|Izunako|

The sky was still dark when I awakened. It was 4 in the morning. I sighed and tried to get up, but something was on me. Callie was laying across my body. I laughed softly and tried to move her so I could get up. She woke up and was irritated that I didn't let her sleep. "Stop being so loud. We're going to train together."

She perked up immediately. She liked playfighting. So did I. We got into our armor and held our stances. She used a knife and i used the Heatblade. I slashed at her leg and she deflected it easily, stabbing at my weapon arm. "Your tactic is disarming? Interesting… mine is killing." She looked slightly concerned. I sent a weak wave of fire at her feet and as she jumped to avoid it, I knocked her on her back and held the blade to her throat.

"Nice job," a voice said coolly. "Now kill her."

I whipped my head around to find a girl holding a bow with a notched arrow and wearing a dark grey bandanna. Her hair was light grey, and her eyes were a piercing orange. "I'm not going to kill her." I snapped.

"Suit yourself. I'll take the kill." The girl stepped up but i blocked her.

"She's a friend. We were training because I'm joining the MDF." The girl was surprised. She laughed.

"MDF, eh? Lucky you, I'm also a recruit." She walked up to me, placed the notched arrow in the quiver on her back, and held out her hand. "The name's Sylandria Haigazu." She tilted her head to the side and looked closely at my face. She must have saw the scar. "What the hell happened to you?!" Sylandria cupped my cheek with her hand and let a small amount of heat flow into my skin. She used fire like me. "It didn't do anything," she said as she took her hand away.

"It did something all right." I could sense warm entities drawing near us in a group. "Callie, run."

"If it's a fight, I'm not leaving you," she said, determined.
"Get out of here. This will be the last time you see me if you stay." My voice was cold and ruthless. She did what she was told reluctantly and I unsheathed the cobalt broadsword. "You ready for a fight?!"

Sylandria replied with a fiery excitement in her voice, "Let's go!" We stood awaiting the group, but it never came. A fiery pain erupted in my side and I heard Sylandria roar out. The pain appeared in my left arm and I saw blood run down my fingers from my wrist. These are stab wounds! Where are they coming from?! I looked over at Sylandria through the agony and saw that she was being choked. It stopped but she was passed out. Something knocked me onto my back and i cried out in pain. A hooded figure stood over me, partially invisible. "Tell your little MDF friends that the CT is back." the figure smashed me in the head with a steel bat.

|Sylandria|

Remi stood over my bandaged and damaged body. There were small pieces of blade in my limbs and she was trying to get them out. I cried out in pain and I found that my voice was hoarse. That's right. I was choked. Almost killed… She had a worried and pale expression on her face instead of her usual determined one. She also kept throwing glances towards the kid that fought with me. His head was bleeding. Remi's younger sister Mari was squeezing his hand with hers. I didn't get why. Was Mari his girlfriend? She's so young… "Big brother… stay alive..." Mari is his younger sister… no wonder she's so worried. She loves her brother and sister.
"Remi." My voice was ragged because of my damaged throat. She looked me in the eyes. "Take me over to him." Remi nodded and slowly helped me walk over to him. Mari didn't look up from him.

"Izunakoooooooo…" Izunako Raekaga. The name of a potential partner. Both in combat and life.

I looked down at him. There was a bloody bandage across his bare chest. I blushed slightly at the sight of him. I placed my hand gently across the wound and closed my eyes.

I drew in a breath as I felt his hand cover mine. "You saved my life." I heard him say quietly. "The warmth you gave me… gave me the regeneration i needed to survive. Thank you, Sylandria. I hope we…" He trailed off as he passed out. I felt myself become angry towards myself for being so soft after i gently caressed the scar on his face. I felt something wrap itself around my leg.
"Uwaaaah?!" I looked down. It was his tail. Tail?! He's a dragon?! … More than that, he's a shadowflame dragon… He will be an interesting friend. I leaned down towards his face and kissed him without realizing it. It took me a few seconds to register what happened and I shot back up, my face reddening. I crossed my arms over my chest and walked out. Why did I do that?! Why did I kiss him?! I honestly didn't know why I did. I just felt like I should have. I realized that we might start training together tomorrow with the other recruits. The MDF has its new batch of recruits.

Let's hope we can take back the world.