[ichijin]

IN:
"So, another retreater...", said Shen as he noticed Noir's traumatized state, everything fell silent except for everyone's voices, the silence that surrounded them, was that of anticipation, it made noise feel like an alien sort of thing. They should get through this as quickly as possible.

"I wouldn't be too sure Shen, it might only be away to simply recuperate, I'm sure it'll be...", Aer trailed off as his eyes widened.

"what?...", it felt strange, but it didn't seem Aer was able to speak at the moment. But after a quick moment, he noticed the ground that he stood on, was beginning to show signs of strange movement, and with that, he felt an oh so very brief shadow loom over him. With the metallic sound of his sword, he swung around, swinging his sword as he did so. And what he met face to face, was with the very same serpent. That, or just a similar acquaintance. Either way, it was more than a surprise to see it again so soon. As the only thing that separate Shen from the deadly claws of his predator, was his sword, solid and sharp as it were, even a wind powered blade cannot penetrate the fangs that his sword met. Shen's eyes darted off of his opponent only for a moment, to check his surroundings, so it chose the perfect time... When everyone else ran off to a nearby spot, where they couldn't be found. But it expected to take a mage and an assassin all on it's own?

Aer dashed back as he screamed to Shen,

"Dash away when I give the signal", Shen just listened as he grunted, with wrestling the snake's mighty jaws, it wriggled and writhed as it tried to over power him.

(Tales of Easter Egg)
"I who stand in the light of the heavens, command thee who open the gates of hell, come forth! Divine Lightning!", and at this moment, Shen thought to himself.

"Not this one again...",

"INDIGNATION!", and at that moment, Shen dashed back as fast as he could, as magic circles appeared in the air above the black serpent, and with one mighty roar, the thunder struck the long beast as it writhed and burned under the scorching thunder.

"You know Aer... You should really stop using that, you're a wind mage, not a thunder mage",

"You do very well know that Indignation is cooler right?",

"Why didn't you become a thunder mage then?", argued Shen as the snake slowly got up, with smoke emanating from it as it struggled. The two didn't seem to even notice.

"Because, we're part of the Sky Hawks clan",

"so? some of us Sky Hawks became thunder users",

"yes, but they weren't as effective in that field as they were in wind right?",

"You're just lucky you raise a good point there", said Shen as he pointed his finger in Aer's face. As the snake roared again, Aer swung his hands over aroudn behind his head as the remaining thunder in the snake, blasted it into a smoking heap, back into the lake. Upon the sound of the snake delving into the depths of it's home, Shen looked to the snake's original position,

"see, now look what you did... You incinerated it".