Slayer: Back once more my slightly devoted fans!

Shadow: We have fans?

Judan: Ignore him he's just jealous that our collab story has more hype than his lonesome ones.

Slayer: I have you know Faunus and Courier's is doing rather well! This story is just part of a different fandom which is sorely underappreciated. Divinity forever!

Neos: Oh yeah you also came out with that story LOTDG: Dragon Knight. Which answers actually quite a few things here. Which is why Bladedancer is now finally gone.

Haze: Well he's technically still here…

Neos: Oh yeah right...

Zach: You're an idiot sometimes.

Neos: Hey screw you!

Slayer: I'm so glad Alucard isn't here… Anyway a word to the wise this chapter will be a little bit more violent and cringing than other chapters. Just warning you now, although it seriously isn't that bad.

Zach: Well there goes my wonderful life.

Haze: I deeply apologize.

Judan: Yeah anyway I'll type the disclaimer! Slayer Infinium doesn't own anything except OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…

Everyone: Here's the story!

Shadow: Wait why are you here again Judan?

Judan: Meh since he's helping with my story I thought to help with his.

Slayer: Even though it really isn't needed.

Judan: HEY!

"Dark inner voice/Hollow"

'Light inner voice/Zangetsu'

Thinking/talking to inner spirit

"Telepathic communication"

*Special attack*

Chapter Eight: A failed test

Seven years after Neos's arrival, Four years after Zach's first incident, After kidnapping

Location Unknown

When Ruby and Blake woke up they first noticed that they were chained to two steel chairs. Both chairs faced away from each other. So they couldn't really see the others face but it wasn't really needed to understand what they both felt right now. Truly they felt utterly useless in this situation. However their current captor was talking on a small flip out device. What it was they had no clue but it seemed to function much like their scrolls. Unfortunately that made things rather awkward for the detained girls.

So trying to at least make it less so, Ruby cleared her throat and addressed Blake about a new unseen feature on her head. "So… Blake you're a cat faunus huh?" Apparently their captor had seen fit to confiscate both Ruby's cloak and Blake's ribbon. When asked why he just shrugged and apologized but said he was ordered to.

Sighing Blake answered Ruby. "Yeah I am, sorry for hiding it from the rest of you. To be honest only Zach and Neos knew for certain. Zach because we met four years ago and Neos because well… He's Neos not much needs to be said there." Ruby had to agree with her on that since the boy had a knack for finding secrets and hidden things.

Although Blake couldn't see it she felt Ruby shake her head. "No don't worry about it. In fact your ears are actually kind of cute~! Now I finally understand why Zach always scratches your head." She paused for a second before continuing. "And also why you purr when he does that." Despite the situation Blake really couldn't help but blush when Ruby said that. The whole purring thing started with Zach when they were kids, and would most likely flow far into the future. That's if the man they were with didn't kill them.

However seeing the man sighing and talking some weird nonsense into the device… Blake highly doubted that they'd make it out in one piece. He had previously searched them clean to make sure they had no lock picks as well. So trying to get out of the chains was a no go. If Yang was here than maybe they could but… For some reason he left her behind. And as usual when asked why he just said he was following orders.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the man yelled out in shock. "You want me to what! Are you serious?!" A few seconds pass as the man waited for some answers. After a bit he sighed sadly before speaking again. "Alright sir you can count on me. But note I highly disagree with this." With that said he snapped his device shut before turning to his detainee's.

"Sorry about that, anyway just so you know this device is a phone." Apparently this guy was still being telepathic. "Any way's I have good news and bad news. Which one do you want first?"

This surprised both of them and they answered at the same time. ""Good news!""

The man nodded his head before continuing. "Alright then first off let me introduce myself I'm Haze former admiral of the W.R.C. Anyway the good news is that none of you will die today!" Even though he said that both of them could feel a but… coming along. "However something terrible is going to happen to one of your friends. Mostly by my hand… But hey! When one of the most powerful people in creation tells you to do something… You do it! Unless you're Bladedancer… Then you laugh and plot their eventual downfall." Both girls were now rather worried about what he had planned, or at least whatever his master had planned. Personally both kind of felt that Haze wasn't an all too bad guy.

However they both adopted looks of confusion when he casted his eyes downwards and then started to speak with his actual voice. "I'm sorry everything turned out like this. But orders are orders so… I also took down the barrier so Blake, can call the Voidspawn here?" Both girls looked at him confused before Blake asked the question they were both thinking.

"You said that before but what is a Voidspawn? And why do you keep calling Zach one?"

Haze rubbed the back of his head nervously before answering. "Well I guess it's alright if I tell you… After all I wasn't ordered not to." He paused for a few seconds to mull the decision over before nodding his head and continuing. "Okay a Voidspawn is a sentient being born from the void. It is usually mostly human with varying traits. For example one could be a faunus, human, or even… A half faunus." Both Blake's and Ruby's eyes widened at that.

However Blake still yelled out to him in distress. "But the tests show he is half faunus! So how could Zachary be something that he doesn't remember being…" Her voice trailed off when she said that last part. Her eyes widening as the pieces of the puzzle started to fit together.

Seeing this Haze folded his arms and nodded gravely. "You're starting to figure it out it seems. Yes the boy you know as Zachary Tanner was sent here with no memories. His real name is War Voidstalker. And the reason why the tests show he's a half faunus is because those tests were rigged by my master. And like his name the boy was made to be a weapon in war. From his natural leadership, logic, skills, talent, and intelligence. He is quite the little soldier no?"

Blake was struggling to try and keep a calm head at this point. She knew if her emotions got the better of her than Zach would be able to track them to this location. She didn't want anything bad to happen to them. However she was also infuriated at the way they were treating him as well. Because if what they said is true… Not only did they rob him of his memories, but also treated him as nothing more than a tool!

Her thoughts were interrupted however as Haze kept talking. "Although he isn't really a bad guy either, too bad he'll hate me after this. Anyways I commend your ability on staying calm even in this situation. Now let's see here…" His voice trailed off as he took a small piece of paper from one of his coat pockets. He then read something from it. "If she doesn't cooperate tell her about her true origin to get her off balance. If it fails go with the final plan… Ugh, I really hope it doesn't come to that…"

Putting the paper away he turned towards the girls who were now looking at him strangely.

Clapping his hands together he once again addressed them. "Alright so if telling you about Zach's origins doesn't faze you… Then I guess I'll just tell you about yours!~" Blake looked at him confused but he continued before so could speak. "You see Zach isn't the only one to have his memories altered or his power heavily sealed. There were in fact two others. And both of them you know quite well. To be honest they are both siblings… Half siblings to be absolutely precise." Ruby's eyes widened in shock as her thoughts immediately went to herself and Yang.

Haze saw this and frowned a bit before continuing. "I think you should learn their names before jumping to conclusions miss Rose. Just so you know I think it's a bit too early for you to learn this but as I said… Orders are orders. The name of the older brother is…" Ruby calmed down instantly when she heard older brother, because that meant this wasn't about her and Yang. Although her shock came back when she heard the name.

"His name was and is… Neos Draconis. The son of my master Maxos Draconis." That had completely floored both of the girls. Though in a way they both could accept that, since he was a dragon with no memories of the first half of his life. Still this angered both of them greatly, Blake because she was starting to see him as a sort of brother, and Ruby since she was in love with the dragon knight. Still they wondered who his younger half-sister was.

Haze kept talking although he was a bit more mellow about what he was now saying. "To be honest the poor kid has had it rough. Having now had to restart his life three times, and this last time wasn't even our fault! How old is that kid again? Meh at least two fifty in total, however he is actually sixteen now… So would that make him the older or the younger sibling?" He paused for a moment to think about it but ended up shrugging and continuing. "Doesn't matter I guess… Anyway as I was saying My master Maxos met Neos's birth mother quite a long time ago. To be honest you couldn't have seen a happier couple. And yet in the end even with all his powers he couldn't save her from his own great enemies."

Both girls could relate since they too had lost their own mothers early on in life. Haze however continued on. "As you may have guessed this made Maxos rather ruthless and cold, and as such he sent Neos out to find his own path to power. Of course this is the first time he wiped the boy's memories. The second was after he managed to piece his soul back together after a rather interesting encounter with a Nether demon. It was actually during this time that Maxos met his second wife. He had never really had any hope left of finding someone else to love after his first late wife. But now instead of marrying a powerful Psion he married a Nekomata. No idea how that ended up happening in all honesty…"

The girls looked at him confused before he sighed and explained. "Sorry I forgot you don't really have those here. Well except for one of course… Anyway a Nekomata is kind of like a cat faunus, only with a higher attunement to nature along with ears and a tail. Plus they are much stronger and faster. They are more like cat people demons to be honest. Then there is the variant called a Nekoshou and a Nekomusume. But we don't need to get into those." Ruby and Blake peered at each other before both shrugging.

What he said had both answered and created plenty of questions. Haze than cleared his throat to regain their attention. "Anyway as I said they got married and eventually had a daughter. Maxos however had grown paranoid when it came to his loved ones thanks to what happened last time. So in order to keep them both safe he wiped their memories and sent them to another dimension. He then proceeded to manipulate the memories of a lot more people. It hurt him to manipulate his wife's memories into thinking she was something else, along with being married to someone else. But he felt it was needed to help them survive."

He then looked at Blake and smirked. This unnerved her quite a bit, but she was currently even more worried about a strange feeling in her heart. "Unfortunately that proved to be a moot point as both his wife and her false husband, were found and killed by enforcer agents sent by his enemies. The daughter survived however by being at a white fang rally that had happened to be going on that day. Seeing how her mother's memories were manipulated, along with her powers were unawaken she thought she herself was a faunus. When she returned home to see her parents bodies mangled and broken she broke down in fear and sorrow." Blake started breathing harder as memories started to flood her mind. Memories she desperately wanted to forget.

She was also starting to understand where he was going with all this even though she truly didn't want it to be the case. However for Zach's sake she needed to stay in control.

After a small pause Haze looked Blake right in the eye before returning to where he left off. "So would you want to know the names of his wife and daughter?" Ruby nodded her head wanting to know while Blake shut her eyes tightly with some tears coming out, all the while shaking her head no. At this Ruby looked at her confused while Haze sighed before telling them.

"Their names were and are… Lila Katzchen Belladonna and Blake Katzchen Belladonna (A/N Lila meaning Violet and Katzchen meaning Kitten Both German)." Blake stared wide eyed in shock at what the man in front of her just said. It just couldn't be true, could it? Something like that just had to be a lie, right? As these thoughts went through her head at break neck speed Ruby could only look over her shoulder in worry. Haze only looked upon her now shaking form in pity. Although he was quite impressed that she still hadn't reactivated the bond.

That had to have taken commitment. He already respected her for the strength she displayed earlier when they fought. Even though she never stood a chance to begin with… Still he felt rather horrible for doing this, and he was going to feel even worse for what he was about to do.

Deciding now would be as good of a time as any he sighed before speaking again. "I must admit your willpower is rather impressive. But now you know why I avoided your strikes. You see you unconsciously use two other types of energy, chakra or life and spiritual energy, and draconic which falls under magic and psionic energy. And as I said before I use psionic energy primarily. The reason why Bladedancer was so powerful was because he could use psionic, magic, life or chi, and spiritual energy. However in his current state Neos can't pull off any of the feats he could as Bladedancer."

He sighed before speaking again. "Still I suggest you just give up and call War over. If not I can't be held responsible for what may happen." Her answer was to calm down her breathing and stare at him in defiance. Sighing once again something he decided he was doing way too much he spoke one last time. "As I said I admire your strength and courage, as such I ask for your forgiveness." That was when he pulled out his sword and let it hang loosely by his side. Ruby started to panic and shout to try and stop whatever he was doing but she was ignored. Blake scared now swallowed it and just looked at him with anger.

That was when they both heard the sound of wind swooshing around. And even though they couldn't see him move at all they knew he did something. That was when Blake felt a sharp pain on both sides of her head. She could also feel something wet go down her cheeks as well. The pain slowly increased, at the same time her hearing seemed to weaken as well. That was when she tilted her head down shutting her eyes shut in order to try and deal with the increasing pain.

However as she opened them slightly they immediately opened wide at two fleshy things on the floor.

Realizing what had happened her pain increased tenfold as tears streamed down her face mixing in with the blood flowing. Her face was one of absolute horror.

Haze stared and said one final thing. "I'm sorry…" Blake then screamed.

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Location streets of Vale

As soon as he felt the bond return Zach promptly stopped making the others look towards him in concern. They could tell something bad happened as his face scrunched up in rage.

Neos looked at him in concern but before he could ask anything Zach had ran off towards the older parts of the city. Both he and Ichigo looked at each other in concern before quickly running after him. When they caught up Ichigo yelled out to him.

"Oi! Zach what's wrong? Did you finally reconnect with Blake?"

A few moments passed before he answered. "Yes I did and what I felt was pain and fear… That man did something to hurt her and now I'm going to tear him apart!" The two flinched at the venom and malice in his voice. They had never seen him get as angry as he was now. In truth they were a little worried that he might go berserk with his semblance again. Thankfully the worry ended up being unfounded as they finally made it to their destination. Hiding behind a few trees they looked at their target.

It was a large run down three story building. It was fairly large and looked like it was once a small processing plant at one time. Seeing how there were large circular chimneys, wheelbarrows, buckets, and miniature train tracks that looked to be used for express delivery. The building itself however was made of fading red brick with a few windows that were broken. They all agreed it looked like some clichéd creepy abandoned factory in a cheap horror film. However what was even stranger was the guards outside of the building.

There were two skeletons one with orange eyes with big bones, and another with maroon eyes and skinny bones. They just blinked when they saw them. They glanced at one another while slinking back behind their trees. They needed to come up with a plan.

Meanwhile the skeletons were having their own conversation.

It was initiated by the orange eyed one. "Hey you ever wonder why we're here?"

The maroon eyed one thought for a moment before answering. "Who knows? It is one of life's great mysteries. Like is there a god who created us and stuck us in certain times and places. Or if this entire thing is just by pure chance. Or maybe this is all just a story written by someone for entertainment purposes? Who knows…? Life's just too full of mysteries to just think about something like this…"

The orange eyed one just looked at him before speaking. "What are you talking about? I was just wondering as to why we're here right in front of the entrance. I mean it's just announcing to all the world that something is going on here. I mean if we wanted to keep this place secret why not place us on the roof? Or even inside the building with black tinted windows or something!"

The other skeleton just shrugged before answering. "Oh if that's the case than I have no idea at all. You think we could ask him later? I mean we're just supposed to stall them for a bit."

The other one nodded its head in agreement. "Yeah it's not like we're going to die again right?" They both laughed at that but stopped when they heard someone clear their throat. Turing around they saw three different people. The orange one spoke up first with irritation.

"Hey what do you want? I suggest you three get out of here before we give you a beating." That was when Neos stepped forward and began speaking.

"Alright just calm down I'm just here to ask you some questions. These questions have nothing to do with the building you are guarding, but just questions having to deal with strong skeletons such as you." That caught their attention and they motioned for him to continue. "Thank you now I must ask how are you talking?" If they had eyes they would've blinked.

But because they didn't they just stared at him and went "Huh?"

At which Neos decided to elaborate. "Well you don't have vocal cords or a throat to talk so how do you do it? And now that I think of it how do you see? You don't have eyes! Let alone how your bones stick together seeing that I see no ligaments, muscles, or even skin. Plus how can you think with no brain? I mean how do skeletons actually work?" At this line of questioning both skeletons began to ponder and think about the subject. The sad thing is that he was right! How do they stay together? How do they see things? As they thought more and more on it they suddenly exploded.

Seeing how Neos's plan actually worked both Zach and Ichigo just stared at him. All the while he was laughing manically and saying "Behold my genius!" or "I'm the bane of skeletons!" After a few minutes he calmed down and turned towards his companions to explain.

"Well now to be honest I can guess at your questions but let me just say I have no idea why that worked or why it popped into my head like it did." They were about to say something but he turned around and literally kicked the door in.

Zach couldn't help but yell at him for doing that. "What in the world are you doing?! First you literally talk skeletons to death, which I'm still surprised to even find out that they exist… And now you kick open the door! What's going on with you?!"

Neos stopped and made a thinking pose before answering with a large smile. "I have no idea!~ let's go!" And with that he entered the building leaving the other two to just stare at him in disbelief. Something was definantly going on with the dragon knight. In truth his odd behavior started shortly after his "talk" with Yang. It was either A… his memories were returning or B… he had finally lost his mind. They were dearly hoping for it to be the first thing.

Deciding to just go with it for now Ichigo and Zach followed after Neos. Inside the building looked quite old and rusty. Plenty of chains hung from the ceiling along with a five by five meter hole in it leading to the top floor. The second floor not actually having one since it was mostly made of metal walkways. There were some metal stairs that led to both floors. Although none of them were quite trusting of the structural integrity of the place. Around them they could hear creaking and moaning as the old building hung on to its remaining years.

It was actually rather unnerving to be honest, because now they had to be careful as to not collapse the entire building on top of them. Still steeling themselves they went up a nearby metal staircase and make their way to the top floor. Lucky for them this place was mostly dark with some sunlight coming in from the broken windows. It was perfect for Zach to fight to the fullest of his abilities. So carefully they opened up the door and then jumped in and tried to get a target for their guns. Neos held out his dual pistols, Ichigo had his sword in his shotgun mode, while Zach had his sniper out. They only saw both Ruby and Blake tied to a metal chair. Ruby looked a bit ruffled but seemed to be just fine. Blake however had a white bandage around her forehead and covering her human ears.

At least that's what Zach thought until he couldn't see any bumps that ears would make if they were covered by a bandage. With Ichigo watching their flank Zach and Neos quickly made their way over to the girls. Ruby looked relieved but gave them a small sad smile, while Blake just looked at the floor. Zach could see a haunted look in her eyes this worried him greatly along with the bandage. However this only strengthened his resolve to tear that Psion apart.

As they reached them Neos did a quick draw with his sword and cut the chains with ease. As soon as he did he was quickly tackled by Ruby who was crying slightly while she hung onto his coat. Neos quickly returned the hug and brought the red clothed girl closer to him. As for Blake she just stayed her chair staring at the floor. It hurt Zach to see her like this so he did the only he could. Kneeling down he gently pulled her from the chair and wrapped his arms around her protectively. While also gently petting her head the way he always did, he was also whispering words of safety and comfort to her.

Eventually she broke down and grabbed his duster tightly while crying out with loud sobs. She was also giving out apologies for leading him here in the first place. But Zach paid no heed to that and just told her it wasn't her fault. While this was happening Ruby managed to calm down and looked towards her friend with worry and sadness.

Neos seeing that Zach would be in that position for a bit turned to Ruby while getting out his along with its sheathe and handed it to Ruby. Who only looked at him confused.

Looking at her sadly he answered her unasked question. "Sorry Ruby but Crescent Rose was destroyed, so until you remake it I'll be lending you Clockwork here." Ruby looked even more depressed as she remembered what happened to her "baby". It was understandable really, she had after all put her blood sweat and tears into making the sniper scythe.

Seeing this Neos gently rubbed her head while smiling. "Don't worry this time I'll help you make a soul-forged scythe. That way it'll never break! Anyway I should tell you the difference between our scythes." She looked up at him and nodded before he continued. "Well you see like his name implies he's supposed to be used in a constant spinning attack. That doesn't mean you can't just swing at your opponents though. However note that the blade is a lot smaller than Crescents, and there isn't a gun to give yourself an extra boost. So be wary of those things." Ruby nodded her head in understanding before attaching the weapon to her back.

However Ruby then looked down to floor before speaking in a small voice. "Um Neos listen there's something we need to tell you…" Neos raised an eyebrow at the normally hyperactive girl while said girl looked at Blake in apprehension. Walking over to them was Blake and Zach although she was heavily leaning on the boy. They both looked at each other before nodding. They then began to explain what had happened to them and then what they learned. However when it came to what Haze had done to Blake they both stopped talking while Blake began to cry some more. Zach hugged her even tighter at this but not so much that she couldn't breathe. And that was when she took off the bandage around her head.

Zach's anger boiled even more at that point when he saw slightly scarred skin tissue where her ears should've been. Zach breathed heavily in order to calm down and managed to after a few moments. When he did finally calm down he gently moved her hair so that they were covering the scars. Apparently after Haze did the deed he quickly healed the areas to close off the wounds. After adjusting her long hair he gave her a kiss on the top of her head, and hugged her once again while scratching her cat ears. Blake accepted this gratefully and just leaned her body against his. She breathed in his scent while also feeling the protectiveness of his aura. However now that she knew of her true heritage she also subconsciously felt his own chakra. This made the half-Nekomata feel even safer now.

Zach however was still in a bit intrigued from learning what the girls had told him.

But in all honesty since he couldn't remember in the first place and that in the end it really didn't matter, he decided to deal with it after they were done here. Neos however was now smiling since he really didn't care at this point. After all he already had amnesia, but since his "talk" with Yang his memories had slowly started to come back to him. Like the art of soul-forging weapons. He knew that would be quite handy in the future. He had also remembered how to use his fireballs and telekinetic pushes and pulls. Still he was a far-shot away from being the great demon hunter Bladedancer he once was.

Ichigo however was getting slightly worried that their enemy was so far nowhere to be found. And both he and his spirits agreed that something wasn't exactly right. Having fought in many battles and even a war he had developed a sort of instinctual sense of danger. This proved to be most helpful right then and there when he felt something come from his left. So instinctually he turned back to his sword mode and blocked a slash from Haze who hoped to have surprised him. However he was a bit disappointed and yet impressed as he jumped back from the failed sneak attack.

So standing straight he started talking to his "guests".

"Well now I would usually let you have a longer moment to comfort your lovers but as it turns out Maxos has upped my schedule again. Whoopee!" His voice was filled with sarcasm as he twirled his right fist around in the air. At the mention of lovers however Ruby and Neos turned a bit red, while Zach brought Blake closer to him and narrowed his eyes at the master Psion. Not really caring anymore and just wanting to get this over with he tossed a box to them. "Before we get this going you can have these back, and again Blake I'm sorry for what I did. But as I said orders are orders… Although I am certainly pissed that Maxos would do this to his own daughter."

They didn't respond and instead just stared at the box, they all thought it was some sort of trick… Except Neos who walked up to it, bent down, and picked it up. Opening it he saw both Ruby's cape and Blake's bow. Although it probably wasn't a good idea to wear it anymore. He shrugged at that thought thinking that Zach would probably do something with it later. Maybe make a necklace or something… As he was thinking this Zach was handing Blake's still tired body of to Ruby who then helped her friend stand up. Seeing that they were both fine now unsheathed his sword and went up next to Ichigo, getting into a fighting stance he took out his mask and put it on. He remarked inwardly about how long it had been since he had worn it.

Neos however chuckled darkly while also putting on his mask. If one were to look closely his right eye was flashing white. Walking calmly forward he activated his pocket dimension for the first time in ten years. It was now that he pulled out his own psi-blade. However unlike Haze's that was a light cyan his was black on one side and white on the other. After getting out his psi-blade he tossed his katana over to Zach who caught it with his left hand and looked at him strangely. However he turned back to Haze who had begun laughing.

"Hahahaha! I see now! It seems like the great Bladedancer is slowly returning! Oh how I missed your slightly insane self!" At that everyone looked towards Neos who was laughing a bit as well. It was then only natural for them to all take a few steps away from him.

That was when he started speaking and his eye permanently became white. "Well you're mostly correct although my "insanity" was from me having a split soul. Now that I'm whole again everything is mostly turned down. Although I still don't remember everything and my powers like you said… Are still sealed away. Plus in all honesty I don't know how strong you truly are. Most assuredly you hid your true strength from that idiot Jack of Doom. But I digress you both hurt the girl I love and! If what you said was true also hurt my sister in an extremely severe way. Sure the wounds themselves weren't bad but now… well you know well don't you?"

Both Blake and Ruby were surprised at Neos's words. Ruby because he pretty much admitted to loving her which made her red and her heart flutter, and Blake who was surprised that he could already call her his sister.

However she was even happier to hear Zach's words. "To be honest Haze what you've done has given me more than enough reason to kill you however… For Blake's sake I'll keep you alive. And as for her injuries, I'll always be there for her. Now even more so than before, because she'll truly need it after the stunt you've pulled today. And I promise you this! If I ever find Maxos I swear to Oum that I'll beat him within an inch of his life for doing this to her!"

Haze gave a small nod at that while speaking with a voice that respected them. "And I'd expect no less from you two. To be honest I'm rather jealous that you two can say such things without incurring his wrath. If I tried to say anything like that he'd blow me to bits… Along with the planet I'm currently on…" he looked a bit upwards when he said that as if remembering such a thing. He then shuddered from said memory. "Ugh… to be honest I have absolutely no idea what your mothers saw in the man! No offense to you two but they must have been as crazy as Neos's evil half to even think of mating with the guy! I should know how sociopathic he is! I work with him on a daily basis!"

At that the five others in the room could only stare at him with pity before he coughed into his hand. "Um… Sorry about that got off on a little rant there hehehe… but seriously here let's get to the fight before he decides to blow up the area here within an hundred mile radius. All to see if you guys would survive the blast!~" At that Neos who was now slightly more insane thanks to his returning memories shrugged and charged at him. All the while his psi-blade hummed behind him. Surprised by the attack Haze almost didn't have time to block the white and black blade. When the two blades clashed electrical energy sparked between the two blades. This signified the start of the battle.

Seeing how they were locking blades Zach quickly used his shadows to flow over Neos in an attempt at catching the psion in front of him. Haze saw this coming and disengaged the lock to jump backwards. As he did the shadows crashed down on where he once was. Ichigo used this opportunity to blink behind him and aimed a swing at the base of his neck. Ichigo wasn't a stranger to death so he had no problems in decapitating Haze. However Haze ducked at the last second and swept Ichigo's legs out from under him with a sweeping kick. Scowling Ichigo twisted his body to avoid a close shave from a quick upper slash.

Moving quickly Neos covered the distance once more quickly and prepared to stab Haze in the back. However Haze back flipped over the blade and landed, he then quickly pivoted and swung his own blade towards Neos who was still moving forward. Luckily Zach managed to block the swing with Neos's sword. Then using his own he went in for a downwards slash. Haze smiled behind his mask and then sent a wave of telekinesis at the two sending them backwards. However they recovered midair and instead skidded across the ground on their feet. Ichigo seeing this quickly sent a shot out before using shunpo to get behind Haze as he blocked the bullet by slicing it in two.

Haze dodged Ichigo's attempt at bisecting him by jumping in the air and kicking the back of the Voidwalkers head. Ichigo stumbling forward wasn't able to move out of the way as Haze kicked him through the already weakened floor. Haze then jumped through the floor followed shortly after the other two. Hanging onto some of the chains Ichigo breathed out in relief. He then looked over to Haze who was also now hanging onto some chains. As for Zach and Neos they were on some of the metal walkways. Swinging himself towards Ichigo Haze jumped off and went in for a midair thrust which Ichigo avoided by jumping to some other chains.

Missing Haze managed to grab onto one of the railings and hoist himself up with a flip. Ichigo sent a wave of bullets after him which missed when the Psion rolled out of the way. However it was planned as he rolled right into a slash from Neos however Haze managed to block it at the last moment. However he was forced to roll of the railing when Zach slashed at him from behind. So holding onto the railing he once again pushed the two with telekinesis. However they both managed to grab onto some chains.

Jumping back onto the railing, and for a while the four combatants stayed put while team mercenary was breathing heavily. However they couldn't even hear Haze's breath. This meant that Haze has yet to have fight seriously against them. So narrowing his eyes Neos sent his own telekinetic push at him. Jumping out of the way and onto another walkway, he watched as the one he was just on get destroyed by the power behind the attack. However he had to jump out of the way again as Zach sent a multitude of shadow spears at him.

Swinging forward Ichigo sent himself at him while he was still in the air. Blocking the blow they both fell to the bottom floor, followed shortly after by the other two. Jumping back Ichigo sent a low powered Getsuga at Haze who sent his own little energy wave at it. Neos and Zach then went in as the two attacks collided throwing up dirt and debris. Approaching from the side they attempted an X-slash attack only to be blown away from a double cross push.

Quickly recovering all three of them charged at Haze and began to attack in unison. However all of their attacks were frustrated by Haze who was able to block and counter every one of their strikes. Jumping back once get a look at their opponent Haze, began to talk once again from behind his mask.

"Well I'll be the first to admit that you three surpassed expectations in this fight. In fact I'm more than willing to admit that if you were all at full power than this fight would've ended the moment Bladedancer attacked me. However right now all of us have been holding back, sure all of you might be using seventy-five percent of your power. But I am using only twenty percent right now…" He let that statement hang in the air for a bit while the three just narrowed their eyes at him. They knew what he said wasn't a bluff.

Especially when he started powering up and the whole building started to shake, when the building finally stopped there was a slight glow around him that eventually faded.

Continuing where he left off he spoke to the trio again. "There now my power is at fifty percent, let's see how long you last. But remember I won't kill you just severely wound you…" Unsurprisingly that didn't make feel any better. Still they renewed their battle stances and brought up their own strength to maximum. Or at least in Ichigo's and Zach's case. As for Neos he still had one last trump card to play if all else failed. He quickly realized that he might just have to use it as he lost track of Haze for a moment.

Haze appeared right behind him, Neos turned and blocked the incoming attack only to be blown back by the force of it. Ichigo could keep track but only barely since he was used to such high speed battles. So using both shunpo and blink he engaged Haze. The two were quickly seen flashing around the room with Haze holding the advantage. Zach however was concentrating his aura into both his eyes and legs. By doing so he hoped to increase his speed and perception to be able to keep up with the fight. When he was finished he could see the fighting forms of the voidwalker and Psion.

Zach charged in without hesitation. This was able to momentarily catch Haze off guard as he felt his weapon get blocked, this allowed Ichigo to flash behind him and aim for his exposed back. However his weapon was blocked by Haze who pushed Zach back and quickly turned to the voidwalker.

During this Neos had dug himself out of the wall he was thrown into. He growled behind his mask as he realized just how far out matched they were. So far their only solace is that he wasn't going all out and he wasn't there to kill them. Still he had a few things up his sleeve still. So concentrating his energy into his sword he tried doing one of his own attacks. Haze turned around when he felt a large buildup of energy. Looking back he could see Neos's psi-blade glowing. His eyes widened behind his mask as he remembered what kind of attack he was performing.

Shouting out loud Neos call out his favorite technique. *Rencounta Earthio!* (A/N destroyer of earth Voidric). And with that a large green wave of energy extended out and fell right on top of his position. You see unlike Ichigo's Getsuga Tenshou this technique extended out from the blade and then falls onto his target. This allows more control and precision then the Getsuga. Haze was barely able to block the attack after fending off an attack from Zach.

Bracing himself he was unable to do anything as Zach sent a huge wave of shadow spears at him, and Ichigo fired off another full powered Getsuga. His eyes widened as the three attacks all connected and exploded in a ball of energy. Covering their eyes they waited to see what happened. They all hoped that he wasn't able to raise his power quick enough to negate the damage from the attack. However they all grimaced when the smoke and dust was blown away by a wave of power. There stood Haze a little ruffled with his coat torn a bit and his mask slightly cracked. But other than that he was still perfectly fine.

Brushing off some dust from his sleeve Haze looked at them and then completely disappeared. This time no one could keep track of him. However Zach was the first one to be attacked. At first he didn't see anything but then Haze's form appeared in front of him. Trying to swing at him with his left weapon he found that he couldn't. Looking to see why his eyes widened when he saw his arm on the floor. Clutching his now bleeding stump he cried out in pain. Both Ichigo and Neos looked with horror as Zach fell to his knees trying to stop the bleeding and pain. Luckily or unluckily he didn't suffer long as Haze knocked him out with a quick kick to the stomach. Coughing out blood from his breathing filter he flew back into the wall.

He quietly slid down unconscious. Closing his eyes and standing straight Neos figured it was time to use his trump card. So turning to Ichigo he began to tell him what needs to be done.

"Ichigo I need you to get Zach and the girls out of here. At this point if he doesn't receive medical attention he might die. And, you won't want to be within this area as I get serious." Ichigo was about to snap at him but a glare kept his mouth shut. "Sorry but this isn't really a good time to argue with me right now. I know what I'm doing anyway. Plus I think it's time that the dragon makes an appearance." Reluctantly Ichigo blink over and put Zach's unconscious form over his shoulder and then used shunpo to make his way to the top floor.

As he made it there Ruby and Blake saw them and started to move over to him but stopped when they saw Zach's current state. Blake covered her mouth with her hands as tears went down her face seeing him. Rushing over to him she gently took the voidspawn from Ichigo as she held him tightly not caring that her clothes were getting stained with his blood. Not wanting to interrupt but knowing they needed to get moving Ichigo spoke up.

"I'm sorry but we really need to get out of here quickly. Neos is about to go full out and I doubt any of us want to get caught within the crossfire of an actual dragon. Ruby now standing next to him nodded her head although she looked rather worried about Neos. As for Blake she only looked at him with eyes full of tears before looking back at Zach. Sighing he knew that would be the best answer he would get. So grabbing both by the shoulder he blinked and shunpoed out of the area.

Now outside the building they quickly turned back when they heard rumbling and the sound of falling brick. Looking back they saw a large black dragon flying out of the building. It then gave a loud roar as he looked at something inside the building.

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Moments before

Sighing Neos looked at the hole Ichigo disappeared to before turning back to Haze.

"So I see that you were as stronger than I initially thought… Those three combo attacks were quite effective I must say. I barely had time to defend myself. But you should feel lucky that I had to use sixty-five percent of my power. Still I have a feeling that I'll need to use a bit more against you now. Especially since you'll be using your dragon form soon."

Neos smirked behind his mask while waving him off. "Oh don't be like that we both know with my current power even if I do transform it probably won't be enough. But in truth I don't really care… Because you'll be the first test subject for my new and improved transformation!" Haze cracked his neck before returning to a fighting stance.

"Well then I should feel rather honored then. So let's begin…" As soon as those words were spoken Neos's form began to distort and energy seemed to be coming from him as he began. Soon enough the transformation was complete and he saw a fairly large dragon appear. The dragon's wingspan was twenty five meters across, and it was fifteen meters tall. From head to tail it was 30 meters. The tail had some sort of red armored tip that formed a sharp spear blade, while on its head was some kind of red dragon skull like mask covering its jaw and the top of its head. The dragon's eyes were glowing blood red and it had four large wings that were covered in red bone like armor.

Haze was certainly surprised. Because the report that he got said that the Bladedancer's dragon form was nine meters tall, and had two wings with a wing span of thirteen meters. This one was almost twice as big as before. And the second set of wings could only be proved bad, along with that strange bone like armor. The armor looked like it was a part of him much like a grimm's white bone like armor. He already knew that he would have to increase his power to at least seventy percent at most eighty to stand a chance now. The two stared at each other before the dragon started laughing and jumped up and flew through the top floor and the roof.

As Bladedancer flew around he felt exhilarated. It had been too long since he could see the world from above with his own power. To feel the wind blow past his scales, and to feel the beat of his wings moving up and down. In this form he was a lion amongst the people. So letting his instincts take over he gave a loud roar of joy and pride. One filled with power and authority. Calming down from his power high Neos looked down below to see that Haze had jumped up to the roof and was awaiting him for combat. Swooping down Neos went in for a claw swipe, not expecting the large dragon to be so fast Haze was barely able to pull up his guard as he was hit by the large claw.

The force behind it though was still enough to throw him into the building's roof and out through wall next to it. This also had the effect of him being sent into the ground outside the building creating a small crater. This awed the three others that were watching the battle. While Blake and Ichigo were wondering just how strong he was Ruby was cheering out loud for her not yet boyfriend. Landing next to the hole in the ground Neos waited to see when Haze would come out.

His answer was a blurred form which went in to stab him. Neos avoided it by quickly side jumping out of the way, he quickly took up his fighting stance which was low to the ground with his arms and legs bent, and his wings spread out but also pointed down. Haze turned towards the large reptile. Truly he was impressed with his power, all expectations were shattered. But then again when it comes to these three… When aren't they shattered? Grinning behind his mask with that thought he charged in to battle once more. Three watchers could only look on with awe as the two people, no monsters fought on before them with incredible strength and speed. Blade and claw met and holes filled the ground as the battle continued.

Luckily Haze had the foresight to put up several barriers around the area. It was the true reason why he had those skeletons try and stall them, and also why he let them have their moment together. Because if he didn't the entire city of vale would've felt the shockwaves their attacks were giving out. Energy flowing out of both of them as they tried to get within each other's guard and counter the attacks given by the other. At was at this time that Neos flew up and started gathering energy into his mouth. Quickly breathing out a torrent of flames flew out towards the Psion. And dragon flames are some of the hottest in creation, rivaled only by black and blue flames. And sometimes not even those were able to stand up against them.

Haze thinking quickly created a Psionic shield around himself. The other three watched as the flames came from Neos's great maw, the heat so intense they could feel it from where they were. Stopping to catch his breath he wasn't to surprised when he saw the shield still up with the ground around it scorched and burning.

Haze stood up straight before giving out a breath of relief. "Phew! I thought I would burn up before you stopped there for a few seconds." He then looked around at the damage they were causing before chuckling. "Well I'm certainly glad I put up those barriers now. But as always I'm impressed Bladedancer. But I think it's time I ended this." Then accessing his full power he vanished. Not even with his enhanced dragon eyes could Neos keep track of him.

Instead he used his instincts and flew up when he felt something coming from the left. Just barely did Haze run underneath him. However he then disappeared. Looking around Neos couldn't see anything, however he managed to twist around midair and block a sword slash with his armored wings. But with Haze's increased strength he couldn't keep himself in the air and was sent towards the ground. Barely twisting around he managed to land on all fours. However there were cracks in the ground from his landing. He was now breathing hard despite no one seeing it, he had actually activated his dragon shielding technique when he got hit.

The shield was first designed by the elder dragon Quitok (A/N kwee-Tock) in order to let dragons handle flying demons better. The more damage it took the more energy it took, until eventually it broke. That one blow from Haze had almost broken it.

He was pretty much out of magic and spiritual energy. He had yet to fully get a grasp on his mental and life energies. Those were still mostly sealed away. He had just enough of the first to create use a psi-blade. But now he was pretty much out of it. Looking over at Haze who was also breathing hard, he could tell that he managed to beat him over pretty good. Still he was in much better shape than the dragon was. He had to catch himself as he felt that he was about to collapse.

Looking at his opponent he knew there was only one thing he could do…

"I forfeit." The others looked on in shock when they heard that, even Haze was rather surprised but after a bit he started laughing.

When he finally calmed down he put away his sword and started speaking. "Well I must say that you made a rather smart decision with this. Alright I guess that's it for now the test was passed with a b in my book."

At that Neos groaned. "Oh come on! Zach lost an arm and I pushed you this hard and you give us a B?! At least give us an A-!"

Haze just shrugged before turning around and swiping his finger through the air, a portal of black energy formed where he moved his finger. He then turned around to the entire group. "Well I just might but for now I must bid you al adieu! But don't worry we'll meet again, only next time I hope you're all a lot stronger than you are now." Turning back around he stepped through and the portal promptly closed behind him. Sighing Neos turned back into a human in a discharge of energy.

Now with the fight over fatigue suddenly caught up to the dragon knight, and he would've fallen over if it wasn't for Ruby catching him to support him. Taking off his mask and smiling at her Ruby smiled back. However what was unexpected was when he ended up kissing her on the lips. Caught off guard she stayed frozen for a bit but eventually wrapped her arms around his neck and returned it.

For an orange haired man the scene was rather awkward to watch so instead he turned over to Blake and Zach. The latter of which had his head on Blake's lap with his coat and shirt off. This was so they could bandage his now stump of an arm. The bleeding had stopped rather quickly thanks to his own aura which had focused itself on healing the wound. Blake was currently running her fingers between Zach's hair trying to make him as comfortable as possible before they needed to leave. Ichigo smiled sadly at his friends who came from this venture with a lot less than what they original had.

Somehow he had a feeling that Zach would end up using this chance as an opportunity to create a robotic arm though. More than likely with Neos's and Ruby's help. His inner spirits also agreed with this statement.

However his thoughts were interrupted by Neos who clapped his hands together to gain everyone's attention. "Well seeing how that is finally over I think it's time to get going! I think all of us should get checked up in the infirmary back in school. This entire adventure tired me out and left us with quite a few… Scars, both mentally and physically." He then paused for a moment before turning to Ichigo. "Well except you of course. But don't worry we'll find something to mentally scar you with later!~" He said that part so cheerfully that Ichigo's eye twitched as he tried to hold himself back from killing him.

Even Blake and Ruby were looking at him strangely! Sighing they all just let it go as Ichigo went over and picked Zach up, and they left to a place where they could use their scrolls to call in an pick up from the academy. As they all left they started thinking about what they had learned. And one thing was for sure… Things were about to get even harder from here on out.

Slayer: Whoohoo! Finally this chapter is out! It took quite a while and I'm still not sure if it's satisfactory! But now I've finally covered the little things that were being hinted at earlier on in the story.

Shadow: Well most things have been covered there are still a few things like… What's the deal with me? Or even Jauk and his leaders. Plus that whole thing with…

Slayer: Quiet you! We can't tell them all of our secrets.

Neos: Mwhahaha! I've finally back baby! All hail my new draconic form and face my might!

Shadow/Slayer: Huh?

Zach: He's just relishing in his new ultimate power ignore him. After all he is no longer considered a high drake type dragon, but now a Wyrm type dragon.

Haze: Still no match for me, Maxos, the Outsider, or even Patriarch that's for sure.

Zach: Yeah which reminds me… (Unsheathes sword) You did horrible things to both me and Blake didn't you mister author?

Slayer: (Gulp) Well um… It was for the story you know? Character building and a few things like that… Come on back me up here Judan!

Judan: Sorry you're on your own for this one. After all aren't you the one always saying that you make the lives of the characters miserable?

Shadow: Your fellow author has a point Slayer.

Slayer: Umm… Yeah well… See ya! (Runs away)

Zach: Oh no you don't!

Slayer: Well this has been Slayer Infinium and Judan Kunai review like follow and or whatever! Also thank you to those who support our stories it really is a big help! And so we're signing off!

Zach: Wait you can't just tur… (Typing has stopped beforehand sentence incomplete)