Such a View (Ounriuun/Invite)

[kaden]

It was so long ago Kaden remembered that he had attended Crescent Destiny High School. The wind brushed by, it seemed to be a very windy week. The fresh scent came to his nostrils, as he smelt life in the air. What a woderful place, and what a wonderful view. He stood on the rooftop of the school, one hand gripping onto the fence which stopped death, whilst the other held onto the strap which hung over his shoulder. It appeared to look like a postage cylinder on his back; an architect? No,that wasn't the case. Little did people know that what he carried with him was no fancy art drawings, or blue prints to a building. It was none other than his power, and so far only one person has seen it.

He felt more relaxed knowing that met Autumn, she was a really nice... Well whatever she is. Still that doesn't mean a thing; everyone are equals. She seemed very worried about this Clyde character, and through out the week he couldn't help it but think about him, could he really be his brother? Kaden gripped tightly onto the fence, images of the blue night passed by his eyes like flashes. Thats all they were, flashes, nothing more, nothing less. He closed his eyes, and by the time he opened them once again he could just see the orange sky in the sky. Such wonder it was.

[Ounriuun Nakamura]

"BULL CRAP!" A loud noise would be heard from a area not to far but it seemed to be rather close someone on the roof in face perhaps more. Though there wasn't anyone near and the only place remotely near was the custodian's shed where he housed his tools that was oddly on the roof or the door leading to the school. A woman's chuckling would follow as a few sighs from other unknown persons now obviously the noises were coming from the shed.

Oun gave a rather daring smirk with five cards in hand with three other patron's they were in school uniform but seemingly were playing hooky yet for some reason they had stayed after school hours the reason mostly..."Oun...Damn it another round! I ain't leavin till I get it all back!" The most masculine boy among them demanded of the girl while the other boy and girl sighed. "Alright alright you two still in?" Oun asked the other two student's as they nodded in agreement. Everyone was dealed in and 500 yen was the placed betting amount everyone was eyeing one another trying to gather ahold of what the sitchuation was. Oun however was the only one smiling this was in her ball park afterall.

After they gathered their replacements the masculine man showed his hand "Three of a kind!" He stated as the other two gave a depressed moan throwing their cards to the side as Oun continued to smile as she tipped her favorite hat and showed her hand. "Full house...Sorry bucko~" She stated taking her earnings as the man dropped his cards in shock. "Ugh...Damn it AGAIN!" He shouted if Kaden decided to investigate the place he would find that the cards seemed to have some sort of corrosion on them as if rotting though the people and Oun didn't seems to be bothered by it however.

[kaden]

From the sound down bellow, his eyes traveled towards the shed. 'What is going on there...?' He thought that he should check it out, he could feel something coming from that shed, some kind of spiritual sense. By the time he got down there the cursing begun again. He become interested and suspisious in what whas going on. It seemed to them that they were playing cards, and the girl who was there seemed to be wining. He could still feel that sense, and it seemed to be coming from that girl.

There he stood in the doorway of the shed. He didn't give any hint of emotion, he was careful, there was something with this girl. Who was she? Only playing a card game might do the trick.
"You mind if i join you guys?"
He spoke with a smile on his face, as he ajusted the strap on his shoulder to make it more comfortable.

[Ounriuun Nakamura]

All four turned to the new arrival with tense expressions whispering among themselves with doubting tones until the most masuculine boy among the group stood up to meet to examine the boy oddly he smiled at his invention. "Alright you can play but let's get few things straight. You gotta have money, No tabs welcome here so pay your dues now, and no cheatin you do that me an my buddy here'll take yer arse down a few pegs if you got all that your welcome to our little game heh." He spoke with a rough clearly he was the leader of the small pack though but Oun was always of course the high roller. The masculine boy grabbing an extra chair and placing it near him so the new guy could sit there.

"Alright Oun...Get it rollin!" He spoke with the most determined look despite his losing streak perhaps it was blessing he had the money to blow unlike the other two who were rather upset that their wallets were now so much lighter. "Place your bets then, hehe new guy I hope your ready." Oun stated with the most playful down as she shuffled the deck handing out five cards to everyone placing the deck in the center of the table afterwards. As everyone would pick up their deck Kaden would get a closer look at the cards, there was a corrosion on his and everyone else's cards mostly covering the four edges of the card and the center of it's frame. Oddly though Kaden could see the number and symbols perfectly yet if he looked up he could see everyone's hand with the masculine boy having the strongest of the bunch with two pairs. There was a small power contained within each card but nothing noteworthy but it proved that something suspicious was going on with these cards.

"Well new guy got anything good?" The masculine man asked the boy as Oun eyes would scour the other cards smirking as she did so after all being able to see what they had was her most pressed advantage but that wasn't all.. 'Huhu...This is just too easy peasy and another sucker into the fire god going straight to the top today! Though my head feels kinda funny with this stranger must be the draft he let in or something.' Oun thought to herself able to shake off her spiritual senses that were telling her that Kaden wasn't just any person that waltzed in here.

[kaden]

((Sorry for the delay... I hope my post is alright...)

Kaden sat down and placed the money down for the bet. A smile came into view as he looked over at Oun. He felt uneasy in picking up the cards, but he had to so that he can make the assesment. This person needed to be doing something to these guys to make them all jumpy. Everyone was sweating in there, very cramped room, it wasn't surprising for someone to swet like a pig, and it didn't help if they wre under pressure.

However on the other hand Kaden wasn't raising a swet at all. His powers helped with that, but no body knew that. He was found to be a very good poker player, thats how he got his money when he was traveling around. It was the only way to get cash in hand so he could travel from one town to the next. He saw that everyone had a good hand, his was alright. He looked up at everyone it seemed that one of the guys was eyeing around. He had pretty good cards and it seemed to trump his own; but why would he be so nervous?
"Im so unlucky... I can't believe i got crap cards on the first round..."
"What are you talking about man?"
He looked over to Kadens cards, and from his expression it looked as if Kadens were higher than what he thought.
"Your cards trump mine!"
'An illusion? No it can't be, it must be something else...' He looked around the room, still Kaden draw a swet.
"I see what your doing, your trying to make me nervous so then i will pull out..." The man spoke raising his voice slightly.
"Is it working?" Kaden replied back with a smile on his face.
All of a sudden the man threw his cards on the table, and all Kaden could do was smile with a thank you gesture. The man could only look away. He looked over to the others with question.
"You guys look hot... You alright?"
It seemed that Kaden got to their heads as they pulled out as well, and soon enough Oun and Kaden was left standing.
"I am running low on money, so i will bet infomation... I know when a bombing will happen in the next three hours. You can take the infomation to the press and there you have more money that what is on the table..."
He winked at her, as the word Bombing would mean Hollow attack, his eyes traveled to his cylinder package that he had slung around his shoulder moments ago.

[Ounriuun Nakamura]

Whether it was trickery or by their own folly Oun was the now the last one standing. She retained a relaxed expression as she really didn't have anything to worry about not just because it was in her ball park but she had already won this from the start. 'He's pretty suave I gotta admit but he doesn't have anything one me and me well hehe.' She silently thought as she crossed gazes with the new comer that feeling again...It was egging her on like a plague there was something different about this guy like the other two she met it made her skin crawl like telling her she was mistaken to treat this man like the other suckers she was duping now.

"Sorry hun doesn't work that way information's just a comity I can get myself pretty well but we do take favors like for example...What's on the table hmm probable at least a good 3 three hours of service in the care of the winner hehe oh the things i'm thinking! Besides who the hell would bomb a school aside from some crazy student sounds more like your trying to cover your losses though I can understand...My hand is rather big~" She stated as she lightly put her powers into the cards in her hand as the weak hand now a rather dangerous one four of them turned into 3-3-3-3 now she had four of a kind rather a powerful hand only a number high or another hand could defeat it.

"I'll even throw in three hours of my own time plus my coin well new guy you gonna bite or am I going have to find a real man?" The others would give strange glares while the girl would chuckle while blushing as if venturing to guess what Oun had meant by those words also enticing him by calling out his manhood into this. Either way it appeared to not be a comfortable idea. It also appeared she was blissfully unaware of the soon to be attack of the beast she had come to know in the past days.

[kaden]

Kaden stopped and ignored the rest in what she had to say. His eyes turned dull as he thought about what she had last said about the infomation.
"Who said anything about a school?"
All of a sudden a loud roar could be heard from outside, what was that? From the sounds of things it was as if something had blown up outside.
"I think it has been cut down to 3 minutes..."
His head craned around to the noise, he got up off his seat and grabbed hold of the cylinder casing. When he gripped tight on the casing it outlined the sword just breifly.
"Do you mind if we just pause the game for a few minutes?"
And once that was said he ran out of the shed door, there he saw a hollow ontop of the schools roof. It was the reason he was up there in the first place, and because of these senses he got careless and walked away.

He ran up to the building and started to free climb up the side, taking the sword from the casing he got up to the rootops fence. Jumping off up into the air he released his power from the sword, the blue flames ignited him as he landed ontop of the hollow. The blade peirced the hollow in the back.
"Vanquish!"
All of a sudden blue flames circled around the hollow, lighting it aflame, however it was also burning on the inside as the flames cooked the hollow alive. Soon enough the hollow was dead dissapearing into the air. He quickly put the sword back into its sheath since he didn't want anyone to see him.
"That was a close one..."

[Ounriuun Nakamura]

As Kaden departed much of the group gave odd glares confused unsure whether this was intentional or if he just had to go away for a bit. "Tsk must have to take a crap or something?" The masculine boy stated followed by an "Eww you got a freaking dirty mind ya know, keep that info to yourself!" The girl scolded him as he blushed a bit before giving a rather smug sigh. Oun got up putting her cards face down before she did so. One of her friends asked where she was going Oun replied that she wanted to just take a peek outside for a second a rather odd answer but with a mere hmph he asked no more.

The odd feeling Oun felt when the boy entered the room was now sirening begging her attention toward outside silently she slightly opened the door to peek outside what she witnessed was the man formally playing cards now embroiled in a battle with the creatures that she saw and met a few days ago. Quickly she closed the door as panic now filled her thoughts. 'Damn it! He's one of them gods why can't the new people I meet ever be just normal folks preferable the ones who are gullible...If he's anything like the last one I met this'll end in one helluva bloodbath! Ok Oun just calm down maybe he doesn't know you've been cheating eh? You know how some things don't get noticed maybe he's a dense um...What're we called again? Spiritual warriors? Ah who cares! Hopefully he just isn't very keen.' Oun thought turning around meeting up with her friends while they played a hand while waiting for Oun's and Kaden's game to end.

Now Oun was worried more than ever was he truly here for the hollow's or did he have another purpose? Oun wasn't going to find out she needed to find some way to get this guy under her thumb without any strings attached though it was sudden and hard to think to what the man might agree to. Then a dark thought appeared in her head to extend the previous bet to that in a form of a favour whomever loses had to do what the other says no matter the cost or reason since the man had no cash on him he could only decline or take on the bet. Yet just to be safe grabbed her hand and inserting her power into them changed them all before she had a 3 of a kind now she had a straight of 3-4-5-6-7 each of different sign she'd rather go with a royal flush but her friends had high cards in the game beforehand and might grow suspicious if she had such a winning hand when they also had high cards. She awaited for Kaden to return and when he did with a smirk upon her face. "Ya know I changed my mind why don't we make this game one with some serious stakes who ever loses has to do what the winner says no matter what that may be! Well whatada say? Not that I can expect you to accept especially if you're feeling a bit chic-ken." Whether the choke was accidental or on purpose it egged Kaden on to attempt to accept her terms one favor no matter what it possibly could chain them down to another whomever won all eyes were Kaden as the group awaited his response to Oun's challenge.

[kaden]

Once walked in he heard the terms. He left his cards faced down, and intended it to stay that way. "So what are your terms?"
He spoke looking up at the girl with a smirk of excitement. Maybe that little fight with the hollow got his blood pumping. His veins pulsated on his neck, his eyes had a view for death, and his fingers tapped against the cylinder casing that he carried around. Twitching with blood rush to the head.
"I don't care what the terms are i'm in..."

When they would agree on the terms and conditions, and a hand shake he would go to sit down. As they went to do so Kaden hit the floor with his sword, and a line of blue flames appeared under the table, everyone wouldn't be able to see it, until it was too late. Oun's cards would be caught on fire. Grining in fashion, he revealed his cards.
"Looks like i have the highest cards!"
And with that said he reach out and dragged the money to his chest. This would be usful to buy him some new clothes.

[Ounriuun Nakamura]

Oun was about to reveal her hand when suddenly the cards she was about to unleash upon Kaden to mark his defeat became incinerated with a blue flame she could hardly describe luckily it didn't overtake her and seemed tamed which only could mean one thing. ' That little bugger...Beat me at my own game! But this is borderline deliberate sabotage! UGHH!' Her face which was at first full of fright at start was now filled with an unbridled rage. Eagerly she wanted to ring out his neck for daring to use his powers to thwart her own but as far as her proof of his cheat went it came to not mostly because her witness's were spiritually inept.

"Whoa Oun talk about unlucky maybe you should buy some new cards I told you those look a little worse for wear." The masculine boy spoke up thinking that perhaps Oun cards just disappeared or were destroyed somehow while the others nodded in agreement all seemed lost luckily she hadn't bet alot of cash but it was still a tidy sum since her friends had poured in a good amount.

"Grrr...Fine take it shrimp as if I could care less about that sort of chump change!" Oun barked at Kaden angrily seemingly a bit sore at losing as she folded her arms across her chest letting a hefty HMPH across from his view. "Hey Oun didn't you guys also bet one favor in that game too?" The less muscular boy stated questioningly as Oun looked a bit troubled by that fact. "Shut your trap! Ah...Fine whatada want um...What the hecks your name?" Oun asked rather rudely of Kaden without introducing herself first clearly she wasn't one for formalities.