Ushi's PovI have never seen Tsuru struggle with anything before. If something ever proved to be too difficult, she strategized and then came back to tackle it ferociously. She got roughed up once in a while or when she was outnumbered. But never to this extent. She was bruised in various places, and two bones in her arm had been broken during the fight. Cuts were visible on her arms and there was a trail of dried blood running along the right side of her mouth. All in all, she looked like a royal mess. "I'll take her to the infirmary. She'll be needing proper care after all this.""No need for that." Tora stated while putting his sword away. Ame walked to her and waved her hand. Immediately water began gathering in the air above us and started washing all over Tsuru. Healing her in the process and cleaning her up at the same time. "Well, that was entertaining." The smile had returned to Kiri's face as he walked towards us. "Dude, your girl is something else. A bit reckless but int

Ushi's PovWe all began moving at a steady pace. In all honesty, I was actually surprised by the way this team moved together. Tora walked with a bold ease, but you could tell that he was always on alert. What I did not quite understand was why he was staring in random directions within the shadow dome. Almost as if he was looking at something through the dome. Looking closely at him when his head turned from side to side, I could see that his eyes had taken on a blue hue and they were practically glowing in the dimly lit dome. It gave him a more predatory look. Ame on the other hand, moved like she was gliding on water. And upon closer inspection, she was. She had used water to create a flat disk below her feet and raised it just a couple of inches off the floor. With this, she was moving without expending any physical effort. She hugged her sword in her arms instead of hanging it by her side. Not a common preference, but acceptable. I was about to make further observations when Tor

Tsuru's PovI could only stare wide-eyed at the scene in front of me as I tried to make sense of what was happening before my eyes. Kiri had just taken care of a large portion of the herd all by himself. This of course infuriated the humanoid bat leading them. It had been tied down by a large number of tentacles while it struggled and trashed about on the ground. Getting up from where he was seated he walked until he was standing in front of the huge bat and put his hand on his chin. "I believe Tora has something else in mind for you, so you'll keep your life for the time being. I wouldn't like to get on his bad side since it won't end very well for me." He scratched the back of his head while speaking. He looked around once more and took a step back before sinking into his shadow. "Let's be on our way." I heard the sound of his voice directly beside me. Not expecting him to pop up beside me, I was already on my back with an arrow nocked in my bow. "Do you seriously have to pop up

Tora's PovBefore the Tengu could finish gathering the fireball, I swung my sword across its abdomen tearing through flesh and organs together. It let out a screech even as it began falling back down. The rest showed signs of anger and increased hostility as they saw their brethren's lifeless body fall out of the sky. No longer holding onto anything, I began free-falling toward the canyon. The tengu took that as a sign to attack and finish off their enemy. "Do it now young cub." Byakko said to me. Immediately, I began reaching out to the wind around me. After using his power of lightning constantly, I had forgotten that he did not just have power over lightning, but over the wind as well. Using Byakko's knowledge, I reached out with my power and began drawing the wind to me. Gathering it in a circular motion around my entire body, the speed of my fall gradually reduced until I was no longer descending. I was floating in the air with an air bubble surrounding me.Turning my attention

Kiri's Pov I had only linked my senses to my shadow creations. I had never tried taking control of one of them before. It was actually not as hard as I expected it to be. Maybe it was because Celeste was in control of my actual body. Anyway, I can't think about that right now. Taking control of one of the golems, I sent a mental command to the others through the link I used in controlling them. One moment they were fighting to subdue imoogi, and the next, they all began throwing everything they had to get him to move back. Imoogi at this point, no longer had the beautiful appearance he wore before. Instead, he now looked so skinny his bones were pushing against his skin. His perfect teeth were now razor sharp and scattered like a piranha and the tips of his fingers were now black and extended into claws that had left serious markings and damage on the golems and surroundings. Acting as a unit, I joined the remaining golems in their task. It wasn't easy to make him move though. He s