"hoped at least one of them would come.. guess its just you and me huh Vulas?" Ry thought to himself expecting an answer from the beast, yet all he got was a growl. "we'll meet you in Dowhain, be careful Ry" Kaigaku Waved at Ry as he entered saturns portal. "well, lets do this the-" before Ry got to finish his epic one liner, he was grasping around for something to catch. Saturns damn portal failed and summoned Ry in the middle of the sky. "shit shit shit fuck why did I trust that dwarf, KUOKO" Ry turns around as he called out to his companion, the mighty black eagle flew as fast as it can from the mountains and grabbed Ry, lowering him to the ground. "Good boy" Ry pat his majestic bird as it rubbed its head against him. "now where the fuck did that bitch send me to". Ry walked around, reminiscing the nostalgia. He never had a chance to peacefully stroll his homeland before that tengu attacked. He lets out a deep sigh as he re-walks the streets and paths he walked on as a child. "no, no time for this. I need to complete what I came here for." Ry looked at the mighty mountaints of Hiizurukuni to judge his location.. Good, not too far from where he needed to be. "maybe saturn isnt worthless after all."
As Ry took his first few steps, his mind began rampaging, he felt a sudden fear that was not his own. Vulas, the beast that resided within Ry's mind was afraid. "Whats wrong with you" Ry said with a puzzled expression, in all the years he spent with Vulas he has only seen the mighty dragon cower in fear thrice, First against the might gods themselves and the other 2 times were... as Ry remembered them, his face went pale, his body limp, for the first time in years Ry experienced true fear. The urge to turn around and run back to the group in Dowhain was immense, maybe coming here alone was a bad idea. Ry realized exactly where he is. "I take it back, never trusting saturn again." Ry tried to make light of the situation, but his voice was trembling with fear, his legs went numb and he fell to his knees remembering everything. "Out of all the places you could have put me... why here, its alright Vulas, he might not be in the country" Ry tried comforting the beast, but deep down he knew he was making excuses to make himself feel better. His mind rushed back to memories he buried deep in his mind. Akuma Asuka, Head of the Asuka clan, the people who adopted Ry after he fell from grace. The mere mention of his name was enough to make Ry cry and cower in fear, the same Mighty general that led wars against demons, fought against the god of war and personification of strength. Chased Atlas as a mere mortal, was brought to his knees by single man. All Akuma had to do was glance in a persons direction and they would cower in fear. Although he hasnt seen it himself, other clan members told him that people have commited suicide from the fear, and Ry had no reason not to believe them, The torment and pain he went through when "training" with the Asuka still haunted him to this day. And thanks to the glorius saturn, he was dead center in the Asuka's territory.
More than the fear he felt towards the Demon of Asuka, he felt regret and guilt from abandoning everyone. He is yet to be strong enough to face them, in an act of shame and cowardice Ry summoned kouko and flew away from the place. He didnt mutter a single words to his companions. As he flew away, he felt an icy hand grip his neck, Vulas whimpered. It was as if the reaper himself had places his scythe against Ry's neck. There was no question about it, his presence has been sensed, but it doesnt seem like they are interested in chasing him. Ry took the defeat and ran towards a small yet bustling village. It was a relatively new village, so he didnt know its ins and outs.. but he knew that the person he needed was here. Ry gets of his mighty eagle and goes towards the closest shinto shrine. And as promised, there she was praying, in all her glory, the Priestess Yokomi. "My my, fancy meeting you here. So what do you want?" She gets up from her praying position and looks smugly at ry. "So rude, i couldve just came here to say hello" Ry responded, just as smugly. Yokomi raised her eyebrow, in return Ry sighed and told her the real reason for his visit. "ARE YOU CRAZY???" Yokomi leapt at Ry, this was the angriest he has ever seen the Fox lady get, which was understandable. "its fine, get me what I need, Vulas and I are more than enough." Ry firmly stood his ground, he would get what he wanted with or without the priestess's help. Yokomi sighs, "you know that would require a sacrifice." she replied in a defeated tone, knowing there would be no merit in attempting to stop the mad man. Ry taps on a horn and large great sword. "Gottem right here". Yokomi reluctantly shook her head, "well go on then, the sooner we get this started the sooner we finish this stupidity, or perhaps i should call it a catastrophe?". Ry smiles as he sat down, he crossed his legs, puts the horn and greatsword of agor on the ground in front of him. Yokomi places her hands on his bare back and began reciting incantations, for the first time ever since his betrayal, the black blooded angel began praying to the god of storms, Susanoo. His mind went blank, memories, good and bad, flowed into his mind. He knew what was going on, this ritual usually took a week of non-stop concentration. He didnt have the time to spare, must be Yokomi's spell to make time seem longer in Ry's mind. He was a little mad she didnt warn nor tell him about it, but considering his past actions it was beyond understandable. Ry placed an image of a jar in his mind, and focused solely on the jar and nothing else.
