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Episode 3 -The Blade That Cuts All

The spirit then turned, for it had sensed the presense of a being near him, It saw Renji standing behind a tall icy rock in the distance. It whispered softly to itself "Fool... Thinking he can stop me, what has gotten into that mind of his?" Renji then began to run at the spirit, glaring at it all the while. "I hope you're ready to be erased from this world!" He pulled his sword from it's sheath, the Crimson colored blade shined in the lights of the surrounding moons, he then flung the blade foward to the spirit. The spirit then dashed to the side, evading the blades sharp figure. "How...? That sword holds a special aura... It can cut me?!" The spirit paniced speeding off within a trail of its purplish aura. "Come back here you freak!" Yelled Renji. He ran after the spirit with all the speed he could muster, leaping off into the air and swinging the blade in a diaginal direction, nearing missing him once more. "Ahh! No stop!" Cried the spirit. "Begging already? Now that i'm a threat you flee and cower, I thought you were an all powerful spirit, Guess you can only pick on little girls, Huh!?" Renji yelled out as he lunged the blade fowards a few times, attemping to stab the spirit. The spirit dodged all the attacks easily, for it was way faster than Renji's sword. The sword then made a certain type of soft vibration, signaling that Renji could do something more than just use the blade sharp form. Renji somehow understood this. he then swung the sword in a vertical direction, allow a large wave of red energy to shoot off from the swords sharp figure. this time the attack made contact, slipting the spirit in two. The spirit yelled out in pain as it was slice in half by this attack of pure energy, being erased from the very exsistance it still had left. Renji then placed the sword back within it's sheath, smirking with a sense of pride and confidence.

"Ha! No problem." Renji spoke to himself quietly. He then walked over to the area of which the others were, looking around the area as he passed on through. He then cought a glimpse of Hiyashi and Shimari, He ran over to them both, examining them some to check if they were alright. "Hey, Are you okay, Hiyashi? And how is Shimari?" Renji said. "Shes still out cold... No signs of life still.." Hiyashi spoke sadly. "Damn... I thought destroying the spirit of her brother would end it... But I guessed wrong.." Renji spoke as tears formed within his eyes. "Damn it.. Why did this have to happen... I was so careless.. I'm sure i could have stopped that spirit from doing this to her... I'm sure of it.. I didn't act fast enough." Renji said as tears ran down his cheeks. "B-brother... Don't cry.. Things will be okay.. I forgot to tell you.. An Old Lady came to me while you were chasing after the spirit, She told me that if we had to a mountain that has black ice, That the Icicle river flows upon, She can regain her lost soul." Hiyashi spoke softly to his brother. "R-really?! Do you have any idea of where this place is?" Renji said impatiently. "She said it was to the east of this forest." Hiyashi said. "OH! Then what are we waiting for?" Renji said in a determined tone. "Let's head off!" Renji yelled. Renji then lifted Shimari into his arms, cradling her as if she were a small child, her body hanging in his arms like a flesh rag doll. He stared down to her with a sad expression, millions of thoughts traveling through his mind as he thought of her.


Renji and Hiyashi finally made it out of the forest, seeing a field that looked nothing like the rest of this frozen planet. It was a beautiful field of flowers, it reminded them of Earth, There home of the past. Renji sighed as he glanced upon the field of roses and daisys remembering when he used to pick flowers for his mother on Mothers day every year. "Beautiful, Huh Hiyashi? Kind of reminds me of Mom..." Renji said sadly. Hiyashi nodded his head, trying to hold back the tears that formed in his eyes. Renji and Hiyashi continued to walk through the field, smelling a sweet aroma travel through the air, it came from a near by flower, but this flower was much larger than the rest, it was about Ten feet tall and had long throny vines growing out from its sides. "Whoa.. Whats that?" Renji said curiously. The plant then extended a vine out to grab Hiyashi's left leg, lifting him up high into the air, lifting it before its large flower petals. "Hiyashi!" Yelled Renji. "Brother! Ah.. help me!" Hiyashi sceamed out in fear. Renji then placed Shimari's body down onto the soft ground, unsheathing his blade quickly, running over to the massive flowers stem. "Let my brother go!" Renji yelled out in anger. He then slashed at the stem of the monstrous flower, sliting it open slightly. A green type of ooze spilled out from the small wound on the flower, melting the ground beneath it. "Acid?!" Renji thought to himself as he saw the ooze effecting the ground in such a way. "There has to be a way... To get rid of this thing without harming Hiyashi.." He thought to himself once more, trying to form a plan on how to kill this monster flower. The blade began to make that ringing sound once more, signaling the weakness of this beastly flower. Renji then leaped up into the air, lashing his blade into the same vertical direction as last time time, using that same red wave of energy that he used to kill the spirit. "Crimson Chaos!" He yelled out, calling out the name of the energy wave. The wave then when crashing into the flowers base, slipting it into two seperate pieces, killing off the beasts. It's body then turned to a green smoke, disappearing within the cold air.

Hiyashi went falling to the ground. Renji then placed his sword back into it's sheath, running over to catch Hiyashi, He did so easily, smiling as he looked to his little brother. "You alright kiddo?" He said in a calm voice. Hiyashi nodded as he looked to his brother, shocked about what just happend, Not knowing his brother had become so strong within just a two months of being on this planet. Just then Renji looked up into the distance of the sky, seeing the huge mountain top of the mountain of Black Ice. "Heh'.. So there it is.. Our real journey begins here.. Now we will see what our clan was really capable of."