• Chapter1
    Partners In Crime

    1000 years ago, a war waged between 2 forces. Light and darkness. A young man held something called light mana. In legend, light mana was created by Akira, the god of light. She wanted to stop evil forever, and chose a mortal from below to harness the power of the light mana. She chose a young man named William, who was only at the age of 15. The oppressor of the light mana was the dark mana. In legend, the dark mana was created by Gora, the god of darkness. He wanted there to be darkness to block light from taking over. He chose one mortal from below to harness the dark power. He chose another young man named Ryekin, who was also at the young age of 15. William and Ryekin formed two armies to fight against each other. In the end, Ryekin and William fought each other. They had a draw, and swore the would fight again one day…
    1000 years have passed since then, and a disturbance has fell over the land again. Let us begin our tale with a young boy named Cory Mackley. He joined a band of mercenaries known as Akira’s Army. They were at the top of the charts, and they were traveling to the harbor because of disturbances with robberies. Cory was strong, and lead his platoon well.
    “Okay men,” said Cory. “our next destination is the harbor. I guess we just have to slow down the robberies happening I guess.” he gave a look like he really didn’t care about the robberies. But he needed to do his job. This is boring, but I need money… he thought. He shrugged and lead his army on.
    Later he got to the harbor. It seemed peaceful, didn’t look like there were any robberies. Just then, a bell sounded bye a nearby store. Cory looked at his troops. He gave the signal meaning, he’s going alone. His troops nodded, and Cory dashed off toward the incident. He looked around, and saw a fast figure escaping from the store. He chased after it, but the figure was way faster than him. He looked around, and decided to cut him off with a short cut. He took a turn into an alley, and ran around the bend, he exited, and noticed the figure speeding toward him. He held out his foot, and the figure tripped over it. He ran toward it, seeing it was a boy about his age.
    “Your road ends here! Return the things you stole or suffer the consequences!” He said to the boy. He laughed as if Cory was joking, then got up.
    “Hmph… I think I can resist.” said the boy, as he gave a large grin.
    “Okay! You asked for it!” Cory leaped toward him and attempted a jumping slash. The boy dodged with ease, then scathed around Cory. He then jumped, Cory turned around and got a kick to the face.
    “Let me say that if you want to live, you should stop chasing me. No one has ever caught Ry Underwood!!!” he said, feeling triumphant. Just then, an arrow shot passed Ry’s face. He turned, and noticed a Meso guard, ready to fire and arrow at Ry.
    “ You know, Ry, I never thought that you would actually rob something, WITH someone. Come to think of it, he‘s like a side kick or something.” said the guard.
    “SIDEKICK!? IM NOT HIS FREEKIN SIDEKICK!” yelled Cory.
    “AGH… leave me alone, Cody. You’ve been after me for months. Cant you see that you will never be able to catch me!” said Ry.
    “I have been after you for a long time, but I will never fail for my country!” Cody shot another arrow toward Ry. Ry just smiled and caught it between two fingers. Cody frowned and shot 3 at once. Ry winced, but Cory jumped in front of him and blocked all 3.
    “Why did you do that?” asked Ry
    “Hey… nobody deserves to be hurt. Even criminals like you.” said Cory.
    “YOU THERE! SHORT ONE!” Cody pointed toward Cory. Cory gave him a side crossed look. “YOUR NOW ONE OF MY TARGETS!” What a freak! Thought Cory. He just laughed and ran away with Ry. Cody frowned, and ran back to his base.
    Meanwhile outside the city, Cory had set up a camp with Ry.
    “So your name’s Cory right?” asked Ry.
    “Yeah…sorry about that whole incident back there.”
    “Its fine. I get stalked by that queer all the time.”
    “Why do you steal things though? Are you trying to get money or something. Because if you need money, you can join my mercenaries.”
    “No I don’t need money. I’m just a thief! Its what I do!” laughed Ry. Cory gave him a side crossed look, then shrugged.
    “Well… I guess I’m stuck with you since I helped you.” said Cory. Great just what I need…another queer following me around. Thought Ry. He also shrugged, gave a yawn and dozed off to sleep by a fire. Cory dragged himself to sleep also. scream