seeking the future and reliving the past

i sigh as i walk through the ruins of what looked like a once beautiful city and spotted a pillar to get a better view of the ruins i fly up and sit down after looking around and finding the best spot to gaze at while i take it all in after a moment or two of looking at the ruined houses and fallen pillars i can't help but start thinking about all the times i had been beaten in battles or seriously hurt and again sigh "i need to be stronger" i say to myself as the sun started to set turning the surrounding ruins into a red making it look like it was on fire "i will become stronger" i mumble as i go into a meditative state and try and find the answers i so desperately want to know

"You're not going to find them here.. You need an environment at peace to meditate and get what you search for... Take it from a man who spent years doing it.. Try Destiny Island, or Forgotten Lands... Somewhere chaos doesn't still ravage the ghosts.. Can you not feel the pain of this place?" Shadow says, with a tear of sadness in his voice.

"that is why i chose it" i say "so i can gain knowledge from failure not success" i add as i jump down and land in front of shadow

"All you will get are the images of death..." Shadow says placing his hand on Wraiths shoulder..

"as it is true that finding success is good you will never know true success until you learn from the mistakes of the past" i say

"Would you like to see them firsthand?" A voice rang out before a sinrift tore open and I stepped through. "I can make it happen if it is what you wish." I said calmly as the sinrift closed behind me.

"yes" i say with a smile as i look over at Vergil who i wasn't surprised to see

I smirked. "Good. Hear that Loreant? I got you work." I said as a sin rift opened and the green demon stepped out. "I see my lord. I shall take him back to the history of this world, but you must know, you are in no way to alter the timeline of this world, if it happens it will happen, understood?" He explained. "I'm not taking you back to create a paradox and having to clean it up." He said as he shifted into his human form.

"what?" i ask in compete confusion "you mean i'm going back in time and something about a paradox" i ask

Loreant scratched his bald head. "My lord, you didn't completely explain to him did you?" He asked looking back at me. He shook his head before making a time flux around the area, warping us back one thousand years in the past, the buildings all looked brand new, and people walked about. "Loreant is a time demon, I didn't defeat him to gain his servitude, he came to me from the future." I said calmly.

"ohh" i say like i understand even though i was still completely in the dark then notice that everything had shifted the city that had once been ruins where now brand new

Loreant approached Wraith. "Do you understand now? If you change something, like save someone, you got to be damn sure you're not altering history. if you do you may cause a vacuum within the time space continuum and everything will cease to exist." He said calmly.

"now i do" i say with a sigh letting all of the stress go "man having friends like this will take years off my life" i mumble "so shall we get on with this history lesson" i say jokingly

"May I join you two, Loreant?" Shadow says, ending his silence of observation

Loreant nodded. "The same rules apply to you. try not to alter the time line." He said. "And on that note. I have things that must be done. Loreant, if you would please." I said calmly. Loreant nodded before returning me to the present. Loreant then turned to his two "Tourists." "Where should we go first?" He asked before tapping himself on the forehead. "Duh, before we go I must do something." He said before his Ebony skin turned white. "Back here the blacks aren't always treated kindly. I don't want to bring unwanted attention to us. speaking of which." He said before tossing bags at Wraith and Shadow. "Put those on, they are clothes from this Era." He said calmly.

Shadow agrees and puts on the clothes.. "I feel like a scarecrow!" Shadow says laughing with true happieness for a change.. "It's been a while since I've laughed like that." Shadow states, his laughter winding down..

i follow shadows example and put the cloths on "i miss my armor" i say with annoyance

Loreant rubbed the back of his bald head and sighed. "Now that that is cleared up. What would you like to see first?" He said calmly. "I'm gonna have to stick Vergil in a timewarp for a week for this." He mumbled.

"Why not see how this place was destroyed..?" Shadow asked Wraith as he lightly punched him on the shoulder..