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This place is where all Mythos reside after the War Between Realms. Here you can find multiple hybrid species and learn from them.

RP Area
"Never tought I'd see you again." "Well looks like, this will be more interesting" Storm says "Blood. The essence of life." "Not sure what we do this for." "We are doing this to get stronger of course" Storm says "I feel more like a resistant pouncing-bag"
 * Storm finds Demgel and gets in his fighting stance
 * Storm jumps at Demgel and rapidly punches and kicks him hard, then he elbows Demgel in the chin hard
 * Storm punches Demgel in the face hard, then he rapidly punches and kicks Demgel so hard it shakes the entire area and so fast you can't even see Storm anymore
 * Demgel recovers quickly
 * Demgel comes back and kicks Storm in his face, hard enough to send him flying
 * Demgel flies after him and trips Storm
 * Demgel then bucks Storm into the air
 * puts on a badass smirk
 * Storm is unharmed
 * Storm kicks Demgel in the face hard causing him to spit blood out, then he punches Demgel in the face hard causing him to spit out blood again
 * Demgel licks the blood from his face
 * Storm punches Demgel in the gut hard sending him flying, then he grabs his ankle and throws Demgel into the ground hard causing him to tunnel underground
 * Storm flies at Demgel and shoots a dark energy beam at Demgel creating a big explosion, then Storm appears behind Demgel and shoots a dark energy beam at him creating a big explosion
 * Storm appears on a mountain and shoots a universal energy beam at Demgel creating a huge explosion and the force from the beam pushes Demgel into a mountain
 * Demgel recover quickly
 * Demgel then head butts Storm in the nose, making it bleed
 * Storm avoids Demgel's head and backfists him into the ground hard, then Storm flies into Demgel knocking him into the ground
 * Storm kicks Demgel in the chin hard causing him to spit blood out and causing him to reset to rethink his strategy
 * Demgel kicks Storm in his gut

"That was fun, how about we try that again? It seems you're weaker than you thought, is your confidence dwindling yet? There's no shame in quitting here you can just walk away whenever you'd like. If not, then let's go again!" Storm says as he gets back in his fighting stance "In life their will be alot of pain to endure. Physical and mental." "What da f?" "Who in the world are they?" Storm asks
 * Storm doesn't get hurt from the kick since his crystal is still attached to him
 * Storm flies at Demgel and kicks him in the face hard, then he turns his body in mid-air and kicks him in the face with his other foot
 * Demgel recovers
 * Storm shoots a universal energy ball at Demgel, then he wraps his tail around Demgel's throat choking him
 * Storm laughs evily and punches Demgel in the face hard sending him flying to a mountain, then Storm shoots a dark energy ball at Demgel creating a huge explosion
 * Storm stands on a mountain above all the smoke and senses for Demgel's energy
 * Demgel recovers again
 * sees huge blue masses that are in the form of giant men caring a aircraft
 * Storm senses the giant men's energy and looks at them

"Don't know, but they're carrying something."

"Well should we attack or leave them be?" Storm asks

"Neither or. We simply follow the craft."
 * Demgel drops down and heads toward the tube where the blue giants dropped the aircraft

A Better Exile
The shadow flies past Daikeim and Drake numerous times at amazing speeds

Drake: What the hell is doing that?

Daikeim: *Clenches his fists just incase* It could be a Mytho...

The being that was flying above them tackles Drake and pins against the die of the gateway

Jumbo: YOU? What are you? Certainly, not one of us. I smell...*sniff* Outsider. Far outside.

Luna: What is this thing and why is it tackling you!?

Drake: Ok, two things. One; Don't worry, I'm with you guys. Along with Daikeim. Two; How the hell did you get here Luna?

Daikeim: We're aliens, he's a Cyanican and I'm a DaeMurr God.

Jumbo: That is why we do not recognize your sent or you mind you are unknown to us.. Are you with "The Before"?

Daikeim: The Before?-- Can you please get off my friend...

Luna: I don't know, The plot demanded it so i just appeared here.

Jumbo: *lets go of Drake* The Before forgot us. The Before left us here. Left us in pain!

Drake: Thanks...

Daikeim: The Before... The humans...

Jumbo: Yes...*punches the entrance to no avail*...We will escape one day and hunt The Before...the same way the hunted us...

Luna: What's the before? It sounds like some organization based around "Timehax"

Drake: The Before, he means the humans...

Daikeim: But what would that accomplish, by doing that. You would becoming like the people who trapped you here... Revenge isn't worth it either, it never is. And think of the innocents, they wouldn't deserve it, at all...

Jumbo: No mercy to The Before...The Before abandoned us...We are family now...We have no mercy for The Before...The Before deserve the pain...Revenge is our right!

Luna: This guy sounds like that person from Lord of the Rings that is in some weird marriage with his ring or something.

Sena: Luna, That was uncalled for!

Daikeim: Revenge isn't the path you want to take... It'll lead to your own self destruction and others you care about... I know that, I've experienced it... Trust me...

Jumbo: WE WANT REVENGE! *punches the entrance, it sends ripples across the entrance*

Luna: Can you try not to shout!?

Sena: Ow... My ears.

Drake: YOU WANT REVENGE! No one else, just you. So shut up and listen, you say that the Mythos are your family, well think about them. They are your goals, not theirs... Your own selfish goals, and you know what, like Daikeim said; they'll hurt the ones you care about, the Mythos... What they done was wrong, yes, but if you had revenge... You'd risk losing your "family", now tell me. If you had nothing to lose, then what are the Mythos to you?

Jumbo: I am not them...but I am not The Before...Them are more than family than The Before...We are more than capable on taking our revenge on The Before...We have all the time we need to stay in here, but once we we find a way to get past the entrance, Reality is ours...but for now I tend to us...Come with us...*starts leading the way*

Daikeim looks at Drake, unsure of what to say.

Drake: Sometimes you don't have to be cryptic about it Daikeim, now come on.

Daikeim and Drake start to follow Jumbo.

They walk on top of a hill and see a village with large Divine Drakes flying over it, singing in sweet harmony.

Jumbo: Dragons of the stars, stay there with us. *starts walking toward that village*

Drake: Dragons... It'll be nice to see some in peace for a change...

Daikeim: Yeah, my dad told me legends of how the Cyanicans were made from a dragon Murr God... Ah memories.

''They make it to the village and it is filled with elves, ores, trolls,nymphs,sylphs,etc all living in peacful harmony, helping on another with there errands. Some are marketing, some are cultivating, some kids are playing around int he street.''

Jumbo: No life, no death, no Hell, no pain, no responsibility...That is what The Before tried to do...nut they can never have what they have lost... *continues to walk through the crowd*

Drake: This feels just like Cyanic... Haha, I'm starting to feel homesick...

Daikeim: A world in peace... No conflicts, this is truly an outstanding achivement. Not even Arcadia managed to maintain peace...

They make it to a 2-story house made of sticks and stones

Jumbo: You sleep here...Fantasy bigger, vaster, more places out there. you may go to those places...but if you disturb us...*quickly turns to the two* I will snap your necks like twigs!

Luna: Yeah yeah.

Jumbo: You two watch the girl...

Drake: Ok...

Daikeim: A house of sticks and stones... Alrighty then

Drake: Redecoration?

Daikeim: I don't think we're allowed to

Drake sits down against a wall and relaxes

Drake: Damn... Ah well, might aswell relax for now.

Jumbo: This is Elaonore...she is one of us...she is a sylph...air and wind spirit...She tell about what we do here...You can decorate the house...imagination flows in everything...*takes flight and flies off*

Daikeim: Oh hey there, so like he said. You'll tell us about what you guys do here?

Elaonore: We live here in a special place God made for us. During The Flood the Mythos had nowhere to go, but later stumble upon the Gate. It was peaceful here ,we knew no one can hurt us here. And we vowed ourselves we would not fall like man did. So we decided to make our own system, a system where we do not envy others or keep so much of what we have and not give it to those who don't. We help one another and contribute what we have our kind. You may not be Mytho, but you are just as welcomed here as anyone else. *bows* Is there anything else you would like to know?

Daikeim: What is The Flood? And thank you.

Elaonore: The flood god sent to flood away man for their sinful nature. They had drove themselves further into sin and God had felt making man was a mistake and decided to flood the world, but one man and his family stayed true to God. He took his family and 2 of every animal on the planet aboad the largest boat on Earth known as the Ark. If it weren't for Noah and his family, man would've surely died out that day.

Daikeim: Ok... That will be it Elaonore, once again, thank you.

Elaonore: Your welcome. If you wish to tour the realm. Come find me. *blows away with the wind*

Luna: So what now? I feel like this place needs a little touch up, Perhaps a plasma TV.

Sena: Do you really think we can get one here?

Luna: Who knows?

Drake: Probably, hey, does it suck that you two have to share a body?

Daikeim: I'd hate to share a body with Drake.

Drake: Shut up Daikeim... Hm, the people who were attacking that Wyrm... Don't they have a name?

Daikeim: The M.C.C.P I think, why?

Drake: Because of the dark figure, he froze the soldiers before I could kill all of them... He isn't right Daikeim.

Daikeim: But he did lead us here and here we are now... So I don't know... I'm still wondering about the two people I saw in the forest, do you think they're against the M.C.C.P... They are Mythos anyways...

Drake: Hm... *He takes out his spellbook and goes to a corner and makes a circle with Cyanic markings, he then takes out a piece of grass and places it in the circle. The grass disappears and the circle quickly glows*

Daikeim: Teleport station?

Drake: Bingo... Ok, we get a tour of this place first, then we'll decide on what we do when we get back.

Elaonore appears

Elaonore: I heard 'tour'. You wish to look around.

Luna: To answer you Drake. You get used to it after a while, Not to mention you have a person that can keep track of things for you.

Sena: Hey!

Luna: Secondly, I feel like just poofing in a bunch of furniture here.

Drake: Ah ok, and that is handy if you think about it...

Daikeim: Yes Elaonore, we'd like a tour please.

Elaonore: Ok. Come with me outside

All are outside and start walking into the streets of the village

Elaonore: This village is Outpit Village. This is the first village you would come acroos upon entering Fantasy. Here we all are joyful and go about our days in bliss. We are very busy, but never too busy for one another.

Luna: This place looks quite nice, Better then anything i've seen on earth.

Drake: I wonder if there's a dragon village

Daikeim: ...Anyways, how many villages are there?

Elaonore: There are 7 and i believe there are 5 regions. There is a realm completely made of dragons, but they have come here because of their realm had froze over.

Daikeim: How'd that happen? And after this tour, is there a chance you could take us there?

Elaonore: Ofourse. Now lets take you to the next stop *teleport to a town*

Elaonore: This is Vursia Town. If you can tell this place is slightly bigger than Outpit. The people here are more busy than the ones at Outpit. They are respnisble for al the food and marketing in Fantasy.

4 Endlos' can be seen putting a castle back together in its place

Drake: What happened here then?

Luna: Somebody probably hit it very hard, That thing must have been giant!

Sena: Or a very violent storm swept by.

Elaonore: A dragon came flying out of the sky and hits that castle and knocked it down. The poor dragon died, we buried it outside of town. I don't know what caused it to fall into the ground like that. Whe I felt the dragon, it felt...cold. Dragons have mostly warm scales.

Daikeim and Drake quietly say something in Cyanican.

Daikeim: Lets just continue...

Luna: Let's move already!

Elaonore: *teleports them to a place with tall building made up of vines and leaves* This is place is called The Forest City, as you can see why. These are where nymphs and wood elves live. Here you can value all of nature, where only love for the outdoors exist.

Drake: *He turns to look at Daikeim* We should play fireball tennis here.

Daikeim: ...*Hits Drake's arm* Continue please Elaonore.

Luna: How do they keep warm here during storms? They don't seem to utilize that much electricity.

Elaonore: *teleports them to the outskirts a floating city bound by enormous chains* This is Skyia, home to the Skybornes, people of the clouds. From there you can see almost all of Fantasy.

Luna: Cold... How do they live up here? It's like... -30 Celsius here!

Elaonore: Why do you think there called, Peple of the Clouds?

Sena: Because they live in the clouds?

Daikeim and Drake have a small flame aura coming off of them

Drake: That's better.

Daikeim: Yep.

Luna: Could we j-j-just move?

Sena: Y-y-yeah... It's c-c-cold here...

Elaonore: If you prefer to live here instead of Outpit, you can ask Jumbo. The higher up you are, the colder it gets.

Drake: *Pushes Angeli forwad * She'd love to

Daikeim: Hahaha!

Elaonore: Sure thing. Jumbo!

''A shadow flies past them numerous times at unseeable speed. Jumbo finally lands.''

Jumbo: What is it?

Elaonore: Angeli would like to live here in Skyia

Jumbo: Fine...I warn you it is rather clod there...*grabs Angeli by the back off her neck and flies off toward Skyia*

Luna: Let me go you pedo!

Angeli summons the Heartbreaker and proceeds to beat Jumbo so hard in the head they fly at mach 1 towards the ground all the sudden.

Jumbo: *gets up once the hit Skyia*grrrrRRRRRRRHAAAAGGGGGGHHH....*tackles Angeli and procceed to punch her in the face, then upcuts her in the chin send her flying into the air, then jumbo grabs Angeli's leg and slams her into the ground. The Pentagram on Jumbo's chest begins to glow.*

Elaonore: *comes in between Angeli and Jumbo* Jumbo stop!

Jumbo: Move...aside!

Elaonore: Not unless you stop...

Jumbo: *flies off furiously*

Elaonore: Oh, Jumbo...

Daikeim: You go calm him down, we'll be right here.

Drake: *Goes up to Angeli and pulls her up from the ground then punches her arm* THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!?

Angeli didn't exactly speak in this moment, being rather young, She simply responded by crying.

Elaonore: I can't calm him down when he is like that. He no longer wishes to listen to words of peace, cause all of his peace has been taken away from him...

Daikeim: Yeah, sorry about her... Can we just continue?

Elaonore: ...Ofcourse...*telport them to a city over another city being held up by a single stilagmite.* This Uponion. Many Mythos live in both places. It is compleltely stable.

Luna: *Sob* T-that doesn't look very stable at all...

Elaonore: Trsut me. It is. It's been stable for over 500 years, there has been not one problem with it.

Daikeim: 500 years and still standing... Fantasy has it all, doesn't it...

Drake: *Pats Angeli's head* There there, but that teaches you not to screw with someone from here.

Elaonore: Especially with someone as hateful as Jumbo.

Daikeim: Yeah... Anyways, continue with the tour.

Ealonore: Actually...*teleports them to Dragon Realm*

Recovery
A shadow flies past Kalin, Kado, and Azula numerous times at high speed

Kado responds almost instantly, waking up with a look of fear, gasping violently while the shadows clinging to 'her' body become agitated, almost gaining a solid sort of form due to its density. She clings to Azula weakily.

''"Don't play games. Who are you?" ''Azula snaps.

Kalin:"Let's not get upset over nothing" Kalin creates a ball of dark energy in his hand and let's it drift away from him. putting a barrier of dark energy around Kado and Azula, he proceeds to smash a hole in the ground with his fist as the orb of energy has collapses,becoming a black hole that slows the figure before drawing it in. Just as the creature is about to be pulled into the black hole, Kalin absorbs the energy and tackles the creature in one move. Before the being can move again, he makes a portal beneath it just big enough to hold the creature in place.

''The creature puls itself from the cluthes of the black hole and punches Kalin in the face so hard it sends him flying. The creature flies after him and tackles him into the ground and pins Kalin down.''

Jumbo: Who are you? *sniffs* Are you...*gets angry* 'The Son'?

Kalin: Not this again. Rose; synchronize 50%

Rose: Got it!

(Kalin's eyes turn red as he kicks Jumbo into the air. Putting a hand to the sky, Kalin calls down a beam of light which seems to be aimed at Jumbo. As he dodges it, however, the light continues down and hits Kalin, as he uses light magic to keep up with the being.) Azula, if I manage to make physical contact with this thing, can you hold him still?

Azula gnashes her teeth together. ''"Will you knock it off?! What's your problem?!" ''She snarls at Jumbo. "This child is in urgent condition, we have no time to fight with you!"

Jumbo: *lands* You do not make commands of us!...And who are you and what is your reason of coming heeere?

She shakes her head irritably. "Shoot first ask questions later I guess is the standard... urgghh. I am Azula, I am a telepath if you cannot gather it from how I am communicating with you. The child in my arms is my charge, Kado. And the knuckle head rookie is Kalin.

Kalin:Who are you calling a rookie?

''We came here after a severe attack on our organization left our city leveled, and Kado here in deadly condition. We had no where else to go, and Kalin took us here. ...I know very little of this place." ''

Jumbo:...*grabs Azula who is still carrying the child and grabs Kalin and flies off and takes them to a house in Outpit Village* Will this do..?

''"Y-y-yes... thank you..." ''She stutters, amazed by how fast he moved.

Jumbo: *brings in Elaonore*...Help them...

Elaonore: Ofcouse. *kneels next Kado and uses winds to fill his wounds*

Kado eventually begins to relax and finally appears to not be so afraid, and the darkness slowly abates, though the general feeling that something is observing them does not fade at all. Elaonore notices that when Kado opens her eyes, they appear almost devoid of any life or emotion, like looking at the eyes of a doll, even though they blink and move freely. Kado however makes no attempts to speak with anyone, if even able to.

Azula sighs. "Well... at least Kado is stable... I just wish 'she' would come back to normal... I hate seeing him like this."

Elaonore: *finishes filling Kado's wounds* She doesn't look like this?

"It's very complicated to explain, but basically if Kado suffers tremendous mental trauma or pain he reverts into this form. It only happens if one of his kind suffers a tremendous source of trauma of some sort, and if it never goes away, it can stunt their development. ...Technically it is like his true form... and the usual one is merely a shell used to protect the broken pieces inside. Don't be surprised if Kado doesn't speak to you at first... the amount of pain must still be immense."

Elaonore: It must be..I m sorry for your friend...My name is Elaonore by the way...

"My name is Azula. It is nice to meet you. I must thank you for your help. Kado has had a long rough 27 years of his life... almost all of it either in pain or chasing after the ones who made him this way... He deserves better, but we've never been able to find a way to heal... well... this. No matter how hard we try, Kado's pain lingers. ...It's maddening. Maddening to watch, and maddening knowing we can't help him."

Elaonore: You can help. That's if he wants it. And you being right beside him is just the help he needs. Whether he wants it or not. He will find that he has alot in common with many who reside here. Especially, with Jumbo.

Kado makes a small noise, and Elaonore notices that Kado's eyes seem to have a slight clarity they lacked before, and it looks like she's trying to say something, but the look in her eye slips and she relapses into silence. Azula places her hand on Kado's head, and Kado's eyes wearily begin to close.

''"You wouldn't happen to know what a liquid suspension chamber is would you? Kado seems to prefer sleeping in them, apparently the lack of sensation helps subdue some of the nightmares." ''

Elaonore: We have something similar to that. We can have in water bubble sensation. It's quite similar to liquid suspension. It can work.

A few days later, Elaonore checks up on how the new arrivals are doing, and is surprised to see Kado sitting up right in a chair, eating toast. Kado's eyes look up at Elaonore and a brief flash of gratitude appears in Kado's eyes, before Kado returns to eating. "...Thank you... I'm sorry I have been a burden..."

Elaonore: There is no burden. Whether your from here or not. Your just like us and we look after each other.

Kalin:(scarfing down a large portion of food) Elaonore, right? I really appreciate what you've done for us so far, especially considering we're not from around here. If only all mythos were as nice as you... (remembers Jumbo) Jerk...

Elaonore: Jumbo isn't as bad as you think he is. All he wants is to look after us. He sees us as a family and as a family he will do anything for us, even die. If that we somewhat possible. hold up, there is some people I must get. *disappears, then reappears in split second with Daikem, Drake, Angeli, ans Sanyirth is outside*

Sanyirth looks around.

Sanyirth: Who might these be?

Luna: Yeah, Who are these guys?

Sena: Well, I doubt they're hostile.

Elaonore: I took them in when I had woke up back here. I was guessing you wouldn't mind if they stayed until their friend there is healed.

Daikeim: *Notices Kalin and Kado* Wait a minute... I've seen them before... At the forest if I'm correct.

Drake: Really?

Daikeim: Yeah...

Elaonore: Something happened in their world and they came here. Jumbo brought them to this house to recover. Feel free to help if you can.

Luna: I don't remember seeing them in the forest.

Sanyirth: Now, I will wait until we know what to do.

Drake: *Turns to look at Luna* Because you were too busy whining and having a damn headache! So once again I had to babysit you!

Elaonore: *chuckles* Those two would make one strange item.

Luna: Sorry that i can't take care of everything myself Snow-Head!

Drake: Snow-Head!? At least I don't look like I belong on the damn streets! *Pulls out his Shadow Pistol and aims at Luna's foot*

Daikeim: Drake, you dare, and I will personally take you down. Despite how annoying she may be.

Drake: ...*He puts away his gun and punches Luna in the arm* And don't say anything about hitting girls, I don't consider you one.

Elaonore: Well that isn't nice. Here we treat each other as brother and sister no matter how annoying they are. It's a test of family.

Luna: Hey! That hurt!

Elaonre: Don't worry. It will be fine. *fills her wound with wind* See? It's gonna be find. But I do want you two to make-up.

Daikeim: Hahaha, yeah Drake. Apologize.

Drake: ...*Looks at Luna*...No.

Daikeim: C'mon...

Drake: No, I am not apologizing to a 13 year old, annoying, clumsy, idiotic, obnoxious and pathetic little BRAT!

Angeli could be really sensitive sometimes and it seemed to be rather random, and as such she just responded by crying.

Elaonore: Well see what you did. *puts her arms around Angeli* You know it's not her fault she's this way. If you don't stop this instant, I will bring Jumbo in here.

Daikeim: ...*Punches Drake in the chest*

Drake: THE HELL WAS THAT FO--

Daikeim: Drake, I swear to god. LEARN TO COOPERATE WITH PEOPLE! You can start by apologizing to Angeli, now!

Drake: ...Bu--

Daikeim: Now.

Drake: ...I hate you so much right now. *Drake looks at Angeli and takes an annoyed sigh* ...Sorry.

Angeli stopped crying though she was sobbing at least.

Elaonore: Thank you, Daikeim.*smiles at him* At least someone knows the value of family, no matter who they are.

Daikeim: No problem, Drake can be like that anyways...

Drake: *Walks up to Daikeim and punches his arm* You're a dick, you know that.

Daikeim: Yeah yeah...

Luna stops sobbing and Sena takes over.

Sena: Agh... That hurt.

Elaonore: It's ok. Drake wont be doing that anymore.To anyone.*looks at Drake with more hostily*

Drake: ...*Growls at Elaonore and Angeli*

Sanyirth seems to be standing perfectly still, looking at the sky, as nothing of the things had bothered him.

Jumbo: *grabs the back of Drake's neck,having him face Jumbo in the face and growls in Drake's face*...You are either with us or against us...*increases his grip on Drake's neck*...I suggest you choose wisely...

Sanyirth: Stand down, There is no reason for bloodshed.

Drake: Hmph. *Drake fades away in fire and reappears next to Daikeim and starts walking away*

Daikeim: Ugh, gimme a minute. *He catches up with Drake* What is your problem?

Drake: My problem? We're relying on other people...

Daikeim: Yes? Isn't it nice to get help?

Drake: Not to me... *He glances over to Angeli, Elaonore and Jumbo* And if they get in my way one more time, I will not hesitate to kill. That's how I was brought up Daikeim, as a mercenary trained to kill...

Daikeim: I know, but why am I the one having to calm you down, stop you from making the wrong choices... Face it, without my help. You would be dead...

Drake: I know, that's why I respect and trust your decisions, but I am not your puppet for you to control!

Daikeim: You're lucky I saved you back on Cyanic...

Drake: ...*Sighs* Fine... Whatever.

Daikeim: Good. *He makes a hand gesture*

Drake: Heh, we're like a Red and Blue Oni. *He does the same*

Daikeim: Ok... *He walks back to the group, with Drake following behind*

Jumbo: You have decided...?

Daikeim: He's with us... Don't worry.

Jumbo:...Good...*exits out of the house and flies off*

Daikeim: Oh right, we were supposed to tell the dragons in Fantasy that they can go home now... But how do we get their attention?

Drake: Leave that to me... *Drake creates a massive dragon made of pure fire, when it roars out, it gathers every dragon's attention throughout Fantasy*

All the dragons in Fantasy swarm above the house roaring

Daikeim: Sanyirth, care to help?

Sanyirth: I'd be happy to comply.

Daikeim: Ok, Drake, portal.

Drake: Alright! *Drake makes a small black sphere and enlarges it to the size of a building, on the over side is a way into the Dragon Realm*

Daikeim: Sanyirth, we need you to direct them into their Realm.

Sanyirth turns towards the mass of dragons, puts up a hand into the air and says a few things in their native language as they then start to fly through the portal.

Kado winces at all of the yelling and noise. "...Please stop making so much noise..."

One of the dragons accidently knocks a large rock at

Kado's head, and as everyone tries to intervene, only a few inches away, the rock suddenly bursts into nothing, and Kado is left panting, sweat rolling down her, barely able to breath from exhaustion and fear.

Azula stares at Kado. "That's... never happened before... How did you do that?"

"....I....I don't... know... wait... what.... what are you talking about?" She says weakly, starting to lose some of the focus in her eyes.

Elaonore: I think she's about to black-out...

Suddenly the appearance of Kado's eyes changes to a familiar appearance, the way they used to be.

"...Azula, where are we?" Her voice changes, from a weak, frail sort of tone to a more stronger, more aware sort of voice, and it sounds much too harsh for a child's mouth to utter.

The change is so sudden it almost scares Elaonore.

Kado pauses for a moment. "....And what happened to Azure...? All I remember is a violent explosion..." Azula seems to be alarmed at these changes.

Elaonore: What the...Not a girl...Shapeshifter isn't it? That was pretty surprising.

Azula seems to be telling Kado something, and as Kado listens, the child's face begins to turn alienly dark, and suddenly a burst of darkness envelopes Kado, swirling around the form like a violent tornado.

"...I see..." A completely new voice echoes from the darkness, Azula bows her head slightly. The darkness swiftly disappates, revealing a grey-brown haired young man with black irises and white pupils, with a particularly angry expression. Kalin is unsurprised by the change, but is worried about by the frequency with which his form was shifting. The aura of frailty and fear, and the general meekness of a child is gone, replaced by almost a silent echo, as if the person standing there was only a projection.

He looks at Elaonore. "I am sorry, and I must thank you for all of your help... but I have no place here. ...We must be returning home. I will not allow my people to be left without a leader." He says rather coldly. He pulls out a mask from his sleeves and attaches it to his head, hiding his face.

Elaonore: It's ok. We take care of our kind here. Your welcome back anytime.

Kado begins walking out, and Azula follows. "You can't possibly be ready to return! Your injuiries were severe Kado! Rest a while longer!"

He wheels around and yells, "I will not rest knowing that she is back!!!" Kado moves to continue out, but suddenly collapses in pain.

"Arrrghhh!" He growls. "...Damn it all..." He starts struggling to get up, but only collapses. Azula leans down next to him, and gives him a piteous look.

"I know Kado. I know you want to help Azure, and to find... her. But you come first. You're no service to the people if you're weak. Please... rest."

Kado pushes her off and tries to keep going, and Azula gives Elaonore a pleading look.

Elaonore: He is strong...but he is stubborn...his flesh is weak but his mind is strong...He's not in it for himself,he's in for you and everyone elses...Let him be with your people.

Since most people who were there before are still there, Luna was perfectly aware of the situation and simply said "Man, He seems desperate."

Kado suddenly stops. "...None of you tell of that.... ...side of me. No one must... know..." He suddenly puts a hand to his forehead, and collapses, too tired to move on.

Kalin: "You need to get your priorities straight, man...

Elaonore: Your lack of trust in others will destroy you slowly...There is still time.

Kado sinks lower to the ground, shaking.

Azula takes his arm. "Come on, just a few more days, I promise. Please Kado, rest. Don't tear yourself up over this. The others will be fine, I promise. We always taught them what to do for these exact situations. I promise, no one will blame you for taking time to recover. ...You do know that the Summit will start soon right?

Kado sinks his head lower. "The summit... if they reach a decision... it would mean war between the worlds... I wouldn't be able to prevent them from using... the Lost Gate. You're right... I need my rest. Plus, if your intel was correct... Earth will be making his move soon... we must be ready..."

He looks at Elaonore. "I... I apologize... I should not have been so hasty..." He looks away. "Forgive me. I humbly request to remain a few days longer..."

Elaonore: Ofcourse. You are always welcome here. Everyone is welcome here. Stay as long you need.

Azula helps him back inside, and lays him down on a bed.

"I hate this..." Kado growls.

"I know. But trust me, it's for the best."

Kado wearily goes to sleep, and does little else for the next five days.

Daikeim and Drake were watching this, they soon turn to look at eachother.

Daikeim: That was... Interesting, anyways, I'm contacting Shockwave--

Drake: Good, I need you to get me some stuff...

Daikeim: Like what...

Drake lists off some items, afterwards, Daikeim is left with a concerned face.

Daikeim: You sure?

Drake: Yeah, bring them back to the house.

Daikeim: Ok. *Daikeim goes off to a secluded place and contacts Shockwave via his Soul Stone.*

Shockwave: Ah, hello Daikeim. How are you?

Daikeim: I'm fine, hey, Drake needs some stuff. *He lists down what Drake needed.* You got any of that?

Shockwave: Hm... I should, give me a moment. *Shockwave goes off to gather the items, he comes back after a minute.* Here you go. *He passes them through the portal.*

Daikeim: Thanks Shockwave. I need to get going now. Bye

Shockwave: Bye. *The portal closes*

Daikeim: Ok... Now to give this to Drake. *The turns Half Dragon and flies to the house, when he walks in, he sees Drake reading from his spellbook.* Is this what you need?

Drake: Hm... *He examines the items and nods.* Place them down there. *He points to a table.*

Daikeim: Ok, I'm gonna go train. See you later! *He places the items down on the table and flies off.*

Drake: Ok... *He gets up and he makes some room, he then places his spellbook in the middle of the room. Drake gets some chalk and draws a ritual ring around the book, he then grabs the items on the table and places it on the ritual ring. He then bites his finger, causing blood and writes his name on a blank page in the spellbook. He then sits down in the ring and starts talking in Cyanican, the book and ring glows, and after a while, a dragon made of unstable energy comes out of the book and looks at Drake.* Perfect... Now to be calm... *He closes his eyes and slowly breathes.*

The figure appears and and shoots the dragon in the heart with an ice shard

Voice: Feel the cold. Feel the heartlessness or the cold. Feel your emotions become bare. May you have no mercy upon others.

''The ice shard spreads across the dragons heart all the way to it's mind. The dragon no longer feels anything. No remorse, no feeling for others like it. or for those who are unaware of it. All it feels is the cold. The figure disappears once more.''

Drake: Ok... Nice and slowly... *Drake opens his eyes and instantly notices the difference with the dragon.* This isn't right...

''The dragon flies into Drake's chest and merges with his Aura, causing Drake to get hit by a shockwave and blasted out of the house, causing a lot of noise when he crashes into another house. Daikeim overhears this and flies over.''

Daikeim: Drake? Where is he? *He notices the hole in his house and the marks and damage going to the other house.* Uh oh...

Elaonore: *comes out from the floor* What the heck was that? I heard something. *looks at the hole through the house* What did you do?!

Kado irritably wakes up. "...I don't particularly like hearing a whole bunch of racket in the morning..."

''"It's in the middle of the day Kado." "Does it make a difference?!" "...In this case, I guess not."''

He walks over to the hole where Drake came out of the house, and then spots Elaonore. "I would say good morning, but I'm told it's the afternoon... I don't really care... having a good afternoon then, aside from the Noise Circus over here?" He says with a dry air of humor in his voice.

Drake slowly opens his eyes and sees Kado and growls.

Drake: Noise circus? You better watch your mouth you runt, unless you want it off of your face... *He has a slight evil smile.*

Elaonore: What on earth did you do?! What the heck is the matter with you?

Kado says nothing, but Azula can tell, only by having worked with him so long, that a shift in his shoulders means he's reached up for something hidden in his clothing, a gesture only someone who knows him would reconize ,his sleeves otherwise too baggy to detect movement within.

He gives Elaonore a swift warning look, to let her know without verbal communcation that something is off.

Daikeim: Drake, the hell happened?!

Drake: I don't know Daikeim, but not right now... If this annoyance bothers me once more, I'll put him in even more pain than he arrived in...

Elaonore: There will be no hurting of anykind to anyone, you understand?

Kalin: (enters the house from a portal, soaking wet and only wearing a towel. He looks around, but is surprisingly unsurprised by the state of affairs) Oh, you're all still alive. that's good.Interrupted my bath, however.(Looks at kado)At least the kid looks like he's getting better. Although, you would have been healed weeks ago if you hadn't found some way out of my portal...(remembers the Kado's malevolent aura) Anyways, I hope you're up for a fight.(Tosses the Fire and Dark Slayers at Kado) It's about time the infamous leader of Azure got back in shape. After I get dressed, of course.(laughs)

Kado silently turns and walks away, but not ignoring him. Quite the opposite. If he makes a single motion in his direction, he's only going to end up with a faceful of dirt. The best way to short circuit pride is for it to injure itself. "I just woke up and already I'm up to my waist in bad tempers..."

He silently catches both, and works them into his sleeves in five seconds, and not even looking.

"Nice to see you again, Kal."

"Same to you. If you're done with recess, You can start heading for the Waterfalls. We'll be training there."

Daikeim: Hm... *Turns to look at Kado, then looks back at Drake and notices something.* His eyes... They're a darker shade than usual...

Drake: Hmph... *Drake gets up and spits out blood, he takes a glance at Kado.* Pfft... Not worth my time...

Daikeim: Dammit Drake... *He looks at Elaonore.* Sorry about him... I guess he's not himself... Drake and I will help clean up.

Drake: You're kidding, right? *His eye colour goes back to normal.*

Daikeim: No I am not kidding, look at the damage you done...

Drake: Fine fine...

Elaonore: Ok...as long as it gets done without any trouble.*leaves*

Kalin:(Shakes his head)That poor girl.(turns to the two half dragons) I once heard that Dragons were wise creatures. I'm kinda disappointed in the real thing if they're anything like you two jokers.(looks at Drake) You need to reign in all that explosive energy you've got going. Along with the unneeded attitude.( Taps him on the shoulder) Get going. You're training as well, today... Me and your friend will handle the repairs, and meet you when we're done.

Drake grabs Kalin's wrist before she touches Drake's shoulder and glares at her.

Drake: Don't you dare... Touch me, also, not every dragon has to put up with this crap. *He looks at Kado and laughs.* Even if you were to attack me in the state you're in, that wouldn't get you far. Follow Elaonore's advice and rest... Oh and one more thing, these "jokers" is a Demi-God and a mercenary, so like your friend, watch your mouth... *Drake goes to get the necessary materials to repair the two houses and slowly starts repairing along with Daikeim.*

Daikeim: Nice to see you're making friends...

Drake: Shut up, lets just get this done before your girlfriend shows up.

Daikeim: ...*He punches Drake's arm.* Riiiight, and if that's so. I guess that makes you and Angeli a cou--

Drake: NO! *Punches Daikiem's arm.* Just shut up and help me repair!

Daikeim: Ok ok, hahah.

Luna: Huh? Did you say anything?

Kado shakes his head. "I'm amazed that creatures like him actually exist... Ridiculous."

''"You know, unless the 'demi god' joined in, I'm pretty sure the only kicking that will be done is his ass once his face is in the dirt." "Kado, don't start anything. But I would agree that he is too reckless for his own health. ...Do you know why there was a dark shadow about you for a little while?" "Dark shadow...? No I don't remember any of those. Why?" "Well it seemed really dark and oppressive, I was concerned there was something seriously wrong. Also..." ''She turns to Drake and Daikeim, and focuses on Daikiem.

"If I were you Daikiem, I would do something about that friend of yours, Drake. I sense something off about him, whatever he did I imagine is responsible for this strange behavior. Also, excuse me for being disrespectful, if that what this is, but trust me when I say Kado is a much greater threat than he's been given credit for. Your friend should pick his battles with more consideration, I promise you eventually it might kill him if he doesn't."

Kado leaps on top of a roof next to a tree, and takes rest under the tree's shade, with a perfect angle to keep an eye on Drake and the others, and wearily closes one eye, the other trained on the others near Drake.

Daikeim: Yeah, don't worry about Drake. I'll keep him in check, can't say much for his mouth though... And Drake is reckless, but that's only because of his work. He tends to stick to his guns and mouth instead of his brain, but trust me, he's a nice person once you get to know him. Anyways... *Continues fixing the house.*

The figure is behind Daikeim and Drake.

Voice: In all due time...you will above your predessecors...and all of your race will know you as heroes..but at the same time the same ones who nearly killed them...*disappears*

Kado notices the figure, and frowns behind his mask. ''"Great. Last thing we need. Azula, you saw that right...?" "Yes. It was strange... do you think...?" "I more than think. I agree. Something's up. But as curious as I am, his attitude has basically canceled out any interest I might have had. We're going to leave soon as possible, I don't need anymore crap out of that bratty dragon, or whoever the hell he is. ...Besides, I have something I need to check on when we get back..."''

Kado takes Dark Slayer and gives it a distrusting look. ''I don't know who that was... but I don't want to meet her again...''

Elaonore: Did you guys feel that?

Daikeim and Drake finish fixing the houses, ignoring what everyone else is doing.

Drake: That took some time... Well, I'm gonna find someplace secluded and practice on my spells.

Daikeim: I'll come with you, we need a new place to call home for now. Considering you keep blowing up ours...

Drake: Fair point... C'mon then. *Drake turns into his Aura Dragon form and flies off, with Daikeim following behind.* So, what are you planning?

Daikeim: Field, forest, y'know, stuff like that.

Drake: Heh, I might be able to try something.

''Soon after, Daikeim and Drake stop flying and land in a massive empty field. Drake smirks and opens his spell book.''

Drake: This is gonna feel just like home... *Drake places his book on the grass and takes a step back, he then puts his arms out forward and his hands begin to glow. Suddenly, a massive outline of a cube appears infront of them.* Heh, now to concentrate... *Drake closes his eyes, just as he does that, tribal markings appears on his arms, they also begin glowing. The cube fills up with construction, building itself, soon after. The cube fades away and what's left is a fully built Cyanican house .*

Daikeim: Wow...

Drake: I'm not finished yet, watch this! *Drake flies up into the air and slowly raises his arms up, around the house. A small desert, lake, mountains and volcano raises out of the gound. Drake opens his eyes and sees what he's created and starts laughing.* Hahaha! I can't believe that worked! *He flies down and enters the house.* You coming in or what?

Daikeim: Oh, right.

Kado stares bewildered at the spectacle. "Well now... certainly knows how to show off..." He just sighs.

He walks to the house where he had been staying, and sits in his chair, and takes off his mask, wiping his brow. "I shouldn't be this tired... even if I took a big hit... why do I feel like this..." Out of boredom, he starts messing with his form, taking on black hair and green eyes. He holds Dark Slayer, and eventually looks up to see Elaonore staring at the sword, and he knows she can feel the strange aura of the blade, even while sheathed.

"I bet you're curious about this sword, and why it has such a dark aura about it, am I right?" He says, a melancholy expression on his face.

Elaonore: What kind of weapon is that? nothing I have ever seen before.

"It's called Dark Slayer. It's a katana that absorbs all dark energy, and nullifies the resistance of a being to darkness, so it dishes out whatever they put in. It's not at full power, because it was sealed... by... ...my family... when they tried to kill me." He barely manges to finish saying the sentence, his anger surfacing quickly.

"The only gift they ever gave me... was this sword, right before their betrayal..."

Elaonore: I know how that is...at one time I wasn't...like this...*has a sad look on her face* My family too had wanted to kill me..but that's when I found a place here. This is my new family and I would never have to worry about being hurt again and you too can feel that here, but I know you have a responsibility and you have a family, just don't throw it away for something that will get rid of it in a heartbeat, cause once you loose it..you can never get it back.

Kado silently nods. "I know. Azure and... making the ones who hurt me pay is all that matters to me. I would never forsake Azure, they mean too much to me. ...There is still so much I have to do..." He trails off.

Elaonore: I understand. Your heart and your mind will lead you back to your destiny. If you will it with your heart, mind, and soul, it will be given unto you. but I do advise you to find where your heart, mind, and soul truly lie.

Kalin:(walks up behind Elaonore, looking at Kado) That is something we all should do.( puts an arm around Elaonore) You are truly wise, Elaonore. Now if you'll excuse us... (grabs Kado, about to drag him away, before looking at his face) woah. So that's what you look like under that mask of yours. At least, at the moment. Ok, Kid. I said I was going to get you back into shape, and that's what I'm going to do. Afterwards... well, we will worry about that...afterwards.

Kado's face changes into his normal face, and smirks. "I don't need to be dragged around, Kalin, I'll come with. You planning on going somewhere else, Kalin? It sounds like it at least."

"Oh don't worry about it. You'll have your own problems to deal with, soon enough."

Kado frowns. "Why do I not like the sound of that? Are you threatening me or something?"

"Well, that would be a matter of perspective..." Kalin said as he opened a portal beneath the two of them, waving goodbye to Elaonore as they fell through. The other end opens 5,000 feet above the forest.

Normally Kado would not give the impression of being confused, but without a mask this quickly becomes impossible, and his look of confusion is clear.

"Ok, what's with the portals...?" He silently grows wings, and slides his white robe off his body, leaving only his black jumpsuit, and revealing the shit ton of weapons strapped to his whole body, countless daggers, pouches, as well as Kado's four katanas, including the two Slayers. Kalin cannot help but pale at the sheer number of weapons, and can't help but think of the phrase, 'armed to the teeth'.

"I guess it is possible to have too much of a good thing." Landing on Kado's back, Kalin moves as close to his ear as possible and says "These portals are a small reminder of where I came from. While I can use them to get just about anywhere, every single one is connected to my home dimension. I learned a lot of things back home. For example..."

Using Kado as a launching board, Kalin jumps higher into the air. As he does, his left arm begins to glow under his shirt, revealing a strange set of markings covering the length of it, from shoulder to hand. Suddenly, Kalin begins to glow with an almost angelic aura. His energy takes the shape of a pair of white wings, curving around his body all the way to his front as he begins to float in the air. His eyes also begin to glow with a silver light.

"This."

Kado makes a giant leap backwards, and draws his two normal katanas. Kalin notices a slight shimmering effect, and notes that Kado must be preemptively activating his intangibility. A quick aura of shadow forms around one of the blades, and he swings the katana and shoots the aura of energy at Kalin.

''Best to avoid getting up close and nasty at the moment... I'm going to play it safe.''

Before the energy wave reaches Kalin, his wings extend fully, and he disappears. Reappearing behind Kado, he laughs. "I'd have thought you might have seen this coming." Raising his hand above Kado, Kalin releases a flash of light powerful enough to match the rays of the sun, blinding Kado, and disrupting his intangibility. "Not so untouchable now, are ya'?" He says as he kicks kado in the back.

Kado chuckles, and grabs Kalin's leg, and swings him down into the ground below, Kalin slamming into the ground with great force. He shakes his head slightly.

"Honestly, are you going to get a tough guy act just because you disrupted my weakest version of Intangibility? Or has it not occured to you that I've yet to even release Seal 0?" He laughs.

"I suppose you could say I wanted to feel you out before I actually got down to buisness and actually bothered to start using my powers. While my sword is sheathed, I'm only capable of a few minor tricks. At Zero, which you've seen, I can use a bit more clever tactics. As for Seal 1... Well, let me show you the difference. And since we're at it..."

Kado unsheathes not just Dark Slayer, but Fire Slayer as well, and a thick aura of darkness surrounds Kado, despite the heavy light coming from Kalin. The added effect of both slayers causes Kado's form to burst into flames as well, and Kalin watches as the faint image of wings sprouts from Kado, barely detectable.

"It's a shame I can't use the 8th Seal. Otherwise this fight would be so much more fun. But still, I'll give it my best I'm capable."

He swings his sword, and a thick wall of darkness slams into Kalin, transforming into Shadow Fire on contact with him, burning him not only with Shadow Magic, but Fire as well, and the effect of the shadow blurs Kalin's vision.

"Hmm. Never thought I'd know what that'd feel like." Increasing his aura, the darkness surrounding Kalin disperses. "But you're not the only one who's holding back. Exercise #1: recognize your limits." Taking off into the air again, Kalin raised his hand to the air once again, This time creating a Large Light magic circle that fired beams of light from the sky, falling like rain everywhere.

"Exercise #2: Forget those limits ever existed. This volley won't end until you're unconscious, and there's only so many you can dodge before you get tired. And, if I didn't make it clear with my first example..." Kalin fires a small beam of light at Kado's shoulder. The shapeshifter attempts to become intangible once again, only for the blast to pierce straight through him.

Kado smiles. "Is this suposed to be threatening...?" He fingers the wound. "Not too bad of a shot... Still." Suddenly Kalin gets a tingling sensation, and Kado's eye glows an odd gold color, and begins changing. Transfixed, he watches as Kado transforms into... Kalin, going as far as minor aura changes, even some of Kalin's weapons manifest, as well as his current mode taking effect over Kado, and the light stops harming him, the wound in his shoulder gone.

"I typically consider this foul play, but this is a particularly annoying situation." He says with Kalin's own voice, wearing a most evil smirk. He flies up to Kalin, and swings one of Kalin's own swords at him, at almost the same speed of Kalin's.

"Of course, this isn't a perfect copy of you... I can only mimic so much of you... but that's besides the point, now isn't it...?" He says with a crazy grin.

"Any living thing I see I can replicate to the detail, along with any of their weapons, and I can even manage to mimic certain powers, though this is very limited, but still. Never underestimate a shapeshifter. But enough of this. Let's DANCE!" He yells, as he slashes Kalin's shoulder with ease.

Kalin: Touches shoulder wound as the gash heals, and his clothes are stitched back together. As he dodges a few of Kado's next strikes, he nods in approval of the shapeshifter's abilities."Woah. That's pretty good. I wonder if you have control of ALL of my abilities...What do you think, Rose?" Kalin said, reverting to his normal form, as the energy in the sky continued to rain down.

I think this situation presents a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Kalin Smiles. "I agree. So, synch to 99?" He said as his aura began to expand and flow around him erratically. knocking away a number of the energy beams near him.

Already done.

As another beam came towards Kalin, he reaches up to grab it as his hair grows longer and becomes darker. As he crushes the energy in his hand, Kalin's form became Rose's. Laughing, Rose grabs Kado's shirt and tosses him at the ground, causing him to bounce off the ground twice before skidding to a stop.

" It'll be nice to kick your ass again, Kal..."

Kado gets up and dusts himself off, his eyes locking onto Rose. They flash golden, and an expression of surprise flashes across his face. It then furrows into a strange expression close towards suspicion.

"There's more to you than meets the eye..." He growls. "I just assumed you were an alternate personality of Kalin's, in which case I should have adopted your powers as well... but... that's not the case... you're not like me then..." He trails off.

"You're a completely different being, aren't you...? But that isn't the important question...." He narrows his eyes. "How did you get inside of that person's soul? 'Rose'... you're certainly an interesting one..." He raises a sword, and it glows with a combination of Kado's and Kalin's powers, flashing from gold, red, and black slowly.

Rose: What can I say? I'm an anomoly.

"En Garde..." He bursts and disappears, appearing behind her and slashing at her back.

The blade hits Rose, bouncing off, and resounding with a "Clang!". Turning around to Kado, She begins to laugh. "I didn't expect you to strike me from behind, honestly. Guess we both got a little surprise. While Kalin likes to use his aura for speed and finesse, I prefer a more... direct approach. A heavy barrier, and..."

Grabbing Kado, She brings her fist back and slams it into his chest, feeling several of his ribs crack in the process. She then brings her leg up before slamming it into Kado's back, causing him to fall into the water below.

"An amazing Right Hook."

Charging fire energy in her hand, Rose dropped it into the water after him. The resulting explosion knocked Kado back onto the ground, and covered the nearby area in mist. Rose then changed back into Kalin, and dived towards the ground.

Kalin feels a rumbling, and he lands hard on some sort of metallic surface, which starts rumbling with a deep throaty growl.

"Well, that wasn't very nice of you, Kalin, breaking my ribs like that." A deep, dark, and dragonic voice echoes from beneath Kalin. "I hope you have fun, because this guy was an absolute asshole to defeat..." Abruptly, the head shifts and nearly bites Kalin's legs.

"Come back here, I think you owe me a few ribs!"

Kalin: "Well, don't expect me to just let you take them!" Kalin said as he jumped into the air, firing down a wave of dark energy from above.

elsewhere...

Daikeim: ...Hey, Drake.

Drake: What?

Daikeim: Do you learn all the spells in that book of yours?

Drake: Yeah, why?

Daikeim: Then why do you keep carrying it around?

Drake: Because every time I see or learn a new spell. The book writes it in, also, I need it so I know what to do with the ritual rings. But most of all, it's one of the phew things I had back at Cyanic...

Daikeim: Hm... Ryunexo...

Drake: What about them?

Daikeim: They're not your family, right? So why do you bare the name?

Drake: Ryunexo means relentless creature... I guess I just like the name...

Daikeim: And what happened?

Drake: They're probably around still, Ryunexo's are a bitch to kill... And I'm not one to tell my life story Daikeim.

Daikeim: Right...

Drake: You seem worried, what's up?

Daikeim: Nothing... Anyways, I'm gonna relax. *Daikeim goes up to the top of the mountain and meditates.*

elsewhere...

Kalin finds that despite Kado's now giant figure, he makes up for it by being incredibly fast and deadly accurate with his bites, claws, and general dragon breath. He eventually gets a decent swat on Kalin, and manages to dislocate his shoulder as he slams into the cliff, and is almost burned by a molten breath strike.

"So how's this then Kalin? I've got a few more decent forms in my collection... But let's have some fun with this one!" He shoots multiple bursts of molten metal at Kalin, forcing Kalin to carefully watch where he's dodging, in case Kado figures out where he'll dodge next.

"Not bad...I'll admit, without regeneration I'd be in a tight spot..." Kalin said as he hung from the stony side of the waterfall. Looking down at Kado's massive form, Kalin began to get ideas in his head. Putting on his headphones, he begins to play "Guren no Yumiya" as he draws Masamune. For a moment, he is overtaken by an intense pain in his head, but as it subsides, He jumps back down into the mist in silence, preparing for his attack.

Kado scoffs. Well I get to try this technique out...

He heats his entire body beyond the melting point, and suddenly everything flammable in the general area ignites, and the mist is blown away from the updraft of air, the heat strong enough to cause even Kalin pain as he was blown back.

Kalin:"(coughs)Awww(cough,cough) and I wanted to do this stealthily. Oh well...lets go, Rose!"

Rose appears, forming a Fire Magic circle behind her in mid-air. It proceeds to release a large stream of fire from it that propels Rose forward in Kado's direction. As she is sent flying, Rose begins to spin in a buzz saw motion. Rose slashes through Kado's scaled body as if it were paper, causing him to let out a roar in pain as he is split in half.

As she lands, she notices the glow of the eyes of the molten dragon has dimmed, and for a moment wonders if she broke him without realizing.

"You just love maiming people, don't ya?" Kado growls from behind her, and then proceeds to stab her in the side, as a howl of energy is unleashed from Fire Slayer, which impales itself into her, causing a searing numbing sensation that seems to be draining her fire magic, and amplifying the sword's razor edge. As she turns to attack him, he withdraws the blade and jumps back, and Rose notices that the entire side he had impaled is now completely numb, and she stares at the sword as it glows much more brightly than she had seen it do before.

"A minute more, and I would have got you too..." He pants, clearly tired. His jumpsuit is torn at his waistline, and a slowly healing ragged scar is across it.

"Damn it... that took more energy that I suspected it would... You're too brutal ya know..." Kado falls on his knees, using Fire Slayer to brace himself. The fires around them are slowly being drawn into the sword, until the whole area eventually extinguishes.

Rose maintains a confident smile on her face, although it is obvious that kado's attack left her drained of energy."Hey, lack of restraint is the trait of kings. And right now, this king is prepared for an execution!" She says as she rushes at kado, prepared to finish him off. However, Kalin regains control and stops his blade just as it touches Kado's neck."Talk about cutting it close,huh?"

A low growl is his lone reply, and Kado's eyes meet Kalin's, and Kalin nearly jumps out of his skin at the sight of blood red eyes and black marking across Kado's face. Before he can even mention it though, the look disappears as soon as it had appeared, and Kado collapses, breathing heavily.

"I'm... not sure if calling that a training exercise or attempted murder is more appropriate..." Kado moans. The scar finally finishes healing, and Kado lets out a breath. "I barely had enough energy to heal... you two are psychos, ya know..." He scratches his head. "What happened just now? I sort of blacked out when I saw Rose come straight for my throat, and then all of a sudden you're standing in front of me."

Kalin: "Oh, she was just messing with you." he says, laughing in a slightly unconvincing manner as he laid back on the scorched ground,looking up into the sky."You know, you did pretty well for a kid. Despite everything I threw at you, you managed to get up and keep moving forward. As a leader should."

Kado chuckles weakly. "Leader's too kind a word for what I am... I feel survivor is more fitting... after all my whole life has been nothing but conflict. My parents thought I was a freak, ...my only true family betrayed me and tried to have me murdered... heh, they almost did actually... even coming to the city, I was beat down, robbed, and abused more times than I can count. After a while, you only focus on what's necessary to survive... you stop caring about others and only care about yourself... it's what it means to survive... sacrificing who you are just so you can exist... I guess that's why I founded Azure... so that other people wouldn't have to endure my pain... have to forgo who they are just to survive..."

He trails off with a melancholy expression.

Kalin: "But that's just it, isn't it? How could you stop caring for people, and yet try so hard to save them? You may not be able to see it, but I feel the light inside of you. Even if the darkness blinds you to the path you walk, the light in your heart will show you the way to a world of peace. Standing, Kalin looks over to Kado, a oddly serious look on his face."Now, it's about time I got moving."

Kado looks at him puzzled. "Get moving? You going somewhere?" He manages to get to his feet after a minute.

"Yeah. I've been meaning to check in on an old friend of mine. It's not like I'll be gone forever, but I'm not sure where that will take me. Don't worry, I'll keep in touch." '' And you'll make sure he doesn't do anything stupid, right Azula? ''

Kado reluctantly nods. "I understand." ''"Trust me, my job is pretty much keeping Kado on a leash." "HEY!" "What? Are you telling me you don't jump out of your chair at the mere mention of Earth Slayer's name?" "....I hate it when you're right..." "Don't worry about us Kalin, I'm pretty sure we'll be fine. After all, it's not the last time we've been attacked like this before. We've always come out fine. Scarred, but fine."''

Opening a portal behind him, Kalin chuckles to himself and begins stepping into it. "Oh, Earth Slayer. Sounds terrifying. Heh. I still owe you a drink, Azula. Maybe next time..."

Kado raises a finger. "Uhhh, hold on... if you leave... umm... how do we get out of here?"

"Oh, yeah," Kalin said as he turned back to Kado."(snaps fingers, causing another portal to appear behind the waterfall) Whenever you're ready to head out, just step through there, and think about where you want to go. You'll be there in minutes. It's one-way, so be sure you know exactly where you want to go. See ya."(steps through portal)

Kado watches him go, and then sighs. "I can't imagine what that guy's up to now... ah well. Might as well head back..." He walks his way back, stopping to stare at what Drake had made again, and then returns to where he had been staying, where he finds Azula silently looking out the window.

''"Are you ready to return Azula?" ''He asks hesitantly. ''"Sort of... but how about you? Are you sure you're ready to go back?" "Well it's now or never... the sooner we get back the sooner we can insure that things get back to normal." "I guess... are we going to say anything? I mean they were more than generous to us." "...Yeah. I'll say something to that Elaonore girl before I leave. I owe her that much."''

Kado walks out of the building, and puts his white robe back on, smoothing it out and dusting it as he goes, before finding Elaonore. He waves her over to him, and he rubs his forehead.

"I'm not one for goodbyes and all... but I wanted to say thank you for your help... I appreciate it. You people live a good life, and I respect that. ...Can you tell me something though? ...Do you hate humans?" He asks hesitatingly.