As the creatures surrounding Stella and Kenos ran towards them, Elias and Yuzui were watching through the window.
Yuzui: Hey...Kit.
Kitsune: What's up?
Yuzui: Who exactly were the people that Stella had killed?
She stayed quiet for a second as Nahe, Elias, Acheron and Nichi looked at her.
Kitsune: Ken...never told you?
Yuzui: He mentioned them but never really MENTIONED them...y'know?
Kitsune: Well...
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As lightning struck some creatures surrounding them, Kenos grabbed his halberd and pierced through one. He was now back to back with Stella as more of them kept appearing. The ground shook as the ground under them suddenly started moving up.
Stella: Volk-
The sledgehammer flew towards him at immense speed. With no chance to react, Stella's arm came clean off.
Volk: You know if only this had happened instead...
The sledgehammer flew back into Volk's hand. As Kenos tried ripping into reality again, a loud bang was heard. Volk had hit the sledgehammer against the shield causing the two to lose their powers temporarily.
Volk: If I had this power before, we could have stopped her. Together.
Stella fell forward and off of the platform that was lifted. As he was about to get jumped from every creature on the ground, a blue flame surrounded him which scared away the creatures. Volk looked over at the figure running over. As their eyes widened from seeing each other, the platform moved down slowly.
Kitsune: It can't-
Volk: You-
Stella's Telum began to lose it's power and was unsummoned. The now open wounds started to spill blood on the floor. He moved his body up with one arm and coughed up blood. Kitsune noticed him immediately and created another arm out of spirit energy which stopped the bleeding. Kenos moved in between Kitsune and Volk while holding his Halberd. Volk stomped the grass which caused the ground under Kenos to moved up and send him in to the air. He then moved over towards Kitsune but not before Kenos ripped into reality once again and created a portal under him and in front of Volk which launched him into Volk, knocking him back.
Kenos: Don't go anywhere near her, you shouldn't be alive.
Volk: Who the hell are you?
Kenos: That's not important. Get the hell away before this gets worse.
Kitsune: Ken-
Kenos: Stop!
Clouds filled the sky as a thunderstorm appeared. Lightning immediately struck Volk.
Volk: That won't work this time.
He let out smoke from his mouth as he threw the shield up and used his sledgehammer as a bat to send the shield flying towards Kenos. As he put the halberd forward, a blue barrier appeared between the two.
Kitsune: Stop!
She ran over to see if it really was Volk who was there.
Kitsune: It's actually you...how?
Volk: You stayed with him?!
Kitsune: It's a long story...
Kenos: How can you trust him? Didn't you see him die?!
She turned around.
Kitsune: I was the only other one who saw him die! The scars he has on his face are from the fight. Only me and Stella would know it's him.
Volk grabbed her shoulder.
Volk: You damn traitor...
He pushed her on the ground and aimed the sledgehammer at her. Stella saw this and stood up, his wound still not fully covered, even from the spirit energy, made it more painful to move.
Stella: Stop.
Volk: Just like you did with us?
Stella coughed up even more blood.
Stella: She hasn't done anything. I'll gladly pay for the blood I spilled.
Volk: Gladly you say?
The creatures once again ran towards everyone. Stella summoned his Telum once more, as his wounds disappeared, he moved forward while dragging it on the ground. Volk noticed that no one but him and Stella was moving.
Volk: This again...
Stella: You can stop me, but not him, not now that you threatened someone innocent.
Volk noticed that Kenos, while still frozen, had his hand out as if trying to grab something. Stella smiled as he put his axe in Kenos' hand and unfroze everything. Stella fell on the floor, smile still on his face as Kenos held both weapons now. He threw the axe at one of the creature's head and recalled it while driving the halberd through two of them. He cut a wound through reality and jumped into it only to come out above one of the things and hit its head with his foot, crushing its skull.
Volk stomped the ground once again to try and throw him in the air, but Kenos jumped up high before he had the chance. While Kenos was mid air, Volk slammed the shield and sledgehammer together to disable his powers again. Kenos fell but used a creature to break his fall. With his back to the ground, he sprung forward and knocked down the creatures in front of him. He moved down to dodge one of their attacks and retaliated by swinging the axe up through its jaw. He used the momentum of the swing to arc all the way behind him and knock down another one which he then cut through with the halberd. He moved back swiftly as he regained his powers.
Volk: Those eyes...
All the creatures had been killed. Kenos let out a deep breath as his eyes went back to normal.
Kenos: You sure you want to take this fight still?
Volk: My fight isn't with you, it's with him.
Kenos: If anyone is gonna kill this bastard then it'll be me.
Kenos kneeled next to Stella and put his hand on his wound and started cauterizing it with fire he created in his hand.
Volk: sigh Why protect him?
Kitsune covered her leg in a protective barrier as she swept Volk's leg. As he fell doing Kenos closed his fist and move it to the right, creating a portal in which Volk fell into. He immediately closed it.
Kenos: Let's go back inside.
He grabbed Stella from the ground and helped him walk into the house.
Elias: You what happened? Who was that guy?
Kitsune: Remember how you were interested in those people? That was one of them.
Yuzui: Who-
Stella: Listen, I got something to tell you all.
All eyes were on him.
Kenos: You sure got some nerve.
Stella: Shut it. You want the truth?
Stella: The one who killed them wasn't me. Someone else was in control.
Kenos: ...
Stella: You wanna be able to trust me? Because I can't handle this anymore.
He spread his arm out and took a deep breath. His hair turned brown, and his clothing started to change. His arm seemed to be being healed entirely. He gasped for air and looked around the room as if making a huge realization. "-a dream" he said as if finishing a sentence he had started saying to himself. Kitsune moved in front of him.
Kitsune: Welcome back.