Kuoh Town

[Apollymi]

The name of this kitten was given and the eyes of the white haired lass widened. She was no fool and the likeness of the name of he'd chosen to the person who this cat actually was could not be understated. When she looked up there was an intense stare coming from this cat, the likes of which no animal eyes could possess. "Sou ka, that's a pretty cute name," she said. Soon enough the boy was joining her from the kitchen having sat down a plate for the kitten who rubbed herself against his legs before going off to enjoy her meal, such would make the kitten sit and eat quietly all while watching this interaction. The words Takumi spoke to Cassie were ones which made her look to him once more a smug smirk coming to her face. "Sugoi. We are in agreement then about the dragons age old competition having nothing directly to do with us. Good good, there is nothing just about inherited debts," she said seeming to enjoy this as an idea. "There is one more thing, you don't really know me, but I should make clear that I am also a Miracle Child... which means..." she paused thinking about how to explain it. And decided to show while sitting in this room the singular white wing which emerged from her right side. "I am half-Angel," she said. "I should preface this by saying I know what you are, and have known for quite some time. I have been shown that in our current time, our differences don't matter so much," she mentioned calmly her intentions weren't at all aligned to those of any over all faction. She'd been told to do what she thought was just at any cost. "I am here because I have seen you trying... but I can help you because I can already do the things you need to do," she said staring at him from her perspective, he'd have every reason to say no. "It is my opinion that it is for the good of all if you know and understand your Balance Breaker... and I would like to see what you decide as a proper being."

This was strangely a selfless offer to help the lad in his developing stages without caring about his affiliations or anything besides their bond as similarly created dragons. As she spoke these words she felt the ever watchful eye of the kitten on the floor. Those intelligent eyes were almost menacing but would go back to eating without fail until the meal was finished. 'Though I don't enjoy having to explain why I am a cat to her later, this would give him something else to use besides that form that could kill him and everyone else,' the kitten mused. 'It comes from a good place and it would be good for him to gain some more combat experience with his true form.'

[Bloodedge]

Cassiel thought it good that they shared a viewpoint on the dragons' squabble. That didn't matter to Takumi. What did matter was whatever she intended to show him, and this apparently began with the revealing of her existence as a half-angel. As far as the boy knew, he'd never consciously met an angel of any sort before, so the concept of half-blooded ones was certainly new to him. What's more, their powers were seemingly similar enough that Cassiel had access to the things Takumi had yet to properly learn about. She could help him make better use of his Balance Breaker, and thought it to be something better for the general public. Of course, Takumi had no idea he was responsible for so much destruction one week prior to this moment, but he had seen first-hand the destructive capabilities of dragons. "Fine. Let's go then."

[Apollymi]

Cassie watched as this lad processed the information he was given. Apparently his education as a Devil hadn't gotten down to the different species and their ever evolving conflict, which was likely for the best considering that such information had been known to drive humans mad. The only thing remotely strange about this was that the boy possessed a Sacred Gear which should have made him a prime target and thus he should have known about most things way sooner. Still he seemed to possess no problem with what she had to say about showing him how to use his Balance Breaker and helping him work out the best use of his skills. A grin came to her face, "Hai, follow me. I have a place I use for this sort of thing, where we won't be interrupted..." she stated.

She'd leave this apartment with the lad in tow, headed for an abandoned church which had a huge field and open mountain range behind it. The entire area was uninhabited for obvious reasons and as such it was the perfect place to training like what she had in mind. Once she was there she'd stand on the ground with her hand tucked under her chin, doing so she would activate the base form of her Sacred Gear, a giant pair of armored wings with four large light feathers protruding from each. She'd stand across from him and wait quizzically studying him. "This is the base form of my Sacred Gear: Divine Dividing. Come we will see what you have to work with so far," she said. Her posture was relaxed and she would seem almost arrogant to stand in such a way, but she also knew the full capabilities of her own skills and weaponry so it wasn't arrogance so much as justifiable self-confidence.

[Bloodedge]

"Hai," Takumi said as he followed behind this half-angel. Their trip eventually brought them to a church which seemed to no longer be in use. Their destination was not the church itself, but the sizable field behind it. Once there, Takumi witnessed the lowest form of his apparent counterpart's Sacred Gear, which was wings of light interestingly befitting of her angelic existence. This was exactly along the lines he anticipated, then; he would be learning by example, in whatever context such a thing meant to Cassiel. "Sou ka... Ddraig," he called out, prompting the gem on his left hand to flash as the dragon reacted. "Dragon Booster!" was stated to mark the appearance of the red gauntlet covering his hand and entire forearm. He looked to Cassiel the entire time, speaking to her the name of his Sacred Gear when it was properly summoned. "Boosted Gear."

[Apollymi]

"Sou ka..." said Cassie, watching as this lad communicated directly with the dragon within him, and used it to manifest and summon his sacred gear. Having never seen him outside of his Juggernaut Drive, she had no idea what the base form of his power was. Looking at it now, she found it to be suitable to the type of person he's shown himself to be while she watched him in school. "A gauntlet... I see. Now I understand how you'd sacrifice your arm," she said. "I've seen you throw a punch so I know you can do that but..." she decided to take a moment and test the waters, when she bounced off the ground she took off in flight. She would find herself rather quickly approaching this lad, or rather she'd find herself at his left side by virtue of light speed movement. She almost literally vanished as she approached but when she reached his side, she stopped moving having a closer look, "Do you know how to use that properly?" she asked him the question itself was both prodding and a bit of a challenge. She seemed to be more than prepared regardless of what the lad was capable of, and that would be the case given her angelic nature.

[Bloodedge]

This strange girl who appeared to Takumi this day somehow also knew about the arm he'd lost. This familiarity was becoming stranger and stranger with each statement shared, but there were more important matters to address now. For instance, the next thing from the half-angel's mouth involved her knowledge of his punching skill - something else that was strange for her to know. Of course, they were in the same class as she said earlier, so she'd likely only seen this recently... but he couldn't be completely sure of anything with this one.

Making an assumption that she would be coming toward him at any moment, Takumi intended to ready himself. What he couldn't be ready for though, was the sudden disappearance of this girl. His eyes widened before his periphery showed him the edge of he silhouette to his left. This movement was too fast for him to follow; what could he do? As a Sacred Gear holder, she had to also be reasonably powerful at minimum, so he could not at all hope to use his base strength. He had to attack with Boosted Gear. "Boost!" the gauntlet called out just as he needed it, increasing his power as he pivoted to his left and drew back his left fist. He knew he had already lost time on this movement, but there was no real choice in the matter. However, being conscious of this let him know he had to make up for the extra movement somehow, and he aimed to do so by instead opening his left hand and shot from it a red beam of concentrated magical energy aimed at Cassiel's torso.

[Apollymi]

It seemed her movements alone had been enough to set the boy on edge, even so, she was more than a bit surprised that he retained the necessary reaction speed to try and launch an attack after. She watched his fist and knew an attack was coming, but instead of backing down from it, she moved into it, aiming to make contact with the lad causing the call of her own dragon's words. "Divide!" this would half the power of the attack coming from the lad and add it to her own power, making her stronger for the moment than the blast she wouldn't have tried to avoid regardless. After this a small smile came to her face as she dusted off her body. "Good good," she said as her movement speed took her away from him quickly enough that she was floating once again a ways off just above the ground. If this boy was capable of such feats at base level, it was time to up the pressure, just a little. "Vanishing Dragon Balance Breaker!" this chant from Albion created a full suit of armor around the girl complete with those glowing wings. It was all white in color and included large blue-green gems at each of the armor joints. In this fully armored status she was more than ready to continue so she did, flying up quickly and spinning before the lad, whipping round the armor's long segmented tail as she aimed only blunt damage at the lad's fore aiming to knock him back a considerable amount by virtue of this.

[Bloodedge]

Takumi forced his magic forward, but to no avail. A simple effort of physical contact initiated by Cassiel was followed by her Sacred Gear draining his attack of all the additional power he'd given it. These Heavenly Dragons truly were ones made to war with one another, as Takumi realized in this moment. Whereas Ddraig strengthened himself, Albion weakened others. Having felt basically nothing from his blast, Cassiel shifted away from him and dusted off, much to the young male's discontent. "Sou ka... That's the White Dragon's power," he concluded. Much more was to come. Before doing anything else, Cassiel made use of a power Takumi had only briefly experienced in the Rating Game against Sirtreize's peerage. Hers, however, offered a clearly more definite form and a slight name difference. Balance Breaker was a term he'd heard before, and Albion called it out with Cassiel's transformation. However, Ddraig had said something entirely different when he took such a form.

"Ddrai-" Takumi tried to reach his partner for clarification, but it was not to be. Before he realized what was happening, Cassiel was moving about in front of him, and something struck his torso with great enough force to send him flying, then sliding across the field. A long line of dirt was left in his wake due to the ground being scraped by his sliding body, leaving him quite a mess by the time he lifted just his top half up. "Kuso. This is what the Heavenly Dragons are capable of? Ddraig... help me out..." he groaned, putting forth enough effort to lift him from the ground.

"Boost!"

[Apollymi]

Cassie's initial counter was viewed by Takumi and he seemed to understand now why these two dragons were made to war against each other. She didn't much care for the reason, but she knew that as a pair they were hard counters for each other's powers. Beyond that point though there was a bit of a spectacle made by the use of her Scale Mail. The creation of it seemed to stun him, and make him begin asking Ddraig questions, but having seen him do this for the gear on his arm, she knew then he wouldn't be able to properly obtain the form she had. Her attack with the strength of her tail met the boy's body and he was sent rocketing backwards. She watched him tumble and took to the contemplative posture she used most of the time, only this time while covered in armor. She sought to give advice while she knew she could, and the mastery of skills such as this were ones which she knew all too well. "If you are going to use this form, you have to pull it from the depths of your soul," she said as her posture became that of surety. "You cannot try, simply do or do not!" she mentioned with all the conviction of her beliefs. "Hold the image of what you desire in your heart and mind. Know what you want and manifest this armor as a form of your will!" she proclaimed, and this was the truth. Though she found herself following justice as an idea, and manifested her armor based on this, she figured that the Devil boy would understand that things such as this were controlled and rolled by his own emotions and desires. If he understood this, he could avoid accidentally using Juggernaut Drive and instead control his emotions, his desires, his wants and use an armored form like the one she bore.

[Bloodedge]

"Hrgh... My soul, huh..." Takumi muttered. Being told to hold onto the image of his desire was almost laughable. In fact, he began snickering as if crazed after hearing such a statement. Now, he understood. "Sou ka. I thought you were someone I couldn't remember for a while. If you were, I'd hope you would understand... but no. You don't know me at all," he spoke between nigh-breathless laughs that consisted of mostly wheezes directly from his lungs. The thing he desired most was something he didn't have an image for at all. Perhaps it was even less what he thought it was, and more actual answers as to why it was a desire, and not something he had access to. Yes, that was certainly it; he was convinced of this. Until he understood this completely, he could only persist until he did, and there was once again no other way to accomplish this. "Ddraig. Give it to me," he said in a demanding manner.

"Welsh Dragon Over Booster!" At this command, Takumi's Sacred Gear evolved into a red suit of armor fitted with green gems in contrast to Cassiel's white and blue theme. This state was not quite the Balance Breaker form of Boosted Gear thanks to Takumi's inability to actualize it, yet the form alone was forced into existence - yet again - by his willpower alone.

[Apollymi]

The words that came from Takumi, along with his maniacal laughter brought a bit of unabashed curiosity from the Miracle Child. The fact that he seemed to think she would understand more of his inner plight was something which caused her a bit of worry, because he should have known she couldn't know him that well, and the fact that he didn't meant that he was incomplete within himself. Such a thing was strange to consider, but that as an idea combined with the trauma he'd suffered explained the cat form of his leader living with him in his apartment. 'Sou ka, he is worse off than I thought... if it had been a simple matter of knowing the forms it wouldn't be much of a problem. But he doesn't even know himself...' she thought to herself in that same thinking posture made odd by fully armored look she now possessed. But much to her own surprise he still managed to manifest something. Her eyes widened at the demand of the other Dragon to give something to the lad and the demand being met by what seemed to be the incomplete form of the Balance Breaker. "Sugoi!" she said seemingly surprised, knowing that if the lad had no way of holding on to his desires that he had to have manifested this form by force of will alone. And there was much to be praised about having a will so strong. "Using your will to force a form like that is impressive. It won't last long because of it, but..." she gave a minor moment to pause and think properly about the situation. "I suppose it will do until you find, whatever it is your soul is searching for," she mused. "Show me what your will is made of then..." she changed her statements but the lesson remained the same, if he was to use this form until he had a better one, figuring out the limits of it was important. She flew towards him at light speed, aiming to punch him in the center jewel of his body with the speed of her hit to back up its force.

[Bloodedge]

Takumi couldn't know for certain until hearing it from the words of his counterpart, but he was made to know that his 'Over Booster' was a clear difference from the true Balance Breaker. It didn't matter to him so long as it functioned, and so long as the true form eluded him. If it didn't last long, he just had to make it count... and make it count, he would. "It's not you, then. Sou ka," he said, having additional confirmation given by Cassiel's words. As she came his way, he made use of the fact that his right arm could be wielded now by holding it out in front of himself. "Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!" his Sacred Gear called out. The back of his hand managed to defend his torso against Cassiel's fist, but at the cost of that hand's jewel and some of the armor surrounding it. When the strike connected this way though, Takumi was given some immediate insight as to Cassiel's location, in the crucial moment of her swift movement being halted. As such, his left hand formed a fist which he quickly aimed to drive directly into the White Dragon Emperor's abdomen, using every ounce of power the Boosted Gear had granted him in the past few moments.

[Apollymi]

Things could have become very awkward for Cassiel, if a Devil boy decided to latch on to her while searching his soul for what his heart desired. It was good for her that he knew she wasn't who he was looking for, though to be honest she was rather curious about it, she had the warmth of divinity to know that he would likely find his own answers. In the meantime her punch towards the center of his body was read and followed up on by the lad, but since contact had been made the calls from her Sacred Gear began soon after. "Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!" was called without true limit, but it wouldn't be fast enough to do anything about the fist aimed at her abdomen. In fact it still made impact with enough force to shatter the center console of it, releasing the jewel and several pieces to fall to the ground. Beneath it though the girl seemed unhurt, if not a bit winded as she flew back and coughed through a chuckle. "Hgh! Ack! Bwahahaha! Sugoi! No one has actually hit me in quite a long time... " she said even as she spoke the armor itself reformed perfectly leaving that one jewel on the ground near where she'd made her exit.

There was also something else, an additional call "Seraphim!" which was given as the light wings let off a burst of energy behind the girl and she rolled her shoulders. "Sugoi! I can usually take a lot more than that before then... how interesting," she mused. The power of her Balance Breaker protected her from self-harm, letting off the extra energy she absorbed at the point it became too much for her body. Even so, it seemed that in taking on its counterpart the Red Dragon of Domination, it was is if challenging someone of greater quality all together. As such she could only aim to meet this challenge and perhaps help set the boy towards the path to finding what he was looking for, she moved once more aiming to twist her tail into him slapping him again and following up with a spinning upper cut, if successful while the boy was up in the air she'd go on to spin kick him into the ground skidding away from her. Her movements while simple were all done at great speed, and were more powerful than the average blows anyone should have been used to taking.

[Bloodedge]

With his tactic of choice, he managed to land a single blow on the half-angel and repay the loss of his own armor's gem. He was allowed a short breather after this exchange since Cassiel was launched away from him, but he figured it wouldn't last very long. Something strange happened in the wake of his attack having its power reduced and landing. Cassiel's Sacred Gear uttered a previously unheard command, which ejected energy in the form of light from her wings. Takumi wasn't given much time to think of what this could mean, as she was on the offensive again. Once more, she essentially vanished from his line of sight before a sudden impact from her tail turned his head and shattered his helmet. Immediately afterwards came an uppercut with power he hadn't come to expect based on what Cassiel previously showed herself capable of. As he flew into the air from the second strike, he wondered the cause of this while hanging onto consciousness through great necessary effort. 'What is this? The last one wasn't so strong...' he thought. From within his subconscious, Ddraig responded in kind. 'That's the power of the Supremacy Dragon, Partner. Boosted Gear lets you double your power and give it to others. Her Divine Dividing lets her half her opponent's power and add it to her owns. That light? That's the safety protocol to get rid of the excess.' the Dragon explained.

'... Sou ka.' Takumi's eyes were wide open and viewing the sky as he rose. Just then though, another attack met its mark. "Augh!" he gurgled, blood spewing from his mouth. The wind was more than knocked out of him as a kick made contact with his chest, breaking numerous ribs in the process of launching him back to the ground where an elongated crater of sorts would be formed from the impact and subsequent slide. By then, his eyes were closed. There he lay for a few moments, no helmet, no chest plate, and a nearly-shattered right gauntlet. Still though, he rose over time. "Gi...mme a break. This is how you show someone something? Hngh..." In his attempt to rise to his feet, Takumi only managed to take a knee. His breath was labored. He was almost certain there was blood in his lungs. What he was undoubtedly certain of however, was his will to continue. He had no reason at all to go on with this, and yet... perhaps deep within Takumi was the idea that pressing onward no matter what would bring back something long lost to him... something he couldn't even manage to bring back to the forefront of his own mind.

"That's... what a Dragon of Supremacy is, huh? You're leagues above me... that's for sure." Takumi had landed in a very interesting place. To his left was the blue jewel that had been released from Cassiel's armor before she reformed it, so Takumi thought it was a wonderful idea to pick it up while staring down the armored Miracle Child. "Maybe I'm just dumb... but what's a Dragon of Domination? Is it possible to dominate supremacy itself?" he wondered aloud as he gradually brought the jewel over to the back of his right hand, where his own had been missing. It didn't fit in the slot, or rather, it shouldn't have fit. And yet, he was determined to force it, causing himself a great deal of pain on a spiritual level. "Hngh! Haaah..." An open mouth and widened eyes portrayed the strain this act alone forced upon him, but in the end... the Boosted Gear spoke: "Vanishing Dragon Power is Taken!" it announced. A metamorphosis occurred in the gauntlet on his right hand, both fixing it and turning it white, as well as turning the jewel by its elbow blue to match the one on its hand. "Go figure. It did something," Takumi finalized while raising his now white-clad right hand to point it in Cassiel's direction. With a single chant spoken not in the voice of Ddraig, but that of Albion, he aimed to bring back what he'd wasted in moments prior. "Divide!"

[Apollymi]

Cassie's offensive seemed to be making itself work harder than expected. She succeeded in all three of the maneuvers she set forth, with more of a reaction than she expected to garner from the lad she fought against. She'd never displaced someone so strong before, and as such she didn't expect the sort of physical damage she'd been able to met out to the lad as he pulled himself off the ground. Strangely enough as she floated off the ground his words to her made her take the same contemplate stance with her right hand tucked under her chin even in her armored status. "Yes, this is how I show you something. You seemed like the type to understand this method better, but we could have tea and cookies next time if you prefer," she said and though this statement sounded snarky, she hadn't meant it as such. She'd been very genuine in the idea that the boy would gain the lesson she meant to put before him more easily through physical contact. And that if he decided this method wasn't satisfactory the next time she felt the need to share something they could just discuss it, though admittedly this battle was something which Cassiel found exciting more so than many of the works she did.

Takumi's musings were strange to Cassie, but she would continue to watch with wide eyes as he worked through the true power of the Dragon of Domination. He seemed to think the idea of dominating supremacy was a good one. 'Bakana... that isn't something you should...' whatever Cassiel thought she then got to watch the boy struggle to force the jewel from her armor into his gauntlet, determined to take for himself the power of the Vanishing Dragon. As a half-angel she could practically hear his soul crying out in pain as he forced this thing to happen beyond all forms of reason or sanity. Strangely, it was accepted the power of hers was taken and as if further confirmation was needed his gauntlet became white and the voice of Albion was heard from his gauntlet as he gave one command. "That... shouldn't be possible but here I am watching it!" this was the sentence which came from the half-angel's mouth as her posture became awestruck at the sight she had and she felt the drain of power from her very being. Her body buckled from this feeling and it was one she'd never felt before this moment. "He... took it from me," her eyes widened as she looked at the ground she floated dangerously close to and looked towards him.

Her sense of justice found that this wasn't an acceptable outcome, there was nothing just for losing without gain, her own drives couldn't let this stand. She moved forward again, zipping by the lad and grabbing up the piece of his armor that remained a singular green jewel which had fallen from his chest piece. "You are such a strange boy. The things that happen around you... amaze me," she said. "But I am only half-angel after all... I can't give freely. I must remain..." the thought didn't complete as she placed the missing jewel into the opening in the center of her chest. She forced it into the center of her being for the purpose of absorbing it into herself. Her own desire to not be overtaken by someone so unsure, to remain supreme. Her sense of justice and fairness required her body to accept this piece. And... it did. A unique previously unheard of call from Albion noted this. "Welsh Dragon Power Accepted!" This caused a light stretch from the lass' back producing a second set of red wings beneath her first set. "Boost!" was the call in Ddraig's voice this time. And with this she hovered before the boy, moving forward, markedly slowly for her own sake. Only to have an angel descend between the pair of them. A blonde woman with her hair up in a messy ponytail stood between this pair of young dragons, she had two pairs of glorious white wings. "Yare yare, Cass. To think you'd set out to help someone and end up having so much fun..." she said calmly looking to Takumi and offering a kind smile. "Forgive me for interrupting but the pair of you aren't going to last much longer, allow me to offer this as recompense..." she said. An odd green light emanated from her core which aimed to envelop both of this individuals. Strangely it wouldn't hurt either of them, but instead aimed to heal both of their injuries and would do so exceedingly fast to boot. Knowing what this meant, Cassiel's Balance Breaker disappeared around her and she was left standing before Takumi with a slightly bowed head. "Sumimasen, that power was a bit more than I was used to, I got a bit carried away," she apologized earnestly for harming the boy beyond her initial intent of showing him how to use his own power.