RWBY is own by Monty Oum
UPDATED:1/MAY/2015
Chapter 11
"Ah!" shouted a 6 year old Lloyd who was hitting repeatedly with kicks and punches a rubber practice dummy.
Each time executing a different combo while Drake, who was just picked up from the streets yesterday, was a little amazed by how fast Lloyd was, but even more by the fact that he was able to predict each of his moves as if he himself were doing them.
"Cha!" shouted one last time Lloyd and then stopped breathing a little until he noticed Drake who was just slowly waving at him.
"Hey!" shouted Lloyd a little happy and surprised, "Why are you up so early in the morning?" asked Lloyd who was walking to where Drake was.
"…Couldn't really sleep much." Answered the blonde as he looked around the dojo for the first time noticing how well build it was.
"Sorry, I am used to get up early in the morning and train as soon as I do, sorry is my shouts wake you up." Replied Lloyd thinking it was his shouts the reason his new friend was up to early in the morning.
"huh? No you got it wrong, I was already awake before I started hearing the shouts." Explained Drake, "And I wasn't really able to fall sleep after that." Said Drake as he walked pass him entering the dojo.
"Oh!" said Lloyd in understanding him now as he saw him now looking at the practice dummy, "But leaving that aside how did you sleep?"
"… Fine, and also thanks for the new clothes, I really appreciate it." Said Drake as he touched the dummy.
"You fight?" asked Lloyd seeing something that caught his attention as Drake looked at him in confusion.
"Not that I know, remember?"
Lloyd remembered that Drake didn't have a memory of all the events that happened before the last week while he was trying to survive in the streets.
"Sorry, completely forgot. It is just that I was looking at the state of your knuckles." Lloyd said showing his own to see they were in a bruised state making Drake see his own to see they were in a similar state.
Before he could look at Lloyd and say that he had no idea, something kicked in, he didn't know why but it was like if his mind was telling him to move immediately.
Drake, following the feeling, back flipped to avoid an spin kick that was been delivered by Lloyd to then instantly took a stance, only to see the brunette look at him crossing his arms with a grin on his face, making the blonde realize what he just did.
"I knew it! I am finally going to have someone to spar that is alive!" shout Lloyd excited referring to no longer use the dummy for practice.
"Lloyd calm down." Said Drake as he dropped the stand and raised his arms in defense as he started to walk backwards because of the grin he was seeing on Lloyd's face gave him sort of a bad feeling, especially now that he was now taking a stance, causing Drake think in something to avoid fighting until he saw something that caught his attention.
"Hey what is that?" asked Drake actually curious in seeing some adorns put in the other side of the room with a photo on the center, causing Lloyd to blink twice until he knew what he was referring to.
"It is an altar… for my mom." Said Lloyd as he dropped the stance and walked to it followed by Drake who no longer felt threaten.
He stood next to Lloyd to see that in the middle of the altar was the photo of a woman with short brown hair wearing a hat giving a warm smile while her eyes were closed.
"She looks beautiful," whispered Drake not understanding why was he feeling bad all of the sudden, "She was… well at least that is what my dad and dirk tells me."
Drake understood why the altar, but still he didn't understand why he felt that way.
"According to dad I was only one year old when she was killed," continued Lloyd making Drake to look at him, "Killed?" repeated Drake only to see him nod.
"By a monster." Said Lloyd as Drake looked back at the photo as he started to suddenly feel pain on his back at the mention of a monster, while he also wondering why he didn't say Grimm.
"I am sorry." Said Drake not wanting to bring this kind of subject, "Nah, you didn't know." Said Lloyd casually as he continued.
"Dad doesn't talk a lot about the day she died. The only thing he says is that when he found her, she had something with her." said Lloyd making Lloyd wonder what could be, "And since I remember I have take care that of that object as if it was my mother's memento, until this day." Muttered Lloyd now looking at Drake with a weak smile, "Maybe I will show it to you later… but first," said Lloyd making Drake`s bad feeling to come back as I back stepped by instinct once again to avoid a sudden fist that he did not saw coming at all.
"We were about to start something, weren't we?" said Lloyd whose previous grin was back, "Now then, lets us officially start this friendship!" shouted Lloyd as he charged while Drake gave up in trying to get out of this one, and that was the day that the rivalry of the two brothers started.
"Could you please stop doing that," said one Neptune Vasilias to a certain monkey Faunus that was lying down on the branch of a tree, while the blue head was sitting below said tree.
"Doing what?" asked Sun Wukong who gave a long sigh after asking.
"That!" shouted Neptune referring to the constant sighs that his friend was throwing clearly indicating he was bored.
*Sigh*
At that Neptune`s eye twitched seeing that he was still doing it, but truth to be told he was also bored, with their other two teammates doing Monty only knows what, he and Sun were left alone doing nothing.
"Wonder what are the girls doing right now?" asked Neptune wondering if perhaps they should go and pay them a visit to see if they could get rid of the boredom.
"They are supposed to be in class with Port I think… meaning they must be having a worst time than us." Said the Faunus having heard of the man quite a bit since he got in the academy.
"Until what time?" asked Neptune, "Huh?" was the answer he got?
"Until what time do they have class?"
"… 3 I think." Answered Sun making Neptune check his scroll to see it was 2:45.
"15 minutes for that time, perhaps we sh-" Neptune`s sentence got cut short as he saw Sun landing next to where he was sitting, "What are you waiting for? Stand up man we have a full afternoon ahead of us!" said Sun with enthusiasm as he pat his friend shoulder and began to walk ahead while Neptune just sighed as he stood up and followed his friend seeing he was heading straight to the dorm of the girls.
"Shouldn't we wait for their class to end and for them to get in their dorm?" asked Neptune as he run to Sun and then walked next to him.
"Relax, we will only wait outside their window for them to get there."
"Don't you mean Door?"
"No, I meant window." Answered Sun with not seeing the problem with what he said.
"You do know it is the third floor right?"
"Yeah so, I do it all the time," replied Sun while Neptune was evaluating the possibility of getting in trouble for violation of personal space.
"Wait," said Sun suddenly surprising Neptune a little thinking he might have re-evaluated what he was thinking, of course that idea went away as soon as the blue head saw him looking around while sniffing.
"Sun… what are you doing?" asked Neptune in a confused tone as he saw now that his friend was now sniffing the floor, which made Neptune feel uncomfortable since they were getting unwanted attention.
"Can't you smell it?" asked the Faunus in a rather rushed way while Neptune now had a little idea of what was going on.
"Dude, I am not a Faunus, I don't have enhanced senses like you do," said Neptune as he crouched down next to his friend, "What are you smelling?" asked Neptune not liking Sun`s reaction at whatever smell he caught.
"Explosive." Replied Sun as he stood up, "Lets get Blake, She might be able to help more."
"I don't like this plan one bit." Said Zelos as they reached the floor of their dorm after getting out of Port`s class as Drake hid an evil smile behind his scarf.
"Would you please shallow your pride just for once." Said Drake holding his laugh as best as he could while he opened the door to their dorm to see Yuri getting in the room via the window.
"You do know there exist something called a door correct?" asked Zelos as all three stood still at the event that was happening, "I prefer this way thank you." Replied Yuri with no care in the world as he entered the room and sat in Drake`s bed while the other two closed the door behind them.
"Did you get the dust?" asked Drake that got a pointing finger as an answer to look at Zelos's bed that had three boxes on it with the logo of the Schnee dust company.
"Priority mail for… Zelos Wilder," read Zelos as he looked at Yuri with narrowed eyes, "Really dude?" asked the ginger in a incredulous voice.
"Hey, I needed it to get here without getting the authorities attention, meaning I couldn't ask for it to be delivered to my hotel so…" started Yuri but it was Drake who continued.
"So seeing the Zelos was not only also a noble but a student of beacon, you used his name when you called the Schnee dust company since their families has ties and said something like it was for educational means or something among those lines" said Drake who just chuckled while Yuri just nodded and lied down on Drake`s bed.
"Nice."
"Nice? Do you have any idea in the problem I can get in!?" shouted the red head as Drake walked to his closet and took out a suit and then headed to the bathroom.
"Relax, if we find anything, which we will, it would be perfectly explainable saying to the General it was for a good reason." Said Drake before closing the door of the bathroom leaving only Yuri and Zelos.
"So… what is the plan?" asked Yuri making Zelos sigh as he pointed at the study table next to Drake`s bed, "He thought about it for about one and half hour until he decided this was the best way to approach… even if it means let us expose ourselves a little." Replied Zelos confusing the noble of mistral who had a pretty good idea of why after he saw what it was on the table.
"Ulrich Lowentel, really?" asked Yuri with a little humor on his voice as he saw an ID with his photo with the word janitor on top of it.
"In my defense I thought about a good name for a long time!" shouted Drake from the bathroom, to which Yuri just chuckled, "How did he get the designs of the ID cards?" asked Yuri as he went to see Zelos`s, only for said person to come and take the ID before he could.
"Hey what is it y-" Yuri`s question got cut short as the sound of someone knocking the door of the dorm interrupted him.
"Drake open up!" shouted a familiar feminine voice from the other side of the door, "Blake?" asked Zelos in confusing as he went to open the door not really having any idea why would she be here.
"What do you… need?" asked Zelos as he opened the door to indeed reveal, not only Blake but also Yang, both wearing different clothes to the ones he is familiar seeing with, and two other persons, one he recognized as the monkey Faunus from the docks, and a blue haired one which he did not recognize at all.
"Hey!" exclaimed Zelos as Blake entered the room pushing Zelos little as she began to sniff the room, only to stop at the boxes of dust on a fancy bed.
"Why do you have highly explosive dust?" asked Blake narrowing her yes.
"For educational means." Replied Zelos, which caused Yuri to chuckle seeing he practically used his excuse.
"The lady asked you something, so you better-" started Sun only to be interrupted at the sound of another door opening.
"You better what?" asked Drake getting out of the bathroom, not seeing the persons in the room looking at him having an internal fight with the tie around his neck instead of his usual scarf that was gone.
"I friking hate wearing ties." Said Drake as he looked up to see everyone in the room and stopping at the side of the two girls.
"Like what you see?" asked Yang putting a hand on her hips and giving him a grin accompanied with half lifted eyes.
"… truth to be told, yes I do." Replied Drake surprising her, Blake and Zelos not expecting that kind of answer.
"You… you do?" asked Yang wanting to make sure if he heard him correctly.
"Of course, you actually look really good," said Drake as he began to walk to her, making Yang froze at the sudden approach.
"Well… um." Muttered Yang whose eyes were closed.
"That combination of white and black really suits you."
"well than- white and black?" repeated a confused Yang, whose eyes were now open to see Drake wasn't in front of her.
She turned around to see Drake examining instead from bottom to top a red faced Blake.
"It does really suit you," continued Drake who gave her a thumps up, causing her face turn a little more red while Sun was fuming at what was happening in front of him as Neptune and the rest were laughing at Yang's twitching face.
"You Quite." Said Yang in a low but serious voice.
"Speaking of clothes," started Drake getting everyone attention, "You. Go. Change. Now." Said Drake pointing at Zelos who growled as he went to his closet and then to the bathroom while mouthing something about 'Why me?'
"So, what can I do for you?" asked Drake getting everyone attention.
"Why do you have in your possession high volatile explosive dust?" asked Blake whose face returned to it`s natural color, "and before you answer do not say it is for educational means."
Drake looked around to see the faces of everyone in the room, including the two he did not know, examining them all until he looked back at Blake and looked at her again, "I have not problem in telling you," started Drake, making everyone pay attention at what he was going to say.
"If you tell me why are all of you armed?" asked Drake with a phantom like smile seeing the surprise in everyone eyes.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Answered Blake as eyes overcame the look of surprise quickly.
"I call Bull, you could have said it was in self defense in case something happens in your trip to the city, but instead you went with that."
Blake gritted her teeth, "You are predictable Blake, and I don't have to think hard to know it is White Fang related." Said Drake not getting a reaction from her, but of the other to men in the room.
"I suppose I am right… who are you two anyway?" asked Drake not recognizing any of the two.
"Are you serious!?" shouted Sun, "We met in the docks!" replied the monkey.
"Don't remember," answered Drake telling the truth considering all of the things that happened that night.
"And we called you when you were walking to the dinning hall before the end of the vacations."
"I was hungry." Answered Drake in a neutral voice, making a vain pop in Sun`s forehead while Neptune was looking at the table next to Drake`s bed, "say… why do you have security cards and fake ID cards?" asked the blue head seeing Drake`s photos in an ID with a fake name, causing them look at him.
"Why are you looking for the White Fang?" countered Drake gaining an upper hand once again in the conversation.
"Enough of this," started Yang getting his attention, "Why don't you just tell us what are you planning!?" asked an exasperated Yang not seeing any advance in an of this.
"I can't, it is top secret." Replied Drake in a neutral tone.
"Now I call bull," said Blake.
"He is telling the truth," said Yuri getting their attention for the first time, "We have permission from General Ironwood for a secret operation tonight." Said Yuri having in mind that it was half-truth considering that the general knew they were going to do something.
"Why would the general be focused in something else that the White Fang?" asked Blake not liking what she was hearing.
"Because kitty," started Yuri as he stood up, "there are more dangerous things that a little group of Faunus running around causing havoc." Said Yuri with an edge on his voice, making Blake`s instinct take over as she took a step back.
"Hey that is no way to talk to a lady," said Sun stepping in front of Blake reaching for his staff while Yuri just stood there waiting for something to happen.
And indeed, something did happen, not what neither of the two nor the rest, except for Drake expected to happen, the door of the bathroom opened to reveal a familiar red head in an state that neither Yuri nor the two girls ever hoped to see in their whole life.
In front of them, stood someone whose hair was a complete mess, with a set of very big and circular glasses similar to the ones Oobleck uses, along with a set of fake teeth that made him look like if he had rabbit`s tooth, and finally it looked like if he had painted a set of red freckles.
He was wearing a tight-buttoned shirt with an equally tight-buttoned sleeveless suit jacket, both of brown color with a set of pens on his chest picket, brown silk pants and shoes, all of it together was really old with fluff all over it.
"Hahahahahahahaahahahaha!" was Yuri`s reaction as he fall on the bed still laughing as hard as he could while Sun was doing the same not trying to fall on the floor for laughing, something the always cool Neptune did not manage to do as he was rolling on the floor.
Zelos, feeling ashamed since the first time in a very long time, saw the rest of people in the room to see Drake and Blake doing their best not to laugh while Yang was also close to fall on the floor.
"Enough," whispered Zelos whose aura was flowing as he picked Neptune from the floor and threw him out of the room… from the window.
"Neptune!" shouted Sun as ran to the window to see he had landed on a bush.
Sun sighed in relief and then put a serious face that quickly faded as he turned around only to meet Zelos`s eyes now turned orange.
"Listen to me pal," started Zelos with a comic voice since he had the fake teeth on, "I don't know what you or the others are up to with the Fang, I don't care at the moment," stopped Zelos as he took of the fake teeth so he could talk normally, "we have something more important going on, and this!" shouted Zelos pointing at his face while doing a circular motion with his finger, "Is part of my cover. So I suggest you to leave it like that." Said Zelos in a serious voice, forcing.
"Good," said Zelos as he turned away, "And you," said Zelos pointing at Drake, "drop that smile." Said Zelos as he headed back to the bathroom ignoring the laughs of Yang and Yuri.
"Ok… I think that proves it." Said Yang between breaths as he looked at Blake who nodded and then looked at the Drake.
"What is it so important that had him dress like that and getting the confirmation of the General to do it?" asked Blake once again letting her instincts get the best of her since now she wanted to know what could be worse than the white fang.
"As Yuri said, confidential. Besides, don't you have something else to do tonight." Said Drake wanting to put an end to this conversation.
"But we can help! If there is something as bad as the White Fang out there you need help." Insisted Blake, making Drake give a look Yuri who was now slightly laughing as he then headed to the fridge in the room.
"I have help, and I am afraid this conversation reached it`s limit," replied Drake as he looked at Yuri once again, "Do it."
This got Blake`s attention to see he had some fresh tuna on his hand, which made her ears to twitch uncontrollably, "You wouldn't dare," said Blake who was now walking to Yuri in a hurry, only to see him throw the tuna out of the window.
"Ops!" said Yuri as he stepped away to see Blake jumping out of the window, making Sun face palm and then see Yuri once again holding a banana this time.
"Do you really think I am going to fall for that? And by the way, that is offensive."
At the statement Yuri just shrugged his shoulders as he threw the banana out of the window that was soon followed by Sun.
"And that only leaves… me." said Yang no longer laughing, "then again, there is nothing that you have that would make me jump out of the window."
"True, that is why I am asking you to please leave."
"And what if I don't." said Yang in a joking manner which stopped as she saw Drake`s eyes turn serious, "Please Yang, we are running with time here," said Drake in a serious but almost pleading voice, making Yang frown as she walked close to him.
"Fine," said Yang as she fixed his tie, "But at least make it look presentable so your cover isn't blown."
"I don't really think that just for a tie everything would be ruined, but thanks." Said Drake as Yang noticed the heavy bags under his eyes, "You were working over this all night?" asked the blonde beauty with a little of concern as she also noticed the three lattes in the table.
"Yeah, right after we returned to the academy." Answered Drake as Yang finished to adjust his tie to the point he felt comfortable, "there!" exclaimed the blonde as she patted his shoulders and then looked at him, "Be careful." Was all she said as she walked out of the room.
"It wouldn't have kill you saying something similar you know," said Yuri getting his attention.
"Forget about it, this is what we are going to do."
"Professor Frank Malakai?" asked the receptionist of a certain medical company as she saw what it was a Zelos in disguise, with the addition of wrinkles and cane accompanied with a hump, making him look like an older man.
"Doctor young lady!" scolded Zelos as part of his act.
"Sorry doctor, but I don't understand why are you here."
"I would tell you if you wouldn't interrupt me when I talk!" scolded Zelos once more, making the woman flinch.
"As I was saying, I was send here representing vale`s council to evaluate and see if this place fulfills all of the requirements stipulated by all the councils of remnant."
"There must be some kind of mistake, we had our evaluation early this month," exclaimed the woman only to see the person behind the good doctor give a step forward.
"We have an order here signed not only by one of the members of the council, but also the general of atlas, this was ordered not just for this facilities but all medical centers and research centers." Said Drake wearing sport dark glasses that along with his suit and his well-groomed hairstyle made him look like an authority figure.
"But why?" asked the receptionist making both give a sigh.
"Look miss! I don't make the rules here, all I know it is they decided to make this a surprise, and here you are making us lose out time! So unless you want me to call the council right here and know! I suggest you to call the person in charge now!" said Drake making the woman once again flinch.
"Yes sir!" said the woman as she began to call the person in charge.
"You are enjoying this to much," whispered Zelos next to him, "As are you old man."
Zelos flinched and prepared ready to argue back as the elevator opened to reveal a Faunus with green hair and small ram horns.
"Let me see that." Ordered the woman to the receptionist as said person gave her the paper Drake had previously shown her.
"Drake Aurion?" asked the Faunus, "Never heard of him."
"He became part of the council recently, he is part of a noble family that resides here in vale." Said Zelos in his old man persona, causing the woman nod.
"I have seeing the firm of the General before so there is no problem there," said the woman as he looked at Drake and gave him the letter.
"My name is Kate and I am one of the persons in charge of this place… and your guide by the looks of it."
"Thank you young lady, if there isn't a problem."
"Not a problem at all doctor but there are two questions I would like to ask."
"Go ahead young lady,"
"Who is he?" asked Kate referring to Drake.
"Zu over here is my assistant assigned by the council, but in this case he will also be evaluating the security of the installations."
"What kind of name is Zu? Also isn't he a little to young?"
'Believe me ma'am, I am also wondering the same thing.' Thought Drake remembering that he couldn't come up with a good name, so Zelos came up with one.
"A good one miss, and there is nothing you should worry young lady, he is very capable on doing his job."
"If you say so doctor Malakai, and why do you both smell like explosive?"
"I am sorry miss, right before coming here, we were evaluating another facility that was working with very volatile dust." Said Drake.
Thanks to the little incident this morning, Drake now knew that Faunus could recognize the small of explosive thanks to how instable their dust was, making him realize they couldn't bring the dust with them, which lead him to put all the dust in the shadows, but of course that didn't let out the fact that they smelled like that for being close to it.
"I see, lets us start then, please follow me gentlemen." Said Kate going to the elevator followed by both.
'Operation: Source, start.' Thought both as they followed Kate.
"I have got to admit, I had my doubts of you considering I have never heard of you doctor Malakai." Said Kate as they were walking now a hallway of a higher floor.
"It is because I have seen many things in the field of dust young lady, and with everything the council has me doing, I would prefer to stay hidden." Said Zelos while Drake was grateful that Zelos`s vast knowledge complemented their cover.
"Let us move to the next floor then," said Drake seeing there was a huge elevator in the hall.
"I am afraid I cannot do that right now." Said Kate as they stopped in front of the elevator.
"And why would that be young lady?"
"We have orders from a high member of the council of vale to keep what is going on here as top secret, you can contact then if you feel like doing it." Said Kate expecting him to argue about it.
"It is all right doctor Kate, we will inform of the council of this to confirm what you are saying." Said Drake waiting to see any kind of reaction, which was none telling him that she saying the true.
'The council of Vale has something to do?' Thought Drake.
"Please do," said Kate as she motioned her hands to follow them, "Now that we are done with everything related with dust I suppose you would like to begin with the security part."
"Yes, although I have not seen any problems with the procedures done in each floor, so that would leave to check the security room."
"Of course please thi-"
"Kate!" shouted a voice that made everyone turn to see a man with pale short blond hair and blue sky eyes running at them while Drake and Zelos, for some odd reason, had the feeling that they have met the man before.
"Frank, whatever it is you have to tell me, I am afraid it would have to wait." Said Kate as she pointed at both and explained the situation.
"I see, just make sure to remember the meeting we have in 20 minutes, and tell me if you see my key card around here, seems I might have dropped it." Said Frank as he headed his way.
"Please forgive him, he is the other person in charge of this place."
"He seemed in a hurry." Said Zelos.
"Yes, we are reaching a dead line soon."
"I see, then perhaps we should hurry then, come on Zu." Ordered Zelos as they went to the security room.
"What did that man do?" asked Kate surprised to see a janitor locked up behind heavy reinforced glass.
"He began attacking the staff with a broom all of the sudden saying the minimum wasn't enough for 'this big ass place.'" Said the guard as they saw man lying on the floor sleeping.
"Sorry for this, I do-" Kate began only to stop seeing Drake already checking all the equipment and questioning the guard.
"Everything seems to be ok, I suppose there is another post just for the upper floor."
"Indeed." Said Kate as she steeped closer.
"Everything seems to be ok miss Kate, but there is a doubt I have." Began Drake as he looked at the Faunus, "Considering that whatever it is happening up there is top secret, I suppose only you and doctor Frank and a few are the only ones with access, but how does that work?"
"Considering how serious is what we are doing, along with the projects we are working on, each scientist is put up with a partner, and only by introducing the key card of both they will be able to enter the higher floors."
"And I suppose your partner would be Frank I am correct." Said Drake in almost an scolding voice.
"Yes but what does this has to do with this."
"Because if I recall correctly, he lost his key card, something that shouldn't be left lying around." Scolded Drake at the woman, making her and the security guard flinch, "Tell me, do you have your key card always with you? Or do you leave it around like your partner?" asked Drake only to see the woman taking out the card from her lab coat at a high speed.
"Good, then I suppose this meeting is over, you will be happy to inform to know that there are no problems at all, now if you excuse us we have another place be before the days end." Said Drake as he walked to the exit of the security room hearing a sigh of relief from the woman behind him.
"Excuse me young lady, would you please help me stand, I am afraid I am too old to stand up on my own." Said Zelos as he had a hand on his back simulating back-pain.
"Of course doctor Malakai."
"Who the fucks names his children Malakai!?, seriously, it is like if you expect me to be evil." Said Zelos as they walked to a dark hallway near the building.
"What about Zu? Where the hell did you get that name?" asked Drake as he pulled a bag from the shadows while Zelos cleaned his face from the make up.
"From a book," was all Zelos said as he opened the back and took out his clothes, "Did you get the card?" asked Drake as he saw the sun starting to hide.
"Yup, thanks for letting me know it which pocket was,"
"Going for coffee meet you in 10," said Drake as he went to near coffee shop seeing he was going to need it.
"Forget about it already, you are never going to break it." Said the security guard seeing Yuri knocking the glass several times.
"I know, but that isn't my intention."
"Then what is?"
"Wait… and before you ask wait for what? I suggest you to turn around,"
The guard raised an eyebrow as he turned around to receive a fist in the face that knocked him out.
"Please tell me you brought me something to eat," said Yuri in a pleading tone to Drake and Zelos, both wearing their usual clothes as he touched the glass with his index finger, making it freeze completely and then knocking it to see it fall apart.
"A sandwich," said Zelos as he threw a bag with his clothes and his katana while Drake erased the video of everything recoded today with the intention of erasing their tracks and setting the camera to show the events of the previous day.
"This guy got here about half an hour ago, the next one shouldn't be here until morning." Said Yuri as he began to change of clothes.
"Good, I am going to make sure to knock out every one in this floor meet you in the elevator."
"Thanks for the food." Said Yuri as he showed the key card that belonged to Frank.
"You are welcome, let's move." Said Drake as Zelos and Yuri introduced the cards for the elevator open.
"Three floors?" asked Drake out loud as he pressed the button for the last one.
"So what is the rest of the plan?" asked Yuri as the door of the elevator`s door closed.
"First we need to know what is blocking my semblance and then-" Drake`s words got cut short as all of them felt as if they had passed an invisible wall made of energy.
"What was that?" asked Zelos as he touched his chest while Yuri did the same feeling the pressure of the energy.
'IT IS… GONE.' Said shadow suddenly on his mind, making him try to step on his own shadow to see it was once again working again.
"Well, phase 2 completed, now?" asked Yuri as Drake entered the biggest shadow.
Before any of them could say anything, they both felt as if someone grabbed their feet, "Oh great, coldness here we go." Muttered Zelos as they were both dragged into the shadows.
"It is not that cold," said Yuri randomly as he looked around not been there in a really long time while Zelos was trembling, "could we please get out of here fast!" shouted Zelos as he saw Drake throwing him the explosive dust.
"Careful you idiot! The minimum impact and we can say hello to our next life!" shouted Zelos grabbing and placing the 4 crystals carefully in separate pockets of his jacket.
"Shadow said that I can only use my semblance now only inside the three floors, since whatever that thing early was, is blocking me now from going to any shadow in the outside at all." Said Drake ignoring Zelos as he threw Yuri another set of 4, while he took four himself.
"I am going to start to see what is in the first floor, you two go to the last one, if I am correct the security center should be there, Zelos you know what to do." Said Drake as he motioned his hand to made an small sphere got closer.
"Don't kill anyone just knock them down." Said Drake as another sphere got behind him, "Call me if you find anything." Replied the blonde as he entered the sphere.
"Lets go." Said Zelos as he entered his sphere while Yuri looked around, only to feel the temperature of the place drop even more.
"Have fun you two." Whispered Yuri as he entered the sphere that disappeared to reveal the vague form of Shadow.
"AREN`T YOU… GOING TO… SAY HELLO?" asked Shadow with no one around as a white-bluish glyph appeared a couple of feet away from him as the form of a very endowed woman began to take shape in the sharps of ice that were combining together.
It was weird, both Zelos and Yuri knew it.
It looked like there was no one in the floor around and even weirder the fact that there wasn't a security center and various rooms that had nothing on them, but what they did found was the central terminal with the information they might be looking, the only problem was…
"Blocked," said Yuri as Zelos took of his scroll and connected it to the terminal.
"It will copy all the data stored, cracking it might be difficult, but it is something," said Zelos as he stood in front of the digital keyboard trying to at least hack some of the files.
"While we are here mind telling me something bub." Said Zelos to Yuri.
"Only if you answer me something after."
"How is it that you are able to generate ice when you and me both know that isn't your semblance, and your aura is wind based so do not say it is that." Said Zelos not looking away from the screen as he tried to hack the oldest files.
"Maybe for the same reason you chose Zu as a name,"
Zelos stopped for a second as he then began to type again while eyeing his friend.
"Why are you really here Yuri?" asked the red head feeling that he was now not the only one that knew Drake`s dilemma.
"The same as you I suppose, to help Drake with his problem." Said Yuri, "How I don't know… I am waiting answer." Said Yuri as Zelos managed to crack some of the last files and then looked at Yuri as they opened.
"Waiting for what?" asked Zelos looking at Yuri whose face was frozen and eyes widen, "…shit." Whispered Yuri, making the red head think what could make him freeze like that.
"Yuri?" asked Zelos to see him pointing at the screen.
Not wanting to ask what was going on, Zelos looked at the screen only to stop with a similar expression on his face.
"… What in the world?" asked Zelos not believing what his eyes were seeing.
Drake was positioned in one of the extremes of the floor he was currently on carefully setting the dust.
He had already planted one on the southeast area, and now it was time to move to the north, perhaps with the luck of finding something interesting, fortunately for him that thought took form of a big door that connected to the north side.
Once he stepped in in he saw only sets of doors from both sides, all of them with numbers, 1 to 100, 101 to 200 and like that until it reached the number 1000.
Deciding to continue with was he doing recently, he walked to the end of the hallway and entered the door to the left to enter a dark room.
"Ironic," whispered Drake since his eyes managed to see giant tubes in the darkness, but not to see what were in them, what he did see was an small red light at the end of them room, indicating it might belong to the console that controlled the room.
"And Oum said, let there be light." Muttered the blonde as he activated the machine for one of the tubes near to him illuminate to reveal a familiar face.
A black winged red haired angel.
'That explains why they all look alike' thought the noble seeing all of the tubes illuminating themselves to reveal the same.
Not wasting any moment he took out his scroll and one of the dust crystals and began to take photos while setting the dust.
Once he was over he began to walk out of the room only for his scroll to start ringing.
"Get here now," hanged up Zelos in a serious voice before Drake could even say anything.
He did not waste a second as he jumped in the nearest shadow, to then appear in the third floor instantly, which it was weird since it didn't work like that, but he paid no mind seeing the stoic faces both of his friends.
"What?" asked Drake not liking the silence one bit, especially when all they did was pay attention now to the screen.
Drake walked to them as Zelos stepped to the side to see what they were seeing, only to froze at the file that was being showed.
Has it not been for his scarf covering most of his face, they would have seen Drake`s jaw drop combined with the wide opened eyes, making it the first time they would have seen that kind of expression on his face, and the reason.
"Colette Brunel, project Chosen… what the hell?" said Drake in a voice of full surprise dropping his usual stoic voice as he read the file out loud.
"The results of project Chosen had finally shown results.
By using the information gathered from holders of the heroes line, we were able to finally create one true angelic guardian like originals that fought in the past with Mithos.
Unfortunately, the success of this project came with heavy prices, including the loss of the 30 first subjects and the lost of the voice of the subject 00.
But thanks to all of this, the production of the Chosen would be a success in the future when the higher ups orders it.
All thanks to the blood given by lord Remiel to help in the project, and doctor Frank Brunel for giving his own daughter for the cause." Read Drake whose rage was building seeing the photo of a younger version of their old friend.
"This file is over 10 years old, and wait for it because it gets worse." Said Zelos as he clicked the link over the 'Heroes lines' word to reveal the three photos of younger version of him, Drake and Lloyd.
Drake couldn't understand what was going on, how was he and the others related to Colette? What was the heroes lines mentioned in the file? But above everything, the fact that in front of him was a photo of himself, one where it looked like he was younger than 6, the time before he had met Lloyd, and a time that he didn't have a memory of.
"What the hell is going on here!?" shouted Drake.
"Hold it, not done yet, I was only able to have access to those photos and not the actual file, but I did managed to find a link in Lloyd`s file, remember this?" asked Zelos as the image he showed him now was of something he thought he would never see again.
The little blue sphere that was a memento of Lloyd`s mother, "It is linked to another project named Angelous and there is something else," said Zelos not knowing if saying the following sentence would be good.
"The sphere is right here, on the floor below us."
The moment Zelos said that, Drake walked to center of the room and put his last dust crystal on it, to then began walking back to them.
"What are you doing?" asked Zelos not liking what Drake was about to do while Yuri was stretching.
"Copy everything there is in that computer and set your crystals on that floor," ordered Drake as he took out his blade, "Yuri, you are with me."
"I ask again, what are you doing?" asked Zelos in a hand on his face regretting his decision as Drake send a Demon Fang at the crystal causing it to explode the moment the fang like projectile hit it.
"Making a hole in the floor… of course," muttered Zelos as he focused in the computer while Drake and Yuri jumped down as the sound of the alarms began to sound.
Yes, Zelos was really regretting his decision.
(A few minutes ago)
"Drake Aurion?" asked frank to Kate as they were walking in the hallway of the second floor of the restricted section.
"Yeah, weird huh? As far as we know, his son was named Lloyd," said Kate as they passed a door that opened at their presence.
"An imposter maybe?"
"No, I called the council soon after they left, turns out there is indeed a Drake Aurion as the next head of the Aurion family."
"Shame he will never reach a level as the real blood, it is really shame he is death." Said Frank giving a sigh as they stood in front of a circular blue sphere in a room that had a very high number of sphere in small tubes, except those were purple.
"But it was for a good reason, if you ask me." said Frank as an explosion took place over above them, causing them kneel and cover themselves in instinct.
"What is going on!?" shouted Kate to then see Drake and Yuri landing on the floor.
"You!" shouted Drake seeing Frank as the alarms of the place went off.
"Yuri make sure they don't leave!" shouted Drake as they saw Frank and Kate running to the door in the opposite direction Drake and Yuri was only see that the black haired teen had suddenly appear in front of them leaving traces of pink petals.
"Sorry, but none of us are in the mood for games." Said Yuri in a cold voice accompanied by a familiar cold wind while Drake got closer to the sphere.
"… There is no doubts, this was Lloyd`s." said Drake ignoring the sound of the alarm as he then looked at the two scientist with pure hate in his eyes as Kate recognized him.
"You better have a good damn explanation for this!" shouted the blonde as he took the sphere and put it on his shadow as he began to walk to them with blade in hand, only to hear explosions coming from the floor above them.
"Those weren't big enough to be the dust ones! Something is happening up there!" shouted Yuri while the sound of a door opening behind him could be heard as he saw Drake`s eyes beginning to open wide.
Yuri turned turn around throwing the sheath of his blade away to parry an incoming attack and then use Cerberus Strike to deliver a series of aura enhanced fist knocking the man away
'Who the hell are this guys?' thought Yuri to himself as he looked at the men that came out from the door that was still open revealing more men coming out of there.
All of them were wearing metal helmets that were covering their eyes, some of them were wearing different colored uniform while other ones had different uniforms designs of uniforms and helmets that had golden rings, but the most noticeable difference, was that those had rods instead of swords, which meant.
"Arte Mages?!" shouted Drake as 5 of them launched sets of fire balls at Yuri who pushed Kate out of the way to then grab Frank as he ran in a high speed to avoid the attacks, leaving a clear way for Drake who used Sonic Thrust to attack the mage in the center, successfully sending him away to then quickly send an Azure Edge to the ones at his right an then a Demon Fist to the ones to his left.
"You are not going anywhere," said Yuri in a low voice as he threw Frank to the floor, the noble then froze the floor he was standing on, making Frank unable to move at all since his legs were now frozen in ice.
Yuri then turned around in Drake`s direction to see his friend little by little getting surrounded, making the blonde use Light Spear to take care of the ones close to him as he ascended up and immediately used the Hell Pyre arte to send a fire ball at them, which exploded knocking out a few of them, but it didn't seem to do much since their numbers keep rising.
"Damn it," muttered Yuri as he ran at a high speed as he saw some of them coming for him.
Neither of the ones attacking him saw as he reached the first one making a slash at him, he then loosed up the grip on the hilt of his blade letting it spin in the air to his side as he grabbed it again to slash the one at his side and then executing a Ghost Wolf to go pass through some of them while dealing a critical hit on them.
"Drake make space!" shouted Yuri as he flipped high in the air and stroke the ground creating a fiery blast of energy (Destruction Field) sending most of the enemies away.
"There is no end for this," said Drake as he stood back to back with Yuri, "Then I guess we cannot hold back any longer." Muttered Yuri implying they would need to strike to kill if they wanted to get out of this one.
"Do not move," said Yuri as the air around them compressed, making Drake realize what he was going to do as not a second later a blast of wind exploded around Yuri, who was now surrounded by a pink-reddish light indicating he had entered to Over Limit.
He disappeared from where he was standing an re-appeared in front of Drake showing him his back and the executed Azure Storm taking care of some of the enemies and quickly taking another stance to then disappear again.
"O brilliant blade of coldest steel, rend the infinite darkness, and crush my enemies to nothing!" shouted Yuri as he was quickly slashing and disappearing at a ridiculous speed and going even faster after each hit delivering critical blows that were accompanied with flashes as sakura petals fell around the area.
"Savage Wolf Fury!" shouted Yuri one last time as he re-appeared in his original spot as it looked like all of the enemies received several extra slashes at that very moment, causing them to release blood from their bodies as they finally hit the ground.
"We need to hurry," said Drake seeing that Yuri`s blade had turned from silver to a crimson red color as did his wolf keychain that was irradiating energy as saw that said blade didn't have a stain of blood on it, and neither did his owner.
"Yeah, Frank is over there unable to move which only leaves…" started Yuri looking around to see that the other person of interest was no longer where she was pushed.
Both turned around at the sound of a door starting to close to see the vague image of a green haired woman in the other side, "Kate!" shouted both ready to run after her, only to get distracted by a second explosion coming from the floor up them, making them turn around once again to see a second hole in the ceiling from where burning bodies came falling from, which were followed by Zelos who was with semblance fully activated and clothes slightly burned.
"What the hell happened here!?" asked Zelos only to see Yuri raising his hand, "That explains everything."
"Did you complete the transfer?" asked Drake seeing Frank trying to get his legs out of the ice.
"Most of it since those guy came out nowhere destroying the main terminal." Said Zelos none of them seeing Frank`s surprised seeing Zelos with his semblance completely activated, so much was his surprise that he couldn't form a single word from his mouth.
"Good, Yuri set you dust," ordered Drake and then looked back at Zelos, "You and me are going after Kate." Said Drake as they took their separate ways.
"You got it?" asked Zelos referring to the sphere, "Yes, it is in the shadows." Said Drake as the door in front of them opened to reveal a person in the other side of the room.
'How the hell did so many persons came out from such a small room? And where is Kate?' thought Drake as he examined the man in front of him.
He had pointy ears, gray hair and black eyes with red sclera, and was wearing a blue uniform with similar designs as the ones before but different, making them realize this man was of a higher rank than the others.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Zelos pointing at the man who just chuckled after examining them both.
Instead of answering the man took an staff that had a levitating purple diamond inside a circle.
The man only made the staff do contact with the floor, lighting hit both out of the room not a second later before any of them could even use the Barrier arte to defend themselves.
"What the hell happened!? Asked Yuri with the sheath of his blade in his left hand, surprised to see both flying out of the room.
Drake, been infuriated, didn't answer and instead stood up and ran to the door once again only to reveal once it opened more soldiers from before coming at them and no sign of the man from before, just like Kate.
"Drake we have to go!" shouted Zelos as he saw that from the other side more soldiers were entering as they were speaking.
'Damn!' thought Drake as he saw the man coming at him. He sent an Azure Storm to gain time as he then run back.
"Did you set your crystals?" asked Drake only to receive a nod from Yuri.
"Ok, Zelos go back to your floor and send detonate yours, then get out of the place flying. Yuri, we will detonate yours at the same time making a chain reaction with the ones below, using the Destruction Field to generate an small tremor that should make them blow!" Said Drake as he grabbed Frank and pulled him out off the ice by hitting it with the hilt of his blade.
"How do you two plan to get out of here?! You said it yourself, you need to be out of the range of the floors to have contact with other shadows!" shouted Zelos
"I have an idea so don't worry and go!" shouted Yuri as he ran to the center alone with Drake and Frank by opening their way among all the enemies while Zelos flew back to the upper floor.
"We need to do it at the same time!" shouted Drake as he executed the arte flipping in the air with Frank, who looked who was about to throw up, in this free hand while Yuri did the same delivering a powerful impact on the floor that made all of the men lose their balance, but besides that nothing else happen.
"not strong enough?" asked Frank with relief see it did not work.
"Wait for it." That was all Yuri said with a smirk on his face as one second later explosions could be heard on the floor.
Not waiting for the charges of the floor below to explode, or the current floor they were in to be destroyed completely and being chased by the flames created by the explosions, both of them, plus frank being dragged by Drake, ran to the closest window that had been shattered thanks to the explosions occurring.
"This was your plan?!" shouted Frank seeing that they were about to jump down.
"Of course!" shouted Yuri with joy seeing him flinch in fear as all of them jumped down as he sheathed his blade.
"Get ready!" shouted Yuri once more after they avoided the explosion of the lower floor while Drake wondered what was Yuri's plan as he saw him turn around mid air looking at the sky raising his arm to it as he saw the explosion of the upper floor and the orange figure that was Zelos flying away.
Drake, clearly annoyed by Frank`s screams, was able to see how in the street right below them the shadow of a circle was beginning to turn bigger and bigger, making him wonder what Yuri was doing.
The blonde turned around to see his friends maintaining a construct made of a big circle of ice, making Drake smirk behind his scarf as he grabbed Yuri with his other hand as they entered the newly created shadow.
Drake didn't understand why, but it happened again.
Instead of entering the shadow world, he immediately appeared out of another shadow but this time, he didn't know where.
But it wasn't the time for that, no… far from it.
"Talk!" shouted Drake as he picked Frank against a support beam that it indicating they were under a high way.
"If you keep chocking him, he is not gonna be able to talk." Said Yuri with arms crossed, making Drake realize he was right.
"Talk!" shouted once more after leaving Frank fall to the ground as he started cough soon after.
"What do you want!?" shouted the man.
"Colette Brunel, you are her father correct?" asked Yuri in a calmer tone playing the part of the good cop, a good cop that really wanted to slice the guy in two seeing how pale he was at the mention of her.
"What was project Chosen?" asked Drake in a calmer tone with the blade pointing at him.
The man eyes widen in recognition at Drake, something that didn't go unnoticed.
"It consisted in creating the perfect army using the blood of the possessors of the original heroes bloodlines. But our intents were futile, we lost all of the test subjects in the process."
"Making you use your own daughter for it." Said Drake clenching his fist as the man nodded not expecting one bit what was going to say.
"But even with her the project was a failure." Said the doctor shocking both.
"But the file we read said otherwise." Said Drake, only to make the man chuckle.
"You must have read the outdated file, yes we were able to replicate the desire effect, or at least that it was it looked like it did. Yes she was able to activate the wings and suffer the changes in her body, but there was a little inconvenience-"
"She couldn't fight nor do arts," interrupted Drake surprising Frank wondering how did he knew that since the file did not said anything about that.
"After that what did you do with Colette?" asked Drake as he stabbed his blade on the ground wanting to know how did she end up in that hellhole.
"I… I send her to a town located in the west continent that was attacked by Grimm 7 years ago, an attack that ended her life."
"Wrong… she died 4 years ago in a Christmas party in Atlas." Said Drake in a cold voice, causing the man wonder how did he knew that, and better yet, how did he knew his daughter.
Unfortunately, before he could even ask how, he received a solid enhanced aura fist, which caused the man lose some teeth.
"You have no right to call her your daughter, you have no idea how much she suffered." said Drake in an even colder voice as he kept hitting the man to the point he was deforming his face.
"Do not kill him yet, we still needs to ask about the other projects." Said Yuri calmly with arms crossed not intervening at all since Drake knew he was right.
'First things first.' Thought Drake as he stopped beating the man to death and raised his hand to where his shadow was to receive the sphere that was thrown in the air.
"2 years ago, our house was attacked resulting in my brother`s death, with the only clue that your lord Remiel was involved, and until this very day I have been hunting him thinking he was the killer, but my meeting with him let me to know he did not have the abilities to kill Lloyd, so I am asking you worst father of the century," said Drake as he caught the sphere and put it in front of the man.
"Why is Lloyd`s mother memento so important, what is project angelus and why was Lloyd killed!?" asked Drake raising his voice with each word seeing the man looking at the sphere and then at Drake.
"What you have in your hand it is called an exphere and it is the pride of project angelous, and for why was your brother killed… it was an accident." Said the doctor avoiding explaining what the project was, but that wasn't the problem right now, the problem were the last words he said.
"Well shit." Muttered Yuri with a hand on his face as Drake grabbed frank by his coat and threw him away hitting the pavement hard.
"An accident! My brothers death was an accident!" shouted Drake in pure rage as he picked the blade and then walked to frank.
"Drake, remember we still need answers." Said Yuri who was slowly walking behind him.
Frank was slowly getting up, only to receive a kick in the stomach, causing him cry not resisting the pain anymore.
"You are no Remiel so I expect you to talk just by this," said Drake in a calmer but still angry voice as he pointed the blade millimeters away from his face, "Who did it? someone else must have been with Remiel that night 2 years ago, who was it?" asked Drake now realizing he was leaking a little of his aura.
"I can`t." said the man making Drake leak more of his energy.
"Why not?" asked Yuri standing next to Drake clearly seeing the man was afraid of another thing.
"For the same reason Remiel was killed."
Those words made the eyes of both nobles open up slightly.
"You said you left Remiel life," said Yuri, "I did," answered Drake focusing back on Frank, "I suppose he was never able to deliver my message."
"But guess what? Right now I am the one threating your miserable life so for the third time, Talk!" said Drake while Yuri began to look around for some reason feeling something wasn't right.
"Please, just… do not kill me." begged Frank as he kneeled in front of Drake
"Come clean with me and I promise the worst thing it will happen is you in a friking cell with a few broken bones." Said Drake in a much calmer voice seeing frank was going to cooperate, unfortunately…
"What the hell?" asked Drake to himself as he saw Frank starting to glow dark purple with a tint of red as glyphs appeared all over his body that then become a sphere of the same color.
"No please No! I wasn't going to say anything!" shouted Frank in pure terror while Drake tried to touch the glyph in despair seeing the similarity with the light based arte Photon, and if it was similar that meant that the end of the arte was not going to be cute.
"Help me please!"
Drake was about to reach him, only for Yuri to tackle him in the ground while Frank began to be surrounded by pillars of ice.
"Please NOOOOOOO!" shouted frank until an explosion could be heard silencing him permanently as the pillars got destroyed and send flying in various directions, all of them covered in blood.
Drake, instead of shouting at his friend for saving his life, he quickly stood up and looked around trying to see the caster of the dark arte since there was a possibility it was his brother's killer.
"Forget it," said Yuri as he stood up, "The moments my instincts kicked in, I started to look around, there was no killer intent close by, which meant-"
"It acted as a seal in case he decided to talk," finished Drake as he dropped the sphere and blade on the shadow to the pass his hands through his head.
Yuri was not going to ask if he was ok considering it was a stupid question, having someone who could answer all your questions to then see him die was not something good for Drake and he knew it.
Yuri saw as Drake`s black aura began to lead for itself causing the noble of mistral to sigh.
"Just let it out bro." said Yuri casually and not a single second later.
"GOD DAMMIT!" started Drake as he began to walk to a support beam.
"I WAS THIS CLOSE TO FIND WHO IT WAS AND THEN HE DIES!" continued Drake as he began to punch the beam with his right arm.
"AND THE WORST PART IS THAT WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN ANSWERS! WE DIDN'T GET TO FIND ABOUT PRESEA OR THE OTHER PROJECTS! AND THE WORST PART OF ALL-" shouted Drake as a crack could be heard indicating in was his bone, something Yuri heard but did not bother as Drake still punched the beam.
"IS THAT THEY NOW MORE ABOUR MY PAST THAN EVERYTHING I KNOW!" shouted one last time he stopped and then fall on his knees in frustration, "And I wish he would have suffer more for what he did to Colette." Replied the blonde in more calmer tone although exhaustion could be heard in his voice
"The night wasn't a total waste, we got some information, we recovered Lloyd`s sphere, and the best of all, we have proof to send the military after them, not everything is lost." Said Yuri as he froze Drake's right arm.
"You are starting to sound like Flynn." Whispered Drake still enraged a little as his aura disappeared.
"Someone has to be the optimist." Said Yuri as he finally decided to see where they were while Drake stared at the ground processing everything that had happened tonight.
"Is that the Atlesian Paladin?" asked Yuri actually breaking Drake`s train of thoughts.
"That is impossible," muttered Drake as stood up trying not to move his hand much for the pain he was feeling even with the ice on.
"You were saying?" said Yuri while Drake saw that in front of him there was indeed a destroyed paladin.
"This night keeps getting better and better." Replied the blonde sarcastically as he moved his left hand through his face as he was starting to fall sleep once again.
"It has some slashes and bullet holes from both shotguns and a high caliber sniper rifle rounds… and the symbol of the white fang, James is not going to like this."
In that moment Drake remembered that certain girls were also doing something tonight.
"RWBY," muttered Drake as sighed, making Yuri remember as well the they were going to do something related against the white fang
"Lets just get out of here, call Zelos… I will call the general, if we are going to report everything better do it now that my rage is controlled… for now." Said Drake as all of the pieces of the knights were sucked in the shadow as he took off his scroll while he walked away.
"You are gonna also tell Ironwood about this?"
"We will tell the truth, the moment we got here the Paladin was already here." Said Drake making Yuri nod.
"You are not using the shadows?" asked Yuri as he tried to contact Zelos.
"My semblance isn't working as it should, and I really wouldn't like to take a risk landing somewhere I don't want to, besides… walking might be good for right now." Was all Drake said not knowing what to think of this night, while Yuri was worried for the question his friend had avoided for a very long time, who he was before been found by Kratos.
And all of it for that photo, things were gonna get even harder for Drake, and Yuri was afraid not to be there to help his friend, but right now he had to focus in the present and that meant to try and make things as easy as he could.
But what neither he or Drake noticed was that 4 girls had listened everything while hidden behind a support beam a few meters away.
Artes used:
Sonic Thrust: When using this arte, the user thrusts the weapon at the target, pushing it slightly backward. It is difficult to use this arte during a combo because it might force the enemy away, breaking the combo and giving the enemy a chance to retaliate
Barrier: a green crystal barrier surrounds the caster, and their magical defense is raised by a moderate amount.
Azure Storm: is a more powerful version of Azure Edge, in which two Wind-elemental projectiles are launched,
Dark Sphere: The caster summons a red with purple glyph that staggers the target before exploding and damaging anyone around them.
Photon: a shining appears glyph on the enemy, which then explodes to deal Light-elemental damage.
Destruction Field: The user flips and strikes the ground, creating a fiery blast of energy.
Savage Wolf Fury (Yuri's mystic Arte): Once executed, Yuri begins slashing the enemy from all directions as the speed of his slashes gradually increases, becoming quicker and more furious with each strike. After several slashes, he dashes through the enemy with a single, powerful strike, landing an additional four hits on the enemy.
Demon Fang: When the Demon Fang arte is used, the user launches a ground projectile towards a target.
Hell Pyre: the user slashes upward at the enemy while jumping high into the air, following through by tossing a flaming projectile sword or fireball down to the enemy while airborne.
Light spear: float target with a sword swing and thrust.
Cerberus Strike: The user sends a series of aura-enhanced punches at great speed.
Ghost Wolf: The user slashes the enemy from the front, then phases behind them nearly instantly, striking them once again with another slash. It can be used easily to avoid an enemy's attack, but it is hard to link combos with it until it is used many times.
Demon Fist: Same as Demon Fang but used with not weapons.
Azure Edge: It is similar to Demon Fang in that it can be used from long range, though it travels through the air rather than along the ground.
