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It was their turning point, their rising tide. Kry had managed to bolster morale and boost fire power as he worked his way towards the heart of the battleground. He wanted to heave a sigh of relief, but there were still things that needed doing, problems to be dealt with.

Like, for instance, the group of men with guns that suddenly found themselves surrounded by both students and the enhanced group of fighters that the production crew just finished bringing into being. It was an impressive show of fighters, all staring menacingly at the men who had only moments ago, been about to gun them all down.

"Weapons down, if you please," Nemo said in a calm voice. Tensions were high and he worried that itchy trigger fingers might cause more problems for them if he shouted. To get the point across, several of the illusions stepped closer, pressing towards their clustered group.

In response, a few of them yelled in panic, tossing their weapons on the ground. Most laid them down calmly, not wanting to agitate the beings that towered over them. However, it was the greenhorn of the crew, known to be both stubborn and easily frightened, who refused to drop his weapon. Instead, he raised his gun and fired, too reckless to actually hit the illusion in front of him.

Nemo felt a sudden jolt in his mid section. He had enough time to look down and see the blooming red spot on his shirt before the pain caught up with him.




Ears ringing, Kat stumbled to Nemo's side. It took her a moment to realize that the sound was her own voice, screaming nonsense as she tried to lay him on the grass and put pressure on the wound in his gut.

Her fears were all the more frantic when he looked at her, eyes glazed. People rushed all around her, but she didn't pay them any mind.

"Don't you dare die on me," she yelled at him. Absently, he patted her hand, his blood splattering on their skin.

"Trying not to," he replied weakly.

The tiger, too bulky to change mid lunge, managed to knock Tsukiko to the ground. He outweighed her by over a hundred pounds of pure muscle and he snarled in her face with pure menace at her words.

To him, it did not matter what she said. Being controlled as she was, he would not trust anything she uttered, no matter how painful. Palian knew all too well, the traps of guilt and pain and how sharp words can be. He did not know yet how he could fix this, but he was going to do his best.

Keeping his claws retracted, he swiped at her face, hoping the blow would knock her out, or at the least disorient. Then, as he reached out to grab her arm or a mouthful of fabric to drag her away, he felt a heavy tug on his body. It was numbing at first, then it was replaced with a sharp lashing pain that he had never known.

Rearing his head back, he roared as he felt Nemo's pain. And in its wake a most confusing sensation. To react to his nature and run to protect his maker, or to ignore it and save the one who made him real.

As Kry leads the assault laughing as those who try to oppose him are sent flying, voices can be heard behind Alessa "So who needs medical attention?" Ace asked as the President gave a small laugh "P: Of course the ones who ask for it. You go get that boy some help while I talk to someone." The president said letting Ace run off to some injured student.

The President walks up to Alessa giving a sigh and a small smile. "He is still alive and is the same person in every way... Just, amnesia that wont recover. I know you are probably dying to speak to him and get him to know you again, but be careful. Who knows if he will like you again this time around and this might happen again." The President looks over as Ace and the student are together now. "He has great teleportation powers doesn't he?" The president starts to walk off and Ace reappears next to the President "Ace if that girl behind us wishes to speak with us, hear her out."

Ace had walked up with the President seeing the battle raging on and sighed knowing Kry was probably fighting as well and decided to help heal like the president suggested. He heard a gun shot and went to the student, putting his hand on him "Hey bud, I got ya ok. The meds wont be here fast enough so I am gonna try and help." Ace freezes time and starts to reverse time on the areas that were hurt on the boy starting with the bullet wound. The bullet falls out of his chest and it recloses as Ace then grabs the bullet and walks back to the president before letting the bullet fly again and starting time back up. Hearing the Presidents words he turns his head to look at Alessa and smiles.

Ace starts walking backwards as most of the fighting is being centered on Kry and not as much on anyone else anymore. "No problem, it was the least I could do. My name is Ace by the way I can teleport.... Nice hair by the way, I like purple, it's not common." He says smiling "So what's your name, maybe we will see each other later, you're on the Disciplinary Committee right?" He says remembering her from previous meetings.



Kry had finally wiped out the remaining mercenaries that stayed in the area and launched himself like the hulk high into the air and looked down at where there was a bunch of people and aimed down at where Tsukiko, Norio, and Pailin were. He grinned as he started laughing even from his distance up in the air and started to wail on the air which caused him to float and send massive waves to strike the ground around the group and directly on top of their location taking out mercenaries and students who made it there alike.

A stab of pain rippled through her chest even though she donned a tired smile. "I'm Alessa…nice to meet you." she said quietly. How many times would she have to relive this meeting? It hurt every time it happened. "I'm the captain of the Disciplinary Committee." Alessa merely explained, not giving any hint of what was going through her mind.

Turning to the new girl, she sized her up before giving any information. She resembled the girl who had been kidnapped, and her eyes stood out the most from her appearance. Hearing the referral, Alessa raised an eyebrow, instantly back to business-mode. "Depends on what you can do." she said cooly. Noting the chaos erupting on the battlefield, she sent the order for everyone to retreat, to leave the fight to Kry.

The girl smile brightly and kneeled down. "It's your time to shine Meme. Fight and protect oh guardian of mine. Fight and protect until the end of the night. Stepping back the stitched plush began to grow slightly in size until it reached just under her height. "I can bring things to life by speaking or singing to them." Standing there as her plush move to fight off any men that came near there group. "I can heal through song....Ryo said people were getting injured...maybe I can be of serves....I'm also handy with a sword." With that the girl pull a sword that was hanging from the scabbard around her plush.

Too light headed to ask what Ace was about to do, he merely looked up at him as the time weaver touched him near the wound. It was the oddest sensation, Nemo discovered, having his wound reverse. He watched as blood seeped back into his shirt, felt the bullet as it passed out of his body, the tissue mending in its wake. When Ace stood again, bullet in hand, he sat up, gasping in surprise. He rubbed his whole abdomen, rumpling up his shirt to see nothing of the hit he had taken.

"Thanks a lot Ace," he exclaimed. It was rare for him, but he smiled in genuine gratitude at the young man who saved his life. He would have to tell Palian what happened when next he saw the demon.




Kat sighed in exhausted relief when Nemo sat up, alive and intact. She was so relieved that she started to hiccup uncontrollably. Covering her mouth, she laughed, only to have it break by several more hiccups. Nemo and a few of the others joined in her out of place humor, giggling despite their fears and heavy wear.

Before his resolve broke, the pain suddenly ceased, leaving the tiger on the ground, panting. He took the moment to feel along his connections, hoping to manage his energy levels more efficiently. Starting with the strongest, his creators, he worked over the dozens of threaded energies to those whom he had only minimally seen and ending with the frayed and most weak connection of all, Tsukiko's.

Brightest blue eyes looked up at the girl who would either love him or kill him. And he decided. With one fell swoop, he gathered as much energy as he could contain and shoved it along that most fragile thread. Like water for a plant, it hungrily soaked up the power he fed it, but still it wasn't enough. He could feel her now, trapped in her own mind. So, closing his eyes, he went to her.

At first it was dark, but that was no problem for one such as him. He sought her inner consciousness out like he was wandering his own home with the lights out, dodging obstacles and navigating with ease.

"I can heal everyone outside the building from here. I don't trust the structure though I fear that my powers won't be effective inside." She said standing almost at attention with her sword. "Where would it be most efficient for me to get started?" As she spoke the familiar wolf strutted back into their area imminently going to Kat. The girl watched as Ryo tried to nuzzled the red haired girl to see if she was okay. This caused the white haired girl to tilt her head in confusion. "Big brother I though you said I hadn't missed anything!" She shouted at the wolf while her one sweet look quickly turned mincing. This girl that looked nothing like the boy yet claimed to be his sister. Just another mystery to add to who the witch, the wolf, and this girl really where. Question were pilling and it was only a matter of time before they would all be answered.

Kat was almost knocked over from laughter and surprise when Ryo came up in his canine form, nuzzling her earnestly. She was again relieved, this time because she was glad to see him alive and well. Her arms wrapped around his neck in a tight hug. She even had the gal to rub her face in his fur.

"I'm alright. We are alright," she said softly. And it was true, for all around the menacing crew that had taken kids and tried to use them for their own gain, were being rounded up or chased off. It seemed the war was over. Though it was only a small one, it was their first and most important stand against those who would harm them. But there were still a few hot spots of fighting, the last remnants of resistance where no word of defeat had reached.

Palian's Blue eyes glowed in the perfect darkness, changing height when he shifted from beast to man. He knew instantly the moment he was being followed and wasn't at all surprised by the child that appeared and began bombarding him with questions. It wasn't at all surprising to see her like this, Palian always suspected that Tsukiko might do this. She was ready to let her sould be consumed by the witch within, it was only logical of her to separate what innocence she could. He didn't know what she planned to do with that piece of herself, but was glad to see it now. It meant that she was not altogether lost.

"I have not come to harm. I have come to help," he responded coolly, glad that the darkness hid his sardonic smile. The irony was not lost on him.