It seems to him that maybe a day or two have passed since the meeting and he was currently making his way to the training ground having what seems just woke up even though it was already about to become noon.
"Morning lieutenant."
Answering back without even looking at the man who was carrying a few boxes of supplies:
"Mornin."
Yawning He reached what seemed to be a training ground of sorts where he saw soldiers fighting and practicing.
Making his way past a few spars between soldiers he saw Dahlia who seemed to have a small smirk playing across her face and three soldiers beaten on the ground under her with a fourth one about to join them.
"God damn it again! she's such a hassle"
Walking towards her yawning once more and scratching the back of his head before speaking.
"You beat them okay, let them go already"
Dahlia whose eyes seemed much colder than the one he was use to spoke:
"Nah you can keep going cant you?"
Azadi examined this new version of Dahlia presented in front of him.
'I- Is she taller than me now? oh god damn it!'
The soldier nodded cowardly back towards her.
'Why is there so many rose petals on the ground?'
"Get the hell out of here Jerre and grab your buds get some healing I doubt this one will heal. Actually I'm suprised your standing with the amount of blood you're losing."
He was leaking rose petals from each place that shoul have been bleeding instead.
'The petals are blood?'
He grabbed a syringe from the pouch on the left side of his hip and injected him with it.
"Go on now that should keep you going for a bit atleast enough for you to get some healing."
He watched the soldier grab his friends and scurry away but what truly caught Azadi's eye was the fact the healing him had taken almost no drain from his body.
"Dahlia-"
Dahlia who was now looking at him for interrupting her fun cut him off.
"Now then why'd you have to do that Az. Why'd you have to go and ruin the fun?"
Her voice was smooth and silky.
With a sigh he answered back
"Come on you weren't teaching them anything besides how to take a blow now come on go do something that isn't bullying the soldiers."
His voice was suprisingly the one being the one of reason though it didn't matter much.
She let out a small snicker but her voice remained the same smooth tone.
'Ugh gives me the creeps.'
"Fine then I'll have to find other ways to have fun then won't I hmm.."
She poked his chest with her finger and let out a smirk.
"Come on let's go a round Azzy."
Letting out a disgruntled sigh he responded:
"Ughh fine."
He backed up a bit on the opposite side of the field and she did the same.
'We're sparring now? Okay! Let's see what this me has got!'
Dahlia got into a fighting stance with two black daggers in her hands which she had received after plunging her hands into the earth.
He himself got into a fighting stance completely alien to him.
'No weapon? Am I stupid?'
Before he could think more Dahlia had already snaked her way up to him with one of her dagger going to slit neck and not a hint of hesitation in her eyes instead there was a smile on her face.
Though she was quick he was quicker and raised his left arm making the blade scrape against his bracers parrying the blow.
After her blow failed she quickly went to her next, jumping and going into a spinning kick to the other side of his head which he was also able to guard though it made him drag a few steps back due to the force but his feet still remained planted.
She let out a little cackle before they both clashed against each other.
She jumped back and landed on her hand surging the ground full of energy causing plants to engulf their field obscuring his vision.
Even though he couldint see her he could hear her shifting and moving, rustling within the plants.
He himself was has began running through the jungle of plants and tall grass dodging and blocking her attempts to deliver a blow but he couldn't keep this up for long.
As he kept running, a dagger came flying towards him at startling speeds which he was barely able to stop, however the second one had already found its way within his ribs.
"Auggh!"
'That hurts like a Bi***! Why can't I just wake up!'
The dagger was then ripped out of him being pulled away by a what seemed to be a plant string.
"I've had enough of this you always use it but I think I have a counter now."
He raised his leg up high and slammed it into the earth causing it to rupture and quake making pieces of the ground turn to debris and then fly up causing the plants to get uprooted.
"There you are."
Dahlia's footwork was completely off balance and she was even completely exposed now a foot off the ground in the open.
He had already turned around and dashed towards her having his fist about to connect with her chest.
Azadi could feel the bones cracking against his fist.
He hated it but it wasn't like he could stop it.
No hated wasn't the right word more like he was uncomfortable doing so.
The feeling of his fist crushing her chest and following through with it all the way was awful but strangely satisfying.
She was sent backwards blood being coughed up from whatever injury he could have just caused.
he could only imagine how it felt.
Then the poison of the dagger kicked in making Az feel nauseous.
As she flew up from the impact brown specks also accompanied her.
They were seeds.
Her finger flared up with energy and she jabbed them into her broken chest releasing a wave of emerald spreading out pulsating and resonating with the seeds along with repairing her broken body.
Then the seeds erupted into growth, sprouting and spreading more like a virus than a plant.
They interconnected and weaved together turning into a platform that she could Stand upon.
As her feet landed on the amalgamation of plants Azadi planted his feet down preparing for her next attack.
Then he yelled out:
"Come on then snake!"
There was a manical smile plastered across the wretched serpent's face.
But he could tell even though he could not see his own face he could tell, that he too shared this exact same wicked smile on his face.
"As you wish then you lazy lieutenant!"
Running across the plants in the air Azadi really did understand why he was calling her a snake.
The way she moved and weaved really did look as if she slithered instead of ran.
And as she approached she spoke aloud a command.
"Bloom."
As she said this black miasma had started to ooze from her body joining the air.
'What the f***.'
Then the miasma concentrated onto her daggers and two onyx flowers bloomed.
Now armed with the beautiful black flowers
Now right on top on Azadi she cut the through the air in the pattern of an X causing the slashes of black to rip through the air lunging towards him.
'I'm going to die..'
Then he felt it for the first time he felt his eyes spark for the first time in this fight.
Then his whole body flared up with white flames and sparks though the flames weren't hot in the slightest.
He took a step forward he planted his foot down then twisted his entire weight.
He was going to kick it.
"Az No!"
A gruff voice of a old man rang out.
"He's right I can't rely on my abilities"
He muttered under his breath before the white flames dissipated.
'Am I the insane one not her?!'
Right before his leg clashed with the attack.
Black.
There was nothing for a second and then he opened his eyes.
He was still in the dream just somewhere else now.