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"I want to help stop that...thing...but *he* won't let me." Maru said as a means to explain himself. He looked toward Solumone, who was still standing there as carelessly as ever. "And I cannot very well overpower him in order to get to the beast, so until he allows me to go there I must stay here." Maru sighed, still simply watching as the battle unfolds. Citedal's mouth had opened only to be filled with smoke, that of which nearly caused it to gasp and choke out. Yet mere moments after the smoke began to enter its mouth did a sudden, heavy force hit its stomach from underneath. The smoke spewed out from its mouth quickly after Scytheress' very wind struck. However...something had changed about the smoke, something occured only moments after entering its mouth. There was a deep, red tint lining the cloud which now spread. As it touched the tips of the grass blades, it burned them, desintigrated them quickly. Yes, the smoke had now become acidic from being within the beast's mouth, and continued to spread out. But Citedal would not be effected by its own acid...not that it mattered now, for Citedal quickly launched into the air with the aid of Scytheress' wind current.

This was unfortunate for Taqune, who had leaped toward Citedal and was now heading for the acidic cloud. Bad for Scy as well, still laying there as the cloud slowly spread across where she was. Oh, but things had to get worse, for Vicconious Kahn's fireballs were heading toward the both of them. And not but a moment after touching the cloud, did they cause the cloud to explode. The fire, mixing with the acid cloud, created a large burst of flames that would near instantly incinerate Taqune and Scytheress if they did not do something to protect themselves or move. Not even Taqune's regenerative abilities would save every cell in his body from being obliterated at the same time. Citedal was not done yet, for now he began his decent to the earth. He fell toward Shien, pressing both claws together and grasping them, both fists now joined as they aimed for the young man. A kind of "double-axe handle" move was being used, one that would not only tear into Shien but crush his body to nothing. With hardly anytime, the creature comes down, fists slamming against the ground. The moment they hit, a wave traveled over the ground, which soon became a terrible shiver and then a violent tremor. Cracks split throughoug the school grounds as the entire area shook with a sudden quake that would stumble and force nearly everyone on the ground to fall.

Maru, eyes wider now, tried to stand from his position on his knees. He would attempt to lift Sin up if he could, surprised by the tremendous force displayed by the monster. Solumone was...still standing however, and lightly placed his hand on Shien's shoulder with a smile. Yes...Shien's shoulder, the man who just moments before was under the pair of mighty fists ready to be crushed but now was right in front of Solumone standing. "Really now, dear boy, you must be more careful in such situations. An uncordinated mass of effort only leads to toppling once's own endeavers. But perhaps I could lend assistance to teach you and these young, impressionable minds, what for." he smiled simply, not even expecting to be given a glance back. Solumone's enigmatic words aside, the fact remained, Citedal did in fact seem keen to each and every attempt made on its life. And now, it turned on the others, such as Darius and Kahn, who seemed to be the fighters currently involved with trying to defeat it. Again, the black, crackling energies surged throughout its body...though more violently then before. There was a great deal of activity from the forces gathering over the creature, especially toward the center eye on its forehead. "Your moment to shine is near, Mr. Tangarian." Maru bare his fangs at Solumone, yet clearly ready at a moment's notice to strike the beast rather then the man who lightly insulted his pride. "As it is the same with you, my boy. If I recall, you are capable of using a crescent wave that cuts like a blade. Do you believe you could safely muster enough to perform another such attack on cue? The same goes for you as well, stranger...prepare your energy, and ready yourself on my mark." he didn't look at Shien, not Shin, not even Maru...his eyes were set on Citedal, and he did indeed expect cooperation from the three.

Siren had only edged her a little closer when she the air around her change, it was stuffy and smelt like burning acid. Stopping dead in her tracks she waited, hoping that it wouldn't reach her, for if it did she would more than likely be killed. This beats was too much for one person alone to fight..that much she thought obvious. But what wasn't obvious was how to defeat it. So far from all the vibrations that ran along the ground and echoed through the air she could tell that each of thier attacks was doing nothing, whereas the Citadels, whos's vibration were much more powerful, could easily topple a building.
"We have to work together this is not going to work otherwise" she muttered to herself as she allowed the air to clear a bit before advancing from her point.

Knowing it was too risky to get much closer she crept along the side, clutching her chain to her side and staying prepared incase of a sudden attack. She was hoping to bump into someone, anyone and hopefully get them to listen. That if they wanted rid of this creature they would have to work together.
Slowly she crept, her long hair flowed behind her as she kept silent, so as not to draw attention to herself just yet. She crept like a shadow, you never hear them and they never make a sound..they are just there.

With the monster off of her Scytheress's gaze was cleared once more but she thought for a moment she'd hit her head in the proceedings for her vision was coated in a red haze. But blinking did not wrent her of the malady and the fox quickly focused on the shifting red particles of smoke falling toward her. Her left ear had swivled to catch the sound of the fire spheres ready to make impact and she pushed the thought of Citedal from her mind to confront her new problem. Scytheress quickly brought her right set of wings up and across her body as she pressed off the ground with her left hand, sending her into a horizontal spin. Her wings sent a gust at the mist to blow it back from her, a few bits singeing her feather tips. Then continuing the rotation those same five wings came around at the explosions and the roaring fires seemed to get pulled to the black apendages like a strong magnet and the limb was set ablaze. Finishing hte turn Scytheress shifted to land facing the high building the fire had come from and beat the ignited wings forward, sending all the rage of the attack sailing back at Kahn in a streaming wave.

Scytheress followed her counter with a loud roar feline in nature, a mix of a woman's voice and the call of a panther it seemed. Her eyes narrowed in on Kahn, fixing him with an indignant gaze and she bared her fangs once more as a sign of warning. She didn't mind the fact he wanted in on the action, but if he, and others, didn't start wising up to Citedal's tactics she would kill them all should she survive the rest of this event. Turning then from the man she took a few steps back and looked over toward Citedal. Only her sight strayed to Solumone's trio, namely Maru. She'd not too long ago left his 'company', that is if stalking someone could be called being in their company.

Now wasn't the time however to return to studying the dark-haired man's perplexities as there was a bigger task at hand. Tearing her gaze from Maru she looked back to Citedal and his most recent failed attack. He was far enough from her that she wasn't immediately threatened, or so she figured. She tucked her wings against her back and ran a hand through her hair. This beast would meet its demise if she had any say in the matter. And then, that mission completed, she'd find Yusake.

Shien nodded to Solumone slightly, ignoring the fact that Solumone had saved him. He'd have to thank him later, but for now, he had a really ugly beast to kill. He wiped a bit of the blood off his face and said "Tell me when you need it. I can hold it at max power for as long as possible." he said as he drew Snowfault quickly.

He put his right foot forward and his left back just a bit, and put his left arm infront of him. His right arm drew back a bit, holding Snowfault, and he began to slow his breathing. A small surge of energy was felt, and Snowfault's blade was covered with an eerie, shimmering white glow. Shien grabbed the hilt with both hands, and a small lightning bolt shaped bit of white energy flowed from his hands into the blade, causing the glow brightened.

He lifted the sword above his head, and if you looked closely you could swear one or two of his brown hairs were turning a gray color. His skin seemed to pale, and he staggered a small bit. "Ready." he said, his voice obviously highly strained.

Alef quietly wandered into the courtyard. There was so much going on she considered turning around and leaving before she found herself caught up in everything. She titled her head to the side a little bit, carefull to stay out of the way, being sure she went un-noticed. She wasn't paying attention in the least, but seemed to successfully stay off to the side of whatever obstacle she can across. Letting out a soft sigh, she seated herself on a bench, watching everything.

Alef let her emerald gaze watch over everything, and eventually come across a man with long, dark, red hair. She stared at him for a moment taking in his appearance. She noticed his eyes first off, as she always did with anyone else. Not feeling the need to stare at him, she watched from her parifial vision until he was out of her range of sight She was well aware that he was sitting on the ground beside the bench she had been sitting on for the last few minutes. After he did not say anything, she decided that the fight was not keeping her attention to well, and spoke first. "Hey..." Her voice was quiet. It always was, but not so, that he could not have heard her speak.

Shien was too busy trying to hold on to the fleeting remnants of strength in his legs and arms to be too concerned with the beam, at the moment. He watched it through slitted eyes and muttered a silent prayer to whatever deity the Ryu-Kiu worshipped. Snowfault shimmered above his head, and the air grew eeriely chilled, an unnatural cold settling over the Courtyard.

The man glanced up at Alef and nodded to her "Hello." and let his gaze quickly wander over the new attack, before returning it to her. "Tell me, does this sort of thing happen often here? I mean the demons and such." he asked. His voice had a hint of an accent to it, although it was impossible to tell what, and it sounded slightly muffled, as if something was held over his mouth.