Demons of the Past by:HUSH Author's Note: I do not own any names of characters, places, things and anything else I failed to mention that came from or are similar from TV shows, Movies, Anime, Comics, Video games, books and anything else that may have been written by another fan fic writer. I am not making a profit out of this Fan Fiction. And I wanna say thanks to Psykorabbit 2000, Powree, Claudia and Rygar since they helped me figure out how to make a fic. And Merry Christams and a Happy New Year, Everyone! Scene 1 Aldebaran 700+ years ago... A young Aldebaran boy who had Dark Blue Fur and Silver hair and Purple eyes, who was no older than 3 years old, was running along toward his house for a reason unknown to him. Young Boy (panting) "Sheesh... Why does Dad want me to get back home so early?" The young boy slowed down when he caught sight of his house and he began walking since he was tired from his sprint earlier. As he entered the house he beganto walk to his father's room when he heard his name being called from the living room. Voice "Juno? You there, son?" The voice belonged to Juno's Father, DEVON Juno "Here dad! Whats all this about asking master Marcus to go back home?" Devon (Excitedly) "Come here and you'll see." Juno followed his father to the living room where he saw 4 guests in the living. One Black male Aldebaran Assassin, 2 Sisters; 1 sister was tan furred and the other was white furred and the fourth person was Gray furred female. Juno (anxious) "What's all this about?" Devon (Happily) "You'll see..." Then the Gray furred female walked toward Juno and knelt in front of him so she could see him eye to eye. Juno saw the Insignia on her shoulder o what looked like the Thought Order. The lady (Calmly) "You are Juno Am I correct?" Juno just nods. The Lady "Well, My name is JESCA, I was an old friend of your mother and father... and I am the head of the Thought Order." (motions to her accomplices) "That lady over there with the white fur is AURORA, She is the head of the healing order and that Brown furred Lady over there is MILLIA, Head of the Combat order and That man over there is ZEEK the representative of the Elders in the Emblem Assasins." Juno simply looks at his dad then to Jesca and at the other three at the back. Juno (confused) "I don't mean to offend you or anything but why are all of you here?" Aurora "We all have come to give you something that not everyone can receive on a regular basis..." Then Millia continues... Millia "We cannot fully explain it you but Zeek here is the only one who can." Then Jesca stands up and returns to her companions and Zeek walks toward Juno and kneels in front of Juno like the way Jesca did. Zeek (neutrally) "Do you take your history classes seriously?" Juno (a bit scared) "Y...yes..." Juno saw the right eye of Zeek. It looked more or less like a Demon's eye. Zeek "You need not be afraid... My eye may look like this but I'm definitely not a demon..." And then Zeek Pulls out a small rectangular box made of steel with a rather reddish glow surrounding it and he hands it in front of Juno. Zeek (neutrally) "We are all aware o the Abilities you possess and this box here can only be opened by somebody who has powers similar to yours... Your a smart boy right? Tell me what is this power you posess and what can it do?" Juno (Anxious) "Cosmic Energy... Pure cosmic energy... Its more unique than any form of magic known to aldebaran kind. It's even more powerful than Sorecery and Rune magic for it derives from all living matter. The Aniverse itself is filled with cosmic energy. This is the Universal Force that embraces the whole cosmos." Zeek (chuckling) "Devon, Quite a prodigy you have here..." Devon (Happily) "He's quite advanced for his age." Zeek (looks at Juno) "Open this box with those powers... This box was made to be opened by someone with your powers..." Juno (Shocked) "B...but I left my practice gems with my master!" Zeek "You don't need your gems to practice this power! Now perform a unlocking spell with only your thoughts." And Juno takes the box from Zeek and focuses to open the box. After Five minutes of silence a loud crack could be heard in the living room. and the Red glow on the box disappeared and it snapped open. And Juno gasped when he saw what was inside the box and he showed it to Zeek. Juno (Confused and shocked) "Whats this?" Juno looked at the box again. And inside was a plaque. And on it was what seemed to be a demon skull with an insgina on it. Juno moved the plaque closer to his face to get good look at the insignia and saw it looked like a reversed N and there was a spike in the middle of the reversed N. Juno (Now gettting Frustrated) "What's this supposed to be?" Zeek (Smiling) "Juno, That there is the Insignia of the Emblem Assassins and You just passed the Initiation..." Juno "Initiation? Your saying this was a test?" Zeek (nodding) "Yes, it was you see your gifts seem to be of great interest to the elders and they would like you to be able to control or rather exercise it." Devon walks over to his son and places a paw on his shoulder. Devon "When will he have to go to the elders?" Zeek "When he feels he is ready." Then Jesca walks toward Devon and interrupts the conversation. Jesca (whispering) "Devon might I have a private word with you?" Devon (nodding) "Alright, Jesca." Devon then leads Jesca towards the Kitchen of the house leaving Juno with the rest of the group. Scene 2 In the Kitchen, Aldebaran 700+ years ago Devon and Jesca enter the Kitchen quietly. Devon then offers Jesca to take a seat which she accepts then he walks toward the wall beside the door and leans against it. Devon (calmly) "Jesca, you do know that it's going to be difficult for him to be separated from me and his friends." Jesca "This is exactly why I wanted to talk to you privately. I'm not sure how he feels about me taking the position his mother once held." Devon "Trust me Jesca he doesn't like it he's just very good at not showing it." Jesca It seems so. Devon, a lot of us are still pained from losing Rika in that war but she gave her life up for me, you, Juno and the queen. She knew the risks. Devon (sadly) I know. That day in the palace was very traumatizing for Juno. I mean he watched his own mother die in the hands of a demon. He wouldn't stop crying for nearly weeks. Jesca I was informed he is currently possessing Rika's gems. Devon "Yes, he wanted to keep them from being used by another wielder besides himself and his mother." Jesca "Listen. Juno must keep those gems because curently there is conflict between the King and the Queen lately and it seems the Queen is requesting the return of the gems of light. Devon "But what of the gems of Darkness and the..." Jesca (interrupting) "That has been taken care of. Just make sure no one is to even lay a finger on those gems besides you and Juno." Devon "Does your companions know anything about this?" Jesca "Yes." Devon (changing the subject) "So who will help Juno contain his powers?" Jesca "Zeek will. But I do beleive that you taught Juno hand to hand combat am I correct?" Devon (smiling) "You think?" Jesca (realizing her mistake) "Oh sorry I overlooked the fact that you are Aldebarans most skilled martial artist and Rika being..." Devon "...the most skilled Artificer..." Jesca "So what sort of combat arts did you teach him?" Devon "Oddly enough he mastered so many really quickly like Arnis, Fencing, Archery, Hapkido, Karate and many more." Jesca (shocked) "Your saying he was able to completely master all of that?" Devon "Not really he covered at least half of everything. But his skills are truly revealed in weapon combat." Jesca "Zeek will definitely enjoy having him as an apprentice." Devon (walking towards Jesca) "That is if Juno agrees." Jesca (chuckling) "I believe it's time for us to take our leave." The two then walk toward the living room where they find the rest of them waitng for the two to return. Jesca (firmly) "Aurora, Millia, Zeek. It's time we take our leave." Millia, Aurora and Zeek simply nod and walk toward the front door but Zeek stops in front of Juno. Zeek (smiling) "When your ready to join us in the guild just fire a simple lightining spell to the plaque and that will signal us to come pick you up, ok?" Juno "Ok." Zeek then pats Juno in the head and makes his way out of the door. Then followed by Jesca leaving Devon and Juno alone in the house. Devon "Just tell me when your ready then I'll help you conjure the lightning spell for that plaque." Juno "Dad... Is it alright if I use mom's gems if I decide to take this decision?" Devon kneels in front of his son and hugs him tightly. Devon "Of course." Juno (returning the hug) "Then I've made my decision..." Scene 3 Aldebaran 722 years later... Emblem Assassins Temple A Dark blue furred Aldebaran abruptly gets up from his sleep as though he had went through a horrible nightmare only to find himslef in a room filled with knives, swords, sheilds and memory stones. As the glow of the moonlight slowly shines upon him it reveals to be Juno, who looks to be 25 years of age. Juno "What the?" He then realizes that on of his memory stones must've have fallen from it's shelf and landing beside his head and trigerring that flashback in his sleep. He then grabs hold of the memory stone and places it back in it's place on the shelf. And he walks over to his closet which was full of the usual civilian clothing but he pulled out a midnight black body suit and puts it on. After that he walks over to an armor rack which holds a skull white battle armor and quietly puts it on and takes his sword which was rested right next to the armor and two short swords. When he finishes arming himself he quietly walks out of his room which leads to a hallway which was well lit thereby revealing a set of silver gems but he wore no head gem for it was located right above the hilt of his sword which he strapped on his belt. And a the chest plate of is armor had an insginia of an Emblem Assassin except the demon skull had a sword plunged in it's head. He then begins walking towards the grounds until he hears a door slightly opening he slowly turns a round to see a little girl with white fur and silvery pink hair was peeking thorugh the small opening she had made with the door. Little girl (curious) Going out Big brother? Juno (smiling) Yes, And why are you still up? It's 2 in the morning. Little girl "I couldn't sleep..." Juno "Why is that?" Little girl "Coz I think the mosters are gonna come out and get me." Juno then walks to ward the little girl amd kneels in front her and pats her on the head Juno "It's alright I'm here don't worry Big Brother Juno will be here to protect you and all the others here." Little girl "Really?" Juno "Yep." She then kisses him on the cheek and makes her way to her bed. Little girl (giggling) "Good night, Big Brother!" Juno (smiling) "Good night" He then shuts the door when he turns around instead of continuing towards the grounds only to find a blue furred girl with silver hair as that of Juno who was no older than 22 years old who was as tall as him was standing right in front of him. Juno (startled) "Emerald! What are you doing here?" Emerald (cocking an eyebrow) "I'd like to ask you the same thing." Juno "I'm heading to town." Emerald "Really? In full battle Armor?" Juno (aggraveted) "Of course! Better safe than sorry right?" Emerald "Listen you still remember about the promise you made to me last night." Juno (thinking) "Of course I remember. I promised to take you out correct?" Emerald "Alright, so you do remember so it's best I have to be going now, Good night!" Juno (sighing) "Good night." (thnking) Juno watches Emerald make her way to her way to her and then he continues to walk towards te grounds and admires the paintings decorated in the walls of the temple he then realizes that he wanted to pass somewhere before heading out to town. He enterd a room in which was only lit by the light s in the floor and he could see tubes filled with bluish liquid and figures inside the tubes but after a while the lights begin turning itself on and the lights reveal what was inside the tubes. Inside were the bodies of fallen Assassins that meant something to the guild. The bodies were sorted alphabetically and he made his ay all the way to the end and saw the body of his master floating inside. He looked as though he were sleeping inside but the truth was he was dead...for only a temporary time. Juno "Master Zeek, Your awakening is almost at hand in 6 months time you finally walk among us." Juno then turned tail and looked at the other assassins bodies and paid his repsects to them. Once he exits the room he sees the Head Elder walking past him. The Head Elder was as tall as Juno, he had red fur and carried a set of crimson colored gems and he looked as though he came from nearly hundreds of battles from the scars on his face and arms." Juno (bowing) "Greetings, Head Elder Zane." Head Elder Zane (smiling) "Greetings Juno! Visiting Zeek again I see. You seem to like paying respect to the most decorated assassins like yourself. But not a matter your master will be reawakened soon and he then see how much you have achieved but I don't think he will like it if he finds out about those 5 years of absence you took to kill a single demon." Juno (lying) "I'm sorry Head Elder I was how you would say 'delayed' in that hunt." Head Elder Zane "But nonetheless you returned with success in your mission and you came back in one piece. And you followed our rules of Aboslute Eradication and carrying out of all missions without fail. At least when you returned you seemed to be more proud of that Insignia on your chest plate." Juno "I guess your right Head Elder. By the way why are you up this late, sir?" Head Elder Zane "Just taking a stroll around the temple. It takes my mind of things. Your heading to your mission?" Juno "Yes sir, It seems the target is hiding within the town in front of the guild." Head Elder Zane "Will you need your team for this?" Juno "No, Head Elder. Why do say that?" Head Elder Zane "It seems they are heading they are now heading this way." Juno then looks at the direction the Head Elder was pointing at and sees 6 Assassins making their way toward him. Juno (groaning) "Oh no..." As the six stop right in front of Juno and the Head Elder. And they all greeted the 2 of them. Juno (aggarvated) DIRGE, LEON, ZOE, ROMAN, AZRAEL, KENJI!!! What the hell are you doing here?! Leon had golden brown fur with white hair, he carried a small scimitar and yellow gems, Roman had Peach colored fur with blue hair, he carried a naginata and gray colored gems, Azrael had Gray fur and hair, he carried dual retractable batons and dark blue gems, Kenji dark brown fur and hair, he carried a crossbow and light violet gems, Dirge had Lavender and hair colored fur, he carried a metallic whip and green colored gems and Zoe had pink fur with white hair, she carried a wrist blade and teal Green colored gems. Zoe "we're coming along in your mission, Captain." Juno "Zoe, I recall giving specific orders not to accompany me in this mission." Looking at his team of Emblem Assassins who wore battle armor which was barely similar to Juno's. But their's didn't seem to look as fierce or as nice as Juno's. Dirge "But sir we wanted to help you out that's all." Juno "Good grief! The demon isn't even as dangerous as a quark demon!" Leon "Then why are you going after it?" Juno (aggravated) "To capture and let it loose somewhere else or better yet to kill it!" Head Elder Zane "Now, now Juno theres no need to be harsh to them they just want to join you in your mission." Juno "But Head Elder I will barely need this in this mission it's nothing more than a..." Head Elder Zane "...A Bait Demon, Juno?" Juno "Y-yes..." Azrael "But I recall Bait Demons often Attract bigger demons to them so that's why captain you'll need our help here since if we do capture the Bait demon it could get any more nearby demons to attack anyone near it." Head Elder Zane "Correct, Azrael. Juno, I want you to go to Triboa and find the demon and send it where it belongs." Juno "But Head Elder..." Head Elder Zane "That wasn't a suggestion Juno That was an order. Now if you excuse me I will now head back to my room. Good day." Head Elder Zane now walks away and leaving Juno and his team where they were. Juno "Then what are we waiting for let's go!" The Team Rushes out of the Temple and Runs through the Large Temple grounds where a few Assassins could be seen training at night. When they make their way to the gate it slowly opens for them and they walk past the gates and as the rest make their way to Triboa which was Exactly in front of the walled temple. Juno signals to the gate guards to close the gates and he sees hundreds of Emblem Assassins Guarding the Gates from the walls. The Walled temple was never breached because of all the Emblem Assassins on guard in the walls. Juno (thinking) Scene 4 Triboa Town, night As they searched the town for the demon everyone else in the town was in their homes asleep so the Assassins quietly make their way around the town until they reach the Town Hall. Juno (neutrally) "It's nearby but it's inside something else..." Roman "What do you mean by that captain?" Zoe (retracts her wrist blade) "He means that there are already demons that got to the Bait demon first." Azrael (sighing) "Oh well so much for a peaceful mission." The whole team prepares their weapons and all their gems begin to glow. Juno "We have to prevent from any civilian from getting harmed! It sounds like it will be one hell of a fight!" Then they hear large footsteps going toward them and they see a massive Havok Demon, with nearly an army full of smaller Havok Demons. Dirge (shocked) "I thought Havok Demons can't grow more than 10 feet?!" Zoe (conjuring a spell on her weapons) "Apparently this one can." All of them then have all their backs against each other as they are quickly being surrounded by the regular sized Havok demons which were 5 feet in height. Leon (smiling) "Let's start this party!" The seven of them then charge straight at the army of Havok demons. Juno was the first to kill a demon and he began slicing through a lot of them like a hot knife thorugh butter, while Kenji often kept his distance when firing spell charged crossbows. The whole team was making good progress throughout the fight since their attacks was a lethal combination of Magical and Physical attacks. They as well relied on speed a thing which is the most reliable thing they use when attacking. A demon began charging right behind Zoe and she immediatley back flipped and she landed directly behind the demon and she conjured a blast spell which blew the demon to bits but she didn't see the demon who was cut in half by Leon, Grab her leg and stab it with a knife and she screamed and fell over because of the wound. Kenji (seeing what happened) "ZOE!!!" The Zoe was pinned to the ground by the demon as it made it's way on top of her and held her arms so she couldn't launch a spell at it and was about to bite her shoulder when she sees a crossbow dart go right through the demons head and it let go of Zoe and died. Kenji then ran over to her and saw her wound. Kenji "You okay, Z?" Zoe (pained) "I'm ok just get this damned knife out of my leg." Kenji "As you say. Azrael cover me I'll tend to Zoe's wound!" Azrael (seeing what happened to his comrade) "Alright." When Azrael arrives and begins fighting off the demons who were planing to attack Kenji and Zoe. As Kenji slowly pulls out the knife out of her leg she let's out a small moan from the pain. Once the knife is out of her leg she thentries to her best to stand but fails. Kenji (preparing his medical kit) "Don't even think about it! I still need to bandage your wound!" Kenji though he served as the "sniper" of the team he also doubled as the medic since Juno could heal himself quickly because of cosmic energy he needed to make sure that his team could be patched up in the battlefield as well. Azrael "Hey, Dirge How are you doing there?" As Azrael beats a demons head to a pulp with his batons, Dirge could be seen firing his spell and lashing his whip at every demon that would go near enough to attack him. Dirge (yelling over to Dirge) "Fine, just fine! Wheres the Captain." Azrael (realizing the captain was missing) "How should I know?" As Azrael continues to kill off the approacing demons. He then runs over to Kenji who was still tending to Zoe's wound Azrael (thinking) Azrael then takes up a fighting stance as another wave of demons come charging towards them. Scene 5 Triboa Town, main road In the distance Roman and Leon are fighting back to back against the hordes of demons charging at them. Roman (calmly) "It's such a shock that these demons didn't enter a single one of the houses here!" As Roman Slices a demons head off, Leon is stabs another demon in the stomach and all it's entrails slowly pour out of it. Leon "Your right. I think they expected us to come and once we're dead that's when they kill off the rest village." Roman (wiping his sweat) "Good point." Not far from the 17 foot demon, Juno could be seen slicing every demon that got in his way toward the large Havok Demon. Juno then kicks one of the demons and impales the demon right there with his long sword and the gem of the sword grew brightly and the body of the impailed Demon shriveled up as white lights slowly shine out of the openeings of it's body. And from there Juno unsheathes to short swords which he begins slicing the demons in a whirling motion and but more demons were able to crowd on him since his moves with the 2 swords were compact, made for all situations whether in wide roomed or tight situtations these were the 2 swords Juno would use if it gets too tight for his long sword to swing. He begins to get annoyed from the demons and he slowly wraps his arms around himself and instantly spread them wide open and an energy dome surrounds Juno and swallows whatever demon was within 10 feet from him. Once the the dome disapppaers the only thing that could be seen is Juno and his long sword still stabbed at the shriveled up demon but among those all the demons that surrounded him seem to have suffered the same fate as their shriveled up friend. As Juno sheathes his 2 short swords and picks up his long sword he begins walking among the shrivled bodies of the Havok Demons and Juno begins to running towards the remainder of the horde but the remainder begins runing away from the what they saw Juno do to their companions. The large one however doesn't seem so impressed and makes his way in front of him. And looks down on him. Juno (angrily) "What the hell are you looking at ugly?" Havok Demon (Chuckling) "I'm looking at my tiny but powerful lunch!" And at that moment the demon lunged it's huge hand at Juno but misses and Juno then stab it's hand and it lets out a cry of pain. Juno could see that most of the villagers were now awakened by this aside from all the things him and his team caused. Juno then dragged his sword while it was still stabbed in it's wrist up it's arm but the demon tried to swipe Juno but Juno jumps out of the way and sees the long wound he caused simply closed itself as though he had done nothing to it. Havok Demon (chuckling) "You stupid fool! Don't you know who I am?" Juno (preparing another attack) "Somehow I don't seem to care." Havok Demon "Then I'll tell you any way my name is Koril! Master of the Havok Demons! Your kind have been killing my kin for centuries and I think it's time I kill off your kind to sort of show we are more superior then you!" Juno (jokingly) "Alright, Koril I concede to your might." Juno then kneels and bows. Koril "That's more like it! Now everyone else bow to your new..." Juno (interupting) "Hey Dumb and ugly!" Koril sees Juno has stopped doing what he was doing and was kneeling on one leg. Koril "What?!" Juno "I bow to NO ONE!!!" Juno then throws one of his short swords which was powered up with a spell at Koril and finds it's mark and once it hits Koril it sends him flying across the village and against the walls of the Assassins temple. Then Juno runs at extreme speeds and slices Koril's arm off and watches if his plan worked. And signals the Emblem Assassins not to shoot at Koril. Koril (angrily) "Fool! Now you shall die for this!" Koril then tries to Heal his arm but it was hopeless. (shocked) "What has happened?! I cannot heal myself!" Juno walking towrds him with his long sword in one hand and his short sword in the other. Juno "I'll explain to you slowly. I nullified your powers using my sword. Now I can usualy nullify powers without the help of my swords but since you were far too large for me to be able to nullify you on time I decided on using my swords to do it for me. Now it was one big mistake for you to try to attack this place and now you will be rewarded death for such a stupid mistake." Juno then jumps and stabs Koril in the chest with his longsword and slices Koril's throat open and takes all three of his swords back and sheathes them and he simply snaps his fingers and Koril suddenly inflates and explodes. And nothing is left of Koril except his ahses from the explosion. Juno (calmly) "Yet another successful mission." Scene 6 Triboa Town, In front of the Town Hall Juno then begins walking over to his team where he sees them resting from the battle right there in front of the Town Hall. Juno (cracking his knuckles) "Everybody okay?" Kenji "I'm alright." Dirge (sipping on a little canister of wine he brought) "Nothing more than a few play bites." Leon "I'm clean." Roman "Few scratch marks." Azrael "A konk to the head but aside from that, I'm okay." Zoe "A stab wound to the leg and a few scratches but I'll live." Juno "Ok, then let's move out." Seeing Zoe's condition he walks over to her. Zoe was now having difficulty standing up from the wound on her leg (calmly) "Need any help?" Zoe "No, Captain I'm fine." Juno (jokingly) "Yeah, right." Juno then scoops her up and begins walking towards the Temple. Zoe (embarrased) "Hey! Captain I don't think we should be doing this." Juno (smiling) "Zoe, You are an important part of my team and I want you to be ready to fight ASAP so which means your gonna have to that leg of your heal instead of putting pressure on it. And besides somebody like doesn't deserve to do walk with a wounded leg." Zoe could feel her cheeks going red from what he said Zoe (avoiding Juno's gaze) "Uhm..Captain...I've been meaning to tell you something which I wanted to tell you a long time ago." Juno (curious) "Ok, what is it?" Zoe (nervously) "Uhm..ok Captain ever since you accepted me into your team I always had a..." Juno (contiuing for her) "..a?" Zoe (trying to look at Juno's face) "I always had a crush on you." Juno (flattered) "Really?" Zoe (smiling) "Well, yeah... I mean I know your going out with Emerald now and all but I Know your tired of hearing this from almost every gal in the guild but I think your really cute. Even though your an Ultimate Emblem Assassin and all but still." Juno (blushing) "Uhm, Thanks Zoe." Zoe then puts her arms behind Juno's neck and kisses him on the cheek. This made Juno blush even more. But they suddenly stop when they see the rest of the team and nearly half the village just staring at the Temple. And the gate was left wide open. Zoe "What do you think is happening?" Juno "I pray it's nothing serious." As he joins his team he stares in shock at what happened. Half the Temple has been seriously damaged. Even thoguh the Temple was as big as 2 Castles combined nothing could do this damge within the 2 hours they were gone. And he just came from the gates earlier and saw no commotion when he slained Koril. Juno (shocked) "We have to see if everyone is alright! Azrael, Leon! Check on the Elders! Kenji! Help anyone who was wounded in the fight! Roman, Dirge, I want the both of you to find the attacker! While Zoe and I will check on the children! All of you move now!" Azreal, Leon, Roman, Kenji and Dirge "Yes, sir!" The five immediately head tyowards their objecttives and Juno and Zoe begin to head to theirs. Juno (neutrally) "Hang on, Zoe" Zoe "Ok, Captain." And suddenly Juno sppeds off towards the temple at break neck speeds until they reach the entrance Scene 7 Emblem Assassins Temple Entrance, sunrise When they both arrive in the entrance they could see signs of a battle on the wall. Juno begins running again but this time toward the dormitories and sees that it was seriously damaged. And he slowly sets Zoe against the wall. Juno (calmly) "Just stay here ok? I'll be back in a while." Zoe (preparing her wrist blade) "I can take care of myself don't worry, captain." Juno then Runs off and begins to search for survivors. The only person he was thinking of was all the children in the dormitories and Emerald. He checks in evbery room but there was no one there until he saw to his horror Blood on the walls in the hall. He unsheathes his short swords and walks thorugh the hall until he sees the body of the little girl lying there lifeless and a few of his friends and several Emblem assassins lay there dead as well. And he checks if there was a pulse but it was hopeless and he sees the wounds of the people that were harmed here and it looks as though they were puncture wounds from what looked like a whip of some sort. But he continues to search for any survivors but it was useless. Until he hears screaming and realizes it was Emeralds voice. Juno immediately dashes off to the source of the scream to see of what looked like a jet black male Aldebaran who was holding Emerald through Tendrils. The Tendrils were wrapped around her arms and legs and her waist and saw one Tendril which was aimed at her chest. Juno "Let go of her you sick son of a..." Emerald (crying) "Juno, go save yourself!" The jet black aldebaran then turns around to see Juno looking at him. Male (mockingly) "Yeah, Juno Save youself! I'll have my fun with this hottie which might take awhile." Juno (angrily) "I SAID LET HER GO!!!" Suddenly Juno felt a weird feeling in him. Something he hasn't felt in a long time. Juno's eyes slowly turned from purple to Crimson and his pupils shrunk to the point it could be barely seen. And glowing white chains begin erupting from his back and the chains seem to have a demonn skull on it's end with small blades at it's sides which could definitely stabbed somebody with ease and the blades on his swords begins glowing bright blue. The figure turned to him still holding Emerald with his Tendrils sees that Juno is advancing towards him. Male "Oh how rude of me my name is Kinjite!" Juno simply looks at Kinjite and sees the eyepatch and realizes who he was. Juno (Still advancing) "The Forbidden One? I thought you defended your own kind? now your killing them off?!" Kinjite "Hehehe you could say I'm different." Juno says nothing more and charges straight at Kinjite and his Chains grab Emerald and another set of chains cuts his Tendrils and the chains pull Emerald away from harm. Once Juno knows that she's safe. Juno (angrily) "Emerald! Zoe is in the end of the hall! Both of you go to Head Elder Zane and stay there I'll take care of this pathetic excuse of an Aldebaran." Emerald simply nodded and ran off. While Kinjite could be seen licking his hand which was drenched in blood. Kinjite (sarcatically) "Does she really have to go?" Juno then runs towrd Kinjite they begin tearing each other apart and the Chains and Tendrils begin slicing at their targets. Kinjite continuously strikes Juno with a combination of magical blows and physical blows while Juno blocked most of the attacks the rest that he wasn't able to block wounded him but he didn't have the time to heal them and after a few minutes of repeated moves Juno suddenly attempts to stab Kinjite but Kinjite grabs the Juno's arm and nearly 20 tendrils stab Juno and then Juno let out a scream then his head simply slumped over his shoulders and Kinjte checked if he was dead. Kinjite "And I thought he was better than that! Hmph! Now time to kill the rest of the..." Juno (Interrupting) "I am better than that!" Kinjite looked upwards and he could see Juno trying to slice him in half with his long sword. But Kinjite jumps out of the way. Kinjite (shocked) "But I killed you! H-How? " Juno "You'll find out once I send you to hell!!!" Juno then launches a chain at Kijite who dodge it but he didn't see another chain stabbing him from behind. And more chains begin coming out from the ground and wrap around his limbs. Before Juno had the chance to nullify Kinjite's magic. Kinjite was able to teleport to somewhere else but before that he did the same thing Juno did and stabbed around 4 Tendril behind Juno's back and it punches right through him and he screams in pain from the blow and he is about to pass out from the pain and hears Kinjite's voice. Kinjite (Evilly) "Well, I guess it's me who will send you there... We will meet again that is if you survive! HAHAHAHAHA!!!" His laughter could still be heard when he completely disappaers along with his Tendrils dropping Juno to the Pool of Blood on the floor and he passes out from the wounds that were inflicted to him. Scene 8 Elders Chamber, Emblem Assassins Guild A large and round room could be seen with elders seated a the sides of the room with the Head Elder situated at the very center of the room. Leon, Azrael, Dirge and Roman are there with weapons at ready in case the intruder attempts to enter. Dirge and Roman were there as well since they could not find where the intruder was located and decided to help protect the elders. But suddenly the doors burst open with Emerald and Zoe coming out from it. Leon (shocked) "Emerald! Zoe! You two, Okay?" Zoe "Yeah, Emerald just got a few slice wounds And I'm fine myself but it's the captain that needs help!" Azrael "Why is that?" Emerald (crying) "He's fighting with the Forbidden one but I don't know if he's alrightwe heard scream on the way here." One of the Elders stood up after hearing 'The Forbidden One' Elders (shocked) "The Forbidden one?! According to our spies he was in Atlantis! And he was even Exiled from here! Besides the Sisterhood doesn't even know of our existence! Neither does he! We are nothing more than Legends to the sisterhood! Then how did the Forbiden one know of our Existence!?" Head Elder Zane (angered) "That is enough from you, Thadeus! Emerald tell me where is Juno?" Emerald who was trying to stop crying from the attack and the horrible things she had just seen wiping of the rest of her tears. Emerald (shaking) "H-he is in the D-Dormitory area." Head Elder Zane "Alright, Emerald thank you for the information. Leon, Azrael, Dirge, Roman, head over to the dormitory area and see what happened to your captain I already disptached a medical team there in case there are any survivors from the attack." The team just looks at the Head Elder and nods then they race of towards the dormitory area where they find nothing but a massacre. as they walked on the sea of blood they find the medical team already healing and helping the survivors of the Slaughter. The team come across a pair of Healers carrying a strecher with Juno on it. Roman (shocked) "Oh no, it's the captain..." Azrael "Oh my stars! The Forbidden one did this to captain!?" Kenji "I belive so." The 4 of them turn their heads to see Kenji their his hands look like he dipped them in the sea of blood they were standing on Leon "Kenji, what happened to the captain?" Kenji (sadly) "It's difficult to say my friend. He wascontually sliced all over his body and looks like aftr awhile he was stabbed by some kind of vine or something. He took in 4 of those stab wounds 1 on his right leg, 2 on his stomach and 1 in his chest." Dirge "Will..Will the captain live?" Kenji "As of now he will undergo surgery... If it succeeds he has 40% survival rate that including his ability to heal himself but the problem is he can only heal himself if he is concious." The whole team looks around in the slaughter and the 5 of them begin to walk toward the Chambers to report of what happened. Scene 9 Atlantis orbit A Massive ship could be seen near the Atlantis orbit and inside a black cloud erupts out of nowhere and once it clears it reaveals to be Kinjite and he slowly walks to the bridge of the ship and his form as well slowly changes from Kinjite to a 5 foot demonic montrosity. As the Demon walks to it's seat in the bridge a Lupine slave approaches the demon who was seated comfortably in his place in the bridge. Lupine (frightened) "M-master VISCERA your army is prepared for attack on any planet you like." Viscera (smiling evilly) "Hmm maybe we should put the army on standby first and tell them to await my orders to attack." Lupine "Yes Master." The Lupine Slave slowly walks out of the bridge leaving Viscera alone in the bridge while the rest of the piloting crew of his ship areon there way to the bridge. Viscera then walks to a nearby window and looks at Atlantis. Viscera (thinking) Viscera begins laughing at the fact that his plan will succeed regardless of any circumstances and then his piloting crew enter and await orders from their master. Viscera "I want to land in an unknown area of Aldebaran we can set up base there and once the time is right we kill off every man, woman and child in this planet and once we're done here we will kill off Atlantis and with those two out of our way the Whole Aniverse will soon be ours!" The whole crew shout in agreemen tand they rush to their places and work on the controls and slowly the ship is headed for Aldebaran. Scene 10 Emblem Assassins Guild, Medical area The operation took no more than an hour to finish but to Emerald and the rest of the team it felt like eternity. But it finished no more than 5 hours ago and all the ones he cared for just stayed in Juno's room the whole time after the operation. He was covered in bandages from the fight. And the only thing that actually convinced everyone that he was alive was the rise and fall of his chest. Emerald was seated right beside his bed holding his hand and looking at his face which was barely recognizable with all the bandages on. Her eyes were pink from all the crying she did when she heard the news about Juno. Zoe, Dirge and Roman were seated in the couch in the room, Azrael was leaning against the wall beside the window looking at the view and Leon was leaning right beside the door. Kenji on the other hand was helping out all the other Healers in tending the wounds of the survivors of the massacre. Azrael (sighing) "Think his gonna be okay?" Roman "Kenji said that him and the Healers will do all they can to save him." Leon looks at the door once then he begins to walk toward Emerald who was just string at Juno. Leon (calmly) "Hey Emerald." Emerald snapped out of her trance while she was looking at Juno and turns to look at Leon. Emerald "Y-Yeah?" Leon "You look tired I think you need to get some rest." Emerald "No, Leon I can't I wanna stay here with Juno." Then they hear the door open and they see Head Elder Zane enter and all of them were about to greet him but he signalled them that they didn't have to greet him. Head Elder Zane "I just received word from the healers on Juno's condition" The everyone in the room was now anxious becuase who knew what was in the Head Elders mind. (calmly) "Juno will be able to survive from his condition but he might not be able partake in any missions for the remainder of his life." Dirge (pissed off from the news he just heard) "What?!" Zoe "If captain Juno can't fight join us then who will lead us?" Head Elder Zane "I do not know... Even I am disappointed from hearing this news his 700 years of service to this guild helped us live through those difficult times and yet another one of those times is yet to come." Azrael (growling) "Let me guess The Council will assign us a new captain will they?!" Head Elder Zane "I'm afraid so..." Leon (growling) "Well I don't mean to be rude Head Elder but I won't allow anyone else to give orders in the field other than Captain Juno!" Roman "I'm with Leon." Dirge "There is no one in this blasted guild not even you Head Elder, I will ever trust as captain in this team." Azrael "If that has to be the case then, Zane. I'm afraid this team will not take a single order from you or the council." Zoe (continues) "Because once we find out that Juno can't be our captain anymore..." Leon "Then this team will be officially disbanded." Head Elder Zane (sighing) "I was afraid you were all going to say that." Emerald "Head Elder, What they are tryng to say is that they will only respond to Juno's orders." Head Elder Zane (nodding) "Alright as of right now your team is suspended until Captain Juno reawakens." Leon "Wait Head Elder, did you say he has chance not to be able to continue fighting?" Head Elder Zane "Yes, Why is that?" Leon "Then the chances of that are low because Juno can simply heal himself when he wakes up." Head Elder Zane "As a matter of fact your right. But let's discuss that some other time. I need to meet with the rest of the council about your Team." They all stand up and bow to the Head Elder s he leaves and returend to what they ahev been originally doing Roman (sighing) "Damn I hate the council the only person that I can only bare with there is Zane." Azrael (smmiling) "I agree." Scene 11 Elders Chamber Around 10 Elders not Including Head Elder Zane could be seen whispering among themselves. Head Elder Zane (raising his voice) "Alright I have already consulted Juno's Assassin team and came with a rather intresting response from them." The Elder from earlier could be seen interrupting Zane's talk Thadeus "Then tell us what did they think about the decision we have made?" Head Elder Zane "They will disband if their Captain is not able to continue doing his job." A lot of the Elders began murmuring among themselves and the youngest Elder who looked like she was in her late 40s stands to speak. Head Elder Zane "Yes, Cornelia?" Cornelia "Why have they decided that? Don't they know they are the best Assassin Squad known in the history of Aldebaran? Though they limit themsleves to only 7 memebers they nonetheless proved they could do a more efficient then any other squad here." Head Elder Zane (calmly) "I know Cornelia they are indeed the most decorated team in our history but it seems they do not want to take orders from any other available captain who would want to lead them." The Elders now begin arguing between themselves about the situation. Then another Elder who was in his 60s stands. Elder "If that is their wish then I'm afraid we will have to give in to it for they have been the main source of defense we ever had against any horde that attempted to breach these walls for the past 100 years." Many elders have settled down from their arguments from hearing this all but one. Thadeus (angrily) "Nonesense! Those ididots will have to follow our wishes whether they like it or not!" Head Elder Zane (thinking) Scene 12 Medical Room, Emblem Assassins Temple. Everyone but Azrael, Zoe and Emerald have already left for the night and still stay by their companions side. Emerald (sighing) "Think he'll come round soon?" Azrael (comfortingly) "I'm sure he will." Then suddenly they see Juno begin to shhuffle around the bed. Zoe "Speak of the devil" The three of them slowly walk toward Juno's bed and watch im slwoly wake up. Juno (groaning) "Where the hell am I?" Emerald (soothingly) "Your in the medical center Juno. You've been asleep for about a dat since you fought the forbidden one." Unknown to all of them Juno was healing his wounds with his powers and was quickly regaining stamina as he listens to what had happened recently. Once they have finished Juno slowly gets off the bed and begins cracking his neck a few times since it was stuck in one position too long. Juno "Where's my gear?" Azrael "It's still being repaired from the damage." Zoe "But we were able to snag few clothes from your closet." Juno (wide eyed) "You entered in my room?" Azrael "No, I did." Juno then calsm down knowing his friend was the one who entered. While Zoe and Emerald simply shrugged that thought of their minds. Juno "What are the damned Elders up to now?" Azrael "As of now discussing who is gonna be the new captain of our team." Juno "Alrighty, so where're my clothes?" Emerald "Right here. Juno you sure your feeling okay?" Juno "Never better." Juno then walks toward the bathroom and when he comes out he could be seen wearing a a black tank top with black cargo pants and boots. The outfit reveals his rather toned and masculine body. Juno "Let's give the Elders a visit." Scene 13 Elders Chamber, Emblem Assassin Temple The argument has already toned down after awhile and they now peacefully debate whether Juno should be replaced or not but the silence is quickly broken when Juno storms in with Azrael, Emerald and Zoe by his side. Juno (growling) "What's the meaning of all of you trying to replace me?" Thadeus "Show some respect to your superiors! Or you might find yourself dead!" Juno "Really? Thadeus I do beleive that I don't really careon your opinions not now not ever!" Head Elder Zane (shouting) "Silence!!! The Both of you!" Then the whole room falls silent. Head Elder Zane (calmly) "Now Juno what is it do want to discuss with us?" Juno "I ask if I could leave Aldebaran and hunt down the Forbidden for slaying our kin!" Cornelia "Juno, I know your reason is just but do you even know where he is?" Juno "Not yet, Elder Cornelia. But I will start in Genus hack into the mainframe of the UAC and find out as much as I can about the Forbidden one." Cornelia "How are you sure Genus is a good place to start?" Juno "Because during one of my shifts as a spy I saw a UAC Frigrate by the name of the Righteous Indignation occasionally landing here. For it seems the First mate of the Crew is a member of the Sisterhood." Cornelia "You plan on seeking her aid?" Juno "No, Though she works with outsiders she still sees mistrust in males with gems and she seems to be involved in a political war against the former head of the Thought Order who goes by the name of Cassie." Cornelia "So you think that if access the UAC mainframe you can find the Forbidden one there?" Juno "Yes." Head Elder Zane "It seems we have one vote for Juno's request to be granted who else approves of this?" Then around more than half of the Elders agree to the mission and they now come to a conclusion. Head Elder Zane "Ultimate Emblem Assassin Juno, You are among the highest ranking Assassins in the whole Guild and your request to leave Aldebaran for Genus is granted. Under one condition." Juno (calmly) "Name it." Cornelia "You take your team along with you. I think You might have to deal with more than just the Forbidden One." Juno (bowing) "Yes, Thank you for your approval Elders. I will not let any of you down." Emerald, Azrael and Zoe bow as well and the group take their leave. Juno "Azrael, Zoe, Assemble the team, brief them and have them ready in 3 days." Azrael and Zoe (nodding) "Yes, sir!" The Two then begin heading toward a different direction leaving Juno and Emerald alone together. Emerald "So Juno, anyway I can help?" Juno "As a matter of fact, Yes." Emerald (curious) "Then what do you want me to do?" Juno "To be ready to leave for Genus in 3 days. We're going hunting." Emerald (shocked) "You mean? I'm now a member of your..." Juno (smiling) "Yes, Emerald you are. Starting this on this very day you are now a part of my squad. And now I want you to prepare your Armor, clothes and the equipment you need." Emerald "Should I call you captain or by your name?" Juno (smirking) "I prefer you call me captain in missions. But Juno when we're not on one." Emerald (saluting) "Yes, captain." Emerald begins jogging away and Juno then walks toward the grounds and looks up at the sky. Juno (thinking) (He could feel a tear on his face and he quickly wipes it off.) "It's probably best I prepare as well." Juno begins walking towards the armory in the Temple. Scene 14 Demon Mothership, Observation Deck, Aldebaran orbit Viscera is standing in the observation deck and holds a small device showing what was happning in the Emblem Assassins Guild. Viscera (evilly) "Perfect. Everything is now falling to plan." Viscera then shuts off the device and he begins to laugh manically as the Demon mothership slowly makes it's way to Aldebaran. To Be Continued...