The Rasoul Saga: Chapter 15
The male was a murky green hedgehog. He wore a grey Tee kemeja and long grey pants, along with black sunglasses. He paced back and forth in front of a bench in the middle of a city. It was not in a park, but lebih a small garden of a sort. There was a small mound of rumput with a pohon upon a concrete surface behind the bench, with a few others near.
He was limping as he walked, allowing him to notice many things due to how slow this made him. He noticed as he paced that one time, upon turning around, a girl appeared on the opposite side of the bench, leaning on its backside, with her back to him.
She appeared to be a cat, pale grey, with black hair, dark jeans, and a pale green tang top. The male was a bit confused oleh her sudden appearance, but became lebih confused when she berkata “The number five, and echo echo.”
"Some sort of code, I'm going to assume?" The male asked, turning his head just slightly. "Or maybe it's just perhaps a quote that anda like?"
“Something I saw in a spy movie once.” She informed.
"Ah, I see. Spy movies," The male acknowledged, turning to face the female normally. "Personally I don't watch a lot of movies, so I can't say I really know any movie quotes," He added with a small shrug of shoulders. "I normally find my entertainment in other ways, such as music. Ah, but that's a story for a completely different time. I'm simply rambling, as I enjoy the few times that I get to get out in public."
“Ah so you’re an introvert deviant.” She replied with a small hint.
"… If anda don't mind me asking, might I ask what fine woman I have the pleasure of speaking to?" Tempus asked, trying to hint at the fact that he was asking for her name.
“A person… a place…” The girl pushed off the bench and turned completely around to face the male, “a thing. And you?”
He paused a moment then answered “Same as anda I suppose. Name’s Tempus.” He removed his glasses.
“… Ann.” The girl replied, giving a nod of greeting. “And what do anda do, Tempus?”
"Ah, a small pinch of everything, to be honest," Tempus replied, "or at least when anda compare it to the things that I'm normally around and doing every day. I play piano often, though that's not really a job for me; it's just a small hobby if you'd like to call it that. I like to cook, I like to sketch... Just small little hobbies. I do have a... job, however, which is what most of my daily time is invested in."
“What is this job?”
Tempus stayed in silence for a short while as he chewed on the corner of his bottom lip slightly, as if trying to think of a way to describe how his job went. He eventually stopped chewing on his lip and looked back at the girl. "...I would say it's quite personal. It just simply involves some family matters, however..." He trailed off slightly, as if pausing again to try to think of what to say. He didn't say another thing on his job, however, as if he didn't want to speak of it atau as if he was trying to avoid saying exactly what it was.
“It almost sounds like you’re hiding something.” Ann smirked with fixed eyes.
"Every person has their secrets. anda have yours, and I have mine," Tempus replied with a rather serious face, keeping his eyes on Ann. "My job and my work is simply my personal business, and perhaps I don't feel comfortable with speaking it to a person who I have just met and don't know anything about myself."
“Or does she?” Ann walked over a bit past him starring off at the city. “I’ve heard about someone with the name Tempus, and I came to find that person.” She turned to him again still smirking, “don’t tell me that it’s a common name.”
"...What are anda expecting from me?" Tempus asked with the same blunt tone in his voice and the same narrowed eyes. "I've never seen anyone specifically looking for me alone," He added with a hint of caution in his voice.
“I’m expecting anda to prove that anda aren’t a dumb cripple.” A long pause followed.
Tempus' eyes slowly moved to the side; he had a feeling that this girl knew who he really was. So, deciding that perhaps he could prove that he was indeed Tempus, he looked around slightly, noticing a civilian who was walking about nearby and going about his business. Tempus raised two fingers up, concentrating as if he was trying to focus on something. Black Rasoul-like mist began to form around his fingers that he held up as he concentrated, until he opened his eyes and swung his arms forward, which sent two large spikes of Rasoul like energy straight at the man, which in turn hit both of his arms and pinned him back against the pohon that he stood in front of. The man released a scream of pain, completely unable to pindah his pinned arms. Tempus simply got up and slowly made his way over to the man, holding his hands behind his back.
The girl, Ann, berkata nothing, but kept her eyes fixed on the man and Tempus, interested at the least.
Tempus simply just nonchalantly made his way over to the man, still keeping his arms tucked behind his back. If anda paid close attention to Tempus' left arm behind his back, one could see that heavy amounts of Rasoul energy began forming around that arm alone. He moved his arm away from his right arm just slightly as the Rasoul energy began wrapping very tightly around his left arm and then melting onto his arm, which in turn caused his arm to slowly take the place of a long, melted blade of black Rasoul until the melted energy quickly hardened, making a fairly large blade on his arm which appeared to be quite sharp; this was the Rasoul Blade.
The man watched in a fear as Tempus came very close to him, until Tempus grabbed the man's chin very tightly. The man gasped, feeling like his chin was nearly being crushed between Tempus' very strong grip.
"Now isn't it just a wonderful day?" Tempus asked the man as he looked straight into the horrified civilian's eyes. Tempus slowly brought his bladed-arm out from behind his back, before placing it very close to the man's leg. Tempus' eyes slowly began to light up with a blue color underneath his thick sunglasses as he continued staring into the man's eyes, who found himself not being able to look away from Tempus' stare.
"Don't anda agree that's it a wonderful day? A wonderful hari for a walk?" Tempus said, almost as if hinting to the man's legs, which were used for walking. The man managed to force himself to look down just in time for Tempus to slowly start sliding his blade into the man's leg, which began making a cut and caused the poor civilian to release a scream.
Ann walked over and observed from a closer angle before shoving Tempus aside.
Tempus stumbled to the side, and fell down onto the concrete due to his legs giving out on him during the stumble; his legs had always been quite weak, due to the fact that he had a muscle disorder, which gave him a physical disability. He was just barely able to avoid falling on his own Rasoul Blade as he fell to the ground roughly. His eyes changed back to their normal color as he looked back at Ann. "Now what was that for? anda could have just killed me!" He berkata with a hint of anger in his voice, also hinting at the fact that he had nearly fallen flat on his Rasoul Blade.
Ann completely ignored Tempus’s pertanyaan and instead observed the condition of the civilian. “Are anda alright?” She asked in a concerned-sounding tone.
Tempus simply just stared in disbelief at this Ann person.
"D-Do I look like I'm okay...?" The man berkata through a wince, pointing his eyes towards his arms that were stuck into the tree, and down at his leg, which had been cut oleh Tempus' Rasoul Blade. "No, I'm n-not okay..."
“Aw…” She strokes the man’s head slowly. “You need healing don’t you…”
"...Healing...?"
“More atau less.” She clutched the man oleh the throat tightly, lifting him upward, scraping his back against the tree. A red water-looking energy started flowing from her arm into the man’s neck.
Tempus' eyes immediately widened at the sight of what Ann had just done, quite shocked at what he had just seen. The man also tried to speak, but was unable to due to the hand around his throat.
The energy continued coursing through the man, spreading throughout his body and fixing his leg. She let go of the man, who fell to the ground and slowly stood up, but not the same as he was. He was silent, still, and emotionless. Slowly Ann turned to Tempus grinning in satisfaction. “Enslave what anda can use.”
"Enslave... I was going to do that, honestly," Tempus berkata as he turned his blade arm back into a normal arm and crossed his arms slightly. "I have hypnotic powers, I might add. I started to use them when anda shoved me out of the way, not that it matters."
“Of course anda were.” Ann smirked.
Tempus was slightly confused at first, but grinned at the end, “Interesting. I take it you’re a villain yourself?”
“I should hope so.” And with that, Ann’s sebelumnya form changed to that of a dark brown lynx, with fiery stripes, tall ears, black and red hair that stretched down to her hips, and wearing an oriental-type red and black-striped collared, short sleeved dress, with black and red boots. “I go oleh Virus.” She finished.
Tempus observed this woman’s power to change shape… it was fascinating.
“So, Tempus,” Virus began again, “is all anda do Rasoul Energy, atau is there more?”
"So anda know what Rasoul is..." Tempus berkata as he rubbed his chin slightly with his hand; he was still sitting on the ground, unable to get up so far due to his weak legs. He also wondered how Virus knew what Rasoul was, so he wondered if perhaps he would find out atau not. "Anyway, I have fairly advanced Rasoul powers, ranging from many different types of Rasoul attacks. My strongest pindah would most likely be the classic Rasoul Blade, but I have quite a few other Rasoul abilities as well. I have the ability to hypnotize, though it is much easier and takes less energy for me to hypnotize a Nighless atau another Rasoul creature as compared to a non-Nighless atau a person without Rasoul energy."
“And is there a goal you’re using that for?” Virus asked, looking about for any civilians who would notice them.
"I'm attempting to strike back at a few family members of mine," Tempus replied as he looked towards Virus. "They don't hold a place for me in things that I clearly have a right to, so I'm attempting to strike back at them. They exclude me from government, they exclude me from family matters, they exclude me from events and festivals; just about anything, which forces me to sit at halaman awal all hari in pure silence, slowly going crazy just from watching the rumput grow outside and the walls inside my house. They've threatened many times to attack me atau fight me with their near army-like force of guards and officers, so I was attempting to build an army of my own to strike back at them and get them to listen to what I have to say. I'm tired of the mistreatment, and I'm going to give them a small taste of what it feels like to battle. They just sit all hari and control everything, so they've barely seen any violence up close and personal as far as I know. I'm going to give them a small taste of it."
“So it’s revenge. Understandable I suppose yet disappointing.”
Tempus narrowed his eyes slightly, tilting his head to the side. "I wouldn't really call it revenge. I'm certainly not driven oleh it, nor do I hold grudges. I'm simply trying to give them a taste of reality, not revenge. Now, disappointing? What, do anda want me to change that around and say that I'm starting a war to overthrow them and take their places?"
“Yes.” She answered bluntly, studying her palms.
"You actually want me to change that story into a war to overthrow my family?" Tempus asked bluntly in disbelief. "Any reason why my story isn't good enough for you?"
“It’s pathetic… revenge…” She scoffed lightly, “petty thing that…”
Tempus narrowed his eyes again, starting to appear quite angry. "I didn't say it was REVENGE. I JUST berkata that a moment ago. It's not for revenge, nor do I act the way that I do due to revenge. I'm just who I am, and I'm not revenge driven. Besides, wouldn't starting a war to overthrow them be revenge as well?" He asked as he crossed his arms. "If anda think me gathering an army is revenge, then wouldn't gathering an army to overthrow them be the exact same thing in your eyes?" He added in a very blunt, slightly harsh voice.
“Yes. They would. And that’s why it’s still, petty, revenge.”
"Then what might your big, fancy ambition be if everything else is too petty for your apparently high tastes?" Tempus asked.
Virus gave a twisted toothy grin, her eyes glowing a dark red, as well as her red markings. She took Tempus oleh the neck and pushed him to the ground. Then in a now lebih hostile and echoing voice she hissed her reply “My ambition is my will, and my will is what I want and wish to do. To do whatever simply for enjoyment, atau for hate. The standards for a villain that I make myself. And unlike pathetic revenge, my deviance is true to the core of wrong because I wish it, not to settle scores, and not because I didn’t get what I wanted.” She released him and stood back up, fading from her glowing, though twitching slightly when returning. She continued in a still hostile tone, but much less echoing “My ambition is rule, power, destruction, and anything that I feel like in between. Try to membungkus, bungkus your mind around that.”
Tempus just stared at her in a mixture of anger and surprise; still angry at the fact that he had been trying to say that it was not complete revenge, and shock out of what Virus had just done. He remained silent, not really knowing what to say to the female.
“Speechless.” She scoffed in a chuckle. “I’m flattered.”
Tempus just gave an angry glare towards her, and if looks could hurt, that could very well be the case here. "Way to stomp on my motivation. Thank anda very much for a terrible damage to my brain," He berkata bluntly and sarcastically.
“You’re welcome.” She smiled. “So, are anda interested?”
"Interested in what? Walking away from here before I let my anger get the best of me?"
“No, something much lebih likely. What do anda know of Identities, if anything?”
Tempus stayed in silence for quite some time, as if thinking over what Virus had said. "Hm... Well, that name does ring a bel, bell for me. I believe I've heard something of them and their Chaos abilities."
“How much?”
"A few things. I wouldn't say my knowledge is perfect," Tempus replied. "I've heard of the Chaos energy, the morphing, the way their emotions work, and... something about a Three-Mood, atau so I think."
“Or so anda think? anda don’t know if you’ve heard of them?”
Tempus gave a facepalm. "YES, I have heard of them. I was just trying to remember exactly what I've heard; my brain isn't always working in overtime, especially when I'm trying to focus on the hundreds and hundreds of people that I have under my control at the current moment."
“Good to know.” She nodded. “And since anda have certain Rasoulin abilities, anda can help. And of course anda will receive favors in return.”
"I can't say I'm greedy enough to ask what those 'favors' might be," Tempus said. "Anyway, what are anda expecting for me to do?"
“It depends on how well anda test out.”
"Test out? So you're going to test what I can do?"
“Physically and mentally.”
"Sounds fair enough."
“You might not think so until it happens.” She noted. “I want anda to capture a Three-mood identity.”
"Any info I should know about this Three-mood identity first so I'm not going in blind? If I do that for you, that is?"
“Yes, they’re dangerous. Very dangerous. If anda survive that would be nice.”
"So you're sending a poor, disabled man against a walking, living weapon, basically."
“A psychic against a powerhouse, yes. Mind over matter. If anda can take control of the identity, atau at the very least pull it out of its three-mood state, anda qualify. And besides, if anda do succeed, anda get my help for what anda want.”
"Sounds like anda want a miracle out of me if that Identity is actually THAT powerful," Tempus berkata as he crossed his arms. "I can only do so much, and I know my limits, but nonetheless, perhaps I could at least try... if anda honestly think I could do something like that."
“If anda need some motivation, anda do this, and you’ll have lebih than one Three-mood to help YOU.”
"While I still think this might go over my limits, I suppose I'll try."
“Good hunting.”
"Now before I rush off foolishly, how might I be able to find this Identity person?"
“Oh I completely forgot.” She grabbed hold of his arm sending a stinging energy into it. When she removed it a glowing red symbol appeared.
Tempus half-closed one of his eyes slightly when the stinging energy went through his arm, and then he looked down at his arm once the symbol appeared. "And what might this be?"
“A tracker, and a mark.” Then she vanished in a red light.
"...Now that has got to be the most mysterious person I've ever met in my life," Tempus sighed through his teeth.
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Kyle sat on the living room dipan, sofa in his house, still attempting to recover his stamina from before. He was feeling quite rested and felt like at least most of his Rasoul energy had recovered. He sat with Mancer in the living room, who sat in silence and appeared to be off in thought. "Hey, Mancer? Is something on your mind?" The yellow hedgehog asked. He waited for a response, but nothing came, so he decided to wait and ask Mancer later.
During the waiting time, Ruby walked into the living room. She noticed Mancer being out of it, and turned to Kyle, “Um Kyle, something’s been happening with I2.”
Kyle's ears immediately perked and stood on end once Ruby began speaking to him. He turned his head towards Ruby, wearing a small look of surprise on his face. "Something has been happening with I2? What... What's been happening?"
“Well…” Ruby turned to Mancer, then back, “I don’t know if Mancer wants to hear it atau not. I thought I would just tell you.”
"...Well, I think Mancer would listen if we told him, atau so I think," Kyle berkata as he turned his head to look at Mancer, who still seemed to be off in his thoughts. "I think I recall him wanting to help get everything that's going on sorted out... Anyway, I'm willing to listen, Ruby."
“All…right, um,” Ruby kept looking back at Mancer, “is he okay? He hasn’t berkata anything yet.”
"I... think he's okay. ...I think. I think he's just got something on his mind," Kyle said. "Um... Should we try to get his attention...?"
“I guess so.”
"Alright, I'll see if I can get his attention, then," Kyle berkata with a nod as he stood up. He walked over to Mancer slowly to see if he had any chance of waking the hybrid up. "Hey, Mancer? Can anda hear me?"
Mancer didn't respond right away, but he did respond. He blinked his eyes a few times before turning his head to look at Kyle. "Oh, I'm sorry... I suppose I spaced out for a menit there. I had something on my mind." Kyle was about to pertanyaan what was on his mind, but Mancer simply shook his head. "I'll tell anda some other time," The hybrid added.
“Uh,” Ruby chimed in, “I was going to tell Kyle about something going on with I2. Would anda like to hear too?”
"Sure, I'll listen," Mancer berkata with a nod of his head. "Is something wrong?"
“Well… she’s been disappearing… at night.” Ruby explained, “she just leaves around eleven, I can’t find her, then she comes back about an jam later.”
Mancer simply just sat in silence, wearing a rather confused look on his face. He looked like he may have wanted to say something, but didn't know how to react to the information that he had just been told.
"She just... leaves?" Kyle asked in confusion. "How long has she been doing this, Ruby...?"
“Well I only started noticing two nights ago… I don’t know if she did it before. I asked her about it, and she wouldn’t tell me where she went. She just keeps saying that she goes for walks. I asked if she wanted it kept a secret even, but she didn’t seem to care.”
"That seems... rather strange..." Mancer berkata quietly. "...I can only wonder if something's wrong atau if something's going through her mind..."
"I hope she's okay..." Kyle berkata with a worried look growing on his face. "Do anda know where she is right now, Ruby?"
Ruby sighed, “Her room like always.”
"Should I try to go talk to her...?" Kyle asked.
“Please.”
"Alright then, I'm going to see if I can get her to speak to me..." Kyle berkata as he turned to head off towards I2's bedroom.
The door was open and I2 was sitting on her bed, staring out the window.
Kyle started to walk into the room, but he stopped himself before he stepped through the doorway, not feeling right about just walking in on I2 all of a sudden. "...I2? Is it... okay if I come in...?" He asked, leaning meneruskan, ke depan slightly.
I2 turned to Kyle, her eyes silver, and unemotional. “Yes it’s alright.”
Kyle's ears slowly laid back against his head when he saw I2's face; unemotional. Kyle desperately wanted I2 to be back to her normal self, and it was hurting him to think about the fact that I2 was different now. "...Thank you, I2..." He slowly stepped inside the room.
“Did anda need something?” She berkata turning completely around to face him.
"I... Ruby berkata that anda were... disappearing at night..." Kyle started slowly. "Like... She berkata anda would leave at about eleven, and then she would be completely unable to find you... and then anda would come back an jam later... Is that... Is that true?"
“Yes.” I2 nodded. “I go for walks.” She took on a sort of confused look, her eyes slightly dark blue, a slate-like color, “Should I not be?”
"Huh? N-No, I didn't mean it like that...!" Kyle berkata as his ears drooped down against his head once again. "I-It's fine that you're going for walks, I2... considering that I like to go for walks myself sometimes... but... I was just... I think we're all worried about anda since anda just seem to disappear without telling anyone that you're leaving..."
“Oh…” I2 looked down, “I didn’t think it was that important that I had to tell people.”
"Well, we care about you, I2..." Kyle said.
I2 looked back at Kyle, “Thank you…” She turned away a bit, “You’re all upset about me losing my memory.”
"...Yes, I am upset..." Kyle berkata quietly as he looked down slowly. "I just... I... I know you're still anda I2, but... but... I... miss... you. I miss your personality and memories... I like anda how anda are, I2... but then I still miss the old you... And... I feel terrible since... I wasn't able to do anything... to help..." The yellow hedgehog tried to keep talking, but he was finding it very hard due to the fact that he felt a lot of sadness welling up inside him.
“I understand… I’m… upset also.”
Kyle looked up at I2 slowly, still feeling a lot of sadness coming up inside him. "I just... I hope we can help anda get your memories back..." He stayed quiet for a moment, as if trying to think of something else to say. "Oh, and... Is there anything else that anda would do at night?" Kyle asked.
I2 hesitated, as if she was going to say something else, but answered calmly, “No… I just went for a walk.”
"...Were anda going to say something else?" Kyle questioned, noticing I2's hesitation.
“No.” I2 replied bluntly. “Is there something else anda needed?”
"No, that's all..." Kyle said. "Thank anda for speaking with me, I2."
I2 nodded then turned back to the window. Ruby was waiting outside.
Kyle turned and quietly walked out of the room, still feeling a bit of worry about I2. He raised his head slightly, noticing Ruby as he came out of the room. "Oh... Hi, Ruby."
“Hi,” Ruby replied, straitening up from her slouch to face him, “did she tell anda anything?”
"She berkata that she's been going for walks," Kyle replied.
Ruby sighed, “I thought she’d say that… “ then Ruby bolted a bit, as if remembering something, “there was something else I wanted to talk to anda about.”
"There's something else?" Kyle asked with a look of surprise on his face. "Can anda tell me what it is?"
“Well… I know that after I2’s… incident we’ve kind of stayed antisocial, but I keep feeling like we aren’t doing our job, protecting anda and all. I mean, anda keep getting into these fights with Vice and those Dark Horses, and we’re almost never there.”
"Ruby... I'm lebih worried about anda and I2 getting hurt than I am anything else," Kyle said. "I don't... I mean, I do appreciate your help and company, but... I'll admit it, I'm afraid of anda getting taken away from me again... That really shook me, Ruby..."
“But anda almost getting killed all the time shakes me!” Ruby’s eyes turned to a dark blue. “I… I stand around all hari here, and you’re out there getting hurt all the time, and I don’t even have I2’s help anymore. I have to make sure you’re okay.”
"Ruby..." Kyle's eyes saddened slightly as his ears drooped down against his head. "I... I understand... but... I worry about anda as well, Ruby... I know anda want to help... But... But... It shakes me to see anda hurt as well..."
“Kyle… please… I’m not okay. I can’t be okay if I don’t know you’re okay.”
Kyle paused in silence, not knowing what he could be able to say to Ruby. He was very worried and even scared at the idea of Ruby getting hurt atau taken again, but at the same time, he could realize that she was worried about him as well. He did stand and think for a short moment, before finally releasing a small sigh. "...Okay then. I'll do my best to tell anda when something's going on then, Ruby."
Ruby hugged him, “Thank you…”
"You're welcome, Ruby..." After that, Kyle turned with Ruby and they both went off to spend some time in the living room, attempting to just calm down and relax.
After a short while of relaxing, Kyle decided that he felt like he wanted to go to the park for a while and just enjoy some fresh air after everything that had been going on lately. He had talked to Mancer about putting off training to go to the park, and the hybrid seemed to agree pretty quickly as if he needed a break as well.
“You’re both going to go to the park?” Ruby asked, turning to look at Kyle. She tilted her head to the side, seeming to expect an answer from the yellow hedgehog.
“Yep, we’re going to go to the park,” Kyle berkata with a nod. “Would anda like to come with us, Ruby?” He added with a smile.
“Come with you…?” Ruby asked in surprise.
“Yeah, come with us!” Kyle berkata with a smile and nod. “Do anda want to come to the park with us and get some fresh air?”
“But… What about leaving I2 here oleh herself…?” Ruby asked, sounding worried for I2.
“Ruby, I understand that anda care about I2, and I do, too,” Kyle said. “But… I still felt like I needed at least ten menit away to relax. So… Mancer and I were going to go out to the park for at least a few minutes. You’re free to come with us if you’d like, Ruby.”
“I don’t… think leaving I2 behind would be a good idea…” Ruby berkata quietly.
“She won’t be alone, Ruby… My mom and dad are here, and then Daniel and Avina are here as well,” Kyle said. “Besides, I only planned on being gone for a few menit atau so. Just long enough to get a breath of fresh air.”
Ruby seemed to hesitate for a bit, as if trying to decide if she wanted to leave the house for a short while atau not. After a few moments of silence, she slowly nodded her head towards Kyle. “Okay then, I’ve decided I would like to go with you, Kyle.”
“You would like to go with us?” Kyle asked as he tilted his head to the side. Ruby simply nodded her head to say yes to Kyle’s question.
“Then I’d say it’s okay for us to go, then,” Mancer berkata as he made his way over to Kyle. “I know that we already asked your parents for permission for anda to leave before we even decided that we were going to the park, so it should be okay.”
“Right, so it should be fine to go ahead and leave,” Kyle berkata with a nod of his head. “Or so I think… Perhaps I should at least tell my parents that we’re leaving right this moment.”
“That would probably be a good idea…” Mancer and Ruby both agreed with what Kyle said.
“Alright, then I’ll go talk to my parents,” Kyle berkata with a nod. He turned and walked off, attempting to find his parents so he could tell them that he was leaving to go to the park. Mancer and Ruby stood at silence, simply waiting patiently for Kyle to come back. They didn’t have to wait for much longer at all before the yellow hedgehog walked back and gave a nod.
“They berkata it was fine and that we’re free to go,” Kyle informed. “But, they also berkata they don’t want us to be gone too long.”
“Well, we were only planning to be gone for short time, correct?” Mancer asked as he turned towards the front door.
“Yeah, that’s right,” Kyle berkata as he followed after Mancer. Ruby followed as well.
“By any chance, are there any other plans that anda had in mind, Kyle…?” Ruby asked as she turned her head towards Kyle.
“Not really, Ruby. I just planned on going to the park for a short bit and then coming home. I didn’t really plan on going to anyone’s house anything such as that,” Kyle replied. “Unless anda might want to go somewhere, that is.”
“I would just like to go out for a bit and then come back… I don’t want to be away for too long…” Ruby berkata quietly as she walked out of the room door with Kyle and Mancer.
“That’s fine then, Ruby. I don’t think we’ll be gone that long anyways,” Kyle said. “The only friend I could think to go see anyways would be Kagen. But, despite the fact that I do want to see him at some point, I think we’ll just go to the park and then come back.” Ruby simply nodded her head to say okay to what Kyle had said.
“So we are just going to the park?” Mancer asked as he turned his head slightly to look at Kyle.
“That’s what we decided,” Kyle berkata with a nod. “Why are anda asking? Did anda want to go somewhere else?”
“Oh, no, I was simply just asking. I was just double checking, I suppose,” Mancer replied. “Anyway, will we be arriving at the park soon? I’m sure anda know your way around much better than I do, Kyle.”
“We should be there in a few minutes,” Kyle replied. “It’s not that much further from here.” Mancer simply nodded his head and didn’t say another word after that.
Just like Kyle said, it only did take a few menit until the small group of three arrived at the large, wide open park. Ruby and Mancer simply looked around at the scenery upon arriving, while Kyle took a deep breath with a wide smile on his face.
“Ah, fresh air… It feels really nice out today!” Kyle exclaimed, still wearing a happy smile on his face.
“I do agree that the air does seem pretty nice. Not too warm, but not too chilly, either,” Mancer noted. “This seems like one of those days that would be very nice for a walk.”
“Yeah, it would be a great hari for a walk,” Kyle agreed with a smile. “In fact, we already did take a walk to get here,” He added with a laugh.
“True, I suppose we did already take a walk,” Mancer chuckled.
Ruby remained silent as she looked around. She had a slight look of worry on her face, which suggested that she was still worried about I2 back home. Kyle noticed this look of unease on her face, and turned towards her.
“Are anda okay, Ruby?” Kyle asked. “Are anda still worried about I2 being alone at home?”
“I’m sorry, Kyle…” Ruby apologized. “I just… I am worried about I2… I did want to come with you, but I still can’t help be worried…”
“Well, we can head back right now if we really need to go back,” Kyle offered, trying to make Ruby feel a bit better.
“No, it’s… It’s okay, Kyle… I could just go halaman awal oleh myself if I really wanted to…” Ruby replied quietly.
“Are anda sure anda don’t want me to take anda home?” Kyle asked. “I really will walk anda halaman awal if anda want, Ruby.”
“I’ll be okay… I’ll stay here for at least a bit longer…” Ruby said. “I’m sure that you’re most likely thinking that the air would be good for me as well, right…?”
“Well, I do think that getting out of the house for a while might be able to help get rid of stress, if you’re feeling stressed, that is,” Kyle replied. “I’m certainly not trying to say that anda have to stay, but I do agree that I think that this might help with your stress, if you’re feeling stressed out because of everything that’s happening.”
Mancer stayed silent, attempting to make sure that he didn’t interrupt the conversation between Kyle and Ruby. He simply looked around the park, observing what seemed to be around him; there didn’t seem to be very many people around. He continued looking around, attempting to see if he could see anything else of interest, but he suddenly froze in place as if he heard something that had gotten his attention.
Kyle turned his head towards Mancer, noticing that the black and red hybrid seemed to have Frozen in place. “Mancer? Is something wrong?”
Mancer didn’t reply right away; he simply just looked around, almost as if he was feeling cautious. “…Be quiet for a moment… I thought I heard a voice,” He replied quietly after a short moment.
“…Um… anda heard a voice? Even though there’s tons of people walking around and talking to each other,” Kyle berkata in confusion. “How could anda not hear a voice in a place like this?”
“It’s different than that, Kyle,” Mancer replied in a flat tone that sounded somewhat annoyed. “I meant I felt like I heard someone talking about US. Like, two people having a conversation about us…”
“Someone talking about us?” Kyle asked in even lebih confusion. Ruby also gave a slightly confused look towards the black and red hybrid.
“Yes, exactly what I just said… Someone talking ABOUT us,” Mancer replied. He continued looking around, as if searching for whatever he thought that he might have heard. Kyle and Ruby simply remained silent, not having any idea what to say to Mancer atau what to say about what he was doing.
Mancer still continued to look around, until his ears suddenly stood up. “Hey, watch out!” Mancer berkata quickly before jumping towards Kyle and Ruby, as if jumping out of the way of something. Sure enough, a large blast of what looked like Rasoul energy shot into the ground, leaving a very small crater where Mancer had just stood moments ago.
Kyle looked around in shock along with Ruby, trying to figure out what had just happened. “Did anda see that coming, Mancer?!” The yellow hedgehog asked in shock.
“Yes, I did,” Mancer replied in a flat tone as he looked in the direction that the blast had come from. “Something tells me Vice atau one of the Dark kuda is around.”
“Well, now, what tells anda that?” A female’s voice asked with a laugh. The voice was revealed to belong to Astra from the Dark kuda as she dropped out of a nearby pohon with a smirk on her face.
“What does Vice want this time?” Mancer asked through clenched teeth as Rasoul energy began to form around his arms. “Is he still after Kyle? atau has he taken on a different plan?”
“I’d say I’m not allowed to give anda that kind of information,” Astra berkata as she crossed her arms. “If anda want to know so badly, then why don’t anda go find Vice and ask him yourself.”
Ruby turned her head to look at Kyle, who had his eyes trained on Astra with a rather angry expression. “Kyle, do anda know who this person is…?”
“Yeah, I do,” Kyle replied, turning his head slightly to look at Ruby. “Did I tell anda about those Dark kuda people…? This girl’s name is Astra, and she’s one of the members from that group…”
“So she’s one of the people who have been attacking anda in that Dark kuda team?” Ruby asked as she narrowed her eyes slightly.
“Yes,” Kyle replied with a nod of his head. “This person and the other members of the Dark Horses, though I don’t know if the others are here…”
“Alright then…” Ruby berkata as she turned her head towards Astra. She was prepared to get into a fight with the Dark kuda girl if she had to.
“Anyway, yes, I am here because Vice sent me to come check on all of you,” Astra berkata with a smirk as she tilted her head to the side. “He wanted to know what all of anda were up to.”
“Wanted to know what we were up to?” Kyle questioned as he tilted his head to the side. “What does that mean?”
“It means what it means. Vice wanted me to come see what you’re up to,” Astra replied. “Like a spy, anda know.”
“…And you’re admitting to spying on us…?” Mancer asked in confusion. “Even though normally spying would be done in secret?”
“Perhaps I’m not trying to be in secret,” Astra replied as she narrowed her eyes. “Perhaps I’m simply distracting you.”
“Distracting?” Before Mancer could really think about what Astra had just said, a large sphere of Rasoul energy shot flying into his stomach from a nearby tree. Mancer was certainly taken oleh surprise, as his breath left him quickly as he fell backwards onto the ground.
“Mancer!” Kyle quickly made his way over to Mancer along with Ruby, attempting to see if the black and red hybrid had taken any serious damage from the Rasoul blast. Ruby looked around, attempting to pinpoint where the Rasoul energy had come from while Kyle continued trying to make sure that Mancer hadn’t taken any serious damage.
“I’m fine,” Mancer replied as he took a sharp breath. He turned his head to look at Kyle. “But, don’t worry about me! Pay attention to Astra and whoever just shot me!”
Kyle quickly raised his head up, just in time to see Astra releasing a laugh at what had just happened. “Where’s the other one?” Kyle asked in anger, referring to the one who had just shot Mancer.
“Present!” A male’s voice called with a laugh. However, Kyle couldn’t tell where the voice seemed to be coming from right away, due to the fact that the voice seemed to be coming from right above him. Kyle looked straight up, only to see Devin fly above his head and land on the ground selanjutnya to Astra.
“Devin…” Kyle whispered under his breath, taking in the fact that the bat member of the Dark kuda had just arrived. He did, however, notice that Devin’s wings seemed perfectly fine, even though he remembered Devin getting tackled and getting his wing damaged oleh Mancer.
“Are anda just going to stand there?” Devin asked in a mocking way, assuming that Kyle probably wanted to attack at any moment.
“Why are anda even here?” Kyle asked in an annoyed tone, narrowing his eyes at Devin. “Plus, are anda the only two here?”
“Now why would we tell anda that? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of an ambush?” Devin asked, once again in a mocking way.
“I’m going to guess there’s not another person around?” Kyle berkata as he narrowed his eyes. “Since anda berkata that would defeat the purpose of an ambush?”
“Ah, fine. You’re right, it’s just Astra and me here,” Devin replied as he narrowed his eyes slightly. “Hello.” Astra simply waved with a grin on her face.
Kyle narrowed his eyes again as he put himself on guard, expecting either one of the Dark kuda members to attack at any time. Ruby also appeared to stand on guard, as if she was waiting for something to happen as well.
“Why the serious faces? It’s not like we’ve done anything,” Astra berkata with sarcasm in her voice. “At least not yet,” She added with a laugh.
Mancer slowly managed to bring himself up to his feet, holding his stomach in pain due to the fact that he had previously gotten blasted there. He glared towards Devin and Astra, also appearing to be on guard. “Are anda just going to stand there?”
“Perhaps we could. It is quite a nice hari out,” Devin berkata with a grin as he put his hands behind his back. He began forming Rasoul energy around his hidden hands.
Mancer formed heavy amounts of Rasoul energy around his own arms, having a feeling that they planned to attack soon. However, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to do much, due to the fact that his one arm was still hurt from being cut oleh Devin’s Rasoul Blade previously. “Be ready, Kyle, Ruby,” The black and red hybrid whispered under his breath to the Kyle and Ruby. Kyle and Ruby simply stood on guard.
Sure enough, Devin pulled his hands out quickly from behind his back and shot them forward, sending two very large blasts of Rasoul energy flying towards the small group of three. All three jumped away from each other, managing to dodge the Rasoul energy that came towards them.
“Can anda fight?!” Mancer asked Ruby as he ducked down and rolled to the side, avoiding another blast of Rasoul energy that flew at him.
“Yes, I can if I need to!” Ruby replied as she turned her attention towards Astra and Devin, still attempting to keep her guard up.
“You might have to in this situation!” Mancer pointed out as he formed Rasoul energy around his arms once again, preparing to attack. He fired Rasoul energy blasts at Astra and Devin, who simply just dived out of the way to dodge the incoming energy.
Kyle formed Rasoul energy around his arms, preparing to try to attack. He raised his hands up and shot the energy towards Devin and Astra, who dived out of the way again to dodge. “Are anda even in the shape to fight?” Kyle asked Mancer, remembering that his arm was still injured.
“I can fight if I have to,” Mancer replied quickly. “Which one of these two do anda think that anda and Ruby can take together?”
“Do anda know anything about what they can do?” Kyle asked. “Anything about their abilities?”
“Astra is quick and she’s a great tracker,” Mancer replied. “Devin can fly and he hits hard, but he’s not as fast as Astra.”
“Then which one do anda actually think would be the best one for us to go after?” Kyle asked as he quickly turned his head to look at Mancer.
“Just pick someone, I just think it would be best if we took on one at a time instead of both at once,” Mancer replied. “Just pick someone and I’ll take on whoever’s left!”
Kyle and Ruby didn’t really get a chance to pick who they wanted to take on, however, as Devin and Astra both charged towards the group of three, both preparing to attack with Rasoul Blades on their arms. Mancer jumped to the left while Ruby and Kyle both went to the right; which caused Astra to pindah to face Kyle and Ruby, while Devin went to Mancer.
“Looks like you’re dealing with me!” Astra berkata with a smirk as she formed Rasoul energy around her arms, preparing to attack once more.
“And it looks like it’s anda and me,” Devin berkata with a smirk to Mancer, also preparing to attack as he formed Rasoul energy around his own arms.
“Come at me, Devin. I’m not afraid of you,” Mancer berkata flatly as he raised both of his arms, preparing to try to attack the Dark kuda bat.
“As anda wish,” Devin simply replied as he formed both of his arms into Rasoul Blades, and charged towards Mancer to attack. Mancer jumped to the side as Devin swung his Rasoul Blades, dodging the attack.
With Kyle and Ruby, they both jumped out of the way of Astra’s attack, which was frequently fired Rasoul blasts flying at them from the front. “Are anda okay with fighting?!” Kyle asked Ruby quickly, moving away to dodge another Rasoul blast.
“I will if I absolutely have to!” Ruby replied back. She jumped away from Astra, and then shot a few blasts of Chaos Energy at the Dark kuda girl. Astra was taken slightly off guard oleh the blast of energy, and was knocked back in a stumble.
“Good shot, Ruby,” Kyle complimented, forming as much Rasoul energy around his arms as he possibly felt like he could, and prepared to shoot the energy out in a forceful blast to try to attack Astra. The energy did fly out of his arms, however, a lot of it fell apart before he fired it, and so a much weaker blast was what flew and hit Astra.
Astra was indeed knocked back slightly and stunned oleh both attacks, especially the Chaos Energy that came from Ruby. However, she recovered fairly quickly and prepared to attack once more. She formed Rasoul energy around her arm, making a Rasoul Blade, and then charged towards both Kyle and Ruby to try to land an attack on them.
“Thank you, Kyle. I’m glad that I can be here to help anda this time!” Ruby berkata to Kyle as she watched for Astra’s selanjutnya attack. “I want to protect you.”
“I understand that, Ruby, and I want to try to help anda as well. I don’t want to see anda get hurt,” Kyle berkata quickly, also waiting for Astra’s selanjutnya attack.
Astra charged towards Ruby and Kyle and took a ayunan at them with her Rasoul Blade, attempting to strike them. Kyle and Ruby managed to dodge once more, and shot Rasoul energy and Chaos energy at her again. Astra managed to dodge this time, however, so she was able to quickly try to strike again. Ruby managed to get out of the way, but Kyle was hit oleh the blade, which knocked him back onto the ground. He didn’t get cut, however, due to the fact that the sharp side of the blade didn’t touch him.
“Kyle!” Ruby quickly ran over to Kyle’s side, quickly checking to see if he had taken any serious injury. Kyle pulled himself up to a sitting position and turned his head to look at Ruby.
“I’m okay, Ruby… Don’t worry. Yeah, that hurt, but I don’t think I actually got cut,” The yellow hedgehog replied. He tried to pull himself up onto his feet as quickly as he could, expecting Astra to try to attack again.
While Kyle and Ruby were taking on Astra, Mancer and Devin were having a heated battle of their own. Devin swung both of his Rasoul Blades at Mancer, but Mancer simply managed to jump up over Devin in a flip and land behind the bat. Mancer quickly raised his hands, sending a large blast of Rasoul energy directly into the bat’s upper back area.
“Gah!” Devin released a yell of pain as he flew meneruskan, ke depan due to the blast, landing hard in the dirt. He felt a stinging pain shooting all up and down his back, starting from where the blast first struck. His shoulders were feeling the pain as well, as the blast was placed close to in between his shoulder blades.
“I’m waiting on you, Devin,” Mancer mocked slightly, putting a slight smirk on his face. “You thought anda were going to be the one beating me into the ground, correct?”
Devin quickly brought himself back to his feet, furious at Mancer’s mocking. “I can’t say if I can beat anda atau not, but that doesn’t mean I’m just going to give up without trying to take anda down!” He charged at Mancer once lebih as his Rasoul Blades disappeared, turning into swirls of energy around his arms. He swung both fists at Mancer, attempting to hit the hybrid with Rasoul-charged punches.
Mancer was able to bebek to the side to dodge both punches, but what he didn’t expect was for Devin to suddenly and quickly ayunan his leg up in a kick, which was also charged with Rasoul. Mancer was struck directly in the chin, and was sent flying back due to the Rasoul-charged power that was in the kick. Devin didn’t waste any time, however, and charged straight towards the downed Mancer, preparing to attack again.
Mancer quickly managed to get up slightly and flip backwards away from Devin trying to slam a Rasoul Blade down onto his body, just managing to barely dodge the attack. The hybrid quickly stood up, trying his best to ignore the pain from hitting the ground and from the impact on his chin. Mancer quickly formed Rasoul energy around his arms and began firing blasts towards Devin, attempting to knock the bat back. The bat managed to dodge some of the energy, but he was also hit oleh some of them and stumbled back slightly due to the force of the impact. Mancer continued firing Rasoul energy, still attempting to push Devin back as far as possible, as if for a reason.
Devin continued trying to dodge, but he did find himself being knocked back oleh different blasts that kept hitting him. He didn’t, however, lose his balance, so he was able to stay on his feet instead of falling. “Just hitting me with the constant blasts isn’t really going to do anda any good! It’s not like you’re going to get much damage in that way,” He berkata flatly as he turned his arms into Rasoul Blades once more, preparing to attack the black and red hybrid once more.
“Just try me, Devin. I have quite a few surprises up my sleeves,” Mancer replied as he stood still, as if he had something planned. “Shooting Rasoul spheres is not the only thing that I can do.”
Back with Ruby and Kyle, it seemed that Kyle and Ruby were slowly beginning to get the upper hand against Astra. Kyle shot Rasoul blasts towards Astra, while Ruby followed through with Chaos energy. The two attacks combined were starting to tire Astra out.
“Okay, now this is just getting annoying,” Astra berkata with a tone of anger and annoyance in her voice. “I’m tired of just letting myself get knocked around like this,” She added as Rasoul energy began to form around her entire body, as if she was preparing a very strong attack.
“…This doesn’t look good…” Kyle berkata as his eyes widened slightly at the massive amounts of energy that were forming around Astra. His view, however, shifted once Ruby stepped out in front of him. “Ruby?”
Ruby stood in front of Kyle, watching for Astra’s attack. As soon as Astra raised her hands and fired off a huge amount of Rasoul energy, Ruby quickly used her Chaos energy to form a large shield around Kyle and herself, which shielded them from the large energy blast. “Are anda okay, Kyle?”
“Wow, nice shield!” Kyle complimented, looking around at the shield in surprise. “I bet this is a pretty strong shield, right?”
“Yes, it’s made out of nanites, and nanites are metal, so this shield should be able to withstand quite a large amount of damage without being broken,” Ruby replied. “Perhaps we can take this time to take a small breather while we try to think of how we can attack this girl.”
“What do anda think would be the best thing to try to do?” Kyle asked. “She seems pretty powerful, don’t anda think?”
“I’m sure we can do something,” Ruby said. “I’m just glad that I can actually be here to try to protect anda this time…”
“I’m sorry that I’ve never brought anda with me before, Ruby… I understand that anda want to help me and protect me, but I also worry about you…” Kyle berkata as he looked down slightly.
“We can talk about that a bit later, okay?” Ruby said. “Right now I think we need to focus on what we’re going to do with Astra right this moment.”
“Oh, right…” Kyle’s ears lay down slightly as he turned his head towards Astra, who was trying to shoot her way through the shield; she wasn’t having any luck with that at the moment. “What’s our plan to try to attack her?”
“Chaos energy and your Rasoul energy again?” Ruby suggested as she turned her head towards Astra. “Should we try that?”
“Well, that did seem to work the first time,” Kyle berkata with a nod of his head. “I think it would be fine to keep trying that. I think we just need to keep going until she either stops, atau until Mancer can get finished with Devin and help us.”
“I don’t think waiting will do us much good, just in case Mancer is fairly evenly matched with Devin and isn’t really able to beat him easily,” Ruby said. “Plus, I think the two of us together would have quite a bit of power.”
“Do anda think we could both take her?” Kyle asked just out of curiosity as he formed Rasoul energy around his arms, preparing to be ready to resume the fight.
“Like I already said, I do believe that the two of us together will offer quite a bit of power, so I think we would at least have a chance to hold her off until we could get away,” Ruby replied. “Are anda ready to try to attack again now, though? I don’t think just sitting here is getting us anything done.”
“Maybe it would be a good idea to wait until a break in her shooting?” Kyle said, watching the Rasoul blasts that continue pelting into the front of the nanites shield. “I’m sure she’ll tire out and take even a small break, which might allow us to quickly attack.”
“Is that what anda think will work for us?” Ruby asked.
“Well, I can’t say for sure, but I do think it might be best to wait for a break,” Kyle berkata as he continued to watch for an opening in Astra’s attack. Astra soon began to slow down in her attacking, as she was spending a lot of Rasoul energy and therefor tiring herself out. Ruby and Kyle quickly prepared to attack once she began to slow down even more; they were going to aim for a sudden surprise attack once the shield was brought down.
Astra continued slowing down in her attacks until she finally stopped, breathing in and out heavily due to having used up most of her energy in that constant attack. She put her hands on her knees with a sigh and looked up, just in time to see the shield come down, followed very closely with blasts of Chaos energy and Rasoul energy. Astra was taken oleh complete surprise, and was forcefully blasted backwards through the air and landed roughly on the ground.
“Wow, that worked,” Kyle said, surprised at the fact that the energy blasts had really done that much damage to Astra. He watched as Astra slowly began to get back up, preparing to get ready to fight again.
“Yes, I would certainly say that worked,” Ruby berkata with a nod of her head. She also watched as Astra got up, preparing to fight once lebih if the Dark kuda girl tried to attack again.
Astra growled at Ruby and Kyle in anger, preparing to try to attack again. She tried to form lebih Rasoul energy around herself to use in an attack, but she was finding it difficult at the current moment due to having spent a lot of energy trying to break through Ruby’s shield. She did, however, manage to form enough Rasoul energy to make a Rasoul Blade around her arm, which she planned to use to attack. “Okay, I’ll admit that you’re pretty powerful… I didn’t expect such a powerful shield,” She said, narrowing her eyes at Ruby. “You’re quite a match for me.”
“She is pretty strong,” Kyle agreed. “She’s also a great person in my opinion.” Ruby simply smiled at what Kyle said.
“So I’m assuming that she’s quite nice to you,” Astra berkata as she formed lebih Rasoul energy into her other arm, now giving herself another Rasoul Blade. “I would normally say that it does help to have friends and nice people around you.”
“Wait, what?” Kyle froze slightly in confusion, quite shocked at what Astra had said. He was somewhat surprised to hear that coming from someone who seemed to be his enemy.
Astra simply went back to being quiet and charged towards Kyle and Ruby with both of her Rasoul Blades raised, prepared to try to attack them again. Kyle moved to the side to try to be ready to dodge to the side to dodge the attack, but Ruby simply stood where she was. Kyle looked at Ruby in surprise, but before he could say anything, Ruby used her powers to morph her hand out into a sword hand and then prepared to attack Astra to try to counter her Rasoul Blades. Both swords clashed, and Astra stumbled back slightly due to the force from the impact.
“So anda can make a blade as well… atau a sword, to be lebih exact,” Astra noted as she prepared to try to attack once more. Ruby also prepared to attack again, raising her sword hand.
Once again back with Mancer and Devin, Devin was swinging away at Mancer with his Rasoul Blades. However, Mancer simply just kept dodging to the left and right, and ducking to avoid the bat’s quick, furious attacks.
“Are anda just going to keep dodging like a coward atau fight like a man?!” Devin asked in anger as he continued swinging at Mancer, who still continued dodging the attacks to the left and right. Mancer simply laughed at what Devin said.
“Dodging like a coward? Oh, surely not. Dodging could even save a person’s life if an actual, sharpened blade was swung at them. I’m simply dodging to avoid being hit, which in turn will keep me away from harm,” Mancer replied with a smirk.
“Whatever! anda are akting like a coward, though! You’re not actually fighting me,” Devin growled through clenched teeth. “If you’re not fighting back, not even trying to fight back, how do anda think that might make anda look?”
“Sure, anda may think I look like a coward, but perhaps I’m simply waiting for a good moment to counter attack. That’s being smart in a battle,” Mancer said, still wearing a smirk on his face. Before Devin could really react to what Mancer said, the black and red hybrid grab the bat’s arms tightly, and flipped him backwards down onto the ground. The hybrid held up the arm that was previously hurt as if preparing to blast Devin with a blast of Rasoul energy; however, his arm also seemed almost as if it had healed quite a bit since the short time that he had gotten the injury.
Devin quickly rolled out of the way, trying his best to ignore the sharp pain that was shooting through his back due to having been flipped and slammed back onto the ground. He was barely able to get out of the way of Mancer’s Rasoul blast, which made a small mark on the ground where Devin had just been laying. Mancer quickly followed Devin’s movements, however, and fired another blast of Rasoul energy, striking the bat in the leg this time; however, this blast was different. This blast looked almost like an extremely thin, long needle of Rasoul energy. Devin let out a scream of pain, feeling like he had almost gotten a large electrical shock to his leg. He also tried to pindah his leg, but was unable to pindah it, as if his leg wouldn’t respond to what his brain was telling it to do.
“What did anda just do to me?!” Devin asked out of pure shock, holding his leg tightly with his hands. He continued trying to pindah his leg, but still with no luck. It also still felt like an electrical shock was running through his leg, as he winced at this.
“Rasoul Shock,” Mancer replied as he formed lebih Rasoul energy around his hands, preparing to api it at Devin once more. “Temporarily ‘shocks’ and disables whatever muscles that it hits. Perfect for getting the upper hand.”
“What?! That’s not even a real Rasoul move!” Devin berkata in shock, watching as Mancer prepared to blast him again. He raised his arms, preparing to try to blast Mancer as well.
“It is if anda make it a pindah yourself,” Mancer replied as he shot another piece of needle-like Rasoul energy, which went into Devin’s left arm before the bat was able to api at Mancer himself. Devin released another scream of pain as he felt that same electric like current following through his arm, making him unable to pindah his arm for the current moment.
Back with Ruby and Kyle, Ruby seemed to be beating Astra during the blade battle. Ruby was using her sword hand to push Astra back, who was trying to hold her place, but felt like she was about to stumble backwards every time Ruby pushed against her Rasoul Blade. Astra eventually did stumble back, and fell onto the ground hard, wincing in pain at the pain that shot through her back from the fall.
“I’d say you’ve beaten Astra in just about every way, Ruby,” Kyle said. He had been standing off to the side, prepared to attack if Astra managed to try to attack Ruby, but so far, he hadn’t needed to attack atau help as Ruby seemed to have everything completely under control.
“I’m focused on trying to make sure that we’re both safe, Kyle,” Ruby replied, waiting to see what Astra was going to do once she got back up off of the ground. Astra did slowly push herself up into a sitting position and then stand up, but nearly lost her balance due to wobbling slightly due to the pain making it hard for her to stand.
“Okay, you’re definitely a much better fighter than I expected anda to be,” Astra sighed through her teeth, attempting to form enough Rasoul energy around her arms to be able to attack with it. “So that means I need to try to aim for a better target... One that’s not as experienced with fighting…”
Ruby quickly realized that this target was Kyle, and quickly prepared to shoot Chaos energy at Astra to try to block her path and prevent her from getting over to Kyle. Astra managed to see the Chaos energy coming, however, and was barely able to dodge the oncoming blasts, but she did dodge them and continued towards Kyle at a very quick speed. Kyle barely had enough time to react before Astra reached him; he tried to api Rasoul energy at her, but she was able to use her own Rasoul-charged fists to meninju, pukulan through Kyle’s blasts, getting to him without taking any damage from his attacks.
Kyle released a surprised yell as he jumped to the side, just barely avoiding a Rasoul-charged meninju, pukulan from Astra. The serigala girl quickly swung her fist at Kyle again, who managed to bebek to dodge the fist this time. Astra quickly tried a third time to hit Kyle, which this attack DID hit the yellow hedgehog, sending him back onto the ground. Astra quickly managed to form a Rasoul Blade around her arm, and prepared to attack Kyle before he had the chance to get up, but she was quickly knocked over to the side due to Ruby shooting a few Chaos energy blasts into the wolf’s side.
Astra stumbled away from Kyle, managing to prevent herself from falling. She quickly turned and began firing Rasoul energy at Kyle, feeling her stamina beginning to drain away due to the fact that she was using too much of her Rasoul energy. Kyle sat up just in time to see the spheres come flying at him, and tries to roll out of the way, but a few of the Rasoul spheres still managed to hit him due to the fact that he didn’t get out of the way quite fast enough. The Rasoul energy stung Kyle’s body, making him wince and cringe in pain.
“So I see that you’re not much of an opponent, atau at least not when you’re attacked in surprise. I still don’t honestly see what Vice sees in you. I know he’s to take your powers, but I don’t see what help they would do with your strength level… I guess the master needs every little bit of energy that he can get…” Astra replied as she prepared to attack Kyle once more.
“Wait, the master?” Kyle asked in confusion. He thought that perhaps Astra was speaking of Vice, but then he wasn’t exactly sure; perhaps Astra was speaking of someone other than Vice. Kyle couldn’t be sure of who she was talking about.
Astra didn’t reply to what Kyle said, she simply just prepared to try to strike Kyle with her Rasoul Blade, however, she packed a lot lebih Rasoul energy into this blade, making it much larger and lebih sharp than before, meaning it could do some serious damage if it was to hit Kyle. Astra took off moving towards the hedgehog in a quick, swiftly manner, prepared to attack with the supercharged Rasoul Blade. Ruby also made a dash for Kyle, attempting to reach him before the Dark kuda serigala was able to. Ruby was able to get to Kyle before Astra could, and quickly grabbed ahold of Kyle’s arm, as if she was about to try to pull him out of the way.
“Ruby, be careful!” Kyle started to say lebih than just that, but he was silenced as Ruby, still holding onto him, teleported him and herself a short ways behind Astra. “Whoa, what just happened?” The yellow hedgehog asked in shock, not realizing that he had just been teleported due to the suddenness of it.
“I just teleported us out of Astra’s way,” Ruby replied. “Now we can try to attack her before she gets to us again,” She pointed out. Astra was looking around in surprise, trying to figure out where Ruby and Kyle had just seemingly disappeared to.
The male was a murky green hedgehog. He wore a grey Tee kemeja and long grey pants, along with black sunglasses. He paced back and forth in front of a bench in the middle of a city. It was not in a park, but lebih a small garden of a sort. There was a small mound of rumput with a pohon upon a concrete surface behind the bench, with a few others near.
He was limping as he walked, allowing him to notice many things due to how slow this made him. He noticed as he paced that one time, upon turning around, a girl appeared on the opposite side of the bench, leaning on its backside, with her back to him.
She appeared to be a cat, pale grey, with black hair, dark jeans, and a pale green tang top. The male was a bit confused oleh her sudden appearance, but became lebih confused when she berkata “The number five, and echo echo.”
"Some sort of code, I'm going to assume?" The male asked, turning his head just slightly. "Or maybe it's just perhaps a quote that anda like?"
“Something I saw in a spy movie once.” She informed.
"Ah, I see. Spy movies," The male acknowledged, turning to face the female normally. "Personally I don't watch a lot of movies, so I can't say I really know any movie quotes," He added with a small shrug of shoulders. "I normally find my entertainment in other ways, such as music. Ah, but that's a story for a completely different time. I'm simply rambling, as I enjoy the few times that I get to get out in public."
“Ah so you’re an introvert deviant.” She replied with a small hint.
"… If anda don't mind me asking, might I ask what fine woman I have the pleasure of speaking to?" Tempus asked, trying to hint at the fact that he was asking for her name.
“A person… a place…” The girl pushed off the bench and turned completely around to face the male, “a thing. And you?”
He paused a moment then answered “Same as anda I suppose. Name’s Tempus.” He removed his glasses.
“… Ann.” The girl replied, giving a nod of greeting. “And what do anda do, Tempus?”
"Ah, a small pinch of everything, to be honest," Tempus replied, "or at least when anda compare it to the things that I'm normally around and doing every day. I play piano often, though that's not really a job for me; it's just a small hobby if you'd like to call it that. I like to cook, I like to sketch... Just small little hobbies. I do have a... job, however, which is what most of my daily time is invested in."
“What is this job?”
Tempus stayed in silence for a short while as he chewed on the corner of his bottom lip slightly, as if trying to think of a way to describe how his job went. He eventually stopped chewing on his lip and looked back at the girl. "...I would say it's quite personal. It just simply involves some family matters, however..." He trailed off slightly, as if pausing again to try to think of what to say. He didn't say another thing on his job, however, as if he didn't want to speak of it atau as if he was trying to avoid saying exactly what it was.
“It almost sounds like you’re hiding something.” Ann smirked with fixed eyes.
"Every person has their secrets. anda have yours, and I have mine," Tempus replied with a rather serious face, keeping his eyes on Ann. "My job and my work is simply my personal business, and perhaps I don't feel comfortable with speaking it to a person who I have just met and don't know anything about myself."
“Or does she?” Ann walked over a bit past him starring off at the city. “I’ve heard about someone with the name Tempus, and I came to find that person.” She turned to him again still smirking, “don’t tell me that it’s a common name.”
"...What are anda expecting from me?" Tempus asked with the same blunt tone in his voice and the same narrowed eyes. "I've never seen anyone specifically looking for me alone," He added with a hint of caution in his voice.
“I’m expecting anda to prove that anda aren’t a dumb cripple.” A long pause followed.
Tempus' eyes slowly moved to the side; he had a feeling that this girl knew who he really was. So, deciding that perhaps he could prove that he was indeed Tempus, he looked around slightly, noticing a civilian who was walking about nearby and going about his business. Tempus raised two fingers up, concentrating as if he was trying to focus on something. Black Rasoul-like mist began to form around his fingers that he held up as he concentrated, until he opened his eyes and swung his arms forward, which sent two large spikes of Rasoul like energy straight at the man, which in turn hit both of his arms and pinned him back against the pohon that he stood in front of. The man released a scream of pain, completely unable to pindah his pinned arms. Tempus simply got up and slowly made his way over to the man, holding his hands behind his back.
The girl, Ann, berkata nothing, but kept her eyes fixed on the man and Tempus, interested at the least.
Tempus simply just nonchalantly made his way over to the man, still keeping his arms tucked behind his back. If anda paid close attention to Tempus' left arm behind his back, one could see that heavy amounts of Rasoul energy began forming around that arm alone. He moved his arm away from his right arm just slightly as the Rasoul energy began wrapping very tightly around his left arm and then melting onto his arm, which in turn caused his arm to slowly take the place of a long, melted blade of black Rasoul until the melted energy quickly hardened, making a fairly large blade on his arm which appeared to be quite sharp; this was the Rasoul Blade.
The man watched in a fear as Tempus came very close to him, until Tempus grabbed the man's chin very tightly. The man gasped, feeling like his chin was nearly being crushed between Tempus' very strong grip.
"Now isn't it just a wonderful day?" Tempus asked the man as he looked straight into the horrified civilian's eyes. Tempus slowly brought his bladed-arm out from behind his back, before placing it very close to the man's leg. Tempus' eyes slowly began to light up with a blue color underneath his thick sunglasses as he continued staring into the man's eyes, who found himself not being able to look away from Tempus' stare.
"Don't anda agree that's it a wonderful day? A wonderful hari for a walk?" Tempus said, almost as if hinting to the man's legs, which were used for walking. The man managed to force himself to look down just in time for Tempus to slowly start sliding his blade into the man's leg, which began making a cut and caused the poor civilian to release a scream.
Ann walked over and observed from a closer angle before shoving Tempus aside.
Tempus stumbled to the side, and fell down onto the concrete due to his legs giving out on him during the stumble; his legs had always been quite weak, due to the fact that he had a muscle disorder, which gave him a physical disability. He was just barely able to avoid falling on his own Rasoul Blade as he fell to the ground roughly. His eyes changed back to their normal color as he looked back at Ann. "Now what was that for? anda could have just killed me!" He berkata with a hint of anger in his voice, also hinting at the fact that he had nearly fallen flat on his Rasoul Blade.
Ann completely ignored Tempus’s pertanyaan and instead observed the condition of the civilian. “Are anda alright?” She asked in a concerned-sounding tone.
Tempus simply just stared in disbelief at this Ann person.
"D-Do I look like I'm okay...?" The man berkata through a wince, pointing his eyes towards his arms that were stuck into the tree, and down at his leg, which had been cut oleh Tempus' Rasoul Blade. "No, I'm n-not okay..."
“Aw…” She strokes the man’s head slowly. “You need healing don’t you…”
"...Healing...?"
“More atau less.” She clutched the man oleh the throat tightly, lifting him upward, scraping his back against the tree. A red water-looking energy started flowing from her arm into the man’s neck.
Tempus' eyes immediately widened at the sight of what Ann had just done, quite shocked at what he had just seen. The man also tried to speak, but was unable to due to the hand around his throat.
The energy continued coursing through the man, spreading throughout his body and fixing his leg. She let go of the man, who fell to the ground and slowly stood up, but not the same as he was. He was silent, still, and emotionless. Slowly Ann turned to Tempus grinning in satisfaction. “Enslave what anda can use.”
"Enslave... I was going to do that, honestly," Tempus berkata as he turned his blade arm back into a normal arm and crossed his arms slightly. "I have hypnotic powers, I might add. I started to use them when anda shoved me out of the way, not that it matters."
“Of course anda were.” Ann smirked.
Tempus was slightly confused at first, but grinned at the end, “Interesting. I take it you’re a villain yourself?”
“I should hope so.” And with that, Ann’s sebelumnya form changed to that of a dark brown lynx, with fiery stripes, tall ears, black and red hair that stretched down to her hips, and wearing an oriental-type red and black-striped collared, short sleeved dress, with black and red boots. “I go oleh Virus.” She finished.
Tempus observed this woman’s power to change shape… it was fascinating.
“So, Tempus,” Virus began again, “is all anda do Rasoul Energy, atau is there more?”
"So anda know what Rasoul is..." Tempus berkata as he rubbed his chin slightly with his hand; he was still sitting on the ground, unable to get up so far due to his weak legs. He also wondered how Virus knew what Rasoul was, so he wondered if perhaps he would find out atau not. "Anyway, I have fairly advanced Rasoul powers, ranging from many different types of Rasoul attacks. My strongest pindah would most likely be the classic Rasoul Blade, but I have quite a few other Rasoul abilities as well. I have the ability to hypnotize, though it is much easier and takes less energy for me to hypnotize a Nighless atau another Rasoul creature as compared to a non-Nighless atau a person without Rasoul energy."
“And is there a goal you’re using that for?” Virus asked, looking about for any civilians who would notice them.
"I'm attempting to strike back at a few family members of mine," Tempus replied as he looked towards Virus. "They don't hold a place for me in things that I clearly have a right to, so I'm attempting to strike back at them. They exclude me from government, they exclude me from family matters, they exclude me from events and festivals; just about anything, which forces me to sit at halaman awal all hari in pure silence, slowly going crazy just from watching the rumput grow outside and the walls inside my house. They've threatened many times to attack me atau fight me with their near army-like force of guards and officers, so I was attempting to build an army of my own to strike back at them and get them to listen to what I have to say. I'm tired of the mistreatment, and I'm going to give them a small taste of what it feels like to battle. They just sit all hari and control everything, so they've barely seen any violence up close and personal as far as I know. I'm going to give them a small taste of it."
“So it’s revenge. Understandable I suppose yet disappointing.”
Tempus narrowed his eyes slightly, tilting his head to the side. "I wouldn't really call it revenge. I'm certainly not driven oleh it, nor do I hold grudges. I'm simply trying to give them a taste of reality, not revenge. Now, disappointing? What, do anda want me to change that around and say that I'm starting a war to overthrow them and take their places?"
“Yes.” She answered bluntly, studying her palms.
"You actually want me to change that story into a war to overthrow my family?" Tempus asked bluntly in disbelief. "Any reason why my story isn't good enough for you?"
“It’s pathetic… revenge…” She scoffed lightly, “petty thing that…”
Tempus narrowed his eyes again, starting to appear quite angry. "I didn't say it was REVENGE. I JUST berkata that a moment ago. It's not for revenge, nor do I act the way that I do due to revenge. I'm just who I am, and I'm not revenge driven. Besides, wouldn't starting a war to overthrow them be revenge as well?" He asked as he crossed his arms. "If anda think me gathering an army is revenge, then wouldn't gathering an army to overthrow them be the exact same thing in your eyes?" He added in a very blunt, slightly harsh voice.
“Yes. They would. And that’s why it’s still, petty, revenge.”
"Then what might your big, fancy ambition be if everything else is too petty for your apparently high tastes?" Tempus asked.
Virus gave a twisted toothy grin, her eyes glowing a dark red, as well as her red markings. She took Tempus oleh the neck and pushed him to the ground. Then in a now lebih hostile and echoing voice she hissed her reply “My ambition is my will, and my will is what I want and wish to do. To do whatever simply for enjoyment, atau for hate. The standards for a villain that I make myself. And unlike pathetic revenge, my deviance is true to the core of wrong because I wish it, not to settle scores, and not because I didn’t get what I wanted.” She released him and stood back up, fading from her glowing, though twitching slightly when returning. She continued in a still hostile tone, but much less echoing “My ambition is rule, power, destruction, and anything that I feel like in between. Try to membungkus, bungkus your mind around that.”
Tempus just stared at her in a mixture of anger and surprise; still angry at the fact that he had been trying to say that it was not complete revenge, and shock out of what Virus had just done. He remained silent, not really knowing what to say to the female.
“Speechless.” She scoffed in a chuckle. “I’m flattered.”
Tempus just gave an angry glare towards her, and if looks could hurt, that could very well be the case here. "Way to stomp on my motivation. Thank anda very much for a terrible damage to my brain," He berkata bluntly and sarcastically.
“You’re welcome.” She smiled. “So, are anda interested?”
"Interested in what? Walking away from here before I let my anger get the best of me?"
“No, something much lebih likely. What do anda know of Identities, if anything?”
Tempus stayed in silence for quite some time, as if thinking over what Virus had said. "Hm... Well, that name does ring a bel, bell for me. I believe I've heard something of them and their Chaos abilities."
“How much?”
"A few things. I wouldn't say my knowledge is perfect," Tempus replied. "I've heard of the Chaos energy, the morphing, the way their emotions work, and... something about a Three-Mood, atau so I think."
“Or so anda think? anda don’t know if you’ve heard of them?”
Tempus gave a facepalm. "YES, I have heard of them. I was just trying to remember exactly what I've heard; my brain isn't always working in overtime, especially when I'm trying to focus on the hundreds and hundreds of people that I have under my control at the current moment."
“Good to know.” She nodded. “And since anda have certain Rasoulin abilities, anda can help. And of course anda will receive favors in return.”
"I can't say I'm greedy enough to ask what those 'favors' might be," Tempus said. "Anyway, what are anda expecting for me to do?"
“It depends on how well anda test out.”
"Test out? So you're going to test what I can do?"
“Physically and mentally.”
"Sounds fair enough."
“You might not think so until it happens.” She noted. “I want anda to capture a Three-mood identity.”
"Any info I should know about this Three-mood identity first so I'm not going in blind? If I do that for you, that is?"
“Yes, they’re dangerous. Very dangerous. If anda survive that would be nice.”
"So you're sending a poor, disabled man against a walking, living weapon, basically."
“A psychic against a powerhouse, yes. Mind over matter. If anda can take control of the identity, atau at the very least pull it out of its three-mood state, anda qualify. And besides, if anda do succeed, anda get my help for what anda want.”
"Sounds like anda want a miracle out of me if that Identity is actually THAT powerful," Tempus berkata as he crossed his arms. "I can only do so much, and I know my limits, but nonetheless, perhaps I could at least try... if anda honestly think I could do something like that."
“If anda need some motivation, anda do this, and you’ll have lebih than one Three-mood to help YOU.”
"While I still think this might go over my limits, I suppose I'll try."
“Good hunting.”
"Now before I rush off foolishly, how might I be able to find this Identity person?"
“Oh I completely forgot.” She grabbed hold of his arm sending a stinging energy into it. When she removed it a glowing red symbol appeared.
Tempus half-closed one of his eyes slightly when the stinging energy went through his arm, and then he looked down at his arm once the symbol appeared. "And what might this be?"
“A tracker, and a mark.” Then she vanished in a red light.
"...Now that has got to be the most mysterious person I've ever met in my life," Tempus sighed through his teeth.
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Kyle sat on the living room dipan, sofa in his house, still attempting to recover his stamina from before. He was feeling quite rested and felt like at least most of his Rasoul energy had recovered. He sat with Mancer in the living room, who sat in silence and appeared to be off in thought. "Hey, Mancer? Is something on your mind?" The yellow hedgehog asked. He waited for a response, but nothing came, so he decided to wait and ask Mancer later.
During the waiting time, Ruby walked into the living room. She noticed Mancer being out of it, and turned to Kyle, “Um Kyle, something’s been happening with I2.”
Kyle's ears immediately perked and stood on end once Ruby began speaking to him. He turned his head towards Ruby, wearing a small look of surprise on his face. "Something has been happening with I2? What... What's been happening?"
“Well…” Ruby turned to Mancer, then back, “I don’t know if Mancer wants to hear it atau not. I thought I would just tell you.”
"...Well, I think Mancer would listen if we told him, atau so I think," Kyle berkata as he turned his head to look at Mancer, who still seemed to be off in his thoughts. "I think I recall him wanting to help get everything that's going on sorted out... Anyway, I'm willing to listen, Ruby."
“All…right, um,” Ruby kept looking back at Mancer, “is he okay? He hasn’t berkata anything yet.”
"I... think he's okay. ...I think. I think he's just got something on his mind," Kyle said. "Um... Should we try to get his attention...?"
“I guess so.”
"Alright, I'll see if I can get his attention, then," Kyle berkata with a nod as he stood up. He walked over to Mancer slowly to see if he had any chance of waking the hybrid up. "Hey, Mancer? Can anda hear me?"
Mancer didn't respond right away, but he did respond. He blinked his eyes a few times before turning his head to look at Kyle. "Oh, I'm sorry... I suppose I spaced out for a menit there. I had something on my mind." Kyle was about to pertanyaan what was on his mind, but Mancer simply shook his head. "I'll tell anda some other time," The hybrid added.
“Uh,” Ruby chimed in, “I was going to tell Kyle about something going on with I2. Would anda like to hear too?”
"Sure, I'll listen," Mancer berkata with a nod of his head. "Is something wrong?"
“Well… she’s been disappearing… at night.” Ruby explained, “she just leaves around eleven, I can’t find her, then she comes back about an jam later.”
Mancer simply just sat in silence, wearing a rather confused look on his face. He looked like he may have wanted to say something, but didn't know how to react to the information that he had just been told.
"She just... leaves?" Kyle asked in confusion. "How long has she been doing this, Ruby...?"
“Well I only started noticing two nights ago… I don’t know if she did it before. I asked her about it, and she wouldn’t tell me where she went. She just keeps saying that she goes for walks. I asked if she wanted it kept a secret even, but she didn’t seem to care.”
"That seems... rather strange..." Mancer berkata quietly. "...I can only wonder if something's wrong atau if something's going through her mind..."
"I hope she's okay..." Kyle berkata with a worried look growing on his face. "Do anda know where she is right now, Ruby?"
Ruby sighed, “Her room like always.”
"Should I try to go talk to her...?" Kyle asked.
“Please.”
"Alright then, I'm going to see if I can get her to speak to me..." Kyle berkata as he turned to head off towards I2's bedroom.
The door was open and I2 was sitting on her bed, staring out the window.
Kyle started to walk into the room, but he stopped himself before he stepped through the doorway, not feeling right about just walking in on I2 all of a sudden. "...I2? Is it... okay if I come in...?" He asked, leaning meneruskan, ke depan slightly.
I2 turned to Kyle, her eyes silver, and unemotional. “Yes it’s alright.”
Kyle's ears slowly laid back against his head when he saw I2's face; unemotional. Kyle desperately wanted I2 to be back to her normal self, and it was hurting him to think about the fact that I2 was different now. "...Thank you, I2..." He slowly stepped inside the room.
“Did anda need something?” She berkata turning completely around to face him.
"I... Ruby berkata that anda were... disappearing at night..." Kyle started slowly. "Like... She berkata anda would leave at about eleven, and then she would be completely unable to find you... and then anda would come back an jam later... Is that... Is that true?"
“Yes.” I2 nodded. “I go for walks.” She took on a sort of confused look, her eyes slightly dark blue, a slate-like color, “Should I not be?”
"Huh? N-No, I didn't mean it like that...!" Kyle berkata as his ears drooped down against his head once again. "I-It's fine that you're going for walks, I2... considering that I like to go for walks myself sometimes... but... I was just... I think we're all worried about anda since anda just seem to disappear without telling anyone that you're leaving..."
“Oh…” I2 looked down, “I didn’t think it was that important that I had to tell people.”
"Well, we care about you, I2..." Kyle said.
I2 looked back at Kyle, “Thank you…” She turned away a bit, “You’re all upset about me losing my memory.”
"...Yes, I am upset..." Kyle berkata quietly as he looked down slowly. "I just... I... I know you're still anda I2, but... but... I... miss... you. I miss your personality and memories... I like anda how anda are, I2... but then I still miss the old you... And... I feel terrible since... I wasn't able to do anything... to help..." The yellow hedgehog tried to keep talking, but he was finding it very hard due to the fact that he felt a lot of sadness welling up inside him.
“I understand… I’m… upset also.”
Kyle looked up at I2 slowly, still feeling a lot of sadness coming up inside him. "I just... I hope we can help anda get your memories back..." He stayed quiet for a moment, as if trying to think of something else to say. "Oh, and... Is there anything else that anda would do at night?" Kyle asked.
I2 hesitated, as if she was going to say something else, but answered calmly, “No… I just went for a walk.”
"...Were anda going to say something else?" Kyle questioned, noticing I2's hesitation.
“No.” I2 replied bluntly. “Is there something else anda needed?”
"No, that's all..." Kyle said. "Thank anda for speaking with me, I2."
I2 nodded then turned back to the window. Ruby was waiting outside.
Kyle turned and quietly walked out of the room, still feeling a bit of worry about I2. He raised his head slightly, noticing Ruby as he came out of the room. "Oh... Hi, Ruby."
“Hi,” Ruby replied, straitening up from her slouch to face him, “did she tell anda anything?”
"She berkata that she's been going for walks," Kyle replied.
Ruby sighed, “I thought she’d say that… “ then Ruby bolted a bit, as if remembering something, “there was something else I wanted to talk to anda about.”
"There's something else?" Kyle asked with a look of surprise on his face. "Can anda tell me what it is?"
“Well… I know that after I2’s… incident we’ve kind of stayed antisocial, but I keep feeling like we aren’t doing our job, protecting anda and all. I mean, anda keep getting into these fights with Vice and those Dark Horses, and we’re almost never there.”
"Ruby... I'm lebih worried about anda and I2 getting hurt than I am anything else," Kyle said. "I don't... I mean, I do appreciate your help and company, but... I'll admit it, I'm afraid of anda getting taken away from me again... That really shook me, Ruby..."
“But anda almost getting killed all the time shakes me!” Ruby’s eyes turned to a dark blue. “I… I stand around all hari here, and you’re out there getting hurt all the time, and I don’t even have I2’s help anymore. I have to make sure you’re okay.”
"Ruby..." Kyle's eyes saddened slightly as his ears drooped down against his head. "I... I understand... but... I worry about anda as well, Ruby... I know anda want to help... But... But... It shakes me to see anda hurt as well..."
“Kyle… please… I’m not okay. I can’t be okay if I don’t know you’re okay.”
Kyle paused in silence, not knowing what he could be able to say to Ruby. He was very worried and even scared at the idea of Ruby getting hurt atau taken again, but at the same time, he could realize that she was worried about him as well. He did stand and think for a short moment, before finally releasing a small sigh. "...Okay then. I'll do my best to tell anda when something's going on then, Ruby."
Ruby hugged him, “Thank you…”
"You're welcome, Ruby..." After that, Kyle turned with Ruby and they both went off to spend some time in the living room, attempting to just calm down and relax.
After a short while of relaxing, Kyle decided that he felt like he wanted to go to the park for a while and just enjoy some fresh air after everything that had been going on lately. He had talked to Mancer about putting off training to go to the park, and the hybrid seemed to agree pretty quickly as if he needed a break as well.
“You’re both going to go to the park?” Ruby asked, turning to look at Kyle. She tilted her head to the side, seeming to expect an answer from the yellow hedgehog.
“Yep, we’re going to go to the park,” Kyle berkata with a nod. “Would anda like to come with us, Ruby?” He added with a smile.
“Come with you…?” Ruby asked in surprise.
“Yeah, come with us!” Kyle berkata with a smile and nod. “Do anda want to come to the park with us and get some fresh air?”
“But… What about leaving I2 here oleh herself…?” Ruby asked, sounding worried for I2.
“Ruby, I understand that anda care about I2, and I do, too,” Kyle said. “But… I still felt like I needed at least ten menit away to relax. So… Mancer and I were going to go out to the park for at least a few minutes. You’re free to come with us if you’d like, Ruby.”
“I don’t… think leaving I2 behind would be a good idea…” Ruby berkata quietly.
“She won’t be alone, Ruby… My mom and dad are here, and then Daniel and Avina are here as well,” Kyle said. “Besides, I only planned on being gone for a few menit atau so. Just long enough to get a breath of fresh air.”
Ruby seemed to hesitate for a bit, as if trying to decide if she wanted to leave the house for a short while atau not. After a few moments of silence, she slowly nodded her head towards Kyle. “Okay then, I’ve decided I would like to go with you, Kyle.”
“You would like to go with us?” Kyle asked as he tilted his head to the side. Ruby simply nodded her head to say yes to Kyle’s question.
“Then I’d say it’s okay for us to go, then,” Mancer berkata as he made his way over to Kyle. “I know that we already asked your parents for permission for anda to leave before we even decided that we were going to the park, so it should be okay.”
“Right, so it should be fine to go ahead and leave,” Kyle berkata with a nod of his head. “Or so I think… Perhaps I should at least tell my parents that we’re leaving right this moment.”
“That would probably be a good idea…” Mancer and Ruby both agreed with what Kyle said.
“Alright, then I’ll go talk to my parents,” Kyle berkata with a nod. He turned and walked off, attempting to find his parents so he could tell them that he was leaving to go to the park. Mancer and Ruby stood at silence, simply waiting patiently for Kyle to come back. They didn’t have to wait for much longer at all before the yellow hedgehog walked back and gave a nod.
“They berkata it was fine and that we’re free to go,” Kyle informed. “But, they also berkata they don’t want us to be gone too long.”
“Well, we were only planning to be gone for short time, correct?” Mancer asked as he turned towards the front door.
“Yeah, that’s right,” Kyle berkata as he followed after Mancer. Ruby followed as well.
“By any chance, are there any other plans that anda had in mind, Kyle…?” Ruby asked as she turned her head towards Kyle.
“Not really, Ruby. I just planned on going to the park for a short bit and then coming home. I didn’t really plan on going to anyone’s house anything such as that,” Kyle replied. “Unless anda might want to go somewhere, that is.”
“I would just like to go out for a bit and then come back… I don’t want to be away for too long…” Ruby berkata quietly as she walked out of the room door with Kyle and Mancer.
“That’s fine then, Ruby. I don’t think we’ll be gone that long anyways,” Kyle said. “The only friend I could think to go see anyways would be Kagen. But, despite the fact that I do want to see him at some point, I think we’ll just go to the park and then come back.” Ruby simply nodded her head to say okay to what Kyle had said.
“So we are just going to the park?” Mancer asked as he turned his head slightly to look at Kyle.
“That’s what we decided,” Kyle berkata with a nod. “Why are anda asking? Did anda want to go somewhere else?”
“Oh, no, I was simply just asking. I was just double checking, I suppose,” Mancer replied. “Anyway, will we be arriving at the park soon? I’m sure anda know your way around much better than I do, Kyle.”
“We should be there in a few minutes,” Kyle replied. “It’s not that much further from here.” Mancer simply nodded his head and didn’t say another word after that.
Just like Kyle said, it only did take a few menit until the small group of three arrived at the large, wide open park. Ruby and Mancer simply looked around at the scenery upon arriving, while Kyle took a deep breath with a wide smile on his face.
“Ah, fresh air… It feels really nice out today!” Kyle exclaimed, still wearing a happy smile on his face.
“I do agree that the air does seem pretty nice. Not too warm, but not too chilly, either,” Mancer noted. “This seems like one of those days that would be very nice for a walk.”
“Yeah, it would be a great hari for a walk,” Kyle agreed with a smile. “In fact, we already did take a walk to get here,” He added with a laugh.
“True, I suppose we did already take a walk,” Mancer chuckled.
Ruby remained silent as she looked around. She had a slight look of worry on her face, which suggested that she was still worried about I2 back home. Kyle noticed this look of unease on her face, and turned towards her.
“Are anda okay, Ruby?” Kyle asked. “Are anda still worried about I2 being alone at home?”
“I’m sorry, Kyle…” Ruby apologized. “I just… I am worried about I2… I did want to come with you, but I still can’t help be worried…”
“Well, we can head back right now if we really need to go back,” Kyle offered, trying to make Ruby feel a bit better.
“No, it’s… It’s okay, Kyle… I could just go halaman awal oleh myself if I really wanted to…” Ruby replied quietly.
“Are anda sure anda don’t want me to take anda home?” Kyle asked. “I really will walk anda halaman awal if anda want, Ruby.”
“I’ll be okay… I’ll stay here for at least a bit longer…” Ruby said. “I’m sure that you’re most likely thinking that the air would be good for me as well, right…?”
“Well, I do think that getting out of the house for a while might be able to help get rid of stress, if you’re feeling stressed, that is,” Kyle replied. “I’m certainly not trying to say that anda have to stay, but I do agree that I think that this might help with your stress, if you’re feeling stressed out because of everything that’s happening.”
Mancer stayed silent, attempting to make sure that he didn’t interrupt the conversation between Kyle and Ruby. He simply looked around the park, observing what seemed to be around him; there didn’t seem to be very many people around. He continued looking around, attempting to see if he could see anything else of interest, but he suddenly froze in place as if he heard something that had gotten his attention.
Kyle turned his head towards Mancer, noticing that the black and red hybrid seemed to have Frozen in place. “Mancer? Is something wrong?”
Mancer didn’t reply right away; he simply just looked around, almost as if he was feeling cautious. “…Be quiet for a moment… I thought I heard a voice,” He replied quietly after a short moment.
“…Um… anda heard a voice? Even though there’s tons of people walking around and talking to each other,” Kyle berkata in confusion. “How could anda not hear a voice in a place like this?”
“It’s different than that, Kyle,” Mancer replied in a flat tone that sounded somewhat annoyed. “I meant I felt like I heard someone talking about US. Like, two people having a conversation about us…”
“Someone talking about us?” Kyle asked in even lebih confusion. Ruby also gave a slightly confused look towards the black and red hybrid.
“Yes, exactly what I just said… Someone talking ABOUT us,” Mancer replied. He continued looking around, as if searching for whatever he thought that he might have heard. Kyle and Ruby simply remained silent, not having any idea what to say to Mancer atau what to say about what he was doing.
Mancer still continued to look around, until his ears suddenly stood up. “Hey, watch out!” Mancer berkata quickly before jumping towards Kyle and Ruby, as if jumping out of the way of something. Sure enough, a large blast of what looked like Rasoul energy shot into the ground, leaving a very small crater where Mancer had just stood moments ago.
Kyle looked around in shock along with Ruby, trying to figure out what had just happened. “Did anda see that coming, Mancer?!” The yellow hedgehog asked in shock.
“Yes, I did,” Mancer replied in a flat tone as he looked in the direction that the blast had come from. “Something tells me Vice atau one of the Dark kuda is around.”
“Well, now, what tells anda that?” A female’s voice asked with a laugh. The voice was revealed to belong to Astra from the Dark kuda as she dropped out of a nearby pohon with a smirk on her face.
“What does Vice want this time?” Mancer asked through clenched teeth as Rasoul energy began to form around his arms. “Is he still after Kyle? atau has he taken on a different plan?”
“I’d say I’m not allowed to give anda that kind of information,” Astra berkata as she crossed her arms. “If anda want to know so badly, then why don’t anda go find Vice and ask him yourself.”
Ruby turned her head to look at Kyle, who had his eyes trained on Astra with a rather angry expression. “Kyle, do anda know who this person is…?”
“Yeah, I do,” Kyle replied, turning his head slightly to look at Ruby. “Did I tell anda about those Dark kuda people…? This girl’s name is Astra, and she’s one of the members from that group…”
“So she’s one of the people who have been attacking anda in that Dark kuda team?” Ruby asked as she narrowed her eyes slightly.
“Yes,” Kyle replied with a nod of his head. “This person and the other members of the Dark Horses, though I don’t know if the others are here…”
“Alright then…” Ruby berkata as she turned her head towards Astra. She was prepared to get into a fight with the Dark kuda girl if she had to.
“Anyway, yes, I am here because Vice sent me to come check on all of you,” Astra berkata with a smirk as she tilted her head to the side. “He wanted to know what all of anda were up to.”
“Wanted to know what we were up to?” Kyle questioned as he tilted his head to the side. “What does that mean?”
“It means what it means. Vice wanted me to come see what you’re up to,” Astra replied. “Like a spy, anda know.”
“…And you’re admitting to spying on us…?” Mancer asked in confusion. “Even though normally spying would be done in secret?”
“Perhaps I’m not trying to be in secret,” Astra replied as she narrowed her eyes. “Perhaps I’m simply distracting you.”
“Distracting?” Before Mancer could really think about what Astra had just said, a large sphere of Rasoul energy shot flying into his stomach from a nearby tree. Mancer was certainly taken oleh surprise, as his breath left him quickly as he fell backwards onto the ground.
“Mancer!” Kyle quickly made his way over to Mancer along with Ruby, attempting to see if the black and red hybrid had taken any serious damage from the Rasoul blast. Ruby looked around, attempting to pinpoint where the Rasoul energy had come from while Kyle continued trying to make sure that Mancer hadn’t taken any serious damage.
“I’m fine,” Mancer replied as he took a sharp breath. He turned his head to look at Kyle. “But, don’t worry about me! Pay attention to Astra and whoever just shot me!”
Kyle quickly raised his head up, just in time to see Astra releasing a laugh at what had just happened. “Where’s the other one?” Kyle asked in anger, referring to the one who had just shot Mancer.
“Present!” A male’s voice called with a laugh. However, Kyle couldn’t tell where the voice seemed to be coming from right away, due to the fact that the voice seemed to be coming from right above him. Kyle looked straight up, only to see Devin fly above his head and land on the ground selanjutnya to Astra.
“Devin…” Kyle whispered under his breath, taking in the fact that the bat member of the Dark kuda had just arrived. He did, however, notice that Devin’s wings seemed perfectly fine, even though he remembered Devin getting tackled and getting his wing damaged oleh Mancer.
“Are anda just going to stand there?” Devin asked in a mocking way, assuming that Kyle probably wanted to attack at any moment.
“Why are anda even here?” Kyle asked in an annoyed tone, narrowing his eyes at Devin. “Plus, are anda the only two here?”
“Now why would we tell anda that? Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of an ambush?” Devin asked, once again in a mocking way.
“I’m going to guess there’s not another person around?” Kyle berkata as he narrowed his eyes. “Since anda berkata that would defeat the purpose of an ambush?”
“Ah, fine. You’re right, it’s just Astra and me here,” Devin replied as he narrowed his eyes slightly. “Hello.” Astra simply waved with a grin on her face.
Kyle narrowed his eyes again as he put himself on guard, expecting either one of the Dark kuda members to attack at any time. Ruby also appeared to stand on guard, as if she was waiting for something to happen as well.
“Why the serious faces? It’s not like we’ve done anything,” Astra berkata with sarcasm in her voice. “At least not yet,” She added with a laugh.
Mancer slowly managed to bring himself up to his feet, holding his stomach in pain due to the fact that he had previously gotten blasted there. He glared towards Devin and Astra, also appearing to be on guard. “Are anda just going to stand there?”
“Perhaps we could. It is quite a nice hari out,” Devin berkata with a grin as he put his hands behind his back. He began forming Rasoul energy around his hidden hands.
Mancer formed heavy amounts of Rasoul energy around his own arms, having a feeling that they planned to attack soon. However, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to do much, due to the fact that his one arm was still hurt from being cut oleh Devin’s Rasoul Blade previously. “Be ready, Kyle, Ruby,” The black and red hybrid whispered under his breath to the Kyle and Ruby. Kyle and Ruby simply stood on guard.
Sure enough, Devin pulled his hands out quickly from behind his back and shot them forward, sending two very large blasts of Rasoul energy flying towards the small group of three. All three jumped away from each other, managing to dodge the Rasoul energy that came towards them.
“Can anda fight?!” Mancer asked Ruby as he ducked down and rolled to the side, avoiding another blast of Rasoul energy that flew at him.
“Yes, I can if I need to!” Ruby replied as she turned her attention towards Astra and Devin, still attempting to keep her guard up.
“You might have to in this situation!” Mancer pointed out as he formed Rasoul energy around his arms once again, preparing to attack. He fired Rasoul energy blasts at Astra and Devin, who simply just dived out of the way to dodge the incoming energy.
Kyle formed Rasoul energy around his arms, preparing to try to attack. He raised his hands up and shot the energy towards Devin and Astra, who dived out of the way again to dodge. “Are anda even in the shape to fight?” Kyle asked Mancer, remembering that his arm was still injured.
“I can fight if I have to,” Mancer replied quickly. “Which one of these two do anda think that anda and Ruby can take together?”
“Do anda know anything about what they can do?” Kyle asked. “Anything about their abilities?”
“Astra is quick and she’s a great tracker,” Mancer replied. “Devin can fly and he hits hard, but he’s not as fast as Astra.”
“Then which one do anda actually think would be the best one for us to go after?” Kyle asked as he quickly turned his head to look at Mancer.
“Just pick someone, I just think it would be best if we took on one at a time instead of both at once,” Mancer replied. “Just pick someone and I’ll take on whoever’s left!”
Kyle and Ruby didn’t really get a chance to pick who they wanted to take on, however, as Devin and Astra both charged towards the group of three, both preparing to attack with Rasoul Blades on their arms. Mancer jumped to the left while Ruby and Kyle both went to the right; which caused Astra to pindah to face Kyle and Ruby, while Devin went to Mancer.
“Looks like you’re dealing with me!” Astra berkata with a smirk as she formed Rasoul energy around her arms, preparing to attack once more.
“And it looks like it’s anda and me,” Devin berkata with a smirk to Mancer, also preparing to attack as he formed Rasoul energy around his own arms.
“Come at me, Devin. I’m not afraid of you,” Mancer berkata flatly as he raised both of his arms, preparing to try to attack the Dark kuda bat.
“As anda wish,” Devin simply replied as he formed both of his arms into Rasoul Blades, and charged towards Mancer to attack. Mancer jumped to the side as Devin swung his Rasoul Blades, dodging the attack.
With Kyle and Ruby, they both jumped out of the way of Astra’s attack, which was frequently fired Rasoul blasts flying at them from the front. “Are anda okay with fighting?!” Kyle asked Ruby quickly, moving away to dodge another Rasoul blast.
“I will if I absolutely have to!” Ruby replied back. She jumped away from Astra, and then shot a few blasts of Chaos Energy at the Dark kuda girl. Astra was taken slightly off guard oleh the blast of energy, and was knocked back in a stumble.
“Good shot, Ruby,” Kyle complimented, forming as much Rasoul energy around his arms as he possibly felt like he could, and prepared to shoot the energy out in a forceful blast to try to attack Astra. The energy did fly out of his arms, however, a lot of it fell apart before he fired it, and so a much weaker blast was what flew and hit Astra.
Astra was indeed knocked back slightly and stunned oleh both attacks, especially the Chaos Energy that came from Ruby. However, she recovered fairly quickly and prepared to attack once more. She formed Rasoul energy around her arm, making a Rasoul Blade, and then charged towards both Kyle and Ruby to try to land an attack on them.
“Thank you, Kyle. I’m glad that I can be here to help anda this time!” Ruby berkata to Kyle as she watched for Astra’s selanjutnya attack. “I want to protect you.”
“I understand that, Ruby, and I want to try to help anda as well. I don’t want to see anda get hurt,” Kyle berkata quickly, also waiting for Astra’s selanjutnya attack.
Astra charged towards Ruby and Kyle and took a ayunan at them with her Rasoul Blade, attempting to strike them. Kyle and Ruby managed to dodge once more, and shot Rasoul energy and Chaos energy at her again. Astra managed to dodge this time, however, so she was able to quickly try to strike again. Ruby managed to get out of the way, but Kyle was hit oleh the blade, which knocked him back onto the ground. He didn’t get cut, however, due to the fact that the sharp side of the blade didn’t touch him.
“Kyle!” Ruby quickly ran over to Kyle’s side, quickly checking to see if he had taken any serious injury. Kyle pulled himself up to a sitting position and turned his head to look at Ruby.
“I’m okay, Ruby… Don’t worry. Yeah, that hurt, but I don’t think I actually got cut,” The yellow hedgehog replied. He tried to pull himself up onto his feet as quickly as he could, expecting Astra to try to attack again.
While Kyle and Ruby were taking on Astra, Mancer and Devin were having a heated battle of their own. Devin swung both of his Rasoul Blades at Mancer, but Mancer simply managed to jump up over Devin in a flip and land behind the bat. Mancer quickly raised his hands, sending a large blast of Rasoul energy directly into the bat’s upper back area.
“Gah!” Devin released a yell of pain as he flew meneruskan, ke depan due to the blast, landing hard in the dirt. He felt a stinging pain shooting all up and down his back, starting from where the blast first struck. His shoulders were feeling the pain as well, as the blast was placed close to in between his shoulder blades.
“I’m waiting on you, Devin,” Mancer mocked slightly, putting a slight smirk on his face. “You thought anda were going to be the one beating me into the ground, correct?”
Devin quickly brought himself back to his feet, furious at Mancer’s mocking. “I can’t say if I can beat anda atau not, but that doesn’t mean I’m just going to give up without trying to take anda down!” He charged at Mancer once lebih as his Rasoul Blades disappeared, turning into swirls of energy around his arms. He swung both fists at Mancer, attempting to hit the hybrid with Rasoul-charged punches.
Mancer was able to bebek to the side to dodge both punches, but what he didn’t expect was for Devin to suddenly and quickly ayunan his leg up in a kick, which was also charged with Rasoul. Mancer was struck directly in the chin, and was sent flying back due to the Rasoul-charged power that was in the kick. Devin didn’t waste any time, however, and charged straight towards the downed Mancer, preparing to attack again.
Mancer quickly managed to get up slightly and flip backwards away from Devin trying to slam a Rasoul Blade down onto his body, just managing to barely dodge the attack. The hybrid quickly stood up, trying his best to ignore the pain from hitting the ground and from the impact on his chin. Mancer quickly formed Rasoul energy around his arms and began firing blasts towards Devin, attempting to knock the bat back. The bat managed to dodge some of the energy, but he was also hit oleh some of them and stumbled back slightly due to the force of the impact. Mancer continued firing Rasoul energy, still attempting to push Devin back as far as possible, as if for a reason.
Devin continued trying to dodge, but he did find himself being knocked back oleh different blasts that kept hitting him. He didn’t, however, lose his balance, so he was able to stay on his feet instead of falling. “Just hitting me with the constant blasts isn’t really going to do anda any good! It’s not like you’re going to get much damage in that way,” He berkata flatly as he turned his arms into Rasoul Blades once more, preparing to attack the black and red hybrid once more.
“Just try me, Devin. I have quite a few surprises up my sleeves,” Mancer replied as he stood still, as if he had something planned. “Shooting Rasoul spheres is not the only thing that I can do.”
Back with Ruby and Kyle, it seemed that Kyle and Ruby were slowly beginning to get the upper hand against Astra. Kyle shot Rasoul blasts towards Astra, while Ruby followed through with Chaos energy. The two attacks combined were starting to tire Astra out.
“Okay, now this is just getting annoying,” Astra berkata with a tone of anger and annoyance in her voice. “I’m tired of just letting myself get knocked around like this,” She added as Rasoul energy began to form around her entire body, as if she was preparing a very strong attack.
“…This doesn’t look good…” Kyle berkata as his eyes widened slightly at the massive amounts of energy that were forming around Astra. His view, however, shifted once Ruby stepped out in front of him. “Ruby?”
Ruby stood in front of Kyle, watching for Astra’s attack. As soon as Astra raised her hands and fired off a huge amount of Rasoul energy, Ruby quickly used her Chaos energy to form a large shield around Kyle and herself, which shielded them from the large energy blast. “Are anda okay, Kyle?”
“Wow, nice shield!” Kyle complimented, looking around at the shield in surprise. “I bet this is a pretty strong shield, right?”
“Yes, it’s made out of nanites, and nanites are metal, so this shield should be able to withstand quite a large amount of damage without being broken,” Ruby replied. “Perhaps we can take this time to take a small breather while we try to think of how we can attack this girl.”
“What do anda think would be the best thing to try to do?” Kyle asked. “She seems pretty powerful, don’t anda think?”
“I’m sure we can do something,” Ruby said. “I’m just glad that I can actually be here to try to protect anda this time…”
“I’m sorry that I’ve never brought anda with me before, Ruby… I understand that anda want to help me and protect me, but I also worry about you…” Kyle berkata as he looked down slightly.
“We can talk about that a bit later, okay?” Ruby said. “Right now I think we need to focus on what we’re going to do with Astra right this moment.”
“Oh, right…” Kyle’s ears lay down slightly as he turned his head towards Astra, who was trying to shoot her way through the shield; she wasn’t having any luck with that at the moment. “What’s our plan to try to attack her?”
“Chaos energy and your Rasoul energy again?” Ruby suggested as she turned her head towards Astra. “Should we try that?”
“Well, that did seem to work the first time,” Kyle berkata with a nod of his head. “I think it would be fine to keep trying that. I think we just need to keep going until she either stops, atau until Mancer can get finished with Devin and help us.”
“I don’t think waiting will do us much good, just in case Mancer is fairly evenly matched with Devin and isn’t really able to beat him easily,” Ruby said. “Plus, I think the two of us together would have quite a bit of power.”
“Do anda think we could both take her?” Kyle asked just out of curiosity as he formed Rasoul energy around his arms, preparing to be ready to resume the fight.
“Like I already said, I do believe that the two of us together will offer quite a bit of power, so I think we would at least have a chance to hold her off until we could get away,” Ruby replied. “Are anda ready to try to attack again now, though? I don’t think just sitting here is getting us anything done.”
“Maybe it would be a good idea to wait until a break in her shooting?” Kyle said, watching the Rasoul blasts that continue pelting into the front of the nanites shield. “I’m sure she’ll tire out and take even a small break, which might allow us to quickly attack.”
“Is that what anda think will work for us?” Ruby asked.
“Well, I can’t say for sure, but I do think it might be best to wait for a break,” Kyle berkata as he continued to watch for an opening in Astra’s attack. Astra soon began to slow down in her attacking, as she was spending a lot of Rasoul energy and therefor tiring herself out. Ruby and Kyle quickly prepared to attack once she began to slow down even more; they were going to aim for a sudden surprise attack once the shield was brought down.
Astra continued slowing down in her attacks until she finally stopped, breathing in and out heavily due to having used up most of her energy in that constant attack. She put her hands on her knees with a sigh and looked up, just in time to see the shield come down, followed very closely with blasts of Chaos energy and Rasoul energy. Astra was taken oleh complete surprise, and was forcefully blasted backwards through the air and landed roughly on the ground.
“Wow, that worked,” Kyle said, surprised at the fact that the energy blasts had really done that much damage to Astra. He watched as Astra slowly began to get back up, preparing to get ready to fight again.
“Yes, I would certainly say that worked,” Ruby berkata with a nod of her head. She also watched as Astra got up, preparing to fight once lebih if the Dark kuda girl tried to attack again.
Astra growled at Ruby and Kyle in anger, preparing to try to attack again. She tried to form lebih Rasoul energy around herself to use in an attack, but she was finding it difficult at the current moment due to having spent a lot of energy trying to break through Ruby’s shield. She did, however, manage to form enough Rasoul energy to make a Rasoul Blade around her arm, which she planned to use to attack. “Okay, I’ll admit that you’re pretty powerful… I didn’t expect such a powerful shield,” She said, narrowing her eyes at Ruby. “You’re quite a match for me.”
“She is pretty strong,” Kyle agreed. “She’s also a great person in my opinion.” Ruby simply smiled at what Kyle said.
“So I’m assuming that she’s quite nice to you,” Astra berkata as she formed lebih Rasoul energy into her other arm, now giving herself another Rasoul Blade. “I would normally say that it does help to have friends and nice people around you.”
“Wait, what?” Kyle froze slightly in confusion, quite shocked at what Astra had said. He was somewhat surprised to hear that coming from someone who seemed to be his enemy.
Astra simply went back to being quiet and charged towards Kyle and Ruby with both of her Rasoul Blades raised, prepared to try to attack them again. Kyle moved to the side to try to be ready to dodge to the side to dodge the attack, but Ruby simply stood where she was. Kyle looked at Ruby in surprise, but before he could say anything, Ruby used her powers to morph her hand out into a sword hand and then prepared to attack Astra to try to counter her Rasoul Blades. Both swords clashed, and Astra stumbled back slightly due to the force from the impact.
“So anda can make a blade as well… atau a sword, to be lebih exact,” Astra noted as she prepared to try to attack once more. Ruby also prepared to attack again, raising her sword hand.
Once again back with Mancer and Devin, Devin was swinging away at Mancer with his Rasoul Blades. However, Mancer simply just kept dodging to the left and right, and ducking to avoid the bat’s quick, furious attacks.
“Are anda just going to keep dodging like a coward atau fight like a man?!” Devin asked in anger as he continued swinging at Mancer, who still continued dodging the attacks to the left and right. Mancer simply laughed at what Devin said.
“Dodging like a coward? Oh, surely not. Dodging could even save a person’s life if an actual, sharpened blade was swung at them. I’m simply dodging to avoid being hit, which in turn will keep me away from harm,” Mancer replied with a smirk.
“Whatever! anda are akting like a coward, though! You’re not actually fighting me,” Devin growled through clenched teeth. “If you’re not fighting back, not even trying to fight back, how do anda think that might make anda look?”
“Sure, anda may think I look like a coward, but perhaps I’m simply waiting for a good moment to counter attack. That’s being smart in a battle,” Mancer said, still wearing a smirk on his face. Before Devin could really react to what Mancer said, the black and red hybrid grab the bat’s arms tightly, and flipped him backwards down onto the ground. The hybrid held up the arm that was previously hurt as if preparing to blast Devin with a blast of Rasoul energy; however, his arm also seemed almost as if it had healed quite a bit since the short time that he had gotten the injury.
Devin quickly rolled out of the way, trying his best to ignore the sharp pain that was shooting through his back due to having been flipped and slammed back onto the ground. He was barely able to get out of the way of Mancer’s Rasoul blast, which made a small mark on the ground where Devin had just been laying. Mancer quickly followed Devin’s movements, however, and fired another blast of Rasoul energy, striking the bat in the leg this time; however, this blast was different. This blast looked almost like an extremely thin, long needle of Rasoul energy. Devin let out a scream of pain, feeling like he had almost gotten a large electrical shock to his leg. He also tried to pindah his leg, but was unable to pindah it, as if his leg wouldn’t respond to what his brain was telling it to do.
“What did anda just do to me?!” Devin asked out of pure shock, holding his leg tightly with his hands. He continued trying to pindah his leg, but still with no luck. It also still felt like an electrical shock was running through his leg, as he winced at this.
“Rasoul Shock,” Mancer replied as he formed lebih Rasoul energy around his hands, preparing to api it at Devin once more. “Temporarily ‘shocks’ and disables whatever muscles that it hits. Perfect for getting the upper hand.”
“What?! That’s not even a real Rasoul move!” Devin berkata in shock, watching as Mancer prepared to blast him again. He raised his arms, preparing to try to blast Mancer as well.
“It is if anda make it a pindah yourself,” Mancer replied as he shot another piece of needle-like Rasoul energy, which went into Devin’s left arm before the bat was able to api at Mancer himself. Devin released another scream of pain as he felt that same electric like current following through his arm, making him unable to pindah his arm for the current moment.
Back with Ruby and Kyle, Ruby seemed to be beating Astra during the blade battle. Ruby was using her sword hand to push Astra back, who was trying to hold her place, but felt like she was about to stumble backwards every time Ruby pushed against her Rasoul Blade. Astra eventually did stumble back, and fell onto the ground hard, wincing in pain at the pain that shot through her back from the fall.
“I’d say you’ve beaten Astra in just about every way, Ruby,” Kyle said. He had been standing off to the side, prepared to attack if Astra managed to try to attack Ruby, but so far, he hadn’t needed to attack atau help as Ruby seemed to have everything completely under control.
“I’m focused on trying to make sure that we’re both safe, Kyle,” Ruby replied, waiting to see what Astra was going to do once she got back up off of the ground. Astra did slowly push herself up into a sitting position and then stand up, but nearly lost her balance due to wobbling slightly due to the pain making it hard for her to stand.
“Okay, you’re definitely a much better fighter than I expected anda to be,” Astra sighed through her teeth, attempting to form enough Rasoul energy around her arms to be able to attack with it. “So that means I need to try to aim for a better target... One that’s not as experienced with fighting…”
Ruby quickly realized that this target was Kyle, and quickly prepared to shoot Chaos energy at Astra to try to block her path and prevent her from getting over to Kyle. Astra managed to see the Chaos energy coming, however, and was barely able to dodge the oncoming blasts, but she did dodge them and continued towards Kyle at a very quick speed. Kyle barely had enough time to react before Astra reached him; he tried to api Rasoul energy at her, but she was able to use her own Rasoul-charged fists to meninju, pukulan through Kyle’s blasts, getting to him without taking any damage from his attacks.
Kyle released a surprised yell as he jumped to the side, just barely avoiding a Rasoul-charged meninju, pukulan from Astra. The serigala girl quickly swung her fist at Kyle again, who managed to bebek to dodge the fist this time. Astra quickly tried a third time to hit Kyle, which this attack DID hit the yellow hedgehog, sending him back onto the ground. Astra quickly managed to form a Rasoul Blade around her arm, and prepared to attack Kyle before he had the chance to get up, but she was quickly knocked over to the side due to Ruby shooting a few Chaos energy blasts into the wolf’s side.
Astra stumbled away from Kyle, managing to prevent herself from falling. She quickly turned and began firing Rasoul energy at Kyle, feeling her stamina beginning to drain away due to the fact that she was using too much of her Rasoul energy. Kyle sat up just in time to see the spheres come flying at him, and tries to roll out of the way, but a few of the Rasoul spheres still managed to hit him due to the fact that he didn’t get out of the way quite fast enough. The Rasoul energy stung Kyle’s body, making him wince and cringe in pain.
“So I see that you’re not much of an opponent, atau at least not when you’re attacked in surprise. I still don’t honestly see what Vice sees in you. I know he’s to take your powers, but I don’t see what help they would do with your strength level… I guess the master needs every little bit of energy that he can get…” Astra replied as she prepared to attack Kyle once more.
“Wait, the master?” Kyle asked in confusion. He thought that perhaps Astra was speaking of Vice, but then he wasn’t exactly sure; perhaps Astra was speaking of someone other than Vice. Kyle couldn’t be sure of who she was talking about.
Astra didn’t reply to what Kyle said, she simply just prepared to try to strike Kyle with her Rasoul Blade, however, she packed a lot lebih Rasoul energy into this blade, making it much larger and lebih sharp than before, meaning it could do some serious damage if it was to hit Kyle. Astra took off moving towards the hedgehog in a quick, swiftly manner, prepared to attack with the supercharged Rasoul Blade. Ruby also made a dash for Kyle, attempting to reach him before the Dark kuda serigala was able to. Ruby was able to get to Kyle before Astra could, and quickly grabbed ahold of Kyle’s arm, as if she was about to try to pull him out of the way.
“Ruby, be careful!” Kyle started to say lebih than just that, but he was silenced as Ruby, still holding onto him, teleported him and herself a short ways behind Astra. “Whoa, what just happened?” The yellow hedgehog asked in shock, not realizing that he had just been teleported due to the suddenness of it.
“I just teleported us out of Astra’s way,” Ruby replied. “Now we can try to attack her before she gets to us again,” She pointed out. Astra was looking around in surprise, trying to figure out where Ruby and Kyle had just seemingly disappeared to.
I was breathing deeply at the time from my running " Stop following me Marcos", i screamed at him. "But your the princess i must protect you",Marcos replied."protect this fool" i started to run but that stupid dress i tripped on it."still don't need to be protected", he reached out i his hand."fine, anda can co...". He covered my mouth with his hand. "Shh i hear something".he pulled out his sword and held it back. The five gurads came out holding some bluue long haired guy. He came down and circled Marcos and me. Blue guy said"This calls for one thing... Celebaration."Well, aparrently his name was jess,prince jess aqua."so your from the capitial"he asked."yes, i left because it was boring and i didnt belong there." Marcos rapidly berkata "but we're going back tomorrow". I turned my head fast "What, no i'm not"'.
Rachel's weakness is Dark magic, therefore, Sonic can erect a barrier around Rachel to protect her from the Dark magic in the atmosphere around them. (this cant, however, protect her from Dark energy directed at her oleh an attack)
Reason #2:
The only thing that Sonic can't do, is swim, henceforth, Rachel, being part mermaid, can work with sonic when forced into an aquatic environment.
(once again, please, no hate comments, this is an "opinion article", so i would appreciate it if anda would keep yur hate komentar (if any hate comments, tho i cant see how anda could have any hate komentar with something like this) to your own thoughts. thank anda very much!)