attack.

The only chance of survival would be for me to use my Elven Powers again. The powers I was born with. I frantically gaze around the immediate area in hopes of discovering Sora. But to no avail, the weapon didn't turn up anywhere. The fog around Akuma thickens. The black energy of darkness swirls about him. "I'll have to use THAT weapon." I mutter under my breath

Slowly, and carefully, I reach into a side pouch and remove a crimson ring. With an image of fire carved into it's surface. With caution and haste, I slip the ring onto my left index finger. Akuma, is ignorant of my actions at this time. I put my hand behind my back, so Akuma won't see what is going to happen next:

My hand starts to glow, with a blaze of fire. A dark flame lingers about it. Then, a long weapon appears in my left hand's clutches. This weapon is a spear, that goes by the name; Inferno. This spear has the spirit of a mage sealed inside it. The spirit is originally inside of the ring, but the moment the ring is placed upon a finger, it conjures a magical spear of the Elements.

"It's been awhile." says Inferno. "When was the last time you called me to this plane of existence Tatsu?" I smile softly, and look at the Spear. "I don't know. A few years maybe?" Akuma tilts his head to the left, and peers at me confused. "WHAT'S THIS BOY? A LITTLE SPEAR WON'T AFFECT ME." I scoff at Akuma's sudden idiocy.

I may not be as skilled with a spear, as I am a sword. But this spear can defeat almost any opponent. I was lucky enough to come by this Elvish artifact, when I discovered an ancient temple in the Bachuu Desert one year in my early youth. I never use the spear very often, due to the fact that my contract with Inferno, is based upon the number of the rings uses. After a certain number of times, I call forth the spirit, the ring will leave me, and go somewhere else. I have only used the ring a few times before. So I only use it when I am without option.

"YOU ARE NOTHING WITHOUT THOSE GADGETS FOOL! IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ALL THOSE PUNY LITTLE ELVEN ITEMS, YOU'D BE DEAD LONG AGO!!!!!" Akuma yells at me in rage. His penetrating tone sends chills down my spine. "Maybe....But, the point is, I'll never lose to you. You took away everything I ever cared about. Now you are dead, and your soul infects the new person I love. I'll eradicate you from her body!!!!" With quickness I position myself into the fighting form of Chenstyle Taijiquan.

The Silver bastard smiles at me, and laughs. "YOU STILL DON'T GET IT DO YOU? I HAVE BEEN IN THIS FLESH FOR TOO LONG. I HAVE MELDED WITH IT. REMOVE ME, AND IT'S DEATH FOR THE GIRL." I refuse to listen to his chatter. He will not stop my focus. I'll knock him out, so he'll lose control, and Nozomi will awaken. " COME!!!!" I yell.