CHAPTER 63: A Fiery Exchange.

contd...

"I sense something...." Dolion thought to himself as he sat inside the pit , now more than halfway up through it. Ice beneath him , growing and growing.

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* NOIR/ AAG Vs JUN/BATUHAN*

" I can't believe your pesky bullets can go through my dragon hide!" Noir said as he was panting , his hand covered with scales , bleeding as a bullet fell out on the ground.

Jun and Batuhan were panting , the fire surrounding them making them sick and sweaty but it hardly bothered to two BlackWings.

" IT'S NOT HIS BULLETS , YOU ARE JUST WEAK." said Achilles from inside.

"I BLAME YOU FOR THE LACK OF CONFIDENCE I HAVE RIGHT NOW!" Noir shouted back.

"Noir , who have you been talking to this whole time?" Aag finally asked , making a confused look .

"Uh..um..." but before Noir could come up with an answer , Batuhan's knives almost went through them but they dodged , barely grazing Aag's arm which she healed almoat immediately.

" You know....that is REALLY not fair." Batuhan snapped as he fell on his knees and his knives returned to him.

"Batuhan!!" Jun shouted as he shot two bullets in the BlackWing's direction and rushed to his aid.

Noir took it to his arm and Aag , though she tried to reflect it back with a shield made of fire but it came back to her from behind , which Noir received on his left shoulder , just to save her.

"Noir!" Aag shouted as the struck Noir fell down , holding his shoulder.

" You alright?" Aag said and the bullet stumbled out on to the ground.

"Thankfully my scales in this area are comparatively stronger but man that impact hurt. " He said as he got back up .

"Jun ! Batuhan!" A voice cried out their names and they immediately recognized it.

"Aleena!!!!" they both replied and suddenly the circle of fire was being sucked by an unknown entity.

They had to cover their eyes from the heat the felt on their face and as the warmth finally disappeared, Aleena's figure became clearer. She was holding her batons that had fire emitting from both ends . Her eyes shining ruby.

There was a ring of ash surrounding the area where there was fire before.

"Well well..."Aag said as she looked at her with her neon green eyes , " What do we have here..."

"Leave" Aleena said , pointing her batons towards Aag.

Aag waved her hands and a barrage of fireballs shot towards Aleena .

"Aleena! watch out!!" Jun said, shouting panickingly.

But Aleena hardly budged as she rotated her batons at inhumane speed , absorbing them into her batons.

"Not so easy huh." Aleena said.

" That was nothing." Aag replied with a smirk.

Noir , Batuhan and Jun stood on the side , together.

" Um...are we even a part of this anymore?" Batuhan said.

"Not sure..." Noir replied while still staring at the girls.

" I feel like I will just be in the way ..." Jun said .

The girls went after each other for quite a long time . Firing at each other and dodging when finally at the break of down , they both blasted each other unconcious.

The boys had unanimously decided to have a peace treaty somewhere along the way.

" Well , that's what happens when people are equally matched." Noir said as he picked up Aag from the ground.

" I am sorry for shooting all those holes om your arms." Jun said as he sat down besides Aleena.

" Well , I hope they don't leave a scar.Goodluck to you! We will be on our way now. No need to drag this on any further when we are all so down on morale ."

" See ya." Batuhan waved at Noir as he left, carrying Aag.

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"NOIR....DID YOU FEEL SOMETHING STRANGE WHILE FIGHTING THE KILLERS?"Achilles said from inside.

" No, not at all." Noir replied as he washed his face at a water fountain.

"HMMM....THERE WAS SOMETHING INSIDE THAT FORT...I HAD A VERY ODD FEELING."

" The ones inside the fort were Bow , Samuel , Josh and Zakiyye."

" ANYTHING PECULIAR ABOUT ANY OF THEM?"

"Hmm...Zakiyye..absolutely the most peculiar one. His obsession with trying to find the truth about the Red Night is kind of unhealthy."

"WELL , KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HIM...HE IS OUR ONLY LEAD."

"Sure...but I gotta rest now. I am beat." he said as he fell flat on the ground.

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" Hmmm...where am I.." Fenrir mumbled as he woke up slowly.

"Ssh..." Someone put their hand on his mouth and Fenrir almost bit it when he saw the face becoming clearer. It was Michelle.

She looked scared and worried but holding her ground despite the anxiety.

They were in a dark room , very dimly lit by a small bulb hanging down the ceiling.

There were cushions on the floor on which Fenrir was lying. He grabbed her hand and took it off his mouth.

" I don't know where we are...but we are not supposed to be here." Michelle whispered when suddenly they heard footsteps and a knock on the door.

Michelle grabbed Fenrir's hand and created the illusion that they could not be seen by the person who entered the room.

It was woman , wearing green and black robes with dark black hair flowing down her shoulders.

She looked around but saw no one when suddenly her eyes lit up neon green and she said,calmly,

" I can see through your illusions , little Yosei girl."

Michelle sighed and dropped her veil.

The woman smiled as she put down the tray of food in her hand and sat down aswell.

Michelle and Fenrir stared at her as she smiled back , utter silence.

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