Naraca's Story

Naraca Breaker was born on Hargeon. His life growing up was far from privileged. While yes he was born in Hargeon, his parents did not live there and only his father was a Earth Wizard. He grew up as a nomad, never living in the same place for more then a few months. Why was this though? Because his family was on the run from The Abyss Scion guild. Naraca's mother, Ayame, was a native to the Dahlia and was a high ranking member, she became one of the body guards of the Dahlia’s political members, the president/ mayor in in charge in fact. However, the mayor that ruled had attempted to follow in the footsteps of Abyss Scion by making Dahlia like the guild itself, a land of organized crime more or less. . Naraca's mother stopped this by assassinating the mayor. This made her an enemy of the Nation, and condemned her to a life of being hunted. She fled to Hargeon where she met a man named Skarin. He was a teacher of Earth magic, and was just outside of the city where he witnessed Ayame in a 5 on 1 battle with Abyss Scion troops. She herself was a water user and was losing the battle quickly. Skarin saved her life by defeating the Abyss Scion soldiers and took her into Hargeon. He gave her shelter in the Lamia Scale guild, and even went out of his way to buy a small house for her to live in. They got to know each other for about a year before they feel in love. In two years, they got married, and gave birth to two baby boys. Naraca, and Arashi. Naraca was a rather large baby, coming out of the womb at a large, and rather painful 10 pounds for Ayame. Arashi came right out at 5 pounds. Back in Dahlia however, the heir to the seat who was the previous mayor’s son was overcome with anger for Ayame, and sent a full scale army to attack Hargeon just to kill her.






As a children at the age of 3, Naraca and Arashi were both healthy young boys, in pre-school, even learning the basics of martial arts from there parents. It was around this time when Dahlia launched their attack on Hargeon where Skarin, Ayame and the boys lived. Hargeon didn't expect it at all, and were far from ready. They were completely over whelmed. During this attack, Ayame, Skarin and their children had no choice but to flee the city. When they escaped however, the mayor of Dahlia didn't stop chasing them, always doing everything he could to hunt them down and kill them. It was because of this, that the Breaker family couldn't stay in a single place for more than a month before needing to go somewhere else. This made life difficult, they had to fend for themselves, hunt their own food, find their own water, salvage money anyway they could. They were always hungry, and they couldn't get any long term jobs otherwise they'd be discovered. They always had to make money doing other things. Ayame and Skarin did Mercenary work every now and again, sometimes would take place in backyard competitions or even sell valuable things they found. One thing they did though, was they never stole, killed, or cheating anyone out of their money, even the rich. Despite their living conditions, Ayame and Skarin wanted to teach Naraca and Arashi to be good men.
At the ages of 13, it was starting to become known what their skills and talents were. Naraca even as a boy at this age had an incredible muscle tone and a big frame with thick bones. He was physically very tough, far stronger than that of other children his age. Arashi was short and slender, yet he was athletic and quick. Arashi's frame was smaller overall but he was like a lightning bolt of speed and reflexes. Arashi was also far more outgoing and extraverted, while Naraca was more of a shut in who kept to himself. This often caused Arashi to be the one that start all the fights between them and the brotherly rivalry. Naraca was an earth wizard, while Arashi was a Non-magic user. This caused Skarin to mostly teach Naraca martial arts, and Ayame to teach Arashi martial arts. Yet the parents would switch it up from time to time so there kids could be diverse. It was there training from an early age that taught Naraca and Arashi discipline, manners, generosity, kindness, compassion, respect and bravery. While Skarin and Ayame were on the run, Dahlia did not know of their children, so once they were old enough, they were able to carry on with their own lives if they wished.

At 18 years old, they did just that. Naraca, feeling he could make better use of his Earth magic, became soldier of the Hargeon military. While Arashi, who was a great martial artist who main weapon was metal wires, joined a non-magic town and joined a mercenary group there called “The Ocelots”  Skarin and Ayame meanwhile, stayed on the run, yet frequently returning to both of their sons when they could. Arashi was trained by The Ocelots, while Naraca was trained by the Hargeon military. Arashi was very fast and quick, he used metal wires as his weapons as was great at trapping his opponents and cutting them up with the near unseeable wires. Naraca however had trouble with Earth magic, and couldn't get to growing his bending to a level that the Military could accept. However, they kept him anyway for one reason: His Physical might. How he gained it has always been a mystery, but Naraca strength is so unbelievable, it's on a colossal scale of epic proportions. In combat, he was one of the most deadly for making use of his strength and being able to crush his opponents. Meanwhile, Skarin and Ayame took their running like they were traveling, on a vacation even. They traveled around the globe, seeing all the sights, and keeping each other happy. However, Arashi who was now a high ranking soldier in the Ocelots, had allied with Dahlia. The Ocelots were becoming quite popular, and were noticed by Dahlia, so Arashi, and his squad were bought off by the mayor himself. At the time it was rather normal, the mayor would pay Arashi and his squad to do one job or another. Yet over time Arashi and the mayor grew a personal friendship together. While Arashi was very aware of Dahlia being after his parents, he was also attached to the Ocelots and the mayor. The mayor who had been looking for the woman who killed his father for almost 20 years was soon able to find out that Arashi was the son of Ayame. He played it carefully though, he wasn't going to kill Arashi right away. He had their son, so he took Arashi hostage and forced Ayame and Skarin to come out of hiding. Naraca didn't get word of this, yet grew more and more concerned when he hadn't had word from his brother in a long time. Ayame didn't want to get them involved, yet Skarin wanted Naraca to know, so he told Naraca himself that Arashi was kidnapped by the mayor of Dahlia. They simply had no choice, they had to rescue Arashi.

Arashi was captured at night when he was sleeping, he was injected with a powerful serum that kept him asleep until Dahlia could secretly bring him in to one of their cells. It was there that they tortured him, breaking him down and beating him to a bloody pulp every day, slowly breaking his will. Arashi was taught how to be strong, and he never said a word when they asked him where Ayame was. It was then that the mayor made it public that he caught an Ocelot squad leader named Arashi, and was going to execute him for his crimes against Wizards.
It was this execution that Ayame and Skarin wanted to go to, yet when Naraca asked to join they told him to stay out it. They told him "If this fails, and we all end up failing this, we want you to continue living your own life" They told him, Naraca took that as a hard pill to swallow, yet he listened and stayed put...Well for a few hours anyway.
Naraca followed them, knowing where the execution was himself, he went there as well to help them.

Ayame and Skarin entered with stealth, and attempted to free Arashi. However, they were found and forced to fight it out in the Dahlia prison. While they were strong, Ayame and Skarin failed and were taken captive as well. The execution of Arashi was still going to take place; he wanted to force Ayame to watch as her son was murdered.
In front of the whole prison in Dahlia, Arashi was about to be executed when Naraca came bursting in. He killed many Dahlia soldiers. Arashi could see him; Ayame and Skarin could see him. They watched him as he mowed down hundreds of men, truly showing how strong he had become. However, the mayor took both Ayame and Skarin, and brought them beside Arashi, where Naraca could see them all. The mayor told Naraca to give up or else he would kill all three of them.
Naraca was then restrained himself, however the mayor had an idea. He called up more reinforcements, and moved Ayame, Skarin, Arashi and Naraca over to an official battle arena. It was there, that he released Naraca and Skarin on the arena. He told them "After almost 20 years of hunting down the bitch that killed my father. I wanted to kill her, yet now that her family is here, I think I'd much rather have her experience what I did, and because I'm so kind, I'm going to have her son, and her husband fight to the death, whoever dies first, there death will free the other three." It was with those words, that he picked Naraca and Skarin to fight to the death. Before they did, Skarin had Naraca promise him something. "I know you’re going to win Naraca, after seeing you like that...I taught you well. So promise me something. Once you win this fight, you'll free your mother and brother, and keep living, and when you do, tell your mother that I love her very much...And I'm sorry that I couldn't...Keep you all safe" He told Naraca solemnly. Naraca promised, and it was with that, that they fought to the death. It was a long battle that lasted a full two hours before Naraca struck the final blow on his father, killing him.

The mayor who saw this applauded at Naraca's magnificent display of power. Yet it was after seeing this that he had Naraca restrained again, and brought him back up to the where Arashi and Ayame were. Devastated, yet angry by his father’s death, Naraca resisted, and broke through his restraints. He made a mad dash for the mayor. The man was surprised, but he responded by blasting Naraca with a massive fire shot that stunned him and knocked him down. Weakened, he struggled to get up, yet as he did. The mayor turned his attention to Ayame, and he grabbed her by the hair, and placed a blade on her throat.
Naraca screamed as he got up to his feet and charged, attempting to save her. Yet as he got closer, and closer, the mayor sliced her throat and threw her to the ground. The moment he did that, Naraca's eyes grew red before he slammed a punch into the mayor’s face so powerful, that his head exploded into bloody pieces.

Arashi, who was forced to watch all of this, was in such a state of shock, and pain, that his sadness, so powerful, it reached out to the spirit world. Arashi's consciousness was placed in the spirit world, where he met something that existed only in the lowest levels of the Spirit World. It was no Spirit, but a Demon. It called itself "Dahaka" and offered Arashi a way to free himself, and bring back his mother and father. All Arashi had to do was pledge his allegiance to the Dahaka, and he would be given its power. A power which he described as being like a type of virus that travels through the spirit like an illness. Yet it grants ability's rather than negative side-effects. Arashi thought of it has a gift, and he accepted it. He labeled it as "The G-Virus". The Dahaka gave Arashi this virus, and with it, he was told that if he honed this virus, and grew stronger with it, he would have the power to bring back his dead mother and father. It was then that Arashi went back to reality, to find a crying Naraca as he held his mother’s body. Arashi was suddenly out of his restraints, by means he was not aware of and he cried as well. Yet he did not comfort Naraca, for he blamed the man. He thought the way Naraca did this was wrong, and if it were Arashi, he would have been able to stop this.

It was Naraca and Arashi now. After burying their mother and father, they continued on with their lives, the way Ayame and Skarin would have wanted.

At 25 years old, Naraca was discharged from the Hargeon military due to his inability to learn more Earth magic, and Arashi...Well...He was the leader of the Ocelots. Over the years, Arashi grew more and more distant from Naraca, eventually losing all contact with him. Arashi was busy, honing his power, and becoming truly a monster. His abilities were not human, he had the ability to change his body, manipulate his genetics, and change the form of his body into almost anything. He was able to turn himself into various monsters, or give himself strange weapons on his limbs or body, his eyes grew blood red as he honed this ability.
It was when he had this power very well trained, that the Dahaka told him that in order to revive his parents, he first needed a sacrifice.
Arashi could have easily taken anybody, but he wanted Naraca, the man who he blamed for the deaths of their parents in the first place. Naraca didn't deserve to see them, so this way, he could kill Naraca, and be reunited with his parents at the same time. So, he began his search for Naraca. It wasn't all that hard either, with the Ocelots following his orders.
Naraca, was a nomad, like his mother and father. While Arashi was angry, Naraca was stricken with grief, yet he honored his parents, and continued his own life, while honoring there name at the same time. He took in the lessons of his mother and father, and went on to help those in need, being a type of vigilante. He became sort of a mercenary without pay, as he helped those who only paid with asking him to help them.

Arashi heard of Naraca good deeds, and went on to go find him. The Ocelots were able to spot him quickly. Arashi followed. Naraca was in Hargeon at this time. Arashi had a deep hatred for Hargeon, he hated Wizards for that matter, and figured that while he was going to kill Naraca, he might as well over throw the Hargeon as well. He, with the Ocelots, attacked Hargeon, going straight for the City’s mayor himself. Naraca was in Hargeon when the attack took place, only to find his brother wreaking havoc. Arashi was powerful, he killed all who stood in his way, and any who he didn't find, the Ocelots killed. The City was strong, but compared to Arashi, they were barely a match. Arashi made it all the way to the main parliament building of the mayor himself; it was there that Naraca jumped in to stop Arashi. Yet, Arashi merely smiled at this, he was able to kill two birds with one stone now.
Naraca demanded to know why Arashi was doing this. He responded with "Because brother, you let our parents die. You didn't save them, and yet here you are trying to talk about doing the right thing when you couldn't even save our own Mother and Father. I can bring them back though...The Dahaka has given me this power...And with it I can not only kill Wizards, the ones who made our lives a living hell, but I can kill you as well, the one who let Mom and Dad die like that" Arashi told him. Naraca tried to convince him otherwise, but he simply wouldn't hear of it.
It was then, that Arashi attacked Naraca. The fight was short, and quickly ended in Arashi's favor. Naraca was impaled by a long tendril like blade from Arashi, and was slammed to the ground. It was in this moment, that Naraca looked up and saw something behind Arashi. It was The Dahaka. It form was a 12 foot large demon clad in black armor and with twisted bull horns. Its bright white eyes shined through its helmet. By seeing this, Naraca felt sympathy, as he saw the power that this Dahaka held. With it though, came an understanding. Arashi was in so much pain right now, so much that he was actually possessed by a demon. While he was dying, Naraca looked up at the demon for a moment, before Arashi stood in front and blocked his view.

Arashi stood down and looked upon his fallen brother. The Dahaka told him "Finish him off Arashi. Do it, and your mother and Father will return" Yet when Arashi was there, looking down, his brain, while corrupted by darkness, played faint images of he and Naraca as children. They were laughing together, playing together, helping each other in times of hardship, always being that shoulder to cry to, and that guy to go to for advice. "He's...My brother though...How can I?" He said to himself. The Dahaka reminded him once more of his hatred for Naraca, and how his death would bring back Ayame and Skarin. Arashi played images of them though, he remembered there will, and what they taught him.
"But...Even if they do come back. Will they accept me after this?" He asked himself. Arashi began tear up in his eye's at the realization. He was so overcome by hatred, pain and angry that he forgot what his parents would have wanted in the first place.
Instead of killing Naraca, Arashi helped him back up to his feet, and with the power of the G-virus, healed Naraca's wound. Once healed, Naraca took his brother in his arms. Yet the joy was short lived, as The Dahaka took full possession over Arashi. While Arashi found his heart again, it was far too late, and the Dahaka had completely taken him over. This forced Naraca to have to fight his brother once more. Arashi was still able to speak even though his body was no longer his. He begged Naraca to kill him; otherwise The Dahaka would never stop, and eventually push through to the real world and kill everyone. Naraca didn't want to, but Arashi told him that it was his last wish, and that he was sorry for everything it did. It was too late for Arashi, and Naraca had no choice.

They continued to fight, until eventually, Arashi was defeated. Once he was dead, and began to slowly die, Arashi told him "Naraca...Live, please. Don't stop okay? Don't stop fighting. Mom and Dad wouldn't have wanted us to quit. I'm sorry...I'm so sorry for what I did I know I shoulda been there...Just please...Promise that you'll live, and keep growing stronger, for Mom and Dad okay?"
Naraca could do nothing but nod his head and acknowledge his brothers last wish. Arashi was being held in Naraca's arms as he died. Right as he did though, The Dahaka had moved from Arashi's body and into Naraca's. Causing Naraca's consciousness to go into the Spirit World. The Dahaka told Naraca about how he could help Naraca, but he didn't even want to hear it. Naraca charged and attacked The Dahaka head on. It was barely a battle though as The Dahaka was able to quickly defeat him with a single strike against the weakened warrior. It then said to Naraca "It doesn't matter how much you resist, I will always be a part of you now" To which Naraca replied "Then you better get used to this, because I won't stop fighting you" The Dahaka merely stayed quiet, and faded away, letting Naraca go back to the real world again. It was in the real world though, that Naraca now had The Dahaka inside of him.

The mayor, who was saved by Naraca, and he even saved Hargeon, was given proper medical treatment. Once he awoke, he was offered a job as the mayors personal body guard. He accepted the job, and went on to protect the mayor.

Much time had passed since then, and Naraca left his job to be the mayor’s body guard. Not because he didn’t like it, but because if he was going to work in the job of protection, he didn’t want to be protecting just one man. He wanted to protect as many people as he could. So he joined the guild of Lumia Scale with his new found magic which has taken over his Earth magic. He called it “Body Magic”. A magic born from a controlled fragment of the Dahaka’s power, it was weak, very weak as of now and had to be trained. Naraca had time though; in Lamia Scale he would train his new magic and work to become a strong member of Lamia Scale. Throughout it all though, he would push as hard he could to protect, and make his parents and his brother proud.

The Infection
Chapter 1

Dark...

Fading...

Blood running down my throat...

That taste I...I can't handle it...

Slipping in and out consciousness, The Earth King, Naraca Barnetson was flat on the cold, rocky floor as rain fell on his back. A small pool of blood decorated the dark grey mountain ground he was laying on.
His vision was fuzzy, blurry, it was faded, his head was turned to the side, his eye's barely open. All could faintly see the dead body of one of his Dai Lee bodyguard. The man once youthful eye's now carrying a vacant, emotionless gaze that made Naraca feel chills despite himself being hardened to the sight of a dead man.
He couldn't hear much, the faint sounds of screaming, metal clashing against metal, earth, and fire being bended in some form. Whatever it good it even did.
He felt as though his ears were submerged in water, everything was an echo, far from a clear sound.
His body was cold, he felt blood running from his mid-section, he was numb to the pain, but he felt sick, as though he wanted to throw up. The taste of blood and metal coated his mouth, he almost wanted to stick his tongue out and lick the ground if it meant getting this taste out of his mouth.

"My...My men...My friends..." He called to himself, trying to keep himself awake with just his thoughts. He tried stretching his neck so he could look around him. He saw someone legs, struggling to stand as they were taking the weight of an attacker. He couldn't see who was attack him, he saw that whoever it was, the man or...Thing was wrapped around who Naraca thought was an earth bender. Blood was pouring from the mans throat shortly before he fell to the ground. His attack was covered in blood and wearing ripped clothes. It was biting deeper in the mans throat and swallowing the chunks of his neck that it was able to bite off.

"This...This Infection...Damn it" He cursed in his mind. He wasn't sure where this came from. He was with a convey, taking him to the Water Nation, when they were attack by these...Things. They looked like people, but there eye's were a bright yellow, long silver claws were ripped through there finger tips, there teeth look more like they belonged to a great white shark, the color and dripping of crimson blood still fresh on there lips and jaws. They caught Naraca and his men off guard, his carriage must have crashed. Cause thing he knew it, he woke up bleeding from his mid-section, quite badly in fact. He had heard rumors about some Infection going around, but it was small, only it remote locations, nothing local or severe at all. How did this even happen? What were these things? They were strong, and quick, they moved faster then the fastest chi-blockers he had ever seen, and there strength was like that of a bull, there raw charging power and the brutality in the way they fight made them so lethal, combine that with there numbers, it wasn't looking for Naraca at all.
He wondered how long it would take, before he would be eaten next.

He felt he had to get up. He felt a little more aware of his arms despite the numbness. He slowly lifted his elbows up, sliding them underneath his chest so he could lift his head up and look around better.
However, right in front of him he only saw the pitch black boots of a figure...Very familiar to him.
He looked up higher, taking in full scope the large, 12 foot tall figure. He had to crank his neck up to see it's eye's. They were glowing a bright red with smoke emitted from them. It was clad in black armor and looked like a titan from how Naraca was positioned.

"D...Dahaka..." He thought quietly.

The Dahaka looked down upon it's host. No one else would be able to see it, but to Naraca it was as clear as day.

"Use it..." It commanded in a deep, inhuman voice that felt like a drill boring into Naraca's brain. The sound that came when it spoke caused severe pain in Naraca's head, it's voice was like a invading force trying to drill it's way into his skull and dissect his brain.
Naraca could barely grasp it, he could never get used to the way he sounded when it spoke. This was a demon, an evil monster, one that was taking advantage of The Earth Kings weakened state.
"N...No...I can't" He faintly responded by just thinking of the words.
"Use it or you will die" The Dahaka remarked, it's aura of black fog surrounding it.
Naraca grimaced as he tried to lift his knee up and get into a kneeling position. His arms were shaking, his legs were burning with a deep chill, his stomach continued to paint the ground.
"Wouldn't you be so lucky" He replied.
To anyone else watching he would just appear to be sturggling to stand, The Dahaka was in his mind and only his.
Naraca thought about it for a second though...If he did use it. He could heal his wounds, save his friends, and he would be stronger...Much stronger.

"No..." He said out loud, refusing to listen to himself any more. He didn't want to be tempted, he knew what would happen.
"Your friends...Your comrades...The people your supposed to protect...There dieing, you can save them" The Dahaka informed him as it stood ominously in place, it's voice attempting to indoctrinate Naraca into using his Curse.
Naraca kept trying to resist.
"Grrrr...I..I can't...It's not right" He said out loud again, his voice strained and in pain.
As he said that though, he felt his skin crawl around his right arm, the boils...There were growing. The yellow puss and blood filled balls were trying to develop. He was being mentally attacked, and he was holding on by threads, each one being plucked away.
He kept resisting though, his hands tightened into fists, his forehead rested on his fists as his hair flowed down. His eye's were beginning to faintly turn red and small tails of smoke pushed themselves out from the corner's of his eye's.
"Hah...Hah...Hah..." He breathed in and out deeply, trying to remain himself.
"Graaaahh...Ugh" He growled under his breath, his teeth pressing against each other as they slowly tried to sharpen themselves.

"S...Stop this..." He pleaded, his fists tightening harder, his veins popping out of his arms, his muscles buldging out and flexing madly.
"Damn it...Stop!!" He roared out before lifting his right fist up and ramming it into the ground, a loud crash followed and rubble and dirt shot up around him, his arm was elbow deep in the wet rock. The ground around him had several cracks surrounding him, and rubble feel to the rocky surface around him.
He needed someone, someone to pull him out of this state of mind. He was turning, he was trying to fight it as hard as he could, but he was so weak and wounded, his strength was failing quickly.