Kyle: Would you let me go, I really don't like being this close to people.

Peligra: How cute, the Gray Ripper shy.

Rage and Stacey walked onto the ship.

Rage: Kyle and Peligra, if your coming hurry up I ain't got all day.

Kyle: Alright Master Rage.

Peligra let go of Kyle and the two walked onto the ship and closed the door.

Stacey: This is it, the place is so darn small?

The ship was made of metal and dust, it had only two small bedrooms, one
bathroom, a engine room, and a deck. Rage led everyone to deck so he
could start the ship. The deck was atleast bigger than the bedrooms, in the
front of the deck was a small command center for running the ship and a very
clear large glass for seeing what's ahead and displaying information, and
in the middle was a large chrome chair connected to the floor with a metal
railing in front of it just in case of a crash and safety issues. Rage walked to
the middle of the ship and sat in the chair.

Rage: I suppose this is the captain's seat, naturally it's mine.

Stacey: Why are you captain, why can't I be captain?!

Rage: Do you know how to fly a ship?

Stacey: No, but...

Rage: Well then, shut up. Kyle go ahead and start the ship okay.

Kyle: Yes Master Rage.

Kyle went to the front of the ship and started working the controlls.

Kyle: I'll tell you when I'm done Master Rage.

Stacey: I can't take it why are you so obediant towards Rage Kyle?!

Rage: It's a symbol of his respect and honor, Kyle unlike you does
commands as soon as he's told. If I told him to jump he wouldn't even say
how high, he'll just do it.

Stacey: No what does that tell you?!

Rage: He's loyal?

Stacey: No, he acts like a f***ing puppet.

Kyle: Could you all stop talking about me like I'm not here.

Stacey: Sorry.

Rage: We ready to go?

Kyle: Yea.

Rage: Lift off.

The ship took off from the ground, through the air, and at a super sonic
speed went into space. Stacey went up close and started gazing at all the
stars and planets the ship passed by.

Stacey: This is amazing, I never been in outer space before.

Rage, Kyle, & Peligra: You've never been to outer space before.

Rage: I suppose it make sense, it is only the year 2010 on earth.

Peligra: Yo since there's only two bedrooms how were gonna decide who'll
get them?

Stacey: Yeah, I ain't sharing a room with no guys, I see you staring at my
breasts Rage.

Rage: You dress like a warrior prostitute, so it's easy to see what you got
and as captain it's already been decided that you and Peligra can have the
rooms.

Stacey: Jerk.

Kyle: Master Rage what planet are we heading too?

Rage: Go to the Planet Rave.

Stacey: What's there?

Rage: Alittle bit of everything and everything you need to know?

Stacey: Huh...

Rage: Stacey: come over here, I got something I need to ask you.

Stacey walked over to Rage and sat on the metal gaurd in front of the chair.

Rage: Stacey is there anything you have to ask about the Crave or the
universe before were at Rave?

Stacey: What's the difference between Assassin's and Shadow Master's?

Rage: Assassin's gain their power from the Realm Of Light and Shadow
Master's get their power from the Realm Of Darkness.

Stacey: Are people born as Shadow Masters.

Rage: Your made into one that's why were going to Rave, it's a planet in the
Realm of Darkness while Earth is in the Realm of Light. To become a
Shadow Master your body and mind must have a very powerful connection
with the Realm of Darkness.

Stacey: How does a member of the Crave relive another life.

Rage: By using alchemy we go through an thirty minute process in which we
create ourselves a new body and then we have only three day to live in the
body were in now before your soul is dragged into the body. If you die before
this your soul will immediately be dragged to the body. By doing this we can
continue on with our traditions.

Stacey: That's explains alot.

Rage: Anything else?

Stacey: No that's all.

Stacey got up from the metal gaurd and went back to star gazing while
Peligra started teasing Kyle. She wrapped her arms and rested her head on
his.

Peligra: How bout you come over to my bedroom alittle later tonight, eh
ripper.

Kyle blushed horribly: S-Sorry, but Maaster Rage will probally have me doing
lots of work at night.

Peligra started seductively massaging Kyle's body parts very slowly.

Kyle: Master Rage would you mind helping me.

Rage: Let the boy go, it's a miracle he's here since he's never lived over the
age of fifteen till now.

Peligra: Aw, can't I have alittle more fun with the ledgendary Gray Ripper.

Peligra started to kiss on Kyle's kneck and touch on his lower body.

Kyle: MASTER RAGE!!

Rage: Let him go your going to make his hormones explodes.

Peligra: Fine!

Peligra let go of Kyle, blew him a kiss goodbye, and walked into her room.

Stacey: Why are you so shy Kyle?

Kyle: I don't live that long in my lives so I go through puberty constantly. Oh
yeah, Rage were here.

The ship entered into the planet and landed into a ship hold of a very
advanced city. There were ships flying everywhere in the city, buildings off all
sorts of designs and looks, and many, many alien species. The ship was
alittle more primitive itself, it was one very huge, dusty, and old building with
a giant retractable roof at the top for incoming ships, and several ships
inside of it. Everyone left the ship accept Peligra since she was asleep. A
very old human male in a white shirt, blue overalls, and brown boots came
upto Rage.

Rage: Who are you?

???: My name's Simon I own this Ship Hold, I'll let you all stay here for free as
long as you don't bring to much attention to yourself.

Rage: Thank you.

Simon: Don't mention it.

Simon walked away from them and went into a room in the back of the Ship
Hold. Rage faced toward Kyle and Stacey and started giving out orders.

Rage: Were all suppose to meet back here at midnight, no later got it? And
please don't bring any attention to yourselves.

Stacey: Why you looking at me?!

Rage: Because Kyle knows how to act.

Stacey, Rage, and Kyle walked out of the Ship Hold and once out they
almost immediatly split up and three different directions.

Stacey walked through the city until she came to a small gun shop. The place
was layered with dust, smoke, and guns. Guns were hanging everywhere,
but were locked in containers. At the back of the shop was a old wooden
counter and a very young man. He looked to be between the ages of 17-19.
He wore a classy white shirt, black jeans, and grey and white sneakers.
Stacey took out two calibers from a case and put them on the counter. She
started seductively looking at the man.

Stacey: What it'll cost for me to get these two guns, I don't have any money
so is there any other way I could pay?

The man started blushing terrible, he took out a paper and pen, and wrote his
phone number on a peice of paper. He handed it over to Stacey and she put
it in her pocket.

???: Call me later I think we could work something out.

Stacey: Thanks, cutie.

???: Becareful with those babe, you know there's a war going on between
gunslingers and swordmasters in the universe.

Stacey put the two guns in her holdsters and walked out the store. Once she
walked from the shop by a few yards she ripped the boy's number to peices.

Stacey: Boys so are stupid, they'll for any girl with a cute smile and a nice
body. I lived on earth all my life if there's really a war like that we earthlings
would even know about it.

Stacey walked all over through the city and wound up going into a small dojo.
The dojo had a cement wall around it, but the inside was home to a few
cherry blossom trees and a very large wooden dojo.

Stacey: It seems interesting, I think I'll take a look inside.

Stacey walked into the dojo and saw that was spick and spam. The floors
were all cleaned, had a nice shine to them, and there was scented candles
the wall.

Stacey: This place is pretty fancy, betta leave before someone sees me.

???: Who are you?

A man appeared in the middle of the room from a feild of light. He looked to
be in his late 20's and 6'5. He had white skin, nicely cut, long black hair, and
misty blue eyes.He wore an black kimono with a white sash across his
waiste, a large white coat with a hood kept over his head, white socks, and
brown sandals.

His arsonal was that of an exceptionally long fifty inch katana, a eleven inch
long handle made out of brass and the traditional japenese black cord
wrapped over it, and a long black sheif with golden streaks on the side.

Stacey: I'm Stacey Samé, who are you?

???: I'm Kashira Tsuba. This is my home and if you don't mind, leave!

Stacey: Alright.

Kashira: Wait!

Stacey: Make up your god dang mind!

Kashira: Your a gunslinger aren't you?!

Stacey: Yeah, why?

Kashira: Idiot, I'm a noble, honorable swordmaster for the swordmaster
kingdom Akaria. I detest you wretched gunslingers, I'll eliminate all
gunslingers prescence from the entire universe.

Stacey: Sorry, but you aren't going to defeat me.

Kashira gripped tightly on his sheif and weilded his katana in his left hand.
At lightning speed he charged at Stacey and knocked her out the dojo and
onto the cold street. People from all around looked to see what was going
on. Stacey got back on her feet and armed herself with her weapons. She
started firing at Kashira who easily deflected them with his sword.

Something weird came about everytime Stacey shot at Kashira, cherry
blossoms came from out of his sword when he used it to protect himself, but
Stacey didn't notice since she isn't very observant. Kashira walked from out
of the dojo and headed towards Stacey who kept firing bullets at him.

Kashira: How pointless, without guns and bullets you gunslingers are nothing,
after that you have only your magic which isn't that great without your gun.

Stacey: Shut up.

Stacey shot a few more powerful bullets at Kashira that were equipped with a
special magic touch, but Kashira easily deflected them with his sword.
Kashira at a blinding speed, made a powerful slash at Stacey who luckily
was able to move out the way in time.

Stacey: Unreal!

Kashira blade cut and ripped through the ground like it wasn't even there.
Stacey got back on her feet and started running as fast as she could to get
away.

Kashira: If that's as fast as she can run, she'll die in no time.

Stacey ran through dozens of crowds to make herself harder to notice, so
Kashira wouldn't easily notice her.

Stacey: I gotta find Rage or Kyle before this guy catches me.

Kashira: Passo Veloce.

Kashira out of nowhere appeared right in front of Stacey accept instead of
killing her he teleported her upto the top of the tallest building in the city.

Stacey: How did we get all the way up here?!

Kashira: Passo Veloce, a swordmaster skill that allows me to move at nearly 
the speed of light for very, very short periods of time.

Stacey: What are you going to do to me?

Kashira: Kill you, of course.

Stacey: I got people who'll be looking for me.

Kashira: If thier gunslingers I'll kill them to.

Kashira kicked Stacey to the ground and tried cutting her in half, however
Kyle came in the nick of time. He was weilding his sword in his right hand
with the blade pointing to the ground. He used his blade to gaurd Stacey, but
he seemed to be greatly struggling.

Stacey: Kyle, how did you know something was happening to me?

Kyle: Master Rage told me to follow after you because he said that your
immature and less than hour you'll be in danger.

Stacey: That stupid son of a bit-

Kashira: Sorry to interrupt, but I have no quarrel with you swordmaster only
with the gunslinger girl.

Kyle: Sorry, but I don't mess up my priorities and this girl is one of them, so
I'm afraid our roads our at a cross, eh.

Kashira moved back from Kyle and Stacey. He sheith his blade and
snapped his finger. Thousands of cherry blossoms came from nowhere and
surrounded Kashira.

Kashira: My blade is called Alma De Cereza,when I kill one of my opponents
with it their power is turned into the form of an cherry blossom.

Kyle: This isn't going to be an easy one is it.

Kashira: Hahahaahaha...

Stacey: What's so god darn funny.

Kashira: You and your freind look very nervous. Anyway the reason for my
laughter is this isn't all the cherry blossoms I have. I actually have one
hundred thousand.

Kyle: Shit, it's only 1:46, suns shining, and theres barely clouds out my
powers are gonna be cut in half.

Kashira: I didn't want to fight you swordmaster, but your going to die along
with you freind.

Kashira's cherry blossoms started charging at Kyle from several different
angles, however Kyle did a very amazing flip to evade it and propelled
himself at Kashira hoping for a successful attack.

Kyle: What the?!

The cherry blossoms came after Kyle at amazing speed and nearly knocked
him off the building.

Kyle: An auto-defense?

Kashira: No, all I have to do is think about it, and my blossoms will come to
protect me instantly.

Kyle switched his blade to his left hand and started warring against Kashira's
blossoms, to find if their was a weakness against his power. He cut, slashed,
and kicked at the blossoms, but couldn't find a single weak spot.

Kashira: There's no weak spots in this defense, you can't win.

Kyle: I've been through worse.

Kashira's blossom's tried taking out Kyle, but he dashed out the way and
tried throwing a dagger at Kashira who easily used his blossoms to defend
himself. Kyle used alchemy to create a doppleganger of himself.

Kashira: Interesting, I haven't seen magic like that before, but it won't do
much to help you.

Kashira kept using his cherry blossoms to try and destroy them, but Kyle and
his doppleganger steadily dodged them.

Kyle: Thanks for your work on this ground below, I'm gonna be able to fight at
full power soon.

Kashira: What are you talking about?

Kyle: You'll see. Graviric Controll!

Kyle and his doppleganger used the power of alchemy to pull up most of the
broken ground from the roof and had it levitate in front of the sun as away to
bring shade down in front of them.

Kashira: What was the point of all this?

Kyle: You'll see.

Kashira sent his cherry blossoms after Kyle and his doppleganger.

Kyle: Same old tricks!

This time Kyle and his doppleganger were doing some damage to the cherry
blossoms. Kyle and his doppleganger fought through the blossoms to
Kashira. Kashira fired out all of his blossoms towards the two, but Kyle let his
doppleganger take the blast while he charged at him head on with his blade.

Kashira: For being the first person if five years to make it pass my defence I'll
now use full power on you, you should feel honored.

Kyle: Thank you, I would feel bad if you held back on me.

Kyle came at Kashira at a feirce speed with the hopes of a quick defeat
which he knew would never happen. The two warriors blades clashed with
each other for one second, and then the very next Kyle was behind Kashira
bleeding horribly from his ship.

Kyle: For one split second you and your magical aura dissapeared, and in
that second you won, how?

Kashira: I'm one of the top thirteen swordmaster for Akaria, their's no way
you could've seen me at top power, you were entertaining, but this is the end
of the line for you.

Kyle eyes began to become covered in blood like his chest was, then he fell
off top of the building.

Stacey: KYYLLLEEEE!!

Kashira: It's just me and you now kid.

Kyle: I knew it was to good for me to be true, to live up to 15. I'm sorry Master
Rage, forgive me.

???: I can't believe I'm your gaurdian, your so stupid sometimes!

A very large, black ghost like creature with an evil aura steeming off of it
appeared coming from out of Kyle's back. The ghost was hovering over him
and just looked down upon him.

Kyle: Huh, it's only you Xylek. (pronounced Zilack)

Xylek: As your gaurdian I'm not going to let you die, because our souls are
intertwined and when you die, I die.

Kyle: How your going to do that?

Xylek: First, I'm gonna get you up to the top of the building, then your Shadow
Form and me are going to become one.

Kyle: And all this time I thought you hated me.

Xylek: Shut up.

Just as Kyle was going to crash down on the hard pavement below Xylek
stretched out one of his arms all they way to the top of the building and
launched him and Kyle back onto the top of the building.

Kashira: Your still alive, for this amazing feat, I shall use my strongest attack
to kill you both.

All the cherry blossoms Kashira had and thousands more came on the side
of the building and formed a giant cherry blossom dragon. Kashira jumped
onto the dragon's head.

Kyle: Now it's time I show you my strongest power. Shadow Form!

Kyle's body was overwhelmed with shadow's until he turned into his Shadow
Form, then Xylek engulfed Kyle's body. The shadow's dispersed and an even
more powerful Kyle stood before. His body had glowing red symbols on it,
the perimeter of his eyes were a bloody red, his clothes had an red lining on
them, a picture of Xylek on the back oh his coat. He also had an evil dark red
aura around his body, and his sword's length was increased by a huge red
and gray aura.

Kashira: I've never seen anything like that before, what are you?

Kyle: Possibly the last thing you'll see alive.

Kashira: We'll see.

Kashira's dragon flew high up into the air and started shooting blades made
of cherry blossoms at Kyle. Kyle evaded the attacks so swiftly, it didn't even
look like he had moved in the slightest. Kashira kept firing off cherry blossom
attacks, but Kyle steadily dodged them at speed that was almost unreal.

Kashira: He's fast, but I'll end this now.

Kashira's blossom he fired at Kyle all wrapped around his legs so he
wouldn't be able to dodge and evade any more attacks. Suddenly, Kashira
jumped down to the rooftop on Stacey's left. By doing this he set himself only
a few yards apart from Stacey. Out of nowhere, Kashira's dragon came
downward upon Kyle at an intense speed, but Kyle didn't even look remotely
worried. Kyle began smiling and raised his sword into the air as the dragon
was coming down on him.

Kyle: Let's hurry this up.

The cherry blossom dragon crashed down onto Kyle's blade and were
quickly being overwhelmed by the wrath and aura of Kyle's blade until it was
all destroyed.

Kashira: Uh...I-I..I've never seen anyone do that before.

Kashira's flowers lost their grip on Kyle's leg and he was free to move again.

Kyle: This is what it comes down to in the end. The duel.

Kyle and Kashira readied their blades and darted off at each other so quickly
that Stacey couldn't see any attacks they've may have done. Kyle and
Kashira ran past each other and delivered a deadly slash to each other.

Kyle: Unbelievable, I used seventy seven of my hidden blades at once and
only got thirteen hits.

Kashira: Your very good and nearly as fast as me, but you still have some
training to do until your at my level.

Kashira had teleported to who know where while his cherry blossoms all flew
off into the wind.

Stacey: How many times did that guy hit you.

Kyle: Only three.

Kyle's kneck, chest, and stomach all started bleeding badly and he fainted to
the ground as Stacey came to his aid.