The Memories Tango

Unraveled Secrets
Shadows as solid as arms danced across the hallway that Artemis and Raziel had been fighting in. Their attempt to rescue Luna had been sorely delayed by these two combatants, who had obviously been using a hit-and-run strategy in order to exhaust the pair. Raziel, as well, began to succumb to exhaustion slightly as he blocked yet another one of Lennart's weak strikes, before taking a few steps backwards.

"Raziel!" Artemis shouted, batting away another shadow fist with the back of his palm as the two mages stood back-to-back in the situation. "We're surrounded and we're wasting way too much time. What do we do?" Artemis asked the almost wise canine, all the while gritting his teeth in irritation.

"One of us has to move forward." Raziel concluded, his paws shuffling backwards slightly. "We've got no other choice." Raziel's teeth bit into his dagger just that little bit more.

"I can handle these two, you -!?" Artemis was about to conclude as he was suddenly interrupted by Raziel's claws scratching his feet. "Oi! What was that for!?" He groaned in pain, realizing that both Ariel and Lennart had been carefully watching them this entire time.

"Looks like I finally get to release this curse." Raziel smirked, stabbing his dagger on the ground despite being in a rather perilous situation.

"You don't mean...?" Artemis asked, despite knowing full well what Raziel's intentions were.

"Oh, I do. Looks like the curse has weakened to the point where I can break it with a single outburst. Of course...I'll never truly be "Raziel" again." Raziel told Artemis, almost with a solemn look in his eyes as he did so.

"Heh, you're always gonna be Raziel, idiot!" Artemis exclaimed, as he suddenly drew four fire runes, creating four fireballs which proceeded to surround Artemis and Raziel, exploding and giving Artemis the cover necessary to escape. "Have fun!" Artemis shouted, waving his hand as he began to run towards the next door.

Lennart, instantly realizing what was going on, attempted to follow him but to no avail, the flames were far too strong for the young man to go through unharmed. However, what piqued his interest was a sudden spike in magical power coming from the epicenter of these flames. "Is this the dog...?" He thought, as his suspicions were confirmed.

A large column of sky blue magical energy erupted from the center of the flames, creating a shockwave of power strong enough to douse the flames with ease as a man stood in the center. The true form of Raziel had finally taken the stage.

His eyes were a light blue, yet they boasted the ferocity of a wolf as he stared deeply into the heart of Lennart, causing him to collapse under the sheer pressure of his Killing Intent. Finally, his full figure had been revealed. A short mane of blue hair and a body only covered by a pair of loose-fitting white pants, revealing a scarred torso, Ariel's eyes widened as she recognized the man's identity. "The Sky Wolf...Ragna Nightingale!?"

"Heh, a little lady like you knows me?" The man, now identified as Ragna placed his left arm in front of his right, claws stretched and fingers clenched. "I'm flattered!" He shouted, provoking his enemies to come at him with full force with nothing more than a release of pressure from his being.


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