Time to get into the heavy part of the troubles ahead, but there is going to be more. For now, enjoy and reviews are welcome.
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SenkiZesshō Symphogear
Howling Song!
CH.10
Duals and Armors.
"Speech" normal human/translation
"Speech" Symphogear activation or talking, private thoughts, telepathy, and communication
"Speech" Gear attacks, songs
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Fuoh Highschool Afternoon Gym Class
Artoria dodged another ball that was aimed for her face from Tabitha. The girl has it out for the wolf girl since day one for some reason and doesn't hide it at all. Tabitha Smith is a full human with black hair and shocking green eyes. If only the girl knew about most of the other students in the school.
"Stand still you freak!" Tabitha growls as she waits for the next chance. Dodge ball is really mean for everyone, but Artoria finds it to be more like a warm up. "Damn it! Why aren't you out yet!?"
"Because I've got better reflexes, and have combat experience on top of daily training." Artoria says catching the ball one handed. "Now this has gone on long enough. I've been very good about dealing with your attacks, but I think this is needed." Before anyone can blink she throws the ball and hits Tabitha in the face. It wasn't hard enough to really hurt but it got the point across as she was knocked onto her butt.
"That's game! Team Redmoon wins the match!" Akeno shouts as the students cheer as Artoria and her team walk off the floor. Akeno quickly joins them as Rias smiles at the wolf girl.
"Nicely done in putting Tabitha in her place." Rias says as they split from the other students and head for the showers. She smirks as the wolf girl waves it off as they enter the locker room and start stripping out of their gym clothes. "So, not feeling like talking today?"
"I had to deal with Xenovia and Irina last night since said twin-tail spent all their money on a painting. A painting that turned out to be a fake and the guy skipped town." Artoria sighs pulling her shirt off and short-shorts. "You can guess how well that went over for a bit. Chaika insisted by dragging them to the house. That girl really has learned to put her foot down and how to use her magic beyond just attack spells."
Akeno and Rias lean back to get a look at Artoria's black lace underwear and take in the tone build of her body. They look more at her breasts as she takes her bra off and see the birthmark on her right breast. Akeno and Rias share a look of surprise since this was the first chance they got to see Artoria in the nude. Since most of the time she's already dressed and gone before they can see her.
"What is with you two?" Artoria asks taking her panties off and grabbing her towel. "You're acting like you've never seen a girl naked before."
"Sorry, it's just we're not sure where to look is all." Akeno says with a giggle. "The tail, the birthmark, or the… Is that a scar!?" She asks shocked seeing a white scar on the wolf girl's left shoulder blade.
"Yeah, a reminder of why I don't like some of my family." Artoria says sadly and softly. It was clear it wasn't something she wanted to talk about and the scar was very old. "I got it when I was seven and that's all I'm going to say."
"Fair enough." Rias says gently patting the girl on her back. "Come on. I'll help wash you back if you want."
Artoria smirks looking at Akeno and Rias' breasts before gently slapping Rias' leg with her tail. "Fine. Just be quick before Tabitha gets in here to make trouble." She says since Chris wasn't there and was checking on Kiba. The guy skipped the whole day of school, which wasn't normal for him. "We've got to be ready for that meeting with Irina and Xenovia."
The three washed up and dried quickly before getting dressed in some fresh clothes. Rias loves the new uniform Garrus made for her club and Akeno seems to enjoy it the most. Artoria hands them the ponchos to go with the uniforms that also repairs them like Fran's Black Cat cloak. Garrus made an upgraded form of the enchantment. Now the armor can be fully repaired along with normal wear and tear. But, it'll still take a fair amount of time which can be either hours or days depending on the damage. Plus, the ponchos turned into very awesome cloaks to go with the armor.
"Remind me to see if the girls can make a dress for me that can turn into armor later." Rias says as they walk out of the locker room and the gym. "I'd like to have an edge if something happens at a party or something."
"What movies have you been watching lately to worry about that?" Artoria asks as they head for the Occult Research Club house with Irina and Xenovia waiting outside the front door for them. "Still it does sound like a good idea for later. A good thing school is over or we'd have problems later. It shouldn't be long before most everyone is gone too." The wolf girl says as Chris jogs up to join them. "Any luck?"
"I found Kiba and got him to see Garrus, but he's not really talking about what's biting him still." Chris says looking smug. "I do love my uniform now. I can't wait to show it off to you guys!"
"And they're able to block Issei's Dress Break too. I had to request that." Artoria says making Rias and Akeno giggle. "We should be safe from him trying ever again. Even if the first time was an accident."
"Hello!" Irina says as they reach the front door with a cheerful smile. "Thanks again for letting us stay the night and have a meal with you all."
"You're welcome and sorry about Chaika getting rough with you two." Artoria says with a grin. "Not that one of you made it easy, Xenovia."
"I didn't think she was that strong either." Xenovia says as they enter the old school building. "Did she use magic to boost her strength or something?"
"She sure did." Artoria giggles. "She's gotten really good since I helped her learn about her magus circuits, and how to use them. The magic in this whole world is really thick, so it helped with even Fran getting her element magic up as well. I'm surprised Chris and Shirabe haven't learned magic because of how rich it is here." Artoria explains holding up a ball of light. "That's why you'll see Chaika playing with a ball of light most of the time. It's to help improve her control since she has both nervous and circulatory type circuits. Something I didn't think that happened outside of Mythwind's people like myself."
Rias tills her head thinking as they walk up stairs. "This is the first time I've heard of it."
"Fran's world doesn't have them either as their magic is closely linked more to their souls. That makes an ethereal type of link, and that seems to be the type you all have here as well." Artoria points out. "I don't really know much more since I'm not a doctor." She sighs rubs her left ear in thought. "I could even be wrong since Amanda said it was more like the skill is written onto the soul."
"Yet you've got enough medical knowledge to explain this much." Akeno points out as they near the main room.
"Well it is the basics just about the magus circuits, but it does help that most everyone knows this for first aid too." Artoria says with a chuckle. "Though I'm sure learning how to set bones by the sixth grade isn't normal for everyone."
Everyone flinched as Xenovia walks into the doorframe as she's looking at Artoria in shock. Irina and Akeno have to help her to one of the couches before Asia starts to heal her. "Th-the sixth grade!? Just how dangerous is your world!?" Xenovia ask already getting feeling back in her right cheek.
"It's more the other way around really, Xenovia." Artoria says with a chuckle as she sits on the arm of the couch. "My world is just that much safer since everyone can use magic by that age range of the sixth grade. Didn't we talk about this last night?"
"I might have zoned out." Xenovia admits with a small blush. "I'm fine now."
"You're welcome." Asia says before quickly walking back to Issei's side. She's still unsure of both Xenovia and Irina after last night herself. Even if she got a few giggles from Chaika dragging the two girls home with her.
"I see we're all here as well." Amanda says dressed in a dark green tank top, black pants, white vest, and brown hiking sneakers. "It's good to see you girls as well, and thanks for helping with the class today. Irina, I still think you might have been little to "joyful" with the spar with Donadrond this morning. But he did enjoy the pace of the match. We both think you'd be about a Rank-E adventurer with a little work learning a few skills."
Artoria groans rubbing her face. "Please, no. I've got enough to deal with as is with this bunch." She glares at Rias as the two still butt heads over how the wolf girl trains them. "The pride of one of them is still the biggest roadblock."
"Hey!" Rias shouts before sitting down with a sigh. "Okay, maybe I'm a little too prideful. In any case we should get to this talk." She really didn't like being called out about her pride, but it was something she admitted to herself that has been a problem sometimes. "So, what did you two want to talk with me about?"
"We were sent here to recover three stolen holy swords form a group of fallen angles." Xenovia says getting to the point. "We also know who it was that stole them. His name is Kokabiel the leader of the Grigori group."
"A leader class and the church sent only the two of you!?" Duel Fang shouts as Shirabe walks in with Chaika and Garrus holding a pair of long swords. "What the hell is wrong with those fools!?"
Irina and Xenovia jump behind the couch in shock since they didn't hear any of the gears talking last night. Artoria giggles at the girls before pulling out Duel Fang from under her shirt with Chris and Shirabe pulling out Ichaival and Shuru Shagana. The biggest difference the two holy sword girls noticed was the color of the pendants. Duel Fang is silver while Ichaival and Shuru Shagana are red.
"More scared gears?" Irina asks peeking over the back of the couch. It's oddly cute with how her hair looks like animal hairs a little. "Just how many do you devils have?"
"They aren't scared gears and trust me when I say they pack a punch. Artoria and Duel Fang might be the most powerful pair I've ever seen." Ddraig says with a hint of anger in his voice. Even he isn't happy with Irina and Xenovia being sent out on their mission. "What scares me the most is Artoria, Amanda, Fran, and both Symphogear wielders still hold back during our training. I fear the day they battle something at full power. However, I do share in Duel Fang's anger at the church. Did they just send you two girls to die?"
"It's looking that way to me." Amanda says with a dark tone to her voice. "Well, we won't be letting you girls fight this guy alone. I wouldn't be a "Protector of Children" if I let you go into a fight you couldn't win."
"Speaking of fighting things we've got your swords here, Artoria." Garrus says holding a pair of long swords made of a blue metal. Katase walks in with a pair of Tsurugi swords in red scabbards. "That metal was easier to work with than I thought for these swords. It took a bit to get the elements you asked for to hold to them." Garrus explains as Artoria takes the two long swords and looks them over. Small white/blue arcs of energy run along the blades as she gently swings them to feel the balance. "Are you sure it was a good idea to use a mix of light and water like this?"
"I've got a few ideas to use this mix of elements and these feel right in my hands." Artoria says with a grin before taking the black scabbards for them from Garrus. "Is the armor design change I asked for on the extra uniform going well?"
"Murayama should have it ready in an hour if not sooner, but I never took you for a girl that would want that design." Katase says as she holds the Tsurugi out for the wolf girl. "These are the ones holding the elements of dark and wind. Again, just as you asked for with the rest of the metal. I've got to know where you got it from and why give it to us?"
Artoria pulls one of the Tsurugi from its scabbard as a light breeze is felt with light shadows seen around the blade. "A gift from my ancestor along with the silk and cloth I asked to be used as well. Something a lot of my family hated me for since I was picked by her spirit at the age of seven." She explains gently returning the Tsurugi to its scabbard. Rias guessed that was what got her that scar on her back as well. "I'm starting to understand why she picked me now. Still I'm not sure how I feel about having my own pocket dimension like Fran and Teacher."
"Even if you don't use it for much." Chris giggles. "Well, I guess outside of those fresh lunches we enjoyed for a bit. I still think that was the best shock of the day when you pulled out the box lunch on the first day of school." She smirks remembering how the class freaked out when Artoria pulled out the box lunches for themselves. She had done it without a second thought either.
"I think we're a little off track." Rias sighs as Xenovia and Irina sit back on the couch. "Now was there anything else you wanted to talk about besides telling us about the stolen swords?"
"Just to stay out of it since it's between us and the Fallen Angels. But I'm not sure that'll happen now." Xenovia says looking to Amanda and then Artoria as she puts the swords in her pocket dimension, a spell circle with a wolf's head in the middle made of blue/white magic lines is the gate she uses for it. "I'm more scared of Amanda at the moment, but I can't say I would try to stop either Artoria or Chris from helping us."
"I'd be on your ass too." Shirabe says with Chaika nodding her head. "Face it. You two wouldn't even get away from Fran if she knew about this."
Artoria smirks getting an idea. "How about we have a small spar to see where you girls are at in skills? It'd be a good chance to see how the boys are doing after my training as well." She says with a near evil grin. "Of course I'll take you both on after your spar with Issei and Kiba. Amanda, do you want in on this as well?"
"I'll just watch this time." The half-elf says with a grin that shares Artoria's small evil joy.
"God help us." Irina says mutters as fear grips her and Xenovia at fighting the wolf girl for some reason.
Kiba walks in wearing his new armor of white and blue heavy cloth. A blue/black cape flows behind him as he walks into the room. "I see Artoria is being the evil training master again." He chuckles.
"Are you asking for me to stop holding back?" Artoria asks with a toothy grin as Kiba worries about the next training session. "By the way, I love the armor. It fits you well as a knight."
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The group moved outside as Artoria went to get her new uniform to check the armor form. Amanda agreed to watch over the spar to make sure it didn't get out of hand. The only thing that wasn't going to be allowed was switching targets. Kiba and Xenovia would battle each other while Issei takes on Irina. Well, at least the spar between Irina and Issei would be a little more fun to watch with Issei's Dress Break.
"You'll be allowed to use your armor forms as well boys. This'll be a good chance to see how well you'll both do in proper armor in a fight." Amanda says as the teens get ready to spar with Issei shifts his uniform into the Red Dragon armor as he calls it and Ddraig likes the name. "Now get ready! It'll be first blood is out or knock out. Irina and Xenovia are you ready?"
Xenovia nods her head pulling her white robe off, and showing the black body suit she's wearing. Chris facepalms with a groan at the sight as Irina is awed by Issei's armor. Issei gets his Scared Gear and Talon Breaker ready with the gauntlet looking like the gear but is black with gold orbs. He knocks his fist together with a chuckle and takes a proper fighting stance.
"Issei you look so awesome!" Irina says with stars in her eyes. "However, you're still a newbie to combat." She says with a grin and takes a proper sword stance.
"You would think that but trust me when I say none of us are." Issei says with a slightly shaky voice. "Between Artoria, Chris, and Shirabe is always putting us through hell with our training or Amanda putting us through the ringer." He looks back at Amanda. "Which wasn't all bad, but dang it you could have held back a little with that whip!"
Amanda rubs the back of her head. "Yeah, I'm still sorry about that. But you did so well that Fran wanted a match with you!"
"No thank you!" Issei shouts turning back to Irina. "I've seen what she's like just keeping up with Kiba, and Amanda!"
Kiba shivers. "Please don't remind me. That Dragon Fang of Fran's is no joke to deal with, or that whip of Amanda's."
"Maybe I should be fighting one of them then?" Xenovia asks as Fran joins the group watching with a bag of snacks and in her Black Cat Armor. "I'm sure it would make for a better test of my skill."
"Nah, I'm still not fast enough to keep up with Kiba without Teacher." Fran says eating a chicken tender. "I can cast thunder magic and use sword mastery level one now thanks to all the training. So, it works out." She takes another bite of her chicken. "Besides, I'm not the one that needs to cool off."
Before Xenovia can't understand what Fran was getting as Kiba summons a bunch of swords. "I see now. Between the Booster Gear, Twilight Healing, and Sword Birth you devils do have a lot of the pagan scared treasures."
"I have another power as well." Kiba says pulling one of the swords he summoned from the ground. "It comes from the grudges of my fallen comrades. With it I will destroy all the Excalibur and their wielders!" He attacks Xenovia as she blocks the attack before pushing him away.
Meanwhile Issei is using both Booster Gear and Talon Breaker to block Irina's attacks. Both are moving at a fast pace with the armor not even slowing Issei down. The two are even smiling feeling a bit of respect for each other again. The Booster Gear giving off a glow with each charge of boost it was getting even with the few hits Issei takes. It's a good sign of his training paying off more than he thought as he reaches out to grab Irina's arm but missed.
"That was a close one." Irina says jumping back with her sword at the ready. "I find it hard to see you as a devil now. It's like I'm fighting Fran somehow."
"I train with her and Teacher to work on adapting on the fly!" Issei shouts before throwing a punch with his right. It's a faint as Irina dodges letting him barely grazed her thigh and knee. He smirks feeling his magic tag her for his Dress Break spell, but has more dodging to do. Irina's sword nearly hits his shoulder making him jump back and block with Booster Gear. "Shit! I got a little lost in thought for a moment." He thinks before throwing Irina surprise with a golden ball of light. "Stunner!"
Irina barely dodged the ball of light picking up the electric magic coming from it. "Whoa! You can do that?!" She guesses it's the Talon Breaker that gives him that magic type and goes in for a strike at his chest. Irina growls as Issei blocks the strike with both arms and pushes the blade to her left. "You're doing really well! I didn't think I'd have fun fighting you like this!" She smirks feeling like she understands Issei a little more.
Issei feels the same before going into a low kick to sweep her feet. "I kind of feel the same way. Get ready to take it up a little more!" He shouts as Irina jumps over his kick and he blocks her sword again. The pace of their spar starts to speed up as they fight with the pace quickly nearing a blur.
Rias blinks in surprise as the sparring match rolls into high gear for Irina and Issei. "He's really keeping up with her at that speed? The training really is paying off more than I thought." She looks to Kiba and Xenovia. "However Kiba doesn't seem to be showing the same level of improvement."
Xenovia breaks Kiba's fire and ice swords before slamming her sword into the ground making a crater. Issei and Irina got shaken a little with Irina falling on her butt. "This is the power of the Sword of Destruction! The name isn't for show!"
Kiba is surprised by the power of just a piece of Excalibur. "It still has this much power in pieces? I guess there's going to be a lot of carnage when I destroy all the pieces." He says with a grin as he goes back into the fight using more of his speed to overpower Xenovia. His mind is starting to clear looking for ways to get a hit in on Xenovia in the same way he tries to get a hit on Artoria, Amanda, or Fran in training. "This is what they were aiming for with my training? Thank you for the help ladies!" He thinks as Xenovia barely blocks a strike for her right shoulder but gets kicked in the side by Kiba.
"That's much better." Artoria says joining the group in a short skirt red and white kimono with black gauntlets, plated shoulder guards, black thigh-high armor boots with white stocking and black garter straps to hold the stocks in place. A black/red belt sash is wrapped around her waist to finish the look. It fully protects her while giving her the freedom of movement she enjoys with Duel Fang. Even if there is a nice amount of her cleavage on show with her birthmark showing. "It looks like his training is kicking in with how he's starting to fight Xenovia like he would us. Anyway, it looks like the silk and cloth worked well for my new armor."
Garrus nods his head as he looks over the armor with Murayama looking worried about the skirt. It over laps the thigh-highs but she still think it's too short for combat. "It's better than I hoped with how soft the silk and cloth is. However, I can tell it's as strong as class-A plate armor I've made before. Only a God Smith could have made those fabrics." The old dwarf says using his God Sight to get every detail of the armor's stats and founds one he didn't put in. "The hell!? It has a blessing on it from an Alexandria Redmoon called "Family's Hunting Pack". The details say it will summon the spirit of a great warrior to aid you in battle."
"She was a blacksmith before she picked up the sword but I don't know much else." Artoria sighs having explained what most of her power hungry family did to the records to everyone. She's still mad they destroyed all those records. "I hope I don't even know how to trigger it."
"Looks like it'll trigger on its own. How very strange it slipped in on its own." Garrus says trying to figure out how it just appeared. "It might have been hidden in the items used in the making of the armor. She knew what she was doing."
"It would make you very overpowered. I wonder if any hot guys can stay after the fight?" Akeno asks with a grin before looking back to the sparring match as Issei and Irina locked blade and gauntlet to see who can overpower the other. "It's so strange to see how someone else is enjoying the pain."
"Don't count on it and do you need a cold shower?" Artoria asks Akeno with a warning tone of voice.
"Nope!" Akeno says going stiff with fear for a moment. Artoria's idea of a "cold shower" is nearly freezing someone in place with a snap freeze. Not the kind of pain she enjoys feeling but dealing it out she loves it.
Irina pants softly having been pushed by the faster pace Issei started to put the spar into. She scratched his chest plate and left leg a few times. It worried her that those few hits didn't leave a mark behind. "I want that kind of armor after this! I think it looks so cool!" She says going in with another strike at his shoulder this time.
"You're losing sight of the reason for this spar, Irina." Issei says with a grin as he blocks the strike and snaps his fingers. "Dress Break!"
Before Irina knew it her outfit ripped apart making her breasts bounce and she drops her sword to quickly cover herself. Only to find her sword was also knocked out of her hand like her clothes getting blasted off. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?" She screams dropping to her knees in both embarrassment and shock while covering herself.
"Issei wins the spar. Even if I don't like how he did it." Amanda sighs as Asia runs over with Irina's white cloak to cover her. "You did wait a while before using that spell though. Why did you wait for so long, Issei?"
"I thought it best to save it if I got into a tight spot later and I wanted to see how far my training has really taken me." Issei says helping Irina to her feet and they quickly get to the others as Kiba and Xenovia are still fighting. "Besides I'm trying to bring the power of the spell down some to at least leave someone with their underwear."
Irina blushes brightly for a moment. "Uh, these outfits don't really let us wear underwear."
"Yeah we're getting you two some new armor before you go off. Count yourselves lucky we have a few clothing sets handy for just this reason." Garrus says as Kiba jumps back from a swing of Xenovia's sword. "Oh? I think they're just about done too."
Kiba forms a large sword which gets a face palm from Artoria, Fran, and Amanda knowing it dropped his speed a lot. He rushes forward but Xenovia is faster and slams the axe like hilt on her sword into his gut. The armor takes a great deal of the damage before Kiba does, but the impact still did some internal damage. Kiba coughs up blood before falling to his knees as Xenovia steps back from him.
"Xenovia wins the spar." Amanda says with a sigh. "Kiba, you lost a lot of speed with that huge sword. Just what were you thinking?"
Kiba just coughs again looking away from Amanda knowing he wasn't thinking after a while again. His need for revenge got the better of him toward the end of the fight. This wasn't lost on the others as Xenovia didn't feel like she had won the spar.
"It's one to one now." Rias says looking to Artoria. "So what now?"
"I get to play for match point." Artoria says with a grin before Fran holds up her hand. "Yes, Fran?"
"Let me have this one. Teacher and I could use a good sparring match with someone else." Fran says with a grin as she walks forward. "It'll be fun."
"I'm sure we can get a few tricks in to see what she can do." Teacher says with a hint of joy in his voice.
Xenovia sweats as Artoria, Fran, and Teacher all laugh with the feeling of something worse planned for the blue haired swordswoman. She only gets more scared as Fran grins nears the feral level of joy as she steps forward with Artoria drawing her long swords. "Oh shit!"
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"That wasn't funny!" Xenovia shouts as she's measured for her new armor. "I thought I was going to die from just the three of you giving off that aura!" She wasn't happy at the last test being a test of nerves in the face of over powering people. Xenovia wasn't to mad about the new armor she was getting out of it all. "Still I guess it could have been worse with what you could have done."
Artoria was still giggling with Fran after the two of them used a weak wind spell to rip Xenovia's outfit apart. In truth it wasn't what they wanted to happen, but it did give a good reason for the blue haired swordswoman to get new armor. At least they left her with enough to keep her covered of her outfit.
"Still I think the point finally got across your minds about how out matched you two are going to be." Teacher says as he floats around the workshop setting out some of the things needed for the new armors. A set of white and gold leather armor is set out with a feather like cape for Irina, and dark blue dragon scale leather armor is set out for Xenovia. "These should be good for you two. The cape will give Irina both extra protection and flight. If we can get the enchantment to work like we want."
"It is a little tricky to get two types of powerful enchantments to work together, but I think we can get it." Garrus says checking the cape over with a large diamond in his hand. "I get the feeling Irina has a stronger faith than you do, Xenovia. Even though I think she takes it a little too far some of the time."
Xenovia sighs as Katase finished up with her notes on Xenovia's measurements. "Yeah, she can be a little hard to deal with some of the time. Irina means well but she doesn't always think things through."
"Like spending all your money on a fake painting." Fran deadpanned not understanding how someone can be so easily fooled. Then she remembers not everyone lives like she does. "I guess she can be that bad because she's lived a good life so far."
"What do you mean by that?" Irina asks walking into the room wearing a pair of red panties and matching bra. She looked a little worried at Fran with Akeno right behind her and also looking worried.
"I was a slave with no name for four years. Black Cats are treated like they're nothing because everyone thinks we can't evolve. You've had none of that to even worry about." Fran explained as Artoria hugs her gently. "Even if there are dark things in this world most people don't even know about or live through."
Both Holy Sword wielders flinched as Artoria gently pets Fran's head. "That's in the past now, Fran. You just worry about other things instead, okay? I really don't like it when you start thinking about that stuff." Artoria says sounding more like a big sister before looking to Irina and Xenovia. "While we're on the subject of bad things and troubles: Was there anyone sent to check things out before you girls got here?"
"Yes, but the priest was killed before we could meet him." Xenovia says as Kiba walks in not even looking bothered by the clothed state of the two girls. "We found him last night in the rain last night."
Kiba stops in his tracks, midway picking up a sword. "In know who killed him. It was Freed Sellzen."
"It's that the stray priest you told us to watch out for?" Fran asks leaning into Artoria's hand. "The nutcase that is well past unhinged? I think he tried following me once but ran off after seeing Jet."
"Who won't after seeing him in his full size?" Irina says as she points to said wolf lying nearby and looks at her new armor. "Oooh! That looks really good!"
Kiba picks up the sword and looks it over. "I was there and he had a holy sword as well. It made him oddly fast as well, fast enough to keep up with me."
"That's not good." Teacher says working on the enchantments of the armor of Irina, and got it working. "There! Still you should have been fast enough to beat him." He says as the cape shifts into a pair of wings and back a few times.
"It had to be the sword with how fast I am now after the training." Kiba says in his defense putting the sword down with a frown. "I really don't need to say just how hellish that training is."
"It's not that bad." Artoria says in a singsong voice with a grin.
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Meanwhile back at the Silver Blood
Morgana was pacing back and worth as she waits for the next report on the ship's status. It's been four days since Artoria's group was lost when the rift opened in the ship. Drifter, Korra, and Jackie also got pulled through as well, but Drifter got them all back thanks to his ship. They at least now had the two worlds synced up time wise, but that still left her daughter's group out of sync for the last four days. A little over a week had passed for Artoria and it seemed she was doing alright.
Drifter walks onto the bridge with a Guardian Titan in dark purple armor. "I've got good news, Mother Wolf." Drifter says with a grin. "I brought some help for when we go get the kids. This is Saint-14!"
"You must be Morgana Redmoon then? A pleasure to meet you, ma'am." Saint says offering a hand shake. He gently squeezed her hand but is shocked by how strong her grip is. "My goodness! You have a strong grip there." He laughs.
"Thank you for coming to help." Morgana says taking a sit with a sigh. "So do you trust that person in Fuoh, Drifter? He did help you guys out while there after all. Not that we should trust him fully since yet." She mutters the last bit still feeling stressed out.
Drifter did a full body shiver. "You have no idea, sister! Guy nearly slipped a few tricks by me, and wouldn't give a straight answer about the girls in the first place! I never had to be on me A-game with someone that wasn't Cayde!" He huffed crossing his arms slowly shaking his head. "That Azazel is one sly guy, but not sly enough."
"You found the children, didn't you?" Saint asks with a smile in his voice. "Good! We go get them and bring them home right away!" He says but tilts his head as Drifter sighs. "Let me guess: It not that easy."
"Yup." Drifter says with a grin. "They girls are in school of all things and trouble is heading their way."
Morgana sighs getting out of the chair. "You better explain that as we get going to save my girl and her girlfriend."
Saint cracks his knuckles. "It sounds like we're going to have an interesting time. How are we getting there? By ship like I get here?"
"We'll be taking something bigger." Morgana says as she checks a report about the ship. "Drifter, how big are the portals your ship is pulling?"
"Big enough for a Python or Krait. Why you ask?" Drifter grins as Morgana turns around and grins. "I get it now. You planning to take more than a Guardian like Saint along, don't you?"
"Get Korra and those kids looking for Chaika. We're going to hit more than the books at that school."
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Things are getting heating up now. Sorry for taking so long but I wanted to make this chapter a little longer and work on my writing a bit more.