Koutai: HI!!! Are you shocked I updated this story? Me too!!! Filler chapter…kind of…yeah a filler//explanation one…boring as all get out.

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NICK'S/LIZZY'S/ARIE'S POV

JOE'S/BELLE/KEVIN'S POV

"Nymph/Nemesis talking" (If I remember to Italicize them)

LIZZY'S POV

Lei just kind of stood off to the side, shielding herself from most of my renewed attacks, but she could not hold back all of the animals on this world and soon her clothes were torn up and some crimson stains grew on her clothes before she retreated into the clouds and the storm cleared until Arie brought it back and finally zapped Lyall's wing with lightening. Lyall flew unsteadily over the water and turned into a fish, swimming off and Nick le him go. Avani was stubborn, her green dress ripped and her pale skin exposed with a number of scratches with a growl of frustration on her face.

But there was nothing to be afraid of. We won and Avani knew it. She tried to preserve her dignity as she turned her back to us and a giant flower appeared, opening the petals to her. Arie laughed and a little bolt of lightening came down and hit her in the butt, causing her to jump and fall forward into the flower before its petals closed and sank beneath the surface. We all laughed and Nick sank to the ground, still pale and breathing hard, but he had a small smile on his face and he caught my eye and silently told me he was fine. But like the skeptical and unbelieving person I can be…according to Arie anyway…I did not believe him and went to Belle and Joe, who looked down at Nick in worry as Nick rolled his eyes at me and I stuck my tongue out to him.

NICK'S POV

I was fine, tired yes, but fine. Why did everyone think otherwise? I was strong, but not nearly strong enough, but I had strength enough to stand on my own after a fight. Why did no one seem to understand that? I would be more worried about Joe, whose powers just showed, and he is using them so carelessly…just like Joe would. And Kevin…seems pretty disciplined…Belle probably spoke to him privately about that.

I took a deep breath and stood before anyone offered an unneeded hand. I did not need their help at the moment; what I needed were the answers that evaded my grasp like oil evades water. I looked to the company that surrounded me and saw two pale and frightened faces and two determined ones and one that looked completely uncaring and was making drawings in the sand with wind.

"Are you all ok?" I asked them, willingly my voice to remain steady and I did not only mean their physical stature.

"Are you?" Belle shot back, quiet fiercely.

We glared at each other for a few seconds before Joe abused his power, making us lose our eye sights. I sighed and closed my eyes, focusing on my other senses and the water a few feet away while Belle screamed, enraged at a fearful Joe. Joe sounded panicked, answering her in a shaky voice, saying he does not know how he did this and he doesn't know to undo it.

"Take a deep breath." I advised him, my voice calm and it carried clearly over Belle's. "You can do it Joe. Just stay calm." I told him, letting him know I had faith in him.

I heard him take a few deep breaths and gradually our eye sight returned. I opened my eyes and looked at him with pride and he smiled to me in thanks and he looked relieved. Lizzy was on top of his head, as a squirrel, and it looked like she was smiling…how odd. Kevin was watching Joe in shock and fright and Arie was now making a miniature tornado to kick up about an inch of sand and looking at it in mild interest, uncaring to what was around her.

"You need practice." She suddenly stated her eyes still on the swirling sand. "In fact, we all could use some." Why did she only look at me when she said that? Oh right…

"But first, explanations." Joe said, looking first at me, and then to the group. "What were you both doing here Nick, Arie?"

Arie stood, letting her tornado die in a slight puff and put her hands on her hips, a scowl on her face. "Oh you know Nick and I just love to fight against every dark we see and secretly, we are both defecting." Her voice was riddled with sarcasm at Joe's hidden accusations and I hid a smirk, only slightly feeling sorry for Joe.

"Arie, please." Lizzy said, rubbing her temples and Arie took a dramatic bow and I shook my head at her outgoing nature.

"Fine. Nick can tell you the beginning, middle and end because I don't want any of you to get sick of my beautiful voice!" She said, twirling like a ballerina and posing like a diva. Arie was a piece of work…but somehow she has the potential for a good friend.

"I had a dream." I started, feeling like Martin Luther King. "In my dream, this is what happened; only you guys never showed up and it was peaceful. Soiux saw it as well so why delay it when I needed answers now?" I inquired, waiting for them to question as to what I needed answers on.

"Did you get your answers?" Belle asked, sounding like she was holding back her anger and confusion and I nodded and looked at Joe, waiting for him to explain.

"Long-ish story short, I got my powers, told them, and Lizzy and Belle led us here." Joe summed up, giving away nothing that I did not already suspect.

"Ok, that was pointless." Lizzy squawked, now a parrot on Joe's shoulder and Joe smiled at her and she turned red with what I assumed to be blush and Joe laughed and Lizzy joined in. Arie, Belle and I rolled over eyes and Kevin was to busy looking torn between laughing and looking confused to do anything.

"So now training?" Arie asked, looking up again and we all nodded. "Let's just stay here, more room than the Lucas back yard pool." She wisely suggested and again we all nodded.

"How are we going to tackle this?" Kevin asked, speaking for what felt like he first time.

"Easy, I'll help you Kevin, Lizzy works with Joe and Belle with Nick. Simple." Arie told them and Belle looked once at me and then to Arie, her eyes pleading. What was her problem?

I walked over to her and she did not look to happy about this arrangement. For a minute we just stood and watched Lizzy, now human, talk Joe through the basics of using his power and Arie and Kevin were having fun with watching Kevin's flower petals swirl in Arie's wind.

I was too busy watching the idiocy of Arie's training method to see Belle made a fire ball and hurl I at me. I felt its heat just at the right moment and quickly I spun the water from the sea and extinguished it, seeing what Belle was doing. A fake fight was perfect for her to practice against water and for me to just practice against a formidable opponent. It was definitely better than swirling flower petals around in the wind.

Belle's wing's burst into flames and she rose ten feet in the air, attacking from above and I was amused at her antics. I jumped in the sand, dodging everything she hurled at me until my bare feet were backed in the pleasantly cold surf. I ignored the stares of Joe and Kevin and the best Arie and Lizzy made as I concentrated on the powerful ebb of the tide, and I felt at home and welcomed every tie a wave kissed my ankles. I let the water manipulate the power for me, never moving an inch as Belle fired comet speed flames at me and I felt a smirk grow in my lips.

This was what true power felt like…The element was one wit me right now and I was with it. No longer was I the master of it, but we seemed like one being, connected by the control we each had over each other lives.

Belle was infuriated that none of her attacks hit and I was growing bored of the defensive, so I switched the roles with just a mere thought and the water obeyed. It rose in tentacles around me, some freezing into ice and some waving slightly as I held them in the air, ready for the perfect moment to strike. Now!

Belle twisted through the air like a snake in the grass as she dodged every jet of water and melted every shard of ice I threw at her, but I was not put off, that was only part one. Quicker than any normal eye could follow I jumped into the air, the water at my feet rising to bring me higher and higher until I was her height and she looked amused and impressed and I was smiling at the confidence that the water that encased my feet brought.

Belle zoomed behind me, faster than any bird and fired a never ending burst of fire, which I countered with burst of water. Smoke engulfed the air and I instantly starting coughing from it, but she was protected from it from her fire powers, but I did not back down. We both concentrated hard on the task in front of us both neither of us could gain an advantage…unless…

A little shard of ice flew out from under me and Belle's fire gained closure to me as my attention split between the two tasks. I hurled the ice at her arm and it got to her, cutting her before it melted and she lost concentration and my water chain hit her lightly and knocked her to the ground and exhaustion started taking its toll on me from splitting my concentration like that. I lowered myself to the ground, facing an enraged Belle, who had just cauterized her cut and she did not seem to notice how tired I was from that last stunt and as soon as my feet where back on solid ground, she threw a giant fireball at me and I reacted quickly, but not nearly quickly enough. I managed to create thin layer of water between the fire and I but the water evaporated after awhile and my whole left side was burned and I fell to my knees in both exhaustion and blind pain.

"Nick?" Belle asked, her tone scared, but to me all I could hear was the sizzling of burned flesh and feel the never ending tormenting throbs of my burned arm and I felt waves coming quickly towards me as everyone ran in the water and cold hands found my shoulders and Belle screamed when she saw the damage.

Suddenly, all hands left me as I felt the water turn icy cold and a new set of footsteps ran to me and cool hands ran over my burns, soothing them a little bit.

"Nemesis! Let him and free us!" Joe screamed and I registered Nemesis's name through my pain and I cracked open my eye blurred eyes and sure enough, Nemesis knelt next to me, having the cold water caress my burned arm gently. She looked at me, her red eyes filled with concern, which was strange, since when did Nemesis care?

I looked over to Joe and Kevin, Lizzy, Arie and Belle and was surprised to see ice encasing their feet and Belle couldn't melt it. Nemesis lifted her head to glare intensely at Belle and I looked to Nemesis again, thankful but completely confused. She lowered her head and brought her eyes close to my injury.

"Can you move your fingers?" She asked quietly and I looked at her and tried, but only three of them moved. My pinky and ring finger were completely immobilized. Nemesis bit her lip and I looked down at me arm, seeing for the first time, the damage Belle had unintentionally caused.

My entire arm was beat red and charred black. Skin was broken almost everywhere and it was cauterized so it did not bleed but I saw how the flames ate at my skin, destroying nerves and muscle tissue. It was not a pretty sight and I looked away, slightly sick from the image and the pain. Joe was green and Kevin pale, Belle crying and Lizzy crowing gently as a crow. Arie looked at it in interest and her eyes went to Nemesis and I turned my head to watch her as well.

"This is a crude method because the energy it requires comes from you. Are you ready?" She asked me and I nodded only because I wanted the pain to end, the burning to stop.

She took out a necklace; at the end of a simple silver chain was a blood red ruby that pulsed slightly with the sea's waves. She touched it to my burned skin and lowered my arm into the shallow water. Sor a minute, nothing happened and then I felt a drop in my strength as the waves washed away the charred skin and new skin stretched over the healing nerves and muscles. Just as my arm returned to its normal state, did I feel the tremendous loss of energy and strength I endured today and I realized to late that I had lost to much and I fell into the welcoming and warm blackness of my mind and I heard Belle call my name.

Koutai: It would have been longer but I want to update tonight. Until Next Update!