A/N: Welcome to another chapter of "Shadows Of Destruction". It's been a while and before I begin I would like to say that I appreciate all the support you all have been giving me. Now to go back to business. Last time we left off Kain and the others were tested by Omega and they all passed their test. However something twisted entered Ara and I know I promised to show you the flashbacks I plan on holding on to that until the next chapter which will close what you might call the Lunar Castle Arc. Now without further ado let's begin this! Oh by the way enjoy the read :D!

"Text" = Character thoughts

'Text' = Telepathy

'Text' = Unknown(for now)

Disclaimer: I do not own Elsword or it's characters, I am just someone who enjoys the game.


Chapter 7: Dance of the Two

After completing Omega's trials, the El Search party kept moving forward towards their destination. However as they moved forward realization hit a few of the people in the El search party. As they walked towards the Lunar castle the girls had fallen a bit behind and all the guys walked in front and Aisha and the other took this opportunity to figure out something which extremely bothered them

"Hey Ara" Aisha called out to her friend who happily walked as she gazed at the dark haired man at the front.

"Yes Aisha?" Ara responded as she turned to look at her friend.

"I know it's approaching fall...but it's not that cold yet. Why are you wearing a scarf?". Ara froze, her cheeks burning red. Noticing this Aisha deviously smirked causing both Eve, Rena and Elesis to sigh. "Are you possibly trying to hide something?"

"S-something l-like w-what" Ara stated as she because a stuttering mess.

"You know~something like love bites?". After hearing Aisha's statement Ara turned completely crimson.

"Oh seems she's right" Elesis stated as she decided to join in the teasing.

"So it's that obvious then?" Ara asked as she sighed, her face still slightly pink.

"It's pretty much written on your face now, before we couldn't even tell you were hiding something" Rena stated as she gave her an apologetic smile. "Seems Aisha tricked you".

"Aisha!" Ara cried out in embarrassment.

"C'mon let us see!" suggested Aisha with a mischievous grin.

"B-but!"

"It's fine Ara we won't tell anyone" Rena stated. She was also honestly curious to what happened between Kain and her.

"Alright...you all win" with a sigh of defeat Ara removed the scarf. Upon removal the scarf revealed two marks on Ara's neck. One looked like a bite while the other looked like a red mar,

"Ara you have fang marks on your neck! That bastard bit you!" Aisha retored in anger.

"Aisha Shhhhhhhhhh" Ara stated as she tried to calm down her friend.

"Aisha let's hear Ara's explanation to why there are fang marks on her neck" Eve suggested calmly. "It's proven that Kain wouldn't harm anyone so we can't simply jump to conclusions."

"Fine...alright..."

"So Ara what's the reason behind the bite?" Elesis asked, her voice a bit serious.

"Yesterday was the crescent moon" Ara stated as she sighed. "Kain's instincts emerged so he needed blood yesterday. However since I didn't want to wake up Chrono I let him bite me."

"Did he hurt you in any way?" Rena asked this time.

"No, He was so afraid he might hurt me that he was hesitant about biting me" Ara stated as she blushed. But she felt a bit worried. One thing she learned so far was that Kain was always distant from others because he was afraid to hurt them however this brought Ara a new goal and that was breaking the barrier Kain set up around himself.

"I see, we should apologize to Kain later for thinking he would harm you" Elesis stated as she looked ahead to where the men walked side by side. "By the way...what's the other red mark?"

"T-that's..." Ara looked away from the others to hide her embarrassment.

"It's a hickie" Aisha stated making Ara even more embarrassed.

"Well Ara you are quite bold" Elesis stated as she smiled at the girl.

"What's a hickey?" asked Eve who had no Idea what the others were talking about.

"It's usually what people call a mark left by your lover on your body"

"Oh I see, but why would they do that?"

"To show that that person belongs to them, but in Ara's case, I'm guessing Kain got carried away and accidentally left a mark."

"It's embarrassing when you put it that way..."

"How far did you two go?" asked Aisha, her voice more mischievous than before. The other three facepalmed, how can someone be so evil? Since the word was out there it was not like they could help Ara in this situation so they wished her best of luck.

"W-we didn't go beyond kissing!" yelled Ara only to regret it after seeing the smile on Aisha's face grow wider. "Y-you're the devil!"

"You still love me though!" Aisha yelled happily.

"Aisha" Elesis called out with gentle smile. "I think Ara had enough".

"Fine...but I still want the details later!"

"Aren't you popular today?" Rena stated as she chuckled.

"I didn't want to be though..." stated Ara as she sighed.

"How will this relationship work? I mean...what will you two do for now?" Eve asked.

"We don't know..." Ara stated truthfully. "What happened yesterday was pure instinct..." she then lowered her tone "mixed with a bit of aphrodisiac...". She then looked at the others with a smile "But one thing I am sure of now...and that is I love Kain".

"She said it YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" Aisha yelled happily.

"Wonder if he will ask you to marry him if you two continue this relationship" Elesis stated out loud.

"I think he may have a hard time asking for your hand in marriage from your brother" Eve stated and the others had to say they agreed.

"Frankly I am afraid what would happen if he meets this world's Ran face to face" Aisha stated. "I mean sure he knows they are different however...he doesn't seem fond of ran. But it's all understandable considering how he turned his life into a living hell".

Ara felt a tug in her heart. This discussion brought forth an issue she never gave thought to. If it came to a time where she could only save one and give up the other, would she place Kain over her brother. She was then snapped out of her thoughts by a familiar voice ringing in the back of her head and her scenery changing to pitch black . In front of her stood the shadow from earlier, her eyes gleaming red and wild.

'Why Question it? Be a good girl and let me in...I can decide this for you~'

'You?! Get out of my head!' Ara mentally yelled at the voice.

'Aww that's not nice...that hurt a bit. But it doesn't matter. Kill Kain...only then can you save your brother'

"Shut up, Shut up, SHUT UP!"

'Ara shut her off now!' Eun's voice rang inside Ara's head.

'Shut it you bitch, this is between Ara and I!'

'I'm a female Fox not a female dog! Do it now Ara!' Ara then focused her mind and closed her eyes. When she opened her eyes again she was back to the forest scenery and her friends were looking at her worriedly.

"Ara is something wrong?" Rena asked.

"No...I'm fine" she stated as she put up a fake smile.

"Are you sure? You seem a bit pale" Elesis pointed out.

"No I'm fine so don't worry about it"

"Alright then..." Elesis stated, not believing a single word Ara had spoken.

'Ara' Eun's voice resounded inside Ara's head.

'Eun...I'm sorry...'

'It's fine really' Eun stated as she let out a tired sigh. 'Ara...it's inside you...that "thing" has entered your body, not just your mind. It's inside you Ara.'

'What do you mean?' Ara asked.

'It materializes itself in your mind but it's in your body and it's doing something which gives me a bad feeling. We need to get it out as soon as possible' Eun stated, her voice dead serious but containing hints of worries.

'Can't it wait? We need to help kain for now and I don't feel like worrying more than he already is' Eun's response to what Ara had stated was first a really annoyed sigh then followed by soft laughter.

'You are totally love struck you know that?' Eun then paused. 'Ok, as soon as we get this done we are finding a way to get that thing out of you. I don't understand what it is but we need to expel it."

'Thanks Eun'. Ara's mental connection to Eun was interrupted by Elesis shaking her uncontrollably.

"Earth to Ara! Are you there?"

"I'm here, I'm here! So please stop shaking me!" .

"The heck is going on back here?" Add asked as he joined the group of girls.

"None of your business!" Aisha yelled.

"Well I know when I'm not wanted but...we have a situation..."

"What's wrong?"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" a scream of agony was their answer. When they turned to look what they came face to face with Kain on his knees with darkness leaking from his body.

"Kain!" the girls yelled as they rushed to him.

"What happened?" Rena asked as she immediately got on her knees and began to analyze the reason for Kain's reaction.

"We don't know" Chung answered the question.

"He suddenly fell on his knees and the darkness won't stop leaking"

"I-I'm Fine...don't worry" came Kain's strained voice. At that moment the others saw that there was a reddish gleam coming from Kain's eyes.

"Kain turn to me" Rena demanded.

"There's no need" came the strained laugh.

"Kain!" Rena yelled at the man.

"When you yell at me like that I tend to have no choice...". Kain the slowly looked up to Rena. His eyes were once again slit and seemed to have that ferocious look to it like the day before. Ara was taken aback. He already drank her blood the night before but now he seemed like he needed more again, why was that? She immediately answered her own question as her gaze immediately shifted to the Red Crescent moon which seemed to get closer. "I-It can't be! Rena back away now!"

"Why?" but her answer was soon answered when Kain suddenly pushed her down. "Kain what are you doing?"

"S-sorry Rena...my body is moving on it's own. I need to feed...please stab me before it's too late". kain was suddenly grabbed by the color by Raven and thrown to the nearest tree and upon impact Kain let go of Chrono.

"Raven don't hurt him!" yelled Chrono who immediately turned into her humanoid form. "He just needs blood".

"So that's it?" Add asked. "It's the moon right?"

"Yes" Chrono answered. Kain slowly began to get up, and even completing that task seemed to be hard for him. Chrono moved closer and embraced him. She then slowly exposed her neck. "Drink...Kain..."

"Sorry about this Chrono" Kain apologized as he slowly sunk in his fangs into her neck. Kain began to drank and the others could do nothing more than watch.

"K-Kain not so much!" moaned Chrono. The other boys turned red. This was quite an erotic situation. After a little while Kain and Chrono finally pulled apart. Kain seeming to have returned to normal and Chrono out of breath.

"Sorry Rena..." Kain apologized as he wiped the blood from his mouth on the sleeve of his jacket.

"It's ok you had no control over it" Rena stated as she flashed him a gentle smile. The others still remaining silent.

"Can you watch over Chrono for me for a bit?" Kain asked as he looked at his partner who was leaning against him for support. "I won't go far, just going to do some recon to see how far we are from the castle".

"Alright you can leave her to us" Elesis said as he assured him. However after taking another look at Kain, who by the way looked miserable at the moment she thought it was not in their best interest to leave him on his own. His own self destruction seemed imminent if they did such a thing. "Ara go with him".

"Ok" Ara responded. She was so stunned by what happened that she didn't know how to react.

"No worries I can do this on my own" an awkward smile formed on Kain's face.

"Ara is coming with you" a menacing aura formed around Elesis and that was when Kain knew shutting his mouth and allowing her to do what she thought was the right thing to do. "Now get going before I make you go".

"Roger that Sir!" In a blink of an eye Kain had grabbed Ara and disappeared into the forest.

"Was that a smart thing to do?" Aisha asked as she worriedly looked into the forest.

"It's better that way you grapefruit" Add stated as she sighed. "Kain has probably shown a side of himself to us which he had no desire to ever let the world see".

"But won't he go out of control again?" Eve asked. "This moon is indeed Eternal, my scanners have proven so. If it's caused by the moon, there is no guessing when he could go out of control".

"I trust him" Raven stated.

"Raven?" Elesis asked.

"I'm not easy when it comes to trusting but however I feel that he's worth trusting" Raven then sighed. "The bastard is such a good person that he seemed like he was more in pain by drinking than by not drinking blood".

"If anything Ara should be able to calm Kain's heart" Rena stated.

"How do you know?" the boys asked in unison.

"Girl's secret" the girls responded.


"Kain..." Ara called out to the man walking up ahead making him freeze in his tracks.

"..." no response.

"Kain look at me" the man made no effort to comply. "Do you not trust me that much Kain?" Ara felt hurt. She knew he had barriers around himself but she didn't think he would lock her of his heart because of what just happened. A moment of silence followed however it was broken when Kain suddenly hugged Ara. "K-Kain?" Ara was then shocked by what she saw. Kain was crying.

"Hahahaha..." came the mirthless laugh from Kain. "You'd think I would be used to this by now, what exactly am I? A man? A monster...even I can't tell this anymore". Ara smiled, she knew the answer already and so did the others in the group.

"You're Kain" came Ara's honest answer. 'The man I love' she mentally told herself. "A caring and loving vampire who goes to many lengths to protect others" Kain and Ara then pulled apart and Ara wiped the tears off Kain's eyes. "You have literally gone through hell and back and yet you still smile and care for others, not many can pull that feat".

"What am I going to do with you?" Kain asked as a smile made a way to his face. He than began to pet Ara's head making her blush.

"That's embarrassing..."

'I quite enjoy it' Eun's voice happily resounded in Ara's head. 'This guy knows exactly what he's doing...oh tell him a little to the right'. Ara sweatdropped, Eun was enjoying this more than she was and this was making Ara kind of jealous. 'Ehehehe, I think I might steal him for myself'

'DON'T YOU DARE!' Ara mentally screamed.

However with their many caring actions the two did not realize that they ignored each other's barriers and because of that they had closed the distance between each other. Kain looked into Ara's eyes and she looked into his. As in silent understanding Kain closed the distance and captured Ara's lips. The kiss was passionate and loving. Kain gently laid Ara down on the forest grass and continued the kiss. After a while they broke up for air. Kain then resumed his teasing, placing kisses all over her neck however this time his vampire urges seemed not to even respond.

"Kain...that's unfair" Ara moaned as as he gently bit her ear. In a split of a second their role was completely changed. Ara had turned the situation around and now Kain was the one on the bottom and Ara on top. "My turn" Ara's eyes were wild like a fox's and this caused Kain to noticed he might've just stepped on a landmine. Ara gently nibbled on his ear and then sucked on his neck. She then moved back to look at the red mark on kain's neck and then smirked at her handy work in satisfaction. "Now we're even".

"You are a dangerous being when you want to be, do you know that"

"Yes, and it's your fault" she then captured his lips again. The two of them were immersed in each other but because of this they didn't notice that they were being watched by drones controlled by a certain white haired mastermind.


"Well then...that escalated quickly" Add stated out loud.

"What are they doing?" asked Elsword.

"Well what you'd expect a girl and a boy to do alone in the woods". All the other El Search members turned red. "You know i'm joking right?"

"THAT'S NOT SOMETHING TO JOKE ABOUT YOU PERVERT" yelled Chung who had stayed quiet throughout the whole time.

"Hey to be fair all men are perverts" pointed out Add.

"No comment" stated both Elsword and Raven.

"What is that?" asked Aisha capturing the attention of the other.

"Black fog?" asked Elsword. "No...a demon..." stated Elsword as he pulled out his sword.

"So the second test is here huh?" Stated Raven as he sighed and got into a battle stance.

"Geez why do I have to do this for goodness sake?" a voice resounded through the mist.

"If don't want to maybe you can just let us through please" stated Chung.

"You wish!" the voice retorted. "Now then...let's see how you all can handle my imagination" the mist intensified causing the others to group together so they would not be separated.

"Now we wait and see" stated Elesis.


Two figures stood side by side gazing towards the crescent moon. One of them happily looking at the moon while the other thought hard about something which plagued his mind. The two figures were none other than Oberon and Chung who patiently awaited the arrival of a certain group who seemed to have gotten themselves lost in the forest below.

"Hey Chung" Oberon called to the princess of Hamel. "Oh I meant Princess Erena Seiker" stated Oberon as he immediately corrected his mistake. However the correction gave him a different reaction as the so called princess of Hamel stared daggers into him. "Ok Sorry for calling you that...can you stop with that gaze now? It hurts...". With a sigh the princess stopped and went back to gazing at the moon.

"So what were you trying to say before?" the girl asked as she turned her gaze back to the nasod who almost forgot what he was meaning to ask.

"Oh nothing much, just wanted to ask if you love Kain". In the next few seconds the blond girl turned many different shades of red which Oberon didn't think was even possible for a human. "Wow I hit the bullseye didn't I?"

"First of all...WHAT THE HELL KINDA WAY TO START A CONVERSATION IS THAT? And secondly WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?"

"Wow...profane little princess aren't you? From my endless book of questions of course" Oberon sarcastically stated. "But being serious though, do you love that man?"

"Why do you ask this?" Chung asked, her cheeks slightly pink.

"I noticed the way you used to gaze at him when he was still normal, and even a few minutes ago that gaze still occupied your face when you looked at him" the nasod stated to the girl who simply turned to look towards the forest.

"So you knew I was a girl from the beginning then?"

"Yes, Miss Eve noticed it too but simply chose not to point it out" Oberon stated as he reminisced his conversation with Eve a long time ago about Chung's true gender.

"Since you both were so kind as to keep my secret I guess I owe you an answer" Chung stated as she took in a deep breath. "...I do love him..." she stated, her voice filled with honesty. "I always did and always will".

"I see" Oberon stated. "Why did you not tell him then?"

"Because I was afraid he would be disgusted by the fact that I hid my gender and act differently around me" Chung stated, a hint of sadness in her voice. Noticing this Oberon sighed. He felt like a bastard now if not worst.

"He's not that type of person you know."

"You certainly are talking nicely about him today, even though you tried killing him two days ago" Chung stated as she let out a chuckle.

"Doesn't count as killing if the person you are trying to kill doesn't die" Oberon huffed as the memory of his fight with Kain resurfaced in his mind. "But I do not jest when I say he wouldn't have looked at it that way."

"Why do you say this?"

"Because he isn't that type of person" Oberon took a pause and then resumed talking once more. "He cares about all those around him more than he cares about himself. That is something which made him strong but also proved to be what caused his end" Oberon then looked at the moon and sighed. "It wouldn't matter if you were a boy or a girl as long as you are Chung he will always accept you".

"I guess you're right..."

"Now that that's settled, you are going to confess to him right?" within seconds of that question Oberon was sent flying to the nearest wall. "The hell was that for you tomboy of a princess?!"

"S-shut you crazy nasod!"

"What was so crazy about what I stated?! If you don't confess you will lose him!"

"I-I know but..." Chung looked down at her feet and clenched her hand into a fist. She understood what he meant for she had witnessed the events of yesterday. The Ara of this world was slowly claiming a place in Kain's heart and if she didn't react now her feelings may or may not ever reach Kain. "I can't do it..." Chung looked up at Oberon and flashed him a sad smile as tears slowly fell from her eyes. "I've lived like a boy my whole life and acted like one through and through. How will he ever be able to accept someone like me?". Oberon sighed as he saw what his actions had caused. He pulled himself up from where he had fallen and walked towards the crying girl.

"Please don't cry" he stated as he embraced her. After a few seconds the girl complied to his plea and stopped crying.

"Sorry..." she stated as she cleaned the tears from her eyes.

"You're more emotional than I thought" Oberon stated as he sighed. "Trust me, he will accept you for all you are and nothing will make him think otherwise".

"Why do you believe so much in him?"

"Because he's Elsword for goodness sake" Oberon stated and let out a laughter of happiness. "He's the man my master tried to distance herself from since she believed they would not be happy together, but even so Elsword didn't give up and in the end made a place in my master's heart".

"I guess you're right...thank you Oberon" Chung stated as a smile made a way to her features.

"You're welcome" Oberon stated proudly. Chung chuckled at his reaction leaving him puzzled to what was so funny. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No it's nothing like that. It's just that you've been supporting me almost like a brother would after we met again".

"That's a good thing then, keep counting on big brother Oberon from now on then!"

"Ok and thank you Oberon."

"No problem. But speaking of Kain? Why are they not here yet?" Oberon asked confused

"Seems they've fallen into Mira's labyrinth" Chung stated as she sighed.

"Oh for goodness sake...they're screwed"

"Just remembering that test gives me chills" Chung stated as she held herself. She then proceeded to blush making Oberon understand exactly what that test seemed to her.

"Did he appear like a knight in shiny Armour to you?" Oberon then decided to push it further. "In his boxers?" Chung's face turned dark red and Oberon did not see her raise the cannon at the speed of light.

"Burn in hell!" at that moment all that could heard was a scream of agony resounding throughout the forest


"When I said wait and see...I didn't think this is what would happen..." stated Elesis as she clenched her fist. "WHY THE HELL AM I A LITTLE GIRL?!"

"THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Elsword yelled out loud as he now looked like a full fledged Red Knight captain.

"Umm...a little help..." Raven stated as he sighed in defeat.

"What is wrong dear?~" Rena asked as she happily latched onto Raven's arm.

"I'm a girl!" Chung cried out.

"And apparently I'm a boy" stated Aisha -_-

"The hell's is going on?" stated a voice familiar to Kain's.

"Uhm...who the hell are you?" Add asked.

"More like who are you" the figured asked the princess he saw in front of him.

"It's me Add"

"Addess now" Aisha retorted.

"Shut it!" yelled Add back.

"It's the mist" a beautiful white haired woman stated. "It's altering our appearance and our mindset".

"This voice...Ara?"

"Yes and the person next to me is Kain" Ara stated as she sighed.

"Have you two looked at yourselves?" Elsword asked. The two had not looked at each other yet since they immediately rushed to where the others were when the mist start appearing. The two swallowed and then slowly turned to each other however the sight before them was jaw dropping.

"ARA WHY ARE YOU A NINE TAIL FOX LIKE EUN?!" Kain yelled out totally forgetting about the earlier atmosphere.

"What about you?! You look like some type of demon lord!"

"THE HELL IS GOING ON!" they all yelled in unison. However their yells did not go unheard as two individuals heard their poor screams.


A/N: Well that is it for now. It was a pretty short chapter compared to the others but hope you enjoyed it. I promise to make the meeting between Kain and Chung happen. Next time they will also have to deal with the next guardian. I will leave you guys with this for now but hopefully the next chapter will be up soon.