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Kurai jumped back tucking in her arms and legs then landing safely. She looked up to only to be bombarded by balls of flames. yelping at the sudden surprise attack by fulgar. "Fu-san! Whats wrong with you!!!" She yelled before he shot more fireballs at her feet. She had to formulate a plan so they wouldn't hurt each other, his attack could cause an avalance or worse. Looking around and rembering her training she had a plan hoping she'd preform it well for both their sakes. Kurai quickly inhaling a deep breath she concentrated, her body began to quiver as a ring of fire expanded from her waist outward along with her air. Using this as a distraction to get some space between them. Kurai, keeping her breathing under control, emitted heat from her body that was strong enough to cause the snow falling and around to evaporate. Soon it was like a sauna, it was going as she planned, the steam would cause Fulgar to loose his advantage in sight. Kurai used the technique he just taught her but shorted the amount in the shots. She quickly shot them the around fulgar and the walls. The rocks began to turn a red glowing color before they exploded. Now kurai was ready to attack and knock Fulgar out for both their sakes. She too could not see, she slithered around rocks and hoped he would be in the same area where she last saw him. With the noise from the loud exploding rocks and the blanket of steam they both lost their ability to see or hear each others movements.

(21)

( whee Of course it's alright. Thanks for the warning. Take care and be good!)

She watched him dig out the map and when he held it out to her she reached out to point a finger at the map thoughtfully. "Alright. And when I said Guardian could fly you I meant he could with you guiding him to the general area..not him sniffing it out, Taizen."

Her hands moved to Taizen's hands, guiding his hands to lower the map some so it wasn't held square at face level. "There is alot of ground to cover if you don't remember where you left it. The best route is here.." Her left hand moved to draw a invisible line along the path she felt was the best, safest, and quickest way.

She tired to keep her self cool in mind, she heard a sudden roaring blast. Turning her view to the range of the sound was erupting from, she could see the light and a silhouette of a person threw the mist. 'Thats him! wait...hes going..UP!'. Aprehending her new sitituation she quickly placed her back to the wall, now she had a fighting chance. Kurai keeping her eyes and ears unobstructed from the other noises and sights around her.

Kurai taking a deep breath before seeing a glimmer of ember from afar threw the steam. Suddenly with a eruption of fire and rock flying across the area. This shook the ground so hard that her unready stance was shaken to a feeble fighting stance. Kurai was bearly able to notice this after taking in what just happened to her surrounding area.

She had never seen him like she did when their eyes met. He wasn't the same at the moment she could tell by the look in his eyes. He shot blue flames at her. Her eyes widen at the fact that he was able to shoot blue flames, this was no game it was a life and death situation. Kurai quickly tucked and rolled avoiding the flame by a hair."HYA!!!!!!!!" She yelled rushing at him in a zig zag patter, her arms behide her back making her more aerodynamic. Avoiding the flames as best as she could getting some soot on her disrupting her view slightly.

Once she felt she was in striking range she shot her arms open halting her speed, like a parachute shooting from a racing car. In her hands were her bright colored fans, her arms shooting upward using the sun to her back giving her a slight advantage. Her fans made her seemed like the silhouette of dragon wings. Once she felt she had an open shot she began launching blades and slits of fire at him. Making sure to keep her breathing under control continuing a berrage of strong thin flames. Making sure to keep him on his toes and less time to envision an attack.

She had to do this so she could stop fulgar from killing them both, she honestly didn't know what had gotten into him all of a sudden.

(22)

Kurai unleashing a so many blades of fire at Fulgar she noticed she got his arm. She saw this like a jackal watching it prey fall to go in for the kill. She began rushing at him to preform her berserk fist technique (Wing Tsung). Fulgar began forming fire around his arms like whips. She grit her teeth bending backwards trying to avoid the flames. She placed her hands on the ground pushing herself into a hand stand. She pushed off landing on one knee looking at him.

"Kurai, use jets of flame around your hands to block things if you need it you can literally drag fire from your feet to make a wall of fire"

Her eyes shot open in shock, maybe fulgar didn't loose it. She slowly pieced it together. " YOU JERK!!!!!!!!!"

Kurai had never felt so upset until that moment. She ran at him full speed doing cat like jumps and twirls avoid the whips and flames. He stopped and began meditating. "Fu-san do you know what could have happened!?" She began feeling heat waves looking at him the plants around him began withering. "Can't you stop!" She was upset beyond reason. He could have hurt them both if he continued with theantrics of getting her to attack him. She took a deep breath, jumping into the invisible barrier of heat fulgar was producing. She tackled him hoping it would knock him out of his meditation.

"YOU IDIOT!!" She yelled grabbing the collar of the jacket. " You could have killed us both, I could have killed you!!!" She shook him ferciously. She let out her air at the same time letting go of the jacket collar. She sat on him, "You can be such a fool for someone your age...you know that.." She laughed slightly. "This reminds me of old times" She mumbled under breath pulling herself off him.

(23)

Kurai looked at him smiling and laughing making her second think if he had lost it. "I can't belive you went to such extrems to get me to fight you.." She sighed rubbing her temple to calm herself down.

Fulgar tossed his jacket on the ground talking about how he needed a new one. She stared at the jacket then at him, "Well atleast you don't have to wash it" She giggled at their own little inside joke. "Hey Fu-san you don't think we got some unwanted attention?" She looked around to see if she could catch a sight of an air temple. "Well we better hurry up!" She began jogging up the stairs. Her body already adjusted its self to the new altitudes.

"Me hide from someone? Ha" She began laughing not sure what he was implying by that. She turned back to see fulgar stop and look threw the trees. "Watcha lookin' at?" She ran back hopping on his back looking the trees.

She gasped as he began to run up the mountain. "AH!" She wrapped her arms around his neck. "Oi! fu-san!" She was getting nervous ridding on his back. Even thou he was holding her legs she could feel the bounce of his running. She looked over the edge to see the clouds and no grounds. Kurai shut her eyes tightly practilly gluing herself to his back, she wasn't good with heights. After some time pased she opened her eyes slightly and to see the air temple. "We're ther-!" She was cut off by Fulgar.

"oh, Kurai, I cant go any further we have to camp here for the night."

She bopped his head, "You lazy bum!" She huffed trying to pull her legs out of his grip without falling over the edge.

She was able to get out of his grip without falling to her death. "ya ya playing" She huffed crossing her arms turning her faces avoiding his view while they walked. She heard him complaing about how she hit too hard. She cracked a smile before covering her mouth and regaining her 'strong' face. She turned to him making hand gestures and almost yelling "Well I thought you could handle a little bop!" She turned blushing averting her view toward the temple.