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Amongs the quiet crowd they watched without a sound yet in each of their heads was the same thing going though on what was happening right in fromt of them, not as stunned as Drako was from the beginning but a complete surprise that there was another to the Rose family that was hidden for so many years undetected was here and there confronting the worse person anyone could dare to have contact to.

All knew before anything happen that the fight was going to be one to go on till the death but this was alot so soon but the story was being played right there as it was about to get heated with the once partially healed wound being ripped open once again from the mention of the past and how it was Sara that was the cause of the good majority, but for her this was something she wanted to see not even giving much care to who it was hurting and was about to prep to try and repeat the same thing over again till things were seen her way, not even the fact of seeing her own life in the hands of the Reaper with minimal sand remaining wasnt enough to faze her to see she had to die long ago, it was more of a joke in her eyes.
This time Sara wanted to put the family to the test one again since already having quite a fight in the last battle almost taking down Drako but only made it better on her hand by taking the one thing he loved the most, and now for this she would tried to do the same but this time rid of Drako and finish what was prevented to be done by her hands. The crowd stepped back slightly from the heat Darien's hell fire was making and knew if a fight was about to start from how things were being said they didnt want to be in the way when it did happen as Sara wanted to test him after all this time, to see if he truely did weild the same firepower as Scarlet had. She only smiled at him as Drako tried to keep him at a distance but Darien's anger was beyond the boiling point and went for the first strike as Sara gripped to her sythe at the same time to deflect if needed.

Eve and Hitomi just watched along with the clan as they saw bursts of flame hit the sky from Darien taking shots and didnt know if to stay where they were or to help, but if they did intervine it wouldnt solve the problem right there and now as well since this was something that had to be played out in the first place, since though they didnt know what each were thinking it was wise to let them fight it out and prove the point Sara was taunting for the entire time and she was recieving the answer.

Even Yurei was watching with nothing to say even if she could at the time it wouldnt be able to come out since she was part of Darien's hiding all those years ago but lost the memory in her mind along with the little samity she had to be considered an innocent being to all of this, but that part was ruined and in a way her own demise was caused by the same person causing the issues and fighting yet all she did was stand and watch with the others just wishing it was all a bad nightmare that she was never going to wake up from. Everyone watched the two fight hearing the anger from Darien and the taunting laughter Sara was doing just seeing the repitition of when Scarlet was fighting, but this time it was for a huge reason.

It wasnt a simple illusion that was being played on the eyes but an abulity Yurei had within since being one with the dancer, while Hitomi's ability of being the Crimson Dancer contain more of the Lokchaion folklore Yurei, or in this case Yuki harnessed more of the Phamtoris folklore or being not just the dancer of the shadows but like her name implied dancing in the grace of a ghost, and being able to take on another's body was a trait well learned and to play it out was the real challenge. She watched the fighting take place and at first didnt like how the odds were looking and believing Sara's words of being more superior than all of them combined, even being the only one on her side she was able to deflect the attacks the others were bringing as they came at her in a chain but her sythe was quite the shield being able to keep the flames at bay.

"Was she able to gain power and grow stronger being hidden all this time?" was the one question lingering in her mind but it was a distraction as she was looking for the right point to take a strike, which wasnt the easiest of task with the target moving in the pace she was like watching a waltz of sparks and fire. Sara this time around was ready to fight and was going to show everything she got to make assurance that her vision was going to become real no matter what the others had to say when their words were the truth, but she went to pretend it was nothing and a fight to the shear death was in the making.

Yurei moved quickly in the dark waiting for enough space and not too long Sara took a few steps backs too far giving the chance to strike, she glide down as see through possible but it was a few seconds short before Yurei meeting face to face to the heel of Sara's sythe and swung thriugh the window behind her as the already unstable debris came falling on Yurei. Luckly this time she was see through just enough to not feel most of the impact and slunk into the shadows to try not to be detected again, but for Sara she had others to deal with in front of her and didnt bother to track. That was a wrong choice as her body felt heavy and being pulled, and control was starting to be difficult, Yurei tried again only diving low struggling to gain enough control, but going into Sara's thought was the worse thing to deal with being filled with several things no other should see, but Yurei kept firm for attempting something she never was able to do even in the shadows and a stubborn host.

From having to witness sparks and fire rain amongs the battle like a strong wind blowing from a storm it was the eye as it was calm and nothing was happening, being what felt like a heated fight was silenced suddenly from what had just been played from a simple action of another. Sara was gone in the distance only being a strak of white and gone in a blink of an eye in a bolt of lightning crashing to the groud as it shook and not a word or motion was anywhrere from those who fell from the impact and staggered to get back up. Though she was gone the fear she brought lingered in the air knowing that this wasnt going to be the last time her face would be seen again and the next encounter would be something not a single person in the crowd wanted to think about, with the fact of watching the power she brought almost bringing Drako, the most powerful of them down to his knees with basic puppet skills it shook everyone even Eve and Hitomi who tried to pick him up from the ground having endure the worse of it all and was out cold as the result.
Both the women did their best to haul him over to what was left of a wall to sit him up but only could do for him now was to wait for him to come to from having his soul be nearly ripped into pieces along with every ego that was with him separated, his body was passed beyond the amount of stress he could endure but it was too much at one time as Nocturne decided to make his voice heared, but then again it was that along with Drako's voice that was enough to have Sara back off for a moment and as well keep the Netherworld and the last remains of Dresden from being in her grasp and safe from any more damage. That was the one bright side the team had but it was a bittersweet victory at best from the fact Sara had threaten to kill Drako once and for all if he decided to fight again after coming to, most of them knew she ould try to track her down after showing her face after so long has came as well as taunt about Scarlet making her name seen useless, which was a definate blow to him whenever her name was said in vein and only made the blood boiling.

Once the silence was set back everyone did what they could to help another out while Violet and Darien were side by side with their father waiting for a sign of recovering not too sure hat to expect once he woke up. Eve and Hitomi stick close talking in hush tone about everything that had happened and knew that this was only the peak of the fight and just would become challenging later on, what was best now was they were safe for now till things stir up again and cause more panic, from the fact they just witness a few soldiers go down without much of a fight and dead within moments of being stuck down with screams of aginy as the last thing they would ever let out of their mouths. That alone even made Hitomi feel uneasy and terrified knowing Sara could control such an attack that with a few decent shots could wope out the clan in a blink of an eye, she shook the idea out of mind knoing if a fear like that was lingering her guard would just go down and kept her focus searching for a fan that out of reach from when they separated from transformation.

A gentle hand went right into Hitomi's face as she looked to see it was Yurei's holding her missing fan and handed it to her, though she knew that she was mute Hitomi's eyes stayed locked into Yurei's for a short moment almost a little weird out at the fact she would stare back but say nothing and nod her head thanking for the fan being returned, but somehow she could tell Yurei was feeling other emotions at the time and it was in her eyes and in a way was more of a lost soul than a trusted fighter. Hitomi thought about it and shook it off helping the others and keeping occupied to gather up the rattled clan.

Even though he had no clue what went on in the outside world the damage was already done, as well as the fact the trust balance was now off to the point where it was in the beginning when everyone had feared Death at the fact when their time came it would be his face they would see next in the Afterlife. Everything he had said earlier before their arrival in Dresden about being on their side for the cause was now being put to the test in many of the members' minds now thinking if they continued without keeping a alert note on him then Drako could let the voices back out and just turn of them with their backs turn and guards down, it was harsh thinking but it was the main thing going in their mind after what they had just watched unfold when he was attacked, more than one voice talking at the same time giving the more eiree feel in the air and unsecurity along with it.

Hitomi watched Drako and his children from a distance almost thinking like everyone else was but a tiny voice in her head kept coming back to tell her its something he cannot control at times and if not seen first hand could potentially cause another problem, being around him long in the beginning of the Quells there was fear seeing Drako at first glance but later on taking on the deal of being his apprentice broad out a little more information one at a time till his story made more sense, it just was something that was a challenge to control as well as a lesson when one is overwhelmed by a power no matter what it would be with the more sinister ones being the worst of them all.

Though most of the members kept a good distance away it wasnt helping him too much at the fact he had no idea what had happened while he was out, and the sudden fear in the crowd was becoming confusing on why all of a sudden the ones he knew and trusted were now back to the state of keeping away and avoiding eye contact. Even Yurei stayed away far possible watching the same chaos as before and even to this day it terrified her to the brink of hiding, she remained hidden in the shadows wherever they would be, but from that small action it was enough that Eve became discourage and decided to go over to Drako and explain the sudden change of heart to the clan. He was in the dark on everything and it was about time he got an explination to fill in the blanks.

Since things were explain and reasoned the tenseity in the air wasnt as tight but with a few that had a change there was still a little realization going on, but that was something to expect from a group of so many people with different opinions when it ment actually seeing death face to face but not when its their time but to be a comerade. As much as they all wanted to be a united team through the turmoil they were going to get into the trust value had to be established and fast if they were ever going to make it out of this in one piece, which was something that most likely would not happen at the sense some will parish in the end and they knew it as soon as they heared about joining the cause and the rebellion.

It was quiet for the time being as it gave them a chance to recooperate from the shock and take the small breather that had been going on for some time, since after that it would be nothing but on guard and alert. Eve and Hitomi stayed close if something needed to be done but from how things looked it was fine, yet it was different to see Drako in his other appearance being in a more younger and not so fragile image that very few people had seen unlass it was several hundred years ago when he was that age, his own son thought it was intresting his father had such an ability, but to bear the pain of having to change forms and when he absolutly had to seemed like it would be the worse burden to have do but after all this time Drako already had used to it knowing it wasnt harming his body too much.
The women watched the father and son talk for once being separated and unnoticed by the other and it was odd to see them close in age apperance with only the eyes and hair colors as the only indicator who was who, a small confusion but it didnt faze anyone.
Hitomi put a little smile on the scene but it didnt last too long looking up in the ceiling cornors to see no eyes amongs the dark where she saw Yurei vanished when things got heated up, but nothing was moving and in sight but Hitomi shook the thought thinking the mute dancer was just being who she was and just disappearing from the group and keeping a distance, that changed when she looked down and saw the rose Yurei wore in her hair on the ground with a petal torn slightly from the flower.

The fact that his son was mixed from his sife's abilities and his looks would be a bit of a shocker at most since it reminded of him of seeing Scarlet in his memories, the stong feel he would have was right in his face to see Darien even though for him everything was still new and coming in pieces whenever he was givin new information. Now that he realized that he had a ability even he didnt know about Darien tried to think about all the times he would get into a fight, but not really know for sure that while he felt like being the strongest around that he was really feeding from energy the other fighters would give off giving him that strength he felt like he had, because it really did happen.

When a door seems open slightly it just leads to another closed door with everything being filled in at once, though it was much for the young man it was also the chance to know the family's more closed door secrets he was shot in the dark with, and know the reason why to lay low all this time because of the fact this moment in time playing out was where everything would be said and explained clear possible for the questions to cease.
Hours went by as the city hit nightfall with the appearance of the sun still around because of the fires that yet to die down from far away, giving off a reddish tint to the night sky. Most of the members were in rest keeping in a tight circle only to roam around in pairs not sure what would be in the shadows deeper in the city, with the few surviviors of the attack there were a few that for the sake of their own lives would attack and kill with no questions asked of someone was to get too close for comfort or be seen as a threat.

Like Drako had said before that war could change a person in a moment it was possible and anyone caught in the crossfire could be the most innocent of people only to turn and be everyone's worse nightmare, with the group however that behavior wasnt happening just yet but there was no room for insecurity at that. Even for Hitomi the fighting was taking not a physical toll but on how to think about people as she examined the rose in her hand, in her mind she wondered why something so fragile would be tossed to the ground as if it nothing looking to the damaged petal almost in tears since the rose was the one symbol she honored greatly and to see one of the flowers defiled hurt to see. Brushing the soot and dirt gently from the petals Hitomi set it in her own hair not sure if Yurei would bother to want it back if it was her that threw it on the ground, but as well to keep it safe for the time being.

Like something heared in a storybook once he looked up there was a bit of a change to the what was once parked as eiree ruins, very faintly the reddish glow in the sky started to dim a little from the reddish color to almost disappearing into a dark blue like many would see on a clear night but it was taking a little long to be fully complete. Somehow the laughing continued longer than expected since for once in the stern and stiff crowd a little humor was needed for once and loosen things a little more and put some smiles on the hopeless filled faces making it more easy to perk up. Especially since the fact of the humor was at the expense of Drako literally being told off by his own boy and the response he got afterward really making his scarlet red not in anger but embarrassment, even if he did tried to hide it the laughing wasnt going to stop just putting him in a deeper cornor just to hide from it, yet the echos followed.
Even though Drako wasnt liking the humor to his misery and everyone was too busy gasping for air through each laugh Darien was looking up discreetly from above noticing the sudden change of the atmosphere, but was trying to put a finger on it with what his eyes were seeing. It had seemed that like with any magic humor was considered a great source of medicine, the city in this case was hurt and was in need to recover but somehow, with each person actually showing happiness from their laughing, it was slowly helping heal the wounds that war had inflicted on these ground. The feeling of hopelessness was starting to faze off and not feel so tense and more settling. What had seemed like magic the city was starting to recover from the simplest of acts but the most powerful in emotion.