Damn.

Dionysus was rather ticked off at the moment. He had been sent by the Moderator to try to explain the Game to the Otakus, but he hadn't seen one sign of them since the incident the other day. When he felt multiple battle auras flare up, he thought that he had finally been given a break. But Dionysus had arrived in the alley too late, and could only stare in wonder at the damage that surrounded him. He could feel the tension and adrenaline that still lingered in the vicinity... oh, and the blood helped too. There were numerous little splatters all over the place and one puddle near the middle of the alley. Dionysus stared at it. Faint impressions in the dirt showed that someone had been lying there... from the outline, it had been a shoulder wound. Dionysus had gone extremely pale when he saw the large puddle near the base of a wall. What, did someone bleed to death or something?!? He shook his head. The Otaku were getting vicious, and it was still early in the Game! The lack of footprints leading out of the alley indicated that they had all used warps to escape. He had been able to trace the different footprints and knew that six Otaku had been present at some point during the fighting. The larger footprints that went from feline to human indicated that the Guardians had been present as well.

And why weren't you there, Dionysus? the little voice in his head asked him. Dionysus shook his head. I had something else to do. I don't need to feel guilty. I couldn't be there, but I wanted to.

Right... the voice answered smugly.

Dionysus frowned. Man, I better head back to Castle Anthrax and pump Bob for information. He's sure to know where the Otaku went. Maybe I can get him to playback the battle as well.

As Dionysus opened a portal to HammerSpace, he looked at the large pool of blood. "Oh gods, Ce-ko... please let that not have been you..." he murmured to himself. Then he jumped into the portal.

TBC...