Watching them learn

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

They were all young warriors, learning about the art of fighting for the first time. Most of the students were about ten or eleven, but there were some that were even younger. Pyrrhus watched them with eyes that showed no emotion, a rarity for him. It upset him though, seeing how Ula had become so desperate for warriors. If only they had listened to her...

Pyrrhus listened to the instructor tell his students about the swords they were using. They weren't completely real though, more along the lines of training tools. One of the very young students was forced to use a heavy training sword in which he could barely lift.
"Idiots... can't even give the little one a proper sword." He walked over to the kid and took the fake sword. He snapped it to make it lighter, and gave it back to the kid. He seemed much happier with the smaller sword. Pyrrhus hated to see the mortals suffer, but at least he was still strong in mortal sense to help them.

[Kira]

Kira stepped lightly behind the children who were trying to wield swords that in some case were larger then them. Kira stared down at her own sword. Well this is probably a little bigger than me but you know who really cares. Her head swiveled around when her eyes caught a flash of Red and Gold.

She removed the curious glance and replaced it with a glare so she wouldn't seem out of character. He was muscular and was tan. Really tan to her own pale complexion. He had short red hair, the red that had caught her eye, well not all of it, his robe was also red, it was sort of blinding. She watched him suddenly walk to young kid and suddenly snap it. She smiled so he was kind as well.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus looked up and saw Kira. At first he started to wave and smile, but he then quickly noticed her features. Green skin, jet black hair. His mind screamed 'Nightmare'. His eyes burned with rage, but he attempted to hold it back.

[Kira]

Kira sighed, he didn't like her. She walked up to him and put on an innocent face and thingyed her head to one side. It always worked with the adults. She noticed his shadow already retreating to hers. She might need it if this was to turn hostile. Her fingers played with the small tassle on the end of her blade.

She wouldn't talk to him, she didn't talk to people that weren't of her clan or if she didn't know them well. She knew though in a battle of strengths, she would probably lose.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Restraining his anger, Pyrrhus nodded his head.
"Hello there, Duisternis-Kin. I haven't seen one of your kind ever since... Never mind. Strange to see one of you now." He had to respect her. She was still one who was suffering from the curse, though no one knew about the curse around them. He was aggravated at how Nightmare would leave her own people. He looked down at his shadow, seeing how was disappearing.
"Hey!" he called, "What are you doing!?" His anger pitch kicked in.

[Kira]

Kira continued to say nothing. He was still angry but it seemed contained, that was better, she wasn't in the mood for dealing with nastly people. She was alerted to the shadows again when the man called out to her about the shadows. She didn't control it, it just happened. Kira backed away watching the forlornly watching the shadow return to original owner. It was a rather strange shadow though, it almost seemed to burn her. Why was this?

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus watched his shadow go back. Confused, he looked up at Kira.
"You don't seem to be able to control it. What's your name?" He asked her.

[Kira]

Kira shook her head. She nodded at him, an expression that she wanted him to talk first.

A few moments later though she seemed to have changed her mind "Kira." Kira whispered just loud enough so he could here. She was a little scared now. The shadow had burned her, she could feel it now, she'd tend to it later. She wait paitently for his response.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus watched her for a second.
"My name is... well, you can figure it out. Unless you have been away from here for so long that you.. Were not born here?" He questioned her. Has the curse really been around for so long?

[Kira]

Kira looked down for a moment in thought. She thought she knew it, she heard it all the time, when she walked around, pretending not to hear. "Pyrrhus?" Kira asked quitely still. He seemed to have calmed down. She frowned and waited again.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus perked up when she said him name. A girl that belonged to a tribe that had fled Ula knew him name?
"..How'd you know?" He looked at her eyes. They were completly different, but so close to Nightmare.
"Anyway, I'm surprised that you know who I am. Helplessly powerless in this plane, and unable to touch in another."

[Kira]

Kira looked away, she wasn't supposed to know. "I read, about the gods, and you came up alot, Pyrrhus the Fire god." She whispered "Also when I felt your shadow, it burned me, I put two and two together." Kira sighed. She had said that much to him, he was different though. "Also sometimes your name comes up in conversations from a long time ago."

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus nodded his head. The girl seemed to be kind enough, for a follower of Nightmare.
"Well.. It seems I still have some fire left, huh? It's strange. The people still pray and follow our teachings... But all they are doing is worshiping an empty shell. Damn that woman! Had she not realized that this place was fantastic?

[Kira]

Kira looked at him in confusion "Do you mean Nightmare Pyrrhus?" Kira asked forlornly. She wondered if having some fire left was good for him or bad for him. She would probably learn soon enough. Then the logical part of her mind kicked in again. Why am I talking to him. Because, I want to learn more.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus gave her a cold stare. How he loathed that name.
"I was trying to avoid saying it. We're better off without her anyways. Not like I can do anything about it now."

[Kira]

Kira glared at him, and suddenly turned around, hand to her forehead. Stroking the sword, she began to calm down. "Why are you here, in this place exactly?" Kira asked still not turning around. She decided she would leave soon. The burn was becoming unbearable. She would wait for him to yield first though.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus folded his arms. He looked over at the kids training. It hurt him to see them struggle.
"I have no power. At least I can help the children learn in my mortal form."

[Kira]

"You feel emotions deeply don't you, of others."Kira said sitting down and resting against the wall. She watched the kids, she sighed and suddenly stopped talking. Her mind though was already at ease with Pyrrhus and she was helpless to stop it.

[Φ Pyrrhus Φ]

Pyrrhus nodded his head 'yes'.
"Yeah, I do. I'm not the god of Fire and Emotion for nothing. A worthless god who can't help his people." He continued to watch the kids struggle to learn.

[Kira]

Kira stared down and let him talk. In this mortal realm, he knew who he was, but it seemed mislead. He wasn't a worthless god. That much was proven from who he was. She pulled out her own sword and watched it glint in the light. It was her partner. "Why do you believe your useless, you help wherever you can? right?" Kira whispered again.