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To decide a person's status in a subject, they must be judged and be put in one of two boxes. A "positive" and a "negative". For example, in the subject of studies, students will be split into the "smart" (the positive) and the "dumb" (the negative). It's funny how simple it can be, right? Of course, a person's intelligence is not the only thing they will be judged by. Their wealth, health, looks, attitude and actions will always be judged by society's eyes. After every single person has been judged in every single category, they will either be good or bad in society's eyes. But.... Is a person that has been put in the positive box will always be good?

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It's Nighttime. A time of peace. The time where people usually rest. The time where there's no light and darkness rules the world. A teenage boy named Akihito Floga is strolling around the city, seemingly looking for something. He was wearing a red sweater. It was a bit cold outside as spring just started. "Blaze, found anything yet?" He asked a question, in a rather monotone voice to 'Blaze', a dragon contained in a stone. Blaze replied, "I can sense an Excile's mana coming from that building, boy." He turned towards the building that Blaze mentioned and followed up with a question, "That love hotel?"

Blaze answered, "Yeah. Maybe the host is getting spicy with a person inside~!" Irritated, he scolded Blaze, "Geezer, be serious. There's no time, right?" But even in irritation, his voice stayed monotone but that doesn't seemed to matter to him. He started running towards the building. Blaze continued speaking, "Yeah. Since I can sense an Excile's mana, I'm sure..... The host is planning a murder." He quickly opened the door and entered. His presence had surprised the receptionist at the counter.

Akihito turned towards the stairs and started running up it, "Which floor, Blaze?"

"It seems to be coming from the 2nd floor." After a climbing the flights of stairs, he arrived at the second floor and was greeted by a hall full of doors.

"Room?" Before Blaze could answer, they heard a man's scream from inside one of the rooms, "Quickly, room 2 - 5!" Urged Blaze. Akihito quickly ran towards the mentioned room. He turned the door knob but of course, it was locked. He held Blaze in his right hand and pressed the 'button' on him.

A voice announced, *Blaze!*

Akihito's right fist gets covered in flames. He chanted, "Burning Fist" and swung his fist towards the door. In a single strike, the door was taken down. The inside of the room can now be seen. Directly in front of Akihito is a demonic creature called an 'Excile'. It stood, covered in blood. Lying on the ground against the wall right next to the excile is the man who was screaming. His lifeless body, surrounded by a pool of blood. A big stab wound located on his heart. "Tch. I'm too late, huh?" Akihito muttered to himself. Surprised at Akihito's appearance, the Excile started running towards him and readied it's claws to strike him. Akihito pressed the button on Blaze again as he readied his fists. Once again, he chanted, "Blazing Fist." In one swift motion, he punched the Excile and sent it flying out the window. The sound of glass shattering can be heard. Akihito pressed the button on the Wizstone again and a red magic circle formed on top of it. It started spinning and the bottom handle of a wand wand called the Wizcaster slowly comes out. He pulled it out and pushed the first button on it that's located at the side of its handle.

It announced, *Change Spell!* He pulled a handle on the bottom of the Wizcaster as he ran towards the window. A slot opened. He inserted Blaze into the slot and pushed the handle back in as he jumped out of the window. The slot closed. Akihito then said, "Wiz Change." He pressed the trigger on the Wizcaster. His whole body gets enveloped in red hot flames. By the time he landed, the flames had already dispersed into thin air and every part of his body was clad in red armour, similar to a Samurai. A helmet resembling a dragon was formed around his head. He has transformed, into the warrior known as a Wizardranger. Akihito saw the Excile not far from him and started chasing after it. While he does, flames emerged from the Wizcaster in the form of a blade. He brushed the flames off against the back his left arm. The flames flew off, only leaving behind a one-edged blade, similar to a katana's. The flames that were brushed off became a sword's sheath and gets attached to his belt.

*Wiz Katana!*

He continued chasing after the Excile. As Akihito got closer to the Excile, red-coloured mana enveloped the Blade of the Wiz Katana before turning into red hot flames. He slashed in the direction of the Excile and unleased a flame projectile in the form of a crescent moon. This spell is called Floga Sword-Style, Second Form: Crescent Moon. It flew straight towards the Excile and hit it in the back. It screamed in pain, "ARGH!!!" And fell down to it's knees. It turned its head towards Akihito stopped only a few feet away from the Excile. He carefully observes the Excile's movements while still holding his Katana in the Seigan no Kamae stance.

Seconds after, the Excile slowly got up while facing Akihito's direction and readying its claws. It swiftly charged towards him. When the Excile is only a feet away from Akihito, it swung his claws towards him however Akihito blocked the attack with the blade of his Katana before using his knee to hit the Excile in the stomach. While the Excile flinched back from the pain, Akihito took the opportunity to slash it in the chest. The Excile screamed in pain while moving back a few steps. Blaze exclaimed in excitement, "Alright, boy! Let's finish this!"

Akihito's Katana gets enveloped in red hot flames as he prepared himself to strike. Akihito ran towards the Excile. Once the Excile was in slashing distance, he does a precise traditional Samurai Slash through the Excile's abdomen. This spell is called "Floga Sword-Style, First Form: Blazing Slash. The Excile screamed in pain as it's body gets engulfed in flames. After what seemed like minutes, the flames disappeared and the Excile fell down to the ground. The Darkness of the Excile, which is a dark purplish aura, exited out of the it's body and the Excile is no more. The only thing that remained was the body of a lady, aka the host.

A voice transmitted from Akihito's helmet, "Takeo Pyli to Akihito Floga. Confirm your situation over." Akihito replied back, "Takeo-san, the Excile has been taken care of. Please call the ambulance for the host and a clean-up crew for a victim, a man seemingly in his 40s in the Le Forte Love Hotel, room 2 - 5."

Takeo replied to Akihito's request, "Understood. They're on their way now."

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Somewhere, atop of a building is another Excile who was watching the whole thing unfold. This Excile's face resembles that of a woman. Throughout her body and limbs are are several golden dots making up the shape of the virgo constellation. She is one of the Excile generals. Her name is Parthena. The darkness that exited out of the recently defeated Excile flew towards her. She extended her hand out and darkness rested on her palm. Disappointed, she asked it, "Defeated already?" The darkness turned back into a stone before shattering into several pieces, "Oh well. You did a good enough job. Now rest."

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The Exciles. They're a unique species of demonic creatures. The term is derived from the word exceed and exile. The reason for that is because that demonic creature was a human corrupted by darkness, gaining power that exceeds the limits of humans, eventually exiling their humanity and becoming a demon. There are certain conditions for a human to become an Excile.

The first one is a human. The second one is an Excile Stone. It is an item made with a magic stone mixed with the Exciles' darkness. The third one is, great desire. This will be the link between the human and the stone, the main force that drives them to become a demon. Their form, shape and abilities all differs.