A loud explosion was let out from infront of everyone as a clash of steel unfolded. The ground rumbled and cracked as the force of the strikes rang out.
No one there expected such an event to unfold that day, not even Soul and Vash could predict such a thing. Even their eyes watered as they struggled to keep up with the two as they faught.
Jaden hurriedly place a forcefield around everyone, but it began to crack from a single shockwave. Soul reinforced the field with his ash; encasing it and enforcing his aura.
As he watched his muscles twitched with excitement; and the scar on his chest burned at the sight.
There was a panicked expression on the face of Nima and Sarah, and Sirius was still unresponsive. Nima's hands trembled and he fell to his knees.
The mere sight of the two made his soul quake and yet not a single ability was being used. The mere presence of their aura leaking from their strikes was all it took to make him regret coming that day.
The only things running through his mind were that of fear and regret; how could he have ever thought to have beaten the two, let alone one of them.
Every bone in his body screamed at him to run, yet he knew stepping out of the field meant immediate death. The clash rang out all around the group as the continued to push one another back.
Frost landed right in front of them with blood dripping from the top of his head. He had only a moment to breathe before Dre dropped down infront of him, aiming a strike at his head.
Ducking under Frost readied his fist and swung hitting him in the stomach, but not before the strike from Dre cut through the force field like paper; shattering it completely.
Digging his feet into the ground Dre slowed himself, but Frost wasn't going to give up this chance. Dashing in with his sword he swung towards his neck; aiming to finish the fight completely.
Dre prepared himself as he came closer, rapping his hand in aura he caught the blade. It pushed through the aura cutting into his hand but it didn't seem to affect him as he grasped it tightly shattering it.
They were at a stand still as Frost had the tip of a blade to his throat, the tip had slightly pierced his neck as a small drop of blood dripped onto it.
They both smiled at one another before laughing and dropping their weapons; Frost the broken hilt, and Dre, his sword dispersing into his aura.
"We need to leave."
"What??"
Nima shot a look at Vash; confusion and fear covered his face. Soul simply nodded as he put his mask on, Vash in turn opened two portals behind them.
"Aura Release."
The world around grew silent as they spoke these words, if any animals still inhabited the area, they had fled long ago. The wind ceased, the clouds disappeared, even the sun seemed to dim at their words.
Their aura rushed out of their bodies like a raging tidal wave, heading towards the others; consuming everything in their path.
A giant tentacle rushed from inside one of the portals trying to fend off the crushing wave, Soul wrapped it's outer shell with ash increasing its durability.
As the aura continued to assault the tentacle it's shell began to crack, and four more flew from the portal to aid it.
"Alright that's enough."
As Vash and Soul protected the others as they headed towards the second portal, Dame rushed out through the aura.
"Damn it!"
"Help him!"
"I know, don't boss me around."
As Dame ran through the thick aura his movements were slowed as he was being pushed back; that was until a portal opened infront of him.
The portal was unstable and flickering as it's power was being distorted but luckily it was opened long enough for Soul and Vash to make it through.
"Screw it!"
As the three cut through the dense aura, Dame's teeth and hands began to change; his teeth becoming sharper, and his nails turning into sharp claws.
His eyes glowed white as large dragon wings shot out from his back. Grabbing onto Vash and Soul's shoulders he burst through the air as he pushed off from them like a sling shot.
"Souless.../ Boundless..."
Before they could finish Dame crashed between them, cutting through the aura like butter. Putting his had on their chests he sent his aura running through them; causing them to be sent flying back.
They were caught off guard but his sudden appearance but quickly got themselves together. The both came to a halt after only being sent back a few meters.
"That's enough, you've dragged this on long enough."
The two said nothing as he changed back to normal and his wings retracted back into him. Looking around they could see that they indeed had gotten carried away.
"We really did a number on this place huh."
"Glad you came when you did, would've been worse if you hadn't."
The two smiled awkwardly as they realized what they'd done, realizing they had also put the others in danger as well.
"Bro, that was awesome."
"No kidding, we could barely even keep up. You guys have really grown."
Soul and Vash had finally made it to them, their reaction to the event was in stark contrast to what the rest of the group would have.
Behind them the others hadn't gone through the portal; seeing as the three put a stop to the fight, they thought it better to just stay. The tentacles had retracted back through the portal to recuperate, and Vash being it's master could already feel it feeding off his energy in order to heal itself enough to become stable again.
"Tsk, you've gotten stronger indeed, I can't wait to get back and finally feel like myself again. Then I won't have to worry about a bunch of brats destroying everything."
Dame stretched his body as he yawned, he had been waiting for the mission for a while now, and became quite tireless with the way things had been going.
For him the mission meant more, it meant going back to his normal life and reuniting with his family..., if they were still alive that is.
As they walked over to meet with the rest of the group they could see the mix of the emotions going through them.
Sarah was shocked but was somewhat used to the display; seeing as Soul was quite the outlandish character himself. Alessia had stars in her eyes, seeing her elder brother fight like so was quite the spectacle she didn't get to see often.
She had been the only one other than Dame who could see the fight perfectly without straining even a little bit. It was hard at first but soon her ability kicked in; adapting to their speed.
Nima was still sweating from the sight he saw before, but he now understood that he was right to feel that way, although he couldn't see anything, he felt everything.
"Don't worry I recorded everything, I'll slow it down and show you guys later; once I'm done with this."
Jaden was as nonchalant about it as ever, as usual his mind was on his work. He was busy updating everything he had seen, and replaying everything over and over again; as not to miss a single detail.
John was sitting down watching over Sirius; whom was finally able to resurface. He looked tired and was sweating, he had no physical injuries but John and Sarah suspected what ever happened to Nima affected him as well; they were connected after all.
"What a shame, I had this big event planned for everyone to watch and everything. We were gonna fight infront of a big croud, there was going to be food and a party after. Too bad you got all excited and had to rush into it."
"Wait what, you told me there would be a event if I chose to. I thought we were just gonna fight and test our strength, you didn't tell me you had something else planned out."
"Yeah, well next time don't get so impatient."
"Maybe next time explain it to me first instead of keeping it to yourself, I can't read minds you know! See this is why I do all the planning, you couldn't plan a picnic, if you were the only one going!"
"Hey, don't get mad at me, I said it was an event, does this look like an event to you! And I only canceled that day because I changed my mind about leaving the house!"
"It was your idea!"
"So!"
Everyone looked at the two in astonishment as they argued like siblings, Vash and Soul looked at one another and just laughed.
"Tsk whatever, what's done is done. Let's head back, it's time we talked about the real reason we're here."
Frost led the way as they headed back through the portal to the lounge they were in before.
Dame was the last to enter but before heading through he looked back at the area around him and smiled.
"Tsk, those two idiots. This is going to be fun."
Heading back he snapped his fingers and the area they were in began to reform and shape itself; reverting back into the way it was before they came.