Meeting of Fate

by Kairos Fateweaver

A role play with a friend, that turned into a story about magical girl's and their fights against each other and the hardships they face.

22. Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Raineswind's Gambit

The morning soon came, far too soon. The first of the groggy girls to awaken was Haley, possibly due to Erys waking her up to prevent a puddled awakening. Feeling the near bursting pressure in her bladder from the excitement the night before, Haley made a mad dash to the bathroom near her bedroom and hastily seated herself down on the toilet after swiftly removing her panties during the dash. She'd only just made it, albeit with a minor leak creating a small wet spot the size of a button on her panties. She didn't even get to shut either door on the way.

The next to awaken was Holly, still a little dazed from the extended bath the night before. Sleepily rubbing her eyes and gently shaking Lilly away, she left Lilly's room to head for her morning preparation, leaving Lilly shambling around, still very much half-asleep, to engage in her own, more relaxed, morning routine.

Kara's phone bleeped a bit as notifications came through from the previous day, as the waterlogged phone had some minor issues, which were mostly fixed from the magic dry it had. However, delay of the messages was one problem which wasn't fixed.

Kara's morning came from three things. First, she had heard her phone beep as the notifications from the previous day arrived. The second issue has Kara felt a cold wetness between her legs and knew she had wet herself again during the night. The last thing was she again remembered she had dreamt the horrible dreams again. But they had taken on a far darker turn this time around. She didn't know why or how things had changed just that she was afraid for herself and her sister.

Climbing out of bed Kara pulled off the wet bedsheets and placed them. In the clothes hamper as she went about using magic to clean up the mess on the bed. Having not known where the cleaning supplies were kept. Or wanting the maids to find out she was now living there in the house. She finished after a few minutes and took off her own wet clothes and placed them into the hamper as well. Next Kara gathered up her school clothes and belongings along with her phone. Teleporting herself into the bathroom. Only to see Haley sitting on the toilet going about her morning pee.

Quickly teleporting away Kara left Haley in peace and appeared near the bath. She turned on the water letting it fill up and become warm. Before stepping into the bath and checking to see what the messages were about on her phone.

Kara, after sorting out the aftereffects of a restless sleep, teleported off to the nearest bathroom, only to drop in on Haley going about her morning release. Kara caught a quick glimpse of the sensitive place she violated the night before, with a strong, but steady, stream of yellow urine leaving it, before Haley quickly shot her hands down to her legs to hide her secret spot.

"Occupied!" She quickly shot to Kara, blushing a little at the thought of being caught in a vulnerable position. "Find another place to pee."

Kara didn't need telling twice as she quickly left Haley alone and headed to one of the free bathrooms in the house, preparing her bath and checking why her phone was metaphorically exploding with notifications.

The most recent message to pop up, the one which possibly forced the others through the backlog, was a notification from the Girl's School.

"To all Students at Evergreen Academy in the Year Groups 4-9,

Due to the excellent weather and the rapidly approaching Sports Day, we have decided to make today a Training day for the Lower Years, and a refresher for the upper ones. All Students in the Year groups 7-9 shall assist the younger Students in Years 4-6 in honing their latent abilities to help bring a wonderful display of Sports Prowess to the parents of said students at the upcoming Sports Day.

Groups of helpers and helped shall be first decided by family relations, only moving out to Friendship groups and older Peers should they not have siblings to help make the transition to group sessions more bearable for the Younger Students. Please ensure to bring along your P.E Uniforms if they are not already on academy campus, and bring along suitable swimwear for the Aquatic Sports.

Suitable swimwear is a One-piece swimsuit in either plain Black or Navy Blue, or with non-offensive or inappropriate Designs on. If you need swimwear, please inform the Swimming Club Adviser for loans and we will aim to find suitable swimwear in your size. If there is none, you will, regrettably, should sit out the Aquatic Activities until you procure some suitable attire.

To help improve teamwork among Students, we have requested the assistance of a Neighboring Private Academy to act as opponents in competitive activities requiring larger groups. Our thanks are extended to St Jules' Academy for Business Studies for agreeing to assist in this endeavor.

Yours faithfully,

Evergreen Academy for Girl's Governing Body"

Kara had not known that Haley was in the bathroom using it before. She had teleported in there by accident she saw Haley's special spot and the stream that was released. Before quickly leaving before having been told to do so. She blushed a little at remembering what she saw and a thought of should she have stuck around?

Yet the thought went away as her phone was filled with notifications. She checked the first one to see that is was from her school. She learned that today was a training day for the upcoming Sports Day that was supposed to be coming up in a couple week's time. Kara also learned that the older years would be helping the younger years and it should be decided by family relations. Meaning Kara needed to think on who of her new sisters she wanted to help first.

As she was thinking about that she also learning that she'd need. To bring along her swimwear as there might be a swimming time today at some point. As she finished the message she thought about helping Lilly first. As she had been ignoring her a bit as of late. And really had not gotten a good chance to talk with her. So, she planned on letting the girls know on the way to school before checking her phone for more messages.

Aside from the school notification, there was several from the Kira Chat app. There one was main thread Kara was tagged in about what Apron Color she should be assigned, another that was sent out to all staff members about the toilet fault from the previous day, a reminder about the upcoming Day Out to 'Pandamonium' Amusement park, and a few private messages.

There were around five different PM conversations Kara was pulled into:

1. A group conversation between all Poster Girls, whom Kara was added to by Florence, with Bryn also being pulled into it.

2. A PM conversation between Kara, Annmarie and the Guests they entertained the previous day with the Pat-fest

3. A rather randomly worded apology from Bryn regarding her 'strange actions' at the end of the working day yesterday

4. A conversation topic between Kara, Felicity and Florence

5. A PM conversation with no topic, sender and just a single video attachment.

Kara saw that she had quite a few more notifications. She saw that five of them were private messages. Out of the five Kara decided to read the conversation between herself and Felicity and Florence first. Wanting to know she what sort of things they had to say. She also thought on whether of not to reveal that she knew about what they had said about her last night.

So, on Kara went to read the message.

Kara decided to open the conversation between herself and the traitorous(?) twins first. It was just using the chat topic they opened the previous day, but with more messages added on. The conversation automatically zoomed down to unread messages when opened.

'Felicity: Hey, you okay? You left quickly last night and it kind of worried me. You'd been looking down all day. Everything going okay?'

'Florence: Need someone to talk to? You'd been down ever since you started work yesterday. How'd yet get along with the task I set you?'

Kara had read that it was just a normal chat topic. They seemed to go back to the previous day and there were more messages added on. She wasn't sure on what to say at first but then came up with something.

'Kara to Felicity: No, I'm not okay I had some things on my mind yesterday and just wanted. To leave the cafe and be left alone to deal with my thoughts on my own.'

'Kara to Florence: No, thanks, I don't want to talk and sorry but I wasn't able to complete your task. As I was too busy working and focusing on that.

Kara gave her responses to the chat topic, trying to act as normal as be as vague as possible. It may take a little while to get answers, as the wake-up time of the Cafe workers wasn't presently known.

That left 4 conversation topics:

1. A group conversation between all Poster Girls, whom Kara was added to by Florence, with Bryn also being pulled into it.

2. A PM conversation between Kara, Annmarie and the Guests they entertained the previous day with the Pat-fest

3. A rather randomly worded apology from Bryn regarding her 'strange actions' at the end of the working day yesterday

4. A PM conversation with no topic, no listed sender and just a single video attachment.

Kara left her replies and didn't get anything back yet. Most likely the girls weren't up yet or just had not checked their phones. Kara next decided to check out the PM conversation that had no sender and a video attachment. Was added to it this seemed rather strange to Kara as she wondered just who could have sent it to her.

Kara decided to go for the mystery message next.

Opening it up, Kara found that the video attachment looked to be security camera footage, but it was currently not playing. The angle of the shot would dictate it was likely taken by a Droid or camera capable of flight. The video itself was a little over two minutes long. Having no real sender evident, or subject/message, was a little off-putting. However, the video itself may give more information, if Kara was willing to watch it.

Kara opened it up and saw the video attachment looked like. security camera footage. Nothing was playing yet and the angle of the shot looked to be taken from something in flight. Kara saw that the video was over two minutes long she decided to press play to see what sort of video it was.

Kara decided to watch the questionable video...

The footage was, indeed, taken by a Security droid around what looked like the docks on the far end of the city. It was happily milling around, floating about looking over all the Security Container for unusual activity, before finding a small glint of light at the edge of its camera lens. Suddenly, the drone was buffeted by a metallic object which just about missed it, grazing its side and causing it to wobble about and lose altitude for a moment. Then, the drone practically zoomed over to where the assault came from, just catching the tail-end of a black flowing coat jumping off a Storage Container and landing on the docks. An Alarm started blaring, potentially set off by the Security droid, and things started to get more heated.

A pursuit of the mysterious assailant started, the drone hurrying along and switching on its thermal tracking to find the target in the darkness of the docks. The time on the side of the drone's camera lens showed this happened the night before, at around 4am. With the thermal tracking on, the drone managed to catch the assailant's trail, showing a medley of heat indicators over a small target. Due to the lack of quality with heat vision, it was unable to tell just who this person was that was attacking.

Catching on to the pursuit attempt, the target threw down what looked like a grenade of some sort, and, soon enough, and explosion of non-lethal heat blurred the camera lens, causing it to show nothing but red all over it. Whoever the target was, they were prepared for any kind of tracking attempt. With no choice, the drone flew upwards and turned back to night-vision mode, showing that the explosion was caused by a steam grenade as there was now a large condensed steam-cloud where the drone once was.

The drone continued its pursuit as commands from the security department on duty that day was being rallied back and forth, throwing out all kinds of complicated security jargon which only other officers could understand. The drone caught sight of the target once more, and it was now being trailed by the Officers on duty, but not for long. The target, being skilled in most forms of escape arts, began to vault up the side of a security container with unnatural agility, reaching the top in around three seconds, leaving the Officers clambering around the railings leading to the top of it. Most of the officers, around fifteen of the twenty in pursuit, ran to the other end of the container, which was leading to a clearing, and began to take up formation.

The drone flew down towards the target once more, switching back to HD camera mode due to the enhanced lighting in the area, showing the target, which was now clearly identified as a small female with twin tails, wearing a long black leather and, strangely, electrical circuit based, cloak. She just stood by the end of the container and looked down at the Officers assembled below, before quickly drawing a set of Semi-automatic pistols from seemingly within her sleeves with nothing more than a single flick of each wrist. These pistols were clearly modified in multiple ways, like laser sights, silencers and enhanced ammo clips with stabilizers. The Five officers in pursuit from the Container had reached the top and were pointing their Weapons at her as well. They had standard issue Handguns, nothing too notable.

In one quick motion, the girl turned, firing off a barrage of shots at the Officers present, hitting them in places meant to maim and deter rather than kill. The Officers didn't even have a chance to counter this girl's unnatural speed and were left lying on the floor in various stages of non-lethal damage, and out of the fray. The girl's guns clicked, indicated that they were out of ammo. She simply threw them high in the air, emptying the spent clips on the flight up, and throwing a pair of ammo clips after them before disengaging, with practiced elegance, off the top of the Storage container and drawing a AK 47 from underneath her cloak. There was about a split-second view of this girl's face:

One deep grey, natural yet clearly machine enhanced eye, and one deep blue one, looking rather young, too young to be skilled in martial warfare.

The drone followed the girl down, whom, had spun in the air and landed with cat's grace into the middle of the formation, and had begun to unleash a rapid succession of carnage from the AK 47 in her arms, inflicting non-lethal wounds once more, which no normal person could do with an automatic weapon as unpredictable as an AK 47, before even touching down on the ground. She simply threw the Automatic weapon away and caught her Dual pistols, which with a quick spin upon catching, were fully reloaded. With an equally effortless movement, the pistols were holstered once more up her sleeves as she drew something from her pocket. A small card by the look of things. She then looked up at the camera, giving it a clear view of her face, before drawing one of her pistols once more.

"Show's over. You're next." She simply stated to the camera in a soft, calm voice, before firing a single shot and hitting it dead in the lens, causing it to drop from the sky and crash on the floor. Her earlier miss must've been intentional with that accuracy.

As the camera was sputtering out of life, she threw the card in front of its lens. It was a typical assassin calling card with an image on the front:

An open Eye, with a gear as the pupil.

The camera then cut out.

Kara played the video and watched what was shown on it. The video opened with what appeared to be shot at the far end of the city. Looking closer Kara could see that it took place at the docks where someone was wearing a black coat. As Kara watched more of the video it appeared that this person was being chased by the officers on duty there. Kara wasn't sure on how to take what she was watching why was she sent this video and who had sent it?

Kara soon saw the person being chased turned out to be a girl with twin-tails. Who appeared to be quite skilled and had several weapons on her which she used. Soon enough the Droid could get a look at the girl's voice to reveal her eyes. One was deep gray and the other blue Kara thought she had seen those sort of or one set of those eyes before. Could this person be Sierra or were they someone else?

This just brought up even more questions when she saw the card. Thrown down in front of the lens she looked at it before. Backing out of the video and quickly choosing the Chat with Annmarie and the guests from yesterday.

Kara, a little startled by the strange video, quickly swapped to a tamer chat after watching it.

The chat between Annmarie, the Guests and Kara was about their previous booking. All the guests, while it had ended strangely, were all extremely happy with the booking and were eagerly awaiting a second one, with a little less patting involved. They were considering upping to VIP membership just for private bookings, but wanted another before committing to the choice. They were asking when Annmarie would next be free for a booking.

Annmarie had answered, stating that she'd be free both today (on the Wednesday) and Tomorrow (On the Thursday) for a quick booking, but was waiting confirmation from Kara on what day would be best or, as she put it, her 'promising Servant'. In Annmarie's language, that probably meant that she thought Kara was doing well with her Purple training.

Kara needed time to think about what she had seen in the video. It was best to think about it at another time and she went with something tame. What in the chat with Annmarie and the guests she learned that everyone was happy. Everyone appeared to be looking forward to another meeting with less patting involved and were considering upping to VIP membership. So, this next meeting was to help them decide on what to do.

Kara learned that Annmarie was free both today and tomorrow for a booking. And was waiting on Kara's reply on what day she'd be okay with. Kara sent a reply saying that Thursday would be the best time for the meeting to take place. Since this afternoon, she would be busy and unable to come to the Cafe. After letting everyone know Kara chooses the Poster girl conversation to see what everyone was saying.

Kara gave her suitable time for booking and headed over to the poster girl chat, which was probably the longest of them all. Every poster girl in the Cafe, Sky Blue and Red included, were in this conversation, along with Bryn and Kara at Florence's request.

The chat topic itself seemed mostly focused on the outing that weekend to 'Pandamonium', and it looked to be a topic for a shopping spree. Felicity was, of course, the one to start the conversation, saying that they should all go swimsuit shopping for the 'Sexiest' suit they could find. Florence agreed with this, and added Bryn and Kara in then. The rest of the poster girls, save for Annmarie and Mia, were all for going to buy swimsuits. When Bryn joined in a little later, she was with the 'too raunchy' party, consisting solely of Mia and Annmarie at that time.

Annmarie was saying that her old swimsuit would be good enough from back when she was attending school, but Felicity was all like 'No way! That's too basic and boring!'. Mia didn't like the idea of flaunting her 'plump body' around in scanty clothing and would rather just wear a basic swimsuit like Annmarie, like before, Felicity was against this. Bryn said she had nothing to show and that her 'kiddy body' wouldn't be sexy or enticing at all, despite what clothing she may choose, so she liked basic as well.

The main bulk of the topic was trying to convince the 'Too Raunchy' party to go shopping for 'Sexy Swimsuits'.

It seemed that every poster girl in the Cafe was involved with this chat. As Kara looked over the list of names of poster girls she looked to learn the names. Of the Sky Blue and Red girls if their names were listed. Bryn was also there and Kara too since Florence had sent a request. The chat topic was about the weekend outing to 'Pandamonuim' and it seemed a shopping spree was going to on about who could find the 'Sexiest' suit they could find. Kara read things over but didn't really say anything much just said she'd buy her own swim suit. And left it at that as not wanting to be dragged into the chat further she backed out and picked. Bryn's sorry letter as the last of the notifications.

Kara entered a simple line and ducked out of the char quickly. She looked for the Sky Blue and red poster girl's names, and was surprised to find one she recognized amongst them. The Sky-Blue poster girl was Cecile, Annmarie's sister. Granted, it was possibly destined to happen, considering how much 'Masochism' experience Cecile had by living with Annmarie and her sharp tongue. The red poster girl's name was 'Odette', according to the chat.

Finally, Kara went over to the randomly worded apology from Bryn:

"Um...I'm not sure how to put this...er...I'M SO SORRY FOR WHAT I DID YESTERDAY! I have no idea what came over me! One minute I was finishing with a customer and the next I found myself overcome with...um...'teenage urges'. I felt like I wanted to...this is embarrassing...hold on for as long as I could without a 'powder break'. Then, when it got bad, I suddenly decided to pounce on you with the urge of having you lick it out of me, like some mother animals do to their cubs if they can't go. Please don't think I'm a huge perv. I've really no idea why I did that."

Kara could find out the names of the Sky Blue and Red girls. She was surprised that Cecile was the Poster Girl. But was happy with it and was glad to learn the Red's name which was 'Odette' she thought of introducing herself through a PM but thought against it and then read Bryn's reply to her.

"Its okay I noticed that you appeared to be having a tuff time with holding it in. And led you to the restroom where you could take care of your needs. I don't think you are a huge perv or anything as there have been times when I've felt similar urges myself. But next time please try and keep those urges private as. They are not best to be seen when working at the cafe. I've also got no idea as to why this happened either."

Kara sent her reply and then seeing as how she had soaked enough. Went about washing herself down and then getting dressed. Once she left the bathroom she tried two things the first was talking with Erys.

"Good morning am just wondering how you are doing this morning?" Kara asked.

Seeing as how she was alone and that Lilly and the others were going about. Their mornings of getting ready for school Kara thought it best to try a search for any signs of the tower or anything. That might point to its location if it was indeed on sight or buried underground near the Sera Manor. Wanting to be quick as to not draw attention to herself Kara first tried the room with the pictures of Lilly and her sisters. Spending five minutes searching the room for anything that might give her a clue on what she was looking for.

Kara messaged off her reply to Bryn's apology and got out of the bath. She then contacted her one-night-stand from the previous evening.

"As good as one can be after having to wake a leaky faucet up four times in the night to prevent a lake forming. I don't really need sleep to function, but I like to rest every now and then. Your request really did a number on her little tank."

Kara then went off to explore the Manor for inclination that a giant tower may be erected there in the distant future, checking the picture room first.

Moving around to prevent detection as the morning rounds were going on was rather difficult, but Kara managed to reach the room and do a quick once over to see if she could find any signs of building existing before the Manor, or hints at there being more to this site.

Sadly, her search bore no fruit. She did, however, notice that there was now an empty picture frame in the room at the end of the date-ordered chronologically placed pictures, potentially hinting at a picture taking up that spot soon.

Kara got a reply from Erys telling her about how she was feeling.

"Well, I didn't mean to do that but more importantly what does this mean for the three. Of us now that Haley knows I can speak and see you?" Kara asked.

Kara in her search of the picture room saw nothing. That might show her where or if the tower was within the room or even a hint at the site of where it could be. She did spot an empty picture frame that meant another picture was going up there soon. She walked over to it and looked at it before deciding to walk towards the end of the room. She knew the bloody desk from where she had been told about what happened to Lilly. Was within the next room over Kara thought about searching that room.

But with how things of that nature had been scaring her as of late. Kara left the room and closed the door making a sure move down the hallway slowly to avoid being seen by Marie or the maids on duty. Kara was headed for Lilly's room to see how she was doing this morning.

"Seriously, it's amazing how much a tiny girl like her can produce. I mean, really, she's not exactly that big. She must've peed her body weight in pee after all of that."

Kara questioned about the revelation of there being two who can interact with Erys.

"Beats me. I'm awesome, but I can't really predict the future. Ask her about it yourself."

Kara decided to pointlessly examine the empty picture frame. Yup, that's a picture frame alright. Filigreed gold border with an intricate vine pattern on, a large window of glass in the middle, and a cardboard backing. A picture frame. No doubt about it. Totally meant for displaying pictures to perfection. A nice addition to any gallery.

She then, after deliberating over whether to search the 'Pact Room' or not, decided to leave it at that and sneak over to Lilly's room, narrowly avoiding maids doing the morning laundry run.

"Now, don't get any funny ideas with wanting to test that out. Well not yet anyway as I still want to be with h..." Kara stopped speaking for a moment then changed the subject to something else. "I guess I'll have to ask her later that is if she still wants me around that is."

Kara narrowly avoided the maids going about their business doing the morning laundry. When Kara reached Lilly's door she knocked upon it once then twice trying to get Lilly's attention. "Lilly it's me are you awake?"

Erys caught on to Kara's cagey behavior about Divination.

"Never really tried it, actually. Don't have the stuff for it. Think it may be possible, but will need to test that theory. Just don't try and force stuff on to her or come up with excuses for your poor promise keeping skills and you won't upset her, probably. I think... I'm not too sure. Try and see."

Kara knocked on Lilly's door to try and catch her attention, but no response came. The faint sound a water hitting tiled flooring could be heard from the other side of the door. Lilly was probably taking a morning shower in the en-suite in her room. The door wasn't locked, at least this one wasn't...

"While that was a little my fault you are also to blame. As you take over my body forced things to happen that shouldn't have happened. But enough about that it's in the past and I don't want to fight with you over that anymore."

Kara got no response from knocking on Lilly's door. She did hear a faint sound of water hitting the floor. Which meant Lilly was taking a shower. Kara then went and tried the door and found it was unlocked she could enter Lilly's room. But Shiro might appear and catch her in the act so Kara was left with little to do.

"Hey, you wanted it, so I provided."

Kara, unlike her normal self, decided to leave the door alone and head off to do other things. She was still lurking outside Lilly's room, at present, in quite and open spot. Not good...

Movement was heard coming from Kara's left, in the direction of the main staircase and the Twins' room. Whether she'd chance it and see if the others had finished waking up yet or not, or whether she'd go into hiding (and where), was possibly of top priority.

Kara waited around hoping for Lilly to appear and open the door. For her again after she knocked once again hoping Lilly would hear it over the running water. In the shower but Lilly didn't appear then hearing movement coming from the left. Kara started to worry as someone was coming she didn't know who it was so, with little chances left Kara quickly went into Lilly's room. And closed the door behind her.

After getting no response a second time, and having a near imminent encounter with another person, Kara quickly dived into Lilly's room and shut the door behind her. The sounds of the shower running were much louder now, and the door to the en-suite was open at the back of Lilly's room. Judging by the smaller nightie on the bed, Remi must've stayed true to Kara's request of putting Holly to bed with Lilly. The broken TV, with the word 'BITCH' burned into the screen of it in block capitals, was potentially a residual remainder of the assault from two evenings ago.

A little after Kara came into the room, the shower's pattering on the tiles began to slowly stop before turning into little drips. Lilly had probably finished in there, making Kara stuck between a rock and a hard place...

Now within Lilly's room Kara looked around she could still. Hear the shower running and seeing the nightie on the bed meant Remi had listened to her request. About putting Holly to but Kara did see the broken TV, with the word 'BITCH" burned into the screen which just made Kara feel angry on the inside.

Soon the water within the shower was coming to an end. Which meant Lilly was finishing up with her shower and not wanting to be found out. And unable to escape back outside the room for fear of being found out by the maids or Marie. Kara quickly teleported out of the room in a hurry however this teleport was a quick one with no destination in mind. Kara just knew she wanted to be in another part of the house.

Upon hearing Lilly's shower come to an end, Kara quickly tried to teleport out of Lilly's room, not trying to pick a place. In a swift motion, Kara disappeared out of Lilly's room and ended up...

Somewhere soft...and floral scented. Not just beneath Kara was soft, all around her was soft, and slightly heavy. And small...

Brushing the soft stuff of her, Kara's hand touched some more soft things. Quite a few. And a door... As the door was closed, there was no light in this soft place. There was sound, however, on the other side of this door, but it didn't sound like something Kara would want to avoid. There was a muffled voice, and then silence, followed by the same muffled voice talking again. Children's voices?

The teleport went off and Kara escaped not knowing where she was going. She then ended up in a place that was soft and floral scented. It appeared that everything around Kara felt soft and it was dark inside where she was. She didn't know where she was now and tried feeling around with her hands. She then heard muffled voices and then silence. Once more someone was talking again.

Not knowing who it was and not wanting to be found out. Kara hid within the room she was in hoping that the person outside would just go away.

Kara tried to blend in with the soft stuff, hoping that whoever was outside would just go away and leave her in her floral-scented comfy hiding sport. Not likely...

The darkness was soon broken by the door being opened, and two small girls standing outside, naked...

It appeared Kara had teleported into the twins' clothing wardrobe, and got herself intermingled with their panties. She currently had her hand on a set of Pawprint panties, and both Holly and Haley were standing, there, mouth agape in shock, starting at Kara nestled among their personal effects, looking rather comfy, and perverted.

Kara got a good view of these girls at their most vulnerable. Their silky-smooth skin, still slightly wet from their shower, the beads of liquid gently snaking across their small budding flowers. Their slender frames accentuated by the light coming from the windows, their hair a little ruffled from being towel dried, and, most importantly, their perfectly flat chest, with small pink nipples being the only deviation from the flatness.

To break the silence, both girls screamed, yet only Haley's came with any sound, and crouched down to try and cover up as much as possible, with deep blushes on their faces. This pose, however, only made their privates more noticeable. Kara only had mere seconds to try and explain why she was rummaging around in their wardrobe making a nest out of panties.

"Nice one, Arch mage." Erys giggled in Kara's mind. "Did you plan for this to go as wrong as it did, or are you just so good at being a pervert it comes naturally?"

The darkness within the room was broken as the door. Was opened and two small naked girls stood outside. It soon dawned on Kara that she had teleported into the twins clothing wardrobe by mistake. And feeling around her hands were touching a pair of panties. Which with both Holly and Haley standing there staring could only think of one thing? Kara was being a bigger pervert than ever before.

"W-wait it's not what you think" Kara tried to explain.

She was given a good view of each of the girl's perfect naked bodies. Which she could help but stare at for a few moments before closing her eyes. Kara once more tried to defend herself again what was to come.

"I-I'm sorry I teleported in here by accident you see I was I..." Kara couldn't finish when both twins screamed. And tried to cover themselves up as best as possible and then Erys spoke up.

"I didn't plan for any of this" Kara sent Erys.

"Please, please this is all a misunderstanding I was trying to talk with Lilly. But she wouldn't answer her door. As I waited outside her room I heard footsteps and not knowing who it was and for fear. Of being caught by either your mom or the maids. I entered Lilly's room only to then teleport out when I heard the shower end. And not wanting to get into trouble with Lilly I tried the teleport which was rather quick. So, I ended up inside here by mistake please I didn't mean for this to happen." Kara tried to explain.

"Then you're a top class perv! Still, what a way to break the ice between you and the girls. 'Oh, hey, I'm just here sniffing around your closet covering myself in your panties. It's not like I'm a perv, or anything.' "

Erys was having the time of her life giving a running commentary to Kara's failure to plan ahead.

" 'Next time, can you please leave some pee soaked panties in here for me to suck dry and inhale.' "

Erys had so many mocking scenarios just reeling out of her while Kara tried to explain herself to the twins, who were still shell-shocked from the intrusion of a perverted older sister collecting up their underwear for nefarious reasons.

"Get out!" Haley yelled at Kara, more out of embarrassment than anger. "GetoutgetoutGETOUT!"

"I bet you would do the same thing if given the chance." Kara countered to Erys. Who seemed to be having the time of her life by speaking out against. Kara's failure attempt to plan ahead "no, or well not yet anyway."

Kara tried to explain herself to the shocked twins. But then Haley started to yell and Kara did just that she teleported out of the closet and into her own room.

"I can do it all the time if I wanted, without even being noticed. I just choose to take perversion in moderate segments, unlike you do."

Haley's desperate pleas for Kara to go back to where she came from were enough to send Kara rushing through the teleport matrix once more.

"Then teach me how to go around unnoticed like you can do. I'll be a good student and reward you with things that you like for teaching me?"

Kara seemed to rush into the teleporting world again. Though she didn't plan on rushing she tried to teleport into her room after having waited a short while after Haley yelled for her to leave the room.

"Didn't you already do that when you recorded that girl peeing in a urinal?"

Kara decided to take her time with this teleport while Haley was ranting on and Holly was just trying to disappear into nothingness out of humiliation. Kara was barraged with pillow, panties and whatever else Haley could get her hands on while she was trying to accurately aim this teleport and, eventually, she ended up back in her assigned bedroom, still holding a pair of pawprint panties, with a Disney princess print vest slung over her head by Haley before she disappeared.

"A little yes but I want to be better at it."

Before Kara had left the room she was barrged with pillow's and panties. Just about anything Haley could get her hands on and lucky for her wasn't something bigger. She did end back inside of her room holding a pair of panties and a Disney princess print vest slung over her head. She dropped those onto the ground and placed them with her dirty clothes.

"Great now they things I'm like Lilly trying to steal their underwear." Kara sighed. She then cloaked herself in darkness to make it so Marie and the maids would not see her. Then left her room to try once more and check in on Lilly.

"Can't help you there. My cloaking is something different entirely."

Once Kara was safely in her room, she shed the childish delicates and placed them a little away from her clothes from the previous evening. With any luck, the Maids might just see it as one of the twins being scatterbrained and losing their clothes. However, finding them in a room believed to be empty, with no recorded guests for the young Mistresses, may seem a little off. But, perhaps, that's just overthinking things.

"Nope. You're worse than her. She never gets caught, yet you got caught red handed, touching up Holly's panties and looking pleased with yourself. Pawprints are Holly's style, after all. I'd love to see you talk your way out of that one with your 'excellent' diplomacy. Better hope Remi's not there."

The word 'Excellent' was delivered with clear sarcasm.

Hoping to find some distraction from the chaotic morning she had, Kara tried to find Lilly, only to see her racing towards the twins' bedroom, quickly buttoning up her school shirt on the way. Haley's big mouth probably gave Kara away. For a small girl, Haley sure does have quite the set of lungs on her.

"Then can you teach me anything useful?" Kara asked.

Erys again spoke up. "What was I suppose to do let myself get caught by Lilly or one of the Maids. I had no idea who was coming around the corner before I went into Lilly's room."

Kara was able to find Lilly who went rushing past her. Heading for the twins room which now would mean Lilly would know about what happened. "Great now I'm even bigger trouble." Kara headed after Lilly to try and explain herself when she was questioned. Yet thinking back to what Erys said about Remi being there only made Kara's mood darken.

"I wish she'd lay off me some."

"Depends on what you call useful."

Kara tried to defend her case for intruding into another's room, which was what got her into this problem in the first place.

"Could've ducked into elsewhere, or cloaked yourself. Even so, it's not my place to dictate your actions. You have a brain, even though it may be fixated on perving on the twins."

Kara resigned herself to her fate when she noticed Lilly come dashing past her into the twin's bedroom.

"She's never going to do that. It's her duty to make everybody's lives miserable. Such is the way of those stuck up, over-compensating pigeons. All I can say is you'd better make peace with yourself and whatever False Deity you believe in, as this doesn't look like it'll end well for you."

'I mean useful skills I'm sure that you have some you can teach me. Or show me how to do and I can adapt and create my own. Or what about abilities of yours that I can call upon to win battles without those who I am up against getting humiliated and sacred for life like poor Chloe.'

Erys then spoke more.

"I know somewhere deep down inside that perverted mind of yours you. Would of liked nothing more then for me to barge into all three of their rooms and go. Searching through their stuff and down lewd things to them while you watch?"

Kara started after Lilly.

"I'll just explain myself by telling the truth what harm is there in that?" Kara asked. "If she starts yelling at me I'll just argue with her right back and maybe give her a piece of my mind."

Kara explained her definition of 'Useful' lessons.

"Be more specific. I can't answer if I don't know what you're asking for. Without knowing what you want, and how well you pick things up, I can't exactly impart anything on you as I don't know how best you learn. Plus, knowledge doesn't come cheap. Remember that."

Kara, again, placed the blame of the Arena incident on Erys.

"You asked for it. Don't try and hoist the blame onto me. You said this, word for word: 'I want her humiliated! I want her to know she won't win this battle!' and then said: 'I want her a wet mess on the floor'. You wanted that to happen, and I gave you the tools to do so. I just did as you said."

"Regardless, I guess I can give you some powers. However, they're the weakest I can offer. Once you've shown your undying loyalty to me, I can offer more and more."

Erys sent across the mental link an image of a small spellbook, with each magical perk she can provide, falling in either Offensive based, Defensive based or Utility based.

"Be warned. Displease me, and I can take the power away just as easily."

Kara countered the perverted accusation.

"It takes a perv to know a perv, and you're a bigger perv than me."

Kara then set off after Lilly.

"How can I know what to ask for when I don't even know what you can do?" Kara countered. She already knew all about how knowledge not being cheap. "I already know that."

Erys spoke about the Arena next.

"I may have said those words true, but you took it a step too far by controlling me. When I had displeased you." Kara added not wanting to get into another argument with her right now,

Erys offered to give Kara a set of weaker powers only after sge showed her undying loyalty to Erys.

"What kind of undying loyalty are we talking about here?" Kara asked.

Erys sent a small image of a spellbook, with everything at the current moment that she could provide. They fell under Offensive, Defensive and Utility based. Kara would check out just what sort of powers those were at a later time.

"Were, both pervs an next time whenever you are able to touch someone again. I want to be the first person you touch."

Kara stopped talking with Erys and soon reached the twins room.

"I'm not about to tell you what I can do all at once. A lady's gotta have secrets. Just, as I keep saying, say what kind of things you want, and I'll answer whether I can assist in them or not. It's really that simple."

Kara bought up the point about being controlled in the Arena fight.

"You wanted a fight, and you were about to back out of it like a coward, so I had to intervene to ensure you stayed. In addition, you really annoyed me by throwing my gifts back in my face when you asked for them. Do that in real combat and you'll be dead in seconds. Every battle is a 'Do or Die' situation, even if they are mock battles, so treat them as such."

Kara asked about what Erys meant by 'Undying Loyalty'.

"Show me that you answer to me and me alone, and I can provide all of my strength to you. Your little friend has already sealed the deal with me, so she can access all I have to offer. You need to worship me, practically. Someone of my power can only bestow their strongest gifts onto Zealous underlings."

Kara insisted that Erys touched her first when she was next able to feel another person.

"Guess so. Who else can I finger without getting into trouble?"

Eventually, Kara reached the twin's bedroom, and heard segments of the actions going on in there. Due to the sheer chaos in that room at present, with Lilly trying to understand Haley's incoherent rantings, not a lot was able to be processed, save for a new, young sounding female voice.

"Can't we just talk about this with her?" The voice asked, her pleas falling on deaf ears. "I mean, she's gotta have her reasons for it, right?"

The delicate tone of the voice had a soothing effect. It carried with it the uplifting feel of Spring, and sounded as sweet as birdsong.

"Awwwww. Have I gone invisible again?" The Voice whined, sounding a little upset.

As Kara peered through the crack in the open door, the voice's source was a small sprite-like being. She currently had her back to Kara at present, with the little white fox ears on her head drooping a little, like an upset animal would have. Her flowing white hair, reminiscent of freshly fallen cherry blossom petals, descended to nearly cover the entirety of her small frame, only being pushed up by her white fox tail. From what Kara could make out, this Sprite was dressed in what looked like a set of Miko clothes, but styled to suit modern tastes by being more tight fitting rather than loose.

"Yes and you have a lot of secrets I'm sure of. Okay how about this do you have any powers that can increase my speed like making me faster than others and harder to hit?" Kara asked.

Erys spoke about the fight.

"I know that and I don't like being called a coward. But how do you think I felt after all that happened. Led to everyone hating me more than they already do. I've got quite a few people who wish to kill me now."

Erys told Kara about her form of 'Undying Loyalty'.

"So, if I start to worship as my Mistress or something like that you will. Offer me your strength and what about other gifts you gave me that sword will I get something else like that. If I show you more of my undying loyalty?" Kara asked.

Erys spoke next about who she could finger without getting into trouble.

"Me."

Kara soon reached the Twins bedroom where she could hear some segments of what. Was going on inside the room. Haley was speaking incoherently and Lilly was having a hard time with understanding it all. Kara was also able to make out a new voice of someone who she had never heard before. They seemed like to be on Kara's side for a moment saying how they should try and talk things out with her.

They then mentioned something about going invisible again. As Kara peered through the crack in the door she saw a small girl with flowing white hair and white fox like ears. She was dressed in a set of Miko clothes. This must be Lilly's new friend who Holly had told her about. Kara then knocked on the door to get everyone's attention.

"May I come in?

Kara asked about powers which could increase ones speed and make them more difficult to strike.

"I may have something to that effect, but don't expect them both at once. They are quite costly, after all, and the effects come with severe limitations. They can only work for as long as your body can handle them. Pushing ones body beyond their natural limits puts a large amount of strain on them, so don't expect these to come without some form of trade-off.

Kara complained about Erys' action at the arena once more.

"Then just prove you're better than them. Show them the strength of the powers they mock. Show them your true strength. No Ruler is ever weak, and the weak Rulers don't live for long."

Kara asked about what perks come with worshiping a mysterious being like Erys.

"Not as a Mistress, as your God. Worship me as you would those false Deities that others do. I can't bestow the rest of the relics onto you, but I can point you as to where they may be kept. First things first, you need to show me your faith."

Kara noticed the strange little Sprite that was floating around in the background looking a little lost and forgotten about. Trying to not overtly draw attention to herself, Kara knocked on the door, causing the little Fox-Sprite to yelp in shock as her ears and tail stood as taught and as high as they could, like a startled animal's ears and tail would do. The little fox-sprite was the first to turn her head towards the source of the noise, trembling a little from the aftershock as she did so. She regarded Kara with her small red eyes, kind of the same shade as Lilly's, as she breathed a sigh of relief.

"At least it wasn't a Maid." The Fox-Sprite sighed. She then fully turned towards Kara. "Please excuse the noise. My Companion and her sisters are a little tense at the moment."

The Fox-Sprite politely bowed a little in apology, like a traditional Miko would.

"You must be Kara, the one they're talking about?" She asked. "Oh, where are my manners? My name is Shirohana, but you can call me Shiro."

Shiro gave a polite smile as she introduce herself.

"Who's the girl with you?" Shiro questioned. "I can sense another in roughly the same place you are, but I can't see them. Are they shy?"

"How...?"

Erys mentioned she may have something to help Kara out in terms of speed. Yet it would come with severe limitations.

"Then it best to train my body further so that I can handle these gifts. Is there any way you can train me?"

Erys spoke once more about the arena battle.

"I would like to put that Nicholas in his place and show him a thing or too. I don't take too kindly to someone wanting me dead."

Kara was told she would need to worship Erys like a God to get any more perks.

"Wouldn't that me kinda hard to do I already worship one person. That being Beltran I don't want to upset him anymore then I have so how can I worship you and him at the same time. You say you will point me in the right direction of where the next relic will be if I show you. My faith fine if that's what you'd like let's start now how can I show you my faith?" Kara asked.

When Kara knocked on the door it caused the fox-spirit. To yelp in surprise as she was clearly startled. She then turned and looked at Kara who had walked into the room and closed the door. Shiro then went on to introduce herself before mentioning that she could sense Erys. This took Kara by surprise for a moment before she regained control over herself.

"Ah, you must be Shiro I was told about you from Holly. How long have you been Lilly's companion? and about that what they were talking about was beyond my control. If I could kindly explain my actions then it would let them get a better understanding of what happened. As for the other with me yes they are a little shy."

Kara steeled her resolve in regards to Erys' offer.

"Everything in moderation, now. I can only fully train the true holder of my vessel, but I can impart minor knowledge on you, for a price. All I ask is that, if you access this, you allow me to view through your eyes to see what you may be using it on. After all, I'll need to see what it is to give my opinion on it."

Kara was determined to prove Nicholas wrong in his assumption of her.

"That sounds just perfect. I would like to tag along for that encounter as well, if you will be willing to take me."

Kara explained the boundary of worshipping two powerful beings at once.

"I can't help with mixed faith issues. You're going to need to decide whom you want to follow. Will you follow my adorable self, or some dirty old bird? After all, I can only fully assist my most devout followers. If you choose me, the first thing I'll have you do to show your loyalty to me is something rather simple. It shouldn't be too hard for someone of your caliber. All I want you to do is find out what the one who shares my Mistress's blood is hiding. She claims to be something impressive, but doesn't she seem a little shady to you?"

Upon meeting Shiro, Kara went straight into questioning mode.

"I've been her companion for longer than she can remember. I've been watching over her as she's grown into the fine young lady she is today. She probably doesn't recognise me at the moment, but, hopefully, she will soon enough." Shiro answered. "I'm sure you had your reasons for doing it. After all, you don't strike me as a bad person. Everybody makes mistakes. It's part of being alive. I thought I'd gone invisible as they don't seem to be hearing me at all. Perhaps you'll have better luck?"

"What an interesting discovery..."

Erys appeared next to Kara, startling Shiro a little and causing her ears and tail to shoot up once more.

"Bwah?! Oh, sorry. Hi there." Shiro greeted Erys with her usual smile. "That's a neat little power you've got there. Are you the one who was with Kara?"

"The very same one." Erys answered with a slight grin. "So, tell me, what's a Minor Pantheon Member doing with a girl like Lilly?"

Erys's recognition of Shiro caused an evident look of surprise and intrigue to cross Shiro's face.

"Well, I have my reasons. Girls do like to keep secrets, Ancient One." Shiro countered.

"They do indeed." Erys retaliated.

Erys once again stated that her knowledge can still be passed on. But once more it came at a price that Kara would be having to give. But to access it Kara would have to let Erys see through her eyes. Which to Kara meant that she might have to let Erys take control over her again or at least be in some form of control.

"You wish to see what I'm seeing sounds reasonable but it depends on what I'm looking at. Will you want to see everything or just somethings?" Kara asked. "Will this be like it was at the arena this doesn't involve you taking over my body again does it?" Kara added.

Erys wished to come along when Kara dealt with Nicholas.

"You may come along".

Erys explained what Kara could do if she chooses to follow Erys.

"I know you might not wish to hear this but can you give me a little time. To think on that some more I'm not saying I won't follow you it's just that I need to come to terms with somethings before I truly decide on which path to follow. As for your request I will do it regardless as she does seem shady I believe there are somethings that she hasn't told me yet. Tag along with me in our next meeting and you can learn somethings out for yourself. There also might be another way you can learn some history about her as well."

Kara stopped talking with Erys for now as Shiro began to answer her questions.

"Give it sometime her memories of you may come back at some point in time. As for me being a bad person I don't wish to alarm you but I am a bad person. If you truly get to know me you will learn that out for yourself."

Kara was about to move on to the girls when Erys appeared next to her. This startled Shiro for a moment before they began to speak to one another. Kara was able to learn that Shiro was a minor pantheon member while Erys herself. Was the Ancient One just what this meant Kara didn't know.

"Ancient One?" Kara asked.

She wanted to know more but there was still the matter with the others to fix. Kara walked past the two girls and came upon Lilly and the others. "I know there is a big problem here but may I explain my actions?" Kara asked the girls.

Kara questioned about the knowledge gift.

"I will need to see everything you're trying to use it on in order to pass the knowledge I hold over, just so we're not crossing wires or anything. I won't need to take you over, per se, but I will need to look through your eyes to help."

Kara partially agreed to the terms and conditions for furthering her research.

"You can do the research, but I won't hold up my end of the bargain until I'm certain you won't two-time for for some burnt feather duster. Think of it more like caution than outright denial. I can't have my information leaking to the wrong parties, after all."

Kara responded to Shiro's comments.

"Ah, um, well, that's really down to me to decide, isn't it? People may say their bad, but others may find those just minor quirks rather than bad things." Shiro answered. "Anyway, my first impression of you is that you're just misunderstood, that's all, and first impressions count the most."

Shiro's revelation about Erys being referred to as 'Ancient One' sparked some curiosity in Kara.

"Oh, um, you needn't worry about that at the moment." Shiro casually dismissed the question.

"Exactly. remember what I say about girls and secrets?" Erys agreed.

Kara decided to ditch the mysterious Spirit duo problem and take care of the more apparent one. Approaching the trio, it was now noticeable that Holly and Haley had bath towels around them at present, possibly placed on them by Lilly to prevent more accidental (or forced) indecent exposure. Haley, keeping up with her more vocal role, was the first to notice Kara and retaliate.

"Back for more, huh, perv?!" Haley shot back. "Well, too bad! Your perving days are over!"

Holly, having the inability to say anything, just hid behind her argumentative twin for protection. Upon hearing Haley's retort, Lilly turned around next and regarded Kara.

"If you wanna talk it through, you'd better start now." Lilly instructed Kara firmly. "if I don't like what I hear, or if the girls don't like it either, then it's corporal punishment for you!"

Erys told her she wouldn't be taking her over but would need to use her eyes.

"If you wish to use my eyes to see through I guess it couldn't hurt. There's someone out there I'd like you opinion on so next time I see her we can try this out."

Erys would only hold up her end of the bargain only. If Kara didn't two-time her for Beltran and told her to think on it some more.

"You would not need to worry about that. I'll just let time decide on that as I do need to build your trust in me again after all."

Shiro replied to Kara.

"Yes, it is we have only just met for the first time. And I can't say what your true thoughts of me are just yet. Misunderstood would be an understatment." Kara sighed.

Shiro and then Erys spoke once more.

"Yeah, I know" Kara before she left the spirit duo turned to Erys and gave her a small kiss. On the cheek before going to the others. Where Haley was the first to speak up with Holly hiding behind her.

"I've come to explain my actions it was all a misunderstanding." Kara told her.

Lilly then turned and spoke to her.

"If you will just hear me out I can explain everything." And so Kara began to explain the reasons behind the mess of how she had wanted to speak with Lilly that morning. And waited outside her room not wanting to enter into it without Shiro or Lilly answering. But having gotten no answer Kara only entered the room when she heard footsteps coming towards her not knowing. If it was Holly or one of the Maids and was in fear of being caught. The same could be said for when she was in the room. As Lilly wasn't there and she didn't want to get into trouble with Lilly coming out of the shower. So Kara told the group she had made a quick teleport to escape and ended up in the twins wardrobe by mistake as the teleport spell had been really sudden. And not prepared like it should have this was all a major mistake on Kara's part.

Kara explained her actions and reasons behind perving on the twins.

"You could've just waited in my room. It's not like I would've kicked you out." Lilly sighed. "Granted, I probably would've been a little surprised, but not to the point of what you did to the twins."

"That doesn't explain why you were rooting around in our underwear!" Haley countered. "You stole Holly's panties and one of my vests! You gonna use them to sniff later, or something?!"

Holly peered around from behind the angry Haley and did her thought-to-text communication.

'Rushing Arcane abilities like Teleportation can result in a change of destination. You're basically breaking your body down into energy and moving along the waves present in the atmosphere, like Wi-fi or Satellite television you don't carefully choose the right Wave of energy and know when to reappear, you could end up anywhere within a large distance of your intended destination, even more so if you hadn't even got a set destination in mind.'

"Wow, you know your stuff, huh?" Shiro commended Holly. "That's the long and short of Teleportation. Basically, as Kara didn't pick a location, she just appeared where her thoughts were the strongest at that time. She was probably thinking about the twins when she moved, so she ended up near them."

Lilly and then Haley spoke.

"Well, I didn't want to cause a mess with you. So that's why I didn't wait around but I guess I could have done so and this wouldn't have happened." Kara then replied to Haley. "I'll return your items to you both right now." Kara left the room for a moment and then came back with the items that were taken and gave them both to the girls. "I wouldn't need to sniff them or anything as I'm not into that sort of thing," Kara stated.

Holly spoke up next.

"Next time I'll make sure to plan out where I am wanting to go. So that I don't mess up and end up some place that I don't want to be at."

Shiro then commended Holly. Before siding with Kara for a tiny bit and explained her thoughts on the matter.

"I wouldn't go that far I just wanted to leave the room. I wasn't thinking where I was going at the time and panicked."

Kara insisted that she had no reason for stealing the twins delicates and promptly bought them back to the girls. As they were using their hands to hold the towels on their body, the clothes had to be placed on their bed for now.

Kara then said she wasn't consciously thinking about the twins at the time of the teleport.

"You might not have been aware at the time, but you were probably thinking about them in the deepest recesses of your mind. That was possibly the strongest, and closest, location based thought you had at the time, so your power moved you to the twin's room. As to why you ended up in a Wardrobe, of all things, was possibly down to what Holly said. Something probably went wrong with your set reappearance location, and you were moved a few feet away from the drop-off point." Shiro explained. "It happens. These things are not as predictable as we might want them to be."

After Kara had returned the twins belongings onto the bed. Shiro spoke to her once more about several things.

"Well I do think about them from time to time yes. And one of them I've been thinking about a lot lately." Kara wasn't about to tell Shiro which of the twins it was she had been thinking about as of late. "I guess it was down to what Holly had said I just need to be careful next time." Kara then turned to Lilly.

"What are your thoughts on what I've said am I going to be punished for a mistake?" Kara asked.

Kara explained that the twins had been on her mind.

"Just one and not both? That's not very fair." Shiro answered, sounding a little upset by the idea of excluding one of the package deal.

Kara then asked what her 'punishment' would be.

"It's not really down to me to decide, as I wasn't the one affected by it." Lilly answered. "Your judges are the girls, not me."

'I guess that, as we're now sisters, we should get used to seeing each other in um...'that' kind of clothing. Plus, it's not like it's the first time you've seen me wearing...um...nothing... A-anyway, I think that, as long as you don't do it again without any warning, you shouldn't need to be punished. I think you've learned your lesson.'

"Well, we are sisters now, I suppose, so...um...i-it's not like it's abnormal for family to see each other nude." Haley began, a blush forming on her face as she looked a little to the side to prevent direct eye contact. "I-I guess that, as long as it doesn't become a common thing, you've done your time for now."

"All's good again." Shiro concluded with a smile and a little sway of her tail and twitch of her ears. "Nothing good can come from punishing someone for something they didn't mean to do."

Shiro seemed upset about how Kara had mentioned she had only been thinking. About one of the twins and not both.

"I'm sorry but I don't want to get into this right now it's a very private deal to me," Kara said before dropping the topic.

Lilly spoke her part and then the twins spoke. It seemed like Kara would not get any punishment as long as it didn't happen again.

"It won't happen again as I've got enough on my plate already that I don't need another mess. Plus while it is normal for family to see each other naked at some point it shouldn't be a common thing." She saw Haley's blush then looked away. "Would it be okay if I were to see you naked more then the others?" Kara thought in the deepest part of her mind. While using some form of magic to shield that thought from the others.

Shiro was happy that everything was worked out.

"If we are all done here I'll be waiting downstairs for you as we need to get to school," Kara told the others. She looked at everyone in the room before departing to think some things over.

Kara concluded the conversation and said that she'd be waiting downstairs for the others to get ready.

"Don't forget to pack a Swimsuit and extra clothing." Lilly reminded Kara. "We're doing Sports Day practice today."

Kara left the others and was soon followed by Erys, whom was taking up residence in Kara's shadow.

"I'd say you got lucky. You should be thankful you have such forgiving sisters. Anyway, enough about family, I've a question for you."

Silence fell for a moment before Erys posed her question.

"Where'd you get that blade? It's nothing more than a cheap replica of my Mistress's, but something about it seems familiar."

"I will you don't need to remind me." Kara told Lilly before she left the room. She headed to her room first and went about packing an extra set of clothes and along with a swimsuit. Before finishing up and heading downstairs to wait for the others. Soon enough Erys spoke up once more to her.

"Luck I guess but I don't know, would they all have forgiven me if they knew about last night?" Kara countered.

Erys then asked her a question and Kara answered.

"A girl's got her secrets" Kara simply answered.

"That is another issue entirely. Engaging in incestuous acts is bad in and of itself, but it's even worse as you did it to a minor. Anyway, what they don't know can't hurt them or be used against you."

Kara answered as cryptically as Erys does.

"That's not very fair, using my own words against me."

'I just hope they don't find out I already have enough problems. I don't need more added to the list of things going bad in my life." Kara said.

Erys thought it was unfair.

"I'm not about to reveal that information to you just yet. Just like I bet you won't tell me about how you are this 'Ancient One'?'

Kara drove a reasonably hard bargain for a trade of information.

"That little songbird is teaching you well..."

Erys remained quiet for a short while before eventually answering.

"For such a small creature, that little Fox-girl is quite a big pest. Her and her God-sized, annoyingly bland, sickly sweet personality is quite vexing. It's just as one would think, 'Ancient One' means that I am, indeed, old enough to be considered ancient. However, it's rude to ask a girl for her age."

"Yes she is."

Erys was quiet for a while before speaking again.

"Well, you need to be on guard around her stick with me for now. As if you're seen around Haley it might cause some unwanted problems on your end. I didn't know you were that old so I won't ask for your age at all. There is something I want to show you later if you'd be willing to see it?"

Kara hoped the girls would be down soon. As she felt lonely being by herself for the time being.

"Not even that overconfident pigeon is able to sense me when I meld into another's shadow. There's something about her that is just too problematic. She is, as I said, a Minor Pantheon Member, but what she's doing here is something I don't know. If you want to show it, then go ahead. Just don't ask for anything in return."

"I'll show you it when I have a free moment. As for Shiro I'm sure there is more to her then just that as you've pointed out." Kara decided to try and test out Erys offer. Later the next time she looked upon Shiro. In the meantime Kara pulled out her phone and looked to see if she got any messages from work for what she replied on earlier.

"Like to tease, don't you? You offer a chance to see something and then say you'll do it later. That's not very fun, denying me on every corner."

Kara checked her phone for replies to earlier messages. So far, only Annmarie had offered her answer to the next booking, saying it'll happen on her next free slot on Thursday, which she'll have to check.

The chat regarding the swimsuits was quite busy with Cecile, Annmarie and Mary all talking about swimsuit shopping. Cecile was trying to coax Annmarie (and Kara) into swimsuit shopping as a group by saying that it'll be more fun and easier to choose the best swimsuit if they had another's opinion on matters. Mary was as relaxed as normal, saying it'll be fun and that she's willing to go for it, so long as it does not disturb her afternoon nap. Annmarie was still adamant that it was a terrible idea, and tried to pull Kara over to her side.

"You're one to talk about teasing but I can show you something now if you like. As I'd like to know your thoughts on what you see." Kara before she checked her messages decided to let Erys use her eyes to see the video she had been sent earlier. Not knowing what the exchange would be for doing this bothered Kara alittle. But she needed answers and pressed play on the video and let it run its play through.

Kara then went about checking her messages and saw only Annmarie had offered to answer the next booking. It would happen on her next free slot on Thursday. Then the chat topic about swimsuits was quite busy from what Kara could tell. Kara then went on to respond. That she would like to go as a group for swimsuit shopping. As long as it was just the four of them and others opinions could help with. Picking out the best swimsuit Kara could see that Annmarie was trying to pull her to her side. But Kara just said that this could be a fun outing for them to all get to know each other better.

"Go ahead. I'm all eyes, so to speak."

Kara decided to show Erys the strange video she got earlier in KiraChat.

The feeling of having Erys look through Kara's eyes was unusual, to say the least. It felt like she was looking into a world she didn't know. A world full of ancient knowledge thought to be lost to the ages. Her mind was expanded beyond her normal level, and she felt like she understood things much better.

"Looks like a personal challenge from some lousy assassin. I mean, really, what self-respecting assassin will let themselves get caught on Camera like that and leave witnesses? She's either terrible at her Job or wanted to be seen. Either way, she's not entirely human. She's been augmented with something. Look at her eye, for example, it's not a natural colour. She's also far too accurate for a normal assassin. She could perfectly aim the shots from unpredictable weapons to only cause minor damage when any normal person, even the most highly trained military professional, could only just about keep the shots on target at that kind of speed. I'd say she's some kind of experimental super solider."

"I hope this exchange is worth it."

Kara felt weird as Erys looked through her eyes. It felt strange to her as her mind reached a level it had never been to before and old knowledge filled her mind. She even felt like she understood things better.

"So it's possible that this assassin is challenging me?" Kara asked. As she listened to the rest of Erys' words. "I'm sure she wanted to be seen for this video anyway." Kara looked closer at the video and looked at the girl's eye liked Erys had pointed out. "if she is a trained experimental super soldier what is she doing here and what does she want with me?" Kara asked.

"Maybe so, though I don't know why someone would want to kill you if they don't even know you personally. I know you've upset a lot of people, but this person isn't one of them. I'm starting to think it was on purpose as well, as her actions in the video prove that she's not bad at her job."

Replies regarding the swimsuit shopping came through:

Mary and Cecile were both in agreement that more people coming was better, and didn't know why Kara wouldn't want any more than just those four attending the shopping outing. Annmarie was still against the idea, but had to give in as she was outvoted severely. Eventually, they'd have to go shopping anyway for swimsuits, so getting it out the way quicker was much more preferable.

"This needs to be looked into further would you be willing to help me out on this?" Kara asked as she watched the video again. "Too many people are upset with me right now so things need to be fixed between everyone I've upset."

Kara read the replies on the swimsuit issue.

Kara didn't give the real reason as to why she didn't want. More people to come as she didn't what the twins showing up. But as she thought about it more she decided to do something that could be seen as an act of friendship on her part or attempts to fix things. So Kara told Mary and the others that she would try to invite Eve to come along with them. Seeing as how Annmarie was against the idea still, Kara said to try and think of it as a fun mission like they were going to take down an evil monster together. So after he replies Kara looked through the list of names of the Poster Girls until she found Eve's name and sent a PM message to her.

Kara to Eve: 'I know things between us have been rather touchy as of late. As things were said and done in the heat of the moment. The reason why I'm sending you this letter is that I would like to offer the chance to fix things between us. By first offering you the chance to join Annmarie, Mary, Cecile and I as we go shopping for swimsuits. I think this would be a good chance that we can talk and try and fix things between us. So, for starters, I want to apologize for the things I've said and done to you. I was out of line with my actions and wish to say that I'm sorry."

Kara sent the Pm to Eve.

"It's of interest to me, so I'll stick around for it."

Kara decided to stop being antisocial and proactively aim to form bonds with the other staff members, even going as far as to drag Eve into the group of shoppers. Even with the chuuni thought of Swimsuit shopping being a necessity to further her 'Dark Legacy', Annmarie was tentative to accept the idea of shopping for revealing wear, but eventually caved under the pressure of the others, only because the 'Dark Lord Commanded it'.

Kara then sent a message off to Eve...

The message was received and read, and an indication of a answer coming was bouncing across the bottom of the thread.

'I could use any sort of help you can offer' Kara told her.

Annmarie was tentative to take on Kara's idea but in the end decided to do so. After that she saw a message bouncing across the bottom of the screen and let the full message fill out before reading it. In the meantime as she was waiting for that she placed her phone down next to her. An took out the old ancient text book that she had read about over at Charon's and was told she could use for a while. As she opened the book carefully she started to read for any sort of old ancient powers related to darkness. What Kara was looking for was a means to help further control that power. Of hers and not forever be a slave to it she wanted any sort of history or advice that the book could offer her in regards of someone going through what she herself is going through. She also looked into seeing if Erys' name was mentioned at all in the book to see if it had any mention of what her powers were. So that kara could have a better of understanding of what Erys could do.

"Just don't back out at the last minute if it's not to your liking, otherwise I may have to take matters into my own hands once more."

While the 'Typing...' message bounced across the screen in the chat with Eve, Kara decided to look up any mention of controlling her powers in the book loaned from Charon's Archives.

Try as she might, Kara could not gleam more information from the book she had on her than she already had done back in Charon's Archives. Maybe it was down to the lack of cross-referencing materials, or perhaps it was because she was going about it the wrong way? Regardless, Kara couldn't pick up any more on that topic from this book.

In addition, Erys, or what she is, wasn't even so far as giving a passing mention in this book. It may have been the wrong source for that kind of information, or it may have been down to Kara's own lack of knowledge of what to look for other than a supposed 'name'.

"You can read when you're at school. You're blocking the stairs." Haley chided Kara as she began to head down the stairs. "Put the book down and get your rear into gear, we've gotta move."

"I'd like that not to happen, but I won't know how things will turn out until. That moment comes and maybe this time I might not back out."

While Eve's message bounced across the screen. Kara tried to look into the book from Charon. She was unable to gather any more information that might help her out. Maybe she needed to try different methods in gathering information about the book. And when trying to find out about Erys she wasn't in the book at all. She was about to try another method when she heard Haley's voice behind her.

"Sorry, am just busy trying to find something," Kara said she got up. And placed the book away and then took a moment to look at the message at the bottom of the screen to see if it was fully typed out yet before looking back at Haley.

"Can I hold your hand on the way to school or Lilly's or Holly's" Kara asked.

Kara moved out the way when Haley instructed her to.

"Well, whatever it is, studying is boring and should only be done at school when you can't get away with sleeping past it." Haley answered. "I'm still not happy with you, but I guess I can allow hand holding. Just hand holding, nothing more. No touching in weird places."

Kara's phone pinged with a response from the KiraChat app. The push notification that appeared suggested that it was an answer to the chat topic with Eve, which appeared to look like a formally written letter rather than a chat response. Opening it up, Eve had written at least two paragraphs of response, mostly including lots of pointless formalities expressing her dislike for talking about these kinds of things through messages and that it should rather be done face to face. It wasn't a complete dismissal of any apology attempt, or a immediate acceptance, but more of a request for it to be taken into more 'personal' forms of communication, where any slight deceit could be found out.

"But studying can also be fun as you are able to learn new things. That you've never ever known before." Kara told Haley. Who then allowed Kara to hold her hand as long as nothing more came from that. "I'm not going to do any sort of thing." she then was quiet. "Would it be okay at some point in the future we could talk privatly about somethings?" Kara asked.

As she waited for Haley's answer she heard her phone ping. She looked down at it and saw it was an answer from Eve. Her reply looked more like a letter then something Kara had thought. Eve had written two paragraphs. Kara gave it a scan over and saw that it was filled with pointless things and Eve would rather this be done face to face. It was more of a request so that more 'personal' forms of communication were used. Kara sent a quick reply that she agreed to Eve's terms.

She sent her that she would be able to speak with Eve tomorrow afternoon. At work whenever she wanted to and let Eve pick a time for it to happen. She then put her phone on vibrate and waited for the others to arrive.

"You sound just like Holly." Haley retorted. "What can you get from a book which you can't get from a game faster and in a more fun way?"

Kara requested a private talk.

"Why does it have to be private? What're you trying to get me to do?" Haley questioned.

Kara sent her reply back to the formal response from Eve and got the next one back rather rapid. It simply read that Eve would like to meet tomorrow at break time in the Cafe.

"Is that a bad thing?" Kara asked. She didn't have an answer at first to Haley's question. "But there are somethings that you can only gain from books and not games." Kara says.

Haley thought Kara was trying to get her to do something.

"Because there is some stuff I want you to know about. That I don't wish the others to know about at least not yet. But if you wish to know about one of the things I want to talk about it is how I feel about you."

Kara got a reply back from Eve and said that would work out for her. Her own reply was rather quick in return and then turned off her phone.

"I don't need two Hollys pestering me to study or do things." Haley countered "Like what? There's puzzle games to improve thinking, adventure games to improve creativity and Visual Novels to simulate reading."

Kara explained her intentions for the private meeting.

"Why don't you want them to know? Are you planning something shady?" Haley continued to question. "Can't you just say them while others are here?"

"Then I'll just stop here." Haley then pointed out ways to do things through games. "Reading does all of that and more. 'Take for example about learning of a new power. That one might be able to learn and control. I've learn some interesting facts about a power called 'Paragon' within the book you saw me reading.

Haley thought Kara was trying something shady.

"Because they wouldn't approve of how I feel towards you. Would you really want them to learn about what we did last night? Or about what I wish could happen between us?" Kara countered. She began to feel herself being overcome with emotion. "I'm not trying anything or planning anything I just want things to be discussed about everything we've been through together. I want you to know what you mean to me as you mean more to me then just a sister. Or a half sister I don't know if you will ever feel the way I do for you Haley." Kara told her.

She let that sink into Haley's mind. She wanted to get off how she was feeling and tell Haley everything but now wasn't the right time or place.

Haley was, as one would expect, uninterested in whatever knowledge a book may hold.

"Don't care. Too many words, not enough pictures." Haley dismissed the explanation.

Kara tried to explain the complications behind taboo relationships.

"If you know it's bad, then why do you do it?" Haley questioned. "You do all these things and then get mad when we're mad at you for doing them. You don't ask us how we may feel about them before you go and do them. You do what you want without checking with us beforehand and then you yell at us when we ask you why you did it."

Haley didn't care about what knowledge the book held.

"Fine if that's how you feel. I won't press the matter any further."

Haley questioned Kara about what she does.

Kara wasn't sure of how she could explain the things. That she did as she always let her desires get the best of her. "I don't really know maybe its because I enjoy them far too much. And wish I could find someone to shall them with." Kara said.

She went on to question the last part. Of Haley's question.

"I would like to know your thoughts and feelings. On all that we have done together between the two of us?"

Kara vaguely explained her reasoning before turning the Q&A on its head by asking Haley her thoughts.

"I don't know what to think about them. I don't understand anything about what we do together. All I know is that it should be done between a boy and a girl, and not two girls. All Holly's romance books say the same thing, so it's gotta be between a boy and a girl." Haley answered.

"Are you seriously asking a ten year old her thoughts on lesbian love? How desperate are you for your sick fixes? Seriously, no use asking her this, she's clueless when it comes to love."

Haley explained how she felt.

"Then I take it that you never enjoyed. Anything that we have done together?"

Kara started to feel unwanted emotions well up with in her.

"If that is what you truly believe that a girl can't love another girl. Then I will no longer try anything with you. Or try and wish that you will one day share my feelings. I hope you find that special someone."

Erys then spoke up and Kara felt very depressed.

"So I'm desperate what does it matter to you. I want to be loved I want to be with her. The one person who knows the true me!".

"I don't know what I feel." Haley countered. "I don't understand it. I don't know what I should and shouldn't feel. I don't know how it's meant to be done, or even why its done. I just don't know!"

"No matter what you may want, it's pointless asking the uneducated children about adult matters. Children are too stupid to understand. They let other people do the thinking for them. Even some 'adults' let stupid 'Gods' do the thinking for them. Humans are such idiotic creatures to place their faith in non-existent beings because they're far too weak to carry everything they've done themselves."

"Then its all for not then I am sorry for making you. Do things that you don't fully understand or even wanted to do."

Erys spoke up again as Kara felt her insides breaking apart. She felt lime breaking down and crying on the post but didn't.

"Then its a lost cause I will always truly be alone. I will never find that special person at all. I had thought I had with Haley but I guess it want meant to be."

Kara didn't say anything more to Haley. And just sat on the steps. Feeling like the world around her had shattered to pieces.

"What're you getting all crybaby for?" Haley retaliated upon seeing Kara's change in mood. "Pull yourself together! You need to teach me how to swim. I don't fancy drowning in a school pool."

"See? Even now you're letting me do the thinking for you. You lack mental strength so you throw your lot in with a glorified squawking feather duster. Just how much longer are you going to let others control you like a puppet? Even at the thought of having me indulge in your likes, you began to question your belief in whatever false God you worshipped. If you're so easy to influence, of course you're going to be controlled by whatever power or person comes your way with a stronger brain in their head. Do you seriously lack the mental capacity to think for yourself, or are you just pretending to be so brain-dead?"

Lilly and Holly began to join the queue waiting to go down the stairs due to a sulking person blocking the last step.

"You will never understand" Kara said quietly has Haley said she needed to be reached on how to swim. "You won't drown in the pool."

Erys spoke once more.

"You want me to follow you and worship. You like a god you want me to take what I want. Fine you want be to be your follower fine. I will be your follower I will take what I wish when. I want it i no longer wish to hear you belittling me. I want respect. I want power and no longer want to be controlled by others. The first person to feel my wrath is Nicholas."

Karas mood darkened as a powerful surge of anger. Overtook her she clenched her fists tightly until they hurt.

She didn't know Lilly or Holly were behind her. Until she moved around and saw them. "Sorry lets go".

Kara started down the stairs. When a raven appeared before them that raven was Beltran.

Erys' probing had the effect she intended it to.

"Then I guess we can come to an arrangement. The first step in your road to being an individual is to shed yourself of the shackles binding you. Free yourself from the control of others. Show my you are strong enough to support yourself. You don't need anyone else."

Kara finally pulled herself out of the slump she was in and was about to set off for school, until something appeared before them.

"Oh, speak of the Feather Duster and it shall appear." Erys announced to both Beltran and Kara. "Ran out of cobwebs to clean? Or are you mad that your puppet has clipped her strings?"

Erys wished for Karate to show her that she could. Do things herself and not relie on others for anything else.

"But what do i gain in return for following you?" Kara asked. As she needed a way to show Erys that she was true to her word. "I want to fight someone?"

With Beltran having appeared before the group. His gaze was fixed on Kara "You now betray me and join with another I have had enough of your shit." he lapped his wings and glowed with dark energy before. He sent it at Kara who screamed in pain as it struck her. The pain was strong and as Kara screamed she felt something torn from her being.

"You will get your just desserts soon but stay out of this" Beltran warned her He looked back at Kara as the energy around her faded. "I take back which I once so freely gave you're a Ravenclaw no longer." with. Another flap of his wings Beltran disappeared.

Beltran reclaimed the power he had provided Kara with and left in quite a flap.

"Must've had enough of being used to clean Cobwebs. Didn't know cleaning products could get their revenge. I would've liked to have spent some quality time with him, but that'll have to wait."

Erys left her shadow form and appeared in front of Kara. However, the others had no idea of her presence, save for Shiro whom, despite being a little shook up and confused from the sudden drama, appeared to clearly see Erys.

"Now then, now that you're no longer a slave to a Feather Duster, shall we begin our pact?" Erys asked Kara as time seemed to freeze around her, only allowing Kara and, surprisingly, Shiro, not locked in Stasis. The dimension began to warp and change before Kara found herself, not in the grand entrance hall of the Manor, but a rather strange looking palace.

The location looked very close to something Kara thinks she saw once before...

There was a enormous black Crystal sitting at the far end of the impressive throne room. A throne was carved into the crystal and, upon it, sat a black crystal Tiara. The main composition of the throne room looked to be a combination between obsidian and onyx, with the stone being the main thoroughfares and the precious gem being the accentuation on the decorations. Black flames burned inside of crystal braziers attached to the walls at even spacing across the room. A eye-catching black and gold carpet stretched from the throne down towards a pair of sealed obsidian double doors.

Eight Onyx pillars were spread across the throne room parallel to one another. At the foot of these pillars, black crystal armour stood lifeless, almost like guards to the throne room. On the walls in the walkways behind the pillars, there were ten stained glass windows spread across the exterior walls, seemingly overlooking an expanse of endless night. The images on the windows looked extremely familiar, almost like a battle between Crystalline forces, and people in white robes.

"Welcome to my Empire." Erys greeted Kara as she appeared next to her on the carpet. Her outfit had changed, somewhat.

Erys' base attire was the same as normal, except now she had a Black Crystal Tiara perched on her head, and a matching half-mask covering her left forehead and the upper half of her face. The mask ended in a curved horn-like shape. On her shoulder she had what could only be likened to crystal epaulets and flowing from them was a shroud of complete darkness, only occasionally showing her back. The shroud appeared alive in its own rights and frequently shifted its flow patterns. On her hands she had black crystal gauntlets ending in sharp claws and on her feet she had matching boots which covered up to the middle of her thigh and had some rather cruel looking spikes on the heels. As expected, she had her signature 'vessel' casually slung and holstered on her hips.

"You'd best be serious about becoming my Honor Guard." Erys warned Kara. "Wouldn't want the Empire to think you've turned traitor now, would you?"

Kara had fallen to the ground and got up again. As Erys spoke to her she felt strange like something was missing from her but she didn't know what. "Damn that hurt and I feel strange?"

Erys then appeared before Kara and the others couldn't. See her save for Shiro who was shocked next Erys asked about forming a pact.

"It must be done"

Kara next appeared within a vast throne room. Which seemed to appear out of no where as she looked around. Memories of what she had seen appeared in her mind. As she remembered seeing a place like this before. Even Erys' outfit had changed into something different.

"Joining your honor guard what does this grant me. And what about Haley will she know that I have joined with you. And I am serious you wish for my help and so I gladly give it."

"Joining my Honor Guard will allow you to call upon the masses of my Empire to use as you see fit. Your powers will start out weak, only being a little more powerful than my Mistress's, but will eventually become much stronger as you continue to prove your loyalty to me." Erys explained. "We can discuss more on the way to the throne."

Erys began to head down the carpet slowly, matching pace with Kara as she continued to explain her plans.

"Once the pact is complete, you shall gain the title of 'Honor Guard'. This will prove to my Empire that you are a trusted adviser of the Empress and they will gladly lend you their aid. As you probably understand, my Empire are these adorable little crystals you see my Mistress with. They are, for want of better terms, my blood.

"My Blood has unique properties. It gains sentience of its own and can understand telepathic commands of myself and my most trusted advisers. My Mistress is still too weak to make a bond with them without endangering her own mentality, and that is why she must issue verbal commands to them instead. You, however, will be able to control them with a thought. Your ties to the Darkness allow this.

"You may be wondering what I am and, as you will be joining me in my Conquest very soon, I shall tell you. I am what your kind call a 'God'. However, I am not one of these petty False Gods that are so popular now. I am an Old God. As Old as the World itself. That interfering Fox knows this, and that is why she referred to me as 'Ancient One'. My powers do not come from the weak faith of mindless mortal sheep, they come from the primal powers of the World itself. Even if nobody believes in me, I am still as powerful as one of the False Gods with legions of followers.

"In regards to my Mistress, she will have to know. She'll find out anyway when the pact is complete. Her powers come from me as well, so she will sense familiarity with your new gifts. While I am still in the dark as to why you hold the same blade as her, I can tell that it will only grow in power as I bestow more gifts onto you. I thought there was only one in existence of my vessel, but I must have been mistaken. Your blade, however, was not cut from the Master Crystal. It's nothing more than a shard of one of the lesser Crystals, so it will never be as powerful as my Mistress's in sheer strength. I can channel the power of the Master Crystal into it, but I will only do that if you go above and beyond your devotion to me."

Kara listened as Erys told her about what. Would happen when she joined her Honor Guard. "Does this mean I will have to answer to Haley as my mistress or just you?"

They started to walk to the throne room. As Kara took in everything around her as Erys further explained things. She would have to answer to Haley that didn't sit well. With Kara at first and she was reminded of the vision she had seen a while ago.

"I will be in control of those pets which are your blood. That is rather interesting and makes things easier if I can command them with my mind and not my mouth."

Kara learned that Erys was a god she never really knew that. Along with joining her in her Conquest just what this meant Kara didn't know. "Are there others like you?" Kara asked.

Then Erys explained a little more about things.

Kara learned that her blade was of a lesser crystal. Along with Haley knowing that Kara had joined with Erys. This Kara hoped that in time she could save Haley from. Erys and fully change the future by making Erys take her on fully instead of Haley.

"You might find out about that in time. If I decide to tell you I just want you to promise me that you will always protect Haley and will do nothing to harm her?"

After Erys had explained to Kara what was needed to be known, Kara had some questions.

"If you think that a little girl is in charge, then you're sorely mistaken. She answers to me, not the other way around. You will be on the same level of command as her, but your powers are a little more...developed. Given time and dedication, you may surpass her, and she'll have to take orders from you. However, my orders supersede all others. That is how Empires work, after all.

"That is the long and short of it. However, as I've said before, my orders supersede all of yours. If I believe that my pets could be used more effectively, then they will listen to my orders over yours

"There are others like me somewhere in this world, but they may still be in slumber. Most of these Modern fakes are possibly lesser Pantheon thinking they can take lead while their true ruler sleeps. I doubt you'll find any records of them unless you raid the oldest of records, that is providing that they haven't been destroyed by mindless sheep to the Lesser Fakes."

Kara's final point posed some difficulty to answer for the briefest of moments.

"It would be nice if your optimism influenced the very workings of Ruling Councils. That, I'm afraid, is a promise that nobody can keep, even if they may insist that they work always for the greater good and would never endanger another. Even that pompous gnat with the Mute can't promise something like that and say she would always keep it. If, in the unlikely outcome, that my Mistress does become influenced by another and endanger my Empire, then I may have to ask you to remove her, if I get to trust you enough, that is. If not, then I will have to see to those matters myself."

Erys went on to answer Kara's questions that she had asked.

"So, we both answer to you and only you. Will your orders be one's that we are allowed to choose? Whether or not we want to do them or do we have to do them no matter what?" Kara asked. But as Kara listened to more of it things seemed. Like she wouldn't have a choice in the matter and she didn't want her 'pets' to try anything out against her.

Her last question took Erys some time to answer.

"You know how I feel about her and I'm not sure if I could, Ever truly bring myself to put an end to her if I was ordered to. This I'm being truthful about but maybe I won't have to take such an action. If she does things willingly and not go down another path."

"You're free to work how you see fit but, if I believe that your talents may be useful in another matter, then you will have to comply. If not...well...you've seen what I do to disobedient 'subjects'. Unless I have orders for you, just work to further the Empire. Engage in forming 'Alliances', researching important matters, or simply just killing all opposition and threats to the Empire. However, as soon as I give you a task, I expect to see it done as quickly as possible, and to the highest possible success."

Kara remained as solid in her belief as she had done, claiming to be unable to kill Haley if she proves to be defective.

"That, I can tell, is the most shallow lie you've ever told." Erys answered with a slight grin. "You've already proven that friendship is but a stepping stone, unimportant when it exceeds its usefulness. After all, I couldn't have influenced you in that fight if you hadn't been harbouring the very feelings I pulled forward. Given enough probing, I'm sure that they'll just seem like targets, indiscernible from the masses of people you detest."

Kara had free regin on how to work on what she saw fit. But if things changed she wouldn't have a choice and would have to obey. "How am I to go about making 'Alliances' when I believe that you don't want yourself being known to others just yet?" Kara asked. She wasn't sure on how to make that possible. With the way things were at at this point in time she also learned that if things needed to be done they needed to be done quickly.

Erys didn't believe what Kara said.

"That depends on how things turn out as you already know I have. Several targets on the list already the others maybe they will be stepping stones or friends. Who can say what the future holds. Maybe I will fall into despair and go crazy and drown the world in blood would that make you happy?"

"Aren't you already doing that? You simply need to amass followers of your own, 'friends', as you may know them as. I am not important in those matters. You needn't even go so far as to give me a passing mention. Make them think they're working for you. Every business has underlings, and every ruler has subjects. Even those subjects may have subjects of their own. A tree is not just the leaves on the top, after all."

Kara suggested that Erys was just bloodthirsty.

"You must think of me as nothing more than a Barbarian if you believe that killing all my subjects will make me happy. Massacring everything for the sake of enjoyment is what the brainless fools do in these Cults. A leader cannot be a leader of nothing, they must have people to lead. You are not going to gain any special treatment if you prove to be defective towards my goals. What I said you may have to do, might have to be done by Haley if you act against my best interests. If she also proves defective, then I guess I have poor judgement in picking my close subjects."

'I might be doing that already.' Kara says as she thinks about Kiki, Eiko, and Holly for a moment who already know about Erys. "Then that makes things easier to be taken into account I'll see what more I can do."

Kara wasn't sure on what to think of Erys.

"I am not really sure on what to think of you anymore. At times you seem like someone who I might be able to in time trust. While at other times you seem to take great joy in making me suffer. I'm not sure how your mind works or what you truly think of me. But if we are to be working together from now on them a form of trust needs to start developing between us." The last part of what Erys said struck a nerve with Kara as she thought about her end in the future could Haley have been the one to kill her if she was ordered to?

Kara gave her opinion on Erys.

"Trust is such a fleeting thing. It is nothing more than a concept created by weaklings who can't stand against things on their own. I have no need for trust, either giving it out or taking it. I don't even have need for Devoted followers, unlike those False Gods. Believe what you want, 'trust' who you want, it matters not to me. I just want the end result to be acceptable. The means to reach this end are unimportant." Erys replied.

The pair had now reached the throne.

"Any further questions, or can we get all these formalities out of the way?"

Erys tod her reasons about trust.

"If that's what you truly believe then this might be easier or harder then it seems." Kara said.

They reached the throne and Erys asked if Kara had anymore questions.

"I've got nothing else at this moment."

Kara answered that she had no more questions.

"Good. Time is not limitless." Erys replied. "I'd like you to face me and kneel down."

The crystals in the Throne room began to glow slightly as resonate with a near inaudible tinkling sound. It sounded very close to the Language used to command these crystals. Small shards of crystals began to surround the pair in a semi-circle around the throne, glinting slightly and chiming away in an unknown language. More crystals of varying shapes and sizes began to materialise down the room on either side of the central carpet. It seemed very close to an age-old knighting ceremony.

"My subjects have gathered to witness you swearing the oath, It would not be wise to displease them. After all, they've not had an experienced commander other than myself in many an Eon."

Kara wasn't really thrilled about having to kneel down but she had no choice. She watched as the crystals around the room began to glow as she walked up to Erys. As crystals began to surround them Kara kneeled down before her.

"I don't believe that wise on my part anyway." Kara took a moment to look around at those who had gathered to watch.

Kara complied with the request to kneel as she looked upon the subjects gathered. They looked as one would expect crystals to, multi-faceted and sleek, gently glinting in sources of light to create dark voids of prisms on the chamber walls. It was near impossible to discern these living, thinking crystals from any quartz in a jewelers. Some of them even looked very close to the sorts of precious stones to be found in commonplace accessories. It was concerning how basic these sentient gems looked.

Erys touched the Tiara resting on the throne and it began to gently thrum with light, communicating with the other crystals in the room in their language. Erys began to also talk the crystal's language as some of the crystals in the semi-circle started to move in a manner close to weaving cloth. Two crystal shoulderguards began to form in front of the Tiara before moving over to the weaving crystals. A cloak as black a night, similar to the one Erys was wearing now, was being crafted. Once the object was complete, the crystals carried it over to Erys. She held the cloak out and moved it behind Kara, placing the shoulderguards. The final statements of the ceremony now seemed to be spoken in a language Kara understood when the cloak touched her shoulders.

"...to aid in furthering the reclamation of this world in the name of our Empire, I declare this girl to be a member of my Honor Guard. You shall all show her the respect and reverence which is to be expected towards members of my Elite forces."

"Commander..." The twinkling of the crystals echoed out. They had no voice of their own, but the words they spoke acted as if spoken.

"You shall swear allegiance to my pennant, and carry my forces into battle. You shall always work to further your Empress's desires, and follow her every command. If you disobey or turn traitor, you will be met with swift recourse. Are you prepared to accept these conditions?" Erys finished.

The ones gathered around them looked just likes crystals. But some of them appeared to be different it was hard to tell them apart so Kara. Turned back to face Erys who had touched the tiara upon the throne and speak in a language that Kara didn't understand. A cloak was soon formed and placed upon her shoulders and the final part of the ceremony was spoken. She then could hear what was being said.

Kara thought over the last part of what Erys had said. There was doubt in her mind but she pushed it away this might not have been the best idea. If she would be killed for not following orders or turning traitor but. If this course of action was what Kara needed to do to save Haley she would do it.

"I accept your terms." Kara responded.

"Then, at the witness of my Subjects, you shall be given the title of 'Honor Guard'." Erys finished as she held Kara's left hand in her own, with her palm touching the back of Kara's hand. A dark radiance came from the linked hands before fading. When Erys removed her hand, Kara now had a black brand on the back of her hand.

The brand was nestled inside of shape close to that of the Master Crystal, with the bottom of the crystal pointing towards Kara. Inside of this encasement was a crest of a pair of crossed swords in front of a Tiara. The swords looked to be the same crystal made ones as Haley and Kara wield, and the tiara is clearly the one on the throne.

The crest fades away, but the presence of it is still faint on Kara's hand.

"Arise, Kara, and claim your place in my ranks."

Erys reached out with her hand and touched Kara's left hand. A dark radiance formed around it before Erys removed her hand. A brand was now upon it that of the shape of the Master Crystal. With a pair of crossing swords. The swords looked like the ones that were used by Kara and Haley and the crest faded away.

Kara rose to her feet and walked over to stand in the middle of the throne room. Just a short way from Erys but standing before the others.

Kara stood up and moved towards the middle of the throne room, directly in front of the throne, and turned towards the Crystals gathered.

"Commander..."

"Lead us..."

"For the Empire..."

"For the Empress..."

The crystals chimed.

"The Ceremony is complete. We can return to the others now, if you are prepared." Erys informed Kara.

More of the voices spoke and Kara listened to them. The crystals chimed in the background and Kara was informed that the Ceremony was now over. She looked around the at the others and then at Erys.

"We can return now."

"Then let us not tarry here any longer. Your forces are waiting for you to prepare for any coming encounters." Erys answered as the throne room began to fade out as the Kara soon found herself back in the Entrance hall of the Sera manor. As expected, Erys was nowhere to be seen, but her presence could still be felt.

"Are you gonna move, or you just gonna stand there like a potted plant?!" Haley impatiently asked Kara. The Sera sisters were already waiting by the door.

"Lost in thought, there?" Shiro asked Kara. "You've been staring blankly for half a minute."

"It'll take a while for the pact to fully take place. Until then, I'd advise you don't get into anything you need to force your way out of. Your newfound gifts will come soon enough."

Kara was returned back to the Sera manor and Erys was nowhere to be seen.

The others were already at the door while Kara was standing around. "I'm coming, I'm coming," Kara told Haley as she started forward. Shiro then spoke up asking if anything was wrong with her.

"Just thinking about the day ahead," Kara says.

She heard Erys speak to her and said nothing back. Deciding to take her advice and wait for her new. Found gifts to arrive as she arrived at the door. She took Haley's hand and let her other hand remain free. "If either of you would like to hold my other hand go ahead," Kara informed Lilly and Holly before opening the door and stepping outside.

"Never though thinking deeply would suit a day's journey." Shiro answered, sounding a little confused, "Philosophically speaking, there could be plenty to think deeply about in everyday life, but are we getting Philosophical?"

Kara joined hands with Haley and offered her free hand to one of the others as the group began to head out.

"I was just thinking about what fun I could have today." Kara pointed out. Not wanting to get into a Philosophical chat with Shiro this morning.

No one had yet to take Kara's free hand and she waited for someone to take it.

"Well, there's always that, I suppose." Shiro happily replied. "Every day is filled with fun things people can do."

Holly, after a little dithering, decided to take Kara up on the offer of a free hand to hold, leaving Lilly to take Holly's left hand. Strangely, Holly's touch felt rather uncomfortable on Kara's hand, even if the girl was only lightly touching it. It felt uncomfortably hot, like holding a hand over an open flame. Remi also didn't seem too pleased by the idea as she stared at Kara's hand in her chibi form.

Shiro was kinda clueless as to what Kara had really been thinking about. But she didn't let the matter bother her any.

"True." Kara agreed.

Holly was the one who took Kara's other hand while Lilly took Holly's left one. Kara wondered just why Lilly didn't want to but as Kara held Holly's hand it felt hot to the touch. Like she held her hand above an open flame. Remi didn't seem too pleased with the idea and looked at Kara's hand. Kara just looked at her and smiled.

As everyone left the manor and started towards the limo which would take them to school.

Once hand holding order was decided, the group headed towards their ride to school. Remi continued to glare at the hand Kara was using to link with Holly, completely ignoring the baiting from Kara.

The quartet, and their invisible partners entered the Limo and it set off towards their school. Having an extra person to ferry along to the school other than the three young Mistresses was unusual, but it wasn't the Chauffeur's place to question who they're having to drive so long as no trouble is caused.

Kara could still see that Remi was glaring at her. As she held Holly's hand she looked back at her and smiled. "Stop thator your face will freeze that way" Kara warned.

Soon everyone was in the limo on their way to school. Kara sat oppisite of the others. 'Have you decided yet on when you would like to spare with me?"

Kara tried to use creative logic to prevent Remi from glaring at her any longer,

"Impossible. The muscles present in human anatomy cannot be frozen into any set structure unless they are subjected to sub-zero temperatures for an extended period of time. No matter how long I may keep this up, my face will not freeze into a permanent glare unless my previously mentioned statement happens." Remi countered. "Do not try anything untoward or you may find yourself losing that hand."

Kara asked about the agreed spar between herself and Lilly.

"Didn't something happen to you back at the Manor? Are you sure you're up for doing it?" Lilly asked. "Plus, aren't you pretty booked out all week, with you new job and all, I mean?"

The conversation continued and eventually concluded as the trip to school was bought to a close. Due to all the delays, both mystical and mishaps, time was ticking close to the first warning bell of the day.

Remi spoke up.

"Then why glare at me I was only holding her hand. And please I'd like for you to treat me nicer and not treat me like dirt."

Lilly answered about the spar.

"Yeah, something did happen and I am sure for going through. With this spar, I don't want to be left out in any sort of training since the tournament is coming up." Kara thought over the last part. "Well, I am booked but I believe I can find some time for other types of things besides work," Kara says.

The talked about normal things the rest of the way to school. An soon arrived at the school with a short time to spare to the warning bell would ring.

"Give me no reason to suspect ill, perverted actions from you, and then maybe that may happen." Remi retaliated.

"Guess that's a point." Lilly sighed. "I need to get used to some new things as well, so, whenever you're free for about an hour or two, perhaps we can do it then?"

Shortly after the group stepped out of the transport they had taken, the first warning bell sounded out across the academy grounds. The students milling around the grounds began to head into the building.

"WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTT!" A girl's voice cried over the bell as sounds of rapidly approaching footsteps reached the gathered quartet. Turning to the source of the cry, an unfamiliar girl sprinted up to Kara.

This girl was wearing a Uniform not from the academy. The Uniform consisted of a Wine Red Polo shirt, emblazoned with a small crest of a Golden Chalice inset with various gems ,inside of a classice Shield-shaped border, over the left breast pocket. Written in Classic Latin, like most prestigious Institute's crests, was the motto of the Place of education this girl attended, The Motto read "True Value is moulded through time and experience. It is not innate.". Accompanying this polo shirt was a deep red, black and pale red cross-checked short skirt, roughly the size of a mini-skirt.

The girl herself looked to be around late primary, early secondary school aged, around the same age, if not older, than the Sera Twins. She had light brown hair, around upper back length, and deep green eyes. She looked to be quite flustered in her rapid approach and clutching at a tote bag filled with something.

When she reached Kara, after catching her breath for a few moments, she began to gently sniff Kara, like an animal would to scent-track something. After 'tracking' Kara for a few seconds, she quietly panted out.

"Finally found you."

Even while standing still, she looked to be very restless, especially below the waist.

"Sorry, but could you hold this for a second." She suddenly announced to Kara as she handed her the bag she was carrying. Her hips were bouncing to either side quite noticeably. "I'll take it back when we meet up for the training. Promise!"

The girl then hastily ran off into the building, clutching at the middle of her skirt as she did so. It was evident that her restlessness was caused by more than her supposed sprint to the school.

"Someone you know?" Lilly questioned Kara, looking quite confused by the sudden appearance (and disappearance) of the unusual girl.

Remi spoke her way and then Lilly spoke up again.

"As long at that is your desire then it shall be done." Kara next turned to Lilly. "When I have a free moment I'll let you know and we can start whenever you are ready?"

After they had stepped out of the car the first bell had rung and everyone. Started moving towards the school entrance. When Kara heard someone call out to her she turned around to her just who it was. A young girl came running up to her she wasn't dressed like they were. Which meant that she must go to a different school. She also looked to be the same age as the Sera Twins and was also holding tote bag and then started to sniff Kara.

"Excuse me?" Kara asked.

Not sure as to why this girl was sniffing her and seeing as how she was quite restless Kara. Slowly began to get the idea of just why the girl was like this. Keeping her growing urges to under control the girl handed Kara the bag and then mentioned something about 'training' before running off to use the restroom. Lilly then asked if Kara knew who that was.

"I've never met her before" Kara answered truthfully.

She turned around and headed into the school with the others. But also decided to take a look in the girls bag to see what was inside and try and find out who she was.

After the rather unusual events following the appearance of a strange girl, Kara decided to do some probing as she headed into the school.

"She seemed to know you, though." Lilly answered. "Saying she'd 'finally found you' and all that."

Rummaging through the bag the girl had handed to her, Kara found at least two spare outfits of clothing, and another uniform set crammed into the bag. The spare clothing was the complete package, underwear and all, and not something which any average person would be carrying on them and handing to another person, albeit a stranger at that, quite freely. At the bottom of the bag were two sets of flat plimsoll like shoes, and another set of school shoes. It's amazing how she could fit some much into such a small looking bag. Of course, the answer came when the tag on the bag came into view.

'Wellstone Wares'.

It was, quite obviously, not any ordinary tote bag.

"I have no idea what that could mean, I guess I won't know until I meet her again for whatever this 'training' is." Kara pointed out.

As she looked through the bag she saw there was some spare. Clothing inside it two spare outfits, another uniform and the complete package of underwear. Along with two sets of shoes, Kara also saw the name 'Wellstone Wares' upon the bag. As she still looked inside the bag she tried to search for anything that would tell her the girl's name. or what sort of school they belong to. She wanted to rummage through the girl's underwear for her own selfish desires but. Didn't as now wasn't the time. After looking through the bag she walked towards her first class.

"She might be from this 'St Jules Academy'." Lilly suggested. "Though, last time I checked, their Uniform wasn't red. Even so, she may be here to help with the practise for sports day."

Kara continued to violate the girl's privacy by nosing through her stuff even more fervently. Like most clothing of children, her Uniform had her name written on a tag in it. However, it was impossible to see just what her name was without completely pulling out a segment of her uniform, as the tag was hidden by the neat folds of the clothing. The school crest, however, did look familiar.

"You know, she really mustn't know you that well if she entrusted you with her clothing." Lilly commented in a deadpan manner. "I'm beginning to second-guess my lenience with you rooting through the twin's clothing now, seeing as how you're rifling through a girl's handbag with no remorse."

Lilly pointed out that the girl could be from 'St Jules Academy' Kara had. Heard of the school before it had been the school that her parents had thought of sending. Her to before they had fully decided on 'Evergreen'.

"She might be I guess we will just have to wait and see."

Kara wasn't able to see the girl's name tag but she saw the school crest. Which did look familiar to her. Lilly then spoke again about the girl.

"I don't know why she would ask me to hold onto her clothes. When she could have done so herself." Kara got annoyed with Lilly's tone for a moment but didn't show it. "I only want to know who this girl is nothing more" Kara stated.

She had fully stopped looking through the girl's bag.

Looking over the crest, Kara recognised it from a prospectus of recruitment for local schools. It was the crest of Kestrel's Junior Academy for Theatre Arts. That would explain the Motto. Local news had a rumour going around that Kestrel's was going to twin with St Jules and share funds as, due to the rise of large conglomerate Businesses in the City, the Theatre Arts were a dying trade, and Kestrel's wasn't getting enough intake to stay afloat. It had become quite a niche Academy in recent years.

"Maybe she needed two hands to keep it all in? She was practically busting at the seams when she ran into you." Lilly replied. "You could just ask her about herself instead of looking through her things, though."

Kara recognized from where the crest belonged to it was from one of the. Theatre Arts school by the name of Kestrel's Junior Academy. Which was the twin to St Jules she had also heard of the school before as well but? Had not paid much attention to it as her life had been trouble around that time.

"But why come to me like that anyway. Wouldn't it have been easier use the restroom first and then come to me later?" Kara asked. "I do have a lot of questions to ask her when I see her again whenever that can be."

Kara thought about the girl as she walked to class.

"You'll have to ask her that, as she's just a mystery to me as she is to you. What a weird girl..." Lilly answered.

As the group split up to their Form Rooms, registration began. Due to the plan for today, registration was nothing more than just ensuring the class was present and going over the plan for the day:

Lesson 1: Swimming Practise

Lesson 2: Gymnastics Practise

Break Time - 20 Minutes

Lesson 3: Shot-put and Javelin Training

Lunch - 1 hour

Lesson 4: Indoor Sports Practise

Lesson 5: Outdoor Sports Practise

After the day's plan was given out, the Form group was then told to prepare for the first Lesson of the day, Swimming Practise. According to the teacher, this was going to be held as the message sent out said it would. St Jules Academy was going to help with the competition side of things.

"Tell me about it." Kara agreed.

The group split off to their Form Rooms. And due to what today was Kara was about to go over the plan for the day. She went over in her mind just what the lessons were for the day. And who would be helping out with the competition side of things. Kara wondered if the girl would be helping out at some point during the day. Seeing how the first lesson was Swimming Practice this would give her a chance to help Haley out with what she wanted. That is if Haley was joining her class for their lesson.

Upon having the day's plan finalised and embedded into the student's minds, Registration was concluded and the Form group was told to get ready for the first lesson. As St Jules was the guest for the day, they had access to the P.E Changing rooms, meaning that the class's form rooms would serve as their 'Changing Rooms' for the day ahead.

The class began to undress from their school uniform and change into their Swimsuits. Some of the students had already planned ahead and had put their swimsuit on under their clothes in the place of underwear. Lilly was one of these 'planned ahead' students as she simply took off her School uniform, ignoring the wolf whistles from the Trees overhanging the school before the blinds were quickly closed by the teacher, but not until a few unlucky girls had already 'bared it all' and were blushing redder than a tomato.

As would be expected of Lilly, her swimwear was just as vibrant as her regular clothes. She had a pure white one-piece swimsuit on underneath her clothing, which was textured to be as streamlined as one would need for competition level swimming. The material hugged her curves like a second skin, moving with the very ripples of her body down to the slightest twitch. The swimsuit itself left her back completely bare, revealing the scarring from her encounter with a lighting bolt in her youth. She seemed to not care about that mark now, almost like she'd accepted it as a part of her very being. Even while being a result of scorched scarring, the marks left behind carried a haunting beauty about them.

Kara next went to go get changed for the first lesson. With so many girls in one place it was hard to keep her eyes off all that naked flesh as everyone was changing. Kara looked around to see if she could spot the girl from before amongest the students. As she changed she looked over at Lilly who was changed and joined in.

Kara's swimsuit was like her current state of mind as of late. She was dressed in a black swimsuit that hugged her body nicely. It wasn;t to reveal but did show off a little of her breasts but not much. As she looked over at Lilly she gave a whistle as she took in the sight of what Lilly was wearing.

"A nice look for you."

Using all her willpower to keep her mind off perversion, Kara managed to ensure that she kept her eyes were they should be and that they didn't wander over every girl in the classroom. Eventually, she let her libido do the talking for her when it came to Lilly.

"Keep your eyes in your head, not on my body." Lilly countered with a slight smile as she playfully tossed her skirt into Kara's face. "You can take that as a free service to help curb the wanderlust of your eyes."

As was expected, considering that the mysterious girl from before was not a Student of Evergreen, she was not present in Kara's form room. If anything, she was a guest like the St Jules students, so that would mean she would be in the Changing rooms. In addition, the sheer variety of swimsuits on display once the rest of the class had changed rivaled the very stock of most Department Stores. There were swimsuits from all variations: One-pieces, pareos which pushed the very boundary of the modesty code, frilled Skirted semi-bikinis. ruffled one-pieces, childish brand print ones, floral pattern ones, and many more. If this was all in just one class, it would be dangerous to think of all the other classes, not to mention the guests for the day.

Once the entire class was changed, and the clocked indicated quarter to nine, the teacher led the class out towards the pools at the back of the school to meet with the other classes and the guests.

It was rather hard for Kara to control her growing perversion. Yet her libido did the talking when she spoke to Lilly. Who playfully tossed her skirt into Kara's face after giving her a slight smile. Kara held the skirt for a moment then handed it back to Lilly. As her eyes looked around the room she was disappointed to see the girl was not among the crowd. But as her eyes traveled over the other girl's swimsuits Kara started to feel the first stages of arousal build within her. As she wondered how long it would be before things got out of control. She was also in luck that she was wearing a dark swimsuit as a different colored one.

Might have shown something down below that Kara didn't want the others to see. That being a tiny bit of wetness was building down in her special area. Soon she was dragged outside to join the rest of the classes. Guests for the first lesson Kara kept her eyes out for Holly and Haley along for the other girl as well.

Heading through the hallways towards the outdoor pool further tested one's self-control in the face of temptations. All the other classes, from year group 9 down to year group 4, were also filing out to partake in the fair weather. Row upon row of swimsuit clad girls filtered through the facility towards the pools, giving every onlooker a nice view of their chosen swimming attire. A multitude of styles, colours and varying tightness filled the halls.

Soon enough, Kara's class reached the swimming pools and joined with the rest of the students from the home turf of varying year groups. It wasn't too hard to spot Holly and Haley, whom were standing with their own form group. The twins had matching Disney princess print swimsuits, with Haley's being an Ariel one with the base colours of olive green and sunflower yellow, with hot pink frills on the hips. Holly's was a more reserved sky blue and red Snow White print one, with royal blue frills on the hips.

After pinpointing the twins, Kara went in search of the mysterious desperate girl from earlier. It took a few passing glances, but, eventually, Kara found her standing by the poolside, looking into the water, seemingly lost in thought. Her choice in swimwear was a black based one-piece with red polka-dots spread across it. It had a large bow on the front just beneath the v-neck opening.

"Got your eyes set on her already, I see?" Kiki questioned as she patted Kara on the shoulder to get her attention. "She's a strange one, that's for sure. Came sprinting up to me begging me to show her to the toilets. Looked like she'd soak the floor any second from then. You'd have made her wait, wouldn't you?"

It was starting to become clear that Kiki was trying to bait Kara's lust.

"You should've seen her. She was writhing around, practically dancing in need when she found me. I'm sure she must've lost a few drops if the slight tearing up of her eyes was anything to go by. Even while asking me she was still bobbing from side to side trying to keep it all in. What a sight to see!"

Kara was soon led outside where she was greeted. By many swimsuit clad girls of various ages and sizes her eyes lingered on several girls. Who she thought were cute and a small. Droole dropped out of the corner of her mouth. She whipped it away and spotted Haley and Holly. Who were dressed like Disney princesses.

She waved over at them to get their attention. Then looked around for the new girl and spotted her after a while. She took in the sight of her. And then Kiki patted her on the shoulder. Before telling about what had happened earlier.

"Just who is she I met her earlier and she sniffed me." Kara said as she listened more to Kiki her arousal level was building. A moan escaped her mouth as she pictured the poor young girl in that state.

"I would have" Kara whispered so only Kiki could hear. "I wanted to see it no fair. I wanted to see it" Kara whined.

Outside near the pools, Kara had many temptations to resist, or give in to. Talking with Kiki didn't really help matters, nor did her Swimwear.

Kiki's swimsuit looked to be designed for someone half her age, but it was tailored to fit her. It was, as would be expected of most things Kiki owned, a 'Pandera' branded Swimsuit. Its base colours were purple and orange, with a large 'Pandamonium' logo with Pandera on the front, looking as aggressively cute as it always did. Despite being made-to-measure, it was still quite questionably tight in certain areas, especially around the crotch. The very faintest of a camel-toe was peeking through the crotch of the swimsuit, and the edges of the materials were slightly distant from the places they were supposed to be.

"I'm just as clueless as you are on that matter." Kiki shrugged. "I just know her as the girl who nearly peed her panties. She's from Kestrel's Junior Academy for Theatre Arts. I only know that because I saw her in her uniform. why not go and ask her yourself? She's looking a little like a spare wheel at the moment, being the only Kestrel student in a place filled with Evergreen and St Jules students."

Kara's eyes again traveled from girl to girl as she looked at their swimsuits. She couldn't help but want a closer look. To run her hands over there chests or between their legs. But that would get her into trouble if she still had her wind powers she could do that. But she was at a loss on what to do and now looking over at Kiki wasn't helping matters either. Her eyes seemed for a few moments glued to Kiki's crotch before looking away with a blush on her face.

"Um.. I guess that I should." Kara said.

She really wanted to meet and speak with this girl. She got up but not before leaning next to Kiki and whispering. 'Too bad Ryu isn't here I'm sure his near naked body would be a sight to see for you.' Kara teased. She then left Kiki alone and walked over towards the new girl who was standing near the pool like a third wheel.

"Hello, again"

Kara couldn't keep her eyes where they should be and ended up ogling Kiki's privates. One of her hands quickly moved down to cover that section to prevent more lustful leering.

"My face is up here, not down there." Kiki countered as a blush began to form on her face. "Keep that up and you'll collapse from blood loss. I'm not carrying you to the infirmary if you nosebleed all over the place."

Kiki's suggestion to speak to Kara's new love (lust) interest worked. However, Kara had her own plan for revenge from Kiki's earlier baiting.

"I could never-... No wait...well...it wouldn't be so bad...NO! I can't let him see me like- but he might see me as a girl then... it's far too embarrassing!" Kiki stammered out as her mind gave up on her at the though of Ryu seeing her in this swimwear. "I should really pick up more cuter swimwear, but I can't give up on- No, I can't let myself think like this..."

Leaving the love-addled Kiki to her own wild imagination, Kara decided to get to know the Kestrel girl a little more. A sudden interaction from another caught her by surprise as she turned her head to the source of the greeting.

"Oh, hello again." She smiled to Kara as she fully turned towards her, giving Kara a good view of her figure, unintentionally, of course.

She was surprisingly petite and rather small for someone of her expected age. She was just a tiny bit taller than the twins, a few millimeters at most, but still a fair amount shorter than Lilly was. Unlike the other girls her age from St Jules, she didn't have any obvious indication of filling out in the chest, not even the slightest raise in her swimsuit. The St Jules girls at least had some small rise in their chest, which was probably only noticeable due to the tight fitting swimwear they had on, but this girl had none.

"Sorry about the sudden hoisting of my stuff on you earlier. Do you have it on you right now? I'm probably gonna need it back before Swimming class is over."

This girl didn't seem like the way Kiki had described her earlier interaction. However, that could be down to the fact that whatever was causing that had passed, or was dealt with.

"It's your own fault for dressing like this" Kara told her as she looked. Back into Kiki's eyes the blush on her face all but gone. Kara was able to get a measure of revenge on Kiki by bringing up Ryu which caused her to stammer. Kara moved away and journeyed to the other girl who then turned to face her.

Kara gave the girl a small smile back at she took the time to study. The girl's figure which was on display right in front of her. She didn't let her eyes linger on her too much not wanting to embarrass the girl or herself just yet. "I placed it inside of my locker you can get it once the class is over with," Kara told her.

"Anyway I'm Kara, Kara Sera and who might you be?" Kara asked.

She then thought over two question to ask the girl.

"If you don;t mind me asking why did you sniff me earlier and what did you mean by training?"

Kara explained that she'd placed the bag in her locker.

"Figures. Well, it's kinda my fault for passing it over so quickly." The girl sighed to herself. "Anyway, thanks for taking it earlier. I know it must've been weird me just passing something over as soon as I meet you."

Kara introduced herself and asked the girl for her name. It then suddenly clicked to this girl that she'd neglected the very first thing people do when they meet someone new for the first time.

"I'm Mikan Asten, pleasure to meet you." Mikan answered with a smile before turning her head to the side and quietly scolding herself for forgetting to introduce herself. "I can't believe I forgot to introduce myself! How ditsy can i get?!"

Kara then asked about why Mikan sniffed her. This bought her back from her self-scolding and also caught her a little by surprise.

"Oh, I'm so sorry! You must think I'm a right weirdo now. First I sniff you all over like some animal and then forget to even introduce myself." Mikan apologised sincerely. "Well, you see, the reason is that I thought you smelled familiar. You've got a very calming scent about you. Here I go again talking about weird things... Sorry, I'll stop talking if I'm freaking you out."

"You were just busy with something that needed to be taken care. Of right away I just hope you were able to make it in time." Kara told the girl. Making sure to study the way the girl was acting when that subject was brought up again. "It was a little weird yes" Kara agreed.

The girl introduced herself as Mikan Asten and smiled which Kara. Did in return as well she then turned her head to the side and scolded herself.

Mikan then explained just why she had sniffed her.

"Just don't make that a habit when introducing yourself to others okay?" Kara asked. She went over and gently took Mikan's hands into her own. 'You're not freaking me out or anything it's just that you came rushing up to me so sudden. Plus you were clearly in distress from needing to use the restroom. I could have shown it to you if you would have let me." Kara told her with a smile. Before letting go of Mikan's hands.

"Anyway, what did you mean about training?"

Kara commented on Mikan's mad rush in the morning. Of course, bringing up such a topic induced some embarrassment in her, but not enough to have her tongue-tied like Holly ends up.

"Y-yeah, I just about made it, more or less." Mikan replied, blushing quite deeply and looking more at the floor than Kara's face.

Kara then gave her opinion on sniffing another to greet them. Her confirmation that Mikan was not freaking her out bought a small smile to the girl's face. Kara then took Mikan's hands into her own. Her hands were a little cold, but not uncomfortably so. They did, however, feel really soft. Having such close contact was another thing this girl didn't seem too used to, but she didn't tried to draw her hands away.

"Your hands are so warm." Mikan commented softly. "And mine are really cold. You don't have to hold them if you don't want to. I don't wanna sap the heat from yours, after all."

Kara bought up the topic of toilet distress once more.

"I didn't wanna trouble you with my own lack of foresight. It was my own fault I ended up like that for oversleeping. I don't want to drag others into my troubles." Mikan answered.

Kara asked what she meant by 'training' in her earlier conversation.

"I mean this event. We're helping you train for Sports Day, aren't we? It'll be kinda hard to verse yourselves as you'll need to be working together on the day, not against each other." Mikan clarified

Having brought up the topic of embarrassment got her a little tongue-tied but. Not enough for it to be like how Holly normally gets.

Kara wished to push the matter further but didn't want to get the girl mad at her. "I'm glad that you did"

When Kara held onto Mikan's hands they felt rather cold. They also felt rather soft to the touch Mikan didn't seem to used to this and didn't try and draw hwe hands away. "Maybe later I'll hold them again okay?" Kara asked gently. Hoping that Mikan would say yes let alone let her touch her at a later point in time.

The topic of distress was brought up again.

"If you ever need any help with anything I'll be glad to help you out anyway I can. It need not be just that it can be anything that is troubling you." Kara told her.

Mikan brought up about the training of Sports Day.

"Oh, that's what you meant well getting help from others is always a big help."

Kara said that she wanted to hold Mikan's hands more.

"W-well, I'd like to as well." Mikan answered. Instead of the formal hand holding that was done at present, Mikan had changed it to be something a little more intimate, allowing her hand to be held even more by Kara, much like a lover's grip, by entwining her fingers among Kara's. "Just a little longer, okay." He grip was still extremely gentle, like a feather brushing against's Kara's hands. "Just don't tickle the palms, they're really sensitive."

Kara offered to help Mikan in any way she needed. Such an offer was rather unheard of from people who have just met, and took her by surprise.

"Oh. no, no! I couldn't possibly trouble you like that." Mikan answered, sounding very humbled by the offer. "I don't want to be a burden to anyone, and I don't know if I'd ever be able to repay you."

Having only just known Mikan for not even five minutes Kara. Was already starting to like her there was something about her. That just seemed so gentle and touching but if Mikan knew the true Kara would she still be willing to even speak with her?

Mikan agreed to hold Kara hands a little longer. Mikan seemed to take things a step further and allowed her hands to be held like lovers. Entwining her fingers among Kara's this brought a small blush to Kara's face. She longed to hold onto them for longer but after a while let go. As an image of Haley flashed through her mind. Kara shook her head as weird thoughts and emotions filled it for a moment.

Mikan was taken by surprise by Kara's offer to help her out.

"I don't find it any trouble at all, sometime," Kara tells her. "You're no burden what so ever as for being able to repay me. Why not just be my friend and hang out sometimes. As I'd like to get to know you better if that's okay with you. Maybe you could stop by at my work tomorrow or we could meet up in the park just down the street from here?" Kara asked.

When Kara separated her hands from Mikan's, it felt like MIkan was trying to prolong the contact for a few moments before allowing the two to detach from one another.

Kara response to Mikan's answer was also unexpected.

"You can't really say that as we've just met today." Mikan quietly responded, still backing her own claims. "I'm possibly the most boring person you've met. I'll only drag you down if I stayed with you."

Disrupting the pair's conversation, the lesson was about to go into full swing. At the teacher's request to prevent sunburn, the students were requested to ensure that they put sunscreen on. The older students were requested to aid the younger ones in doing this, sticking to the 'Sibling Assistance' of the day's plan.

Kara wasn't aware that Mikan was trying to prolong the contact between. Them before she had let go she then heard what Mikan's answer to her question was.

"You're not that boring I find you rather interesting. My offer still stands I'll let you think about it for a while. Before asking again or you can always get back to me later." Kara says. She can tell that Mikan seemed a little shy maybe even not so sure of herself.

The class was soon about to begin and the teacher's request was for everyone. To put on sunscreen to prevent sunburn. "Would you like for me to help put sunscreen onto you?" Kara asked.

Kara tried to convince Mikan that her statements weren't true, but the girl's stubbornness was second only to Lilly.

"You're just saying that to make me feel better." Mikan answered, a slight smile forming on her face at Kara's dedication to countering all self-belittling this girl was doing. "I'll think about it."

Kara offered to help Mikan with her sunscreen, prompting another bashful reaction from her.

"Oh, n-no thanks. I'll be fine on my own." Mikan replied, blushing a little at the request. "You should help your sisters with theirs. I'm sure that's the teacher's intention."

Mikan agreed to think about it and Kara wasn't one to push for an answer right away. At least not yet away she just hoped that Mikan would agree to her request.

"You can have all the time you need."

Mikan then turned down Kara's offer to help with the sunscreen.

"I.. I guess so." Kara said. She turned and looked back at her sisters then back at Mikan. "Don't be a stranger I hope to see you around later." She took one last look at Mikan wishing that she didn't have to leave her. But let Mikan be and walked back to the others.

Once the time came for the two to part, Kara, once more, offered the chance of connecting the two.

"We're bound to see each other again today." Mikan replied. "See you later."

Kara then went back to rejoin the others, where Kiki had gotten over her breakdown with lewd imaginings, and the twins had joined Lilly by the poolside.

Kara was no back with the others she was already missing. Mikan a little but didn't let it show on her face.

"Does anyone want help with some sunscreen?" Kara asked.

She noticed that Kiki was back to her old self. She looked over at the twins and wondered which one of them would agree to her request. She even looked over at Lilly and asked her the same question.

Once Kara returned to the others, she offered to assist with the application of Sun protection. Neither twin voiced preferences, leaving the decision down to the older members present.

"Just pick one of the two to help and I'll take the other one. Make sure you rub it all in. They're very prone to sunburn." Lilly informed Kara.

Neither of the twins spoke up on who wanted to be the one. To have the sunscreen placed upon them. Lilly then pointed out who ever Kara picked she would pick the other.

Kara looked at both the twins she closed her eyes for a moment and then. Looked over at the twin to her right. "I pick you" Kara said.

Kara left fate to decide which twin she was placed with for applying the viscous white liquid to. After a random pick, Kara chose...

...Holly!

"Not sure why you didn't just pick one of the two without leaving it to chance." Lilly commented. "Anyway, seems I've got the short straw this time. Haley's not very obedient when it comes to applying sunscreen."

"Because I don't see why it's needed! If I run around enough, the sun won't be able to stay on me long enough to burn me."

'That's not really how it works...'

Kara was passed one of the two bottle of sunscreen and was left with Holly.

'Please be gentle. And don't put it on too quickly. Sunscreen's very cold.'

Holly looked a little red face from a small blush, but she didn't seem like she'd bolt anytime soon, unless...

Kara let fate decide the twin who she would apply the sunscreen to and that twin was Holly. Which left Haley with Lilly.

Kara took the sunscreen and-and looked at Holly who was blushing a little. "I'll be gentle with you don't worry," Kara tells her. She then puts some of the sunscreens upon her hands and gently starts to rub it first along her arms and hands making to sure to apply gently and cover every part. Of Holly's arms and hands before moving on to her next to her upper back and chest area. Once again Kara was gentle with how she applied the sunscreen making sure to cover all the skin that was exposed. She brushed her hands against Holly's chest twice on accident. "Sorry," Kara admitted as she blushed herself.

Lastly, Kara went about applying it to both of Holly's legs and upper thighs. Making she to avoid contact with her crotch. But having to tell Holly to spread her legs a little so that Kara. Could reach between them at one point her hand slipped on Holly's thigh and traveled up to nearly touch her crotch. When Kara pulled it away quickly and once again said she was sorry at the sunscreen was slippery. She soon finished up with Holly.

The lewd act of applying sunscreen commenced. Kara squirted some of her viscous white liquid onto her hands, lathering it into a sticky paste before rubbing the creamy fluid onto Holly's arms. The small girl flinched a little at the sudden impact of the cold formula onto her bare skin. Kara's hands moved swiftly and purposefully, spreading the milky liquid all over the younger girl's exposed arms, making small schlicking noises as the friction between the two became more apparent.

After liberally covering the girl's arms in her white cream, Kara moved over to applying it to the open parts of Holly's torso. Squirting some more of the white stuff onto her hands, Kara returned to rubbing it in. The application of the cold onto Holly's body, coupled with her mounting embarrassment, caused the young girl's breathing to turn into shallow pants as the cold milky white viscous fluid covered her body, sapping the heat from her skin for a few seconds and replacing it with a cold slippery texture. The stimulation was only further enhanced when Kara 'accidentally' brushed her hands against Holly's chest. The girl reacted to this with more minor flinching, and her breathing got a little quicker.

'It's...okay...'

Finally, the application of the white creamy substance extended down to Holly's legs. The application was much like before, stimulating in an unusual sense. Seeing the creamy liquid over Holly's legs looked to be quite lewd in nature to those of questionable mindsets as it slowly snaked down her legs when Kara wasn't rubbing it in, creating little trails of milky liquid down from her upper thighs. Asking her to spread her legs only added to the questionable nature of these actions. The material of the girl's swimsuit began to close around the gaps created from her spread legs, making a small indent in the middle of the crotch area, which the viscous creamy trails seemed to be originating from. Very soon, the slipperiness of the sunscreen got the better of Kara, causing her hand to nearly make impact with the indent in the swimsuit. Holly noticeably tensed up at this, making the indent even more visible as it hugged the treasure it was covering.

Eventually, the application was finished.

Kara had really enjoyed touching Holly the way she had done. It was the first time that she was really able to be gentle with her and part of her longed. To take things further like she had with Haley the other night but knew that she couldn't do any sort of thing. She felt Holly tense up a little and that he breathing came out a little quicker. She wasn't sure if Holly liked what she was doing or not but wasn't about to press on the matter. Kara was able to see the small indent in the middle of the crotch area as it hugged the small girls treasure. She wished to see it but knowing that it would just make her a perverted girl she looked away and finished up with the task at hand.

"Who would like to begin swimming lessons?" Kara asked.

Quickly changing the subject to something calmer.

After the lewd enjoyment of applying sunscreen, the lesson was about to begin properly. Students were informed to split up into sibling groups, ensuring that there was at least one senior to every junior in the groups. Afterwards, once the groups were decided, the usual precautionary warning were given by the teacher, along with introductions and thanks extended to the guests from St Jules Academy.

Knowing that Haley wished to be taught to swim Kara moved over to her. "If you're still up for it I'll teach you how to swim?" Kara offered as she tried to partner up with Haley. As she waited for an answer in return she decided to offer something to another member of the group who couldn't be seen at all.

"Erys, I wish to offer you a chance for some fun care to hear me out?"

Kara offered to teach Haley how to swim.

"As long as you don't space out or get all emo again, then I guess I'll take your offer." Haley answered dismissively. Being left out from all the lewd Sunscreen fun may have made her a little upset.

Kara tried to contact Erys but, for a moment, no response came. After a short wait, Erys' voice entered Kara's mind.

"What could possibly be fun about a swimming lesson? Unless the entire lesson experiences a freak wardrobe malfunction, nothing interesting could happen."

"That would happen at all I can promise you that." Kara told her. She touched Haley's hand for a moment with her left hand the one. That Erys had touched earlier she wasn't sure how Haley's touch would feel but she needed to know. "Plus it will be fun" Kara tried to cheer Haley up a little as she seemed a tad down.

Kara tried to contact Erys and wasn't able to get through until a moment later.

"I'm not talking about that what I can offer you is something that. I'm sure you might enjoy what if I were to let you take procession of me and be able to have some fun with. One of the girls around the school later today. It might not be the same as touching them with your own hands. But you can use my body as a vessel to act out your fun?"

"You always say stuff like that." Haley brushed the comment aside. "Promises are just words to you. They don't mean anything."

Kara linked her branded hand with Haley's own hand. The mark on Kara's hand sparked to life and the connected hands felt like they were mean to be together. The feeling started in Kara's lower body before spreading through her entire person. It felt similar to the best result from her questionable evenings with Haley, however, it didn't spark the usual ecstasy ridden reaction one would expect.

Kara offered to allow Erys to possess her at some point in the day.

"Nice try, but there's bound to be strings attached. You've said time and again how much you'd hate for me to take you over, and now you're offering it up to me without resistance. You're clearly planing something."

"Didn't I promise to teach you how to swim. Didn't I also promise you yesterday that we would have fun together and we did. If that's all you think I am to you. Then I am sorry that I broke the promise to you and hurt you feelings." Kara told her.

When she linked her own branded hand with Haley's own. The mark sparked to life a feeling in her lower body that spread throughout her entire person. It felt similar to the result of the questionable acts that they had engaged in the other evening. But it didn't spark the usual ecstasy that one would expect. Kara didn't know what to make of this did Haley feel the same thing Kara did.

Erys thought Kara was hiding something.

"I'm not planning anything I just thought you might want to have some fun. It must be lonely not being able to engage in any sort of fun with another person. So I thought as a show of loyalty I would let you do as you wish."

"You've promised a lot of things, but haven't stuck to even half of them." Haley answered. "How can I be certain you're not going to break this promise?"

"Still seems very shifty to me... I'll consider it."

"Becuase I'm here now trying to fix things between us." Kara countered. "I'm also here because I promised to help you learn how to swim. That might not seem like much to you right now. But I want to set things right between us again" Kara tried to gently pull Haley along with her then stopped.

"What is it that you truly want right now. Do you want me to teach you how to swim to have fun with me. And try to set things anew between us or do you wish for me to leave you alone?" Kara asked.

"I hope that you do" Kara told Erys.

"I want you to never lie to me again and keep all promises you make." Haley answered.

Winning Haley back after everything that happened will require dedication and honoring one's word, if the girl's statement was accurate to her true wants.

Haley dropped a bomb shell on Kara about never lying to her again and keeping her promises. It was something that she could keep but would still have to lie to Haley about something. Or tell the truth in a certain way that Haley would believe her and not think it as a lie.

"I promise that I won't lie to you again and will keep the promises that I make." Kara told Haley a few moments later. Even going as far as to place her hand over her heart. What she said was what she meant.

"Then you better stick to it this time, or I'll never ever forgive you." Haley finished.

"Liar..."

"I will stick to it." Kara says.

Erys spoke up and Kara didn't say anything back to her. She just focused at the task at hand which was now to please Haley and make her happy.

"Do you wish to start now?" Kara asked.

Kara agreed that she'll stick to her word this time and not go her usual route of breaking her promises.

"We can't just dive into the pool right away. We need to do stretches first!" Haley reminded Kara. "If we just jump in, we'll get cramps."

Haley wished to stretch first before jumping into the pool.

"What sort of stretches do you want to do and do you want any help doing them?" Kara asked. She knew about stretching her arms and legs.

"Teacher's gonna lead the stretches when groups are done." Haley answered. "She explained it when you were talking with that weird girl from earlier."

All the family groups were assigned now, all that remained was for the Guests to be grouped and assigned to one of the Home's groups. Guest grouping was not down to siblings, like the hosting Academy's grouping was, instead, it was down to athletic ability. The people who weren't as good at sports were grouped with the more experienced ones and, after that, those groups were paired with some of the Home's groups based on athletic ability as well.

"Mikan isn't weird she seems like a rather nice girl."

Kara wasn't sure on if one of the Guests would be grouped with her and Haley. She looked towards Lilly and Holly to see. If anyone would be joining them before turning back to Haley. "Do you think one of the Guests will be joining us?" Kara asked.

"Well, duh! Of course we'll be getting some of the other kids with us." Haley responded. "Were you listening at all?"

When the Sera group was fully gathered together, the teacher assigned the Guest group to them. It was clear just who was grouping with them when the group names were announced.

"What's the perv doing here?!" One of the group members from the Guests assigned to Kara's group exclaimed. "She'll violate me like she did that weird girl!"

Knowing that kind of way of speaking, it became clear that Nicole shared roughly the same athletic ability as one of the juniors in Kara's group. It was an inevitable conclusion that they'd bump into each other at least once this day, considering Nicole did say she attended St Jules Academy.

"Didn't think we'll be meeting each other again this soon." Mikan commented with a smile as she headed over with Nicole. "I'm not great at Swimming, but I'll do my best to not drag you down. Please, teach me well."

Kara had not been listening as she had been busy with Mikan. When the teacher had been explaining things.

"I was busy trying to make a new friend so I didn't hear much. Of what the teacher was saying." Kara said which was the truth.

Soon enough Kara heard another all too familiar voice speak up. She turned over to look at who was speaking and saw that is was Nicole. "Don't even start with that again!" Kara warned Nicole with a sharp tone in her voice.

Mikan then spoke and Kara looked over to see her. As she would be joining the group as well this made Kara feel happy.

"I will teach all three of you how to swim, but first I need to know which of you was taught the most about swimming so far and which has the least amount known?" Kara asked.

Kara admitted that she hadn't been paying attention to the lesson plan.

"And you're meant to be teaching us Juniors what to do." Haley sighed.

'Well, she's never really been one for paying full attention, after all.'

Kara turned to the unwanted arrival and regarded her.

It seemed that St Jules was the only place to have Uniform Swimwear out of all those gathered. St Jules' swimming attire consisted of a light grey one piece swimsuit in the most basic design available. It was, much like it was meant to be, a straightforward standard issue School Swimsuit with the school's crest on the left breast area.

"I-I'm only stating facts!" Nicole retorted. "It's bad enough I got stuck with the one Kestrel here, and now I've got stuck with a registered offender as well."

"I can't help not being great at swimming." Mikan added in. "You're not much better if you're with me."

Kara agreed to be teaching three of the other four younger group members how to swim, but she needed to gauge their ability first.

"I can do breaststroke and backstroke." Haley answered. "But I still need some kind of floatie if I go into deep water."

'Like a brick. I can doggy paddle as long as my feet can touch the ground. I can't do anything else without a floatie, though.'

"I can't really swim that well. All I can do is keep myself afloat but not move." Mikan admitted.

"Y-you'll see what I can do when we get into the water," Nicole answered, evading the question. "I don't need teaching by you. You'll just touch me in my no-no squares!"

"Can we not get into that right now?" Kara asked both twins.

Kara looked back at Nicole and checked out her swimming wear. Before hearing what Nicole had to say to her.

"Leave Mikan alone and I told you to stop that damn it!" Kara warned Nicole once again. Mikan then spoke up once again. "I'm sure you are good at swimming." Kara tried to cheer Mikan up.

Kara listened to each of the girls describe how well they knew how to swim. Nicole seemed to evade the question.

"I believe Haley and Holly here seem to be about the same in terms of knowing how to swim. Though Haley might have the upper hand on Holly. Mikan will need the most help and Nicole since I have no idea how well you know how to swim. I'm guessing that you know even know how am I right?" Kara asked. When Nicole mentioned about how Kara would touch her she snapped at her.

"Damn it stop it, stop it with that stuff Nicole!" Kara snapped at her.

She let out a breath and tried to calm down. "I'm sorry for getting angry with her. But I will need a helper to help the others in teaching them to swim. When I am focusing on the least trained members. Haley would you like to help me out here?" Kara asked.

"I've never really tried to learn swimming much." Mikan explained. "Plus, it tires me out very quickly."

"Shouting isn't going to solve anything!" Nicole countered. "We're stuck with one another, so I guess we'll have to make do with that."

"I'm way better that her at swimming. I can at least move in the water. All she does is flop around!" Haley reiterated.

'That's...very true.'

"I'll do my best!" Mikan confidently replied. "Though, my best might not be good."

"I-I do know how to swim!" Nicole corrected Kara. "Just...just...that's all!"

Kara informed everyone that she'll need a helper to assist in teaching the group.

"Well, there are two Seniors and four Juniors in this group." Lilly reminded Kara. "We'll take two each? Shall we draw lots or just pick whoever?"

Mikan said she not really learned how to swim much. While Nicole spoke on how they were stuck together.

"For now at least, and you do know that it wasn't me who did that stuff to you. But the other one who was with me at the time" Kara reminded her.

Haley said that she was the best and that the others were okay and Kara. Still didn't believe Nicole at all. Then Lilly spoke up about how they could each take two girls each.

"I believe that we each shall take one strong swimmer and one weak swimmer. I pick Haley and you can have Holly." Kara said at first deciding to keep her first promise to Haley. Then looked over at Mikan and Nicole.

"While I don't know how Nicole is I can't say she's either good or bad. But Mikan here can also use a lot of help as well. So, as the second member of my group I pick Mikan to join me and Nicole can go with Lilly is that okay?" Kara asked.

As I said before, guilty through association." Nicole repeated. "Now, back to the point. We're wasting precious time as you try to justify your actions."

Groups were decided, with Lilly having Nicole and Holly, and Kara having the remaining two.

"Well, that solves that problem." Lilly finished. "The accuser isn't with the accused, and we've each got a fair share of swimming potential."

Kara just ended up ignoring all that Nicole had to say.

She turned to Lilly who the spoke next. "I'm glad the problem is now settled for now at least." Kara then turned to Haley and Mikan. "Let's both have fun shall we, but first we need to stretch before getting into the pool."

Being left with her students, Kara instructed that stretches were to begin.

"I'll try not to be too much hassle." Mikan answered.

"Learning is never fun." Haley replied.

Groups were sorted and stretches began. Mikan was surprisingly, very good at stretches, doing most poses which people struggled with. It was possibly down to her training in Theatre Arts, but her ability to bend her body in numerous ways was exceptionally good, even better than Haley, in some aspects. She could do well in Yoga lessons with that flexibility. Nicole was possibly a polar opposite, struggling with even some of the easy stretches. After all, Business studies does not demand physical fitness. Holly was just about keeping up with the stretches, but was showing some signs of difficulty with the more advanced stretches.

Soon it was time to begin with the stretches Kara was amazed that Mikan. Appeared to be very good at the stretches that she was doing. She also let her eyes roam over Mikan's body and Haley's as well Kara helped them out the best that she could. When she saw that they were in trouble and didn't understand some of the advanced stretches. She showed them what to do by first showing them how to do it. Then watching as they attempted them even going as far. At to place the girls into the right stretches by moving part of their bodies. Like arms or legs when they needed to be moved.

Kara also kept an eye out on Holly and Nicole Holly seemed to be having some trouble. But was doing well and Nicole was all talk. As she was failing with just the basic stretches.

Stretches were eventually completed, and the lesson began as it should. The students were left to teach one another, with the teachers present ensuring that the lesson was going as it should and also acting as lifeguards should things go wrong. The reason behind the freedom of tutoring was apparently to instil valuable team building life skills into the students, and also prepare them for Leadership roles.

Everyone then got into the water next when the stretches were completed. So once in the water Kara began to teach both girls how to swim. She started off with the basics of showing both Haley and Mikan the starting points. She also asked Haley to help Mikan out as well. Since she might know this stuff already. What Kara decided to do at first was help Haley out. That way Mikan could see what they were going to do. Then try her hand at it after Haley's turn was over.

Taking Haley's hands in her own Kara started to show Mikan how do the doggie paddle.

In Kara's group, only one really needed to be fully taught how to swim. Using Haley's innate knowledge, Kara decided to do a double-teach act, having Haley both learn and teach at the same time. Mikan studiously watched in the shallow end of the pool, mentally noting down the basics of swimming for future reference when her turn came around.

The other half of the Sera group was not so well organised. With Lilly being the only one who knew enough basics to swim competently, she was the sole tutor of the others. Holly was extremely reluctant to leave the shallow end of the pool and even hung on to the side of the pool for support if she was requested to go further in. Nicole was pretty much in the same boat as well, not wanting to leave the shallow area of the pool, even more so than Holly.

Kara used Haley to help Mikan on how to swim by first helping Haley. Then letting Haley show Mikan what she was doing on her own. That way Mikan would be shown twice what to do when Kara was doing with Haley she asked her to practice for a while as she helped out. Mikan with showing her once more what to do before having her try it out herself. When she looked over at the others she could see that Lilly was having a tough time with both Holly and Nicole.

What Kara did next decided to help those two girls out. She went over to Lilly and helped her out a little after she had made Haley teach Mikan. Kara made sure to help both Holly, Lilly and Nicole the best that she could. Spreading out her time equally with all the girls. It was far more work then she was used to. But she wanted everyone to be able to learn at the same time.

Once Haley had enough practical application to fully grasp the concepts required and impart them on another, Kara decided to help out the one who'd drawn the short straw. The help was much needed, though Nicole refused to learn from Kara.

Having two people assist her made Holly a little more confident in wading out, even if she continued to keep the floaties she had on with her.

Nicole wouldn't learn from Kara but Kara taught her anyway. By showing her what to do even if she didn't want to be taught. With Holly feeling more confident Kara helped her when Lilly was helping the others. Having decided to switch pairs every couple of minutes. So that each senior member would be teaching everyone in equal measure.

With the split teaching, each group got a fair share of time with each tutor. Mikan was quick to pick up on the basics of swimming, but still lacked the stamina to keep it up for any length of time. Haley didn't need much teaching and was adequately doing it alone without any assistance. Holly was also grasping the basics, but not as quickly as Mikan did. Her faith was still placed more in the floaties than her own ability. Nicole was quite the lost cause, flailing around instead of swimming in the deeper parts of the water.

Kara was able to see that Mikan was a quick learner with the basics of swimming. But she still didn't have the needed energy to go on for long periods of time. Haley was the best of everyone there and Holly was starting to gain the hang of things. Nicole was a lost cause of course as she was all talk.

Kara went on to tell each girl they were doing well. She gave them words of encourgment and made them feel happy about themselves. When it was her turn with both Mikan and Haley she told them she was proud of them both and that they should be proud of themselves for learning things quickly. She tried this out on Holly as well, as for Nicole she took her by the arms and gently tried to help her out.

Like any teacher would, Kara was sure to praise those doing well. Haley, as was very much like her, soaked up all the praise she could and allowed it to push her on even more. Holly was a little more reserved, insisting that it was down to good teaching that she managed to progress slightly. Mikan was very much the same, except she said that it was down to everyone being very patient with her. Nicole, despite her evident lack of finesse with swimming, was insistent that she was just having an 'off day' and that she'd normally be able to do all of this without help.

Kara praised everyone that she could see as how Haley seemed to soak it. All up she praised her more wanting to make her feel good. Which allowed her to push herself, even more, Holly just said it was down to good teaching and Mikan seemed the same. Nicole, of course, lied about having an off day but Kara didn't believe her at all and said that she wanted to see Nicole swim at least. Once on her own before the lesson was finished. As for Haley Kara decided on having a small race with her across the shallow end of the pool.

To prove how well the Juniors had progressed in the lesson, Kara proposed a little race with Haley.

The two were neck and neck when the race started but, during the course, Haley had managed to overtake Kara slightly and push ahead to the finish just seconds ahead of Kara. It was a close race to begin with, but Haley's natural swiftness won.

Kara decided to have a small race with Haley. When they first started the race was neck and neck but after a short while. Haley was able to pull ahead due to her swiftness and ended up wining the race. Kara didn't feel bad that she lost knowing that she had given her all to try and win.

Once the race was concluded, the lesson was in its last quarter.

Mikan had improved quite noticeably over the course of the lesson and was now able to do a basic breaststroke, with an added twirl kickoff from the walls. Holly had improved a good deal as well and was close to perfecting what she had been taught. Nicole, however, was only slightly better off than when she started. She could keep herself afloat for a few moments while stationary, but any movement was far from possible for her. Physical activity didn't seem her strong suite, but her sheer dedication to proving Kara wrong was not to be trifled with.

Kara noticed that the rest of the class had improved some Mikan and Holly were doing much better. Yet Nicole was still having the hardest of times. "Here let me help you?" Kara asked to Nicole as she tried to gently take her hand.

Kara offered to help Nicole, who's stubbornness won her over.

"I can do this myself!" Nicole answered. "I'm just having an off day, like I said. I'm much much better than this when I'm at my best."

Kara didn't believe Nicole for a second. "Sure you are I am going to help you no matter what." Kara tells her she. Takes hold of Nicole's arms a gently pulls her a few feet into the shallow area which was open.

"Now I want known of your back talk" Kara warned Nicole.

Despite Nicole's insistent decline for any assistance, Kara still forced her way into helping the stubborn girl with what she was obviously struggling with. She, of course, tried once more to completely decline any offer for assistance, but eventually had to give in.

Even with help, the girl didn't improve much with her inability to swim. It would take more than just an hour long session to get this sinking stone waterborne.

Kara kept up with trying to help Nicole out. But Nicole once more tried to get out of it but Kara would have known of it. Try as she might things didn't turn out so well. Nicole still wasn't able to do much else but it would take far more time then Kara had to teach her.

"Maybe a one on one lesson will help?" Kara asked. While a dark thought went through her mind of being alone with the girl. And having her own form of fun with her.

Nicole's private tutoring took up the remainder of the lesson, and, soon enough, the class was told to get ready for their next lesson. It was still a good fifteen minutes before the actual end of the lesson, but packing up will have to be taken into account.

"I don't have time for pointless things like that." Nicole retorted. "I don't even know why I was dragged into this stupid 'teambuilding' exercise."

"I was under the impression that the students not doing so well in P.E were called into this to help improve their own abilities." Mikan interjected.

"Stay out of this!" Nicole countered.

The rest of the class went about assisting in the packing up of the things used to allow for the lesson to go forward. Lots of dripping wet swimsuit-clad girls milled around the pools collecting up the swimming aids and packing away the other things used in the lesson.

The time with Nicole took up the rest of the lesson. When the bear end of the lesson came everyone was told to clean up and get ready for the next one. "I don't believe you so the weekend I will be hosting another swimming lesson to those who are interested. In learning how to swim." Kara told both Nicole and Mikan. She looked over at Nicole "You best be showing up Nicole as you need all the help you can get."

Soon it was packing up time and Kara helped out. She helped her group the best that she could. A part of her wanted to stick close to Mikan. As Kara was warming up to her in more lessons the one. And she when Nicole wasn't looking brushed a hand across her back.

Kara proposed the idea of Swimming lessons that weekend. However, there were a few complication in that idea,,,

"How do you know we're not busy this weekend?" Nicole countered. "We could all be fully booked out, for all you know."

"Also, where do you think you'll be hosting this 'lesson'." Lilly questioned skeptically. "Mother wouldn't be happy with a bunch of strangers using the pool without her permission."

Kara requested an idea for a swimming lesson. But the thought of the idea was met with some questions.

"I know we have the trip this weekend. Which I thought was an only one day thing." Kara said. "Plus you don't even work there."

Kara turned to look at Lilly.

"Where else and it would have only been. These two unless Holly and Healey. Wanted to join in?" Kara asked.

Kara, as usual, didn't quite fully understand the implications of Nicole's statement.

"I know I don't work in that place!" Nicole retorted. "I was saying that I may be required to do other things, or have plans already made for this weekend. I could be the most popular girl in my class for all you know, and have tons of boys vying for my attention."

Kara seemed to forget that public facilities are available for most things.

"They could take place at the public pool, if you were really dying to get these lessons done." Lilly suggested. "They'll likely want to join in as well, so it may be four or more people you'll have to help."

"With the way you act around me and others. I am guessing you're not that popular. I could be wrong but I doubt that." Kara tells her. She thinks about this weekend and there were a lot of things she had to do.

"I wasn't thinking really that big but maybe I need to give this more thought." Kara said at last she wasn't sure on what teaching a far larger class would be like.

"How can you be certain that I'm not popular?!" Nicole retaliated. "Just because I treat dregs like you poorly, it doesn't mean that I do that to people who deserve my attention!"

"Planning before diving into something is just common sense." Lilly informed Kara. "Think this over a little more, look through all the facts and then come to a decision. Halfhearted plans never end well."

"Its because of how you act if you weren't such a bitch all the time then maybe. People would actually like you and what to be your friend. You also think to highly of yourself like saying your good at swimming when. You clearly are not very good hell you might. Be good at things that I haven't seen yet." Kara says. She then goes on to say something else. "Plus I hate the way you treat me like some kind of pervert who wants nothing more then to touch your body. Along with being very rude to me I am sick of it either treat me with some respect or just leave me alone!" Kara snapped.

"I will think it over more when I have the time." Kara said she started to walk with the others inside.

Kara ranted off at the younger girl.

"SHUT UP! You don't know anything about me!" Nicole shouted back before running off into the crowds of Students milling around. She didn't look very happy, or angry for that matter. From the quick glimpse Kara got before Nicole disappeared, she looked upset. Very upset.

There was silence after that outburst before the rest began to head in.

"Um, sorry for butting in like this." Mikan spoke up as she quickly caught up with Kara before the group went their separate ways for the moment. "I know it might not be my place to say, as I don't know anything about what happened between you two, and I'm sorry if I sound very accusatory, that's not my intention, I can assure you. Don't you think you were a little harsh on her? She might not be the kindest girl out there, but she's got feelings too, like everyone else. I don't want to seem like I'm taking sides, so I won't tell you to go and make up with her. She might have some reason for being as...overbearing as she is. She didn't seem like that much of a bad girl in the Changing rooms, when she was talking to all the others, even me sometimes. A-anyway, I've probably overstepped my bounds, considering I've just met you. I'm sorry, I'll go now."

After saying her piece, Mikan quickly rejoined the rest of the students from St Jules.

Nicole went running off clearly upset after. What Kara had done to her. Who felt like the girl deserve what she got though before she left Kara saw she was upset. She ignored the stares of the others and walked inside where she handed Mikan her bag. Who had come over to her to talk.

"She might or might not of deserved that but. She's done nothing but treat me unfairly since we've met. This is all because of something I didn't do"

Kara then watched as Mikan left the group. She wasn't sure on what to do maybe she was right and Nicole acted how she did for a reason. When things calmed down some Kara would find out that reason.

Back in the classroom, the students went about getting changed for their next lesson. The girls were shedding their sodden swimwear, revealing glistening water-touched skin beneath the outer garments. and began to towel dry themselves.

After donning just their underwear, some girls excused themselves from the class for possibly predictable reasons. Beating the rush may take some commendable courage, but some of the students were far too reserved for such a brazen act, and instead focused on fully covering up before taking care of other needs. The majority were showing no indication of their other commitments proving to be a distraction, but an unlucky handful appeared to be showing minor signs of distraction. To the untrained eye, their evident spacing out could be linked to the sudden change of a regular day, but Kara's eyes are not untrained in that manner. Kara knew just what was wrong with these girls, and the empty water bottles further solidified her hypothesis.

It was hard for Kara to keep her eyes off. The girls around her who were all busy changing. Back into their school clothes Kara let her eyes wander to the girls around her. She looked first for Lilly then the twins followed last by both. Mikan and Nicole. Yet in her searches she was able to spot some girls. Who were showing tell tale signs of needing the restroom.

Kara first checked to see if those in her. Little swim party needed to go before looking out at the other girls. If her own friends needed help she would help them. Though would make sure to enjoy every moment though.

Keeping her lustful leering in control was proving to be quite the difficult decision to Kara, and she couldn't help letting her eyes wander over all the bare flesh and visible underwear on display. There was quite the variety, ranging from innocent single colour bow panties, to daring frills to Stripes, Polka dots, character print, floral, butterfly and some with rather questionable design implications. Any male would have a hard time keeping their own libido in control with just a few blurry photos of this intimate session.

Wondering if the usually unemotive girl, whom is now her adoptive sister, was showing any slight signs of a need for a powder break, Kara tried to read her sister's usually unreadable body language.

As usual, Lilly was just an enigma as she normally is, showing now outward signs of anything except what she wanted to be shown, and that was a rather unimpressed look at Kara's obvious voyeurism.

"The show's on the other end of the room, not here." Lilly casually brushed Kara off. "Don't even think about getting any ideas in your mind including me and whatever signs you're looking for in me."

Kara's self control was beginning to slip as she saw everyone dressed in their undetwear. She wanted nothing more then to run around and steal some underwear. But thankfully she didn't do that instead she changed into her P.E gear.

Kara then tried to see if Lilly needed. To take care of her needs but it looked like she didnt. "So, I am looking at you like that does it really matter?" Kara asked. She then looked around for any sign of the other female students playing around with one another.

Kara rhetorically posed her usual MO to Lilly. who just dismissed it with a sigh and a shake of her head.

"Guess there's no stopping you." Lilly answered. "We've got to do something to curb that lust of yours."

As she was nearly fully changed, Lilly decided to do something a little unusual. She reached round behind her back with both her hands, which was soon followed by a faint clicking noise, barely audible about the chatter of the classroom. From the bottom of her P.E Shirt, her training bra clattered secretly onto the table. What happened next was rather unexpected.

Kara knew that Lilly disliked when Kara was usually like this but. While Kara could control it well most of the time. She was finding it hard to do so on a day like this plus along with what Erys and her talked about she was starting to want to let her ecchi side. Take control and give her what she wants.

"You don't like this side of me do you?" Kara asked.

As she was facing Lilly she watched as the girl did something. That she wasn't excepting she reached behind her and a clicking sound was heard, Kara. Next watched as Lilly's training bra dropped to the ground.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm not fond of it, and I can't condone it in front of the girls, but it's a part of you that I, admittedly, am intrigued by." Lilly quizzically replied.

In one swift motion, Lilly managed to lift up her shirt and place it over Kara's head, forcing Kara's face to be pushed against her small breasts. The usual events in the classroom made it so most people were unaware of this action at present. Lilly's chest was as soft as normal, and smelled sweetly of Strawberry and Vanilla. She probably borrowed one of the twins' shower gels to gain that scent. Her chest was still slightly damp from the pool earlier, but that did not detract the tempting feeling of her bare AA Cup breasts against Kara's face. All too soon, Lilly pulled away from Kara and readjusted her shirt.

"Now then, I hope that keeps you good for the next hour or so. Take that as a free service for the safety of my Sisters." Lilly coyly informed Kara with a sly wink. "You can keep the Bra too, I can't wear it under this anyway."

"Why would you be intrigued by this side of me?" Kara asked.

Lilly then went on to lift up her shirt and place it over Kara's head. Who then found herself pushed against her small breasts. Most of the other students didn't know what was going on and as Kara felt the softest of Lilly's chest she longed to reach out and touch them. The smell was of Strawberry and Vanilla Kara at one moment rubbed her face against the small breasts. Before things ended and Lilly fixed her shirt again.

"Thanks" Kara admitted blushing as she picked up the bra and placed it amongest her clothes. She saw the sly wink from Lilly and walked over to her. "I hope this isn't the only time this happens today" Kara whispered.

She then moved away and finished dressing before heading to the next lesson.

Lilly didn't answer Kara's question before the show began.

After the rather strange intimate moment of perversion, a sense of normalcy returned to the pair.

"One favour a day, that's all I'll give, unless you do one for me. That'll have to be without a prompt, though, to even the deal." Lilly answered.

By now, it was time to head on over to the Gymnastics lesson. Kara was the first of the two to head out of the classroom and into the corridor.

Lilly didn't answer Kara's question and Kara didn't push it. Lilly if she picked to answer the question would do so when she was good and ready to.

Lilly then told her would only do one favour a day and if Kara wanted. More she would have to return the favour. "What would you have me do?" Kara asked. But before that answer as well it was time for the Gymnastics lesson and Kara headed there with Lilly.

Kara didn't quite seem to understand the implications of 'no prompting'.

"I just said without a prompt." Lilly repeated. "You'll need to find that one out yourself."

Lilly's answer seemed to be a mixture between seductive and teasing. Whether she was just playing along to Kara's fantasy, or if she actually had lewd plans in mind, was up for debate.

On the way out of the classroom towards the Gymnasium, Kara noticed a small red leather-bound book-like object on the floor. It was face down at the moment, but the colours of it seemed reminiscent of a certain girl's school uniform. No one else seems to have noticed it a present. It could've been dropped from, a bag or pocket, and the owner would likely want it back soon. However, a solitary book could prove to be an interesting read...

Again Lilly restated herself and Kara was left to wonder just what Lilly would have her do. But Kara did notice that Lilly's answer was filled with a mixture of both seductive and teasing. Did this mean that Lilly wanted Kara to try something out on her or did she have her own lewd plans set in motion.

As they were walking towards the Gymnasium Kara noticed a small red leather-bound book on the floor. Reaching down she picked it up and looked closely at it. She saw that it looked like a certain girl's school uniform. No one seemed to notice it and as Kara started walking again she decided to read some of it. Opening the book she looked at the first few pages slowly. Wondering just what could be hidden within.

As Kara turned the book over to read it, she noticed that the cover practically gave away what it was:

'Kestrel's Junior Academy for Theatre Arts Student Record - Mikan Asten - Class 6R2'

It was a student record book. Some of the older Academies had these to keep track of a Student's Progress throughout the Academic year, including test results, homework grades, physical examination results, and pretty much anything relating to the Academic Growth of the student. The Student, along with their Assigned form Tutor were tasked with keeping the record up to date in case any reference was needed.

Flicking through the first few pages, Kara was met with the usual title page, which had nothing of note on except a minor index for the subsequent pages. The third page in, however, had a small record of Mikan's information, with a little picture of her on the top corner. The picture, like most for student photos, was rather straightforward, save for the fact that Mikan was doing a cutesy 'Double Peace' pose with a large smile on her face. This was probably a home photo submitted instead of an academy one. The base info was as follows:

Name: MIkan Asten

Sex: Female

D.O.B: September 27th

Class: 6R2

Height: 132cm (4' 4")

The rest included results from the most recent physical examination. Did Kara want to read on?

Kara saw that this book belonged to Mikan as she looked at it closer. She saw that it was a student record book it seemed to have a bunch. Other things used to keep track of one's process through out the year. As Kara looked through the first few pages of the book. Nothing really caught her interest until she turned to a page with a small picture of Mikan on it. She was doing a 'Double Peace' pose with a large smile on her face. Kara was also able to read some information on her. Like her name and date of birth could what Kara was reading be something from some sort of test?

Kara decided to read on and find out if there was anything interesting within this page. Once she was done reading. She placed the book away and hurried up to rejoin Lilly as the next lesson was about to begin.

Disregarding the privacy, once more, of this poor unknown girl, Kara decided to read on some more.

The physical exam results were mostly what one would expect, which were documented statistics on growth and developement. According to the book, physical exams were conducted once every three months in Kestrel's, and the last examination Mikan had was nearing the three month mark, with the exact date falling the following Friday. She was due for a re-check, it seemed.

Mikan's physical exam results were:

Height: On par with Average

Weight: A little over average (No concern. Down to Growing)

Physical Skills: Very Good. Above Average.

Cognitive Skills: Good: A little above average.

Social Skills: Exceptional.

The next few pages were about medical records, like injuries sustained, any medication taken and any recent illnesses worth note for a Physically intensive industry like the performing arts. However, Kara shut the book and hurried on to her next lesson. It was a goldmine of information on someone she just met, but it could also be a terrible burden.

Kara was able to read up on the physical exam results of Mikan and she took them down in her mind. She did learn that Mikan was good in Physical skills Kara took an interest in this if it was like how Mikan did during the swimming lesson. Then Kara would want to see more of this side of Mikan it could also mean other things which Kara would find out about in time. She then turned the pages and came upon the medical records. But before Kara could read what hidden treasure lay within she closed the book.

She soon arrived at the next lesson and looked around for Lilly. Who she spotted and hurried to join up with her. "Sorry for being late had to take care of a personal need" Kara told her. Now wishing that she had taken care of the need to use the restroom.

Suppressing the urge to read further, Kara arrive at the Gymnasium and joined with her form group.

"Should've gone during the changing period instead of thinking about other going." Lilly replied. "Anyway, it's just the intro now. The Teacher's informing the students from the other schools about this lesson first. From what I've heard, one of them may be requested to help teach alongside the teacher."

Kara was now with Lilly who she listened to what was said. "I tried but wasn't able to get that done" Kara told her. She swayed around a little clearly her need to pee was slowly growing more and more. She took a moment to press a hand against her crotch. "I wonder who it will be to teach along side the teacher?" Kara asked.

As she looked at Lilly an answer came to her about the question she had asked earlier. "If you are free this afternoon for an hour we can have a friendly battle?" Kara asked.

Kara replied to the query. Her mouth said one thing, but her body said something else...

"Somehow I doubt you did go..." Lilly replied. "Was there a super huge line, or something?"

Kara proposed the idea of a friendly battle.

"You mean during Lunch or after school?" Lilly asked.

Lilly seemed to pick up that Kara was saying one thing and her body the other.

Kara thought over about what to say to Lilly she didn't want to lie to her. But she didn't want to tell her about what she found either.

"I tried to go but when I saw the clock on the wall. I noticed that I would have been late so I was unable to go." Kara told Lilly. She hoped that this small lie would pass as she did look at the clock and notice she had been running late.

Lilly asked about the friendly battle.

"I mean after school."

Kara weaved a white lie to try and hide her discovery from Lilly.

"Told you you should've gone during changing times. Why do you think everyone else went then?" Lilly reminded Kara. "Anyway, it's a little too late now. You could ask the teacher to be excused, but I don't think they'll let you this early in the lesson.."

Kara stated she wanted the battle to be after school.

"Don't you have work today?" Lilly asked. "Can't go skipping out on that."

Kara's little white lie passed as Lilly told her about what she should have done earlier. "Because they knew that it would be the best time" Kara answered. She tried to ignore the growing need to wee in her bladder but was finding it hard to do so. As she thought about it her favor to Lilly flashed in her mind. Would Lilly want Kara to have an accident or do something else to return the favor.

"I don't as I've got to be somewhere with Kiki later this afternoon so I'll be home late" Kara informed Lilly.

She then took a moment to look around to see if any of the others were there as well.

As Kara's self inflicted predicament was touched on enough, Kara explained that she didn't have work later.

"Are you sure you'll have time before you go to that?" Lilly questioned. "Kiki doesn't strike me as the type who'll let tardiness slide."

Kara looked around the room to see if she could find the others.

Holly and Haley were seated in their form group, wearing the standard attire P.E kit of a white polo shirt, sky blue sports skirt and black plimsolls. Kiki was also seated in her form group in roughly the same wear, but also seemed to be given permission to sit out this session, for obvious reasons. Mikan was, at the moment, engaged in conversation with the teacher about something Kara couldn't quite pick up. The only one missing was Nicole...

"Let me ask Kiki what time I've got to meet up with her this afternoon. Then I will let you know and we can try and work something out." Kara went on to say.

As Kara looked around for the others she spotted Holly and Haley and then Kiki. Followed last by Mikan who was busy speaking with the teacher about something. Kara wasn't able to find Nicole anywhere and wondered just where she could be. So in the meantime Kara listened to the teacher as they explained just what would be happening this lesson.

"Probably should've done that first before trying to plan anything else." Lilly answered, dismissing the evident lack of forethought Kara had shown. "Work before play, as they say."

After speaking with Mikan, the teacher went to introduce the lesson fully, noting down Nicole's apparent absence. Overall, it was going to be a straightforward Gymnastics lesson, going through all the easiest moves and moving on to an obstacle course at the end to be cleared in the quickest time. What came as unexpected, to both the class and the mentioned party, was that Mikan was going to help co-teach the lesson, and offer demonstrations to the class for each section before the class had to try them. Of course, Mikan tried to decline, blushing from embarrassment while doing so, but the teacher was determined to have Mikan display her 'prowess', as they put it.

"But I like to play first before work" Kara pouted. But she knew that Lilly was right about what she had just said.

The teacher went on to introduce the lesson fully. It was to be a straight forward Gymnastics lesson, with the easiest moves and then moving on to an obstacle course which needed to be done quickly. This gave Kara another chance to race against Haley to try and beat her which would even the score of one win and one loss a piece and Kara was already losing this battle. She also learned that Mikan was to co-teach the class and she tried to decline while blushing. Kara stared closely at the red faced girl.

"You, will do a good job I know you will!" Kara called out trying to encourage Mikan to go through with teaching the class.

Mikan, as she knew she was fighting a losing battle, begrudgingly agreed to help teach the lesson. After all, she was only asked to display the moves for others to see, and not do any full on teaching, as she believed.

"But doing it in front of so many people..." Mikan answered, still a little frazzled by the sudden announcement. "What if I mess up? What if my top falls down? What if i tear my leggings?"

Just think about the 'what ifs' was getting Mikan even more embarrassed.

Mikan answered Kara back and she still felt rather embarrassed about going through. With showing everyone the moves Kara tried to encourage Mikan some more.

"I know that this must be hard for you but I believe in you. I know that you will do well try not to think about the negatives but think about the positives. Try to think about how I thought everyone during the swimming lesson. And believe in yourself and your own abilities I know you can do it!" Kara told her.

Kara tried to encourage Mikan more, and, somehow, it seemed to work, if only slightly.

"You're right. I've gotta do it. I can't keep being afraid of doing things in front of people. I'm a Drama student, after all." Mikan answered.

It would seem that, through and educated guess, Mikan likely suffered from Stage Fright, which was kind of a problematic thing for someone in the line of work she's training for. Overcoming it won't be easy, but it'll be a must.

The groups were divided up, once more, based on Skill level in this area. Holly and Haley were in the same group again, along with a few students from their year group and a few older ones. However, Kara or Lilly weren't placed in their group. Kara, instead, was placed with a few students from St Jules, and, strangely, Kiki. Lilly was placed in the same group as Mikan was, with a few students from her class and a pair of St Jules girls.

"Just so you know, I'm only watching. I can't take part because, well, you know why." Kiki informed Kara. "I've seen it all done before, so I may be able to offer pointers, but I'm nowhere near professional Gymnast standard.

Kara's encouragement of Mikan now seemed to work a little. As it looked to Kara that she was just suffering from Stage Fright. She decided to try and help Mikan out with this at a later point and time before. The groups were divided up again based on Skill level. Kara then found herself placed with a few students from St Jules, Kiki also appeared to join Kara's group before letting her know that she couldn't take part in this type of work.

"I know that" Kara told her.

She then took a moment to look over at the girls in her group. To get a better look at them all,

Kara decided to gather a bit of information on the girls in her group of four. Kiki and herself were obvious, but the two newest additions, those from St Jules, were Kara's focus.

St Jules P.E uniform looked to be still quite formal, even for use in sports events. The t-shirt carried the usual beige/grey motif of St Jules, with the logo placed on the left breast side. The material it was made from appeared to be a mixture between leotard lycra and soft cotton. The idea behind it was possible to reduce sweating and ensure that no marks appeared while the activities were going forward. The lower half attire was a pair of beige hot-pants like shorts, tight fitting and made from the same breathable material as Bike shorts were. The outfit looked pretty comfy, surprisingly. The footwear of St Jules was basic plimsolls, but they were grey instead of black.

The first of the two was an older girl, just a little older than Kara. She carried the expected 'cool beauty' look of most successful businesswomen. Her midnight black hair was neatly tied in a ponytail behind her head, and her piercing blue eyes appeared to be regarding and analysing Kara quite closely. It was uncertain where she was placed in the group due to being good at gymnastics or not. Her sizeable B-cup breasts were what punctuated her shirt and sealed the deal that she was likely quite popular at her Academy.

The other girl, however, was a junior to Kara, around the same age as Nicole. She looked to be quite nervous in the oppressive aura of her partner, and slightly shifting around as she stood. Her blonde hair was tied in small twintails on either side of her head with small red scrunchies. Her green eyes just showed her unrest a little more. She appeared to be regarding Kara with the same kind of nervous enthralment as she did the other girl from her Academy. One of her hands was resting on the bottom of her shirt, and slightly pulling the baggy material down a little. Her other hand appeared to be in one of her shorts pockets.

Kara felt another ping in her bladder and ignored it as she took time. Too study the two new additions to her group. She took a moment to look Kiki over but that was it and went back to the other two girls. The first girl was the older of the two and had midnight black hair and her blue eyes were studying Kara right back. Kara took notice of the girl's chest right away but didn't let her gaze linger there for long. She looked over at the other girl who was around the same age as Nicole.

She looked rather nervous and was shifting around a little. Kara let her eyes follow the girl's movements wondering if she needed to use the restroom as much as Kara did. Kara could tell that the girl was nervous and saw where her hands were placed. She took the moment to address both girls.

"I know that you might both be rather nervous but I'm hoping to change that. I want us all to have fun and enjoy our time together. I will help you two out anyway that I can and hope you can teach me some things as well." Kara told the girls.

After studying the two girls, Kara addressed her little group.

"Nervous? Why would I be? Annoyed, perhaps. This is nothing but a waste of time which could be better spent furthering business deals." The Older girl answered.

"I-I'll do my best to not be a burden!" The younger girl quickly blurted out as she went into a deep bow before Kara, before quickly righting herself and moving a little from foot to foot.

"Why I'm stuck with such a wreck as that nuisance, I have no idea." The Older girl sighed as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Well, we have ice cold and squishy mallow." Kiki commented. "Anyway, you'd better all get along. I don't want to see catfights in the middle of class."

"You have no place to talk. After all, you're omitted from the lesson, so that makes all comments you say regarding it null and void." The Older girl calmly replied. It was clear that there was some form of superior anger management and comment working going on.

"However, I am still a part of the lesson, and a student at the host school. Etiquette dictates that guests must show due respect to the host at all times." Kiki countered with a slight smile.

The older girl spoke up first and then the younger girl spoke up. The Older girl sounded just like Nicole did and the younger one sounded like a mix of Mikan and Holly mixed into one. "So, you're annoyed to be here and would rather be furthering business deals as you put it. I take it you're either good at Gymnastics or not?" Kara asked before looking at the younger girl. "You won't be a burden just try your best and have fun" Kara told her she returned the bow. Before the older girl spoke again.

"You so, remind me of Nicole with that attitude of yours." Kara informed her. Before Kiki then spoke up.

"I don't know what's going on between you two or if you even know each other. But Kiki is right I don't want any sort of cat fights between you two. Or I will have punish the both of you some how during this lesson."

Kara commented that the Older girl's athletic ability was probably in question.

"This class is beneath my talent." The Older girl shrugged. "But I shall elevate it. The back sheep is not fit to help teach this lesson."

"I'll do what I can." The Younger girl answered, still sounding rather nervous, however, she'd stopped regarding Kara with the same kind of look she gave the Older Girl. Kara seemed to be showing to be quite a good match to this girl.

Kara mentioned that the Older Girl reminded her of Nicole.

"That detriment is an embarrassment to the whole Academy. She didn't even bother to turn up to this excuse for education, after all. They only accepted her because she was bought in by the Treasurer of the Academy." The Older Girl calmly insulted Nicole. "Buying into a failed Business endeavour is the quickest way to go bankrupt."

Kara proposed that she'd have to punish the pair if they partook of catfighting. The Older girl had a ghost of a smile on her face at that comment.

"We shall see just who gets punished." She simply answered.

"You couldn't even punish a child, let alone two people older than you." Kiki countered. "Just look at the twins, they're unruly."

Kara listened to the Older girl speaks.

"You say this class is behind you why not prove it show me or us three just what you can do?" Kara challenged the Older girl. Clearly wanting to enjoy seeing if the girl was up for it. Let alone if she went through with it seeing her chest bounce and move as she moved around. The younger girl spoke up she still sounded rather nervous. "I know you will do your best just believe in yourself," Kara tells her.

Kara then learned about what the Older girl thought of Nicole and why she was here. "It isn't very wise to insult someone when they are not here," Kara said speaking from experience "what do you have against Nicole anyway it clearly sounds to me like you hate her?" Kara asked.

Kara saw the smile on the girl's face and returned it with one of her own. "Oh, I believe this shall be fun." Kara says. Clearly wanting to punish this girl.

"It's a wasted effort if there's no need to do so. When I'm eventually forced to engage in this excuse for a lesson, then you'll see what I can do." The Older girl retorted.

Kara asked what this particular person had against Nicole.

"Lack of understanding of the simplest things must be a common trait in the lesser people." The Older girl answered. "I explained my reasons before, but, as your small mind possibly requires extra processing time, I'll say them once more. That girl is nothing but a liability to the Academy. She's of no noteworthy family and had her way payed in by someone else. She does not belong amongst society's elite. She never passed any exam, or had her abilities tested."

The older girl spoke once more.

"I believe that you're nothing but talk. As you're too afraid to show me what. You can really do so I say this you are a flack."

The older girl spoke of Nicole again.

"Is that also the reason she acts like a bitch all the time?" Kara asked. As she took in the rest of what was said.

Kara came to the same conclusion with this girl as she did with Nicole. However, unlike the younger, more forceful, girl, this older one remained calm and composed.

"Proving people wrong is one of the better things life has to offer." The Older girl answered with a slight grin.

Kara continued to ask about Nicole's poor attitude but, before any response could come, the teacher began the lesson properly.

Kara began to slightly wonder if there was more to this girl then she was speaking of. But she still didn't know for certain if she was all talk or was really that good.

"You seem so full of yourself."

Kara was about to get an answer to her question about Nicole's attitude when the teacher. Began the lesson. With her thoughts having been distracted due to asking questions about Nicole. They seemed to then drift back to her current need to pee. As she bounced on her feet and pressed both hands into her crotch.

When the lesson resumed,. so too did Kara's negligence backfire.

"Forgot something, did you?" Kiki whispered to Kara. "Too engrossed with seeing half-naked girls to realise your own body's signals?"

Kiki was on to Kara's predicament, but offered no alternatives to help rectify the situation.

Firstly, the teacher explained that warm ups were needed before any proper learning can begin. Gymnastics is a sport which requires great flexibility and cannot be done safely without first stretching the muscles. Warm ups went by quite quickly. In Kara's little group, the Younger girl didn't seem too keen on bending or stretching too much, but still engaged as well as she could with what was asked of her. The Older girl, however, was doing the instructed warm-up exercises, and some more advanced stretches on top of them. She seemed to know her stuff...

Kiki soon picked up on Kara's own current needs.

"Yes, I did" Kara answered the first part of the question not even going to answer. The last part as it had been something she had done earlier. "T-There's something I need to ask you about?" Kara whispered back.

She turned away as the teacher explained the warm ups were needed. Before anything else could be done. The younger girl did her best of what was asked of her while the Older girl, clearly surprised Kara she seemed to know her stuff even going as far as to do advanced stretches. Not wanting to be shown up Kara went about. The stretches as best she could letting her anger full her on.

Kara appeared to have a question of her own.

"If it's about my measurements, no way am I telling you that." Kiki answered. "Ask away and I'll see if I can answer them."

Kara tried to match the Older Girl's ability but, as she was untrained, it was a little more difficult than expected,

Kara blushed at the mention of Kiki's measurements but then shook her head. To rid herself of a red face and asked her question. "What time this afternoon is our meeting at we are going to?" Kara asked.

She then tried to match the older girl's ability. Things were looking difficult but Kara wasn't about to be beaten she would put this girl in her place.

Kara asked about the meeting later.

"The meeting is scheduled to start early evening, at around 7pm. You'll probably need to run through your duties with Ryu, just so you don't run your mouth before your brain in the actual meeting. We'll be setting off at around 6:15pm to make sure we get there in enough time. Got any plans for later, then?" Kiki explained.

Trying to match a more skilled Gymnast was not something Kara should have been doing, if her muscles aching a little was anything to go by. Thankfully, she hadn't strained them in any way, yet, but they'd sent their warning that she was trying to overstep her bounds in just a simple warm-up exercise. It would possibly be better to retreat for now and work on proving herself in the main event.

Kara learned of what time the meeting would take place at and that. She needed to see Ryu and learn just what her duties were so she didn't run her mouth off like normal.

"I had planned on a little training session with Lilly and needed to know so I can set. Up a timeframe for that and still make it to you in time." Kara told her.

Truthfully her muscles were aching a little and at a moment Kara felt herself. Leak into her panties thankfully nothing showed up on her crotch. But she did feel her muscles weakening a little once the exercise was done. Kara backed off trying to catch her breath and relax her muscles.

Off in another group a trouble maker girl was was looking around for that lone female student. That she could have some fun with.

"Don't tire yourself out before the meeting. You're meant to be a bodyguard, You're there to keep me safe. I'm not saying don't do a little training beforehand, I'm just saying that you shouldn't go over the top." Kiki cautioned Kara.

Moving on with the warm-ups, Kara realised that she was trying a little too hard to prove herself, and decided to back up a little and keep it in control, lest something go completely out of control.

A faint whimpering could be heard beneath the instructions from the teacher. The younger girl in Kara's group seemed to have stopped doing the warm-up and had her hands clutching at the crotch of her shorts. Tiny droplets could barely be seen falling from her pinning fingers onto the floor. The girl stayed this way for a couple of seconds before hurrying over to the teacher and asking them something. There was a small discussion going on between the two before the girl practically sprinted out of the Gymnasium into the hallway.

"Such an embarrassment to our Academy." The Older girl sighed as she continued stretching. She wasn't even following the teacher's instructions anymore and was rather doing her own stretches, which appeared to be a mixture between Yoga, Tai Chi and basic stretching.

"Seem like you're not the only one with an absent mind." Kiki whispered to Kara. "Your chances of getting out have just dropped a little, I guess, unless you can convince the teacher there's no other option but the floor if you're not let out."

Kara learned she had a choice to make.

"I wouldn't be going over the top but I don't want to tire myself out. Who knows if something bad were to happen at the meeting. I'd be needed in top form and if I wasn't that wouldn't look good." Kara said. She would have to postpone her battle with Lilly for another day.

She then heard a faint whimpering and turned to see the younger girl. Who had stopped doing the warm-up her hands were buried in her crotch of her shorts. From the tiny droplets falling down Kara could see she was nearly wetting herself. Before she ran to the teacher and had a talk with them and then run out of the lesson. What the older girl said next pressed a button in Kara that pissed her off more.

"You shouldn't say such a thing about her!" Kara warned. Her left eye started to twitch a little as she watched the girl then doing other things. Kiki then spoke up "I'm not leaving if I wet myself here then I will deal with the hurt and laughter that will come. But I'm mainly staying to put this girl in her place!" Kara whispered.

"Whatever you wanna do." Kiki shrugged.

The Older Girl's comments tilted Kara a little, prompting her to mouth off once more.

"It is the truth, however. If that child can't even perform the basic of social interaction, then she would fail in a working environment. No Business wants to employ a person who refuses to perform to an acceptable standard." The Older girl calmly stated.

"Somehow I think that'll be even worse than biting the bullet and taking the hit for asking to take a break." Kiiki answered, sounding a little confused at Kara's determination. "Well, whatever floats your boat. Just don't expect me to do the cleaning."

Kara was getting more pissed off at each word the girl said.

"Oh, like they'd love to have someone like you on their team. Who's nothing more then a cold-hearted bitch!" Kara yelled at her. She was clearly angry now more so then normal. She started to go up to the older girl and was clearly bringing her arm up. Meaning she was about to punch the other girl in the face but stopped herself just short of the girl. She turned away and walked away deciding to follow Kiki's advice. Maybe calming down some would help her out.

She looked around for the teacher and started to walk over to them.

The trouble-maker girl found the perfect target which to cause trouble with. That person being Holly who the girl was currently watching.

As Kara proceeded to threaten and abuse this Ice Queen, she just looked at Kara, unflinching.

"Such a vulgar thing you are." The Older girl grinned at Kara. "And so easy to upset as well. You also lack the required basic skills to succeed in a reputable environment."

Kara decided to be the better person and not rise to the taunts aimed at her. If Kara hadn't decided to seek the teacher, they would've gone to her instead. Swearing in the middle of a lesson, and arguing with an guest, was not really acceptable classroom behaviour.

Kara ignored what the girl was saying as she walked away. If she did have her way Kara would make her a laughing stock of her entire school. But as she walked towards the teacher she soon reached them.

"E-excuse me but can I please be excused to use the little girl's room?" Kara asked. Them as she swayed from side to side on her feet.

The other girl started to make her move towards Holly with a clean goal of making. The poor girl the laughing stock of the whole class. As she moved closer to her she knew what she would do she'd pants the poor girl and show everyone her underwear. As Holly was busy with her own group Kara caught sight of the girl walking towards her with a sinster look on her face. The girl then reached Holly's group and moved behind the girl getting ready to go through with her rotten deed. She started to reach forward towards Holly's shorts when Kara called out to Holly.

"Holly behind you!" Kara shouted at her.

Prompting her question, Kara was met with a swift retort.

"You had ten minutes before the lesson to take care of that. In addition, you have also insulted a guest to the Academy and used inappropriate language in the middle of a lesson with younger students present." The teacher answered. "By Academy rule, you should be sent to the Head Teacher's office rather than be allowed to go to the toilets."

During the warm-ups, a student decided to engage in some questionable acts of bullying. Holly was oblivious to the original prey searching and stalking, and only noticed the action when Kara called over to her.

Holly wasn't quick enough to avoid the attempt but, thankfully, her sister had her back. In a near imperceptible motion, Haley had intercepted the attempt at harassment by placing up a partially translucent black barrier between the perpetrator and Holly. Kara was possibly the only one to notice the evident six black crystals creating this barrier, three down each side split across the top, middle and bottom, with their tips pointing inwards.

Kara tried to voice her case back to the teacher.

"B-But she has clearly started the whole thing she insulted the young girl. Who spoke with you earlier. I'm sorry about using inappropriate language but please down send me there." Kara begged clearly remembering the last time she had been sent there. Having gotten a spanking and worse off Kara believed it would happen again. "I'm really sorry for insulting the girl but please I can use the toilets?" Kara begged clearly making a scene.

Some of the other students and guests started to look Kara's way. They watched as she was doing the pee dance and some started talking amongst themselves. While others pointed and laughed at Kara's plight she felt her cheeks burn with shame. As she waited for an answer Kara saw her call to Holly was answered but Holly was a little too slow to move out of the way. Haley answered the call forming a crystal barrier around Holly. She could clearly see the six black crystals that were used.

The girl was just about to reach for Holly's shorts when she was suddenly. Knocked backward by an unseen force. She landed on her butt a few feet away from Holly and Haley clearly confused about. What just happened she quickly got up and ran away.

Kara begged and pleaded to be released from class, even going as far as publicly apologising for something she did. The teacher had no choice but to relent, as the lesson was being even more disrupted from this than it would have been if Kara was released.

"As long as you make it quick." The Teacher eventually answered. "Just go straight there, do what you have to and come straight back."

The possible early submit may have been down to the apparent 'violent conduct' committed by a certain young girl in another group. The teacher's attention was now on Haley instead.

Kara got a lucky break and was allowed to run. To the restroom only to come right back. She left the others in a hurry running past Haleys group. Kara soon reached the bathroom after making a mad dash inside. She pulled down her shorts and panties.

Then did her business in the toilet the thought to read Mikans. Book entered her mind as it was still on her person. But as she looked at the book in her hands she decided not to. She soon finished peeing cleaned up. Dressed again and put the book away due to magic.

Then went out to rejoin the others. Making sure to keep her gaze on Haleys group. As she rejoined her own she pinched Kiki's rear.

Kara quickly left the Gymnasium to go about her business when she was given clearance to. On the way to the nearest toilets, there was a slight glittering to certain parts of the floor. The spaces were barely noticeable, but there was a certain glint of reflection from the lights on something on the floor. However, as Kara was in a hurry, she promptly dismissed the idea, putting it down to just a sparkling floor.

Upon entering the toilets, there was a distinct puddle on the floor in front of the first stall. The puddle was rather small, looking closer to a spillage than anything else. Kara also ignored this and carried on with her duties, promptly finishing up and heading back to the Gymnasium.

The lesson was now in full swing, with the groups lining up and watching their peers go about the first obstacle, which was the swing bars. Kara's group had yet to take part, much like the groups with other members Kara was familiar with in. The younger girl was seated next to Kiki, resting her head on Kiki's shoulder, looking a little upset. Kiki was gently stroking the younger girl's head with one hand, while her other arm was wrapped around the girl in a semi-hug. Kara took a seat on the opposite side of Kiki and decided to have a little questionable fun. As one would expect, Kiki reacted with a slight jump and an evident accusatory look in her eyes.

"Perv." Kiki chided Kara.

Kara saw the faint hint of parts of the floor glittering when she was on her. Way to the restroom since she was in a hurry she ignored them. Then when she had reached the stalls she had seen a puddle which was rather small. Again she ignored it and went about her own duties before rejoining her group. With the lesson now in full swing Kara's group was off to the side and she saw the younger girl seated next to Kiki.

Kiki was gently stroking the younger girl's head and it looked like something was wrong with her. She then sat down after she had pinched Kiki's rear and got called a prev for it. As she sat there she looked around at the groups going about the current lesson. She looked around for Mikan to see how she was doing with her teaching job. Then looked for how Lilly's group was doing.

Kara ignored the plight of the younger girl, possibly expecting Kiki to be able to solve it, and looked over the rest of the class.

Holly and Haley's group were a little ways down from the front. They were possibly going fourth at present, with Lilly and Mikan's group being about five groups behind them. Kara's group, or, more accurately, the Older St Jules girl, was waiting to go at around 12th place in the grouping. No other group was seated on the benches, as they were possibly reserved for people not partaking, or people who may potentially get minor injuries if they're not careful. Kara was likely in the wrong place,,,

Mikan didn't appear to be doing much teaching at the moment, but it was clear that she had, indeed, engaged with the activity quite recently. She likely gave a demonstration before the groups were let free.

For the moment Kara ignored the plight of the younger girl. As she looked around for the others to see how they were doing. The other two groups were soon about to take their turns at the fourth and fifth place. Something then seemed to dawn on Kara as she saw the Older girl standing at the 12th place in line. She must have been in the wrong place as Kara didn't know what place she'd be taking the lesson at. Getting up Kara quickly made her way over to the line which was rather long and stood in last place.

It soon came apparent that Kara was in the wrong place. Considering she missed the actual start of the lesson, this was expected. She took her place at the end of the line, expecting the lining up to be based on the more common forms of waiting. However, that was also wrong, as Kiki quickly correct her, using the link between ring and earring over conventional communication.

"Wrong place, again. You need to stand next to your most favourite person. Waiting is based on groups, not individuals."

The term 'most favourite person' was delivered with a little sarcasm, meaning that she would likely have to stand next to the St Jules girl from her group.

That was the truth Kara had been in the wrong place as. She had missed the start of the actual lesson. Now she again was in the wrong place at the end of the line and Kiki needed to correct her on where to stand. Which ment Kara needed to stand beside the bitchy St. Jules girl.

"Oh, joy"

Kara left her spot and walked up to where the girl was currently standing and stood beside her.

Realising her secondary mistake, Kara quickly moved to the correct spot, just as more groups went up to participate. Around two groups could take part at a time, as there were two sets of bars set up. Turn taking inside the group was down to the group's discretion, as only one person could safely use the bars at a time. Kara's group was now in tenth place for a turn.

"Finished make a fool of yourself?" The Older girl questioned Kara. "First, you put on a nice public display of your own lack of physical integrity, and then you further humiliate yourself with not understanding something so simple as lining up."

The older girl the spoke to Kara once more.

"Oh, yes I'm so happy for humiliating myself oh, can you come over and help me out some more on that?" Kara said. She looked at the girl wanting nothing more then to punch her in the face. He right hand twitched as dark energy for a second formed around it. "How would you handle the situation if you were in my shoes. I can picture you making a big sence before wetting yourself like a damned dog!"

"You've clearly shown to be the master of that. I'm afraid my skills would be inadequate in that regard. If there's one thing you surpass me on, it's being able to act like a Court Jester all the time." The Older girl countered calmly. "Of course, I would never allow myself to be caught in that situation. I know the basics of modern living, it's just common sense. Did you fail this badly when you were swaddled in nappies as well, or was your control better back then?"

Kara stopped acting like a fool and listened to what the girl had to say to her. "My control was much better back then. But what about your own did you wet yourself a lot. Did you ever humiliate yourself like I nearly did?" Kara asked. Clearly not going to mention how her time in private school was one of the worst times in her life.

Kara hadn't quite grasped the hidden meaning behind this girl's manner of secretive insulting before she gave her answer.

"Then I pity you if you could manage to keep your own body in check when you were oblivious to it all, compared to how you are now. Is it a sick pleasure of yours to soil yourself so commonly without any regard to public view? Though, at least you showed more control that that embarrassment on the bench. I'm ashamed to even be in the same room as her and wear the same uniform right now." The Older Girl answered. "As I said before, I was perfect at everything, and still am."

The whole truth suddenly dawned on Kara when she thought back to the exchanges between her father and business partners, like Lilly's mother. This girl was using an advanced form of insulting under the guise of flattery.

Her earlier statement about admitting her own faults in regards to Kara's excellence at making a fool of herself was a complex form of degradation hidden under flattery. By admitting her own lack of ability in humiliating herself, she had turned further humiliation towards Kara. This girl claimed to be 'perfect' at being perfect, and humiliation obviously never fell under that bracket, as it's more along the lines of a flaw than a perk to be proud of. She had turned Kara's ego-driven competition against her by admitting a fault that is better to not have. Kara relishing in that and humouring it just further solidified the Girl's statement of Kara being an adept Court Jester. Not to mention Kara openly admitting that her bladder control as a baby was better than it was now. This girl had experience at being so sickeningly charming that only the educated masses could see through her silver-tongued venom imbued comments.

Kara still wasn't surewhat this girl was getting on about. She knew she was being insulted and still didn't like the way the older girl was insulting the younger one. "I don't need your pity at all and no it isn't a sick pleasure pf mine to do things like that. She isn't an embarrassment and you shouldn't be ashamed of her you should be ashamed of yourself for the way you're clearly acting." Kara says.

She finally was able to learn the truth on just what this girl was doing. It seemed that this girl was using a form of flattery with her much like Kara's father had done with his business partners. She was able to come to terms that this girl must not of had the most comman control over her bladder when she was younger. And slowly Kara was able to see that this 'perfect' girl image was all just a lie.

"Are you really, when at your school do you wet yourself often or a little. Do you get made fun of often do you have to wear nappies because your bladder control is bad?" Kara asked. She looked around to make sure no one else was looking and reached out to touch the girl's side of her shorts clearly trying to feel if she might be wearing any.

"You could've fooled me with that. You looked like you were enjoying the embarrassment's plight, and your own. Why, of all things, would a civilised person allow themselves to reach that level of stupidity?" The Older Girl replied. "I'm merely trying to fit the image one would expect of a Young Lady from a notable lineage. You, 'Sera', should not be disgracing your House as such, if that even is your true Surname. You look nothing like the other Seras present."

Kara came to the completely outrageous conclusion that this 'Perfect' girl was weak in one area. Kara fired off pointless random question which, instead of embarrassing this girl, just made her see Kara as an even bigger fool.

"Just because you may have experienced that, it does not mean that others were as slow on the uptake as you." The Older girl answered, stifling laughter. Kara's probing to see if there was extra padding under the skin-tight shorts just added to the ridiculousness. "Touch all you want. Something so bulky couldn't fit under these shorts. You really have no concept of Logic and Common Sense, do you?"

During the argument, the line had moved down considerably. Holly and Haley's group were now up next.

Again Kara's hand twitched as dark energy formed around it once mre. "Oh, yeah I take great pleasure in humiliating myself." Kara lied. "Because sometimes people forget there own needs like I am sure you've done at some point and time." The girl knew that Kara wasn't a 'Sera' or was guessing that she wasn't. "That isn't my Surname, I'm a Ravenclaw if you must know" Kara sighed.

The area Kara thought ths 'Prefect' girl was weak in wasn't the area. She thought it was and as Kara probed the area she reached up and touched the girl's breasts for a second. To see if she was wearing any sort of padding under there for other means. She then took her hand away "How about you just leave me alone and be quite for a while?"

Kara tried in vain to turn the Girl's words against her.

"I grow tired of repeating myself for dense people like you." The Older Girl simply replied. "The Seras have stopped to an all time low, then. Taking in disowned dregs off the street. Perhaps it's just wishful thinking on your part."

Kara, upon finding no joy in the lower areas, tried to debunk this Girl's impressive chest. The girl quickly slapped Kara's hand away with a yelp. Yup. Those were definitely B-Cups. No padding, or bra for that matter, present. The uniform top looked to be too tight fitting for a bra to be accommodated anyway, so all girls were going bra-less in this place, not that it mattered to the late bloomers or less endowed individuals.

"I will do just that." The girl countered, still slightly annoyed by Kara's perversion.

"Way to go, booby-fiend. Great way to get someone's approval. You should quite while you're ahead. Just saying. Annoy her any more and she's likely to report for sexual harassment, and that'll damage the school, and your family's, reputation. Think of the girls."

Kara just ignored all of what the girl had to say to her. Not even enjoying her touching of the girl's breasts. She just remained where she was as the girl then went quiet. Kiki then spoke up and Kara wasn't in the mood to chat.

"I don't care she's a bitch nothing more!" was all Kara said.

She just waited her turn as she watched Haley and Holly's group's turn.

Kara decided to watch the other groups go up and engage in the activity.

Haley was quite good at the activity, managing to pull herself above the bars and do a couple of spins from one to the other. Holly,. on the other hand, couldn't even pull herself up to the bars, let alone spin around them. Physical activity was obviously not Holly's strong point. She eventually managed to pull herself up to the smallest bar, but couldn't hold herself there for long, The other girls in the group were of mixed ability, but none of them had anything on Haley's aptitude with this activity.

The next few groups went up and did their best, and soon enough Lilly's group was set for a turn. Lilly was good enough to do just the base of the exercise and some spins around the bar, but she wasn't as good as Haley was. Mikan, on the other hand, seemed to have a natural affinity for Gymnastics. She excelled at the activity, even surpassing Haley for ability and flipped herself from bar to bar mid spin, covering the gradual height distance between the three easily like it wasn't even there. When it came to the descent, her finisher was what took the most attention. She flipped from the final bar and did a complete 360 roll before landing gracefully on her feet. The rest of the students watched in awe at the spectacle. This is possibly the reason why she was picked to offer examples and help to teach the others.

Even with watching what the other groups were doing Kara. Soon grew bored with just standing around however she didn't make a fool of herself. Or say anything back though she was proud of how well the four girl's were doing. She clapped in encouragement to each of the girls and then called out that they were doing well. When it was each of the girl's turns to go about the lesson. Once everything was done Kara shut up again. She took a moment to look at the younger girl to see how she was doing. Part of her would have liked the girl to have come to her instead of Kiki.

When the entertainment of watching the other groups faded, Kara turned her attention to the youngest member of her group. The Young Girl still looked quite upset, but Kiki was working her 'Maternal Magic' on her, and the Girl looked to be a little better off. The reason behind what caused the girl to end up in this state was still unclear, but educated guesses may be made.

The line dwindled down to the last two groups before Kara's turn.

Kara was still watching the young girl. She still seemed rather upset about something. But Kiki was helping her through it. Kara wasn't sure just why she was upset. It could have been able what she had seen on her way to the restroom. Soon more groups went and it was two more till Kara's group.

While the last two groups before Kara's went up and proceeded to partake of the activity set out, Kara was still rather interested in how the younger member of her group was faring. Kiki had worked her magic over the course of the other groups' turns, and now the young girl was looking a little more like she did before the whole ordeal with her bladder. With a quick kiss on the forehead, Kiki sent the girl off just in time for Kara's group to go up.

As Kara was knowledgeable about the telltale signs of 'certain things', the drying golf-ball sized darkened patch on the crotch of the Younger Girl's shorts gave away much of the information. As she was sitting down before, it wasn't so obvious. Even now, due to the heat of the weather outside and the temperature of the inhabitants of the room, the mark had mostly dried to only a faded indication. It seemed like it hadn't been too bad an outcome. However, the way the girl's shorts hugged the small indent in the middle of the crotch area, it seemed like she hadn't been able to salvage everything down there before the flood. Going commando in such a tight outfit must take some courage (or perversion), or she just had no other option if she wanted to continue to take part in the day's activities.

Now came the time to divvy up who goes first,,,

Kara watched the younger member of the group for a while. Kiki had worked her magic over the girl and she was looking like her old self again. Soon a kiss on the girl's forehead sent her off on her own. Then it was time for Kara's group to go up.

When the girl moved away she was able to see a golf-ball sized darkened patch of her crotch. Which truly gave away what had happened to the young girl. Yet the mark had mostly dried Kara was kinda down that the accident had not been that bad. Yet from the way it hugged the girl's crotch area it looked like she might be going commando or something. Yet it could be totally different Kara wasn't sure so she looked away back to the older girl.

"I hope you make a fool of yourself!" Kara says.

"You seem to be confusing me for yourself." The Older Girl smirked as she went up to perform the routine.

As was possibly evident from her warm-up routine, this particular girl was not all talk. Her ability on the bars rivalled that of Mikan's. While Mikan's was more standard with only a few flashy moves, this girl's routine was all flashy moves. The basic swapping between bars became 360 degree front flips in mid-air before artistically gripping the next bar with a single hand, doing another 360 degree spin and then flipping to the next bar. The Older Girl's routine was more for show than practical application, like she'd been a participant of Gymnastics competitions, where the style of the actions are just as important as the execution.

Looking for something else to focus on which wouldn't rile her up, Kara looked around the room.

Focusing on Holly and Haley's group, Kara noticed something a little off with her quiet younger sister. For the first time this day, Holly's attention was on something other than the lesson at hand. She was shuffling around a little, barely perceptible to all but the trained eye, and a small shiver coursed through her body. Her legs were a little closer together as well, and her focus appeared to be more on the floor in front of her than what was going on in the lesson.

"You're so full of yourself." Kara told her as she then watched the older girl go about her turn. She seemed to have a good grace and ability which seemed to rival Mikans. Kara just frowned upon it and looked away. Her gaze moved over to Haley's group. Where she saw Holly appeared to be shuffling around a bit and Kara knew what was up.

Yet this was a bad time to spend time watching her. As if Kara got distracted then she would make a fool of her. So she tried to gain Holly's attention to help her out.

"Holly, Holly is something the matter?" Kara sent.

Noticing the evident distraction in her little sister, Kara expressed her concern. The sudden mental communication took Holly by surprise as she quickly righted the actions she was doing to blend in with the rest of the students. However, her legs remained firmly pressed together.

"N-no, I'm okay. Just a little...lost in thought."

She possibly didn't want to draw and undue attention to herself, so she kept up a strong front despite her second-guessing body.

"It's your turn. Try not to show yourself up more than you already have." The Older girl informed Kara. "Besides, no matter what you do, you can't possibly top me for style and grace."

Holly tried to brush it off like nothing was wrong. But Kara didn't truly believe but she didn't want to press. The matter too badly as it might upset Holly.

"Okay, but if anything is wrong please let me know?"

It was now Kara's turn and the older girl spoke. "I don't need style or grace to beat you. As I already have beaten you in the looks department."

Kara walked up to where she needed. To go and got ready to do her turn.

Kara remained a concerned older sister and requested that Holly keep her updated if something's wrong.

"R-right. Okay."

When it came to Kara's turn to go up, she decided to formulate a retort to the taunts from her 'rival'.

"If looking like something out of a emo fashion magazine is enough to win people over, you certainly have that." The Older girl countered. "Drills are so middle-ages it's not even funny."

Shortly after heading on up to the bars, a strange sensation overcame Kara...

She felt connected to many other tiny minds, all linking to one large mind. The sentience of the smaller ones seemed to echo one another to the letter, while the larger one commanded the lesser minds. The minds felt strangely familiar, almost crystalline in structure and complexity. Kara's mind seemed to hold some sway over the smaller ones, but it felt like it answered to the largest mind present. It was a rather alien feeling, experiencing several sentient minds all at once, but not overwhelming, much like her mind had grown accustomed to this rigid structure.

"Welcome to my Empire, Lord Commander Kara."

In all this wonderment, something else stood out among the crowd of minds, one stronger mind, lesser in strength to Kara's, but above those of the multitude of other minds. Another familiar mind. One Kara had touched intimately. The mind of someone, or something, no more than a few feet away from her.

Haley's mind.

Haley's mind felt a little different from what she remembered, there was a strange feeling of accomplishment coming from the minor minds in regards to this one, a feeling Kara's mind also shared in. However, one small part of Kara's mind felt something rather worrisome in regards to Haley's mind.

That was an overwhelming sense of Foreboding...

Holly promised to keep Kara updated if her problem got worse. Soon the Older girl spoke to her again she turned to look at her. "At least I don't have old fat breasts like you do" Kara countered. Then got ready to take her turn as she headed up to the bars a strange sensation came over her. It suddenly seemed like her mind was connected to many other minds. She shook her head as she started to go about the lesson plan. She then heard avoice welcoming to the Empire it must have been Erys' voice or maybe another one.

As Kara pulled herself up the bars and used all her training to do the best she can. Hoping that the others were all watching her. Kara's routine was just as good as Haley's though not as well done as Mikan's she felt a stronger mind which turned out to be Haley's own mind. She felt a strange feeling og accomplishment coming from the minor ones yet a small. Part of her own mind felt a sense of Foreboding coming from Haley's mind.

She pushed the thought aside for now as she soon finished her turn.

While the argument between egos could carry on for the rest of the lesson, the Older Girl decided to be the better of the two and simply ignore Kara's comment.

Pushing aside the strange feeling of being connected to what could only be likened to a Hive Mind, Kara went about her turn, performing quite well, but not quite as good as the more skilled people present. Her routine was well executed, but lacked finesse and personality. She was just going through the motions, following the routine to the letter.

After Kara's turn, the rest of the lesson carried on uneventfully. Holly's predicament was becoming a little more prominent, but it looked like she could handle it until the end of the lesson, however, her performance suffered a little because of it.

The only thing worth noting was the lingering feeling of dread lurking at the back of Kara's mind, hidden under all the other connected minds. Something was surely off with the way the linked minds were acting in regards to Haley's mind, but there was no outward indication of any effects this feeling was having on Haley. Perhaps Kara was just overthinking things...maybe...

The signal bell rang, indicating the close of another lesson, and now begun the break.

Once Kara's turn was over the rest of the lesson carried out. Soon it came to an end and Kara was still feeling what she felt from Haley's mind. She didn't know what to make of this and wondered if Haley could feel anything from her own mind like she could from her. The bell soon rang and Kara headed inside but before she did so she first summoned forth the book which belonged to Mikan. Then looked around for the girl.

She soon spotted her heading inside with her own group.

"Wait, Wait?" Kara called out as she jogged over to Mikan. "Um, is this yours I found it as I was heading outside at the start of the lesson?" Kara asked as she handed Mikan back her book.

Once more, pushing aside the strange sensations of being connected to other minds, Kara decided to try and keep her own mind in the forefront of her consciousness. Before the groups went their separate ways for the break time, Kara hunted down MIkan to return the incriminating evidence she had.

"Huh? Oh, hey!" Mikan answered when Kara called her. "What's the rush?"

In a bid to remove the temptation, Kara quickly returned the book to Mikan, who's face turned a healthy shade of pink when she saw what was being handed to her.

"Y-you didn't read it, did you?" Mikan asked, blushing profusely. "No, what am I thinking, of course you wouldn't."

Mikan quickly hid the book in her shirt before anyone else could see it.

"Thanks for returning it. I didn't even know I'd lost it." Mikan appreciatively thanked Kara.

Mikan asked if Kara had read the book.

"Only the first page to see who the book belonged to and that's all." Kara admitted. She was telling the truth for the most part seeing that Mikan was blushing as she hid the book in her shirt. Kara let the matter drop as Mikan thanked her for returning the book.

"You're welcome just make sure to be more careful" Kara warned her. She longed to stay with Mikan a little more but needed to go get changed for break.

"I will see you later hopefully?" Kara said. Before she turned and jogged back to her group.

Kara passed across the idea that she'd only read the first page to see who the book belonged to. Mikan seemed to evidently relax at this confession, even going as far as to breath a small sigh of relief.

"That's good..." Mikan answered. "I'll be more careful next time. See you after break."

Mikan then headed off towards the school grounds to explore a little during the break. No student, save for the younger girl in Kara's group, were making motions to change out of their sports clothes before break. Considering the whole day was sports based, it'd be a waste of time to change out of them just to change back into them.

Upon returning to her own group, Holly was just excusing herself to head towards the nearest toilets, leaving Haley, Lilly and Kiki, waiting for her in the hallway.

As Kara neared Haley, the strange mind-connecting sensations got somewhat stronger. Faint whispers of inaudible crystalline language scratched at the back of Kara's mind. The empathetic link between her mind and those of the crystals relayed a mixture of confusing emotions:

Anticipation...bloodlust...calculated thoughts...euphoria...

As quickly as they came, the thoughts flickered out with each crystalline jingle...

Mikan relaxed a little she seemed glad that Kara had not read further into the book. Mikan then left with her group to explore the school grounds and Kara rejoined her own group. She spotted the group near the restroom where she saw Haley, Lilly and Kiki. Holly must have been in the restroom at the moment.

As she neared Haley the sensations became stronger and she was able to read some of the confusing emotions. Again she wasn't able to make out what was going on in her mind as the thoughts quickly left.

"How is everyone doing?" Kara asked.

Ignoring the strange sensations she was now experiencing, Kara tried to engage in small talk to suppress the niggling influence of linked minds.

"Tired out from all the exercise, but will soon be better with some rest." Lilly replied.

"I don't know what you mean, I'm as healthy as ever." Kiki joked with Lilly.

"Alright for those who just sit and give orders, I guess."

The only one not really engaging in conversation was Haley... She appeared to be picking up on what people were saying, but didn't seem to show much enthusiasm for giving answers aside from simple ones.

Lilly and Kiki answered Kara's question and Haley seemed to not be engaging in the conversation much. It might be that she was still upset with Kara about everything that had happened between them.

"We could all use some rest" Kara offered.

She turned to Haley and tried to read what was coming from her mind again. As she waited for Holly to leave the restroom.

"We have 20 minutes till next lesson anyone up for getting a snack or drink?" Kara offered as an idea. She then asked both Lilly and Haley a question even Kiki as well.

"Anyone want to hold my hands?" Kara asked.

"I'd rather sleep all day then have to get sweaty doing exercise." Kiki agreed.

Kara attempted to read what was coming from Haley's mind. However, all she got back was a unintelligible jumble of multiple thoughts and feelings:

"Stupid...the hunt begins...making me...run! flee!...and then...no escape...Just so...cower! cower!... I hate...it bleeds..."

Something was mixing with Haley's thoughts, and it sounded very much like the crystals.

Kara offered getting snacks and drinks, along with engaging in hand holding.

"I think that was the original idea of this break." Kiki commented.

"Gonna be one stupidly long line for the cafeteria." Lilly answered. "And hand holding is for outside of school, not in school."

Soon enough, a very relieved looking Holly left the toilets and rejoined the group. The commotion inside the toilets at the moment must not have hindered this girl's steely resolve to keep her underwear dry today, as normally she wouldn't even consider entering such a packed place alone.

As Kara read Haley's mind she got a weird jumble of thoughts and feelings. She wasn't sure on what to make of it she tried to just push the crystals thoughts out of the way and focus. On what Haley was feeling.

Kiki and Lilly spoke and Holly then joined them.

"Why, can't I hold someone's hand I've seen some girl's having their hands held by others before?" Kara asked.

A moment later a short haired green haired girl came running towards the restroom. For a moment she wasn't watching where she was going and slammed into Kara knocking her forward into. Haley which caused both girls to fall upon the ground in a mess. Kara landed atop Haley on accident with her face pressed against Haley's chest and with Haley's knee pressed against Kara's crotch.

The green-haired girl's hands quickly went to her crotch as she whimpered. And a noticable hissing sound was heard.

Kara attempted to push aside the interference of the crystals an just focus on Haley's mind, but, she had no experience with dealing with this kind of link before and was unsuccessful.

"Because we're in school." Lilly explained. "Hand holding is not a thing to be done in school, and is often frowned upon by the teachers."

"Translation: 'It's too embarrassing to do it in such a public place with so many eyes staring at me!'." Kiki interrupted, causing Lilly to falter and blush a little.

"Hey, that's not what i mean at all!" Lilly countered.

The sudden intrusion of a small girl caused some unlikely events to interrupt the conversation. It took a moment for Haley to regain her bearings before she untangled herself from Kara and was about to lay into the small girl, whom seemed to have missed what she'd intended to do in running this way.

The green-haired girl quickly got up and ran into the bathroom before. Haley could lay into her Kara got back up as well and saw a small wet puddle on the ground. She looked away and back at the others having moved away from Haley.

"I don't find it embarrassing I've done it before at my old boarding school. With a couple of girl's I've liked and I like all three of my sisters." Kara said. She then saw that Lilly was blushing a little and walked up to her and whispered into her ear so only she could hear.

"In my old school I also saw some rather interesting things. That you would find interesting such as girl's making out to even some embarrassing lewd acts. I'll tell you about them if you want later when we are alone." Kara whispered.

She then pulled away.

"Haley are you okay, sorry about falling on you?"

Before a full blown Haley rant could begin, the small girl raced off into the toilets.

"Some people are easily embarrassed, though." Kiki answered. "They're, more often than not, the ones who act cold and uncaring."

Kara tried to tempt Lilly into the ways of Yuri-dom, but her will was that of iron.

"M-maybe another time." Lilly replied.

Kara then turned her attention to Haley, who still appeared to be rather vexed for such a small issue. That wasn't like her...

"Yeah, I'm fine." Haley brushed aside the concern. "Still pissed at that little bitch for not even owning up to her actions and running off like a little pussy."

That, even by Haley's standards, was vulgar language to be coming from her. It was so shocking that Lilly hadn't even processed it enough yet to realise that Haley was using language she shouldn't be.

"I've been like that before and at times am still like that." Kara agreed with the last part of what Kiki had said. She quickly let the thoughts pass as her attempts to tempt Lilly failed. She didn't press on things as she knew it would fail.

Haley appeared to be fine yet Kara heard what she had to say.

"While it is her fault for what happened to us. I'm just glad we didn't get hurt plus I'm sure when she finishes her task she will maybe say she's sorry. Plus there's no need to be this angry about her at all." Kara said slowly.

She began to wonder if perhaps Haley's anger might turn into how her own anger issues. Were at times she tried to cheer Haley up some. "Maybe we can compete against each other again in the next lesson if we are on the same team. I want to win this time against you as challenging you to that race was fun."

Kara attempted to talk Haley out of her 'phase'.

"Like hell that'll happen." Haley retorted. "If she can't even make it to the toilets without pissing herself, then she's far too much of a baby to know when she's done wrong."

When the attempted explanation failed, Kara tried a different tactic.

"Not interested." Haley dismissed the offer "You'll just cheat or pretend to fail."

A drastic behaviour change like this could only really mean one thing...

Haley was still in her 'phase'.

"Its happened to me before many times in fact. In my old school I wet myself a lot and have done. Just like the young girl did do you think I'm a baby for wetting myself. For having done wrong like she did moments ago?" Kara asked.

Haley brushed off Kara's offer.

"I didn't cheat during the race I tried the best that I could. Even you were enjoying yourself I know you were." Kara said.

She tried to make Haley see that she really had tried her best. She tried to read Haley's current thoughts and tried to turn her anger from earlier into something happy.

"You're talking too much. We're wasting time." Haley concluded, ignoring Kara's statements. "If you don't get a move on, I'll ditch you."

Time was indeed ticking away, and only around fifteen minutes of the break remained.

Kara attempted to probe Haley's mind once more to alter her current mood, but linking with a multitude of connected minds that way isn't the best idea. With no experience in locating a specific mind in the other minds, Kara's mind soon started to become one with the others...

"You're not going to ditch me what so ever!" Kara ordered. Having started to grow angry herself at Haleys attitude. Time was passing by and the anger in Kara was building and she was enjoying the rush.

As she tried to alter Haleys mind. She found it a lot harder then she had thought having never done this before she tried. To focus on the happy thoughts that Haley had with Kara trying to make her feel better. Yet as she tried to do this her mind was linking with others.

"Try me!" Haley countered, matching Kara's tone.

Kara attempted to try and alter Haley's emotions through trying to control her mind using the new link they appeared to have. However, as Kara tried to exert her will over Haley, another, more powerful, mind tried the same on Kara. Thankfully, she managed to quickly pull herself away, severing the connection between the two momentarily. It wouldn't be safe to try something like that again for a while, as the Mind which attempted to wrest control over Kara was the strongest mind in the chain of minds she was now a part of. It didn't seem too pleased with Kara's constant probing, and we even more displeased when she attempted to 'control' another.

"You'd love that wouldn't you!" Kara warned.

As Kara tried to change Haleys mind set. Things became even worse as she felt another mind. Trying to take control over her own. Kara knew who it was and pulled away. She wasn't about it let that happen again. As she was in the clear she looked at Haley.

"I bet you're just itching to do harm. To that girl if you try anything out on her I will punish you!"

The argument between their pair was going nowhere fast. It may be best to desist before things got much worse...

When the attempt at Mind Control was met with a similar retort, Kara instantly blamed the one person she thought would be doing something like this.

"What did I do wrong?" Erys questioned, sounding a mixture of confused and upset. "I've done nothing but sleep since we talked back in the lesson."

Kara wanted to argue further with Haley. Even beat some sense into her but she soon stopped herself. By biting her lip until she drew blood. The taste seemed to calm her down some.

Then Erys spoke up.

"I was speaking to the little one not you but its not important now." Kara sent Erys.

She turned away and looked at the others.

"Times wasting away lets go eat?"

Kara clarified that Erys was not the target for her earlier comment.

"Oh. Anyway, try to be a little more quiet. I'm still trying to sleep."

Ignoring the pest that was now Haley, Kara returned to the matter at hand. They now only had a little over seven minutes for their break time.

"It'll have to be quick. You've spent nearly half the break arguing." Kiki answered.

The group then set off to make the most of the remainder of their break time before returning to the physically taxing day ahead. Haley kept herself at a distance from the main group and didn't even consider waiting around for them if they dithered any longer.

"You may sleep now."

Kiki spoke up next.

"Don't even start I am not in the mood" Kara says.

Kara kept her eye on Haley having. A feeling she might try something so she moved a little slower. Yet she stayed near Lilly and Holly.

As they walked she looked around for Mikan or the younger girl who had been on her team last lesson.

While trying to make the most of what little time was left of the break, Kara looked around to see if she could spot others. However, her search yielded no results. Either of them were likely going about their own ways during this break time,. and with limited time left Kara couldn't do a full search.

Haley remained as moody as she had been before, which was extremely unlike her, unless something was happening which Kara couldn't see from just outward appearances.

The group finally reached the break room and went to go stand in line to gather. Snacks and drinks if they so wished as they waited in line. Kara looked to Lilly then to Holly and gave them a smile. She next looked around the room for any signs of Eiko, or more importantly any signs something odd going on?

After her search for Eiko Kara and the others moved forward in line. During this time Kara took out her phone and turned it on she went to the KiraChat deciding to see if she had gotten any answers back to her replies she had sent out earlier this morning to her coworkers.

While waiting in the Canteen's rather small queue, Kara looked around to see if she could spot anything odd going on, or, rather, someone who these oddities tended to follow around.

Kara could find no immediate oddities, other than Haley's 180 degree personality shift. However, she did manage to see the tail-end of a familiar wine-red skirt. There was also some small metal Stationary-like objects attached to a thin brown leather belt holding the skirt up. While they bore and innocent appearance, these objects certainly weren't just usual clerical tools. After all, how many schools require a curved ruler-like object the length of a girl's waist? If it was the anomaly, she'd got her tools back. She happened to be heading towards the courtyard of the Academy, but not before giving a passing appraisal to the strange behaving girl at the front of Kara's group. Did she know something?

After looking around for strange occurrences, Kara turned her attention back to the App she'd silenced notifications for. General worker chat seemed to have exploded into a discussion relating to the apparent perpetrator of the previous day's trials. Due to the magnitude of replies, Kara would have to have trawled through the discussion to get any answers.

The swimsuit topic had finally reached a conclusion, with the 'Too raunchy' party losing their battle. Swimsuit shopping was now a definite for the day before the Outing. Felicity even offered the option of bringing others along to help with deciding on swimwear, if any of the attendees wanted that. She wanted it to be a full on fun outing for the workers, one in which they can be as fired up as can be.

Bryn's apology topic had been read, but no response was given, possibly because the girl in question may still be too embarrassed to bring it up any further.

Eve's meeting topic was also read, and also had no response.

Kara at first didn't spot anything new until. She saw Eiko walking towards them. She looked at Haley for a moment as she was walking by. Knowing she needed to test out Erys ability again she called on her.

"Mistress please wake up I have need of your eyes?" Kara asked hoping she would answer the call Kara looked on Eiko.

Soon it was done and she looked at her replies from work. Some chat topics seemed to have exploded with discussion while others didn't. She searched through the list to see who it was who caused the mess in the bathrooms.

Kara decided to call upon her sleepy companion for a favour...

"Huh? Who're you...Oh...I haven't been called 'Mistress' in a long while."

Erys sounded a little addled from being woke up so suddenly.

"Oh...okay. What do you need it for? Just look in the direction of the thing and I'll do the rest."

While waiting on Erys reaching a state of consciousness which would be suitable to aid, Kara looked through the chat topic to see who'd caused the issue. There was a lot of spam posts from each of the cafe members complaining about the issue but, soon enough, Kara fell upon the answer, and it wasn't what would be expected.

The culprit was none other than Leigh, Kiki's understudy.

Eiko didn't like the fact that she was woken up.

"Our little friend is walking by the daughter I told you about." Kara pointed out she wanted to have a nice look at Eiko but it. Would have to be quick since she was walking away.

As she waited on Erys she looked through the chat topic. Finding out it was Leigh who had been the one to cause the mess. Kara then made a post in the chat.

"To those who had to experience this bad action yesterday. I hope that you all are doing much better." Kara typed second she decided to make her own topic for the other members who had been looking at her longer. Yesterday during the karaoke.

"To the couple of people who watched me more the others. My name is Kara if you wish to chat or get to know me please reply to this topic."

She hoped someone would answer and looked back up in Eikos direction.

Kara informed Erys that the target of importance in relation to Erys's request was present.

"Oh...right...what about her? Is she...?"

Shortly after Eiko rounded the corner of the Canteen to leave through the door leading to the Courtyard, the sound of her movement stopped. Then, from behind the wall, she peered out back in to the Canteen, locking eyes with Kara. She indicated for Kara to follow her before disappearing behind the wall, accompanied by the sound of a door closing.

"She shares my Mistress's blood, but there's also something unsettling about her. It's almost as if-"

Cutting off the last part of Erys's statement was a rather calming sound. It was barely audible to begin with, before increasing in volume just enough to be faintly heard. It sounded something akin to a girl humming and unfamiliar children's lullaby. At least, it sounded like a lullaby, but there was some hint of a...prayer?...maybe? Something a mother may sing to both calm her child, and soothe her own worries.

The lullaby didn't appear to be coming from anybody present in the canteen. It sounded like it was being directly projected from somewhere to Kara's mind only. However, it didn't carry the same feel as telepathy. It felt more like memories resurfacing, but memories not from this time, or any time in the past, but...

The feeling Kara got was that the source of this occurrence was originating from the Courtyard. But why? In addition, shortly after the phenomenon began, Erys had fallen unusually quiet, and her presence felt strangely distant. The concealed Circlet from the Pardoner, and the Strange Crystal sword resonated with the melody, gently pulsating a calming warmth, even in their concealed state.

Kara had used the eyes upon Eiko when had walked out the door. But she then turned back mentioning for Kara to follow her.

"Sorry guys but it seems our friend. From before wishes to speak to me alone." Kara said she then pointed to the doors to show them Eiko if they saw her poke. Her head back into the lunchroom again.

Kara listened to Erys speak but then was cut off as Kara heard a faint voice. Yet also felt a strange feeling as the sword and circlet gave off a warming feeling.

Kara quickly followed after Eiko entering into the courtyard. "What do you want?"

Following on after Eiko, and the sound of the strange Melody, Kara arrived in the Courtyard. The melody, while retaining its softness, was slightly louder, like Kara was approaching the source, Soon enough, it was revealed that Eiko was, indeed, the orator of this melody.

Eiko was leaning against the tree in the very centre of the courtyard on the side opposite to where Kara entered from. When Kara called out to her, Eiko stopped her melody and pushed herself from her leaning post to regard Kara.

"Is that any way to greet someone who's aiding you?" Eiko retorted with an unimpressed shake of her head. "Here I though that you were actually working to prevent the Calamity, but all I've seen you do today is aid in its coming. Haven't you stopped to think how your actions may be affecting those around you?"

Eiko appeared to be the one who caused the song to happen. She didn't seem to pleased to see her.

"Helping my ass, so far its me doing all the hard work. I've tried to make up with your mother. But she's as stubborn as ever. You bitch because I have sided with the enemy. And haven't thought of my actions." Kara hissed.

"I know damn well what I am doing. I'll stop the coming end times my way. And I will get what I want even if I have to completely give in to do so!" dark magic started to flow around Kara.

"If this is the only way I can ever be with Haley then I will gladly do whatever it takes."

Kara responded to Eiko's answer with evident hostility. Eiko showed no signs of offence or anger growing inside of her from Kara's berating. She didn't even seem surprised when Kara tapped into her Dark powers. When Kara had finished her ranting, Eiko answered.

"Who do you think she got her thick headed stubbornness from? I had a feeling you'd throw your lot in with Erys, but I didn't think you'd actually be stupid enough to go for it." Eiko countered. "You've clearly shown that you're the master of bullshitting people. You haven't the slightest idea of the effects of your moronic choices. All you care about are your own selfish pleasures. If you actually saw my mother as a person, and not just a sex toy to be used to live out your sick fantasies, maybe you'll finally be able to see just how much she's hurting! You obviously lack a brain in your head, so why not just leave it to Aunt Holly to clean up after your shit? She's got more brainpower in her little finger than you have in your whole entire inbred family. You may have cheated your way into the Sera name, but you'll never be a true Sera. Typical Ravenclaw egotism. Thinking you can do whatever you want in any way you want and expect the rest of the world to bend over backwards for you."

Kara listened to what Eiko had to say to her.

"Shut the fuck up you nore anyone else. Know what the hell I am going through. Or how I am feeling all everyone thinks about is themselves." Kara countered back. The dark energy grew stronger around her. "I know what choices I make I don't need a lecture from you on it" Kara said coldly. She then walked up to Eiko brought up her right hand. Slapping her hard across the face. "You'll never know of how I view her if you only think that's all I see her as you're so totally stupid."

Kara turned away from Eiko the dark magic. Still surging around her "Just leave me alone" Kara told her walking away she headed back into the lunchroom. Rejoining the others.

After ranting off at Eiko, and giving her a swift slap across the face, Kara began to retreat back to the Lunch Room, before she was cut off by a rather worried Kiki.

"Something's...happened...to the mute!" Kiki panted out as she tried to catch her breath. "We were standing in the Lunch Queue and she suddenly keeled over! Passed out like she'd just been hit hard around the head!"

"And so it begins. Let the bells toll the prelude to Time's End." Eiko quietly commented.

The Hourglass Kara had been keeping on her phased out of existence before reappearing in Eiko's hands, covering cloth and all.

"You have but a mere 4 days to set things right, and you already said you don't need my help, so I'll be taking my Gift back, not like you used it, anyway. If you finally come round to seeing the error of your ways in rebuking my assistance, then, come, seek me out. In that special place you hold so dear. The one where your new life began on that warm summer's day under the whispers of the trees." Eiko cryptically informed Kara before phasing out herself as a clock face appeared at her feet. "I'll be waiting..."

Kiki came up to Kara and mentioned something about Holly just suddenly passing out. This didn't sit well with Kara as she was ready to follow Kiki to where Holly was. Before she heard Eiko speak to her she turned out and looked at her. Then listened to what was said which so totally didn't sit well with Kara soon enough Eiko disappeared. Leaving Kara alone with Kiki, Kara didn't say anything or more for several moments she was usually quiet which was rather strange with all that just happened. Then suddenly something appeared and happened it did!

Kara let out a scream the scream that she let out was filled with such emotion. It was filled with all of the hurt and rage she had experienced over the course of the last several days. Flares or dark negative magic began to form around her before suddenly exploding outwards in a shockwave. Of violent dark magic that knocked Kiki to the ground and shattered the windows of the school around her.

"N.. Noooo!" Kara yelled.

More and more dark magic surged around her as the ground started to shake. It seemed like Kara had totally lost it and let the dark magic within her awaken fully or more likely just explode. Kara then ran away from Kiki going in search of Eiko it took some time but she made it to the trees of which Eiko had spoken of.

"Not like this damn it not like this!" Kara yelled at her.

Her face was twisted in emotion filled with anger at Eiko and sadness of the thought of losing Haley.

"Change it back, damn it please change it back!"

After hearing how her time to save Haley had plummeted to a mere four days, Kara gave into the rage and other primal emotions she'd locked up, causing a Dark Shockwave to blast through the School's courtyard, smashing the windows and nearly knocking Kiki off her feet had she not quickly erected a magic barrier to absorb the energy. Afterwards, Kara went off in search of Eiko to beg for forgiveness and assistance, as Eiko may probably expect after such a forceful rebuttal of her assistance.

"...come seek me out, in that special place you hold so dear. The one where your new life began on that warm summer's day under the whispers of the trees..."

With little more than a vague riddle to go by, Kara hadn't much to go off in her search for Eiko. Though, could it really be that hard? Why would she pick such a place? Where did Kara's 'new life' begin? Was it a metaphor for her change of ideals, or was it more literal?

Kara tried to find where Eiko would be hiding at. She needed to find her but in her rage she was being reckless and not thinking straight. Though the riddle Eiko gave her was something to go by.

"Show yourself". Kara yelled out but didn't get any answer back.

Part of her tried to calm herself down. And try and think about what Eiko meant but she was still too angry. So Kara went to search around the front of the school. She looked around for any sign of where Eiko might be hiding thinking that she might be near the large old oak tree that she had stood near when. She had first met Lilly that one day.

Realising that, in order to find the one person she needed assistance from, she'd need to solve the riddle, Kara stopped and thought of places where Eiko might go which could fit the description she'd given. However, like was normal with her, Eiko wasn't as descriptive in the technicalities of the riddle, considering she hadn't given any indication as to what context her words should be taken in.

Starting from the closest place first, Kara headed to the front entrance of the school and looked near the large Oak tree she was stood at when she first met Lilly. Sadly, Eiko was not present at this particular tree-laden place. If she was this close, she wouldn't have teleported, she would've just ran. In addition , giving a riddle which could be easily solved in the same place wasn't Eiko's style. There must be some other place which the riddle might link to...

Kara was unable to find Eiko near the large old oak tree. She tried to think about what Eiko meant about her riddle. Thinking about a group of trees Kara thought of where she had first met. Holly and Haley at the park which was surrounded by trees. She quickly teleported to where she thought Eiko could be. Then started to look around to see if that was what Eiko had meant. With the time she was spending looking for Eiko she was getting madder. Sure it was her own fault for saying what she did and doing what she did. But Eiko didn't have to do this to her.

Kara didn't want to lose everything why would Eiko sacrifice her own mother like this. Wouldn't she be trying to stop her from killing Lilly or Holly or even injuring a random student. Kara didn't know what was going through Haley's mind right now so, she tried to contact Lilly.

"Lilly it's me how are things over there has Holly woken up, what about yourself are you okay? Is Haley alright and even Kiki for that matter?" Kara sent.

Upon having no luck around the school entrance, Kara thought back to where she first met the twins, which was by the fountain in the park. Having that as her next destination, Kara quickly headed over there to try and find this elusive temporal caster.

Arriving in the park, Kara looked around for Eiko. The place looked mostly empty, and potentially also another dead end... during her search, Kara contacted the one person whom she wanted confirmation from in regards to the issues at the school.

"Just where are you?! Didn't Kiki come and fetch you? You should be here with her and not wherever the hell you are right now. Nobody knows what happened, one moment she was standing there in the lunch line and the next she was on the floor looking half dead. We've tried everything to get her up, but nothing's working. The only consolation is that she's still breathing, even if that might be ragged short breaths.

Kiki told me that you tried to blast her away for no reason. Does Holly mean that little to you that you'd rather shoot off somewhere than be with her when she needs people the most? Haley doesn't even seem to care. She's just gone off to her next lesson like nothing's happened. She didn't even flinch when she saw Holly fall over, and she didn't even tell us, either! She's been acting weird all day. Just get back here!"

There wasn't likely going to be much sense from Lilly at the moment... However, when Kara finished her communication with Lilly, another voice intruded in her mind.

"What reason do you have for running to that bitch with tears in your eyes to beg for forgiveness? Didn't you already tell her that you don't need her? Why second guess your own words so easily? It's clear that she's lying to try and get you to follow through with whatever the hell she wants you to, using your beloved 'Sister' as bait. She knows how much that girl means to you, and knows the value she can call upon to 'ensure' her 'safety'.

"There are no 'days' or whatever between my Mistress and some overly theatrical end. In actual fact, there's nothing wrong with her at all, aside from feelings of jealousy and abandonment. She's only acting up to get your attention. You've been ignoring her and breaking promises to her too much, and she wants you to know how much that is hurting her. All these hurtful things she's saying are all just for show to make you pay attention to her. She's just a child, after all, and children crave attention.

"That 'Eiko', or whatever she wants to be known by, is another story entirely. She doesn't care about your feelings, your love or anything about you, she only cares about furthering her own goals, using you as a tool to do so. Tell me this, has she ever helped you in all the time you've known her? Has she ever shown your her true guise? From what I can remember, she appeared out of nowhere, screwed you around with some Daemonic Half-God, and then took off without any explanation or apology for getting you involved in her problems.

"Here's my suggestion, take her out. Now. Kill her and end this farce. She's not a Saviour or anything special, she's just some stupid kid who thinks she can control the God's Domain of Time. She's waiting for you on the other side of that fountain. She's likely expecting you to come bawling to her and grovelling at her feet for her to 'help' you., so that's the perfect time to strike. Act like she wants you to and she'll drop her guard. Then, strike fast and true. End this charade."

Kara had no luck with searching around the area of the park. Where she had first met both the twins this wasn't getting her anywhere. Other than pissing her off even more which wasn't a good idea right now. She had even called Lilly to see how things were and only got told that she didn't care for Holly for running off like she did. Along with Haley not caring about anything at all then she needed. To get back there as soon as possible which wasn't abut to happen anytime soon.

"She did try and fetch me but I need to take care of something important. And if you think I don't care for Holly at all you're mistaken!" Kara yelled. Another dark spike of power shot off from her shaking the trees around her. "I care for her as much as you and Haley but you don't understand anything right now no one does," Kara said in a shaky voice she ran around still looking for Eiko. "I'll try and me there soon," Kara said in a normal voice before cutting off ties with chatting with Lilly.

Erys then spoke to her next.

"I'm not about to lose the one person who matters. To me then all the others I want things fixed I'm not going to lose Haley because her bitch of a daughter doesn't care for her. How do I even know you're being truthful with me both you and Eiko never tell me the full truth. I always have to be everyone lap dog."

This time a bigger spike of dark power erupted from Kara. As a vile evil energy started to fall over the park. "How do I even know that what you say about Haley is true. How am I suppose to believe that knowing is wrong with her and this is all. Just a cry for attention on Haley's part, and that I've been ignoring her and breaking promises." Kara yelled. While those were all true she pressed the matter further. "Does she talk about how much she hates me or even the lewd stuff we have done together, does she hate me so much that she wishes I was dead?"

She kept looking for Eiko yet had now luck still. "Fucking coward of a girl, where the fuck are you show yourself and change things BACK!" Kara screamed.

Pulse's of dark magic surged around Kara as her power kept building and building. Any empowered ones within the city would be able to feel the evil aura Kara was putting out in the park. "You want me to kill her and say she's behind the fountain. Fine I'll rip out her heart after I make her fix things" Kara hurried around the fountain.

Kara argued with Lilly and Erys, blasting out pulses of energy intermittently as she did so.

"Nice going, Genius. Now all hope of subtly is gone."

With that remark, Erys' presence disappeared, leaving Kara to her own devices with her current target. Following Erys' direction, Kara searched behind the Fountain and found the person she was looking for. However, Eiko looked just as prepared for a fight as Kara was. And now, with all her armaments back in place, Eiko seemed much more of a formidable opponent, with numerous devices and weaponry Kara had never seen before.

In Eiko's left hand she held a small scimitar like sword, with a curved guard around the hilt of the weapon. Despite its simplistic appearance, there was something a little off with the curve of the blade. It looked to be a little more curved than most weapons of its kind are, almost like the shaft of a bow rather than a blade. The weapon was made from a silvery material, expect it didn't look like the standard silver people would use for fine dinnerware. It look almost fluid in composition, but no less sturdy than any steel or iron blade.

In her right hand, she had no obvious weaponry, but she was far from unarmed in that regard. Every now and then, a small sliver of light would course over her hand, condensing into a ethereal ball of energy at her fingertips, only to vanish, leaving no trace of anything ever being present in her hand.

Around Eiko's waist was a large selection of various small weaponry, some daggers, some cards(?) and what appeared to be spools of something, reeled up around an object akin to a fishing reel. The guise of stationary was all but dropped in this encounter, showing just how much of an arsenal she had on her. She was not short of weapons, or options of how to engage in combat.

"Something tells me you're not here for a polite discussion." Eiko commented as soon as Kara rounded the fountain. She wasn't looking at the sides of the fountain but, rather, off in the distance across the Park, almost like she was looking upon and invisible entity or object. "I can tell that, no matter what I say, you won't listen to me. If that's how you want it to be, then, fine. Just know this, what has yet to be done cannot be undone. There's a time and a place for everything, and we are presently in the wrong time."

Eiko turned to face Kara, determination fierce in her gaze. She looked prepared for anything Kara may throw at her.

"If you wish death upon me, then, by your own hand, deal it. Whatever the outcome, nothing will change. When the time is right, then, you shall see. Killing for the sake of killing is meaningless, and it is not something people should aim to accomplish on whim. If that hasn't swayed you, then, by all means, deal the first blow. I'm ready for you."

Kara ignored Erys and found Eiko. Waiting for her behind the fountain. "Why, why do this to your own mother?" Kara snapped. Seeing as Eiko appeared to be ready for a fight much like Kara was. "Change it back, change it back!" Kara screamed at her. Not really listening to what Eiko had said. She was blinded by rage and yet wasn't attacking just yet.

" You know how much Haley means to me. I won't lose her because you refuse to help me. This is your fault ever since I first met you you've been nothing but trouble to me."

Kara was trying to hold herself back. Maybe just maybe Eiko might have a change of heart.

"If you refuse, then you must die!" Kara warned.

Kara ranted off at Eiko, venting her frustrations and blaming the innocent for her own lack of understanding.

"You really are stupid if you think I'd condemn my own Mother to the end that's coming. Do you even fully understand what transpires on that day? Have you ever stopped to consider what it might be like killing your own family because of a feud that existed before even our ancestors were conceived? Old God against Old God, using humans as their proxies.

"In case you weren't listening, I already said that I can't change it back just yet. We cannot undo what has yet to be done, otherwise we'll cause a Time Convergence and all the timelines will merge into one, creating a paradoxical catastrophe which'll affect, not just this timeline, but every timeline to come.

"You're a bigger fool than I took you for if you think this is all my fault. If it wasn't for your own lack of self-restraint and impulsive behaviour, then time would not have been crushed as so. You worked on fixing it, yet you let yourself undo the good that you had done due to not considering the potential outcomes of a critical decision. Life isn't simple, especially when the future is what will be affected.

"You say my mother means a lot to you, yet you've done nothing to prove this. All you've done is lied to her, used her, abused her and stripped her of her purity and virtue due to your own insatiable lust. If that is what Love means to you, then I'm glad you never loved me in my future, and even in this timeline. I'd rather keep my purity and be treated like a human being rather than a sex toy.

"I can see there's absolutely no reasoning with you, so I shall say it again. If you truly wish me dead, then strike the first blow."

Kara at first listened to what was said. "You lie, you lie, you LIE!" Kara screamed. Completely ignoring what Eiko first had to say before downgrading Kara and blaming her for how things turned out.

In a blind rage Kara charged forward and grabbed Eiko by the shirt. "I hate you, hate you, hate you." Kara repeated over and over again. Losing the last of herself she pushed Eiko away in a fury and backed away from her.

As dark magic surged out of her Kara turned away and collapsed to the ground breaking down and sobbing uncontrollably. As she couldn't bare the thought of things not being back in her control.

"I hate it all and don't want to deal with it anymore!" Kara cried out as she looked around the back to Eiko. "I don't want to deal with this anymore kill me or do something about it to end my suffering!"

Kara raged off some more before crumpling down into a pitiful heap and begging for her life to be ended. Pushing herself up off the ground and dusting herself down, Eiko reached out her right hand and the glow that was sparking across it condensed at her fingertips and created a sand coloured clock face, which began to spin rapidly clockwise before turning into a portal. Afterwards, she turned to Kara and began berating her some more.

"You really are pathetic. I have no idea what my mother or my aunts saw in you. Just because things aren't going your way, you're acting like a spoilt brat throwing a temper tantrum. If life means as little to you as you claim it does right now, then why bother trying to save my Mother? I'll get someone with more of a backbone than you to do it. You obviously aren't cut out for this task. Just go and play sex dungeon with your 'Sisters' and leave this work to the grown ups, you incestuous inbred.

"If you finally manage to salvage what little dignity you haven't condemned, then step through this portal and see what the results of rash actions are. Either way, you won't be able to escape the truth because, in four days, it'll happen anyway. You aren't dying yet, even if I have to beat you into submission to prevent your own stupid suicide. There's a time and a place where you need to die to correct the timelines, and that isn't now. Be quick with your decision, time has already started to slip away."

On those parting words, Eiko stepped through the portal she had opened, leaving Kara with her own anguish, and Erys's chastising comments.

"For once I have to agree with her. You really are pathetic. Some Commander you turned out to be. If you're so eager for death, the I can bring it, though I can assure you it won't be swift, merciful or painless with how you've sullied the Empire's name. Pull yourself together and go after her! I COMMAND you to kill her! She can't be allowed to be left to her own devices any longer!"

Eiko wasn't about to end her life and instead. With a glowing hand of energy created an hourglass before a portal then appeared and she spoke.

"Shut the hell up you fucking bitch. I am sick of hearing the words coming out of your mouth." Kara got back to her feet. "Its your own actions that have caused this mess blame yourself for being such. A worthless daughter who couldn't save anyone let alone her own squad." Kara yelled at her.

Eiko stepped through the portal and Erys spoke up.

Eiko wasn't about to end her life and instead. With a glowing hand of energy created an hourglass before a portal then appeared and she spoke.

"Shut the hell up you fucking bitch. I am sick of hearing the words coming out of your mouth." Kara got back to her feet. "Its your own actions that have caused this mess blame yourself for being such. A worthless daughter who couldn't save anyone let alone her own squad." Kara yelled at her.

Eiko stepped through the portal and Erys spoke up.

"Stop it, stop it" Kara shouted at Erys not wanting to hear more of her words. Though she did have a point as Kara had indeed made a fool of herself and the Empire. Looking at the portal Kara closed her eyes as her body was engulfed in a column of dark magic. Before suddenly disappearing to reveal Kara dressed in her battle outfit.

Kara's appearance seems to take on some aspects of her late mother. Kara's skin becomes deathly pale, and her eyes turn a beautiful shade of green, as her hair becomes pitch black, her hair is adorned with white headpieces on both sides of her head. Yet it also turns into a twin-tail style with a golden ring on each end of the strand of hair. In terms of clothing, Kara wears Japanese miko type clothes. The top is in the color of black and white and has loose fitting sleeves a golden star lies right between the center of her breasts with two long black ribbons. Attached to the star the back of the priestess top is shaped in the form of a phoenix tail while the lower part. In the front ends in four parts that look like the ends of a tuxedo both of her arms are black gauntlets that are made completely out of crystal. The fingers upon each gauntlet are roughing shaped like claws. Dark evil magic was used to create these items and suit Kara just fine a dark aura is usually seen around both gauntlets.

Her navel is left wide open as are the sides of her lower stomach along with her upper thighs. And the sides of her upper legs, covering her pubic region are a pair of black and white bikini panties with the upper part white in the shape of a small triangle. The bottom part is completely black and hugs her crotch quite snuggly. From the ends of her top to the pair of black and white leggings are two straps. That are black in color they are attached to another pair of twin golden stars that are attached to the tops of her leggings.

Around her waist is a black belt that holds both of her swords.

After she was finished Kara called forth the shoulder guards she had gotten. From Erys earlier that day and placed them upon her shoulder. Using her magic to make it a part of the outfit "Wish I had more of these items" Kara thought. She then ran into the portal after Eiko.

After preparing herself for an inevitable conflict, Kara ventured through the portal created by Eiko. Upon passing the threshold of the portal, Kara found herself in a tunnel of what looked like hourglass sand for a few steps. She then passed through a secondary portal and found herself somewhere very, very red...

Once the golden interior of the timeways opened out into daylight, Kara found herself in the exact same spot she'd left from, the fountain in the park. However, it was not how she left it. The sky was dyed a blood red, and the floor was slick with an equally reddish substance. The metallic tang of blood clung to the air like the putrid odour of decay on a corpse. The fountain's waters, which were once crystal clear and reflected the sun like a polished mirror, had a veritable layer of blood caking the edges and oozing into the water like a fresh wound. It only reflected red, and nothing more. The trees which were thick with blossoms were barren and desolate, mere shells of their former beauty. All the petals had fallen on to the ground from various impacts of both magical and physical nature, leaving them like they were in the dead of winter. The chilling sound of a child's laughter, punctuated by a wet stabbing sound, echoed around the empty space.

"Don't even try anything. We're trapped in a form of stasis right now. We can't interact with each other or the environment until history has been set. We can only act as observers for the future we failed to correct." Eiko's voice sounded around Kara, seemingly coming from all directions and none of them, despite the fact that she was standing and arm's length away from Kara, overlooking the calamity. "He's here too, you know. He's always where death is. He's waiting for it to happen, for both the history to be set, and our deaths to occur to correct it."

The child's laughter got a little louder, and turned to be quite chilling, like the maniacal gloating of a serial killer who'd just claimed their next victim. The source of the laughter was none other than Haley, but she didn't look how Kara remembered her...

Haley's outfit was very much the same as when Kara last faced her, however, she now had a set of large black leathery wings protruding from her back, curled up like a bird's in roost. They were easily nearly as tall as she was, only having inches from the ground. Her wings stretched with each motion she was making, which resembled like she was tapping on the ground with a long object, expect the ground was more like sodden mud and had a fleshy texture to it. When they extended, they could only really be likened to Daemon wings, and they were complimented by a small set of horns which poked up from the top of Haley's head and curved to a fine point, like a set of goat horns.

"One by one they all fell..." Haley chimed to herself in a sing-song voice. "The Songbird, The Wolf, The Prodigy, and the Sun. Why can't the songbird sing? Because I slit her throat! How fierce was the wolf? I've seen more fierce teacup puppies! How did you best the best? By slicing her in half! Why did the Sun go down? Because I sliced it to pieces!"

This wasn't like Haley at all...It was even worse than when Kara left her. Littered around the psychotic child were several sets of very familiar bodies.

Kiki was lying to Haley's left, facing downwards. There was a large pool of blood beneath her throat, which was starting to matt her hair into clumps. Ryu wasn't too far from Kiki, and he appeared to still be alive, but barely there. He had minutes at best. He was stuck on his side, staring at the corpse of his charge like some kind of sick torture method. He couldn't move due to the inky black mass that held down his body, forcing him to gaze upon the one he failed to protect until his dying breath.

Chloe was mock crucified on a makeshift cross created from black crystal to Haley's right. The cross itself was propped against a lamppost. The front of her bodysuit had been cleanly sliced open until there was nothing left there. Her entire body was visible, showing her small breasts and the indent of her vulva. There was a long thin gash in the middle of her body, possibly severing several vital organs which likely resulted in her death. On her right breast there was what looked like a human hand which appeared to originate from behind her., and another hand just touching the tip of her vulva indent with its fingers. The intruding hands belonged to no other than Nicholas, whom was impaled onto the same Crucifix from behind. His hands were likely placed into the disgusting positions they were in now by Haley after his death, to further add insult to his demise, and to eternally torment Chloe's spirit.

There was no sign of 'The Sun's' body, but there was only one person who may fit that description. An eternal follower of Amaterasu, the Goddess of the Sun in Japanese Mythology. That person could be none other than Lilly.

"One by one they all fell..." Haley chimed to herself again. "Now only the Valkyrie of Justice remains. How shall she die?"

"Just what the hell is this?!" Erys questioned, making herself visible for once to both Kara and Eiko. "That's not my Mistress! It can't be her! It must be someone else!"

Erys, for once, sounded afraid, almost terrified of what had become of her Mistress. She was leading herself into denial as a coping mechanism. The girl who'd just massacred all these people couldn't be anyone but Haley.

Kara soon entered into a tunnel only to step. Out of another portal only to appear back where. She once was back at the fountain only to now see Eiko and that the sky had changed color. She saw the waters in the fountain were the color if blood. She shivered for a moment then turned away. Looking at Eiko she pulled the sword from its sheath slowly moving slowly to try and get behind Eiko.

Eiko then spoke and heard laughter she stopped in her tracks and spotted Haley or what had once been her she looked completely different then when. Kara had last seen her the clothes she wore were also different in type much like what Kara had seen. In the vision from a few days ago.

"This is all your doing!" Kara screamed at Eiko as she heard Haley speak then saw the bodies of her friends. In various states of torture that had been done to them. She looked for a while and back at Eiko. "You twisted bitch its all your fault!" Kara screamed again she ran at Eiko raising the sword high in the air. Only to bring it down at Eiko but stopped at the last moment when Erys appeared.

"This all started with you!" Kara turned to Erys. Clearly she was super pissed off. "Your mistress killed everyone for what reason is this what you planned to do from the beginning?" Kara yelled. Clearly not wanting to believe it was Haley who caused this mess.

She looked back around at the others to see neither Holly nor Lilly were around let alone herself. "Where am I in this mess?" Kara asked. Feeling slightly afraid on what had been her end all she knew was that. She had been taken out cowardly. Shaking her head she let her anger once again get the better of her. Seeing as she was still near Eiko and with the sword still in hand she moved four steps closer and brought the blade down at Eiko's chest.

"You it's all your doing!" Kara snapped letting herself become blinded by rage.

Kara, possibly in the same state of distress as Erys was, turned to violence rather than denial and attempted to mete out justice on Eiko, who simply stood there and ignored the rantings and ravings of Kara. She didn't try to avoid the slash and, when it made contact, it was evident as to why. The blade simple sliced through her as if Kara had struck sand, distorting Eiko's visual presence until the blade cut through. There was no indication that the strike had even caused the slightest of cuts on Eiko.

"I know I said this seconds ago, but listening was never your strong point. We can't interact with each other until history has been set. That means that we can't attack or touch one another until the end." Eiko repeated. "It's rather rude to attack someone when they're not interested in the slightest."

Kara, having no luck with blaming Eiko, turned her anger towards the distraught Erys. Erys was now kneeling on the floor sobbing away. Her form had changed from the suggestive succubus-esque one she had before, to a more child-like appearance, with something a little off with certain parts of her.

Her hair was now nearly the length of her small body and was a beautiful midnight black. It was splayed out on the floor around her sobbing form, however, it didn't seem to react at all to the blood which swamped the ground, remaining as pristine as it would have been had it been tied up. Her clothing had changed to a simple black sundress and she had nothing on her feet save for a small pair of sandals. Her bare arms were rather pale in comparison to other girls her apparent age, much like she'd been locked up out of the rays of the sun for a long while. However, patches of her arms were coated in a black crystalline mass which seemed to fuse with her very skin, creating a stark contrast of black to white. Her arms weren't the only place to be merged with this blight, she also had some on her legs and even between her shoulder blades, and a small amount on the left side of her face, wrapping around her jawline a little. It wasn't like the blight in the vision Kara saw, but more like a part of Erys herself. She was both crystal and human, in a sense.

"I didn't do it..." Erys sobbed. "Why would I want this? This isn't right. This must be a dream, no, a nightmare. I wanna wake up!"

Erys was nothing like the creature she was before. She was now more like a scared child who'd just witnessed the death of her family. Despite her absolute terror of what was playing out in front of her, she just couldn't tear her eyes away. As she continued to cry and stare at the slaughter in front of her, a puddle began to form underneath her, merging with the blood coating the floor. The sights she'd seen must've had more of an effect on her than was first evident.

"Leave the poor kid alone. She's not the cause of this. The first thing I said to you was that you shouldn't hate Erys. You place the blame on whomever's present because you don't want to shoulder the burden yourself. It was your poor choices which helped escalate the situation to what it is now. While you may not have been the root cause, you were still very much a part of this. Look upon her now. This is what she truly is. She's just a child who'd been landed with a fate she couldn't bear. She just wanted friends, and my Mother was the first person who accepted her for who she was, and not what powers she could bestow." Eiko explained. "You may forget all of this, or, by some miracle, remember every last detail. Whatever the case, I want you to remember this, if nothing else: Erys is a victim too. Find her true body, release her from the chains that bind her, and save her from being a tool for destruction. Do that, and my Mother can be saved. There's a reason this war is taking place in this park. This is also the site for that tower you saw in my time. We're standing in the courtyard where the Estelle platoon got pulverised. Search this place when time returns to normal, find the secret."

Just across the park, a little ways behind the crucified Chloe, stood a daunting figure in a long black cloak. The ticking of a clock could faintly be heard echoing underneath the maniacal laughter of Haley. A Clockwork face peered out from underneath the cloak and stared straight at Kara.

"So, you are here as well, pawn of Darkness. How I have longed to make you suffer. When last we met, you were an obstacle that stood in my way, and now, you, too, have become a heretic dabbling in the Realm of the Gods. In this time, you have already met your end, yet here you stand, a defiance to the nature of mortality. What end shall you meet to undo this outcome? I await your demise."

It was not easy to forget that cold, mechanical tone. The Clockwork Reaper had paid the group a visit. At present, It was just watching, waiting for the chance to act.

Kara kept slashing at Eiko only to have her blade. Pass through her again and again while screaming out. "Die, die, die" over and over again. But she moved away as Eiko spoke once more.

"Just shut up already!"

Erys then spoke up yet Kara didn't believe her. "What am I suppose to believe you suddenly appear in ours lives much like Eiko. You tell me nothing at all important and make Haley change. How am I suppose to believe you?"

Eiko spoke again.

"Yet what did you do nothing at all I was the one. Trying to fix most of all the stuff that had happened. Fighting against the Pardoner for treasures, trying to get Erys here to change her plans to me instead of Haley. It doesn't help matters that she further ruined things between everyone with that stunt the other day." Kara said.

She just didn't know what to do. She wanted things to return to normal. "I can't take this anymore its too much for one person to handle alone" Kara cried out.

Kara then heard the ticking of a clock. She turned to see a black cloaked figure staring at the group. It spoke to her.

"Stay away from me" Kara demanded. She back away suddenly shaking. At just the thought of what she might see again. She turned to Erys and began to beg.

"I need help anything you want you want have it. I am no match for this being. Please I am sorry for yelling at you. I don't want to die here or see that mess again." Kara's mood did a 180 where once she was angry she was now scared and crying she turned to Eiko.

"Get me out of here please?" she turned back to Erys and ran over to her she tried to place her hands on her.

"Please, please help me?" Kara begged.

Kara continued her barrage of hateful comments until she noticed, and heard, the presence of the Clockwork Reaper. When this happened, she became nothing more than a begging wreck.

"Pitiful. Is that all it takes to get you grovelling on your knees and begging for forgiveness?" Eiko scoffed at Kara. "No wonder you failed so miserably at saving my Mother and Aunts. You're all talk, with no substance to back up your ludicrous claims."

"Whatever happened to all that fire you had boiling in you moments ago? You claimed that you would eviscerate the one you are now weeping at the knees of. Where is your bravery now, infantile wretch? Nobody can save you now. I will claim my dues, and you will pay the blood price. Nobody can escape the cold embrace of the end, not even a God."

"It's too late now. The only way out of this is through Death. We can't undo the past without first condemning our futures. He can't touch us in this realm. It's up to us to bring the fight to Him. He'll wait in His own world for our entrance, and attempt to imprison us there. If you've not got the balls to back up that foul mouth of yours, then, by all means, remain here in this damned future and leave all the legwork to me. Your 'God' can't help you in His world. It's down to your own abilities to prove your worth there. However, I'm on par with any God in His world. After all, I do hold a portion of His power, albeit a small fragment no bigger than a pebble. What'll the choice be? Do you want to fight for your right to remember and reflect, or will you willingly become a sheep milling around making the same fuck-ups you already have done? If you want to remember, then stand with me and fight against Fate itself."

In the time that Kara had been mouthing off and cowering pitifully, Holly had arrived in the Park and was facing off with Haley. There was some discussion between the pair, even during the encounter, but whatever was being said was soon drowned out by Erys's sorrow, and Kara's cowardice. Eventually, the fight was bought to a close when Haley seemingly missed a throw from one of her new and improved wingblades, Holly fell for the feint and charged right towards Haley, only to find her vanishing in shadow to appear at her failed throw's landing point. Her wingblades dutifully followed her, pin-cushioning Holly in their forced return, leaving around eighteen neat slices in various places of her body. Holly crumpled to the floor in a puddle of her own blood, and Haley simply turned away and headed out of the park,, content with her victory. However, her opponent was not quite ready to give up the fight just yet, and, with her dying breath, called down a pillar of divine fire to smite Haley where she stood, leaving nothing but a blackened skeleton where she once was. With both sisters dead, the Eternal war between Old Gods had been bought to a close, until another cursed pair will rise to take their place.

Once the fight had reached its conclusion, the Stasis lock holding Kara and the others in their place faded, and Erys sprinted over to Haley's burned skeleton, wailing as she held her only friend's corpse, wishing that this had been nothing more than a bad dream.

"So that's that." Eiko concluded. "My mother and aunts have all me their ends, and this is the future you have created. Fine work, I must say. While this branch of the timeline may have ended like this, I've already told you how we can attempt to correct this wrong."

Eiko sheathed her sword and drew the implements from her belt which look very much like a deck of cards. Pulling a hand from them and fanning them out in her fingers, Eiko turned towards Kara and proposed her offer once more.

"You know what we must do to correct this, or weren't you listening again? I can only see two ways we can go about this if you choose to stand with me. We can either kill each other here, allowing you to get that bloodlust you've desired since the day you met me, or we can both go easily. I have just the weapon for a quick death. Whatever you choose, make it quick."

That was the last straw as Kara suddenly stopped begging and instead turned on Eiko. She lunged for only to pass through her once more. "Shut up you yourself haven't done much either"

The Clockwork Reaper spoke Kara turned to him. Then back over at Eiko who spoke again.

"I want to remember what has happened here. Maybe that way it can help this mess from happening again. I don't want to die here let alone by your hand. But I will fight to change the future so bring it on!" Kara spoke.

She didn't wish to die here but maybe she didn't have much choice in the matter. She looked over at Eiko then began to speak to her.

"This is your problem as much as it was mine. So don't go placing all the blame on me as you're to blame as well." she then looked over at the fighting that had went on between Haley and Holly. Only to see both sisters end up killing each other. Erys had ran over to where Haley laid upon the ground she walked over. Looking down she reached down and ran her fingers over the corpse. Only to see them pass through her before walking over to where Holly lay. Doing the same-thing she had done with Haley before turning to look back over at Eiko.

"I will fight to change what has happened. If I have to die then it will be a death worth fighting for." Kara stated. With her left hand she channeled her magical power into the palm of her hand. "Crystallos Forge: Blade" Kara called out the spell enables the caster to manifest a sword composed entirely of crystal for a variety of purposes, most notably for close-range combat. She know held a blade of black crystal in her left hand and closed her fingers around the hilt.

Kara agreed to the battle at hand.

"Good, then Ill give it my all as well. I hope you're prepared." Eiko answered with a slight smile. "However, doing it here will be disrespectful to all those that died here, so I'll make a space for us to battle."

Eiko threw the hand of cards she had up in the air. They soon began to take on a shape of a star formation and then re-position themselves to create the star with Eiko, Kara and Erys being at the centre point. Once the cards landed to the ground, the shape was completed and the trio were transported in a golden sand-like glow surrounding them to another place.

Once the effect of the transportation had passed, the trio were now in a place reminiscent of the Clockwork Reaper's domain, except this one appeared to be more inviting than its counterpart. Instead of blood-soaked walls covered in human corpses and viscera, this place glowed with a warming pale yellow light. It was also split into four floors, each around 10ft in height and 30ft in diameter. There wasn't enough room to take flight on any of the floors, so it'll all have to be ground based combat. A glass spiral staircase, which followed the clock face on the floor, allowed for movement between the multiple levels. Despite appearing to be made of glass, the staircase looked practically indestructible, and so did the partitions between floors. The walls were still a danger-zone of rotating cogs and gears but, unlike in the hellish counterpart, the space itself was protected from touching them by a glass wall. It was almost like they'd been transported into a multi-storey hourglass without its sand. The competing forces were around 15ft away from each other, with the staircase being in the middle of them.

The hand of cards Eiko had used in the transportation spell had returned to her hand.

"This place seems more fitting for our little grudge match." Eiko commented. "If you can bring the kid back to her senses, then she could aid you in this fight, however, don't expect me to not have assistance of my own. While I may not put my faith in another for backup, I do have my own means of facing against uneven odds. As I can't fly, I've changed this space to prevent you from gaining that as an advantage over me. We're grounded here, and nothing can stop that. When you're ready, feel free to strike first."

Just as Eiko said that, one of the cards in her hand began to fade out of existence. The reason behind this was unknown, but it might not be a bad idea to assess the situation before diving in. After all, Eiko was an unpredictable opponent and Kara had no combat data to help here with this.

Eiko was also up for a battle and decided to change the location to honor. Those who has just recently passed away. "Whatever you wish to do go right ahead." Kara says seeing as how Eiko tossed a set of cards into the air. Which took the shape of a star once they landed on the ground. The trio was the transported to another location which just soon happened to be the Clockwork Reaper's domain or more along the lines of some place much like it. Just with out the bodies and all the blood.

Kara gave it a look over making mental notes she looked over to the staircase. An idea began to form in her mind as she studied the layout of the stairs. Then looked back at Eiko who began to speak to her.

"You might have taken away one advantage, but that doesn't mean I am helpless." Kara then looked over at Erys who was still crying near where Haley's body had once been. Next seeing as a card faded from her hand Kara remained standing where she was. She looked wondering if the card could have been used in some sort of trap or unknown spell. Not knowing what Eiko could do besides become a wolf. The first thing Kara tried to do was use the ring against Eiko to try and gain some knowledge on her. While moving 40 feet she moved 20 feet forward and then moved twenty feet to the right trying to hide behind the staircase. Kara tried to plan her next moves.

"Erys I know you're hurting over the loss, I am to but if you can manage to overcome. This then I could really use your help?"

As Kara made no offensive action towards Eiko, she decided to use this opportunity to re-position herself as well. Instead of heading towards Kara, she instead headed up the stairs. While moving along the stairwell, two more cards disappeared from her hand and differing intervals. She now only had two cards left in her hand when Kara last saw her.

The ring fizzled out before revealing any information about the target.

From where Eiko was stood before, a flickering copy of her now stood, with a thin line of ethereal sand floating from it towards where Eiko had headed. The two must be linked in some way, but whatever way that was wasn't known at present.

Kara attempted to pull Erys away from her grieving.

The poor girl's sadness wasn't shifting any time soon, or so it appeared. Erys simply remained on the floor where she was crying away.

Erys wasn't moving and Kara once again tried to pull her away from her grieving.

"I know you could use a friend and a shoulder to cry on. I might not have been the best of friends. With you, as we were always butting heads but what if we put the past behind us, And start over with a fresh start I will be your friend if you really want it. I can be that shoulder you can cry on I will try and help you out anyway I can?"

She turned away from trying to pull Erys to her and looked at the ring. It was still fizzling and Kara shook her head she would need to handle things herself. Kara looked around from behind the to see where Eiko has she spotted a flickering copy of her with a line of sand. Floating towards where Eiko had went which had been up the stairs. Moving back behind the staircase Kara thought long and hard. She knew what she had to do she might have been at a slight disadvantage due to not being able to fly but she had one way to turn things around.

"It might take time but if I can gain a field advantage then this fight is mine.' Kara thought. With one of her hands, she pointed at a spot at her left side. "Crystallos Forge: Trap" as the name suggests, it enables the caster to set a seal of crystal upon the ground which then erupts when an opponent steps upon it or the caster mentally commands it to, causing multiple crystals to surround their target and crush them with multiple sized shards composed entirely of crystal. Kara created a small seal of black crystal on the ground ten feet from her. Next, she began to channel magical energy into herself which would take the time to complete the spell.

"I need to hurry and cast this spell."

Seeing as how her last attempt had no effect, Kara tried once more to draw Erys to combat rather than what she was currently doing.

Somehow, Kara's words got through to Erys, thought it may take a little while for her to fully orient herself to her current situation. After all, she was just in a bloody battlefield beforehand, and now she's somewhere quite different.

Unaware of what tricks Eiko may be trying to pull, Kara decided to turn to defensive measures to help assist in her encounter.

The copy of Eiko began to follow along the sand trail which linked it to its creator. It appeared to be on a delayed reaction mechanism, meaning that it was a little behind the original Eiko. Just what its use is, or how it can be used, is still undecided.

At her higher vantage point, Eiko was able to see just what Kara was doing through the glass flooring of her elevation point. Ignoring the spell in process, Eiko continued on up the stairs, the last two cards in her hand disappearing at even intervals as she did so. She'd need to redraw before she can do more, but Kara was far enough away from her to allow her safe distance to.

What Kara had said moments ago had some effect. It seemed that Erys was slowly starting to pull herself together. Kara smiled over to her as a sign she was happy. "Let's put these new gifts to the test," Kara told her. As she went back to slowly gathering more magical energy for her spell. As she was doing she remained hiding where she was but looked around for any sort of shadows. She could use just in case she needed to escape to another floor in a hurry.

Kara then peered around the corner of the staircase, To see the copy of Eiko follow along with the sand trail. Kara watched it for a while wondering just what it could be used for, She didn't wish to be attacked so soon. Knowing that she would need to defend herself and would lose control of her current spell. As she watched the fake for a few moments more she moved back behind the staircase and this time looked around her surroundings to get a layout of the bottom floor she where she was.

As this was going on various small cracks began to form. Upon the ground all around the bottom floor and even along the walls as well. While still channeling magic Kara thought about what sort of abilities she now had under her power. She knew she could control crystal with what she was doing but what else could she do? One thing was clear that Kara still had her 'ace' which she could use at any time. But she was saving it for when she really needed it her thoughts turned to Eiko as she tried to think of what those cards in her hand could have been used for.

Realising that she was no longer overlooking the charred remains of her Mistress, Erys's anguish was placed on hold for the moment, as she could tell that a battle was going on. Changing back into her Succubus-like outfit, Erys shifted to becoming ethereal and entered the Crystal blade she normally possessed.

"You have a Legion of loyal followers at your command, yet you're fighting alone?" Erys questioned, sounding very much like her usual condescending self."You are a commander, remember? Get your minions to do the dirty work!"

Kara tried to find some form of hiding place or shadows she could use, but there was none to be found. The entire battlefield was made of indestructible glass, so everywhere could be seen from any position. In addition, as there was no opaque material present, there were no shadows cast. The only trickery and guile which could be had were all in feints and misdirections, not through shadowplay or ambushes.

Focusing on the copy of Eiko, Kara made an educated guess as to what it may be used for.

From what knowledge she had, Kara could deduce that this Copy was called a 'Phase Clone'. These enchantments are normally created to act as anchoring points for various abilities and effects. In addition, people who can Manipulate the flows of time can use these clones to return to a previous location in an instant, undoing some damage they may have sustained and activating an Area blast in a 10ft radius of the Clone's position. These clones can normally be out of synch with the creator up to 12 seconds, but this is more of a boon than a drawback of Time Manipulators, as that means more opportunities are available to them. The creator can see through each clone, but no more than one at a time. Certain Arcanists can use these clones as proxies for themselves when casting spells.

Eiko continued her ascent but stopped when she reached the start of the third floor. Being out of cards, she had to redraw if she wished to continue her plan. A Deck of identical cards to the ones she had before appeared in front of her and began to shuffle of its own accord. Once it was suitably shuffled, five cards moved from the deck into Eiko's hand and the deck disappeared.

Erys changed outfits once more and came back into the sword in Kara's hand before. Speaking to her once again. "You really haven't told me how to summon them, to help me out unless I need to use my mind. I've already got enough problems trying to handle this current spell, but if minions would help just tell me what I need to do to call them forth?" Kara asked. As she went back to channeling magic for her spell.

As Kara gave the field a view over she wasn't able to find any sort of shadows. That she would beable to hide in or use to gain another advantage. It seemed that Eiko most have planned things out before hand as to make the battle go in her favor by taking. Away Kara's strengths she tried to remember what Ryu had told her about. Being in a battle with disadvantages that is if he mentioned anything about that.

Kara was able to gather some information about the clone that Eiko. Had created she looked over at it once more and even larger cracks started to form all around the bottom floor. She wasn't sure if she should try attacking it or that could even attack her. She would need to keep her guard up just incase that the clone would try anything out. So, once more she went back to channeling magic to her spell she was half way there now.

Kara asked about how she could summon forth her followers.

"You could, y'know, just give them a call with your mind? Tap into the network you're connected to and issue and SOS-like signal to all the lower downs and they'll come running. They love a good fight." Erys informed Kara. "Alternatively, you could let me out of your blade and have me fight as another pair of arms rather than what Powers I have. I can draw them in an instant without even uttering a single word across the connection. Plus, I can call forth, at the very least, double the amount you can."

Eiko's Phase Clone continued on following in Eiko's footsteps, moving up to the second floor. Eiko herself, having another full hand of cards, flicked through what she got. One card then disappeared from her hand as she moved from the space she was in, yet, unlike before, a second one did not leave her hand when she moved the usual distance up the stairs to the final floor. She was a fair distance away from Kara now, so her actions were a little less obvious due to the large distance between the two. She showed no signs of returning to the lower floors.

Erys told Kara on what to do, Kara thought this over for a moment and decided to free Erys. "I will set you free and let you summon them. But be careful I don't know what that copy of Eiko can do, plus she might have set traps around the floors." Kara told Erys she looked at the sword that was then one Erys had given her. And with a few words freed Erys from the sword "I free you".

The cracks on the floors and walls were even large now having grown in size. Kara looked over at the clone of Eiko and followed the sand trail to where Eiko was. Far up on the uppermost floor. As she looked up she tried to use the ring again to show her just what Eiko can do. And with the powers of her spell nearly complete she would be ready to move when needed.

Kara 'freed' Erys from the blade and she appeared next to her, dressed in all the Crystal Finery she had on when she added Kara to her legion of Followers.

"Y'know, you could've just said 'Okay, hop out and get to work'." Erys sighed. "All this formal 'I free you' stuff just makes it sound like I'm your prisoner. I may not be at my full Godly strength, but I'm more than a match for this puppy.."

"Okay, let's see what that copy thingie is all about." Erys informed Kara.

"She can port back to it from any distance. When she does, she'll trigger a large powerful explosion which'll hurt like hell if it hits you. When she does that, she's momentarily immune to all forms of attacks until she's fully materialised, which normally happens in a couple of seconds. However, she can still strike at you when she's swapped places with her Clone, so be wary.

"Also, the Clone itself will follow whatever actions its creator took, but it won't physically be able to carry them out to any effectiveness we should be wary of. More often than not, the freedom of movement is what people use them for. It also can't be hurt by any means. When she uses it to detonate the bomb effect, the clone will disappear."

Kara tried her ring once more on Eiko.

The ring fizzled once more and stopped working momentarily. Eiko's mind must be quite strong to resist its effects twice in a row, but even the strongest minds can falter sometimes.

As she approached the top floor, Eiko ran towards the far right-hand wall and took up a defensive position there, watching the stairs in the process.. Still, no cards left her hand this time either. Her Phase Clone just rounded the stairs to the third floor and waited there. It will likely stay there for a little time more if it truly is copying every move Eiko took on a delayed scale.

Erys was now freed from the blade "You're not my prisoner at all come and go and do as you please." Kara tells her. Erys then went on to help Kara out by telling her what the clone was. "Is there anyway we can negate that explosion as I would like to bring her back down here. I've placed one trap on the floor to my left. Which might help out but overall if she's down here I think the crystal you've given me to control will be a lot more useful."

Kara tried to use the ring again but it fizzled out. Kara now gave up on it for a moment and had all the power she needed for her own spell.

"Field Spell: Crystal Valley" which enables the user to affect the terrain around them, morphing it into a form more suitable to their magic, resulting in a continually expanding crystalline substance that covers everything around the caster. The entire bottom floor suddenly eurupted into various shapes of black crystal that shot out of the walls and floor. From the cracks that had appeared. Before they resealed themselves the entire valley of black crystal was beautiful to look at as it reflected the light off of them.

"Not really, just don't go standing in it. If you're lucky, you could get out of it with only a few scratches if you're quick enough." Erys informed Kara.

"She's likely been trying to lure us to a vantage point suitable to her. That's why she's been running away. She's possibly not good at toe to toe fighting if she's not transformed. We could use that to our advantage. Also, being a raging beast if she does transform, mental attacks may be more effective."

The ground floor changed to a black crystal valley.

"Nice decor." Erys commented. "Makes me feel at home."

9 Crystal drones suddenly appeared in a semicircle around Erys and took up their neutral formation. Soon enough, three took off ahead in pursuit of Eiko, floating just a little above the ground so as to not trigger any pressure-based traps. They managed to clear quite a distance, moving straight past the second floor and halfway towards the third floor.

"Scouting party sent out, now for some more probing."

"The weapon she's using isn't familiar to me, but I think I remember reading about it. It's a draw-based weapon which consists of 30 cards, split into three different groups of 10. The groups are: Trap, Utility and Offence. Because it's a deck of cards with its own mind, what hand the user draws is left to chance. They may get a hand of Utility cards, or trap cards. They can't discard their hand once its drawn. When the 30 cards are exhausted, then the weapon needs to recharge."

Eiko's Phase clone remained on the third floor in the same action stage Eiko was in a little while ago. The real Eiko, noticing the oncoming scouting party, shifted position to around 20ft away from the stairs, circling them. Her hand of cards were at the ready, awaiting for the scouts to arrive.

"That shouldn't be to hard with my speed." Kara once more looked around from behind the staircase. The field spell was perfect for her as along as she remained where she was if she moved her crystal spells would only be at normal strength. Kara next listened to what Erys had to say about Eiko.

"Then it best to gather more information before we make a move." Kara saw as 9 crystal drones appeared in a semi circle around Erys. Three went off after Eiko and so far they seemed to be doing their jobs well.

"I've seen a few cards in her hand that disappeared before she went up the stairs. "I believe she might have used some cards to create traps upon the floors leading up to her. I think I can by pass all that and get up to her fairly easy. I would only need something to lanuch me into the air and I can do the rest. Do you have any creatures that can throw really well?" Kara asked.

"That's my intention. You could try doing so as well, you know. I may be more knowledgeable about mundane things than you are, but you've got more application knowledge." Erys answered. "Keep trying that thing you're doing with that ring. I can make assumptions about her combat styles, but that thing is way more accurate than any assumption."

"I'm not sure where she may have laid the traps, but it's certain to stretch on more than just sections of the stairs. Plus, throwing you around in this enclosed space will likely result in you getting splattered on the ceiling. You could try and scale the stairs, but the traps may be motion sensitive and not pressure triggered. We're lacking in knowledge on the types of traps she can lay."

T he scouting drones flew past the Phase Clone of Eiko and approached the top floor, only to have a trio of cards thrown at them as a single card in Eiko's hand disappeared.

The cards flew a little wide, missing the drones by a margin as they turned and opened fire on her.

Eiko attempted to avoid the blanketing fire, but a few stray shots managed to hit her, but only just.

Eiko was looking a little annoyed by the sudden onslaught of attacks, but still looked mostly unhurt. She quickly moved to the opposite side of the top floor as her Phase Clone began scaling the stairs to reach the same floor she was on.

Erys was trying the same thing that Kara was doing wanting to gain more knowledge. "I will see what I can do." Kara looked up at Eiko and once more tried to use the ring on her to find out anything that can help.

As Erys explained about Kara being thrown and then splattered on the ceiling. Kara looked upwards to take in the surrounding floors. What she was looking for were any real good areas for climbing which could be used to bypass the staircase.

"What if we could climb our way up that might let up avoid the traps she set on the floors?" Kara asked.

As the drones went to the top most floor Eiko used the cards to attack. Kara next thought of helping Erys attack Eiko. "Does any of the powers you've given me have any long ranged attacks. That I can use maybe like the wingblades Haley used?" Kara asked.

Kara tried, once more, to use the Ring's power on Eiko.

This time, the ring went through! Eiko's statistics were listed for Kara:

Strength: 2|0

Dexterity: 6|0

Constitution: 1|5

Intelligence: 4|5

Willpower: 5|0

Charisma: 5|0 (Looks)

Lore: 5|0

HP: 28/30

Capacity: 24%

Durability: 100% (Unbreakable)

Gamma Alteration: 36%

Status to Wearer: Hostile (Temporarily)

Current thoughts: "Ranged attacks?! Just where did she get these from?! So annoying!'

Kara looked for good climbing points to use, however, the area was pretty airtight. The only thing which could potentially be used to her advantage were the fact that the stairs weren't closed in. If she could just jump high enough, she may be able to shimmy up the edge of the stairs. However, not knowing where the traps were placed, this left the risk of accidentally triggering them. If there was some way she could disarm them from a distance, maybe...

"No good. They may be motion triggered, which means that, if we entered their effective space, they'll go off without warning. We could suck it up and charge forth. If the whole weapon itself is based on luck and probability, we may get lucky and they might fail to trigger, be duds, or be things we can avoid easily." Erys suggested. "If you want to play raid leader, then be my guest and charge up. Worst comes to worst, we can back out and wait for her to come to us when she's tired of playing with drones."

Kara asked about ranged attacks.

"You could channel energy into your sword and create a beam to shoot upwards. Be warned, it's a photon based attack, so it may be displaced by the glass." Erys suggested.

The drones continued in pursuit of their target, firing off some more shots.

Eiko managed to dodge aside from the poorly aimed suppression fire. Poorly aimed as it may have been, they are still keeping Eiko busy.

Eiko's hand brushed against a card holder on her left leg and her current cards were placed in storage for the moment. Eiko's hand then went to a sword-like hilt she had pushed into her belt. With a flick of her wrist, the hilt extended into a blade which could only be likened to a razor-whip. The blade's shaft was segmented into razor-like blocked up a length of extending optic wire. It also appeared to have functionality to be turned into a normal blade, but distance is what favoured Eiko at present. With a flick of her wrist as she was moving, the blade cracked forth like a whip and attempted to swat the flying pests out of the sky.

The weapon struck each drone as they fumbled in the air trying to remain in formation.

Eiko's Phase Clone began following her previous movements and took up position to the far right of the upper level, opposite the combat between Eiko and the drones.

This time the ring worked and Kara was able to gain knowledge of Eiko's base stats. Along with being able to read her current thoughts. "The ring has worked I am able to get a general understanding of how strength she doesn't have very high strength or defensive, but she makes up for that in Int and speed. This might sound interesting to you, but I can read her current thoughts she seems annoyed about the range attacks. And wondering she where they have come from." Kara informed Erys.

Kara then thought over just what Erys next had to say. Rushing in head strength just wouldn't work. She still wanted Eiko to come to her and with seeing the drones flying around an idea came to her head. "Would this work, seeing as how the drones can fly around I am not sure if she has limited your ability to fly. Would I be able to get on the back of a flying creature and be flown up to her?" Kara asked.

Kara asked about ranged attacks and thought of what to do. She didn't want her attack to be reflected back of set in another direction. "I might have an attack that can work let's see how this does." Kara went on to say.

Pointing her free hand upwards Kara gathered black magic into her hand. "Crystallos Forge: Shuriken" as the name suggests, it enables the caster to manifest a serial of shuriken, which are a weapon in the form of a star with projecting blades or points, used as a missile in some martial arts, that are composed entirely of crystal, which are then launched towards the opponent at high speeds in a manner similar to regular shuriken. A black shuriken formed in Kara's hand which she threw upwards at Eiko.

Kara relayed what she had learned from the Ring to Erys.

"I'd be confused, too, if someone who usually charges in without a care suddenly started acting all defensive and contemplative." Erys answered. "She'd probably planned for you to stick to your same MO and carelessly act like a berserker, hence why she ran to the top and left little presents on the stairs."

Just as Erys was starting to think Kara had learned from previous combats, she fires out two rather lacking actions, like saying she could 'Fly' in an area as cramped as this battlefield, and tried to throw a solid weapon through unbreakable glass. The Shuriken thrown at Eiko just bounced off the glass with a gentle 'plink' sound.

"Just when I thought you were learning something." Erys sighed with a shake of her head. "It's not magic which is preventing flight,. but the arena itself. The drones can fly because they're only a couple of centimetres tall, so they can easily flit around. If we tried to fly, we'd smash our heads on the ceiling. She's planned this out from the very concept of battling you. She's learned of your strategies and how you exploit mobility gained from aerial sources to avoid most things and structured this arena to strip you of those perks. She's made it so she's got the upper hand in this fight.

"In addition, she seems to have a severe lack of ranged abilities, and that is why she's placed panes of glass between floors to prevent any attacks from outside of areas she can counter in. She's likely effective at mid to close range, and that's why she's made small battlefields spread across levels, with only one access and exit point to them. Also, the more we dither down here, the higher chance she has of further prepping up for a conflict. We should go to her if she won't come to us."

Erys had pretty sound logic. As was normal with latching on to a target with the Ring's abilities, more information was provided:

'||Capacity: 28%

Gamma Alteration: 42%

Active Buffs: Contingencies (3) (Unknown Types)

Current Thoughts: "Just a distraction. They're not worth my time. I should focus on..."||'

The drones fired off another volley at Eiko

Like before, the volley was smoothly dodged by Eiko, whom was now heading towards the stairs once more, before leaping onto the stairs below and attempting to kick off of them.

Eiko swiftly bounced off from the stairs and landed on the floor down with a evasive roll, sustaining no damage, and avoiding something which just triggered at the top of the stairs, where the drones were now pursuing from. One of the traps Eiko had laid had activated, causing a large explosion to echo around the enclose space, obliterating the small drones, whose shards returned to Erys near instantaneously. Eiko's time clone went about its delayed copying, moving to where Eiko just vacated from, untouched by the explosion, much like the structure itself.

Kara watched as her attack bounced off the glass with a 'plink' sound. Before Erys spoke up about what Kara had just told her.

"Here I had hoped at being able to reach her easier and being able to bypass. The traps that I'm sure she's set on the floors above us. I still don't like how she's taken away everything that gives me strength. Even going up to her is going to be a pain in the ass, the only thing I can say is that we have to take it a floor at a time unless." Kara looked around the upper floors looking for anything that a chain might be able to latch onto and she could climb her way up.

Soon more information was gathered from the ring.

Kara read this over and knew she needed to prevent Eiko from transforming.

"We need to prevent her from turning into a wolf and keeping her in human form. Somehow we need to lower her Gamma Alteration." Kara looked over at Erys. "I am going up to her is there any way you can make her come to me?" Kara asked. As she moved from her spot behind the staircase she moved a full sixty feet until she was now standing upon the first level. Not knowing where Eiko could have placed a trap Kara remained where she was standing. Slowly she looked around the floor and walls looking for anything that might seem out of place.

"I feel like I am facing the Pardoner again."

"As I said before, she's meticulously planned all of this out to every fine detail to make sure she has the upper hand." Erys repeated. "You're fighting a Lieutenant General, she's got lots of battlefield experience behind her. She'd be an insult to her rank if she didn't make sure she's holding all the cards, so to speak."

Kara attempted to find some alternative means to reach the upper levels without using the stairs but, as has been the way since the start, the only way up were the stairs. Kara took in the information provided by the Ring and informed Erys of what might turn the fight even more against them.

"I doubt we can stop the increase in that. We just need to rush her down before it builds up too high. If I'm right in assuming, she can't control her transformation, much like how werewolves are depicted in myths. Once that reaches a certain level, then she'll transform. When it runs out, she'll revert, simple as. We just need to get her at her weakest." Erys explained. Kara then requested a means of bringing the fight to them "Give me a little time and I may have something that can help. Stall her enough, okay? You've provided all the necessary stuff to make this a bit quicker, but I'll still have to focus all of my efforts into this to make it work."

The drones around Erys dissolved into crystals, merging with the ones created by Kara's earlier Battlefield Alteration spell. Erys reached out her right hand, palm facing the floor, as crystal particles began to shift around her as if caught on a stray breeze. A small circle of magic, bearing unknown ancient symbols, began to form on the floor underneath her palm. The circle began to gradually grow.

"Once this fully starts,. I won't be able to help you until it's finished. Try not to die too soon, okay?" Erys informed Kara.

Kara bolted up the stairs, attempting to put as little distance between herself and Eiko as possible, ignoring any possible traps which may be on the stairs. She stopped at the top and looked around for traps, however, she'd just triggered one...

As a card appeared and fizzled out at Kara's feet, a powerful jolt of electricity coursed through her body, causing rapid muscle spasms for around three seconds until fading, but the residual disturbance still remained. It caused no noticeable physical harm, however, it played havoc on her body's movement capabilities.

Seeing as how Kara had moved up the stairs, and triggered one of the traps she'd set, Eiko decided to remain where she was and swap back to her Cards, sheathing the blade and returning it to her belt. She circled the stairs once more, going counter-clockwise this time while keeping the stairs in her view, ready for any object or person to attempt to ascend them.

"Seems totally unfair to me but I guess I have to live with it." Kara sighed. After Erys once more about everything being planned out. She wasn't able to find any other ways of reaching the top floor other then going up the stairs though. She made mental notes when having to leave the top floor in a jam.

"Easier said then done first I have to reach her to be able to stall her. Maybe I can think of a way to have her mind focused on something else other then transforming," Kara told her. As Erys went about getting things ready on her end. "Don't worry about me, I won't die plus I have my own transformation which might help out later." As she had charged up the stairs she had forgotten to check if any traps were placed upon it.

She felt an shock travel through her whole body for only a few seconds. Before it passed and left as soon as it came. As Kara remained where she was she tried to take note of how much feet it was between her and the next level. Not knowing where the next trap would be Kara decided to play it smart and summon help of her own. Kara tried to cast a spell only for it to not work. As she felt her muscles spam which messed up try at the spell with little other option she remained where she was.

Kara, after triggering the shock trap, decided that it would be best to play it safe and stay where she was for now. Looking around, Kara deduced that the stairs leading to the next floor were little over 5ft away, and that was taking into account the width of the stairs she just went up. Like every spiral staircase, the stairs were neighbouring each other in the middle of the room, with the 'Down' stairs on the right, and the 'Up' stairs on the left, from the direction of just going up the stairs, which was the direction Kara was facing.

Erys continued the spell she was working on and the Magic Circle increased in width until it was near enough encompassing Erys, who had to step back at least 5ft so she wouldn't displace the circle. Whatever was being created by that circle must have been reasonably large in size. Shards of the crystalline structures created by Kara's earlier spell began snapping off and were pulled into the circle created by Erys, wherein which they began slowly forming the shape of a large object.

As Kara had yet to move, Eiko was left to either bring the fight to her, or bide her time until Kara got bored with waiting. Neither option stood out as the better one, so, unsure of what else to do, Eiko descended the stairs once more, but not in a conventional way.

Jumping from the floor she was on down to the stairs leading to the lower levels, Eiko skillfully flipped in mid-air, something glinting from her hand towards the upper levels, to land on the very edge of the staircase in the middle section, very nearly losing her balance but managing to retain it. Something looked like it was about to react to her left, which was where the stairs led to the lower floor, but whatever it was seemed to remain intact, for the most part.

Next, Eiko kicked off from the side of the stairs and landed with a clean roll across the floor, turning to now face Kara. Eiko was about 10ft away from her opponent, and had her cards switched out once more for a set of daggers, however, these daggers, like the rest of her kit, carried some unknown potential to them.

"Here I was hoping that you'd try to charge me like you always do. Did the Intelligent one with you talk you out of it?" Eiko questioned Kara. "I'm not too keen on what she's trying, so I'm prepared to end this quickly."

Despite talking big, Eiko made no attempt to attack Kara at this moment in time and, instead, stayed prepared where she was, awaiting any assault made against her.

Eiko's Phase Clone copied her earlier descent to the second floor, just beneath the highest level.

Kara began to feel the effects of the trap on her begin to fade. This made her feel happy as she could move and maybe cast spells again. Without them messing up on her do to lack of body control. She could feel the building of magical energies as Rays was still busy trying to summon forth a creature to help Kara out. In the meantime, Kara watched as Eiko came to her by jumping off the fourth floor and landed on the first just 10 feet away from her.

"You've of liked that wouldn't you to have me go charging up these stairs. Triggering who knows what else you placed between here and where you used to be?" Kara asked. She took in the last part and laughed. Even as she took in the info the ring had just given her. "I doubt you could even try!" Kara taunted Eiko.

She wasn't about to make a move just yet as there might have been another trap. Placed on the floor between the two of them, Her eyes did fall upon the daggers wondering just what Eiko planned to use them for. However with Eiko now within range of Kara, she decided to try something out.

"Ultra Violence" Kara called out makes an aura that doubles the sense of pain to the people in its range. A black aura formed around Kara and quickly spread out to ten feet from where Kara and soon engulfed Eiko within its range. Kara then told Erys what she had just done "I've cast a spell which might help us end this quickly, but it will only last a short while." Kara informed her.

Kara cast a spell which engulfed the pair but it didn't noticeably effect Eiko.

"Ever since you met me, you've always been trying to stop what I've been doing, claiming that you know better than me." Eiko answered Kara, ignoring her earlier taunts. "From when you got my weapons taken from me, to how you tried to kill me by sending your sister to do your dirty work for you. Had you stopped to consider what I was saying, perhaps this outcome could've been avoided! You've always tried to do things your own way without considering what might happen because of your rash actions!"

At the end of her statement, Eiko charged forward and attempted to strike Kara with both daggers.

"More times than I can remember, I've seen my Mother, my Aunts and my Squadrons die!" Eiko continued and she tried to vault back to her original position.

Skillfully kicking off from her last attack, Eiko managed to regain the distance between the two combatants.

"Repeat after repeat after repeat. The same failures every time! All because of this dispute between you all back now! Why can't you just get along, for once?! You ignore those around you and just go about your merry way, not caring about how you might be hurting them with your disinterest! Aunt Holly is terrified of you, Mother think you only wanted her to have your sick way with her instead of as a person, and Aunt Lilly. Aunt Lilly was the one hurting the most from all of this! You played with her emotions, pretending that you cared for her when you were only using her to get to her sisters! You played each and every one of them! Swapping between them on whims, pretending to love them! Did you not stop once to think just how your promiscuity was affecting them?!"

The swirling vortex of crystals at the base of the arena began to form into a humanoid shape made entirely of Black Crystals. The size of the creature was easily going to be around 7ft tall. From just the base of the construct, it looked to be a smaller form of the creations which decimated the Estelle platoon in the battle from Eiko's time. While they were easily 20ft tall, this one was much smaller, possibly due to the space constraints. The spell was nearing its completion.

Kara dismissed the spell she had just cast as Eiko spoke once more.

"You couldn't be trusted" Kara countered. "You show up out of the blue and nearly get me killed with that CR buddy of yours. You never once gave me a straight answer and always kept your little secrets. Then you go and blame me for something I clearly had no part in. I didn't know about the attack on the Sera Manor until Kiki told me." Kara then narrows her eyes. "Now look at yourself it's your own actions that caused this to happen if you didn't fuck things up this wouldn't have happened." Kara snapped as Eiko charged at her.

"Suicide Black" the spell is defensive magic that covers the summoner in a black mist and reflects all incoming pain to the enemy. A black mist soon covered Kara as she got ready to dodge the second attack aimed at her.

She managed to avoid the first dagger strike by stepping backward she wasn't able to avoid. The second one and felt it cut into her chest. Kara didn't bother to cry out in pain instead she savored it and smiled.

"I've tried to get along with all three of them but never once did they ever care about how I felt. You say Holly is terrified of me she will never understand what I went through or the power I control. She thinks of me as a bloodthirsty beast who enjoys nothing more than causing pain and destruction. I'm tired of trying to explain myself to her time and again. Haley or anyone else never even bothered to ask me what I saw in her I tried to explain my true feelings to her. As there was more to it than a mere sex object, Haley was always there for me helping me out when I needed help. No one will ever understand not you or anyone else!" Kara screamed. The black magic began to surge around her body.

"Lilly never cared for me anyway always sending me away never trying to talk things out. You think they were the only ones suffering I was suffering more than all three combined. I just wanted to belong somewhere yet time and again they always yelled and made me suffer. And you're the biggest mistake of them all!" Kara was through with speaking dark magic exploded outwards from her as she was about to undergo her own transformation.

Kara attempted to reflect the strike Eiko did back at her, but it fell short. Eiko's mental fortitude prevented the spell from kicking off, mitigating its effect.

"You didn't have to get involved with me! You chose to!" Eiko countered. "Not once did I ever ask for your aid in all of this! Only when you fucked up big time by screwing with Mother's trust did I try to get actively involved! I merely wanted to act as an observer, doing my own thing in the background as you ensured that you didn't accelerate this outcome, yet look at what you did!"

Eiko didn't appear to attempt to strike at Kara again. Instead, she continued to vent off her views on the end that came to pass.

"You don't pay attention to anyone but yourself! If you'd stopped to see just how Mother had changed, this whole massacre could've been delayed, or even avoided! Didn't you see the signs? Didn't you see how she lost her happiness, her innocence to whatever power was controlling her? Listen to other people for once!

"You gave Aunt Holly every reason to be scared of you! You tried to kill her, for fucks sake! You claimed to be under the effects of another being, but showed no signs of trying to work against what they were doing! You're nothing but fodder for every sick being who wants to control others! You're like a puppet who's strings are easily pulled. Even back in that fight with that Wellstone Girl you let Erys control you to humiliate her. You willed her to humiliate, degrade and utterly destroy an innocent bystander just because you were losing a fight to her! Is winning all you care about?!

"Do you think people will just ask you what you think of them?! Words mean nothing when it comes to love and lust, actions are everything! Not once did you just want to spend time with Mother as a person, and not a outlet for your sick piss-filled fantasies! Every time you spent time with her, you silently willed her to piss all over the place, even if she didn't want to do it. She never mentioned her true views on the subjects you forced on her because she wanted to be accepted by you. She thought that, if she spoke out against you, you'd throw her to the side like you did Aunt Lilly! She just wanted attention, to be loved for being the girl she was, and not the outlet for sexual pleasure you used her for!

"Aunt Lilly only pushed you aside because you did the same to her! You pretended to love her first, to be devoted body and soul to her, yet you threw her aside as soon as Mother and Aunt Holly came into it all! All you've ever done is swap between the three of them like their feelings mean nothing! You're the worst kind of person out there! You can't decide on anything without destroying all the things around it first! If you just settled on one first, then all three of them could've been happy."

Eiko's full blown anger had now turned to despair and sorrow. Tears fell down her face as she poured out her views on the carnage bought into being by Kara. She wasn't just angry at Kara, she was distraught about how all of her Aunts were all toyed with like they meant nothing.

"Have your domestic elsewhere!" Erys cut in from downstairs as the sound of Crystal cracking and splintering echoed around the battlefield, followed by a sound which could only be likened to a truck being dropped onto solid ground vibrated around the arena, causing minor tremors to wrack the place. Whatever she was summoning was now bought into life.

From the Magical circle, an enormous crystal Golem stomped along the ground floor. It was easily 7ft tall, and took up around a full 5ft space. Being struck by it, while it may not obliterate like its larger brethren, was sure to cause serious damage, even to an extremely strong person. It could, potentially, level a small house very easily. It slowly advanced towards the stairwell leading to the upper levels, completely ignoring any potential unseen threats which may lay in wait. While it wasn't the fastest construct around, it was more than enough for a fight like this.

"I've had enough of your childish bickering. Grow up!" Erys continued as she followed along at the side of her creation. "We're fighting a battle here, we're not running a day-care."

Seeing the huge threat looming up the stairs, Eiko decided to undergo evasive manoeuvres. Her argument with Kara will have to wait for a more opportune moment. Clicking something on the dagger in her right hand, she began to rapidly ascend at a diagonal towards the upper level, nearly copying the way she descended. An invisible wire connecting to her dagger glinted a little in the ambient light as she zoomed up to the second floor as if by zip-wire. Those blades must have retractable wires inside of them to allow that. As she couldn't attach the wire to a piton, or something similar, she had, instead, looped it around the step of the stairs leading to the top floor. The Golem was slow, and she was bargaining on that to work in her advantage.

Eiko's time clone prepared to follow her previous descent to the first floor.

"I should have left you to the CR than I would never have met you," Kara stated. She wasn't herself really anymore she was tired of her emotions always being placed with. "I'm glad this finally came about but before you die by my hand I'm going to torture you a bit before I have my way with you" Kara giggled. She then listened as Eiko spoke about all three sisters she just laughed. "I saw the signs and I didn't care she never gave me the time of day. Too busy cry her eyes out I gave her every chance to tell me what was wrong but she ignored me. Always wanting her sisters to help over me!"

Kara giggled again.

"Too bad I didn't kill Holly her screams would have been music to my ears. I could have strung up her corpse over the fireplace like a trophy. No wait that wouldn't do I could fuck her dead corpse each and every night. Moaning in pleasure as I ravaged her silent form!" Kara licked her lips. "Oh, you mean Chloe her humiliation was sweet to behold the sheer embarrassment. Oh, it was such a sweet sight to behold her destruction was a wonderful feeling how I missed causing pain to others." Kara didn't let herself speak about Haley she couldn't bring herself to do so. Yet she started crying herself and instead turned her words on about Lilly.

"Ah, dear Lilly what a waste of time she was it was joyful to watch as she crumbled and fell apart. I only wish I could have controlled her oh the pain and humiliation I would have put her through. She wouldn't have ever wanted to show her face around town once I was done with her." Kara laughed evilly just she was still crying. Clearly, she was hurting on the inside yet was speaking lies on the outside.

Kara looked over to see that Erys had summoned a crystal golem and Eiko then retreated back to the second floor. "Get back here coward!" Kara yelled. She quickly engulfed herself in darkness and soon transformed into her awakening form she was going to end this fight here and now.

Kara has a lean figure of exquisite beauty, a faerie vision of perfection of limb and carriage. With milky white skin, like polished alabaster. Kara's hair becomes that of a twin-tails style as the color changes as well, half her hair is as black as night. The other half is a white as snow black and white ravens feathers along with. A small number violet and blue flowers were also added as they are seen tied around the base of her twin-tails. In her hair is a jeweled crown or circlet, its rubies seeming to twinkle beneath the dark tresses like hungry eyes. Her face itself was one of awful beauty, of such perfection of symmetry and aesthetics that it made the soul quiver with shame, desire, and repulsion. Her eyes have undergone a change too for, one is now black and the other is white. The black one glow's with a pale yellow light from within, and her pupils were tiny points of blackness in pools of luminescence. Two small earrings with small white sapphires are attached to her ears.

Kara wears a Japanese kimono suited to her own tastes. The sleeveless black and white kosode has violet and golden lining, along with white sleeves, and a black and white obi sash around her waist. The bottom section of her kimono is left open around the legs, revealing a majority of her slender legs, The kosode was created from the combination of both wind and dark magics, It is said that at random times the kosode can cast a magic of its own that protects Kara from some attacks.

Behind her back are a pair of two large black raven-like wings with small white feathers. Along with another pair, they were dark, somewhat maroon only tainted with more black. Made entirely of coarse scales, the wings flapped threateningly with the power to strike a crowd of men into unconsciousness. The bones were visible around the sides and similar to bat wings, only their veins stood out greatly in contrast. As the bones reached the top of the wing, a large ivory spike, curved like an elongated shark tooth, protruded from the top of the wing. It was a hideous sight, the sight one could only associate with images of the devil himself.

On both of Kara's arms are long black and white gloves. That seem to reach up to her shoulders just about. Upon her right one are golden patterns around her right wrist. Her fingertips look like they end in golden talons like a small claw. On her left arm, the glove is of a white nature yet, ends in a violet color around her wrist. The colored part wraps around the middle finger of her hand and there is a small corsage. Of a black and white rose with two small green leaves attached around her wrist.

On both of Kara's legs she wears black and white thigh-highs, upon her right leg is the same small golden patterns that were seen on her glove. However, there are two designs added in which look to be in the style of two roses. One around her upper thigh and the other below her knee. On her left leg is the same golden pattern, with a small hint of violet color around the top. Though the rose patterns are nowhere to be found. Her boots contain ancient runes and symbols to increase her speed and movement.

"Dark Lance" Kara formed a black javelin imbued with darkness. She then throws the javelin at Eiko in hopes, of striking the target and creating a small explosion upon contact. She then knew just what attack she was planning on using next. "Those will do nicely" Kara laughed as she got ready to summon forth the Wingblades.

Kara's personality did its signature 180 spin as she took pleasure in insulting those she tried to defend. This, of course, wasn't the right way to go at all...

"SHUT UP, YOU BITCH!" Eiko screamed at Kara as her eyes adopted a slight red glow to them "I'll kill you for all the pain you've put my family through!"

"Nice going, genius." Erys sighed to Kara as she noticed everything going on. "You'd better watch your back, if you can even hear sense in that form of yours."

Eiko's time clone jumped down from the level the Real Eiko was on and took up position the mere 5ft away from Kara the Real Eiko had been in. No sooner than it had landed did it suddenly blaze with golden light as Eiko avoided the Lance Kara had thrown at her and appeared right next to her in the place of her Time Clone. The light exploded outwards with the force of a Missile Blast, engulfing Kara in the blaze.

When the light faded, Eiko was no longer the trap-master she had been. In her place was the feral form of her Gamma Alteration. Her eyes now blazed with a red glow and her hands had ethereal claws on them instead of the daggers she had before.

Just above Gamma Eiko's head was a small golden stopwatch which soon began to spin clockwise at a rapid pace .cloaking Eiko with a golden light as the powers she'd placed on herself triggered. Gamma Eiko now moved as a blur of speed, causing unaided vision to just barely keep up with her lightening fast movements.

In the blur of speed she now was, Eiko lunged towards Kara and attempted to claw at her with both hands, uttering just a single word in her feral state.

"KILL!"

"Oh well, the beast is out of its cage. Well, both beasts." Erys commented to herself, and possibly her Golem Companion. "It's been fun, I guess. Who'll drop first, I wonder?"

Despite her negative attitude to the turn of events, Erys and her Golem still dutifully followed along up the stairs, moving at the slow pace of the large Construct. They had just reached around the half-way point of the stairs leading to the combat area.

As Eiko fully gave into her rage and transformed into a wolf Kara did likewise. Giving fully into the darkness within her letting the shackles that held it back break. Bringing her true power to bear she wasn't about to let Eiko win this or find some way to escape. The clone of Eiko had appeared next to Kara and soon exploded into a ball of fire.

Kara jumped backward gracefully fully avoiding the flames. Only to have the real Eiko blur in front of her at blinding speed. Then attacking her with her claws both cut into Kara who laughed as she savored the pain. Blood dripped from the cuts across her chest her kimono now covered in blood. She then brought both swords together which had been in her hands the entire time and brought them down upon Eiko.

Kara managed to jump at just the right time to just the right place to fully avoid the effects of the Phase Blast from the swap. However, she didn't try to avoid the clawing from Gamma Eiko. In response, Kara attempted to slash at Gamma Eiko to return the favour.

With feral swiftness, Gamma Eiko ducked under the arc of the swing, avoiding the first of the two attacks.

As for the second swing, it appeared to make contact, however...

Just as the blade was about to make contact, Gamma Eiko blinked out of existence, only to reappear behind Kara and strike at her with one of her Ethereal Claws.

"Should've asked about them first, y'know." Erys chimed in, noticing how Kara had fallen for two consecutive 'Traps'. "Just so you know, that final one is likely to not be used this fight. She's popped what it was linked to."

As the tables had now turned once more in Gamma Eiko's favour, the feral girl struck again at Kara with both her claws.

Like her appearance, Gamma Eiko did the 'Hit and Run' tactic of most wolves, pulling away from Kara and circling the outer edges of the arena, yet she didn't head up the stairs. The wolf girl's attention seemed to be split between Kara and the Hulking Golem which neared the floor they were on.

Eiko had managed to avoid both of Kara's attacks this only angered her more. Which caused her to scream in rage. As she felt one of the claws cut deep into her back once again drawing blood. Eiko once more appeared before her trying to strike her with both claws yet again. This time Kara dodged backwards moving back towards the golem which. Was coming up the stairs behind her but felt Eiko's second claw once more shred skin and draw blood.

"I won't lose to a mindless beast like you!" Kara raged.

She suddenly called on the ability of the shoulder guards she had gotten. Looking down she saw both her own and Eiko's shadows. Kara wrapped into her own shadow vanishing from sight. Before wrapping right behind Eiko and bringing down both her swords at Eiko's back. The first being the crystal blade from Erys and the second being a normal crystal blade she had created at the begining of the fight.

Kara attempted to intimidate the Feral opponent that was Gamma Eiko, but it didn't seem to work. After all, Eiko was not 'Eiko' at the moment, but a genetically engineered Lycanthrope, so all attempts at reasoning with or intimidating her were useless.

Kara looked to be fleeing to begin with, but soon turned that around and went straight for Gamma Eiko.

Gamma Eiko swiftly avoided the attack from Erys's Crystal blade and only looked to get even more angry when the second blade sliced into her, creating a thin gash which began to seep with blood.

In her rage caused by being struck, Gamma Eiko lunged at Kara but...

Gamma Eiko lunge suddenly ground to a halt as a wall of 4 crystal swords appeared around Kara and started to rapidly rotate in a manner similar to Haley's Blade Barrier. However, due to her hastened movements, and the lack of traction on the floor, Gamma Eiko slid into the whirling tornado of sharpened crystal slightly.

Despite it only being a scathing wound, Gamma Eiko still looked rather bloodied after coming into contact with the Blade Barrier and decided to retreat for now. to about 15ft away from Kara Her feral state didn't seem to comprehend that the Blades were magic in nature.

"Do I have to do everything for you?!" Erys chastised Kara as herself and her Golem approached Kara. "You're a Lord Commander of a Legion of loyal crystal subjects, yet you fight alone?! Surely, even in your blood-crazed state, you've got enough intelligence left in that thick skull of yours to understand that engaging a Werewolf in close combat is a bad idea! I can't always pull you out like that. Think before you leap or you may end up like the puppy over there."

The Blade Barrier began to look as if it was starting to fade already.

"Dammit, I've got too powerful a thing summoned!" Erys complained. "That barrier's not going to last long at all, all my power's being channelled into this hunk of destruction." Erys indicated the Golem by her side. "You could try and win her out by exploiting the Barrier, but even a beast is smart enough to not make the same mistake twice if it hurt them a lot."

Kara had appeared back where she was as the teleport from the shadow. Had failed and she was again attack Gamma Eiko from the front instead of behind. Who was able to avoid her first attack be the second struck her. Kara giggled with maddess as she watched the blood drip down to the floor. Gamma Eiko then got ready to attack in return this made Kara ready to try and dodge any attack coming her way. Gamma Eiko lunged at her only to halt when 4 crystal swords formed around Kara.

That looked much like the ones Haley normally used. Gamma Eiko had stepped into a tornado of blades only to get struck and then back away 15ft. As Erys spoke about being the one who had summoned them. And how Kara was once more fighting alone as she remained where she was and decided to cast a spell.

"Crystalline Drive" a type of Magic-amplification technique drive brings out the true power of the caster's capabilities seemingly enhancing the user's physical prowess to a rather extreme degree, particularly the user's speed.

She also transformed back into her earlier appearnce before having changed into her awakening form.

Kara, despite the added protection from the Blade Barrier, decided to stay where she was, leaving Gamma Eiko to lick her wounds.

"I said they won't last long!" Erys repeated. "Go and do stuff with them. She can't touch you without cutting herself to ribbons at the moment! Didn't you pay attention in your fight with my Mistress? How did she use the Barrier?"

The Crystal Golem began to advance at its slow pace towards the small Wolf-girl hiding on the other end of the room. However, it was so slow that Gamma Eiko could easily outrun it without any trouble. As the blades were still around Kara, Gamma Eiko circled the outside of the room to avoid the advancing Golem Her wounds began to mend themselves a little quicker as her body could put more focus on healing than attacking.

She still looked a little worse for wear, but Gamma Eiko's wounds were healing up slowly. On the other hand, her current form looked to be reaching its limit as well.

Seeing that the Crystal Golem had arrived Kara finally decided to make another move. After seeing the wounds slowly healing up. She might of made a mistake by not attack last round. But knew she needed to end this quickly as she didn't have much time left with the blade barrier.

"She used it when she attacked." Kara finally answered back to Eiko.

Kara moved the 15ft to Gamma Eiko and struck out with the crystal blade from Erys.

Finally understanding the reasoning behind the barrier, Kara decided to capitalise on it before it faded and quickly headed over to Gamma Eiko, taking her by surprise as her attention was mostly on the Golem.

Gamma Eiko managed to avoid the sword swing, and position herself just right to avoid the brunt of the barrier, yet it still struck her due to their close proximity.

Gamma Eiko, once more looked noticeably damaged by the barrier around Kara and decided to do a full withdraw away from her to prevent any further mincemeating. As she was trying to watch two opponents at once, her only choice was to retreat to higher ground as she began to head up the stairs, but couldn't get far due to the distance between herself and the start of the stairs, and the fact that she was trying to avoid two opponents. She only managed to get 5ft up the stairs.

The Golem gave chase as fast as it could, but it was much close to the stairs than Kara was. However, it couldn't quite get close enough to hit Gamma Eiko yet, despite its long reach.

Gamma Eiko's form was fading even quicker and she was starting to look like a severely wounded version of her normal self, but she was still more Lycan than human at the moment, and her wounds slowly closing attested to that.

Gamma Eiko still looked rather bloodied and wounded, but she didn't look like she was giving up just yet!

The whirling vortex of blades around Kara slowly winked out of existence, but they'd done quite well in their time.

"Go on! Finish her off already!" Erys spurred Kara on. "She'll be human again soon, and then she'll be putty in your hands!"

Kara saw as Gamma Eiko had avoided her attack only to be struck once more. By the blade barrier which then vanished from around Kara's body. A part of her thought of trying to summon one herself but that might give Eiko more time to heal herself. So Kara listened to Erys and attacked Gamma Eiko yet again who was only 5ft away. But still within reach of both her swords "This battle ends now!" Kara yelled as Gamma Eiko.

Just as Gamma Eiko had gotten away, Kara closed in on her once more at struck at her again.

Taking the first strike, Gamma Eiko dodged the second one by kicking off from the lower step and flipping back a little.

Shortly after she avoided Kara's strike, Eiko's Gamma Alteration phased out and she'd returned to being her human self once more. She looked seriously wounded and possibly couldn't take a single hit from Kara.

"Not...like...this..." Eiko weakly protested as she drew her cards once more. In her remaining hand of 3, a single card faded from view as Eiko was cloaked in a white light and was transported to the floor above unless...

"Not a chance!" Erys cut in as she extended her right hand, a orb of black energy coming from it.

It was a close competition, but Erys's ball of energy interrupted the Gate effect of the Card Eiko had used, and she was left still standing in front of Kara. However, as Erys had to focus on the spell, the Golem didn't move from its spot.

Left with little options, Eiko did a full withdraw from Kara and managed to get 10ft up the stairs leading to the top floor. Her previous bravado was replaced with worry and concern as her whole plan was falling to pieces with Erys's interruptions. She'd underestimated her opponents, and it may cost her her life once more...

Gamma Eiko took the first attack but dodged the second with a backflip. Only then to return to human form. Kara smiled in delight this fight was her's she had managed to survive against Gamma Eiko something she had not done so against before. Eiko muttered weakly and drew a card but it was Erys who helped out once again. By getting rid of the card and Eiko retreated 10ft up the stairs.

Kara moved after getting ready to finish the battle. As she moved the 10ft she looked on Eiko and brought her sword down hard at Eiko hoping to finish things here and now.

Kara pursued her cowering opponent and attempted to finish the battle there and then!

However, in her weakened state, Eiko wasn't fast enough to dodge the well aimed strike from Kara.

As the blade was about to strike Eiko, a yellow puddle began to form on the glass beneath her as the blade came down hard on her chest. With one final scream of pain, and a fair splatter of blood from the gash caused by the blade, Eiko fell to the floor and started to bleed out...

"Quick...touch me...and stab...yourself too...before..." Eiko weakly coughed out as her body began to be encased in some form of sand-coloured stasis.

Kara watched as the blade struck Eiko down she heard the scream. And felt blood splatter across her face before seeing. A yellow puddle form underneath her as she fell upon the glass and started to bleed out. She weakly coughed out something for Kara to do who looked over at Erys.

"I'm sorry I was such a bitch to you maybe in the next life things might be different?"

She then looked back down at Eiko and let the other crystal blade vanish. Using her hand she placed it upon Eiko's chest and soon followed through stabbing herself with her own sword. Crying out in pain as she herself started to bleed out. She looked down at the dying Eiko "i.. always l.. loved your moth..." Kara's voice cut off as she was soon encased in the sand-colored stasis.

With the battle coming to a close, now was the time for Eiko's plan to come into action As the girl lay bleeding on the floor, the life fading from her with every breath, she was starting be cloaked in a sand -coloured stasis, like a Caterpillar retreating to its cocoon to be reborn as a Butterfly. Kara turned to Erys and apologised for her attitude, wishing that they could be better friends in the 'next life'.

"What do you...?" Erys began to question, cutting herself off when she saw Kara plunge her blade into her chest. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

With her own lifeblood ebbing away, Kara was starting to be pulled into the stasis as well.

"You're not leaving me behind!" Erys called out as she warped as close to the pair as possible, only just being able to reach out and touch Kara's shoulder before the stasis took her, surrendering herself to the rebirth as well...

Darkness surrounded them. Cold, unfeeling nothingness. All senses were stripped, sight, sound, smell, touch and taste, They had given into the chill of the grave together, but were they still as such? It was impossible to tell. Nothing moved in this space. Nothing lived in it. Nothing...

Inside the all encompassing void of the end, time did not move. Time did not exist. It was unclear how long they spent in this space, or even if 'they' were as they remembered being. Had their form faded with everything else? Disintegrated in the eternal, omnipresent darkness? Changed, warped and corrupted to match the space they were in? Surely not. After all, one thing remained.

The strong desire to live again. The pull of a sense of duty. The reason behind their sacrifice.

Something changed in the space. It became warm. The permafrost had melted away to be replaced with a captivating warmth. It drew them towards it, bathing them in a tantalising display of feeling in this empty space. Bits and pieces of something returned to them. Feelings, emotions,

...memories.

An argument leading to a terrible conclusion, a dispute ending in bloodshed, a tear shed from a familiar face...

Existence...

Names flooded their minds. Kara, Eiko and Eryserillia.

The merged minds began to pull apart, rekindling the dying embers of their previous incarnations. Sensations flooded back, memories raged like an inferno, the warmth that encompassed the place began to blaze, bringing a brilliant light to this desolate realm. Forms began to return to the minds and, with them, feeling. The heat of the sun, the cooling caress of a light breeze, the temptations of mortal desires,

...the sound of cheering, the scent of the wind, the taste of something sweet, the dazzling rays of sunlight piercing through the fog of rebirth and shining upon a large open space. The newly reborn beings were deposited into this open space.

"..and we now bring you The Master of Illusion against...some group of kids who think they're tough." A condescending voice cut through the haze. "This shouldn't last long."

"I mean, even if you got twenty people against him, he's sure to come out untouched, the cheat." A second equally annoying voice continued.

"I don't even know why people bother trying against him. They'll always lose."

Soon enough, Kara was reborn into a new world. Everything that had happened previously was still fresh in her mind. With a second chance to make things right, all that was left was to ensure that she received the ending she wanted.

"I'll never get used to that." Eiko groggily complained as she was pulled into this world as well. She assessed her surroundings a little. "So, we're in the Coliseum? Wait...I think I remember this timeline..."