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[brent]

A man walked into Edge, his jaws were clenched tightly, and the long sword dangled on his right wrist. As soon as he appeared, people began to gaze, the long black hair, and, outrageously, long sword bared a frightening resemblance to the one so many before had feared. The man's eyes emitted a glow so brightly, in the back alleys of Edge, they were still very visible. He seemed to relish the fact that he was here, his lips turned upwards, and eyes wide at the sights. Just as he was getting excited a man bumped into him, who had been speaking on a cell phone. Those same glowing eyes now peered deep into the man, and he stammered in appologies.

"Just like you humans. Nothing but squealing swine. " He spoke, and then turned up his nose, and began to walk away.

"FREEZE! Come with us!"

Some, over concerned citizen, had called in the local Law Enforcement. The small time guards, six of them, surrounded the man at a close circle, and he laughed loudly.

"In the game of war, it is best to use the advantages you're presented. For instance..." he cut himself off with a lightning quick move, as the sword pierced through a man's neck.

"One should really stay as far back as possible, if they are carrying guns, and their target is carrying a sword."

In an instant the circle withdrew, and he smiled a gentle nod rolling down his neck.

"Much better."

He moved with more speed than their feeble eyes could catch, and he already had the hefty blade poised to one of their necks...

The other's were looking around, obviously dumbfounded that he just vanished. Brent leaned his head down, his lips whispering in the man's ear.

"Shoot them all, and I'll let you live a little longer.." With that he was gone, vanished into thin air, once again. Truly he sat on the roof of a house, nearby, watching as things were going to unfold. The man he had spoken with was sweating, and he looked around..

"Gu...guess we should all go back now..."

They turned to heed his words..

"Lots of wierdos and nut jobs in this town aye? Wait, what about Philllazo.."

They ran to the body of their downed comrade, whose pulse had long since beat it's final note. The horrified guard saw his opportunity, and unleashed a spray into his 'friends' backs. He then ran full tilt back towards the station. Their were no witnesses, the crowd having dispensed at the death of the first guard. Brent smiled, and laughed to himself.

"Such feeble bonds these humans have. These creatures really are as repulsive as you said, mother."

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Thirty Minutes Later

*News Bulletin*

"We interrupt your daily programing to bring you this important news. A crazy man is on the loose in Edge. He killed a group of six cops, and then disappeared. Only one of the group sent to apprehend him, survived. " *A profile shot, showing in great detail the length of his sword. "This man, Officer Zarka, was the only one that survived. "

The screen the shows a sweating, nervous man who rambles on about he was afraid for his life, and all he could think to do was run away.

Brent stood outside of a shop window, watching this news, and he laughed, gently. The truth was he had only killed one and this forced the man babbling about his own fear to kill the rest of his squad.

He walked into the dinner, and the people who had been watching the news got a ghastly expression on their face, and he would simply smile, and wave his large hand to greet them. He sat down at the bar, and smiled.

"I'd like a glass of sweetened tea, and how about a slice of chocolate pie..."

The waitress stammered.."We don't have chocolate pie..only cheesecake, and ma rang.."

"Do you know how to make a chocolate pie?"

"Yes...sir."

"How about you do that, I've got a craving...I'll pay you double what it's worth.."

"It will take half an hour or more sir.."

"I've got the time, doll."

"Yes, sir.." She then turned and headed to the kitchen.

He smiled, and peered around, turning his back to the bar, and stretching his arms across it as he leaned back, watching the TV on the wall, it was obviously him, after all.

"Wow, talk about some nut jobs running around on the streets, aye? Hope I don't have to meet him." He spoke loudly.

[Hirosame]

Alex landed on top of a building above the fighting place where Brent had been. Alex felt shocked, but remained calm. "What kind of psychotic, death-driven person cause this much carnage in a peacful town?" Alex stood up, and headed for the dinner he knew so well, along with the staff.

Alex, just before going inside, caught an eye of the news, and the man who cause the chaos in the city's streets. He listened, trying to find explicit details of the man. He heard that the man had long, black hair and a sword longer than his hair. Much longer. Alex decided to keep an eye out for this lunatic but still wanted to go inside and talk to his friend, Sarah, who worked at this dinner.

Alex walked in and sat down at his usual spot, up at the bar. After a couple of minutes, his friend walked over, crying. She told Alex that she needed to sit down next to him for a minute; she had to tell him something. She sat down, and Alex put his arms around her, and she explained the matter.

"Oh, Alex," She said in between sniffles. "You heard about that lunatic in the streets, right?"

"Yeah." Alex replied, angrily. "Whoever did it, I'm going to find him."

"Alex, I want you to kill him." She continued. "One of the enforcers he killed was my father, and another was my brother."

Alex looked up, even more P/O'ed at this guy. "Don't worry, Sarah. I'll take care of him." That conversation had ended, and they talked about something to cheer her up, which eventually worked. She huged him and asked if she could get anything for him. "Can I have just something to drink? Just some water." She nodded and said she'll be right back. Soon, Alex overheard the guy nearby saying something about lunatics in the streets. Alex agreed.

"Yeah, what kind of asswipe would do that?" He replied chuckling. I'll find him, sonner or later, he thought. But Alex already knew where this "Lunatic" was.

[brent]

Eventually, the woman in the dinner he was sitting at brought the chocolate pie to him, and he smiled a gentle smile, and nodded his head.

"Why doll, thank you."

He reached inside of the pocket on the jacket he was wearing, and pulled out a very nice brown wallet. He then lied it on the table, and nodded his head.

"That'll be for you."

He grinned, and turned grabbing a fork off the counter, and taking the pie with him out into the streets, leisurely eating it as he walked. The jacket had some sort of sheath fixed into it, and the blade reached from the top of his back down to his mid calf.

He chewed the pie, as he slowly walked around the city, making sure that people saw him. His mouth held a wide, charming grin, when they weren't chewing the delicious pie. All he received were slight glances, no one wanted to look a crazy man in the eyes. He even made it a point to stroll by the police department, and relax for a moment. Sitting on the stairs to the building. Not a single soul bothered him.
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Back at the Dinner

The woman picked up the wallet, and found two hundred gil inside, she was confused at why that man would leave her so much money, and then she looked at the wallet closer. The I.D. inside had once belonged to an old man who had owned this dinner, his son had taken over in his death that had resulted almost a week ago, when he had been on a trip to Juno. They had assumed a band of thieves had been camping out on the roads, but, apparently, that wasn't the case.

Her eyes filled with tears, and her mouth danced in despair. Soon, the flow of tears poured from her eyes, and a cacophony of sobs escaped her lungs. People might of tried to comfort her, but it was all a futile effort.
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Brent sat on the steps, and turned his eyes up to the sun.

"Ahh, it sure is a beautiful day out."

He spoke loudly, a gentle grin, still, firmly on his lips.

[Hirosame]

The wind picked up around where the dinner was placed. Alex quickly finished the water his friend had given him, bid her farewell, and walked into the wind. A huge gust blow up some earth, more like a small sand storm, and Alex disappeared in the dust. He later re-appeared over where Brent had sat down to eat his pie.

A figure formed in the dust in front of Brent, showing nothing but tattered rags in the wind. It later cleared revealing Alex.

"It seems you have a nack for trouble." Alex spoke with a calm, firm voice, looking at the ground. His sight shifted up at the lunatic. "In case you're wondering, I'm not going to fight you... yet. I only want to talk. Why did you kill people, and made that one guard kill the rest? Is it that you wish for this world to become a total chaos beholder? This is a very peacful world, compaired to the one I came from. Don't ruin it for everyone. Now, I require that you answer my questions, or things could get ugly here. Quickly."

[brent]

His eyes shifted upwards, as he continued to eat his pie, and he grinned.

"Since you showed up, things have already gotten ugly.."

He jested. He then continued to eat the pie, and once finished, tossed the pie tin to the ground to the right, and held the fork in his hand. His glowing eyes looked up at the man talking to him.

"If I were you, I'd be on my way. Unless you really want to be remembered as the guy who was killed with a food utensil."

He grinned, his right hand idly playing with the fork. The long sword had shifted to the left of his coat now, and he looked at it.

"I wouldn't waste it's ability on you, and just so you know, if I take it out of it's sheath, I have to kill something or someone before I put it back..It lusts for blood, unbiased in it's wanting. Just consider me another incurable, yet, fatal disease that floats around the cities. Mother, would want it to be so. "

He grinned, his eyes shifting up towards him once more.

"Now get out of here, before you become ill."

[ryohisagi]

(Mind I join)

Ryo was minding his own buisnbess. He moved sagging tired and with a bored expression on his face. He had a broadsword and a katana on his back. He looked o the ground and saw some bodies on the floor. Hmph loses. They're dead. Better that way. But he thought whoever can take out these guys must be good. e then heard his stomach growl. Heh. I didn't ate breakfest. Hehe. He walked towards a nearby diner. He saw a black hair man talking silently with another man. Ryo had felt some dark aura betwenn the two. hen again he had his own dar aura himself. Well then. I'll just have Burger. He thoguht. But his eyes couldn't stop looking at the two. You know screw breakest. He went over to the two and asked a question. Who are you two he asked being noisy.

[Hirosame]

"You obviously don't know what I'm capable of..." Alex said. "For all you can see, as of now, I'm jujst a random punk trying to get on your nerves. And it's working." Alex could tell just by his expression that this guy was being bugged of Alex's existance. He took notice of the other person who walked up. Alex, however, didn't care for this new comer, and decided to answer his question.

"We are having an adult conversation, kid. Leave us alone." Alex didn't even tend to pay attention to this kid afterwards. Alex remained calm and relax in his conversation with the lunatic. "Here, let's make this a formal address. I am Alex." He stated while bowing. After that, he whiped out his two swords. "May I ask how you are?"

[brent]

His eyes turned to the child, and he smiled, and then looked back to Alex.

"You call this an adult conversation? "

He asked and then looked back to the child. He watched the man whip out swords, and he laughed. Brent then held up the fork in front of Alex, and smiled.

"We're not having an adult conversation kid, I'm just debating what way I can kill this man, that would make me most content. I do think he wants to play Heaven's Advocate, and stop me on my 'mad slaughter' when in fact, to his knowledge, I've killed one man, probably, far less lives than he himself has taken."

Brent then smiled, and shook his head. His left hand clenched for Alex's right, and his right hand shoved the fork downward to catch the blade of the sword.

"I'm fine. Are you a large fan of physics, Alex? "

He asked with a gentle grin on his face.

"In a pure sense of physics, I could muster enough force in this fork to snap your pretty sword in half...I'm being rude. How are you, kid?"

The last question directed at the child, he somewhat assumed how Alex was today.

[ryohisagi]

Hehe. This is amusing he said. He took out his two swords. Im Ryo hisagi. One pointing at Alex and one at the other shady dude. Heh. I'm the bored type. But it seems as thoguh a free for all might happen. Heh. Then again I can't use a special ability unless it's worth fighitng.I can never have a good fight. Besides it was funny with the bodies on the street. He laughed. I'm looking for the person who caused it. He seems someone to challenge. Besides I want a challenge anyway. Heh. I've come a long way. As he heard the shady man talk. He knew it was him who caused the death. He grinned as he continued to listen. and he saw that he had the man named Alex in a postition to not move or make a descision. Hehe. I just can't stop laughing. I enter this town and there's dead bodies as I enter. Heh. Mind I fight you guys. He smiled with a grin.