OK, more SR! Sorry I didn't post anything in the week days. And I might be able to only post this one chapter before this week is over. I'm going somewhere I don't think have internet, which is not good for me. I seem to have gotten a few good and funny reviews, but that just fine. I love reading the reviews you guys give me, so I hope you'll keep giving me. Thank you a lot for the reviews so far if you didn't know that before now!

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The Protectors of Flame Returns

A huge pillar of Light crashed down into the ground, creating a whirlwind around it. A few people were in the forest, running as quick as they could once they saw it. Once the pillar disappeared, a young, human girl stood in the middle, looking around her surroundings.

"So,, we're back in Savia?" she asked, a dragon appearing above her. The girl had blazing red hair, flaming eyes, black and red tank-top with a a red vest over that again. She had worn out shorts going only a bit longer then the tank top, as in going over half way her tights. She had black boots with brown fur on the end. The dragon above her had black and red scales, black horn with gold bracelets on them, huge wings, spikes all along her back, a spike on the end of her tail and her eyes were nearly fire.

"Yeah, but it does seem different. You know what's up, Elizabeth?" the dragon asked, the girl, Elizabeth nodding.

"It's been 17 months. Of course it's different, Marthera. Anyway, how far are we from Ironal?" Elizabeth asked, the dragon, Marthera, smirking. She lifted her head, scanning the area.

"Not far. Just go through Mountialle and over the opposite mountain then you went past last time and you'll be there in no time." she reported, Elizabeth nodding. She looked up at Marthera, seeing she was distracted by something.

"What's up?" she asked, Marthera looking down at her.

"I'm not sure, but I feel Cyrilia's presence heading towards Ironal. Meaning..." she started, Elizabeth getting what she was saying. "But something's different, she doesn't feel...normal. How should I put this, she doesn't feel like a Spirit." she explained. Elizabeth titled her head, not really sure what she meant. But she did know one thing. If Marthera was right and Cyrilia was here, then Alice would most likely be here as well.

"Well, we won't find out by standing around here. Come on, let's head towards Mountialle for now. Maybe one of the gang is there and can explain what's the problem here." Elizabeth said, Marthera nodding. She blazed up in flames and a small light started flying around, it went towards Elizabeth's left hand, which had a mark similar to how Marthera looked like. Seems like my necklace has grown into my birth mark. She thought, Marthera laughing in her mind. That was supposed to be where the mark was in the first place. But it seemed easier to use a necklace until you could control my powers to it's full potential. She explained, Elizabeth already well on her way up the mountain. Well, now that I know that, let's not waste more time and hurry up to the village. A weird presence has been bugging me for some time now. She said, running as fast as she could.

With Soi-Fon, Omaeda and Drake...

"Damn, how many sticking Hollows are there?" Soi-Fon asked, cutting down at least the 12 Hollow yet.

"That one must have called for back-up when it saw us?" Drake said, pulling two into the shadows.

"Just how are you doing that anyway?" Soi-Fon asked, the two backed up against each other.

"I'm a Master of Shadows, meaning every Shadow will do what I tell it to. So getting rid of these really shouldn't be hard. But something's keeping me from using my powers more effectively." he explained, Soi-Fon seeming confused. "It's like this, I can't use all of my powers for some reason. Not sure why." he added, Soi-Fon thinking about something.

"Maybe it has something to do with your Spirit being in a Manifested form." she suggested, seeing ShadeLeo, Suzumebachi and Gegetsuburi fighting Hollows as well.

"We'll have to figure out later. For now, let's get rid of these, Hollows you called them?" he said, Soi-Fon nodding. She jumped away from him and cut down three more Hollows, Drake taking care of three more as well.

"Ow, stop pulling me!" they heard Omaeda yell, getting their attention. They saw a man, a lot thinner then him, trying to pull him for some reason.

"Instead of complaining, look at why I'm pulling you away!" the man yelled back, Omaeda looking in front of him. There, was a big, black portal which seemed to be the source of the Hollows.

"What in the world is that?" he asked, Drake getting mad.

"It's called a Portal of Darkness, a portal that has the ability to transport just about anything that has a Soul or is a Soul to wherever the use wants it." he explained. Soi-Fon widen her eyes, seeing another batch of Hollows coming out of the portal.

"Can't you destroy it?" she asked, Drake shaking his head.

"Even if I was able to use my full power, that portal can only be defeated by someone who controls Ice or Fire. No one else can get rid of it." he said, Soi-Fon biting her lip.

Back with Elizabeth...

Elizabeth ran past a wood trail, getting a few scratches form the trees near the path. I can feel it even better now, and it's getting stronger. She thought, trying to speed up. Easy Elizabeth. If you use to much energy to get there, you won't have any to fight. Remember, we're not int the Spirit Realm anymore. Marthera advised her, Elizabeth nodding.

"Help, somebody help me!" she heard a kid screaming. Wow, Deja Vu to it's fullest. This is how I ended up helping this village last time. She thought, but something was different. The one who screamed for help was a young boy, about 10. Behind him, was a huge monster with a very weird mask on. The mask was white and the monster itself was green and purple and had a tail behind it and it had yellow and black eyes. It took the form of a worm it seemed, but it was rather quick.

"Kid, get down!" she yelled, sending fire from her hands right towards the monster. It hit it right underneath the hole in it' chest, making it scream in pain. She pulled out her sword and sliced it in two, the thing disappearing into nothing. She looked behind her, seeing the kid hiding behind a bush. "You can come out now. It's dead." she said, the kid still seeming to scared to come out. "By the way, why aren't you in Mountialle?" she asked, the kid getting a bit more comfortable.

"O-our village is under attack by even more of those monsters. And we don't have anyway of defending ourselves." he said, Elizabeth narrowing her eyes.

"OK, go back into the village and don't get seen by anyone and find some place to hide. I'll take care of this mess." she said, running again before he could say anything to stop her. She heard more screaming from monsters, and felt some of the monsters dying. Seems like someone else is there. Marthera said, Elizabeth smirking. I already know who it is as well. She said, running the last part of the woods. When she came to a clearing, she could clearly see how many of those monsters were running about. Although, the only thing they all had in common was the white mask. Some of them had tails as well, but not all of them. She used her flames to turn them into ash, but made a huge smoke while doing so. She began coughing from all the smoke that had gone to her lunges. Dang it, just great. How the heck am I supposed to see anything like this? And how the heck should I be able to fight? She thought. She heard something behind her, turning to see a giant arm reaching to her. Crap! She thought, not being able to dodge in time. She held her hands in front of her to make the blow less painful. But before the arm reached her, it was destroyed. Elizabeth let her arms down a bit, still being on her guard after that last attack. The smoke kept getting thicker and thicker, making it harder for Elizabeth to breath. She fell to her knees, coughing. I need to get out of this smoke, or I'll be toast. She thought, trying to get up.

"Hey, you OK kid?" s a small voice said. She looked up, seeing something glowing above her. Who was that? She thought, looking around. "Hey, I'm up here!" the voice yelled, seeming a bit annoyed. She looked up, seeing something glowing. It was small, but clear in all the smoke.

"Who are you?" she asked, still coughing.

"I'll explain now, only you might not be able to hear what I say if I don't get you out of here now." it said, flying a bit ahead. Should I trust her? Elizabeth thought. Yes, I've already figured out what she is. She's not an enemy. Marthera explained to her Master, Elizabeth nodding. She ran after the glowing figure until she was out of the smoke. She was able the see the figure now, seeing it was a sort of fairy with a big stinger thing on her left arm. "I said I would explain later who I am, and I plan on doing some time later. First, you've got to see how many more monsters there are. Follow me!" she yelled, flying towards the village square. Elizabeth narrowed her eyes and ran after her, keeping up which was a surprise for the flying fairy.

They reached a small cliff, but had a good view of the village bellow them. Elizabeth saw twice as many monsters here then at the place she just was. She saw some of them disappearing, trying to find the one who destroyed it. The first person she saw was a big, fat guy with some kind of odd jewelry around his neck. The second person was a girl who was 10 times smaller in weight compered to the man. The last person was...Drake. She had felt him earlier when she was running towards the village. He was fighting along side the girl, using very little of his powers instead of getting rid of them in one big attack.

"Suzumebachi, what are you doing with that girl?" a deep, male voice said behind them. Elizabeth and the fairy, Suzumebachi as the male had called her. Behind them stood a man the same weight as the man she first saw in the middle of the fight.

"Why aren't you helping them fighting the Hollows, Gegetsuburi?" Suzumebachi shot back, making the man, Gegetsuburi, nervous.

"Because I saw her and I thought she was enemy!" he defended himself.

"She's not. In fact, she couldn't have come at a better time. We might be able to do something a bit more then wasting energy on fighting these monsters." another male voice said, Elizabeth looking behind Gegetsuburi. The man behind him had coal black hair, similar to Drake's.

"Wait, who are you?" she asked, feeling like she knew him.

"I'm Drake's Spirit, ShadeLeo. We'll explain later what's going on, for now listen to me. A portal called the Portal of Darkness, and Drake can't destroy it. Only a wielder of Ice or Fire can get rid of it." he explained, putting a bit more strength on fire. Elizabeth smirked and jumped off the cliff, hearing a few words like ''You're crazy!'' behind her from Gegetsuburi. She sliced down five Hollows, at least she thought they were called that because Suzumebachi called them that, and quickly ended in front of the girl.
"Who are you!" the girl asked, killing the Hollows swiftly and at the same time not taking her eyes off Elizabeth.

"You'll find out later. Where's the portal?" she asked, the girl seeming suspicious over her choice of words. Elizabeth narrowed her eyes at her, but soon feeling the portal by herself. She jumped up, landing on the roof of one of the buildings. She saw the portal, a lot bigger then she thought it would be. Let me at it, I'll be able to take care of it one swoop with this new thing going on. Marthera said, making Elizabeth curious about what she meant. You'll see. Just summon me like you usually do. She said, Elizabeth nodding. The symbol on her left hand started glowing, Elizabeth not moving a muscle just yet. She lifted her hand till it was pointing at the mountain beside her, a small whip like glow coming from it. The glow landed on a small platform on the mountain, taking the form of a half dragon, half human. The girl had long, red fire color hair going past her dragon tail, which had black and red scales. She had black horns on the top with gold bracelets on them, also black and red wings folded on her back. She was wearing a very dark red cape covering her shoulders, her top being the same color as her scales. She was wearing a skirt the same color, making it look like a dress. She wore black, small high heels shoes. "What in Spirit Realm?" Elizabeth asked slowly, the girl smirking.

"It's still me, you know. You take care of the Hollows near the portal so I can easily get rid of it." she said, Elizabeth knowing it was Marthera now. She nodded and jumped down, seeing the fat man arguing with a man from the village. Wait, is that...? She thought, seeing two Hollows approaching them. She swung her sword, sending flames right over their heads. The Hollows burned to crisps, the two seeming very startled. She landed in front of them, the fattest guy cutting her cheek.

"Who the hell are you?" he yelled, Elizabeth clearly hearing the fear in his voice. The other man beside him studied her, not really remembering who she was. She turned to him, her right eyes looking straight at him. His eyes widen after she had stared at him for 10 seconds.

"Elizabeth...?" he asked, she smirking. She jumped away from them, seeing Drake and the girl from before right underneath her. She held her sword near her head, getting ready to stab someone.
"Dragon's Wrath!" she screamed, her sword bursting into flames. She held her sword a bit tighter, turning as well. Doing so, made the flames from the blade start blazing all over the place, looking like lances. It cut open a bunch of Hollow mask, seeing a human face in some of them. What in...! What the heck ARE these things? She thought, unable to stop the rest of the flames before they hit the others.

With Karin and Toshiro...

Toshiro slowly open his eyes, feeling rather dizzy and weak. He tried to sit up, but his arms weren't able to hold his weight and he collapsed back on his bed.

"Well, it seems you're awake now. About dang time too," he heard some one say, rather annoyed with him for some reason. He turned his head, seeing a blond haired boy standing in the door opening. He had his arms crossed and had a annoyed look on his face.

"Who are you?" he asked, not even bothering to ask what he meant. The blond boy got even more annoyed

"You've got some nerve. Do you even know how long we've got to sit here and make sure you don't get hurt?" he said, taking a step towards him. A arm took him in the shoulder and harshly pulled him back, Toshiro hearing his shoulder cracking.

"You're the one with nerve, Elliot. He had good reason to be asleep this long. Plus, Karin would have turned you to ash if you had done anything to him." a man said behind him. When he mentioned Karin, Toshiro's eyes widen and quickly sat up, forgetting he was badly injured. He felt a huge sting of pain in his gut, making him yelp. "And you should take it easy or she'll get very worried." the man said, Toshiro looking over at him from the corner of his eye.

"How do you know Karin?" he asked, the second man smiling.

"I'm Metal, one of the people who are taking care of you and Karin. She woke up some time ago, introducing herself to us. Also, she was very worried about you." he explained, starting to rub his hand through the blond boys hair as if he was his kid. "And this is Elliot. You'll have to get used to his temper, he's always like this." he introduced him, Elliot shoving his hand off.

"Whatever, I'll be out for a bit so don't come calling for me if you need something." he said, waving his hand in good-bye and left the room without another word. Cranky. Timedrano sighed, scaring Toshiro a bit. I forgot a second about you, sorry for that. He said, Timedrano chuckling. You have good reason to have forgotten about him. Hyourinmaru defended him. Toshiro nodded and slowly went out of the bed. Metal just sighed, knowing it was useless to try to say anything else. He stumbled a bit in the beginning, but quickly got his balance. Metal went out before him, seeing two other girls and Karin talking.

"Karin, he's up." he said, Karin's head shooting up like a lighting bolt. She saw Toshiro slowly coming out of the door, smiling at her.

"Toshiro!" she yelled in joy, running over to hug him. He yelped a bit in pain, but kept smiling. He was happy she wasn't sad or mad or anything else. He was just happy to see her again mostly. Geez, lover boy had you really worried. He deserves a kick in the face. FlameWolf said, who was actually mad at Toshiro. Karin ignored her, she was too happy to see him awake.

"Aw, cute little love birds!" one of the girls squealed, making both Toshiro and Karin think about Rangiku. They widen their eyes and Karin looked very flushed. "Whoops. I ruined it" she sighed, the girl next to her shaking her head.

"Anyway, my name is Sharna and this is Mariallie." she said, introducing them both. Toshiro nodded in greeting, feeling someone familiar nearby.

"You can come out now, Captain Kuchiki and Lieutenant Abarai." he said, the two coming out of the shadows.
"It seems you are well again, Captain Hitsugaya." Byakuya greeted him, Toshiro nodding.

"How did you two get here anyway?" Karin asked, Renji looking at Byakuya.

"It's thanks to Captain Skysilver." he said. When he said Skysilver, Sharna and Mariallie fell of their seats and Metal's eyes became as wide as Earth.

"You...you know where Alice Skysilver is?" Mariallie asked, Byakuya nodding.

OK, I'm going to have to stop it here. Real sorry for this guys. Oh, I should mention this. I'm starting a new story soon and it might take some time before it comes out because of me traveling around. I'll be gone for three days without internet, then I'll have one week with internet I think. Really sorry, hope this will be enough for now. Either way, if you liked the story, please review. If there's something I could do better, then send me advise by posting a review. See you next chapter!