Akima rode his horse through the city's streets, he was on the hunt for new victims to drain. On the horse were several bags, they seemed aufully large to be simple supplies or something of the sort. The chuckling could be heard on the nearby homes as well as the knocking of the hooves against the pavement. Lights turned on as people looked outside, wondering what it was that made the noise, but they couldn't see anything out of the ordinary. Akuma had a way of choosing the best route not to be spotted by all that many people. Even if they did spot him and called authorities, he wanted... no, he [i]needed[/i] the people to recognize his return since he has an obsession with his "work" being recognized and he needed the thrill of being chased by these Chasers.

As the demon kept on riding, faint screams could be heard ahead, [color=ed1c24][i]It seems my meal awaits[/i][/color], he thought to himself licking his lips with anticipation. The screams came from a middle-aged woman with a huge gash through her face and torn up clothing with several scratch marks throughout her arms and legs. Akuma wanted to toy with his newest meals since it had been a bit since he had last eaten ; and what better way to play than to play a good game of cat and mouse? It had been about 15 minutes before the demon grew tired and decided to simply lift one of the tiles on the sidewalk in front of the woman with his telekinesis, causing her to fall.

Akuma approached with hunger in his eyes, but he didn't want to finish just yet. As a final act of brutality, the demon looked into the woman's eyes causing hallucinations beyond anything most humans had ever seen and it was enough to throw her over the edge and make her scream in such a way, that people would be afraid simply by hearing her. Akima finally moved in for the kill, draining every last ounce of life from his victim. Quickly, he got on his horse with another bag now added to the small group of five bags on the horse. He stopped in a street with plenty of people living there, before hanging up the five victims with the words [color=9e0b0f]"Did You Miss Me?"[/color] written on each body, with the final one torn up. [color=ed1c24]"It's been far too long"[/color] he said, chuckling maniacally as his horse simply burned away and Akuma walked back to the Crimson World.

It has been 20 long years since Akuma last made contact with humans, and he is anxious to return to business.