Chapter 1

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Hell
Darkness, cold and bare this was hell, the cries of lost and unworthy souls could make your ears bleed, heat and intense temperatures would make you want to burn your skin at the same time beg for water. In here was a prison built for none other than the lord of the damned, his arms hanging in chains, his hair longer than his dark clothes and his skin paler than the moon. He wasn't begging for water even though his lips were parched, he wasn't waiting for a sign that he was escaping no, he silent, he had his head down and his eyes closed. He could feel the barrier that split him and he'll but there was a new sound. The sound of footsteps, with his eyes closed he heard the conversation.
"Sacrifice" one said, he then heard screaming like someone was dying then he heard the barrier fall that when he opened his eyes, his fully black eyes and looked at the intruders. One was a female with a mask and another was a male wearing the same, the bowed in front of him
"Master, we're here to free you" the man said, the one in chains said nothing but his eyes looked directly at them, studying them and seeing if he could trust them.The woman got up and started breaking the chains he had on his arms, once one was broken so was the other. The one in chains looked at his hands, he was celebrating for his freedom or smiling, he was staring intently at the strangers .
"Why have you freed me?" He asked
"Because the world needs to be corrected and only you great Master can correct it" the man said, after hearing that the one in chains started laughing, his laugh was loud and sounded like a thousand voices in one.
"What about the protectors?" He asked the two
"They're being taken care of my lord" the woman answered, this was even more good news
"I'm back, I Ka-oi of the dead is back" a thousand voices said

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The rain was pouring like knives falling from the sky, puddles filled the holes of the streets and they were being stepped on repeatedly by a woman running in the darkness of the streets, she held her stomach as she ran, looking, hoping someone would save her
(I have to get out of here and heal) she said to herself but her running increased as she heard more people behind her.
(How are they finding me?) Injured but still running she tried her best to get rid her tails but she was cornered when an unexpected wall blocked her way to freedom, she was too weak to jump to the roofs and her legs were barely keeping her up, she watched them all come closer to her.
"Nowhere to go Protector" the men in the masks said
"If you want to kill me I won't die unless I get a fighting chance" she stood her in a position to fight the men, some of them laughed knowing she was weak but she was going to die anyway. One came after her, jumping from the wall and trying to kick her, she blocked it quickly and stepped back she had her arms up dodging everything but he decided to aim low at her injury and that was what threw her off, she spit blood that mixed with the rain and water under her. Another one came at her, she tried keeping her head up but since it was 3 vs 1 she couldn't concentrate with how weak her power was. One spin kicked her face and that was the final blow, she was down on the ground having her last breath.
"Long live Ka-oi" the man said before stabbing his sword down her back, the blood came gushing like a new River, she was dead and their job was done. As they walked away they failed to see the white spirit from her body disappear in to the sky.

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The clear sky of Japan with glowing of lighted buildings and cars on the road but in the ancient ruins on the roof of the buildings, a samurai jumped across having known he was being hunted, the hunters were chasing him on the roof as well, he wasn't injured cause they hadn't caught him yet, they was focused on bringing him in and so they stopped next to the arch.
"Are we done running? Or should we start fighting?" The samurai asked pulling out his sword, the men chasing him got out their swords two then looked at each other to see who would go first.
"Scared?" The samurai asked but one came after him, swinging his sword left and right, the samurai moving the opposite ways that sword came and defending instead of attacking by the time he lost his step, the samurai drove his sword in one of them and that left only two. He wiped the blood off his sword and held it in the air, the thunder started rumbling and the dark clouds were circling but as he was getting ready to use his power one threw the sword at his arm and it hit his hand. Dropping his sword and trying to coup up with the pain, he quickly healed his hand but it was too long, others came and he did his best staying alive without his sword, dodging and trying to defend but his hand was in too much. One took his left the other took his right and swinging the sword pushed the samurai to the left on to the sword.
"Long live Ka-oi!!!" One said as he took the sword that went through him out and the samurai was now dead.
"Japan is down" one said
"Good return to H.Q" the men left the dead samurai and failed to see the spirit ascend to the heavens.

Heaven
A man wearing a red robe laced with gold was sitting on a throne eating, his legs crossed and his eyes closed like he was on a vacation. He sighed in appreciation for the silence but he quickly started holding his chest like he had been stab and turned over to catch his breath, one of his servants came running in,
"Master! master! Mas-ter" the last one was slow as he saw him
"You know, right?" The servant asked
"What do you think?"
"Sorry master, but you need to find a new Protector"
"It was hard to find the other, I maybe an animal spirit but pure hearts are to hard to find right now" the man said sitting back and taking a grape, the servant knew his master was full of himself and he didn't do thing's immediately but last minute. The doors opened again and this time it wasn't a servant but a another man. His face features looked angry, his long black hair and light, soft skin curled as the saw the incompetent man on the throne. Without saying a word he moved his hands around then pushed them out causing the man on throne to fly off.
"Who the hell did that??" He asked as he got his robe of his face, the servant pointed to the intruder in the room. The man looked at him and laughed
"Only idiots walk in without permission" he said as he went back to his throne
"You killed my Protector!! Mul Yong!!!!" The man yelled, Mul Yong looked at him with surprise ment
"Yours was killed as well?"
"Yours too?" The two men started to think something was wrong in this situation, two Protecters dying around the same time
"Ren, do you think another animal spirit is after our lands?"
"No, why would they wasted their time on you" Mul Yong tisked in hearings that but before more conversations could go on a trumpet began to blast, that meant they were being summoned by the leader of the animal spirits.
Each animal stood together, waiting for Lion who was the head of it all, the man walked out, his long golden hair reached his back down to his legs, his eyes were the color of the sun and making him beautiful in many ways.
"Animals, news from the dark side of things has returned, Ka-oi has escaped with the help of evil spirits" this caused gasps among them Mul Yong knew that something was wrong,
"Mul Yong and Ren are the strongest of us, will you stop him before he regains his power?" Lion asked
"As long as we're not doing it together, then I'll find a new Protector" Ren said this caught Lion's attention
"Your Protector died? What about you Yong?" (That was his nickname)
"Yes she died" Lion was even more cautious than before
"They have killed both of them so Ka-oi can get stronger, they're less pure hearts and he knows it,find your Protectors and kill Ka-oi"
"Yes Lion" the meeting was over and Mul Yong sat on his throne brain storming, he needed to find a Protector quickly but the first on he had was so hard to find, where could he find one?

Ren had it hard as well, the one he found was a Protector for 7 years but now he's gone and Ren is stuck looking for a miracle, he hopped that luck was on his side.

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