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"Yeah sure...I track them down now. But I want you both to infom me if you have any contact with Ryu, got it?" He quickly changed the subject "Wait...steal your blood?" He asked Xagetta.

What did I do? No need to get your panties in a bundle, I'm just saying...nevermind. He groaned. Vlad then groaned out loud when Xagetta started the 'Ryu is dangerous' speech again. He understood this without a doutb, but he was sick of hearing it, so as Xagetta gave this speach to Takeshio he stood behind him mocking him childlessly. "Yup, so to summarize it up, Washi is no joke." He nodded. "So Fang, you ready to..wait, what exactly are we doing? Are we tracking down Ryu, or are we finding his mystery man/lady?"

"hey, ive only hit 0º K once and i almost took out an entire city block and myself. i hope it doesn't come to that. as for a tracker, im certainly the best, but my nose doesn't work for free. you owe me a bone when i find this guy, a good one too with lots of marrow." he noticed a round of funny looks. "what?! like you've never heard of a wolf enjoying a nice bone every once in a while. besides, the marrow is the best part." he crossed his arms and looked away in mock anger, but his thumping tail gave him away.

Vlad stood up straight rubbing his chest. "Ow, god I was just joking around." He mumbled. "Marrow? That's disgusting, no offense, but wouldn't you just rather have the blood around the bone?" Vlad shrugged dismissing it as well. "Wait, X, I didn't catch this earlier, but are you trying to say that you might be a more serious enemy than any of these other crackheads?"

"no way vlad, the marrow has tons of super proteins, plus blood is intoxicating to me. and i wouldn't worry about your aura x. its actually a lot like mine with a few big differences. the main one being yours is fire and mine is ice. your getting stronger and as long as you stay a good guy, you wont lose control. im sure of it. its not affecting me because i had a dark seal removed with a light seal. neither side has any effect on me."

he was beginning to get slightly annoyed. "honestly, you think a wolf would be able to have a bone without getting strange looks from everybody. i mean seriously. and xaggetta, your aura feels like its looking for injuries or irregularities. its seems to be following the same pattern i lead mine through when i examine injuries."

Xagetta looked back and forth from Vlad to Fang, unsure of what was actually happening him self. He had very little understanding of what his aura was doing or why it was acting like this. "To be honest Vlad I have no idea what its doing, my aura is doing this of its own free will, like its alive. As to your theory Fang, I seriously doubt my aura is the healing type." He said sarcastically, though in truth he was starting to get worried him self. "No, from the way its behaving, I think its looking for food in a sense. Even now as I stand here, I can feel my strength and power growing, like its feeding off of Vlad. That's it!!! Of course, darkness infects the hearts of men and eats them from the inside, so one such as Vlad is like a buffet to it." He said in conclusion, which was exactly right, the longer the aura held a grip on Vlad the stronger Xagetta would get. Suddenly, his worries became fear as he strangely felt Edwards presence. "What the..." He said in shock. "Is that Edward, but how can that be? Hes not even close to us!! Has it really traveled that far already?!" He continued as his eyes went wide in fear. With out a second thought he quickly distanced him self from Vlad to try and weaken the hold. "Vlad you have to try and break free, Ill see what I can do about containing it." He said, as he desperately tried to draw his aura back to him. He closed his eyes to concentrate and slowly pulled the darkness inside him, as he did he felt a massive pulse of energy as if it was trying to gather as much as it could before leaving. As it came closer it became more and more visible to the naked eye, when it finally reached the end, it started crawling up his back and took on the shape of black wings that seemed to pulse with power before dissipating into his body. When the aura vanished, Xagetta opened his eyes just in time for the others to see the glow fade from them, before falling to the ground on one knee. "Whoa, that took a lot to do." said Xagetta, as he slowly felt Edward's presence become distant then gone altogether. He then rose to his feet and took a breath, though the aura retracted back into him, he still felt the power it left behind. It even began to show on his human form as the muscles around him became dense, thicker, more compact them before. He tightened the grip on his free hand to measure how strong he was, intrigued he stared at a near by sycamore tree, and slammed his fist onto it. Not long after, it began to split up the middle and around the base of impact before falling over into pieces. Xagetta's eyes opened wide in delight, and with out knowing a creepy smile drew across his face, as if he was enjoying his new found abilities far too much.