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Sumire quickly nodded in agreement, standing on her top toes to glance past him at the forest beyond the clearing. She then looked down at their hands touching, flushing a deep crimson. She had gone tense, freezing slightly. She took a deep breath to calm herself, then retracted her hand as slowly and politely as possible.

She looked up at him, sweet honey dew eyes glimmering in the overhead Sun. She then smiled softly, blushing a bit as she looked away for a moment, then glanced down to her wrist. " Right. So what do you want to ride on?" she asked softly, bending down towards the floor as she slipped off her bracelet. Gathering up a small pile of dirt, she glanced up to him for an answer to her question.

He nodded, and took hold of her legs. "Hang on tight!" he yelled, as he took a running start in the clearing. As his mini-cape flapped open, two slits were revealed in his black shirt, and two white scars appeared, slowly growing large, as it slowly popped out to form massive white wings. This was always a strange appearance to him, feeling his wings come out, and they were large, a fifteen foot wingspan. They were folded up around them when they stopped the bright light, now pulsating a white, and slight yellow tinge to them, as if some ancient magic.

They were now ten metres fromt he edge of the clearing, and he flared open his wings, each muscle strong and guiding the feathers, and he leapt intot eh air. He guided the wind against him to increase the lift, and he was pushed back as he moved high into the air above the forest. He moved his legs together to act as a makeshift tails, and put his hands to his side, to put in a more streamlined body, as he picked up altitude through the use of the wind.

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Ria growled softly. "Get out of my way Evil. I'm serious." On the ground, Sena's power was growing. He started to glow reddish black. When Ria heard Keila, her eyes widened, her anger momentarily forgotten. "Keila!" Then she realized something. "No! Kira!"

Kira instantly darted forward and cut off Keila's route, getting behind Evil easily. Her silver wings spread wide, matching Evil. "Let us go Evil. Before we himuliate you. We are alot stronger now and we don't plan on letting you win again."

"I don't want to hurt any of you, well I want to hurt Good but that goes without saying," Evil said.

Good nodded in agreement to that.

"Anyway, now I'm just a father trying to raise his children. It's a perfectally safe thing. I won't hurt them or Ria."

"And by raise you of course mean slowly train to be as evil as you..."

"That also goes without saying, but in theory don't need my training in that. I can already feel the boy learning how to tap into his anger and use it as a weapon. Tell me, what are their names?"

Ria gave a short bitter laugh. "I won't let you into their lives Evil. Ever. You are not their father. They have none. They are my children alone. You will never be their father. That I can assure you. As for their names, they will decide whether they wish to tell you or not. They are not evil. Just dark."

At that moment, Sena stepped forward. "You won't touch Mama. You bad!" At that a burst of fire flew from Sena's body at Evil. It was difficult to hold onto darkness when it was angry. These children were darkness. No matter the evil that lay within, they had chosen young by being taught by herself and her sister once Ria had changed back.

Kira held her breath. She should have been next to him. She glanced back at Keila. "Keila... run. Get Cadmus and bring him here. We need a distraction." Then she darted out of teh way of Sena's flames. It was like a wildfire. Uncontrolled and dangerous.

Ria covered ehr mouth in worry, tears pricking at her eyes. Her children would not become Evil. She had trained them to hold back the darkness and use their anger for good. She left Sadora on the Phoenix and lept down, her wings spreading to catch herself. Landing, she moved forward Quickly and took hold of Sena's shoulder. She pushe dher power into him and sealed his back behind a wall. It was easy, considering it was so close to her own power. "Easy my son." Sena collapsed against her, yawning. "Yes mama." Ria then looked to where Evil was. "Leave us be."

Ria snorted, keeping Sena close to her. "You misunderstand Evil. Your body is still 'human'. She spat the word out in disgust. Humans were dispicable creatures on the most part. "My child is a Phoenix Child. Our bodies handle things differently. Were he human then perhaps that is what would happen but my Son is not human. He is immortal and will remain so."

Kira chuckled softly. "You never did understand my sister Evil. You were in her mind and yet you know nothing of our people. Our children, our heirs must be able to handle the worst case scenarios because that is what is given to us. We have adapted far more than any other creature on this forsaken planet."

Ria shrugged and wrappe dher wings tightly around Sena. "You misunderstand. You say after Michio dies you can become whatever you wish. I, my sister, and my children and people can do that now. We have rules and laws of our own yes but they are far less than what has been set for those that appear human. We are Phoenix. Plain and simple. We are neither good nor evil. We just are. As for my children's evil, well it is just being manipulated as is every power on Earth."

Kira let her power play out on her fingers. "We are neutral Evil. We are neither and yet we are both. Our power defines us yes but we are both." In that instant, her power blaze black for a moment. THe silver edged around it breifly but that was it. Closing her hand she dropped it to her side.