Off to see the Wizard(s)!

[Rin Okumura]

The only left standing between the party, which was now reduced to just Rin and Ruby, and the gate which led back to the nexus, was a wall of black smoke. It was easy enough getting through it the first time, but it was anything but pleasant. You can't breath, see, or really do anything like you normally would, the only thing you can do is run in a straight line, and even that isn't for sure. When first coming into the Ashen Steppes, Rin was able to see the gate he had to go through, but this time he would be running into the same cloud of smoke trying to find the gate. It was just an accident waiting to happen, and an accident that did happen. As he sprinted through the smoke like he had last time, he ran head first into the side of the gate. Not through the actual gate it's self, just the pillars to the side of it. Thankfully, he was able to recover fairly quickly, and hoped that Ruby wouldn't notice his little fumble.

After finally making it through the gate, Rin located his traveling companion and approached her. "Guess we finally made it back!" He exclaimed with a smile and a sigh. The familiar sight of many different archways on the horizon were in view once more, some occupied, some not. At this point, the demon really had no idea where they were going to go, he just planned on following Ruby wherever she went till he pretty much knew his way around, and maybe he'd still do the same thing after that.

"So, where we headed boss?" He asked, doubting that she came here without really knowing where they were going to go next. If one of the gates contained something as spectacular as the last one, there was no telling what the next one would hold. The sparkling in Rin's eyes said it all, he was excited to get to see the rest of what this "Omniverse" had to offer, and all it would take is Ruby saying, "We're going here" for him to follow her into unknown lands.