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Ryuu groans at the yelling, then blinks as she spot the two demons running towards Aku. She carefully picks up a lodge from the fire, throwing it to block their path then hisses as her tail flickers. Tatsuko hissing at them as well, trying to scare them.

Aku rolls over only to have the fire right in front of her nose. Grumbling as she scratched her nose only to get burned, she quickly jerks back as she sat up. "What business has you?!" She says as she quickly realized the situation, drawing her bow and two arrows then aimed carefully as she stood.

Aku lowers her bow, then sets it aside with a sigh. She listens as they talk with food still in their mouths then blinks as they ask her to become their master. Ryuu growls under her breath,"And why should we let them tag along?" She asks with a glare as she sat up with her back against the tree.

Amiric's eyes narrowed before he took a deep breath. "Time for you to see what true power is, demon fool," he murmured. "I would advise for you two to both get out of here while I keep this one busy; I'm going to use two techniques that are very destructive," he said quietly. He closed his left eye as his right one changed, turning a deep red with unusual markings.

"Go now!! You do not want to be near this!!" he bellowed.

You will wish to get some distance between us, as it will be very destructive over a large area, Amiric warned telepathically. Roarke quickly got about three hundred fifty feet between himself and Sasori from Amiric's location.
Amiric's red eye began bleeding slightly before he chuckled. "Time for you to burn, screaming," he murmured. "Amaterasu!!" he whispered. The demon gave a shriek that was unearthly and extremely loud before the entire temple detonated in a massive fireball. A swirl of shadow flitted along the ground before Amiric materialized near Sasori. Both of his eyes had become a deep gray color and held the same marking as his right eye had before.
(See my previous post for that..)

Tarik tells the brothers, "If you are any trouble, I will kill you." he then starts walking down the path. The brothers, scared, just follow.

Ekron apologizes to Aku, "Thank you." Arcon swats his brother in the head for his stupidity, "Very sorry mistress," he says to Aku. "Mistress Aku, may I ask...the demon ahead, he says you are not really his mistress but he pretends to be your slave? How is this so? There are no free slaves in Antera. He wears a collar but has use of his powers and his powers seem to be very strong.

My brother and I are lesser demons. Our magic is weaker but we are physically strong and have the power of summoning creatures."

As Tarik walks ahead, he is annoyed by the two brothers. He wanted to free them but did not think they would follow him. He thought they would be dead weight but it was too late to get rid of them now, they might give up their location so he had to bring them with him.

The brothers are confused by the strange relationship of their new master and the other slaves. The heed her and walk silently as Tarik led the way. It was strange that he should know these mountain paths so well, but not seem to be from this area.

It is just dawn as they reach the next village. Everyone is just waking so they easily slip in and out of town in-noticed.

Tarik takes them off the main road to a herding path to bypass the next town. They stop at a secluded area in the woods to rest from the burning hot mid day sun.

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Tarik says, "We will rest here for a few hours. It will be easier to travel when the sun starts to set." There is a shady area and a cool stream. Tarik takes off his cloak and sets down his bag then walks into the stream to was the road grime and sweat off. The cool water was refreshing. He steps out and dries quickly in the beating sun then goes to the shade of a tree.

He says to Aku, "Did you have any other dreams of the man you saw?" Hopeful that there was more to her visions. He picks an apple from the tree and sits in the shade to eat it.

The brothers follow Tarik to the water and clean up then sit in the shade away from Tarik, listening. They wonder what their mistress Aku had visions of.

Arcon summons a small mountain deer and Ekron prepares it for slaughter so that they can have some meat for their meal. He starts to cut the throat of the deer to let out the blood while Arcon prepares the fire to cook the deer.

Ekron skins the deer then drains the blood into the hide. Arcon collected wood for the fire and creates a spit for the deer to cook. They were use to the heat so it did not bother them much.

Ekron throws some scraps to the baby dragon.