"We don't want to fight you Aki!" Lilias exclaimed. Aki Marshland smirked.
"I don't care," She reached for what looked like a small, dark, wooden stick. At the top a the stick was what looked like a shining colourless orb - no - it was a lacrima. "You won't be able to defeat me with my 4 Elements!" As soon as Edolas Aki spoke the stick enlarged in size so that it now resembled a staff. "Go forth - winds!" the colour of the orb on top changed from colourless to a silvery pale blue colour. Immediately, the curtains began to dance and the theatre was suddenly filled with what felt like sky magic. "Where's Baka when you need her!?" Lokni yelled from the sounds of the raging storm. Lokni was right though - Miriza would have been able to eat all of the sky magic in here and send it straight back at Edolas Aki. "Come on!" I yelled, "We need to fight back!"
"Lightning dragon roar!" Edolas Aki dodged to attack effortlessly, using the winds she had created in the room. I suspected that she was able to dodge so easily because she had created them... "Go forth - fog!" Fog! The room then started to fill up with a blanket of thick dense clouds. I couldn't see even an inch ahead of me...
I looked from side to side, though I couldn't see a thing. "Where is everyone!?" I called out.
"We haven't moved!" Lilias answered. Last time I had checked, we were all standing fairly near to one another.
"Bluebell! Can you try flying above the fog so you can find out where we all are!?"
"I can't!" She replied, "These winds are far too strong for me to fly through!" I sighed. There was only one thing I could think of doing. I held out my palm and produced a flame. With this new found light, I could now see a little through the heavy fog. I could now also see where the others were. They were close by as I had suspected. "Great idea Faya," Lokni spoke creating a ball of lightning in his palm. Now we could see even more. "Bluebell, take the other exceeds with you under those seats - this is going to be one rough battle." Bluebell nodded turning with Altair and Candy towards the seats. Now we could focus fully on the battle. "We'll have use our magic to locate Aki," Lokni muttered. I nodded.
"All we can do is light the way," I murmured turning towards Lilias, "Do you think you could use your magic to locate Aki?" Lilias shook her head.
"We're not on the ground floor of the palace - I'm afraid I can't do anything right now to locate her with the earth." I nodded. "Then we'll just have to bring her to us."
I told the other's my plan. It wasn't a very detailed plan, but I didn't have enough time for something like that. I got Lokni to stand in the center, Both Lilias and I surrounding him. "Are you ready Lilias?" I asked.
"Yep."
"Lokni?"
"Whenever you say commander," I cringed at the use of the word 'commander'. We were all equals - though I knew he was only doing it to wind me up. It was payback for me winding him up earlier. That's how Lokni worked.
"Now Lokni," I spoke - not too loudly so that Edolas Aki would be unable to hear us. Lokni then sent up a quick, yet noticeable, bolt of lightning upwards through the fog. There was no way that Edolas Aki would have been able to miss it. Now all we had to do was wait for her attack. We didn't know what would be coming for us, all she had said about her magic was 4 Elements. Then she had started using wind magic. That's all I needed to know. "Go forth - Sakura blossom whirlwind!" This was Edolas Aki's first offensive spell. The others were just terrain affects. I felt a sharp slicing sensation across my skin. It was caused by the petals from Edolas Aki's spell. It seamed that she was using her wind to magnify their strength. Luckily, it was also wafting away some of the fog - making it less dense. Also, this was earth magic. "Get down Lokni!" I called. Lokni obeyed, "Ready Lilias!" This was earth magic so it was perfect for the two of us to fend off. "Fire dragon brilliant flame!" I sent the spell over in my direction, destroying my half of the attack. Lilias on the other hand - would be able to enjoy a nice meal!
Lilias turned towards Edolas Aki, who was too stunned by Lilias's actions to move. Lilias would be able to use this short space of time to attack. "Earth dragon roar!" The attack hit Edolas Aki head on. She was now unlikely to use any more earth spells now that she knew what Lilias could do. To me, it seamed that even though she had heard of them - Aki Marshland didn't know much about dragon slayers. From the ground, she lifted herself up. Her expression was livid. "Earth magic?" she stared straight at Lilias. I knew what she was going to do next, now that she was mad - her moves were going to be much more predictable. "Get ready Lokni," I muttered. he nodded. He knew that meant that he was soon going to have to attack. "Go forth - wheel of fire!" The lacrima changed to a bright red colour. a large jet of fire began to spiral towards Lilias. Edolas Aki knew that Lilias wouldn't be able to fend it off. It was also on to much of a large scale for her to dodge. "Duck Lilias!" I called. Quickly, I dived forwards towards where Lilias was. I was only just able to consume the flames before I hurtled to the ground. From there I rolled black up onto my feet. While I was doing so - I gave Lokni the signal to attack. "Lightning dragon iron fist!"
"Go forth - earth rock wall!" the lacrima changed to a bright green as a large wall formed in front of Edolas Aki so that Lokni's fist drove straight into it. He instantly rejoiced back, rubbing his knuckles. "That hurt!" He exclaimed. I didn't see that one coming. "The same trick isn't going to work twice!" Edolas Aki spoke. "Go back - fog!" What remained of the fog swiftly vanished. I guess she had realized that we were able to use it to our advantage more than she could for surprise attacks. I stared straight at Edolas Aki. We weren't able to use physical attacks against her due to the fact that she could block or dodge them easily. I noticed how the wind terrain was still intact. I guessed that she could still use it to attack. I started straight back at her. How were we going to win this fight?
"Go forth - flood!" abruptly, the whole theatre began to flood. The lacrima was now an aqua blue colour. The flood stopped just above our knees (for me it was slightly under my waist). I immediately headed straight for the exceeds. They couldn't fly with the strong winds present. I spotted them swimming with their heads just above the water. If we just left them, they would surely drown! I lunged forwards and cradled all three of them in my arms. Then, I began to wade towards one of the statues. It was of someone holding a bowl and was on the top of a pillar - above the flood. I placed all 3 exceeds in the bowl and turned towards the battle once more. I was sent flying as one of Edolas Aki's attacks hit me straight in the stomach. It was one of her water attacks. I heard someone call my name. I looked back up towards the fight. Edolas Aki was hovering in the air. She must be using the winds. I saw Lilias use an earth dragon wing attack. It only seemed to graze Edolas Aki's arm, She was much harder to hit when flying. I began to wade again towards the fight - as fast as my legs would carry through the flood. That was when I heard Lokni call something out. "Don't worry," he spoke confidently, "I can take her out in one attack!"
"Stop!" I screamed. I splashed forwards as fast as I could, "Electricity and Water don't mix!" I was too late - Lokni had already cast a lightning dragon raging bolt. A massive bolt of lightning then cascaded upon Aki from the air. I heard Edolas Aki scream as both she and the lightning bolt plummeted into the water. This wasn't going to be good. Water doesn't conduct electricity, but the minerals in water do. All I could do now was hope that he water Aki was using was pure water. It wasn't. That was when All of us who were in the water were electrocuted by Lokni's lightning. After the pain had stopped I felt myself slump to the wet ground. There was no longer a flood - Nor were there winds. I looked forwards to see both Aki and Lilias crumpled on the ground. Only Lokni was still standing. I bet it felt nice for him.
I lifted myself from the ground and stopped Bluebell flying towards me. "Well done!" she exclaimed as I embraced her in my arms. I saw Lilias get up to be greeted by a joyous Candy. Lokni walked over to Altair who didn't seem too impressed when Lokni picked him up and held him in his arms. I thought I heard him murmur something about 'walking on his own.' "That was reckless of you Lokni!" I spoke up, "You should have listened!" He gave me a smirk.
"If I had played by your rules - we never would have won!" I sighed. I guess that it was true. Edolas Aki was defeated by Lokni's attack, the only side affect was the fact that we were all electrocuted. "This isn't over yet!" We all turned swiftly in unison towards where the voice was coming from. Edolas Aki was scathed - but back on her feet. "We've won - stand down. We don't want to hurt you." I spoke. She clutched her staff which was now colourless once more. "I don't often use this, but you've left me no choice!" I didn't like the sound of where this was going... "Feel the wrath of the 5th element!"
