HJU: Together, We'll Be Stronger (RPG Thread)

The old man let out a hearty laugh.
"You know, the spirit of the river can't help anybody. Do you know why?"
The old man leaned in close.
"Because there's no such thing as a spirit of this river. It's a metaphor. You see the river calms people and allows them a brief moment to reflect on matters."
He turned back and hit the drum once again.
"It is then they realize, it is impossible to hurt those close to you. That is why they are close. You can beat them..."
He hit the drum again.
"You can curse them..."
He hit it again.
"You can leave them..."
And again, he hit it.
"But truly hurting them is beyond your grasp. If they truly are close to you. Then they will remain that way, forever."
The old man let out a yawn and stood up. He slung the large drum behind him, and stuff the staffs away. He then held out a hand to the young girl.
"I will not allow a young lady to stay out here alone. Please allow me the honor of escorting you to my dojo."
The old man then bowed.
"Please call me Asumu."


RK threw his muffler around his shoulders.
"A course that doesn't involve pain...heh every path involves pain. Your lucky if it's only physical."
RK started toward the door.
"I'm gonna go look for Shanti. You should go see Connor and ask our fearless leader what you should do."

Shanti chuckled weakily before she began to follow Asumu. "I'm Shanti..." She added with a small bow.

"You say it's not possible to truly hurt those close to you... but" She trailed off as they walked through the woods

"What if you saw it, something so real you could touch it. What if you didn't know you were hurting them?" She asked "How... do you explain to them... to yourself... that the damage has already been done?"

"...Finding Shanti right now is the more important thing" Will said turning towards RK "I'm going with you." He said with a nod "Besides, you're gonna need the help, especially if we run into any of those giant Makamou" He said

Will snapped his fingers together, two maids stepped into the room. "Yes m'lord?" The maids asked

"Can you get a pack ready for the two of us, with supplies? There's no telling how long we're going to be out there." Will said.

Once all the supplies were gathered, Will placed the backpack over his sholder "Come on, I'm sure Aliah would like to help us find her, too."

Aliah paced in circles around the Shadow Kivaa. Having landed in a new world he was anxious to find Shanti. Though he didn't think leaving without a word to anyone was a good idea.

He checked the pack for the fifth time to make sure everything was there. Of course it was.

"Why'd you leave? What happened to you?" He wondered silently

RK let out a groan.
"Ahh man, talk about cramping my style. How am I supposed to woo her if I got tweedle dum and tweedle dee tagging along."
RK slugged the pack around his shoulder. Leading th e way he mad eit to the garage, finding his Machine Decader. As well as Aliah.
"Man talk about a drag."


Asumu lead the way. As the walked there seemed to be less and less trees.
"You wouldn't need to explain. They trust you even if you don't trust yourself. They will understand, and help you. No matter how much you don't want them to."
Soon a large complex was seen.
"Ahh, my dojo."
The school was huge. Easily spanning over ten miles. Students bustled about.
"Now the question is...how to best help you?"

Aliah glared darkly at RK. "More important than your lust is finding her safe!" He snapped getting on his bike and revving the engine.

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Shanti blinked as she saw the dojo. "This is your dojo?" She marveled before frowning.

"Why would you want to help me? You don't even know what I'm talking about. Though you'd probably throw me out of here if you did..." Her eyes traveled the complex sadly as she whispered "or worse" to herself.

RK casulaly got on the decader.
"You know. I have to wonder. Do you really care about shanti? Or is it just that piece of her heart that you have inside of you. Quite the paradox."
RK revved up the Decader on drove off.

Asumu chuckled.
"If you inquiring about those two horrible beasts inisde of you. Then you are right, I know nothing of thm. Who, or what they are is beyond me. But what you are is a young girl in trouble. I am a teacher, and it is my job to see all young people safe. Not just my students, but all who need help. That is my job and my honor."
Asumu then motioned Shanto toward a small dojo near the side of the school.
"I beleive here is where we may find it."

OOC: I just had an awesome idea. Anyone here seen FF7:Advent Children, if bot they have these aweome fights on motorcycles. I'm thinking RK Will, and Aliah fight some Makamou while riding their bikes.
And Shanti I'm not sure how to do what you want so if you want to explain it, and controll Asumu, go ahead. Otherwise we'll just skip ahead to a little later and you'll already have them.

(I have, we can do that)

Will shook his head and sighed deeply at the two. Will climbed onto the Machine Kibaa, that was when Suzuku came to the garage. "You're going to explore this new world?" She asked

Will nodded "To find Shanti" He said reving his bike, "Tell Conner that we'll send some kind of signal, like a flare when we find any signs of life here." Will said reving his bike, he sped up.

Will sped up towards Aliah. "...You and I can sense where the Dragon's power is, right?" He asked looking straight ahead "If that's case, we should be able to pin point exactly where she is." He said

Connor nodded his head, "We are hornored to have you here, Suzuku." Connor followed Will to RK's world. He helped RK up. There they were, the three Riders, the three friends. "Three more worlds." Connor went down and threw RK's shirt at Rk. "Put it on."

Connor was doing it again, "Please. Listen we are the three strongest Riders we have. Like it or not, we are. I hate saying that but thats how we are treated here. I am goiing to search around this World, make sure nothing is different about it." Connor looked at Will and RK, "Please, come with me. Just in case any Makamou come. This world will be tough. So, you guys in?"

Shinobu was alone in the forest, and he smiled. "It's not my fault..." he said to himself, feeling the power of Joker growing stronger. He turned behind him to see the black Rider standing before him. "I know how she feels now...and I have no regrets. This is my choice..." He threw off his hood, wearing a completely different garb now. (This garb is the one that RK drew) "HJU...is now my enemy. At your command...I will destroy them, one by one."