Day One: Afternoon

[Yamu]

The three fighters decided to take a nice long break, they had never really paused since the battle with Minosha and everyone?s nerves were becoming a little frazzled. They partitioned off their looted bread and tasted what little sweetness there was to victory in Dante?s Abyss.

The peaceful stillness that had occupied the island during Yamu?s first footsteps was completely gone. The ground felt alive, a pulsing energy filled every leaf, every rock, even the air. Serenity was fighting a storm as more violence and more death spread across the once tranquil land.

The Arlian Guardian held onto Serenity though. He knew it would be his peaceful state of mind that would get him though Dante. He clenched the handle of the bat, the wooden weapon was his anchor, to here and to his reasons for being there. Kari stood up strait before him, the name he had etched in staring him directly in the eyes. He nibbled his hunk of bread while he stared at his weapon in thought, his eyes drilling through the thick wood.

As his eyes lost focus they saw past the bat since his eyes were spaced further apart then Kari herself. On the other side Jeice sat gnawing on his half a loaf like a cow, his jaw making long circular bites as he dug a white boot into the ground to amuse himself.

The cloaked Earthling let out a low half hearted chuckle that jerked the other two?s eyes on him. ?What are you laughing at?? Paragus asked, his own portion of bread already making its way through his body.

?Oh..it was nothing?Jeice just reminded me of an old friend of mine right then. He-? Yamu could not talk through his smile and had to start over, ?He, always ate like that?just these huge bites of his food over and over again. Every meal we ate, every day, just these massive bites you could hear him chewing, hear him swallow, it was like someone eating in stereo in both your ears. It used to bother me so much that I would yell at him, just scream.? The other two joined him in a light chuckle. ?When-? Yamu?s smile suddenly dropped form his face, ?he was killed?I couldn?t eat for a week. Every time I tried to put food in my mouth?I just could not chew. Now matter how much I forced myself my body, it refused to do it. It was almost like I needed those noises, my body linked those horrible noises with its own eating. It makes me wonder if that might happen to me fighting one day. That maybe alone I won?t function if the right signals aren?t there.?

There was a long silence that Jeice broke, slinging his bag over his shoulders again as he stood, ?No time to get morose, we should make what time we can while it is still light. I think once Kari gets a little blood on her, you won?t be as worried about loosing your touch, Yamu.?

Paragus laughed, remembering a joke Yamu had told earlier in the day, ?They can both smell it but they can?t eat it?? he muttered, as he rested his hand lightly on the trigger. The one eyed Saiya-Jin was going to get a shot off of the thing, come one man or eighty.

Yamu nodded and stood beside his red skinned friend, ?If that is the case?we should go find someone then! Kari is getting a little impatient about not seeing any action.?