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"Kira-chan!" Samantha yelled. She patted the ground for the invisible shield until her hand came upon a shimmering patch of land. She grabbed it and threw it like a frizbee at the girl. Kira caught the shield and it started to circle her wrist in mid air.
"Hmph," Ash stuck his bottom lip out. "You kids are starting to get on my nerves."
"Oh trust me, we do that to everybody." Rob groaned as he started to get up. Kira smiled and pointed at the angel on her shoulder to go to Catherine.
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Danna looked over the robed boy carefully, he had tried to remove the mask but some evil aura prevented him from doing so. He contemplated killing the boy out of pure paranoia, but decided against it simply because he was still a child by the looks of it. The boy lurched forward slightly and the mask's face started to materialize.
"DIANA!" Nick yelled as he finally realized he was awake. The redhead pulled his mask off to reveal his boyish face and stared at the tall, spiky haired blonde in front of him. "W-who are you?"
"My name is Danna," He started. "The leader of the Cross Guard."
"Who brought me here?" Nick asked quickly, his voice contained a sense of urgency.
"Ask her." Danna pointed to Emily, Nick's first reaction at seeing the girl was that of mild perverseness, he blushed slightly and crossed his legs to hide any incoming embarrassments.
"A pumpkin head and a short brunette." Emily answered coldly. Nick looked at her urgently.
"Was there a pink haired woman with them?"
"No."
"Damn." Nick punched the dirt ground. He tried to consider every possibility of what could happen to her. The only thing that popped in his head is that she got herself killed saving him. He looked saddened for a moment before standing up quickly. "Do you know where Kira-hime is?"
Danna smirked. "You need to prove to us you really know her first, that was at Sam-chan's request."
Nick smiled. "At least she's smart."
"Not really." Emily laughed. "The question was really stupid."
"Oh?" Nick turned to Danna.
"What is… two plus two?" Danna asked with a chuckle.
Nick laughed out loud for a moment. The Cross Guard members around Danna slowly reached for their ÄRM's.
"Salmon." Nick answered with a smile.
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Kira brought her shield up to block another attack from the Dream Staff. Ash pulled at the end of the staff and it split into two equal length staffs. Robert blocked the attack of the second staff with his sword and Samantha threw her trident from a distance. Ash moved to the side and Robert grabbed the trident before it hit him.
'Curses, I've been fighting for too long, I'm running out of energy.' Ash looked around to see no obvious way to take care of them. "Fine then! Dream Staff version 2! Tentacle Rod!" (ARG I'LL NEVER GET USED TO WRITING THAT!) The staff's ends split into eight knives and Ash put the two poles at his sides, he rushed forward and lifted both of them at the same time, the knives flew at Kira and Rob at incredibly fast speeds.
But a blur of blonde hair got in front of them and summoned a huge shield. Catherine smirked as the angel blocked the incoming knives and she landed on her feet. The shield started the crack and the three gazed over at Samantha, who was rushing to meet them. The shield cracked and time seemed to slow down as the knives raced to meet them.
A loud crash was heard and a blue figure smashed into Ash. He was tackled to the ground and stared up at a pissed-off redhead beating the shit out of him with his hands.
"DON'T-YOU-EVER-TOUCH-MY-FRIENDS!" He yelled as he crashed his fists into Ash's face repeatedly. His pupils dilated and turned the dark brown pool into an inky blackness. Ash's cheek shattered under the pressure and Nick's magical power expanded ten fold at the intense anger. Ash eventually passed out, but Nick did not stop his onslaught. Kira finally snapped out of her daze and grabbed Nick's arms, pulling him into an awkward embrace from the back. Nick struggled a little before his sanity returned and he slowly fell to the ground with both his hands out.
"Nick-kun…" Kira said softly. Nick turned around and gave her a death glare.
"THE ANSWER TO THAT DAMN QUESTION WAS 'ONE ON A BUN'?" Nick yelled. Kira sweatdropped and looked behind her to see a whole mob of Cross Guard soldiers chasing after him. "I ANSWERED SALMON AND SUDDENLY I HAVE A WHOLE ARMY CHASING AFTER ME!"
Kira chuckled and pulled him into a tighter hug. "I'm sorry Nicky." She smiled. Nick sighed and wrapped his arms around her waist. He cracked a smile until a familiar voice popped into his head.
'The next time you kiss, you will lose all love for her.'
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"Oops! You missed!" Nick smiled wickedly as he dodged to the side; he brought his foot up and slammed it into Alan's chest. He grabbed the foot and flung Nick up into the air. The redhead flipped around and took off his mask; the light flooded his vision and the wind brushed against his face lightly. He threw the mask down and it twirled with incredible speed as it flew towards the dark skinned man. Alan caught it and the mask still continued to twirl into his palm.
"Good trick, but let's see how you fair against it!" He threw the mask back at him and it stopped in mid-air a few feet away. Alan looked up with a surprised look as Nick threw his Daimonji at him. "Air hammer!" He stopped the shuriken in mid-air and jumped up at Nick. He launched a punch at him and Nick blocked it instinctively. He brought his left foot up and spun around Alan's wrist, the older man grabbed his foot and Nick lifted his other into his chin. The man flew up and Nick spun around his wrist counter-clockwise. He brought both his feet back up and grabbed Alan's head with them. The man stared at the horizon as they started to dive-bomb to the ground.
"He's good." Danna smiled.
"Nick-kun! What the hell are you doing?" Samantha yelled.
"Nicky-kun! Stop showing off!" Kira pleaded in vain. Nick gave her a thumbs up and grabbed Alan's limp wrists, he started flipping in mid-air with them, making them seem like some kind of acrobatic duo. The air resistance made the fall less severe when Nick let go of Alan and landed next to Danna. The man landed head first into the dirt ground with a thud. Kira got up from her seat on the log and smacked him. "Idiot."
"I love you too." Nick laughed. Kira wrapped her arm around his waist and gave him a loving smile. Alan dug his head out of the ground and looked at the redhead disdainfully.
"And you couldn't beat a knight?" Danna asked.
"I had a hangover?" Nick made up an excuse. Danna laughed and raised a mug next to him.
"Hope you don't mind getting another one my young friend!" Danna's laugh echoed, it was warm and boisterous and it reminded Nick of his own father. He tilted his head for a moment before looking back to Kira.
"Will you stop with the drinking?" Kira squinted. Nick kissed her on the cheek and them grinned.
The redhead then leaned back in and kissed her on the neck tenderly, resisting movement from the crook of her neck he mumbled. "Sorry, I had a rough day yesterday." He hugged her and then lifted her over his shoulder. She pounded on his back as he walked forward to Samantha.
"Wanna play catch?" He joked. Samantha cracked up and Catherine spat out the juice she was drinking as she tried to hold in her laughter.
"Nii-san!" Catherine spoke up. "I forgot… w-where di-did Diana-san go?" Nick grew quiet and let Kira down.
He smiled softly and then looked to the side. "She went away for a little while after I saved her from Phantom. But don't worry, she's all right." He then raised an eyebrow. "On another note, I don't think you should call me your Nii-san anymore, it makes me feel like I'm related to Sam-chan over here."
Samantha kicked him in the shins. "Shut up."
"Ok dad!" She chimed. Nick fell down and scrambled back up to protest. Catherine simply giggled and Nick sighed.
"Fine whatever." He chuckled.
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Nick was awaken that morning with a loud boom, he jumped up and woke up Kira by his arms pressing against her breast. (Because they were protectively around her in the sleeping bag. She punched him in the stomach and rubbed her eyes sleepily.
"Don't do that." She said before her eyes widened. She picked Nick up and they both found themselves staring at a huge army of Chess Pieces clawing their way through the forest. Danna walked over to them and summoned his large sword.
"You ready for this Nick-kun?" Danna asked. Nick jumped up in his pants and undershirt and his robe materialized onto him.
"So much, that I want them to remember my face this time." Nick's mask appeared into his hand and he threw it into the army. The robed figures moved to the side and Nick rushed in after them.
"H-hey wait up!" Danna sweatdropped. He ran forward and jumped over Nick's body. He slammed his sword down and a giant shockwave took out plenty of Chess Pieces. Nick smirked and a wand appeared in his hand.
"Fantasia!" He waved the wand to the side and the trees collapsed on the army. Nick pulled out a sword and started to chop through the debris until a clocked figure with jet-black hair jumped over a tree and gave him a sickening smirk. "WINNY-CHAN!" Nick's eyes grew into black pools and he gritted his teeth. He sliced at her and she blocked it easily, he slid to the side and delivered blow after blow on her Rose Rapier. Winny nimbly jumped over a fallen trunk and teleported behind Nick, he swung his arm around and blocked the attack without turning.
"Nice move showoff." Winny said.
"You're as good as dead… you know that don't you?" Nick smiled wickedly and turned to face her. Winny gulped and lifted her arm.
The older woman then raised her rapier and both ÄRM's glowed brightly. "Nature ÄRM: Overgrown Meadow!" The tree trunk littered battlefield exploded with vines and plants with vicious looking teeth. Nick jumped up and the Rose Rapier detached into several parts and flew at him, he blocked it and the sword wrapped around his sword. He cursed and pulled his sword towards him. Winny flew out of the greenery and her rapier unwrapped him. He sliced at her and a part of her robe came off. Winny stabbed into Nick's left arm and he gritted his teeth, he started shaking with angry as his eyebrows furrowed and his eyes gave looks of pure hatred. His magical power spiked and Winny's arms started to crack under the power.
Danna looked to Nick as he kicked another rook into the trees. He gave a frightened look before motioning to his army to fall back. Kira rushed forward to see Nick in a blind rage and called out to him helplessly. His magical power continued to rise and he started to fall to the ground with Winny. The redhead grabbed Winny's neck and growled as he threw her to the dirt floor below. Winny sailed down and the meadow slowly retreated into the dirt. She closed her eyes and waited to hit the unforgiving floor.
Nick's eyes turned back to their dark brown color and his heart panged for a second. Time slowed down as he witnessed Winny flying to the ground.
"Oh fuck," He said sarcastically as he flew down to reach her.
A/N: What's this? ANOTHER side of Nick we haven't witnessed? Omigod!