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"Do we have any idea whatsoever where Eiji is?" ACos asked, setting herself on the ground.

Roarke snorted. "Not here, obviously; he must not have been torn through that tear between realms and worlds," he muttered.

"You do that. I hope you sicseed in setting thigs straight," Acos said.

Amiric nodded to a couple of the soldiers, who nodded back. One, an archer with long blond hair, half turned back toward him. She glanced at the column, then at his back, he sensed, before following them. "I'm Taryn," she said, looking at him, Roarke, and Sasori. Amiric hid a faint smile. Taryn held the bow like she knew well how to use it, and he recognized the wary look in her eyes. The Light protects us and guides us to our destinies, he thought, using an old quote from his birth realm.

(Might be best for them to "blend in" before entering the market, that way they aren't too suspicious. Oh, and Skuari is being hunted...wait I'll just do this-)

All around the small huts was wanted posters of Skuari. Wanted dead or beaten, and a high price as well. Many bounty hunters hovered it with a deadly grin, some bragging on which way they would kill the dreaded traitor as the rest of them cheered sharpening their weapons.

(There! And now for my people <3)

Ryuu followed behind Tarik, running as well. She as stopped by two men, snagging her up in a small net. She hissed, still in her cat form and unable to fight back. Do not let them see you, Tatsuko. She sends mentally to the dragon deep in her fur. The two men laughed at her foolish mistake of turning into a cat, as Ryuu was too busy watching Tarik making sure he was alright. The men made a few jokes on how furious the chief was with the killer. Ryuu's eyes widen, realizing she had lead the group. She sulks her shoulders, the thought of fighting back lost within guilt. The collar on her neck jingled, still bearing Tarik's grandfather's seal. Though it wouldn't protect her now, as demons were outcasts. You'll be my only master, I answer to no other. She swore, glaring at the men.

Aku hadn't paid much attention to Tarik, as she was still eating when he announced they were to leave. Once he ran out with Ryuu trailing him, she got up about to go after him. She stops, hiding behind one of the trees as she watches Ryuu and Tarik get captured. She sets her bow, aiming for the ones holding Tarik, only to be tackled from behind. She grunts as the man held her down, then glances down to her broken bow. "Think I need a weapon to protect me?" She asks him with a smirk, head butting his forehead then flipped him around. She knocks him out the the hilt of her knife then kicks him aside as she stood. Aku picks up her broken bow, then sets it aside under one of the trees. "I'll be back.." She says sweetly as if the bow would cry of lonieness.

She puts up her hood, then follows the group dragging Ryuu and Tarik towards the village.

Tarik does not struggle, he just walks along quietly. He does not want the villagers to know that he is really a demon royal with special powers. He cannot afford to have the whole nation after him. He would not use his powers unless he had to. He pushes his thoughts to Ryuu and Aku, "Just wait for a chance to escape quietly. We do not want to alarm anyone and have the whole country after us like Skurai."

As they enter the village, he sees wanted poster for Skurai.

They are taken past the marketplace, there is a slave auction in progress. Tarik is dragged to the house of the village chief. He is beaten severely as the village elder comes out to see who is responsible for his daughter's death. He roars in anger at Tarik, "Death is too good for you! You will be made to suffer!" He spats at Tarik and kicks him where it hurts then takes out a whip. He whips Tarik over and over until he has no energy left. Tarik lay on the ground, taking in all of the blows. He had never experienced such treatment, he after all was a prince then king. He has to fight to pretend to be a lower demon and kowtows to the Fey chieftain.

A woman mage walks over to him, she seems to be of very high status in the village. She picks up his head and examines him, she smells his breath. "This one did not kill your daughter. He does not have her blood on his breath." Tarik thinks, daughter? He knew now that it was Ryuu that must have killed her. The village chief is tired, he waves for Tarik to be taken away to the slave auction. He is done with this slave. The warriors leave to continue to look for the killer. Tarik is picked up by a guard and dragged to the slave auction.

He is thrown into the pen to await his turn to be sold. The auctioneer throws a bucket of water at him to wash away the blood then goes up to the auction block to continue the auction. Tarik keeps his eyes down and head lowered, as is the custom of lower demons. He sits on a bench, waiting.

He sat thinking that had read of the atrocities his people had suffered and had avenged his people and treated the Fey in his kingdom, just as he was treated now. Such is the circle of history. He thought of Ryuu and how she was a demon slave originally and worked her way up, she was close to winning her freedom. He was going to ask that Moredred release her for her loyalty and efforts to help him. Now she was a slave again.

It is his turn to be sold, Tarik is dragged up to the platform to be sold.

Tarik is dragged to the middle of the staging area for the auction. A guard rips off his shirt so that the crowd can see his muscles. The auctioneers says, "Look at this strong looking young slave. He has a strong back and will be able to ...." The auctioneer drones on, Tarik is really not listening. He keeps his head lowered and eyes down, as is the custom of slaves. They try to prod him to exert some magic but he does not bite. He will not reveal his real talents, he cannot draw attention to himself and endanger his mission or the others. He used his inner strength to make himself be patient.

He catches a glimpse of Ryuu in the women's slave pen, shackled. He thinks to himself that when he escapes, he will definitely ask Moredred to release Ryuu.

Some of the potential buyers come up to examine him and check his teeth and his muscles to see what they are buying. He stands there, tired and bloody. His tattered shirt on the ground and his pants dirty and ripped. No one noticed that there was something different about him, he looked the part of a common slave, except to one. The woman mage that had told the chief that he was not the one. She watched him intently from the front row. He wondered if she knew, if she had guessed. Did she know he was part Fey? Could she sense his powers even though he had suppressed them to not be noticed?

Wrath looks at them, "listen i cant go to the other world i have to stay here and try to repair this world the best i can, and know it is time for you to rejoin your friends, ill send you to the same place they arived at, and remember this very important thing the fey regard every other race demon theres a saying that you might here over there, i think it goes 'if its not fey its demon' and becarful my friend salen hasnt become a reaper yet and you will be able to find him he is a hero to the fey and the only exception to that saying becuse hes half fey half giant he got the good qualitys of both races to, he has the strength and build of a giant and the ability to wield magic like a true fey mage good bye eiji" as he says this a portal opens up under them and they get teleported to were the other gaurdians ended up