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((Svalin is the fire drakeling? I think I can do that. I'd rather not control something large and slow, is not my style at all.))

Sai had left the band with the binding stone in it with Stratus who had tied the band to his own rear leg at the ankle before moving to the inside edge of the crater. Sai stood at the rim of the battlefield and watched as Vilya reached a hand to the binding stone embedded in the hilt of her sword. Almost the instant she did her eyes glazed over and she gained an incredibly vacant expression. Sai followed suit and touched his fingertips to the crimson stone that he wore in a braided necklace.

The moment his fingertips made contact with smooth red surface of the stone he was staring out across the battlefield through Stratus' eyes. everything was crystal clear, even the colors were more detailed than through his own eyes.

Sai thought to himself, though Stratus heard it anyways.







Together the two of them watched, through one set of eyes, as Brantalis' assistant raised the red flag and then swung it back down to the ground.

Stratus leaped forward and dug his claws into the side of the nearest of the stone columns. He hurriedly climbed up to the top and them leaped off again. As he threw himself into the air he spread his large feathered wings and caught the air. A few flaps and he was soaring above the crater, waiting for opponent to make himself available for attack.

Sai watched all of this through Stratus eyes and began gathering up his will and his energy, he knew that he would need them soon. He was not sure what the serpent dragon was capable of, but he doubted it would be a fair fight unless he gave Stratus some assistance.


The fire drakeling, Svalin, stood ready for the flag to drop, once it did he stood his ground. He had discussed what to do in a battle like this with the other drakes. They had suggested that the combatants may attempt to take advantage of his somewhat smaller size and his lack of experience to thin the ranks quickly. So, to counteract a plan such as that, he remained where he was, right next to Kusanagi.

Raidek sat on the ground of the designated area, almost as if about to meditate, closing his eyes, he ran his hand over his face, the black stone grazing over his forehead.

As he opened his eyes, Fenrir had his were the same. The colors of the surroundings dulled, but clearer. How odd, he thought, for his hearing became crisper, able to hear the breathing of the dragons, the shifting of the grass around and in the arena, the water below that, as well as the faint shifting of ground as Vix moved in earth.







Fenrir looked around the arena, moving about calmly, saving his energy for when the dragons themselves would begin the fight, and from there he would charge straight for the large dragon, for Kusanagi.

((Azure, You have one of the stones too. The ones that let you see through your creature's eyes. The sage gave them to all combatants.
Because it's a traditional battle the combatants aren't allowed on the field, and the field's so big it's hard to keep track of the creatures from just one vantage point. But no one said Kin had to use it 3nodding ))

Quellar the earth dragon wasted no time, he knew exactly who his target was. Like lighting he was down under the earth, burrowing straight for the serpent also concealed beneath the ground. Like Vix he could feel the vibrations under the ground, but he had another ability. As a bat throws sound waves to better see in the pitch of night, so Quellar sent out a series of waves which told him precisely where things were underground. Once he was close to the target the dragon sage sent him a spell;

The heat around the dragon suddenly began to seep out of the stone. The temperature began to drop very quickly. Cold crept in a circle around him as he neared Vix. The heat stolen from his surroundings flowed into his thick, bulky body, keeping him warm and allowing him to move without difficulty.
Cold-blooded creatures it is known slow down significantly when temperatures drop. It was this that the sage intended to use against the serpent.

Tura and Vilya saw Stratus hold back.
Vilya called to Sai, she hoped that he could hear her through the mind-link Tura had with the feathered dragon.
She and Tura had reached their target soon after, Lessir as they had predicted was heading straight for Asako. She would not reach her.


The wind caught Lessir off guard and drove her to the ground, unable to fly to her opponent she turned to face the black gryphon with a hiss.
Vilya said.
Tura was forced to dodge suddenly as Lessir sent a jet of water in her direction. The jet connected with the edge of her wing and snapped the tip of one feather clean off.
The gryphon growled sarcastically.

Chi-linn Dove down into the arena, sliding around the tall pillars with no difficulty at all. Kusanagi took flight, rising into the sky he circled round, angling his great wings toward the easterly side of the arena, where the waterways were most abundant.
He said to the old sage.

((Mind if I try controlling Lessir? I will erase the bottom portion if anyone would like to protest... Though I think it would be far more interesting if we just control whatever dragon available that the writer is not battling, hehehehe... xd ))

The stone now dangling on Asako's neck, and Minatsuki's neck, allowed their minds to connect, though the combatant and the creature never neded such a physical means to tie a bond; it was always natural for one to comtemplate the other's thoughts and act accordingly.



Minatsuki, simply thought, and Asako took off towards him as if she was Minatsuki herself. With only couple of beats, the pheonix made it across the field towards the fire dragon, glancing back at Lessir with a smirk. As Asako's mind concentrated on maneuvering her own body, Minatsuki's mind drifted more towards below the bird, taking in the mental image recieved and the visual image seen, putting the two together. Though a thought of speed spell went through Minatsuki's mind, it was quickly dismissed by Asako telling her save it for Kusanagi.

Floating in a good distance where the two would have a good room to move, Asako stopped and called out to the young dragon, provocating him with few puffs of fire from her beaks.



A smirk, a huge flare of fire that almost reached Svalin, and a sharp chirp of laugh burst from Asako, stirring up the tension further. What she wanted was a fire breath battle, and she knew she would get it if you anger one enough.

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With a thunderous sound, Fenrir impacted against Lessir, but within the split second that she had spotted the flash of color, she was able to maneuver her body so that the impact would be against the thicker part of her scales. The ice did not pierce the scales, but it left a burning sensation on her back.

Though the damage had been done, the attack had freed her from the wind spell and threw her against one of the pillars where she had sensed a very weak stream of water running up the pillar. With a loud noise, a line of crack began to spread from the pillar, and the small stream of water, not big enough to be of any help but enough to bring her back into the game, began to flow out of the crack, dropping against the scale of dragon. Lessir was able to shake away the pain by the coolness of the water, though still dumbfounded, and quickly began to snap out of the shock.

She quickly recovered, ignoring the pain with the cool touch of water, and set out a jet stream, more fast and furious than the previous, towards the source of her pain, Fenrir. As the stream of water flew towards the wolf, it began to divide up into several strings of thinnger but sharper water, some heading towards Fenrir and some towards the ground around him.

((Blood, for future reference the spell doesn't create any light, just the thunderous sound. And I'm not saying that seeing light would have been out of the question at that point in time, its possible and likely you would've seen the reflection of light off the ice armor that was on Fenrir at the time.))

As soon as Lessir had been knocked back against the pillar, Fenrir was charging again.







A helmet of smooth rock appeared to grow around Fenrir's head. Continuing to charge, watching as the jet stream was sent out towards him.

Fenrir lept into the air, over the tiny jet streams that had formed and however long they were would no longer matter as Raidek waited only long enough before saying the spell that Fenrir would fire like a bullet towards Lessir's head.

Fenrir was shot forward with thunderous noise rattling the arena, with only a split second to pull of another spell, A strong gust of wind, pushed against Lessir's head, only enough however to adjust the its angle, exposing the bottom of Lessir's jaw to Fenrir's attack, just before he would hit.

((Lessir's all yours Mina, don't let her go down too quickly blaugh , As for Azure's observation...magic. The sage would need to know about everyone who is involved in the battle right? Quellar would be able to spot him and tell his master, in truth, I didn't really think it through. sweatdrop

Mina, Stoic, I think you should also give the spells to help the dragons your controlling, even though I've got Brantalis. It will make things much simpler.))

Quellar paused, he seemed confused by the Vix duplicates, and by the fact that none of them were slowing like he expected them to. He cast out even further with his earthsight and called back to the sage for help.

Quellar without hesitation raced for his ally. He knew not what was going on at the surface but when his master gave him a spell he put it to work without question.

The earth dragon's scales were already harder than most, but combined with the shielding spell they were a solid barrier.
As the sage instructed he burrowed straight up the pillar Lessir was backed up to. He made a small hole to look out from and saw Fenrir's second atttack, and Lessir stunned and vulnerable. In an instant he leapt from the pillar, straight into Fenrir's rock-armored charge, head lowered and ready for the incredible impact.

Tura and Vilya watched as Fenrir's first blow connected with Lessir's side.

Upon Vilya's instruction Tura produced a tiny ball of electric energy and kept it in one closed talon to use when the opportunity came. It was Vilya who first spotted the earth dragon as a small piece of the pillar crumbled and fell away.
As Fenrir came around for a second attack she saw him leap from his hiding place.
Tura was about to turn away, Fenrir had created the the perfect opportunity to strike, even if it was not he who landed the blow.

The spell had not come from her but Vilya! At once a strong ball of air shot towards Quellar, knocking him off course ever so slightly. However small, it was enough to save the wolf from the full impact of Quellar's diamond hard skull.

((Chi-Linn and Kusanagi are still up for grabs. I need somebody to be controlling Kusanagi too, so that I can continue my fight against him...))