The accident" The bird confirmed, "was the Ninja's fault."
His surroundings began to change. It was no longer dark, the sky became a dark purple that obscured the sun. A loud crash can be heard. An enormous orange bird flew, landing in front of the school, that strangely seemed to unaffected by the destruction.
"It ends here, Ninja." The Sorceress snickered, circling the purple stank, "This was too easy. I didn't even have to put much effort into our fight. It's a shame that my love had perished fighting you. No matter, I will bring him back and make The Sorcerer stronger."
"Ha. You thought this fight was over?" The Ninja rose from the ground. He was littered with wounds from the fight with the Sorceress, "That's where you're wrong."
"Let's do this, Howard!"
The bird screeched in response. The mask on the Ninja's suit turned Red. However, he wasn't done. Suddenly, his suit glowed a golden red, brighter than the normal colors. The Tengu was the same way, it's feathers shone brightly. His eyes match the color of the Ninja's suit, it's deadly eyes trained on their enemy.
"We will defeat you, Sorceress. No matter what it takes!" The Ninja conjured up fire, directing it towards the Sorceress. Unlike before, the fire became intense. It was a lot bigger than the Ninja anticipated.
The Sorceress summoned up a shield to protect herself from the fire. The shield succeeded in protecting her from the blast.
"I see you've gotten some upgrades, Ninja." The shield disappeared at her command. The smoke that covered up the battlefield dissipated only to reveal that the Ninja had vanished within the smoke.
"Where-"
"Right here!" The Tengu's fist collided with the Sorcerer. Sending her flying back. The Sorceress crashed into the school building.
The Tengu screeched in victory. Unprompted, the Tengu breathed a fireball and aimed it towards the Sorceress direction, causing a huge explosion to happen.
"Howard!" The Ninja cried out, "I didn't tell you to do that!"
The Tengu growled his response. It felt like the Ninja was holding him down in this fight. The only reason why it was by his side was because he was tied to him. If he wasn't tied to him. The Tengu could as he pleases.
"Come, my dragon!" The Sorceress raised her hand in the air. Purple stank arose from the ground swirling into the air. The stank formed into that of a dragon, but purple.
"Let's fight fire with fire, Ninja and see who comes up on top!"
Before the Ninja could react. The Tengu took off to the sky to fly towards the Dragon. The Dragon howled, taking off after the Bird. Without the Ninja's orders, fire erupted from its mouth intending for the dragon to be it's target. The dragon moved effortlessly, the school's roof being destroyed by the fires impact.
The Ninja watched in horror as the Tengu fought the dragon alone. He could feel this strange sensation of power in his suit. The red lines on his suit glowed red, so did his eyes. From within the rubble, he could see the Sorceress walking towards him. A smirk spread from ear to ear, as she drew close to him.
"It appears, you don't have much control of the Tengu. Don't you?"
"Can it!" His ember eyes shone brightly. A fireball ignited in his hand, hurling it towards the Sorceress. The ball of fire bigger than he has ever seen.
The Sorceress eyes widen and vanished just in time. The fire exploded into different directions. Causing it to spread.
The Ninja searched his surroundings. His sword clutched tightly in his hands. The Ninja eyed the fire as it spread across the school. However, he was no longer concerned about that. Right now, his main objective is the Sorceress.
He felt someone behind him. The Ninja raised his sword up to block the Sorceress attack. Their swords clashed against another.
The Tengu appeared exhausted after dealing with the dragon. Some of its feathers were falling off. Claw marks scattered against its body.
The bird let a painful cry sounding more human than the last. The Dragon charges forward, claws outstretched to attack its opponent.
The Tengu mustered enough strength breath out a much powerful attack. The fire is bigger, and harder to dodge.
The stanked dragon roared and disappeared into stank. The Tengu won this fight. The bird's eyes fell onto the Ninja and the Sorcerer's fight. The Bird dove towards the Sorceress, using its big arms to knock her to the side.
"Howard!"
The Tengu growled at him in response.
"You don't get make that call!" The Ninja growled back, "We're supposed to fight them together! Not for you to wander off on your own!"
"My dragon..." The Sorceress mused, some strands of her hair covers her face. A crazed look plastered on her face, "How did you defeat it!?"
"We're stronger than you." The Ninja sneered under his mask, "and powerful than you. You may have had the upper hand before. Now, we will come on top. We will defeat you! It ends here Sorceress!"
"I have one more trick up my sleeves, Ninja." Strands of purple leather wrapped itself on both the Ninja and the Tengu. The Tengu reacted by thrashing about. It made the Sorceress chuckle at their fruitless attempts at getting out of their predicament.
"I'll admit, I underestimated you." The Sorceress flicked her hair to the side, "You are much stronger than I expected. It's a shame that I have to kill you. We could have been formidable allies."
She walked over towards the bird with her sword in hand, "I'll start with the bird, first."
"NO! Leave him alone!" The Ninja tried to one of his limbs to break free to no avail, "He's just a kid! I'm the one you want! Please!"
"This? A child? This is no child. This is a beast."
"Randy..." The tengu croaked, "Randy..."
"Howard." The Ninja spoke, "Look at me. I know you hate it. I hate doing this too, we have one last chance to amend this. We can do this. "
The Sorceress raised her sword in the air to deliver the final blow. The Tengu screeched loudly, making the Sorceress drop her sword to cover her ears. The bindings that restrained the Tengu became loose until he was finally freed.
The bindings on the Ninja became loose as the Sorceress's power over them vanished.
The Ninja began chuckling. Not in a very cheeky way. No, it sounded more manic. Under his mask, his grin stretched from ear to ear.
"You're going to pay for that."
"Why is he acting like that?" Howard observed the Ninja with fear in his eyes, "What happened to him?"
"Some rituals may advance our strength. However, it also comes with a price."
"What price did we have to pay?" Howard's eyes landed on his tengu form.
"Watch."
The fight droned on. The Tengu raised its fist in the air an attempt slam the Sorceress to the ground. The Sorceress moved away without much of an effort. She casts a purplish stank in a huge ball and hurls it towards the Tengu. The Ninja jumped up and swatted it away.
The Tengu whined weakly. It had sustained injuries during the course of the battle. There were slash marks scattered across his chest.
The Ninja also took a hit from the Sorcerer's attacks. Blood seeping from his wounds. He would collapse already if it weren't for the mask.
"Is that all you got, Sorceress?" The Ninja cackled. Opting to ignore the Tengu's pained whining in the background.
"You could barely fight before and now you're matching me in strength." The Sorceress could sense the strong aurora between the two of them.
"You're dragging this fight longer than it really has to be." The Ninja's eyes shone red with aggression, "I'm going to make sure you never return." He approached her with every intention to kill her and not send her to the land of shadows like before.
The Sorceress summoned up electricity with the tip of her finger, directing it past the Ninja and towards the electricity made contact with the Tengu, making him scream out in pain.
"He could have come back any time to speak to me." Howard clutched his chest. That explained all the scars he had scattered across his body, "He could have cleared this up."
"This is the Ninja's fault and his alone. " The Tengu spoke up once more, "He used us."
"He did. He used me. For his own gain." Howard felt that surge of anger emerge once more. How could the Ninja do this? Just abandon him like that? Erase his memories and never speak to him again? How did he think he could have gotten away with this?! That was not right.
"He couldn't look at you in the face."
"He's a coward." Howard growled loud enough for the tengu to hear.
"We shall teach them all a lesson." Deep red hues darkened Howard's eyes. His teeth becoming fangs.
"I'll teach Cunningham a lesson." The teen snarled, "A lesson, he will never forget."