A second meeting and a bang. (Alyia and Criven)

Alyia walked down the street causally she was really no longer afraid of the crowds that decorated the streets, but that didn't mean that she still was not fidgety in them. With her long hair swishing around her ankles the blonde continued through the streets. Continuing her walk she suddenly stopped when she smelled a smell that she could never not do anything for. It was the smell of chocolate. Spinning on her heel the angel looked around keeping her eyes open in search of the source of the smell. Nearing where she almost began Alyia was loosing hope. That she when she saw the little shop of chocolates across the street. A smile pulling on her lips she pushed through the crowds towards the store.

Freeing herself of the last person the blonde finally made it to the little shop. Looking up at the door she let out a sigh. Standing up straight she pushed open the door causing for a little ding to go off inside the store. The strong smell of chocolate wafted through Alyia's nose and the blonde took in a deep breath. Letting out the breath in a happy hum the girl walked from chocolate to chocolate examining each one trying to figure out which one she wanted.

About ten minutes later Alyia exited the shop with a medium sized bag in her arms filled to the brim with chocolates.

Cirven went from store to store looking at dresses for his sister. He had found another way of messing up with her and wanted to basically buy her love back for him. There was a problem with this plan though; Cirven was horrible with deciding and picking out a dress for her. Aalya had a specific taste in dresses that he could never really understand. Plus he somehow would end up getting her dresses that were two sizes too big and she would take it as an insult.

He popped into another store and looked around. He found one dress that was blue with a frilled design on the bottom. It had a certain elegance to it that he thought Aalya would enjoy. He reluctantly bought the dress and made sure to keep the receipt in his pocket just in case things were right again.

He came out of the store and caught a whiff of a familiar smell near him. A smell of a person that he had met before. He looked around confused at first until he saw the blonde-haired girl next to him with a bag filled with candy.

"Alyia?" He spoke out and approached her. He remembered her being pretty mute when she was around him last which made him want to get her talking. He wanted to meet other mages outside of Sabertooth and get to know them. Alyia was one of those mages. "Hey, how have things been with you? Last time I saw you we were dealing with that situation with Allen."

Hearing her name the blonde turned her head in the direction that it had come from. There where she she had heard her voice come from was the blue haired male that she had worked with when she was dealing with Allen. She had only spoken a couple words to him maybe even a sentence or two. That was again right after she had died. So her new and open connection to the world had not yet kicked in completely and she still didn't trust people then.

Looking over her bag of chocolate at the blue haired mage she spoke, "Hello Criven." She listened to him as he asked her questions. "Things are going well, umm, nothing much. No special things." He was right the last time she had seen him was when they both had been dealing with Allen. "How about you? You have got have something more exciting with your life. You are after all holding a dress which I don't think will fit you. So it must be for someone else. Perhaps a gift?" Alyia looked at the dress from behind her bag of goodies with an emotionless face on. The dress was blue and had frills all over it. There was no way that someone could see her in that dress.

Alyia lifted a hand from the bottom of the bag and reached into it pulling out a chocolate bar. she lifted it up to her mouth and ripped the top of the wrapper opening the up the candy bar. Peeling away the wrapping the blonde sunk her teeth into the chocolate taking a bite. She realized that she had entranced herself in her own world and looked back at Criven, "Uhhh... do you want some?" She lifted up her bag of chocolate offering the red head a chocolate candy bar of his choice. She had grabbed one or two of every kind in the store. Definitely a splurge of money on her behalf.

"Oh this?" He pointed at the dress. He smiled as he looked at it as he tried to picture his younger sister in it. "This is for my sister. She has a thing for dresses but I have been kind of messing up a lot with buying her one for a present. Mostly because I get them too big for her after forgetting the size she wears." He laughed. "She calls me an idiot and says that I think shes fat or something like that everytime but even then I still buy her another one." He had rambled a bit as he spoke as he pictured the last time he gave her a dress as a present.

"Sorry for talking so much." She offered him a piece of chocolate after she bit into her own. "O h uhh.. Sure. It looks like you bought half the store and put it into that bag by the way." He smiled at her and how awkward she looked. It was completely different from how she was during the last time.

Before he could get a piece of chocolate though an explosion went off not too far away from them. People were not too close to is but were still hurt by it. Cirven turned around to look at where the explosion had happened. "What was that?!"

He then ran towards the site of the explosion as crowds of people ran away from it. He arrived at the crater like indent in the ground where the explosion was to see a charred body of a person laying in the center. He couldn't understand how a person got there but he heard more foot steps from around a corner and looked towards it. A man came from around it griping at their chest.

"Help..! It.. Hurts.. So much.." Cirven started to move towards the man but was stopped as the man exploded like a bomb and sent Cirven flying backwards and tumbling on the ground. He managed to regain himself and got back to his feet but the dress he held for his sister was ruined from the tumbling. "Damn it! What the hell is going on?!"

The man who had just exploded laid on the ground charred similar to the last one. He couldn't understand how it was happening and why. Cirven dropped the dress to the ground with a grunt of annoyance.

A hooded man dressed in a dark cloak came from around the corner this time and stood over the body of the charred man who had just exploded. He looked like he dressed similar to Fredrick to Cirven. The hood covered his face enough where you couldn't see any sort of facial features at all.

"These test subjects are extremely lacking. I was hoping they would at least clear part of the block. Maybe I should up the amount of magic power used for with this magic next time." A voice came out from under the hood.

Cirven's eyes widened in anger after hearing the man from a distance. "Did you say test subjects..?!"

Alyia nodded at the response that Criven had given her about the dress as she handed him a chocolate bar. Her cheeks were lightly dusted with a pink as he commented on the amount of chocolate that she bought. But, it mattered not how much of it that she ate, she wouldn't gain a single pound. An advantage of being an angel, she never gained any weight.  Opening her mouth to snap back a response she felt a sudden explosion vibrate through the air. Her mouth snapped shut as she turned to where she felt the explosion coming from. Apparently Criven knew had felt it too as he turned and looked in the direction that the explosion came from asking the obvious question.

Without a further word Criven ran to where the explosion had gone off and Alyia was short on his tail. AS the two arrived at the site of the explosion Alyia saw the large crater in the ground and the body of person. Looking at the person Alyia saw no life force surrounding them. They were dead and upon further inspection, they were burnt. They had been burnt to dead. A flash of her past ran through her head and Alyia let out a growl. The blonde spun on her heel only to find another body exploding not too far from her. Covering her eyes from the flames Alyia snarled. Putting her arm back to where it was holding up the bags of chocolate she looked around and saw Criven laying on the ground. He had been flown back by the force of the explosion. Her eyes narrowing Alyia ran to the next street and put down her chocolates and ran back.

On her return she noticed a tall man in a dark hood. He stood over the fallen man like a grim reaper. His cape looked familiar, it was like that of the person whom she had fought. "These test subjects are extremely lacking. I was hoping they would at least clear part of the block. Maybe I should up the amount of magic power used for with this magic next time." Alyia let out another growl no one deserved to be test subjects like that. The once again Criven spoke. Alyia did not care anymore what the people were, she only wanted to know what the man had done to them and why.

"That is right, test subject, they are to be of my use and of my magics use."

Hearing enough Alyia walked over to the tall mage who stood over the body of the dead mage. Not paying much attention to the alive mage she bent down and touched the skin of the dead person on the ground. It was still hot. But, not in the way that fire would be. It was heated with the use of magic. Looking up at the mage from her squatted position. The blonde angel stood up and looked right at the tall mage. "What did you do to him?"

The man broke out into a chuckle as the girl checked on the body near him. "Its kind of exciting to see such a subject get so close to me. I usually have to catch them myself." A grin was glued on his face as she spoke to him. "Oh? Are those fangs I see you trying to sink into me with those eyes...?" The man's grin intensified and he reached out to touch Alyia. Cirven got up and was going to stop the man from touching her but a voice called out before he could.

"Scarm!" A voice called out from around the corner that the man had come from as it approached. The hooded man stopped in his attempt to touch Alyia and turned to look towards the corner near him.

A younger man came from around the corner wearing a black leather jacket and black leather pants. The jacket's zipper was only halfway up to show some of his chest off. His hands were inside the pockets of his pants as he walked and he kept them there once he stopped near the other man.

"They sent you, huh Leath? I thought I could have some more fun around here before we started the main attraction." Leath scoffed and shook his head. "The boss is pretty upset that you went off and started making new test subjects before we start the operation you idiot! He wants us both to meet back at the place fo-" He stopped speaking as he noticed the Alyia and Cirven. "Who the hell are these two? Scram idiots! We have important things to do here!"

Cirven balled his hand into a fist and then his white flames enveloped it. He then used the same hand to point at the newest man. "You are pissing me off already, you know!? This guy was blowing people up and we try to figure out why he is doing it and now another shadey guy appears. This just keeps getting more annoying and more annoying. How about you answer me. What are you both up to with your boss? You should just tell me now. I already heard both of your names; Scarm and Leath."

Leath glared at Cirven angrily but then broke into a smile. "Scarm, you weren't exactly satisfied with the earlier subjects you had, right? We may have more here.." Without wasting a second Leath summoned a black sword from out of thin air and attempted to slash Cirven and Alyia in half. Cirven managed to jump back just in time to dodge it but he noticed that Scarm had pursued Alyia while Leath went after him.

Cirven was forced to pull out his own blade to block Leath's violent and fast attacks.

Alyia looked right at the man named Scarm. He was much taller than she was but was built like he was a long distance runner. He had dark green hair that stuck straight up and out at all angles like he had electricity pulsing through his body. A dark smirked covered Scarm's face as he looked at Alyia. "You would make a beautiful subject. You look like you could handle the amount of magic that is inside of you."

Alyia could not help but laugh the amount of magic that was inside of her was no match to her body size. In fact her angel form already gave her constant headaches from her soul being much too large for her body. Her laugh turned into an evil grin and the blonde looked right at the male man, she was going to start with a D-Rank spell and see how he could handle it. Thinking of the pain that the victim that was laying on the ground felt Alyia thrust it on the green haired male, "I call upon the Curse of the Fallen." Alyia said with a smirking voice. It had a much long awaited time since she could feel the need to protect other people that were around her from this man.

Alyia's spell kicked in shortly after she had said it and she watched at the male had gasped and gripped at his chest. The angel's smile disappeared as she looked right at the man. "That is what your so called subjects felt as you hurt them as you caused whatever happened to them happen."

As soon as those words escaped Alyia's mouth the green haired man looked up at Alyia. "You're the cause of this?"

"Now that is a stupid question. But, yes, yes I am." Alyia rolled her eyes and crossed her arms.

The green haired man snarled at Alyia and straightened himself and started to walk towards Alyia. Her feral grin reappeared on her face. Alyia knew that there was going to be a fight and she was now anticipating for it to start. Though before Scarm got to Alyia she snuck a quick look at Criven and gave him a nod. She didn't know if he would see it or not, but if he did he would know that she would be okay.

Spells Used:

Cirven's blade connected with the black blade that Leath had over and over with each strike directed at him. The attacks weren't just violent, they well executed with a awkward precision that Cirven had trouble predicting. It was as if Leath was just continuously slamming his blade down towards Cirven's body but he was actually doing so well enough to keep the demon boy at bay.

Leath leaped into the air and came down with his blade out to slam into him but was block again by the Kukan. Cirven grunted as Leath continued to push his black blade down on Cirven's. "You.. Aren't bad..." Leath smiled as he heard the Sabertooth mage praise him. "I'm still better though!" Cirven quickly pushed the blade off of his as he built up an amount of white flames in his mouth and released it towards Leath. "Flame Demon's Rage!"

The flames engulfed the man as well as caused a small explosion. Dust and dirt blew all around where the blast had occurred and Cirven thought he had made quick work of the other mage. He gave a nod back to Alyia once he noticed her again but stopped as the smoke cleared to show that Leath had made some sort of black shield all around his body to avoid the flames.

The shield folded into itself until it disappeared completely somehow, leaving Leath standing and staring at Cirven. "A fire slayer, huh? Maybe I should stop holdi-" Leath stopped suddenly and used one of his hands to grasp at his head. "Sorry Boss! Scarm! Lets go! He isn't in a good mood about how late we are!"

Leath formed some sort of black ball out of nothing and slammed it into the ground which caused a bright light to flash out and blind Cirven. When he was able to open his eyes again the two men were gone leaving him and Alyia alone.

"They got away.." Cirven growled out.

Alyia simply stood where she was waiting for Scarm to reach her. There was adrenaline running through her veins. A fight was what he was looking for and a fight was what he was going to get whether he likes it or not. Alyia could feel her magic in her start to resonate out and with the other objects around her, a slight perk of being an angel. With the air around her having a slightly golden tint the blonde smirked. Scarm was right in front of her towering over her. She watched as his muscles tensed and as if everything happened in slow motion he reached for her. Ducking under his hand she reached for her neck and grabbed at her soul gem. Ripping it from her neck it glowed and expanded into her scythe.

Swirling her scythe in her hands she swung it and Scarm's feet, knocking him over. Feeling the man hit the ground the blonde jumped back a ways and landed without a sound. The large man got up and snarled at the blonde. She had long since called off her spell and she could see how much better the man was moving. The blonde smirked and tilted her head teasingly. The man got close once again and snatched at her with his hands. She jumped into the air and hit him with the dull side of her scythe propelling her behind him. The man spun around with a growl. "God damnit! I just need one touch!"

Alyia tilted her head again. One touch? What di- she knew what exactly he mean't. Letting out a sigh she closed her eyes and then looked back up at Scarm, "What are you? An idiot? Don't tell me that. I won't let you touch me now."

She saw the man tense and then get ready for a charge when he suddenly was called over by the other guy who had appeared along with him. Scarm turned and looked at the man nodding before turning back to Alyia and snarling at her. The blonde found this to be a perfect moment to tease the mage and waved good bye with a sickly sweet smile on her face.

SHe opened her eyes and watched as Scarm walked over to the other mage and disappeared in the ball of dark light that the other mage had thrown on the ground. Seeing the two mages gone Alyia frowned. She wanted to finish that fight badly. She wanted that dark mage gone. So as she heard Criven growl and closed her eyes and sighed. "They will be back eventually. They always come back, can't leave a fight unfinished."

The blonde walked back to where she had set her chocolate and picked it up pulling out another chocolate bar opening it and biting into it, "But, in the mean time, let's just enjoy the rest of the place."

Cirven lifted up his blade and threw it into the sheath on his side. His anger was even more evident as he clutched his fist and looked over the bodies of the people who had been used had been used as living explosives. He clutched his fist to the sight of the people on the ground as a vehicle drove up with emergency personnel that specialized in helping others. People jumped out of the vehicles and looked over the people who had been used as explosives.

They questioned the two mages to confirm what happened. It had started to look like the two mages would be blamed for what had happened and would be arrested but before the conversation could go further a giant screen appeared in the sky suddenly above the city showing a group of hooded men that looked similar to what Scarm had worn earlier. One of them stood in front of the others and started speaking which sounded over the city as if a huge microphone was used.

"We are the dark guild called Corona Culpable. We are here to claim this city as our own and shape it into our own image. We will destroy what trash is here and rebuild. We will be giving all the residents here three hours before we raze and destroy it all. Make sure to say your goodbyes to this place and take what you can with you when you leave because if not it will all be decimated. This includes any residents who try to stay. We have already showed our power against some of your residents as a testament to what we will do.  Have fun moving out of our new home." A smile formed on the face of the hooded person as he spoke the last sentence and the the screen disappeared suddenly.

People started to rush around the area to their homes and grabbing things in fear. Some people up and left quickly while others continued to run around.

"That was them again. Is this what they are planning and why they attacked innocent people!?" White flames danced over Cirven's hands in anger but stopped suddenly. "Alyia, we have to stop this. You have any friends you can call for help here?"

Alyia pulled at her arms trying to free herself from the police officer that had grabbed them ushering her away from the scene. Alyia thrashed and struggled, she didn't understand why she was being arrested. She had done nothing wrong, if anything she had saved people with little damage done to anything. She had even managed to save her chocolates, which were taken away from her by the officers. A growl ripped from her throat and she opened hoe mouth to protest but it was immediately covered. She pulled on her arms again to no avail. Suddenly the sky became like a screen. The officers froze to look up at the sky giving Alyia a chance to break away and run up and stand next to Cirven. She knew what was happening. Those male mages were from a dark guild, and now the dark guild was going to come and try to take over.

Alyia listened carefully to the man on the screen and growled after he had finished. Like hell anything was going to happen. Not if she could help it. Alyia could feel the fear in the people around her as they rushed around. She hated when she felt other people's fear. It made her feel cold. It made her feel responsible for it. A snarl ripped from the back of her throat. She turned to Cirven as he talked to her. "I have a friend or two that I think would have a little fun with this." Alyia though of Venir and Katherine, if the two came it was going to be an interesting battle. But, with the fact that they were fighting a guild they might need more back ups later. "But my friends are a little crazy when fighting, do you have some friends that you can call upon?"

Alyia looked up at the sky trying to figure out how to call to Venir and Katherine, her grandmother would probably be easy to call to seeing how she too was an angel, but how was she going to get to Venir to tell her to come and help.