So originally my grasp of aura was complete shit, and now that I understand some of it I can better explain Ora's abilities in this chapter. Her semblance is Light, not just like the attack unleashed, it's how she sees. She may be blind but by using her semblance to SEE the light of people's auras she gains the ability to see. I also decided to give Mason and Lee a few more speaking lines and Mason a bit more personality.

Side Chapter: Safety in Numbers

Safe continued to cut through the trees on the path Knives had sent him on; he didn't like the fact that it had been pretty vague, Paces? Does anyone count like that anymore? He wondered before stopping on the edge of the clearing.

Apparently he'd been right because there she sat eating an apple. She wore a black hoodie with orange patches and an orange T-shirt. Her shoes were also orange so he found it odd she was eating an apple and not an orange since he assumed it was her favorite color. She had two swords on her back that he couldn't tell if they were long-swords or claymores because they were in between the length of both. She had dark skin and was rather muscular with strange white and orange dyed hair.

She opened her eyes and looked over at him and smiled, "You know if you're going to skulk in the shadows the least you can do is not act giddy. It's really weird."

He checked his pulse quickly and realized it was racing and he did feel kind of excited, but how did she know that?

"If you're wondering how I can do that it's because I can see your aura, it's a little crazy." She giggled.

He stepped out from the trees and noticed her eyes. They were a strange foggy white, with greyish irises underneath. She was blind he realized.

"You know if you keep staring at me like that I'm going to get giddy too." She giggled, "Kidding completely, you see I don't have a lot to go on without actually seeing you but I can sense most of what's around me just fine and compensate for it. Here close your eyes."

He did as he was told assuming this was how people interacted; he then remembered what his brother said. "If a girl tells you to close your eyes it means she wants to kiss you."

He sat there nervously not sure whether to prepare himself or run and then he felt her hand gently touch his forehead and the world became full of lights. He saw her as if his eyes were open and everything around them was coursing with veins of glowing green, red, and blue. Animals, trees, the grass, the fish; he could see them all and the life they held and it was overwhelming. He wanted to back away but she held him there and then he felt it, a screaming in his head as if everything was communicating at once. He couldn't stand still he had to escape, to run, to find safety.

She released him and he fell to his knees in a cold sweat panting. She stepped back and held her head a little. "Okay, not gonna lie. First time I've ever done that and it gave ME a headache, you okay?"

"Woah, and you see like that all the time?" He said excitedly.

"Yeah, it's nothing special really." She said with a blush.

"So, wanna be partners?" He said with a smile.

She giggled again, "Well we kind of have to."

He smiled, but that too quickly faded as they both stood and drew their weapons. "You sense it too?" She asked.

"I kind of have a thing for sensing danger." He said, "It's why my brother called me Safe."

"Ora, Ora Ngenge, don't know why that's my name." She chuckled.

He looked and saw a whole pack of Beowolves and the King Taijitu from earlier emerge from the woods and surround them. "Um, okay, all I see is darkness around us, so could you please tell me what we're up against?"

"Beowolves and a King Taijitu." He heard a high pitched screech, "And a really big bird."

It was short-lived as the bird came crashing down on top of some Beowolves and a young man stepped off it's back. "Woohoo! Now that's what I'm talking about!" He yelled with a wide smile. He wore a black sleeveless and hoodie with black jeans and shoes. He had a buzz cut and a scar across his cheek. He had two straps across his chest with small vials and canisters, and he had two strange daggers in his hands. With a hiss and a pop a canister popped out of each dagger and he put two new ones in. The King Taijitu turned its attention to him before a sniper round punched a massive hole in its head.

"Mason when I said, 'Let's not bother the bird.' I meant it, what was the point?" The newcomer called.

"Relax Lee; we made some new friends out of it." Mason said with a smirk as he flipped over to them and landed right next to Safe and Ora, "Hey there!"

Lee was barely taller than Mason and wore leather armor over a long sleeved black shirt and some jeans. He was slim and had kinda short hair that was combed to one side. Unfortunately the forest had taken to ruining it with humidity and twigs. He clicked a button on his rifle and it split apart. The barrel and the butt detached and shifted into a spear while the magazine detached and turned into a kite shield, with the bullets on the inside strap that he ran his arm through.

Safe wasn't sure what to make of it, but he just drew his pistol and started shooting at the Beowolves. They realized he was there and began to charge at him, and he drew the sword from the sheath at his side. He began to hack and shoot as he danced in and out of the mob. Lee rushed in and battered them out of his way with the shield and joined Safe by keeping them off his back. Mason flipped into the crowd and began the careful process of jabbing and moving to make sure the poison from his blades reached every monster. The battle lasted less than three minutes and Safe was satisfied. He'd never fought so hard before but he enjoyed fighting with these guys. He smiled at them and was quickly silenced by the roar of a strange Bear-like creature. He looked at them, "Any of you got the stopping power for that thing?"

"It takes too long to shift back to rifle mode on my weapon." Lee said.

"I'm better with opponents my weight class." Mason replied.

"What about the Nevermore?" Safe asked.

"I just got on it's back and used a whole lot of poison." Mason said as the Ursa roared.

Ora rolled her eyes, "Didn't let me fight the Beowolves and now you MEN can't bring down a little bear, I'm so disappointed in you all." She walked up slowly, "The Light I carry within is the Shield of the weak. My blade seeks the blood of the Wicked and the Grim. It shines it's light like the moon which rises as I do." As she said this the crystals in the hilts of her swords glowed, along with her aura and she swung. A brilliant light shone and they all had to look away. When they looked back, there was a small canyon running from where she stood to the edge of the clearing. The bear had disintegrated and they all stood in awe of her power. She simply smiled at them, "So shall we get a move on? Each of our teams needs a relic, and I don't want to be in this forest come nightfall so let's hop to it."

So that's that, hope you enjoyed, see you next time.