Short chapter is really short...but hey...

Chapter Sixty Eight

Leea flapped her wings as she soared over the fight with Talpa. She tried calling the armor, but alas she had no idea how to call it in the first place. She would swoop down and heal Raleigh or Cerule as necessary as they fought Talpa, but she could see their stamina wearing low. She beat them hard, and they burned terribly then looked over at Rowen, she saw Baroness climb to the top of burning roof and she locked eyes with the young woman. She landed in front of her nimbly and closed her achy wings.

"Baron..."

The Trickster wrapped her in a big unexpected hug, "Leea!"

The woman pulled away and looked at the tall being, her eyes were so blue like Hoshi's. They weren't supposed to be that shade of blue. She starred at her, "...what's wrong..."

The woman shook her head, the golden hair cascading over her furry shoulder, "don't you see, its me!"

"Me who?"

She hugged her again, almost in a crippling way, "me, Hoshi!"

"Wait! What," Leea said starring at her a she pulled away. "Have you been Baroness along?"

Hoshi could see her friend tear up, and she said putting a hand to her head, "yes? I don't know...I don't think I was me. I think I was lost."

Leea hugged her this time and began to sob into her fur, "I thought you were gone forever..."

"No time to do this," she said pulling away from her friend as she saw the wings of Ruby flash by. "I have to pull him out of this fight. Can you keep Raleigh and the other girl okay until I can pull him out of his rage?"

Leea nodded as she starred up at the woman. It was so odd, but despite the appearances, she almost looked like Hoshi to her. Not physically of course, but the smile was stiff on one side, her eyes were bright and blue. The way she stood was even the same posture despite the stronger more powerful frame having no physical damages to it.

"Be careful," Leea said as she looked over at the battle with Talpa. She felt the orb clutched in her hand sing.

Hoshi smiled and reached out to her with a clawed hand. Her virtue for compassion lit up with Leea's virtue for empathy. The orb glowed as she showed it to her friend, and Hoshi smiled as she whispered to Leea, "Atrytone, Leea."

Leea grinned and turned back to the battle, "what's your plan?"

"Don't know, I'm sure this body has got a use for something," she said as she pulled out her own orb. The orb lit up in brightly, and she wore the lion armor. It glittered brightly in the confused star light.

Leea looked at her own orb and said, "Atrytone!

A gold light enveloped the angelic girl, and she looked at it in shock. From head to toe she wore a pale rose gold, embossed with tiny rose details. In the middle of her breast was a amber gem of a sun, and even her wings were covered in a thin armor. However, she didn't feel weary or weighed down in the least, but full of energy. She saw a light before her, and she reached for it. She 'grasped' the light, and a spear appeared in her hand, and shield appeared on the other. Her helmet was an old gladiator style helmet, with a crest of white feathers going down the center.

Hoshi smiled sadly, almost like she was sad about something, "Leea, I'm going to make thing right."

"Hoshi, don't do anything stupid," she said as saw the girl running towards the dragon.

"Sage told me the same thing."