THE MEETING

The dragon flew around roaring and firing beams of energy indiscriminately. Kojo used Spatial magic to absorb the blasts into petals, redirecting them on it. Kojo looked down. Some of the dragons spawn had made Thier way into the city. Sharone and the others however made quick work of them ,tearing them apart before they could do more damage. Rey aided the city guards to direct the people away from danger. Even from all the way up, Kojo noticed long silky blue hair and Billiams unmistakable shouts as he hid behind a carriage.

( That not very princelike.)

" Pushover."

The dragon began to flail its tail to shake him off. Kojo ran electricity through the thread,electricuting the dragon. The dragon kicked Kojo off sending him flying into a building. It looked down at the fleeing people. A girl wondered around lost among the fleeing civilians.

" Mommy! Mommy where are you?" She said with tears in her eyes.tge dragon landed and looked down at her. It charged up,reparing to fire.

Hyper Thought

Time slowed.

Kojo appeared infront of the dragon .

With his hyper though,his perception was heightened so while he was moving super fast,he percieved the world as doing slowed. He charged up his fist and threw a punch stopping a sew centimeters from the dragons throat. He then went round it attacking it with poison. He then moved behind and grabbed its tail throwing it over his head. He made several magic circles at a calculated distance away. He turned to the girl. He smiled wiping the tears out of her eyes.

" Ok,let's find your mom." Kojo said carrying her. He saw a woman struggling to come forward but was being stopped by some soldiers.

" Yeah that's probably her." He said taking the girl to her mother.

In real time,the dragon was blasted ino the ground as Kojo's spells activated.

The crowd looked on in bewilderment unsure if what just happened.

Kojo walked toward the downed beast. It got up and roared.

" This is dragging on too much." He said busting his knuckles.

( And please try to minimize collateral damage. The city's in bad shape as it is.)

" I'll be careful." Kojo said shooting a bullet of compressed air at the dragon. It dodged and a building got blown away.

" Hehe,oops."

Sysia sighed.

Kojo flew into the air in a cloud and the dragon flew after him. Kojo flew above the clouds and dodged as the dragon tried to bite him. He moved around it extending one of his threads. He froze it and ran electricity through it swinging around it and whining it while hitting it with wind and fire combos midair. The dragon twisted and turned ,trying to catch him while flying above the clouds. Kojo noticed that the atmosphere had began to thin.

(It's trying to starve you if oxygen)

Kojo ran on the dragons back toward its head and wrapped the whip aroubd it's mouth like a reign,trying to control its direction but the dragon caught the whip and pulled it off Kojo increased the electricity output but it did a spin, throwing him upward and opened it's mouth to swallow him. He made a cloud and used it to push himself down, causing a shockwave and summoned Caliburn at that exact moment he severed , dodging it's jaws and cuting its wing. It knocked him away with its tail and fired an energy beam indiscriminately. Kojo propelled himself using wind and held on to the dragon back.

Kojo looked down and saw the outline of the Capitol below as they fell.

" Wow,it really does look like a diamond from way up here.

( That's a terrible idea.)

" Got a better one?" Kojo asked. Sysia was silent.

" You better not die or I'll kill you.

" Thanks for the vote of confidence" he showering the dragon with a rain of ice spikes which pierced it's skin.

Sharone killed the last of the monsters. She looked up and saw two figures falling through the clouds.

The dragon aimed at him as he fell and charged up a beam and aimed at Kojo.

" I have dodge and let the city take the damage,or take the hit. Then there's option three. " he used the wind to push himself upward while swinging his sword slashing the dragon in the throat. The dragon choked as the energy charged out if control.

Seal.

Kojo made a barrier around the dragon. It exploded,clearing the clouds above the city and the neighboring area. The corpse fell to the ground.

Mimick:Wings.

Leathery wings appeared on Kojo's back then burst into purple flames. Silver feathers grew from them and Kojo caught himself in midair.

The people looked at him. As he floated above them his sliver wings gleaming in the sunlight.

" It's an angel." A woman said.

" Hmm. Not to bad. Thanks Sysia."

( Hmmf)

He landed on the ground and the wings disappeared.

Billiam stepped forward.

" You imbecile. Look at the damage you've caused." He yelled. " And look at the number of people who've gotten hurt. You're supposed to be this a hero but your recklessness has caused this much damage and people have gotten hurt."

The people began to mummer.

( I see what he's doing. He's trying to use his words to say the people into blaming you.)

" That bastard " Kojo thought clenching his fist.

" Hey don't say that." Sharone stepped forward.

"If it wasn't for Kojo's efforts therewould be even more damage and people could have died."

" But no one would have gotten hurt if he'd done his job." Someone said.

" My shoo is completely destroyed. What do you expect me to do now?" Someone else said. Many more people complained.

" Please calm down." Klara said arriving with Adriana and Vanessa.

" Even though there was a significant amount of collateral,no one got any life threatening injuries and in the end the beast was slayed. Instead of apportioning blame why don't you look for a solution to the current situation. After all it's not like pointing fingers inside going to change anything." Klara said. Her response seemed to calm the crowd down.

" Tch" Billiam glared at his sister.

" But still,he has to atone." Someone said.

" Yeah."

" I heard he's a foreigner."

" We can't let him just walk away." The crowd became agitated again and they began moving forward. The guards tried to stop them. Someone picked up a stone and threw it at Kojo. He caught it.his eyes reddened a bit then he sighed

" Look I know that some of you were injured and that some among you lost some property. It's unfortunate but it is what it is. The past cannot be changed. However it was due to my incompetence as your champion that there was excess damage."

He bowed.

" Please accept my apology for failing in my duties." The people were taken aback by this show of humility.

A woman carrying her child came up.

" I know this isn't the right time but thank you sir for saving my daughter." She said. The little girl turned and looked at him.

"T-Thank you sir saving me and my mother." She said. Kojo straightened and smiled patting her in the head. The woman then walked away with her daughter.

" You idiots,you really are a worthless bunch, following a coward and turning on the man who saved you." Vanessa said harshly.

" You all better get out of here before I come to three" She said.

" Three." she yelled pointing her staff at them. The quickly dispersed. She sighed.

" Honestly,I'm surprised how theyre so easily influenced." She said as the staff sank into a portal on the ground. She turned to Kojo.

" You made the right call. Appealing to thier

conscience was a good way to escape the situation."

( But you were totally thinking of threatening them.)

Saleem watched from a rooftop before covering her head with a hood and walking away.

Bishop Rigarde sat insidea dark room illuminated by a single red crystal which floated at the centre. Figures of other people appeared around the crystal,Thier forms translucent like a holographic projection. Plus Rigarde they were 12 in number.

" Why did you call this meeting Bishop?" Olson asked casually.

" It is time for we,The Apostles Of Doom to discuss our progress in our goal to revive Lord Minatori. Thsi meeting however is to deliberate on the most recent threat. We need to decide how we're going to deal with Kojo Atari "