OK now we're getting somewhere, more progress, I'm gonna try not to go any longer than 2 weeks without updating.
Yuan and Kratos were still standing in the middle of the plaza, as close to friendly as they ever seemed to get anymore. It felt vaguely like they had first met each other some times, and at others like they'd known each other all their lives.
"…os isn't going to appreciate this detour you know Yuan." Kratos said warningly.
"A man his age should know to respect his elders. He knows well enough that I need to take time to myself, and that he'll get his report before long so an hour or two is nothing to us." Yuan retorted sourly.
"Indeed…" Kratos said gravely.
The two settled into an uncomfortable silence, Kratos was obviously thinking about what Mithos would do if Yuan wasn't a founding member. Yuan had always been a disagreeable member of Cruxis, and Mithos had saddled him with the worst of the work for it. Eventually though everyone just got used to Yuan refusing to meet deadlines and destroying a few walls or small rooms every so often. It was no worse than Kratos' tendency to simply disappear for weeks at a time on the surface, they all needed to relieve the stress that built up over the years.
Something made a clunking noise and Yuan whipped his head in the direction of the noise, neither of them had their Cruxis crystals equipped, but Yuan had always had the keenest senses, being the most often active in combat zones and enemy territory had demanded good awareness.
"Something wrong?" Kratos asked
"I thought I heard footsteps."
"There aren't any desians that need access to mana fragment storage."
"Or the cells?" Yuan asked
"No prisoners that we know of, so it can only be an intruder if there's only angels around."
"It was above. The last step sounded heavy, like a jump or stamp."
"Then perha…"
Kratos was interrupted by a loud flashing of blinding light from above them plaza, on the platform that connected the mana fragment storage halls to the angel dormitories. Something was seeping gas out from under a body drenched in blood on the platform.
"No time for that! Weapons out! Everyone!" Kratos shouted as the entire plaza drew their arms the second the bang went off, only to blind them and send some into hacking coughs.
"Behind!" Yu shouted!
Whipping around to face the blocks that stood by the holding cell teleport, Yuan and Kratos caught a glimpse of a solid black blur darting over the blocks, which later resolved into a black haired man, garbed in black robes, much like a more form fitting version of Yuan's current clothing.
Drawing his double ended staff-blade Yuan was only able to stop the attacker from landing a blow on them by shooting forth a hastily cast lightning straight forwards from his hands, at the same time as Kratos cast his one handed to blast the assassin backwards head over heels.
It didn't faze him, he just flipped in midair to land on his feet, the angels only just managing to focus their attention on him.
"Yuan move out of the way!" Kratos yelled, elbowing him to one side.
"Fire storm!" Kratos' good handed sprouted a dozen fireballs, screaming towards the assassin, only to meet head on with what looked like a delayed freeze lancer spell.
"Can you…" Yuan started, only to notice that Yu had disappeared and was hiding inside the item bag now.
'Great' Yuan thought as Kratos fired off a wind blade that swiped across at the 'ninja' only to impact harmlessly on a "Guardian Seal" arte.
"Kratos You'll exhaust what little mana you have left, get out of here and take a command position." Yuan shouted as he righted himself.
"I can do this, we just need to work together, Angels take aim!" Kratos yelled as the angels around the perimeter took aim with their bows and closed in with their swords.
"Stupid bastard!" Yuan cursed, kicking Kratos square in the Jaw as the ninja disappeared in a cloud of smoke and came spinning down to where Kratos had been and the auburn haired seraph landed squarely on his backside, staring at Yuan as the conveyor belt carried him back to the derris hub.
'I knew those things had to have some use…' Yuan thought as he turned his attention to the ninja, who was pulling his blade from an angel commanders chest.
"Not quite the opponent you expected eh onii-chan?" The ninja muttered
'That's a word from my hometown!' Yuan realised
"Tuya muetun usu Yuan. Djimutii waeruru onii-chan." Yuan spat back.
'Wait why did I say that in melonics?!
Bah I took ages on this I know, but lemme know where I'm going wrong here and give me feedback! I got most of the story down, it's really just a matter of putting it into text.
