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"Kaneas has no interest in the city of Beythemisia, and Firomis doesn't like to use brute force to do things. He is a negotiator first, then if things aren't going how he'd like he uses alternative methods. Besides, Fenix is still a Magistrate. If we attacked him recklessly, the others might turn against us, and the Royal family may get involved. Then it becomes a big mess. I think he's talking with the royal family on a regular basis now, so he just needs to find a time to tell them about Fenix's mysterious dealings with the underground."

Firomis looked over at the remaining three members next to him, Hayate, Hiroko and Artemis. Artemis looked back at Firomis with a grin. "My turn I guess." He walked away from the group and took a stance when he got close enough to Kaneas. "You were always one of my favorite opponents Artemis. My favorites being the twins, merely because of their physical skills, but as far as magic goes you are the best aside from Firomis." Artemis looked at his opponent, the grin fading and his face becoming more serious. "I appreciate the compliment, the last four made you move from your standing place, hopefully I can do the same on my own."

A wind much stronger than hers suddenly kept her in place once she left the mansion. Celestia rose up in front of her, just as Rydia floated down behind her. "Do you think you're the only one with ties to Fenix?" Celestia said calmly. Celestia was wearing a white glove with an emblem of some sort on it that she hadn't been wearing before. Using the hand with the glove on it, she swiped at the air that Kristin was residing in, and her spell was instantaneously canceled which forced her back into a physical form. "If you leave now, wouldn't it just make Firomis and the rest of us worry even more? We're a team now right? We'll help you Kristin, so don't worry about us." Rydia smiled brightly. Celestia nodded in agreement with her and placed her hand on Kristin's shoulder. "The Royal family's involvement with the Fenix matter is something that is needed. Each one of the members of Silver has something that Fenix has taken away in some form or fashion, be it pride, money or something else. I think you should know something about Rydia, since you are one of us now." She looked over at Rydia and nodded. "Um..." Rydia walked around to the front to look at Kristin, but ended up looking at the ground instead. "I actually have... three powers... the third is..." she bit her lip and began to hesitate for a moment. "It's the strongest element in existence, the power of Mystics. It has no specific element, because it is comprised of every single element, and it has different forms. In short... I can read your mind..." Rydia began to look very sad and depressed, a side of her that wasn't ordinarily seen. "I'm sorry."

Artemis started off with his technique he used against Kristin, creating several twisters enveloped in flame that shot out streaming fireballs all over the coliseum grounds. This time however, the numbers were increased 10 fold, but Kaneas easily managed to dodge each and every one of them. "I can't blow out your flames, you're quite tough still Artemis." Kaneas said, while standing directly behind Artemis. "But I can take out the caster!" he threw a punch, but Artemis was no longer in front of him, and was now standing on the opposite end of the coliseum. "Flaming Wind Dragon." he moved his palm forward in front of his body and clenched his fist. The flaming twisters turned into a strong wind, coming together at the center of the coliseum and forming a large, 50 foot tall dragon of fire, that was constantly being refueled by the winds swirling around it. Kaneas grinned and his eyes opened wide. "Interesting... but I wonder-" he started to say as the dragon moved almost instantly behind him, leaving a long flaming streak behind it as it swung at Kaneas, slightly scorching his feet as Kaneas jumped into the air. "It's as fast as the wind is... that's quite a technique."

Rydia shook her head. "That's not why..." she stepped out of Kristin's way and started running away towards the mansion again. Small droplet's of water could be seen falling down from her face and making the paved road wet as she ran inside the mansion. "You say words that contradict your actions. If you are to be a part of this team, you need to work with us as part of it instead of seeking your own path. You may do as you wish, but just remember that if you leave now with intention of finding your own path, not even Firomis would take you back under his wing." Celestia turned into sand after speaking her words, and then the sand slowly seeped into the ground.

Rydia and Celestia returned to the coliseum and sat back down like they were before. Rydia was smiling now, but it was noticeable to the ones close to her that it was fake. "It's alright Rydia. We'll get Davius to get the cooks to make you something sweet after this." Rydia nodded slowly, watching the fight between Kaneas and Artemis that was still going on.

The fight had been at a stand still for awhile, and Kaneas was still floating in the air. The dragon controlled by Artemis hadn't moved an inch either. Both fighters were wary of the other's possible actions that could be taken to end the match, and Artemis knew that Kaneas was far more powerful, and far faster than he was. "Split, Twin Dragons!" he raised his other hand up and clenched the fist. The dragon split off into two lesser ones that were half the size. "Damn... this is getting to be a pain." Kaneas raised both palms to his sides and a series of lightning currents started to appear around him. The twin dragons flew through the air, riding the wind controlled by Artemis, and swiped furiously at Kaneas, following him everywhere he went. Suddenly, the lightning currents multiplied and became thicker, and began to strike out at the dragons. In an instant, the lightning currents enveloped both dragons and then disappeared, along with both dragons. "W-what?! That's... that shouldn't have been possible! How?!" Artemis shouted out loudly. "More than one way to skin a cat." Kaneas flashed brightly, turning into the lightning for a moment. The lightning cracked downwards towards Artemis and reached him in a split second, Kaneas reforming physically at the end of the stream. He placed his hand on Artemis's chest and enveloped him in a web of lightning currents. Artemis cried out in pain loudly, and then fell down to the ground, allowing Kaneas to return to his position in the center to face his next opponent.

"Miss Rain." Davius looked at her with a smile from a few feet ahead of her. "The cooks just brought out a fresh batch of brownies and cookies. Would you mind taking them over to the coliseum? I'm certain Rydia would love to have them fresh." He was standing next to the doors leading into the kitchen, and it looked as though he was currently busy attending to something else.

"Our turn then." the twins said in unison as they moved from where they were currently to opposite ends of the coliseum grounds. At the same exact time, they took the same stances and their bodies began to flicker for a moment. "Mirror Image." Their voices spoke in complete unison as if they were one person. They closed their eyes and somehow 4 copies were created and standing next to the originals once they reopened their eyes. "Ninjitsu techniques are pretty amazing, I'm glad I learned some myself." Kaneas took the same stance, but instead of creating 4 copies like they did, he created a single one. "This should be all I need to create." he grinned slightly. The Hirokos and Hayates each took out their swords and dispersed around the coliseum. It was clear that the Mirror Imaging technique was nothing to be underestimated, because each of the copies were able to use magic just like the originals were. The twins and their copies took turns attacking and parrying against their opponent, using their swords as focusing items to create large, fast and heavy wind currents followed by streams of lightning. Kaneas seemed to have been having difficulty just dodging the simultaneous attacks, even though the attacks were being made towards two people instead of just one.

Sweat had begun to beat down on Kaneas's forehead, though his mask hid it from being known to everyone. He'd managed to take out a few of the clones, but there were still 7 enemies total left. "You guys are getting better, maybe I should train a bit more myself." Kaneas laughed a bit and took the initiative to attack finally. The two of his forms created a pincer attack against one of the remaining 4 Hayates, landing the attack and causing the clone to vanish instantly. The rest of the twins followed the same method, attacking right when Kaneas did and slashing through his clone with their swords. "Check. Your move." Hayate said calmly. Kaneas twitched a bit as he backed off to a safe place. "Looks like you won't go down easy either. All right then, I'll step up the level a bit." The lightning currents that Kaneas used to defeat Artemis surrounded his body again, arcing outwards from the center of the room where he was now at and over towards the twins and their clones. One of the clones raised his sword up in the air, while the other five forms quickly sheathed theirs and charged at Kaneas from several directions. "What?!" Kaneas exclaimed in surprise as he lost control over his arcs of lightning that were quickly surging over towards the metal sword, and zapping the clone holding it forcing it to vanish. The twins unsheathed their weapons and each slashed at their opponent, making small cuts on his clothing and even small cuts on his skin. Before the swords were able to cut any deeper, Kaneas recreated the lightning currents at point blank range, along with a swirling gust of wind to blow the twins and their clones away, causing them to vanish also. Both Kaneas and the Twins were affected by the lightning currents, and they all let out cries of pain from it, but the Twins were also hit by the swirling wind and knocked out of the fight, though still conscious but not conscious enough to move easily.

Kaneas shrugged off the pain and returned to the center of the room to prepare himself for the next battle with Firomis. Firomis closed his eyes for a moment a raised his left leg up slightly as he slowly lifted up off the ground. Beautiful white, glimmering feathers began to be created on his back, until they reached out about six feet and two feet wide for each of the two wings he now had. A series of swirling winds began to envelope him as the wings flapped up and down to hold him up, a few feathers occasionally falling down and hitting the ground, turning into a small explosion of lightning. Kaneas's eyes opened widely when he saw the loose feathers explode into a burst of small lightning. "Witness the full power of my newly perfected technique, Kaneas, and don't hold anything back on me." Firomis disappeared instantly, moving at a speed not even Kaneas could perceive. Suddenly, Kaneas is thrown into the air by a punch, then thrown again by another. The punches keep coming, and Kaneas continues to be flung about in the air of the coliseum, unable to break free from the barrage. A final punch is thrown, sending him flying quickly down into the ground and making a crater, and Firomis finally stops moving at the spot where the punch was given in the air above the center of the coliseum.

The dust on the ground is knocked up into the air, and all of the members of Silver were now awake, having been healed by Rydia so they could witness the battle. They all looked on in amazement at Firomis's technique, and were struck with awe from its beauty. The dust finally settled after a short moment and Kaneas was kneeling down on one knee, looking as though he was panting from the blows he'd received.