Again a flame formed by Herensuge apeard helping Rikuto to look his surroundings, he had lost track of the salamander he was fighting since he fall back to the darkness, he heard what Herensuge said but when he turned around to his right it was a lil too late, the salamander had tackled him on the ground, Rikuto started to push him of but it was too heavy so with one hand he grabed a can of soda in his bag and shoved it in the salamanders mouth and formed a seal on it. Choke on this! He shouted as he pulled out his hand and activated the seal on the can causing it to explode in its mouth

Herensuge saw a small explosion come from the salamanders mouth lighting the place a bit. The salamander that was on top of Rikuto jolted off Rikuto as Herensuge ran forward and kicked that salamander beneath its mouth, it seemed that was one down. Now beside Rikuto Herenusge could at least see his outline as he grabbed his arm to pull him up as he heard the other salamanders closing in. "Get ready Rikuto, I'm gonna light this place up." Knowing Rikuto was at his side Herensuge didn't have to play it safe, he used his breath of fire on the floor and formed a circle of fire in a 14 meter radius. The fire revealed 4 salamanders stalking Herensuge and Rikuto from the other side of the circle, but fire didn't hurt them much, so this was gonna be test of teamwork.

Rikuto looked around and counted the salamanders, there where 4 for now, there might have been more on the way. 1 salamander was pretty tough already so 4 would be a pain in the ass.Rikuto then started to think and finally got an idea he wasnt 100% sure it would work but it was still a plan.
I got an idea, if it works it might weaken them and it will be easier to defeat them, but im gonna need ur help to back me up while i do this! He said as he started to spin his staff above his head. Rikuto thought that since these salamanders where using the fire element maybe his blizzard spell could weaken them as it would be sure to lower the heat.While he did this, Rikuto noticed somthing in the backround, it seemed to be a light, but he couldnt pay much attention cause that wasnt important right now.

"Just make sure it works." Nick said as Rikuto started spinning his staff. Nick wasn't sure what he was doing but suddenly knew when he felt how cold the surrounding became. For now he had to hold the salamanders off as Rikuto finished his spell. One of the salamanders leaped toward them which Nick was able to prevent as he jumped and kicked the salamander beneath the mouth stopping it in its track.

Nick noticed another salamander who was going to attack Rikuto so he grabbed the salamander he had just kicked by the tail and with all his strength threw him to the salamander who leaped toward Rikuto knocking it to the ground. However they weren't gonna stay too much time on the ground and the other were getting ready to pounce at the same time. "Rikuto hurry up, so we can escape!!!"

Yuki Shi Tou Shite!... Ventisca!!! Rikuto finished his spell, he stoped spinning the staff and slammed it on the ground, in a second snow started to apear and it soon turned into a blizzard. Hold on! Rikuto shouted as he got on his knee and watched how the salamanders started to move slower cause of the cold, some of them even started to fall half dead. He then saw the light again and was now able to get a good look of it, it seemed like the light was comming from the egdes of a door....a Door!
Nick!! Look! He shouted as he pointed to where he was looking at.
Come on! He shouted again as he started to run towards it leaving the salamanders behind.

Nick was freezing because of the spell Rikuto had just used so he started using his breath o fire on his hands to keep warm for a bit. The moment Rikuto mentioned a door Nick was sure in hell gonna go for it just to get out of the freezer. "Lets go!" Nick said as he ran next to Rikuto past the salamander, he couldn't help feeling a bit sorry for them.

Upon reaching the door Nick noticed the lock was frozen and could probably be broken, and when Nick kicked it 2 time the lock broke allowing Rikuto and Nick to get out into another tunnel. On the other side Nick closed the door and used his breath of fire ton the side of the door to burn the metal enough that it stuck to the wall, closing it for good. "Let's go finish this already. I want to beat the hell out of the guys who put us in there." Nick told Rikuto as he began to walk through the tunnel.

These guys dont know who are they messing with.. He nodded his head as he folowed Herensuge through the tunnel angerd.
Few moments after walking in the tunnel Rikuto could see the end of it, it seemed to be an opend area. Nick, look over there.... He said it with a low tone and pointed at the 2 men that where infront of them. It was them, the 2 guys that where bossing around thoes thugs, as they got Rikuto got closer he noticed a cage on there right side, the girl that they found and a few more where inside traped!
Suddenly 1 of them started clapping, Well well well..... it seems that you 2 bees where able to pass my pets.... The man with the cloak on said to Rikuto and Herensuge as he turned around with a smile.

"You two just made the biggest mistake of your life." Nick said as he cracked his knuckles and glared at the 2 men. At least since the girls were caged Nick knew they wouldn't get in the way and he could fight with the men without holding back.

"If you want the girl you can have her, but only one. And we'll let you leave this place with no harm done." The man in the cloaked said trying to convince Nick and Rikuto to leave. If there had only been one girl then Nick might have considered that proposition, but there was more than one, and Nick was angry aswell.

"Go to hell and burn." Nick said with a smirk on his face as he unleashed his breath of fire on the boss, impatient as ever. The boss chanted a spell and a wall of earth came between him and the fire. So what Nick thought was true, this man was an earth mage. Nick was getting ready to move but all of a sudden roots sprung from the ground and wrapped Nick, immobilizing him, "Crap..." The second mage seemed to be able to control plants, vine and roots. As the boss mage created a stone spear and threw at Nick who was struggling to get free.

Rikuto chuckled at the mans offer, he must of thought that they where stupid or somthing, the thing is, Rikuto wasnt going to leave anyone behind.
Herensuge atacked first and seemed to catch the guys attention, and knowing Herensuges techniques he thought he could manage alone for awhile , giving Rikuto enough time to break the locks and get the girls out, as he snuk around the area and was about to get to the girls Rikuto heard Herensuge swear, he turned around only to find him trapped by roots growing from the ground, then he saw the guy with the cloak throw him a spear.
Nick! Rikuto shouted and prepared his staff in a flash, it was too hard to aim at the spear since it was a moving object so he aimed at the roots!
Disparo Gélidos!!! he enchanted and proyectiles where fired cutting the roots that where holding his partner giving him a chance to move. problem was that doing this Rikuto gave away his position.

Nick was starting to worry when he saw the spear aimed for him but thankfully Rikuto was able to break one of the roots that was holding his upper body and Nick was able to bend over and burn the remaining roots, dropping him to the ground and avoiding the spear. Nick quickly got up to spot Rikuto trying to free the girls but the cloaked man looked over to Rikuto and seemed intent to wrap him in roots aswell.

Nick quickly started sprinting over to the cloaked man and chanted "incrementum gravitatis quinque!" Nick increased the gravity around that man by 5 time which caught him by surprise and did not allow him to finish the chant. Nick then used his breath of fire on the man trying to finish him off, but the man surrounded himself with roots which stopped the fire from reaching him.

"Tch. Rikuto get them out quickly!!" Nick said when he suddenly felt something past right next to his head at incredible speed, it was rock which was now stuck to the wall at the other end.

"You wont last a second against both of us at the same time." The boss said with a confident look on his face. Nick didn't reply anything as he just stood there watching both of them standing side by side, getting ready for anything.

Rikuto nodded his head as he heard his partner and turned around facing the girls, the lock seemed to be rusty so it would break easily, Rikuto liftes his staff and started to slam the lock a few time until it broke. Get out of here! Now! Rikuto shouted as he opened the cage letting the girls out, they all started to run though a tunnel, it must be the exit of this danm hole.
With that done Rikuto turned around to help Herensuge, then he saw how bad the situation became, he was trapped! Rikuto quickly ran towards them and at the same time searched his bag and found only 1 can of soda left.

As Rikuto was freeing the girls Nick was busy dealing with the two mages. He dodged a couple of the the earth mage threw at him and the all the plant mage could do was use vines which Nick would burn when they pop up. Suddenly the earth mage started an a long incantation and Nick got a bad feeling about it, so he sprinted over to him to stop the incantation but was attacked by thorn vines. Nick was too busy avoiding the vines that he could not reach the earth mage in time. "Good bye little bee" The earth mage said.

All of a sudden the roof above Nick started shaking as the earth began crumbling down. The plant mage wasn't trying to hit or stall Nick, he was trying to keep him in one place and it worked. "Crap!" The ceiling fell but before it fell on top of him, Nick hardened his back with his dragon transformation as he was covered by a mountain a rubble, out of everyone's view.

"Well that's one nuisance down, time for to get the next one." The boss said as both mages shifted their gaze toward Rikuto.

Nick!!!!! Rikuto shouted as he saw him get coverd by rocks.
He glared at the to mage´s infront of him with a killing stare, hold his staff angrily with and offensive position and dashed towards them.
You bastards!!!! He yelled as he aimed at them while running. Disparos Gélidos! 2 shots where aimed at each of there heads with great speed, the cloaked man dodged it shifting he head sideways with a grin on his face while the other ducked and dodges it too, but what he didnt see was the soda can that was right under his face, Rikuto had thrown it to him the moment he ducked, and befor he could realize what had happend the can exploded right in his face.
The soda had enterd his eyes and started to burn cause of the cold, he fell back abit covering his face screaming.
Rikuto smiled but it soon went away as the other mage threw Rikuto a rock spear the hit his upper right shoulder. Shi- Ahhhh!! Rikuto screamed of pain as the mage lifted Rikutos body raising him in the air holding the spear that was jabbed in Rikuto´s arm, at the same time Rikuto droped his staff.

'Ugh. These bastards don't know when to quit.' Nick thought to himself as he got ready begin his attacks once again. Though he was hoping that he wouldn't have to unleash this form, he could tell by the scream that Rikuto was having a bit of trouble with the mages. "Rikuto we're gonna finish this now." Nick told Rikuto telepathically.

the earth mage was laughing as he heard Rikuto the scream in agony, "Hahaha, the tow of you really are nothing but fools. First your friend died for thinking he could beat us alone, and now you will-" The man stopped talking as he heard a loud rumbling coming from behind him. He looked back and saw the pile of rock covering Nick starting to shake. The rock then started flying everywhere as if a huge explosion had happened under it. But it was not an explosion, as a dragon 18 feet long stood in front of everyone, with smoke coming from its mouth. The earth mage was left in shock, "D-D-D-DRAGON!!!" He screamed to which Nick let out a loud roar and knocked the mage to the side with his claw, the mage hit the the wall hard but was not yet defeated.

The other mage that was still covering his face could not see very well what was happening but he knew now that there was a dragon in there, and started to panic. Nick used his tail to grab him by his feet and threw him into the wall next to the earth mage. As the mages started to move a bit, Nick leaped to where Rikuto was as he grabbed Rikuto staff with his tail and put it infront of Rikuto. Nick grabbed the spear jabbed in Rikutos arm and pulled it. "Let's finish this Rikuto. You think you can still use the same spell you used on the salamander with just one hand?"

Rikuto was shocked as he saw a dragon apear infront of him, he coverd his eyes cause of the dust that was forming. What in the world!?.....Nick!? Rikuto said as he looked closely, only to then see a huge tail heading straight to them. AAHHH! He shouted as he started to shake around, and was able to get out of the way since he fell on the ground and saw the earth mage being sent flying to the wall.
Soon then he saw Herensuge aproaching to him and befor he knew it, OUCH!....god, be more gental next time >_< Rikuto said after the spear was pulled out from his shoulder.
He slowly got up and grabed his staff with his left hand since his right wasnt really in condition to start moving so soon, looked at the dragon and nodded his head, he then started spining his staff above his head with one hand enchanting, Yuki Shi...Tou Shite! Ventisca!! He finished and slamed his staff on the ground, in a second a blizzard with a 20 meter radios started to form the area.

Knowing what this spell was gonna do Nick jumped out of range as Rikuto was finishing his spell. He saw that the earth mage was getting up and was gonna try to run away, "incrementum gravitatis quinque!" Nick increased the gravity around the earth mage which stopped him from running. The plant mage could hardly stand and could not yet see very well what was going on.

As Rikuto slammed the staff the surrounding area was engulfed in a blizzard. The plant mage dropped to the ground as soon as the temperature decreased as he had no more energy left. The earth mage was still trying to get away even while being cover in snow and with the increase in gravity. "I can't be beaten here... I will not... be captured!!!" The man screamed, and Nick had just about had it with his mouth. Nick used his tail to slam the mage on the right arm, breaking it. Due to the pain and the temperature the man fell down unconscious as he was quickly covered in snow.

Nick waited until the blizzard would stop and spotted Rikuto. He walk towards him as white smoke started to engulf the Nick, transforming from dragon back to his human form. While using the cover of the smoke Nick used his clothe spell on himself, he didn't want to give out any wrong ideas. "Good job Rikuto. I guess it was a good idea to bring you along." Nick said with a smile on his face. "Now we just need to bring these idiots and those girls back and we can collect our reward."

Rikuto was on the floor checking out the wound on his shoulder, it wasnt serios but it still hurt. He got up as soon as he saw Herensuge and turned his staff into a bracelet since he knew it was all over, finally he could get some rest.
No more missions for me in awhile, gonna take a nap as soon as we get back, looks like im gonna stay in the INN a lil longer. He said smiling and walked towards the half blinded man, noticing he was half awake Rikuto punched him knocking him out so that he wouldnt cause them problems later on. He grabed the guys shirt and started to drag him towards a tunnel. The girls went this way, this must be the exit, come on!

Nick went over to the earth mage and grabbed him by his legs and started dragging him along. "At least now I can afford a good bed." Nick said as he walked next to Rikuto. They followed the tunnel through the path the girls had taken and Nick spotted 2 girls up ahead. One of them was the girl Rikuto and Nick had met in the forest.

"Ooh thank goodness the two of you are ok. Some of the girls went on ahead, it seems the found a road leading to the village at the end of this tunnel. I just stayed behind... because I was worried..." The girl said as she looked away a bit blushed. She then noticed the two men being dragged by Rikuto and Nick and gave them both a good kick, she was obviously angry at them.

"Hehe nice." Nick said as he followed the girls outside to the road and followed the road back to the village. "Hey Rikuto, if anyone in the village ask how we did this please do not mention my you-know-what form. I'd like to keep that a secret." Nick whispered to Rikuto as they reached the village.

Rikuto smiled as he noticed the girl blush when she looked away, he was glad that everyone was safe, he laughed as she kicked the snot out of the guy that Rikuto was holding, she had a good kick.
Walking back to the village Rikuto could finally see civilazation and was glad about it, he then looked at Herensuge and listened to what he said to him carefully. Heh, dont worry, "one" of your secrets is safe with me... He said looking at him, he knew and felt that this wasnt the only secret he was holding but he didnt havta worry about it so he smiled .

Nick just smirked when Rikuto put emphasis on the "one" secret. As they reached the inn the innkeeper came out and started asking question of how they had completed the mission. Not having much to hide Nick explained everything to the inn keeper and the security, except for his dragon form. The family of a few of the girls came running and hugging their girls as many broke down in tears. Security escorts came to take the other girls to their respective villages. Before she was taken the girl with the good kick gave Nick and Rikuto a hug. "Thank you"

"You're welcomed" Nick said with a smile on his face. The other girls also gave their thanks and so did the family. The inn keeper gave Rikuto and Nick a bonus on their pay for bringing back all of the missing girls. Now Nick had enough of money to sleep. Before leaving he extended his hand to Rikuto out of a sign of Respect and gratitude. "Thank you Rikuto. I couldn't have done it without you. Maybe we'll find ourselves working together again."

(We can end it here or you can end it with your next post.)

Ow ow ow.. He wisperd slightly as the girl hugged Rikuto pressing on his arm, the girl then noticed and quickly back up abit. Oh my, s-sorry! She said abit worried. I-its ok, and it was no big deal. He awnserd smiling ignoering the slight sting on his shoulder, he then turned to Nick.
It was a pleasure to fight by your side Nick, i really hope we meet again some day. He said as he shoke his hand .


END....Finally

Rewards:

Rikuto: 3 SP, 3 MP and 410,000 Drachma
Herensuge: 3 SP, 3 MP and 410,000 Drachma