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Ryuu finally speaks as Makka taps her nails upon the ground. "It's not what you think. I was going to hang out with you in Craftsman but I had to find Night first-"

"And now you want me to teach Night about dragon stuff. When are we going to hang out? Or..." Makka trails off, her voice becoming more gentle. "Or maybe she's your new best friend," Makka whispers sounding almost sad. Ryuu draws breath sharply and looks at Makka.

"D-Don't take it that way! You're thinking too much into this! I-"

"I should pound you!" Makka screeches as Ryuu cries out. He HAD thought she was sad about Ryuu making making Night his best friend but he was wrong. She was more so furious! Makka stands from her place on the floor as Ryuu runs over to Night.

"Thank you," Tama says and takes Night's hand happily. He comes from under the table only for Ryuu to hide under it now. Seeing Makka storming over, Tama ducks behind Night. "Makka, you should be teaching Night instead of terrorizing Ryuu," Tama whispers as Makka stops. She glances over at Tama who shivers before nodding.

"Fine. I'll teach Ryuu a lesson about carelessly casting away his childhood best friend without a heads up later. But..." Makka starts as Tama inches away from Night nervously. "I will be making Night MY best friend since you want to just throw me away!" Makka then flashes Ryuu a glare before starting towards the door. "Come on, new best friend Night, let's get started," Makka finally says as Ryuu sighs in relief. Makka would exit the house and be patiently waiting outside.

"She'll see soon enough," Tama whispers as Ryuu nods. Tama helps Ryuu out from under the table and the too ease outside.

"Well- Hey! You two beat it! This is private dragon to dragon training!" Hearing Makka's angered yell, the two of them dash off, dust clouds of them the only thing remaining. "Sorry about that, best friend. First thing's first," Makka starts as she crouches down. She tugs a patch of grass from the ground and extends it to Makka. "I need to be sure you can eat grass. That's the first step to my teachings to you. I can only achieve the level to eat my own element. And that's all you need to be taught for now. After you first eat some grass, soon the only thing you'll want to eat is grass. Just like how all I ever want to eat is lightning or electricity. You can literally survive just from eating grass. Oh! I am the Makka Sinobi, the Static Dragon--by the way. Those two are a little wary of me when I'm angry because I tend to spark."

Makka's body, if Night looked closely, would actually be sparking. but the sparks are nothing more than harmless... for now. "Even though I can only eat my element, I can show you how it'd be if you were to be able to manipulate your element with a technique I know. I'm pretty sure the last level of dragon magic you already follow?" Makka asks with a smile as she continues to hold out the grass to Night.

Tama sips on warm tea in a glass tea cut as Ryuu eyes a cloaked woman, offering him tea from the pot she holds. Ryuu shakes his head and the woman sets the pot on the ground. "Melissa, right?"

"Yes," the woman replies bluntly as Tama sighs happily and sets his cup down on the grass. Melissa removes her hood as Ryuu continues to stare at her. Melissa's hair is a violet color to Ryuu, her eyes navy. She just stares forward without moving even though she knows Ryuu is watching her.

"She's my closest friend. I know how hard it is to have more than one best friend, Ryuu," Tama begins to explain as he raises his cup and drinks. Ryuu waits patiently for Tama to set his cup back down upon the grass. "My closest and best friend is Melissa... but I have another friend like that, Akou. They are both very dear to me. And because they are so precious to me, I often spend as much time as I can with both. Sure Melissa goes everywhere with me, but my bond with Akou never dwindled because of it. It's not you that maintains your best friends but those very best friends." Tama raises his cup and begins drinking his tea again as Ryuu nods.

"I have to depend on my friends, Makka and Night, to know that I will always be their best friend," Ryuu replies as Tama smiles behind his cup and nods.


Makka cracks her knuckles and walks a three yards away from Night. "Well, you can eat grass based weapons if you think about it. That's how I always think about every dragons power to eat something. Though I'd kill for Kane's power. He can eat steel, metal, lead, yadda yadda. So people with their shiny armor and weapons tend to steer clear of him." Makka's hands begin to glow yellow before spark fly from them. Some sparks fly off harmlessly while some strike the ground and tear it up. "But it's normal for his my weakness to seem cool," Makka confesses as the lightning on her hands become more controlled. The sparks become harmless and don't fly all around.

"All right. Tornado Lightning is the technique I'm currently using. It's a clan exclusive move but it's something of what I'll be able to do when I can manipulate lightning." Makka opens her hands up wide, the lightning extending outward a few inches. Makka flings a hand up and sends lightning from one of her hands shooting upward. "Normally, the element follows your hand and you can manipulate it easily with your arms. But this technique is a bit more tricky. It's all in my hands. And the lightning never leaves them." Makka tugs down her hand and soon the lightning comes back down. Makka flings her other hand up and connects with the falling lightning. Makka soon clenches her fist, which causes the lightning to slowly retract until forming something of gloves made of lightning on her hands.

"The lightning I use, I can't so much as think about eating. It's just something dragons don't do. I guess it's something of a rule but I've never had the desire to eat my lightning anyway." Makka hands sop glowing as the technique ends. "Try not t ouch me for a while, I might paralyze you," Makka warns with a sigh. "Now where did those buffoons go?" She wonders.

Makka looks at Night confused. "I'm a little swore at Ryuu for not hanging out with me. But I was only kidding about being mad about me not being his best friend anymore. I don't mind if he has you as a best friend really. He WILL remain my best friend and I his," the last part Makka made sound like more of a demand or a thing that he could not change, "so no worries there." Makka laughs darkly before turning towards the forest. "Tama! A leader is always within hearing distance of those he is to protect, so get over here!" Makka roars, a fang sticking up from the right side of her mouth. "By the way," Makka starts as she turns back to look at Night, "you won't have fangs like us real dragons. You only know dragon magic, you're not really a dragon. You're something like Tama, though he doesn't use dragon magic. He's more of a dragon element assist." Makka grins, showing a top and bottom row of sharp fangs. She then shuts her mouth and turns back towards the forest to see Ryuu and Tama standing just near the forests mouth. Behind them stands Melissa, her hood tugged over her head and holding a stack of tea dishes, a white sheet over one shoulder.

One of Makka's eyes twitches and soon Tama and Ryuu hide behind Melissa. "I think your fangs look great," Ryuu compliments as Tama whimpers.

"That's just Night's opinion that they're weird," Tama whines before Makka laughs loudly.

"Are you saying that I should be bothered that a dragon magic user thinks fangs are weird? I was about to comment on how you two are making Melissa carry all of that. But now," Makka roars as Tama and Ryuu run towards the house, aiming to duck inside and under the table. Melissa just watches everything, awaiting Tama to request she help. Makka races over to the door and blocks their path. "You think that my fangs are hideous? Something to poke fun at? Night only thinks they are weird to her. She doesn't want them but they aren't a problem on me. She thinks they look fetching."

"Where are you getting this stuff?" Ryuu asks loudly as Makka's hands twitch.

"I... I'M GETTING IT FROM YOU!" Makka hollers as she reaches a hand over Tama and Ryuu's heads. They shiver as their hair stands on end.

"Wah! Melissa, help!" Tama cries, running over to her. Ryuu soon follows as Melissa allows the dishes to fall to the ground. She races after Makka who runs away.

"Stop it Melissa! I'm helping you out in a way. I wasn't going to hurt Tama and you know it."

"Tama-sama requests that I help and so I am. You must not attack Tama-sama again-"

"Stop with the Japanese honorifics!" Makka yells before being grabbed up by Melissa. Melissa holds Makka in the air by her cloak, the dragon wrestling angrily. "Put me down Melissa before I... I..." Feeling threatened, Makka's body releases more and more sparks. Tama and Ryuu run around in circles frantically before running to hide behind Night. Melissa, unharmed by the sparks, continues to hold onto Makka. The angry Makka simply crosses her arms beneath her breasts as Tama and RYuu begin to dance happily at Makka's defeat.

"Ohohoho," they chime together as if chanting a victory chant.

"Ow," Tama whimpers as Ryuu rubs his face. Makka laughs loudly before being released by Melissa. As soon as Melissa notices Tama smile and stroke his face, Melissa's tensed body relaxes. She walks over to the pile of broken glass that use to be a very nice tea set, and begin putting the pieces into the white sheet. "We run from Makka because we learned our lessons. Makka has tried to electrocute us a lot of times. You're just lucky she hasn't. Her powers are very hard to control and so she often hurts those she doesn't mean to."

"Ha!" Ryuu laughs pointing a finger at Makka. "It's never an accident with me. She always shocked me when she got mad. She AND me her best friend when we were little. She threatened to electrocute me to death if I didn't! I tend to run from her even if she's fooling around about being mad. Because it's hard to tell if she's really mad or not." Makka's eyes gleam as Ryuu runs over to Melissa. "Stay back! I have Melissa on my side."

"So, how was Makka's teachings?" Tama asks in a more serious tone.

Tama smiles as he fiddles with a button on his cloak. "Ew, grass. Well, as long as you like it. I've eaten grass a ton of times but it's never pleasant. Or, it isn't after Melissa tells me that it's not candy or salad," Tama struggles to say. "I'm not the best leader seeing as I sometimes suffer from hallucinations. But Melissa helps, she makes the hallucinations go away." Tama turns to look at Melissa who returns to chasing Makka as Ryuu laughs triumphantly. "Is there anything she hasn't taught or showed you that you want to know? Do you have any questions for me? I'll try and answer them if I can." Tama smiles warmly, his sickly yellow eyes focused on Night.

"Got you!" Makka pants as she pins Ryuu to the ground. He can feel her sparks growing in intensity and looks around for Melissa. Melissa, wrapped up in Makka's coat and strung up in a tree, just stares at Ryuu apologetically. "She's stuck up there until the static cling of my cloak fades away. So now it's just you and me, Ryuu," Makka growls as Ryuu whimpers. Ryuu examines Makka with his eyes briefly before she responds to what he might be thinking. "I couldn't very well run around in Persian armor. I've grown distant from that land and call Hidden Cloud my home now. So I wear this, given my abilities as a Sinobi and a dragon." Makka wears a short sleeve and short legged pant suit. It's fabric is resistant to lightning and electricity, neutralizing her static as much as it can. It's navy blue and very shiny, like rubber. On her feet are slick boots of the same material and color. Strapped vertically on her back is a strange looking staff most like for gathering electricity. Her dark navy, almost black, hair shifts and and clings to her body from the static. The band holding it in its ponytail breaks as Makka sends a burst of electricity into him. Ryuu pleads for help but Tama just ignores him.

"She won't kill him... will she?" The last part he said so low he hardly heard himself say it.

Tama shrugs and looks over at the pair on the ground. Ryuu twitches on the ground as Makka flings herself from atop him. She seems to glide her hands through her hair, the static from it shifting to her hands like dead hair. Makka rolls the static around in her hands before tossing it to the ground. The ground bursts upward in a small circle upon connecting with the static. Makka stops and glances back at the hole before shrugging and continuing to walk. "Tama," Makka whispers as Tama laughs nervously. "How long do we have before we have to go back to Spain? I want to go and fetch my mother before we go."

"From Mythology?" Tama asks as Melissa finally frees herself from the cloak. She dusts herself off, static sparking violently on her body, before walking over to Ryuu. She watches him as Makka nods. "Whenever Night no longer needs us then we'll be leaving."

"Hmn? Night doesn't have to go to Spain?" Makka asks angrily as Tama inches away from her.

"It's complicated, really. You'll have to take that up with Naomi-"

"If Night's not going to have to stay there then I won't stay either. And as my leader and current bodyguard..."

"Bodyguard," Tama asks confused.

"...you have to stay here with me. So we're staying here until Night no longer needs our help with Dragon Coven stuff. Then we're going to leave and take my mother to Spain. After that we're coming back here again, got it?" Tama shakes his head no but Makka only pouts. Tama, noticing the pout, sighs before nodding yes finally. "Great! I'm glad we get to stay here. I want to explore. I hear this place gets plenty rain, that's why the grass in the fields is so tall and lush. I hope it rains tonight. We should play in the rain, Tama." Tama cringes at the thought of Makka and water so he shakes his head no. Melissa, having stopped sparking, walks over to the group dragging the stunned Ryuu with her. Makka grabs Ryuu by the wrist and tugs him towards the house as Melissa watches them go.

"Seems like we'll be here a while. Night, might we stay with you until we depart? I didn't bank on us camping out here so I forgot to bring a tent and supplies," Tama explains as Melissa bows slightly to Night. "Ah, yes. I forgot. Night, this is Melissa." Melissa straightens up and then returns to tending to the tea glass mess.