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Jack walked out of Dr. Finkelstein's lab, holding a rolled-up piece of paper. "I'm reduced to going on scavenger hunts for mad scientists. Wow... Some mercenary I am..." he muttered as he unrolled the paper, reading the doc's description of the item. "Now what would a quack like that want with a sword? And why do I have a feeling that I've been through this before? Alright, no more questions. Let's just get this bull over with..." Jack added as he drew out Crimson Wing, tucked the piece of paper in his jacket pocket, and rested his sword on his shoulder as he entered the graveyard.

A black cloud of mist drifts quickly through Halloween Town towards the graveyard. It drifts up above the giant jack-o-lantern in the town square. Daimos reforms from the mist and kneels looking towards the graveyard. "Hmm...looks like I'm not the only one looking for that sword...better get a move on." He whispers then stands up. He dives off the jack-o-lantern's head and forms into mist just before he hits the ground. He then starts to drift quickly towards the graveyard.

Jack sighed as he looked behind him, thinking he heard something, but dismissed the feeling. "Just the wind..." he said as he checked the piece of paper for the next step of his little "quest". "Ok... Either I'm blind, or I'm supposed to go to this curly hill, which I can get to through this gate..." he said, trying to read the mad doctor's sloppy handwriting, as 13 heartless appeared. "Great... I guess these heartless are after the sword. Well, they're gonna have to go through me!" Jack shouted as he cast a fire spell on his sword and charged at the heartless, which were Neo Shadows, and chopped one in half, jumping back to dodge an attack from another one.

A dark mist begins to form along the ground, slowing blocking out their view of the ground. The Neoshadows try to move, but are somehow rooted in place. Suddenly, several shadowy hands reach up from the mist and rip apart the Neoshadows, destroying them. Daimos emerges from the mist with his arms folded and his eyes glowing with a dark light. "Just what are you doing here? And what's with that list?" He questions fiercely.

"Well, frankly, I came here looking for some work, and got a job to look for this lame sword for this mad doctor in a wheelchair, and he gave me directions to find it, along with a description, which actually fits the description of this old katana called Yamato that my bloodline has spent years trying to find it..." Jack replied, backing away with a "I don't want any trouble" look on his face.

Daimos stares at him a bit longer then grins. The mist fades and the dark light disappears from Daimos' eyes. "So that old quack suckered you into doing his dirty work, huh? Let me guess, he told you it would be worth your while?" Daimos asks as he takes a step forward still grinning.

"Yeah. Although I bet he's just gonna feed me to one of his experiments when I get the damn thing." Jack said as he spun his sword and put it away. "So, I'm just gonna grap the thing and run, unless it's not Yamato, then I'll just leave it to rot." He added.

walking back from retrieving the sword yamato he sees the two people on the curly mountain.

" i swear i cant go looking for a long lost weapon without that damn doctor finding out about it."

turning into a flaming ball he appears in front of the two men which happened to be jack and daimos.

" sorry to burst your bubble but looks like the sowrd chose me as its weilder."

holding yamato out so the two of them could see it.

Daimos tilts his head slightly then holds his hand up towards the sword. It instantly vanishes from Dante's hand and reappears in his. "So this is the sword that old coot was looking for, huh? Hmm...doesn't seem all that special to me...and as far as you being the wielder..." Daimos tosses the sword back to Dante. "It doesn't seem to be very faithful in its choice. Varodas!" Daimos calls. A man who looks to be around Daimos' age appears from a shadowy portal. He glances at Jack and Dante then looks and Daimos. "Yes, master?" He takes a knee and lowers his head. "We're out of here, let's head over to Boogie's old haunt, there might be something worth finding there...have you heard anything from Behleil and Ezrael?" Daimos asks. Varodas nods. "Yes, they told me there's a hidden passageway beneath the ruins." He answers. Daimos grins then turns to Jack and Dante. "And on that little bit of info, I'll be going. See ya." Daimos waves halfway then pats Varodas on the shoulder as he walks past. Varodas stands up and looks at the two again before following Daimos into the portal.

"Damn it. I knew I couldn't trust that guy..." Jack said as he rubbed his eyes and let out an annoyed groan. "Should we go after him?"

" how about i save you the trouble."

with a wave of yamato a shockwave is release THrowing Jack into a headstone

Jack grunted as he shook his head. "Look. I don't wanna fight. But, I've been looking for that sword for awhile. I don't know why, but I just have... So if you're gonna stand in my way, I'll just have to kill you..." he said as he launched himself at Dante, letting out a yell.

with a quick movemnt i move out of the way and stop him with two fingers.

" are you sure because i won't be the one dying if you keep attacking me with this recklessness."

THen i flick him in the forehead and make him lose his balance and fall to the ground.

" I won't hold back if you continue."

"Fine. You win. But when I'm ready, we'll continue this..." Jack said as he put his hands in his pockets and walked back to town to tell the Doc the "Bad" news.

"No offence, but I doubt I have them... But alright..." Jack said as he turned around, walking toward Dante, curious.

"You've got a point. But if you're poking at the possibility that I might be like you, I really find that hard to believe..." Jack said as he brushed some hair out of his eyes. "The only power I have that's noticable is the power to get myself into some sticky situations..."

"Yeah, Yeah." Jack said as he rolled his eyes and sighed. This guy is starting to sound like my old man... he thought. "But alright, we'll see if you're onto something."

"first i am going to transfer some of my shadow power into you."

i close my eyes and create an energy orb created my dark energy. then i throw it into Jack.

" it will hurt for a few minutes."

"Ok..." Jack said as he looked at the orb. "What do I do?" he asked, dumbstruck. He stratched the back of his head.

" Now that you have both shadow and Crimson Powers, i am going to teach you how to do an energy fusion. It starts by creating an energy orb of each type of energy in each hand. Like this."

I create an orb of Crimson Energy in one hand and an orb of Shadow Energy in the other, the I snap my fingers and they Dssapate.

" Do you understand now."

"Yeah. I guess. But how do I do that? I am new to this, ya know..." Jack said, his wiseass personality showing true to form, as he watched Dante demonstrate.