Tales of a Journey (Private!)

"It could be possible, but we might have to ask Tyki more upon that though since HE was the one pulling wine and alcohol out for us during that party though." Scarlett said while Alice rubbed the back of her head, "Well, we could just go and ask him on where he dug up the bottle form at the least."

"What are we waiting around here then? Let's go find the idiot!" Lizabeth cheered grabbing a ham out of the fridge and carrying it out into the hallway. Scarlett and Alice looked at each other confused before going after her.

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"Well, for starters... I did kill him before he sold me off to another tribe for money." Riri said rubbing the back of her neck while Vincent snipped a bit, "Hey, and you knew that mum would sell you off too, anything to keep her favorite child from having an "accident" of some sort."

"Oh, you're just jealous that mum left your pops after he tried to skin her you traitorous half-blood!" Riri hissed at him while Vincent had grabbed Riri's wrist and kept his grip on her from backing away. "Oh, says the girl that caused a downfall of an entire race." He growled while Riri rolled her eyes, "Why do you keep pinning the blame on me? I wasn't the one who murdered hundreds of families after your death!"

 

Lizabeth was skipping ahead while she was taking HUGE bites out of the ham. "Damn, hungry much?" Scarlett snickered while Lizabeth hissed at her, "I've been craving Jellyfish, but we only have ham."

"I think you need to lay off of the exotic foods Lizzy," Alice sweatdropped while they passed by an open door where some voices and crashing came from. Lizabeth turned around as she heard the crash and headed through the door seeing she was at the top of some rickety, wooden stairs. "Hellooooo! Is anyone down there??" Lizabeth called before she heard a voice, "A-ayla, get me out of here!"

"Well, that solves where Tyki is at the least," Scarlett said passing by Lizabeth while she took another bite of the ham.

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"I would say so!" Sho piped up while Riri just sweatdropped before her brother pulled her towards him glaring a bit at Ranma. "I didn't raise from the dead. Our race can pretty much gain control of a person's body, as long as that specific body has a living soul attached to it." Vincent explained while Riri barked, "It doesn't mean that you have to go around and steal my little brother's body! I mean, it makes it seem a little bit like incest at the least..."

"Hey, not my fault that everyone was already dead when lil' mad mummy went on a rampage," Vincent said rolling his eyes. "Right... because that makes so much sense, and what was that last part about you and Kinta?" Riri said as she glanced over at the brunette wondering what he was talking about.

 

"I'm rather more curious if your little Robot friend is all right," Alice said as she walked over and jumped down through the hole in the stairs. "Oh, come on Kinta! What's the worst that could be down there?" Scarlett said as she dragged Lizabeth (with her ham) over the broken-stairs hole and down the stairway into the basement.

"I will get more hearts Ayla! I just need to look up why this bottle was driving that kid into a nervous wreak Ay-ay! And then we can go find hearts happily ever after," Tyki said in a nervous tone from somewhere in the dark basement.

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"Really? Huh, I never thought about it since you never talked about your life with us." Riri said while SHo sweatdropped, "Why wouldn't you two tell your friends if they couldn't even take a hint?"

"Maybe they're just idiots that can't figure anything out without their help," Vincent growled while Riri glared back at him sighing, "What am I going to do with you..."

 

Tyki sweatdropped as he dropped to the ground on his feet and rubbed his wrists, "I have been told that countless times." "Ye-up, no matter how you look at this, it's still pretty awkward, even with you guys dating or whatever you call it.." Lizabeth said finishing off the ham while Tyki glanced over at her, "Was that the ham we were having for dinner?"

"Besides Lizabeth eating your dinner, what were you screaming about and why are you even down here Tyki?" Alice said while Tyki rubbed the back of his head, "I didn't mean to be down here. I was actually down in our alcohol cellar trying to find that bottle of Black Blood that Audri had drank down. Somehow, someone freaked out when that one specific bottle was down and threaten me to give it to him for some reason."

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"Well, letting him go free & alive won't do me any good," Riri said rubbing her neck while Vincent smirked, "So, what are you going to do with me then?"

"Well, you said that he was taking over your little brother's body, right? How about exorcising his soul and hope that your brother is still one sane fruitcake!" Sho said cheerfully. Riri was about to protest while she thought about it, "That... might work actually."

 

Tyki scratched the back of his head sighing a bit trying to ignore Ayla for the moment. "Nah, he wouldn't give me his name, but he did have a very striking resemblance to Audri though. Blonde hair, fair dark blue eyes, he seemed like a decent guy but that sour attitude of his drove me mad." He said while Scarlett frowned, "So, was there anything else he talked about?"

"Well, the only reason that I was able to get to talk to him was when he got into a fight with Cain over something... I think they were complaining over the last bottle of alcohol or something like that, so I got the brat to help me bring up some bottles. We talked a bit, said that he was a representative for the Noah of Mind and Xenlo, but not much else." He said while Alice crossed her arms over her chest, "Huh, never heard any of this before."

"The kid then asked about the Black Bloods since he was supposed to pick up a specific bottle with a note attached to it," Tyki said while Lizabeth picked up a knife form the floor, "What does that have to do with the one Audri had?"

"Well.... That was the bottle this guy was looking for," Tyki said sweatdropping while Alice facepalmed. "But that bottle didn't come with a note when you brought it up though!" Scarlett remarked while Lizabeth nodded. "I... well, I threw the note away since it just a piece of paper scribbled on." Tyki admitted sighing.

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"If you're thinking of exorcizing his soul, you're going to have to lose a tail for this Riri." Matthew said appearing right next to Sho, giving the brunette a head attack while Riri looked at him confused, "How long does the process take?"

"That depends how willing you're going to cooperate," Matthew said as he walked over pulling on Riri's ear before whispering something into her ear. "NONONONONONO!!!! I am NOT doing that!" Riri said as she pulled back blushing deep pink while Vincent sweatdropped, "What does she have to do?"

Matthew was about to open his mouth, but Riri slapped her hand over his mouth hissing, "You tell them and I'll kill you..." Matthew pulled her hand off of his mouth before stepping right next to Sho and smirking, "Riri can pull off the exorcism because she's never been kissed by-" Matthew was cut off as Riri threw a plank of wood at him shouting, "YOU FUCKER!!"

 

"Hey, I didn't think much of it you moron! Besides, it just said that no one should ever drink it and i thought that it was just aging wine that was still aging to perfection. Apparently, I'm wrong since Audri is growing some freakish disease in her body!" Tyki snapped a bit irritated while Alice sighed rubbing her head, "Well, fighting here isn't going to do us well. Scarlett, Lizabeth! Get Ayla down from the wall and give her the hearts stored away in the cookie jar in the fridge."

While Scarlett and Lizabeth were busy getting Ayla down, Alice just looked at Tyki frowning, "So, how was this guy going to get back to you if you have no idea where in the WORLD he came from?" "He said that he'll send someone to give us directions, but he wasn't quite specific whom." Tyki responded as he rubbed the caked blood on his cheek.

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"No, I meant that Riri is able to exorcise her... twisted brother's soul from her younger blood if she hadn't been kissed yet. Only "virgin kisses" can do that, so it's usually one-shot for each exorcism," Matthew explained while Riri blushed glaring daggers at her fox-friend.

"Aww, how sweet that you saved your first kiss for me little sis!" Vincent cackled a bit while Riri whacked his on the head with her free head, "Shaddap you!"

 

"Wait! I'm still hungry!" Lizabeth said as she ran after the cat girl while Tyki looked to the side trying to avoid Kinta's glares.

"So, you said you need to give the bottle to him right?" Alice said trying to make the situation at least not totally useless. "Yeah, I was going to get that but then Ayla hit me over the head and I was stuck here. I should get that bottle for you guys just in case." Tyki said as he walked past them to get back to the stairway.

"So I am taking it that you're not going to stick around to give this "Messanger" his bottle?" Scarlett mocked following after him while Tyki sweatdropped, "Ayla will murder me before I get the chance to go anywhere else if I don't get her more hearts, so you're pretty much doing my errand."

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"You guys are complete assholes, I swear!" Riri whined while Vincent smirked pulling on one of Riri's tails. The tail turned into a glass orb in his hands as he handed it to Riri, "Might as well get this bloody exorcism over with then."

"Not going to put up a fight?" Matthew asked the white fox as he shrugged, "This would eventually happen, so not like there's much left to do..." "Tch, I hate that i'm losing my first kiss to some sleaz-ball..." Riri growled through her teeth as she slipped the orb into her mouth before planting a kiss of Vincent's lips before anyone else said or did anything else.

 

Alice shook her head as she and Scarlett headed behind the group on the stairs. Tyki saw the hole and jumped over it while he made his way to his right in the hallway.

"Ah, here we are," Tyki opened up a door not far down the hallway and walked inside.

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Matthew shot a nosebleed while Sho laughed at Matthew's pervertedness. Riri pulled back a few seconds later seeing her brother open his eyes and he blushed slightly, "R...Ri-"

*POW!*

Riri smiled as she cracked her knuckles after knocking him out with a @.@ look on his face. She pulled the orb from out of her mouth seeing it double in size and it was a black color at this point from it's bright green state. "I think we can get going now," Riri said as she cut the wire on her brother's arm and left him on the ground out cold.

"What about your bro-" Sho was stopped when Riri glared at him and tossed him the orb, "Just make sure that the soul is well contained and doesn't try to cause anymore havoc."

 

Tyki was scanning the hundreds and hundreds of shelves in the room with alcohol and wine in the room. Scarlett peeked from behind Kinta while Alice glanced around the hallway wondering why it was so quiet.

"Here's that blasted bottle!" Tyki said as he grabbed the empty wine bottle off of the floor lying under a shelf and headed back towards the hallway.

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"Well, I would have 8 more, but Sho had experimented on me, which cause me to lose my tails and scattered all over this world. I could care less but- NOT THE POINT!" Riri said as she grabbed Ranma's arm and made a portal. "But what about your brother?!" Matthew said pointing to the unconcious fox on the floor. "Just.... well, i could care less right now, and i should get going before he wakes up!" Riri said as she pulled Ranma along with her towards the portal.

"But-" "Bye guys, come visit us some time!" Sho said interrupting Matthew smiling a bit.

 

"Well, we could try finding the others, or just hang out I suppose." Riri shrugged while she sat down on the carpet and stretched out her back.

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"Well, if it is the smudged out name in the letter, then why was it smudged out in the first place?" Scarlett asks while Tyki just looked at them confused and befuddled.

"Well, I'd love to hang out with you nutcases, but I have a lovely girl to go and get hearts for before she tries to whip me against a wall again," Tyki muttered as he handed the bottle to Alice before taking his leave. "Oy Tyki!" Alice said trying to get him to turn around but he didn't turn around and kept on walking.

"Man, he's kind of grouchy, wouldn't you say so?" Scarlett said while Alice shrugged, "He's been under stress by some other Noahs, and Ayla putting more pressure isn't going to help him in any way.