Now a Wanted Man (open to anyone)

[Anonymous]

WANTED!

Jonah Azrael, "The Ryoujin"

Estimated Age: 23
Birthplace: Unknown
Residence: Unknown

Subject is a rogue mercenary and fire mage capable of D-grade damage. According to reliable sources, the body count left behind him is unfathomably huge...near the millions, some say. Subject is equipped with a scythe, a greatsword, kinetic energy beam, and another unknown weapon capable of shooting lava at high velocity. Plus, although based purely on unreliable sources and conjecture, subject is believed to be of tiefling heritage with a potential for dark magic, as well as being immortal. Subject must not be apprehended by citizens, as subject is Platinum-Class XXX threat.

BOUNTY: 100,000,000,000 CREDITS, DEAD OR ALIVE!

Note: Has only targeted criminals of Silver-Class AAA threat or higher, as well as slave traders and slave facilities.

So read the bounty in the light-blue glow of the viewcom hanging on one of the buildings in the streets of Haviah. The picture displayed wasn't very well-taken; it showed the fuzzy image of a brown-haired man wielding a giant scythe amidst the remains of a destroyed facility. The cloaked man reading it gave a barely audible laugh. Yes, he had killed...he had killed so many people in five thousand years that he had lost track of the number...but he did so for a righteous cause. He killed dangerous criminals and slave traders to make other people's lives better.

To the slaves he freed and the victims he helped, he was a harbinger of justice and freedom, though he went about delivering it in a gruesome way. Now, to all others, he was a menace to the world and a danger to society. But he didn't care what people thought of him, as long as he continued doing his job...even if he lasted another five thousand years.

Yes...in the thousands of years he had been on this world, he had seen many changes made. And with change came adaption. Jonah, knowing that he could't live in the past forever, adapted to these changes that kept coming. Even after the earth started to deteriorate, Jonah pressed on with the technological advances being made. Thus, in five thousand years, the world he now knew was completely different from the world he once knew.

Along with the fact that he had advanced technologically, what with the biomechanical arm and eye he now has, his power had also changed drastically, and it now has more potential than it did thosands of years ago. His fire magic was as deadly as ever, but he hasn't used his dark magic in over seven hundred years. He paid little mind to it, though, as he knew that using his dark magic could be catastrophic.

Undaunted, the man known as the Ryoujin picked up the large black case which housed both his scythe and sword and traveled down the crowded street, seeking to get out of Haviah, as those government dogs who might chase him will only become a thorn in his side.

[Anonymous]

Seth had just left the Advanced Training Complex and was off duty for now. As usual to his low standards in cloths, he was wearing a white wife beater with beat up blue jeans. His mind was occupied at the moment, so he was not as enthusiastic as his buddy Zack. Who he was going to a local bar with.

"Yo seth!" Zack said to him with great excitement. "you hear what the LT did the other day?" Seth sighed and closed his eyes to try and close off all the wispering and echoes in his mind. "Yes...." Seth replyed coldy. "And im not happy about it. how could he go and report me to higher command?" He shook his head before continueing. "From the scanning they did of my brain they say im definetly a physchic.".... Supposedly my brain activity went off the charts at some points. ive been told in a few days there removing me from active duty and im to expect a pilot and his partner to pick me up for transpher to the pilot training program. A load of crap if you ask me.  I dont want to have anything to do with that program, or dragons for that matter. those beasts scare the hell out of me"

Zack shrugged. "What can ya do man?" When the government says something, it is as good as law. Besides, you wont be a grunt no more. You can get the chance to be ways up there now" And that brings something to mind. I thought spooks like you were identifyed early in age? how comes you were identifyed so late?"

Seth stopped to let a hover car pass the street in front of them and replyed. "I had the same question. The medical examiner said sometimes it can be triggered due to stress" he looked at his mechanical left forearm. "God knows in our job, stress is guaranted." Seth wondered alot how he lost his arm. the military would not let him know anything of his past service time before the mind wiping.

But every now and again he would have flashbacks in his dream...... and they were never pleasent dreams. "Dont sweat it bro" Zack told him with a pat on the back. "Just take life as it comes" Seth smiled for the first time since leaving the base. "I guess your right, why worry." Its not like if i fail the program there gonna get rid of me."

They kept walking down the street.

OCC: No muse today

[Anonymous]

Jonah the Ryoujin continued walking down the street, undaunted by the feeling that he might be watched by someone. He had no fear that whoever came for him might kill him. In fact, he doubted that this facist dictatorship can kill him. Hmph...government dogs...I'd like to see them try, he thought. If anyone tried to kill him...they will fail, and he will mow them down with Death's scythe.

He walked past another viewcom displaying the wanted sign of him. Jonah smired for a moment, then his face became as hard as ever; it seems he was getting notorious. Not that he cared one way or the other.

He then bumped into two people who were talking. "Sorry, excuse me," he said, hurrying past them. They seemed normal...but something told them they worked for the military government. He kept that in mind as he continued walking.

[Anonymous]

Seth and Zack continued on there way down the sidewalk. A strange man forcefully walked between the two in a hurry and gave a short comment of kindess before hurrying on.

"Geeze!" Zack said with a pissed off look. Seth calmely looked after him. "Hmmm" Seth thought. He had seen that face somewhere before. He looked up to a Viewcom displaying information for a "Jonah Azrael"

He pulled out a cellphone and called his LT to tell him. "Yeah" I saw him a second ago" Want me to follow him?" The Lt on the other end replyed. 'No! you two are ill equiped to handle the threat. Ill rally together QRF (Quick Reaction Force). Let them handle it.

Seth was annoyed now. "by the time QRF is ready he will be long gone" We will follow him, track us using our chips. That way he wont pull a houdinni on us" The Lt Was not happy and made it known.

'Negative! You will not Interfere! That is an order!" Seth smiled. "Sorry sir. your breaking up, ill call you back later" With that, he folded the phone closed.

"Im not going anywhere with you anymore seth" Zack told him. "every time im with you something always happens" You should not have even called the sir. Why could you not have just turned a blind eye?"

Seth patted Zack on the back and followed after the wanted man. "It is our duty as soldiers, and citizens to do what is right" Zack stood there watching seth walk away before yelling out and running after him. 'Doing the right thing sucks!"

They would keep distance from there prey, but not to far as to lose sight. Seth tryed to tune out all the thoughts around him to monitor the mans. But it was proving difficult because he was not yet accustomed to his new abilities. If Seth felt they were compromised. They would beat feet. He would not risk going against a reputed mass killer with no weapons or his power armor......

[Anonymous]

Since he came into the city, the Ryoujin had a feeling he would become the hunted. Now he trusted that feeling, and somehow, he expected to be chased by the government. He gave a small smirk; it would rain blood today.

Jonah made a turn into an abandoned alleyway off the side of the street. There, he stopped and put down his case, then opened it, revealing his two reliable companions: his scythe (which he recently named Harbinger) and his greatsword, Ironheart.

These weapons have been with Jonah ever since he began his career as a mercenary, and their blades, though stained with the blood of countless people, remain as sharp and polished as ever. Only a couple of years ago, Jonah had made minor modifications to them; he augmented the point where Harbinger's blade attached to the rod so that it folded for easy storage, and he installed heat field generators in both Harbinger and Ironheart, which enabled them to become hot enough to sear through metal, provided that they don't overheat themselves.

Jonah then threw off his cloak to reveal his true form. He was muscular and had many scars on his chest and torso, the largest of which ran straight across his heart. A thick scar graced his right mechanical eye, which was a very dark brown and bottomless, just like his left eye, both of which were partially covered by his brown, messy hair that reached his shoulders. His left arm was clearly biomechanical, judging from the large silver rivets embedded into it. He wore his brown, sleeveless coat, brown breeches, and black steel-heel boots.

Jonah mounted both Harbinger and Ironheart onto his back cross-style. He then looked up the apartment complex he was next to and scaled it using the nearby ladders. Once on the roof, the Ryoujin looked down at the streets below, waiting patiently for his prey to come.

[Anonymous]

A tall slender girl with medium length brown hair and coal black eyes was running as fast as her exaushted body could carry her she had escaped from slave traders a few months ago and now they had finally found her and were now chasing her. It was plain to tell she had wolf-demon blood in her judging from her wolf ears however she did not have a tail like most did. She quickly climbed the roof of the apartment complex she had spotted whe n she saw a man there she then noticed the men who were chasing her begin to climb the ladder "Please help mister" she said as the men appeared on the roof and had grabbed her arm.

thought you could get away little girl! you gonna fetch a nice price on the market with those wolf ears of yers" the man laughed and began dragging her away. Kaori tried to fight back but her body was too weak from malnourishment and fatigue she couldn't put up much of a fight. Crow hued eyes looked pleadingly at the man "Please mister don't let them take me away please" she cried .

[Anonymous]

Jonah looked at the girl, dumbfounded at first, because she looked oddly familiar somehow. Then he regained his senses as soon as the other men grabbed her and she pleaded for help. The men appeared to be slave traffickers...scum who benefit off of selling other people. He couldn't stand by and let this atrocity go on.

He fulfilled the girl's wish. Almost immediately, Ironheart was in his right hand and he charged at the men. The first one he downed quickly, decapitating him with ease. Then he moved left and impaled the second one, then removed him from Ironheart with his foot, sending the guy falling off the building and onto the alley below. He then sheathed Ironheart and took out Harbinger, its bloodstained blade trained on the remaining person, the one holding the girl's wrist. He stared at Jonah in horror, letting go of the girl's wrist. It was clear the man knew who Jonah was.

"You...you're the Ryoujin...that guy...you're him," the man spoke in fear.

"Yes, that's me," Jonah said. "And you, maggot, are dead." He drove his scythe through the guy, spilling blood everywhere. Then, using his fire magic, he burned his insigna (a demonic eye with a sword and scythe held cross-style in the background) onto the man's neck. He then swung his scythe with such force that he threw the body off the building and onto the street below.

Satisfied, he holstered his weapon and looked at the girl. He wondered why she seemed so familiar. But now wasn't the time to ponder that. He needed to make sure the girl got home. "You...come with me," he said, taking the girl's wrist and taking her along.

[Anonymous]

Dark orbs looked up at the man who had just killed her chasers "Um Thank you mister my name is Kaori" she said as the man took her wrist and leading her away with him. "Um mister I don't have a home those guys they killed my momma and papa and burned my house down about 8 months ago" she explained sensing his intentions then an idea came to her as she reached with her free arm into her l tatterted bag and pulled out her grandmothers diary it said that her oniichan was a mercenary and carried two large swords . "Hmm it wouldn't be immpossible no hurt in asking I guess" she thought "Umm mister I got a question does the name Ayame ring any bell by any chance" Kaori asked putting the book back in her bag.

[Anonymous]

Seth and Zack trailed after the criminal until he passed around a corner. "Dammit!" Zack said. "We lost him" He scanned around the streets for any sight of him. "lets go in that ally" Zack suggested. "maybe the jackass went in there"

Seth followed his friend. saw a series of flashes before his eyes. he groaned to hold his head. "Yo seth you alright bro?" Zack inquired with evident concern as he tried to help Seth keep on his feet.

"Somethings wrong....." Seth muttered. "He is here..... i can feel him" His eyes went to the roof of the apartment complex they were next to. "Watch out!" seth yelled as he somehow sensed the falling body. Before Zack could even react the body was hovering over his head.

"Whoa...." Zack said with aw as he looked to seth holding out his arm with as much surprise on his face. When zack moved from under the body it fell to the ground with a thump and burst into flames. Seth had just learned to use Pyro kenises. "Oh god!" Seth muttered while holding his head in distress. "Whats happening to me man!" I dont want to be a spook! " Im tired of all the voices, im tired of it all!" Im tired of things happening and not being able to control it.!"

"hey, calm down man." Zack reasured. "Your fine, take deep breaths alright bro?" Zack looked to the sky as a dropship was moving in fast. "Looks like the boys are here seth. lets beat feet before things get ugly" that was second on the list of prioritys right now. His friend was in very deep mental stress. And he wanted to get him away to the bases medical bay.

Unknown to seth his friend was assighend to keep watch over him and evaluate his power. Zack had deemed him not able to control it. And thus, a danger to not only himself but others. not good.

As Zack escorted seth back to the base. Powered lights burst as they passed by.



OCC: yeah, think im done on this topic.

[Anonymous]

Jonah stopped in the middle of the street when she mentioned the name. That name...it sounded familiar, but he really couldn't put a finger on it. Where had he heard the name before? "I--" he began, but then he was interrupted as a dropship closed in them. "I don't think now's a good time to ask," he said firmly. Then a platoon of soldiers dropped down onto the street, each unit equipped with kinetic energy cannons, wrist bayonets, and power armor, all bearing the insignia QRF. Within seconds, the two were surrounded.

"Jonah the Ryoujin, do not move! You are under arrest! Submit to us quietly or we will terminate you on sight!" the lieutenant of the force said.

Jonah was unimpressed. "If you want to stop me...fire," he said.

"Very well, Ryoujin, you've made your wish. FIRE!" the lieutenant shouted. Immediately, the squad fired two shots in concert, all aimed for the same place: his heart. Jonah took the full front of the attack, and he fell to the ground, seemingly dead. His head faced Kaori, not moving. But then, unbeknownst to the squad, Jonah opened his eyes, smirked, and winked at the girl. He then whispered, "I'm not dead. Play along," before closing his eyes again.

"Orders, sir?" one of the men asked after holstering his weapon.

"Sieze the body," the lieutenant replied, then, after looking at the wolf-girl, said, "And take the girl in, too. She may be an accomplice."

"Yes, sir." The men moved in. One paused to take a look at the Ryoujin, then noticed something strange; the Ryoujin's blood wasn't red...it was a pitch black, and, if one looked close enough, it contained the stuff of nightmares. The man ignored it and went for the girl. "Come along quietly and no harm will come to you, he said.

[Anonymous]

Kaori whimpered the soilders scared her she didn't want to be captured again she closed her eyes and fear took over before the man knew what hit him he had wolf fangss inclosed around his arm blood running freely.


"Gaaaah you little brat let go of me!" the shouted hitting the girl on the head until a trickle of blood ran down her forehead she still didn't let go.

[Anonymous]

When the girl bit the man, Jonah's eyes flew wide and he sprang into action. He drew Harbinger and flicked a switch on it. The blade then began to glow bright red with heat, rippling the air around it. He then cut the man's arm off, the blade searing through the power armor off. The man cried out in pain as blood spilled everywhere.

"You will do no such thing," he said to the sprawling man. He then turned to Kaori. "Those are some strong teeth you have."

[Anonymous]

"Thank you" Kaori replied feeling a little dizzy from the cut on her head also from malnourishment her vision became foggy. After 3 steps she stumbled uable to catch herself she fell into the dirt . "I don't feel so good' she mumbled and then passed out.

[Anonymous]

Jonah glanced at Kaori as she fell to the ground, passing out. He'd have to scoop her up later. Right now, he had bigger fish to fry.

The QRF looked in astonishment as the Ryoujin stood up despite that fatal wound. It was then that they realized the rumors were true; he was immortal. And that he would kill them all.

"This is Lieutenant Ashnar!" the lieutenant yelled into his comm device.  "We need some serious backup! I repeat! We need--." But he never got a chance to finish. Jonah had already embedded Harbinger into the lieutenant's throat and out again, killing him instantly.

"Shit! All units, WITHDRAW!" one unit shouted, and the others were quick to follow. But none of them escaped. A high-pitched whistling sound pierced the air as Jonah punched the ground. Immediately, a giant wall of fire sprang from the ground and reached a height of three stories high, effectively trapping the force. The units stopped dead in their tracks as the flames surrounded them. And through those flames stepped the Ryoujin in all his terror.

What followed next could only be described as hell. Jonah slaughtered every single one of the units, spilling their blood and sending their carcasses into the column of fire. Their terrified screams of anguish sounded out as one after another died and burned. When the flames subsided, there stood the Ryoujin, amongst puddles of blood and smoldering remains. And he walked away from the site as if nothing had happened.

With that out of the way, Jonah turned his attention to the unconscious wolf-girl. He gently picked her up and ran to an empty hovercar. He used his right mechanical eye to hack the lock open, then set the girl carefully in the back seat. He then got in the driver's seat, hacked the mainframe of the hovercar system, and sped off. He turned the car to auto-drive and checked the glove compartment. To his luck, there was an antibiotic spray in there. He took it out and spritzed some on Kaori's head wound.

[Anonymous]

The cappuccino haired girl whimpered as the the antibiotic was sprayed onto her wound it stung. Midnight eyes opened slowly as the man blurred into view "Thanks for saving me mr... um what's your name anyway?" Kaori asked reachig into her bag to make sure she still had her Grandmother's diary when she felt the battered leather binding she smiled in relief.

[Anonymous]

Jonah looked at her quizzically. "Oh...you don't know me? I thought you would, since there are so many wanted signs of me," he said, gesturing to the many blue viewcomm screens that whizzed by their view as the hovercar sped down the street. "Oh well. My name's Jonah. Yours was...Kaori, was it not?"

[Anonymous]

"Yup that's me! nice to meet you Mr.Jonah, I didn't know you cuz' I can't read very well" the little girl said quitly blushing a bit. " how come those mean people were after you?" she asked.

[Anonymous]

Jonah shrugged. "Oh, those guys? They think I'm some sort of bloodthirsty criminal who delights in nothing but pain and death. But don't worry...they won't come after me again...I guarantee that."