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Susie saw the icycles get melted and she knew that that was going to happen, but it bought her some time. She watched as Kaji had a burning circle that he pressed his hands on. She sensed heat coming up from under her and she jumped and did a flip backward just as the spike was coming up through the floor. She narrowed her blue eyes on Kaji now, concentrating more on him and his moves.

Suddenly, his wings erupted in back of him and she watched their brilliance. A small smile came onto her lips and she watched him cautiously. And then quickly, he was almost upon her again. She knew that no matter what as long as he touched her, he would recieve an electric shock every time. That was the point of it. But, unfortunately that would mean that she would have to take in the blows everytime. Which, she almost did. The kicks that he sent for her legs she quickly jumped over. But the kicks to her ribs hit her hard and she went down on her side to the floor hard. She felt the electric current go through to him when they hit each other.

The last kick to the head was a miss because she fell to the floor so suddenly from the blasts to the ribs. Her lungs again were wounded and she coughed heavily from it. While she was still stationed on the ground, she saw Kaji throw a flame toward her. She quickly put her hands palm down on the ground and within a second there were large stone slabs that shot up from the ground about 8 feet tall and about 5 feet wide and 2 feet thick. They projected from the ground all around her in a circle in a protective barrier. At the same time they began to go toward Kaji, striking upward every few feet.

Susie held her hands up in the air as she was surrounded by the large stones. A wind quickly picked up in the area, causing a great gust all around Kaji. She closed her eyes as she tried to have the wind concentrate it's power upon him. The wind started to go in a circular motion, going all around Kaji at high speeds. A vortex started to form, sucking out all of the oxygen, which fire needed in order to burn.

Susie spread out her arms and destroyed all of the rocks surrounded by her, leaving a graveyard of rocks and stones along the ground. She saw him make more of the circles. She was ready for the spike and did another flip to evade it and she was succuessful in that. But then her eyes widened a little as she saw two dull blades come out of the other two circles.

She backed away slightly and she touched the ground once more. Her hands grew cold and a sudden wall of ice flew up into the air as she attempted to block the blows of Kaji before he could land one. The sheet of ice was 7ft tall and a 1ft thick. But, she didn't get it up quite in time for a strike for her collarbone which made a small cut on them and bruised them, for she felt it already forming after she was hit.

For right now she wanted to go on the defensive for she didn't want to go too berserk on him. She was just hesitant to do it. She waited for him to make his next move as she stood there, catching her breathe.

Susie saw him start to light his lighter and form some more fire. She knew that this would probably be a good time to really go on the defensive. She figured if she could hold out just a little longer, he would be too tired to do anymore. So, she crouched down on the floor and criss-crossed her arms over her chest as she held onto her arms tightly. She gritted her teeth and her knuckles became white.

There was a cracking noise that could be heard as it echoed throughout the hall. It was like the sound of bones cracking. It came from Susie and within a few seconds of the noise, the skin on her back broke open as two large black wings jutted out of her back. She growled in pain as blood started to drip from the rips in her skin that they had caused. Some of the black feathers were covered in blood themselves as well. The wings spread out and flapped for a few moments, stretching out. This showed their full length which was 20 feet. They curled themselves around her, using them as a protective shield as Kaji made all of his blows toward her.

Even though her wings looked incredibly fragile, they were very strong and could take a lot of damage for her. They took pretty much every blow that Kaji had to offer. She uncoiled her wings around her and looked down as she heard a thud. Red feathers fell beside Kaji's limp body which now layed on the floor. Susie saw that he had falen unconcsious. She sighed and shook her head as she stood beside him.

Kashino walks into the "training hall" filled with excitement. He notices that there is alot of activity coming formt he place. " Wow...I can sense so much power...so much strength!" He smiles, thinking aboutt he wodnerful people, with thier own unique abilities inhabiting the building. He beginsw alking, but doesn't seem to find an area inw hich he can relax and experiment with his skills. He had heard many great things about the trianing hall, like for instance, that They have specific rooms, whichc an amplify your abilities if int he right one. He takes a deep breath and shouts " WHERE CAN I FIND A ROOM TO ACCOMODATE THE CONTROL OF DARKNESS?" He blushes a bit, realizing it is his first day, and he just shouted through the entire facility. He scratche dhis head a bit and smiles saying "Sorry about that...."

After a frustrating search on the map, Epsilon finally found the training hall. He tossed the map to the ground then teleported where he saw the training hall on the map. The building was just as enourmous as the last one he had been standing in. He sighed and entered, looking around for a place to train. He finally found an empty training spot with several wooden training dummies.

He took a deep breath and unsheathed his father's long, sharp katana. Dark energy streamed to the tip as he held the sword high above his head. With one quick slash, the dark energy made a trail behind his sword, creating a black arch. A second later, it flew forward with amazing speed and sliced a dummy in two. He did this a few more times until he could feel his energy being drained.

"I've got to figure out a way to do this without almost killing myself..." he whispered to himself. Suddenly, the crystal on his neck flashed bright red, lighting up the room. Epsilon's eyes glowed and charged towards the group of training dummies. As he reached the nearest one, he teleported behind it and unleashed a huge dark energy blade which disintegrated it instantly. He teleported again and each dummy met the same as the first. He then jumped into the air and rapidly swung his sword, causing hundreds of dark energy blades to appear and annihilate the remaining dummies in the area.

He fell to the ground on his knees. "What...what was...?" he stammered, amazed at what he just watched himself do. He collpased onto the hard ground as his body tryed to regain the lost energy.

Saraneth walked into the training room with a slight limp, looking very downcast. There were a few bandages here and there over her arms and legs. She was wearing her usual style of mildly trendy clothing that can still be classified as very normal an casual. Her white headband had a little stain of old blood on it near the side, but it wasn't very visible. She walked to a tree and sat down not knowing what to do. She couldn't use the same strategy on Gyrfalcon twice. The Gyrfalcon has a mind built for combat tactics, she knew that. The only way to defeat her was to completely out smart her... the last time, she didn't even realized that Kira could be so strong. The wounds she recieved were her own fault, of course... her fault for not planning things out before she pitted herself against an underground stealth-combat legend. Several leaves fell by her side and Saraneth glanced sideways. Summer was going to be over soon, and she'll be a sophomore... at age 17, a sophomore because she started out late. It didn't matter... She wasn't about to stay too long. Just long enough to finish her job before Ravenhawk and get the money from Kleptos for her dad back home in Iowa. Her golden-brown eyes were filled with frustration. She really was alone, wasn't she? An assassin's life is lonesome... she should know that already. But still, she did not want to accept it. It was that plane crash that took away her mother's life, her father's mobility and her own childhood.

"Damn it... why does she have to be so strong...?" Saraneth suddenly drew out a straightsword from the palm of her hand and slashed with a wild precision. "Why can't I just defeat her?" The streaks of silver in the air were fueled by anger, but still accurate to the hair's breath. They flew in a myriad of light and shapes, shimmering in beauty and fatality. "WHY DID I HAVE TO LOSE!?"

Stev entered the training hall for the first time in a long while. Last time, he was tranferred into this new body, changed his name, and found his partner stuck in a pink cat's body. The entire world didnt make sense and some person had his older-evil sister, Nasumi, as a snake wrapped around her. Life wasnt looking up too much, and Stev's skills were dropping.

He set up some targets and barraged away, one by one. Kuma-kitty, aka Emerald had fallen asleep on his jacket which he left on a chair nearby. This wasn't any good, Stev needed a real challenge, a real fight, and real help......