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Gar walked about the castle with no one in sight to borth him. His red collar covered his mouth as he looked at the Granite floor and walls as it seemed to have been smoothed out. it was hard to walk silently here. Must have been one of the not noticable safety precautions the king took for himself.

As Gar walked his noticed the maid tendants and the gaurds about the area. He noticed Everyone here carried some sort of weapon or seemed to have some ability to fight. This was a sheer magnificent kingdom compared to his.

Xira paced the halls in a daze. Her mind was clouded with a thick, pale pink fog which she tried to muddle through. She'd been burdened with this fog for a while now, and it seemed to be preventing her from doing any logical thinking, and it also seemed to pull her away from the reality around her quite often. So as she walked she didn't really see what was around her. She knew this castle so well she was more or less on auto pilot. So it's no surprise that she totally didn't even notice Gar right in front of her and walked right into him. She stepped back and shook her head violently, trying to pull herself back into the present for a long enough time to squeak out an apology. "Oh, I'm so sorry I-" she started to say, when she looked up and realized that she didn't know this person.

"Oh...hello. I don't believe we've met before." She held out her hand to shake. "I'm Xira, lady of this castle, and you are?"

In the infirmary, Kyoji sat alongside the King. Waiting until the nurses left so he could ask the King questions. "Your Grace, who was that man?...I do not believe it is safe for him to wander the castle alone, and unattended." He motioned to the guards. "You two. Go find that man the King came with." "Yes Sir!", said the guards as they hurried off. "Hmm....Sir I will be right back.", Kyoji said as he turned and left the infirmary.

Shadow stood atop a tower in the castle as he looked out into the kingdom, it was hard to believe his king had returend in such horrible shape. Shadow himself had seemed to grow cold in his kings absance, after all the take over atempts along with the other soilders, becoming more and more well relaxed, Shadow became cold and buckled down. He then picked up his sword with was around 70 inches long and fasaned it to his waist. He gave the kingdom one last look, from his cold eyes. he then headed down the steps of the tower into the inner parts of the castle

As Kyoji walked the castle, he noticed Shadow coming down the stairs. "Ahh Shadow...How are you feeling?" Kyoji paused feeling that something was the matter. "Shadow...I sense something is bothering you. Do you wish to speak on it?"

"I am fine." Shadow said as his cold eyes passed over Kyoji. "It is mearly a bad feeling about this kingdom. Something went a miss while the king was away, now i fear it will never return." Shadow finished this and walked past Kyoji. Latly there seemed to be a cold wind that fallowed shadow around. It gave everyone the chills. Shadow walked through the castle until he reached the throne room. He looked at the doors then pushed them open. He looked around rembering the moment they got the letter from there king. What the hell happened that brought him away, and what made him come back. Shadow began to think.

As Gar walked having his hand upon the marble wall fascinated somewhat on how smooth the structure is he bumped into a young woman. He didn't say anything. Just gave a little muffled grunt from behind his jacket and looked upon her as she began to apologize. Through her face it was obvious something was bothering her. Then hearing her introduce herself as the Lady of the Kingdom it was obvious she only worried for her King which was only natural. With her hand extended Gar put his hand out shaking it only to have his hand gaurded by his sleeve.

"My name is Gar Reigns" he merely said before having the gaurds come closely behind him and hearing their armour clank a bit Gar could be seen flinching.

Gar broke his hand free from Lady Xira and merely turned to meet the gaurds. They request his presence to go with them before looking back at Lady Xira awaiting for some type of answer. He merely looked back to the gaurds and nodded before turning back to Xira bowing.

"Excuse me" he said before beginning to walk to the gaurds to where Kyoji and Shadow were.

"Hmmm...", Kyoji thought as Shadow walked away. "He is right...I sense a problem as well...I always have but, this....this is bigger." He clutched his sword tightly then began to walk. Visions of past battled began to flow through his mind. Battles that made him a legendary swordsman. But he knew no one could know that HE was Silver Wind. Suddenly he stopped. "You. Stop where you are." Kyoji turned around. "You entered with the king did you not? Who are you?"

Gar looked at the man slightly. He loved his High and mighty tone he grasped from his voice. It suited him a little too well. But he wouldn't say anything. the man knew nothing about what him and Marium has seen. He indeed stopped in place and merely looked at him. Such a rude way of handleing a guest but i guess people from here couldn't help that.

"Yes, i did enter with the King. My name is Gar Reigns" he answered abrasively without much else of sound. He would merely stare at him for now raising his eye brow as if telling him to hurry up with the questions. Like Gar had something better to do.

"I sense haste in your voice...I apologize for this minor interrogation, but you must understand why I am this way." Kyoji turned around. "Come, we can walk and conversate on what has happened." Kyoji sensed that this man has been thru a lot, but nothing can compare to what he has already been through. War ravashed through Kyoji's mind at all times. Nothing that this man Gar has seen is new to him. And he was glad to sense that Gar knows not of this. This means that he is not one who remembers Kyoji's past as Silver Wind... "So what kingdom do you hail from?"

Shadow walked through the halls of the kingdom untill he came to his room. He opened te door. He walked into the room and looked around. He took his sword and placed it down on a table across from the hall. He then went to his bed and pulled out a long box. This box was long enough to fit his sword that he carried now. He placed it on the bed, and opened the case. Inside was already a long sword. This sword itself look like the one he carried already. It had a long black scabbered. A long handle repped in red and black cloth. It had no gaurd on it. Shadow looked at the sword in the box, but did not touch it. "My king, what happened out there?" Shadow began to ask as if he was talking to the sword. "If you need, only for you my king, I will become the Crimson Blade once more." Shadow said as he reached down and touched the sword. For an instant time seemed to freaze. He lifted the sword out of the box, and placed his other sword in it. He then drew his new sword. The blade itself was long and had a long blood grove running down the center, then several others stretching from it, like the viens in a leaf. The blade itself was polished so fine it seemed to have never beed stained with blood at all. Shadow then placed the scabbed around his waist, and then sheathed his gaint Katana. Shadow then took the box and placed it under his bed with his other sword. HE then walked out of his room, and back through the halls. His eyes seemed to be different now that he was holding onto this new sword. He walked to were his king lay resting, but on his way he passed Gar and Kyoji.

Gar merely nodded to the guy as he kept to himself. He didn't speak of much, obviously something else was running through his mind. He made this apparent by staring off into space. He walked beside Kyoji with his hands in his pockets and pretty much swallowed in his over grown jacket. Upon hearing his question Gar sighed and lowered his head looking to the floor.

"Your king destroyed my Kingdom" he said shortly continuing to walk as he was still thinking of other things.

He still walked as Shadow passed as he would stop a bit before looking back At Shadow. Well more of his scabbard and merely stood there for a while before walking back over to Kyoji, "anything else you need?"

Shadow walked to the place were Maruim laid resting. He opened the door and bowed. He looked and saw his king. He walked to the foot of his bed. Shadow then got down, in a position of respect. "My king, please tell me what happened." Shadow began. "I have preparied to fight along side you, if you need I will become the Crimson blade once more."He said not looking up only speaking, "Your kingdom became a mear shell of what it was before, we need to fix this." He continued, his voice was very serious.

Marium flinched in his sleep. Marium conciousness returned but he was sleep for quite a while under Kyoji's watch. He then soon moved his hand, shakingly, toward's Shadow's blade. Placing his hand on the hilt he pushed the blade back some telling Shadow, what he wished wasn't nesscary.

"Bring me my lady." Marium said, "Bring Everyone here. and i shall tell, What lies ahead for us", Marium said keeping his eyes closed, "and tell Gar to do night watch as a favor for me"

Shadow stood and bowed. He then turned and walked out of the room. He shut the door gently and walked, he seemed to be moving slowly but was actuly moving quite fast. He saw Xira standing in a daze. "The king wishes you to go to his room." he said as he placed his hand on her shoulder. He then vanished before she could responed. He walked untill he found Kyoji and Gar. "Kyoji, the king wishes us to go to his room." He siad facing him, shadow then turned his attention to gar. this time he caught gar looking at his sword. "Gar, that is your name, am i correct?" Shadow asked trying to catch his attention. "my name is shadow." He said bowing. "The king would like you to do night watch, as a favor for him, and to all of us." Shadow said sincerly. He then stood up straight and looked at both of them. he then nodded and walked off, going back to his room. He looked to put the blade back, but thought it would be safer to keep it on him for the time being. He then thought about why Gar had been staring at his sword, he did not remember ever meating this man. He then shook it off. Shadow decided to keep his sword a bit longer. he then left this place and walked to the quarters were this king was laying