Spirits of a Kindred Flame (Private training with Ardere and Kite)

Kite couldn’t see the mouth of the Volcano from where he was but the darkened sky clearly caused by the smoke that poured constantly from the volcano’s mouth could be seen from the edge of the spooky forest, a forest haunted and lived up to its reputation, but this time he wasn’t there for business or training. he merely passed through it as a means to reach his destination. It wasn’t unheard of for Kite to hit the road and go on training journeys from time to time, whether it be for practicing survival in places of extreme conditions such as the phoenix mountains or a haunted location such as the cursed lands to hone his senses for the evil and wicked. This time the training was about combat, mediation and heat tolerance some of the basics that were ingrained into his brain. During his time with Asmodeous, his slayer mentor he was literally baptised by the fires of hell, at first unbearable but over time his body adapted to the fire pits as his slayer magic became more prominent but that seemed like years ago and aside from the various deserts there wasn’t really a place for him to work the basics, that was until he was studying a map he had handy and came across the location of an active Volcano. After reading up on it he not only discovered it’s location but he practically knew already how to get there.

Kite had left the edge of the spooky forest and made his way to the mountain range that housed the volcano he was searching for which was made more clear now than ever thanks to the sight of the volcano’s smoke clearly blacking out the sky now, even from as far away as he was,  Kite could already start feeling the slight increase of heat in the area,as well as the lands hardened with volcanic rock due to the cooling of lava. Kite smirked as he took in a deep breath sucking in the air and heat alike "oh yeah! There may be no place like home but this will do " he placed his hands on his hips and looked at the scenery "and it fits Asmodeous’ bad taste " he said to himself while chuckling at the thought the possible reaction he would have gotten from his mentor and guardian. He moved closer towards the specific peak where the mountain was spitting out lava, the head was intensified greatly with each step and the ground became harder and harder which would be perfect, the numerous rocky formations would be perfect for combat practice. Kite held out his hand and summoned his key of babylon and opened the gates pulling out Shamash, the giant broadsword he had stored up in his own bank. He held it out in front of him with one hand with the blade perfectly perpendicular to the ground with ease. "I can handle you but I still need to be able to wield you properly. Hopefully this place can help me tame you a bit "

He would allow his training to commence as he brought his free hand to then handle of his blade and proceeded to swing directly at a column of volcanic rock cutting and smashing it apart with a single blow due to the sword’s immense size but before Kite could bring it back up for a combo something near the very base of the volcano caught his attention.A pillar of flames shot from the ground and cut through the blackened sky, Kite let the tip of his sword rest on the ground until the flames were gone completely now. "That was magic " he said able to sense the magic signature at the source of the blaze, but it wasn’t the only one, there was another signature faint most likely the second signature was at a rest so the full strength of the mage couldn’t be determined for the time being but this one made Kite feel uneasy, it was almost opposite of the feeling he got from his own flames. "I’d better check this out " he said as he made his way towards where the flames were shot up first with Shamash pinned on his back to the clasp on his suspenders. On ground level Kite’s crimson eyes locked onto a sign of life coming to the conclusion that most likely the sprout of flames originated from this person. He watched from behind a rock formation as the girl with white hair and who was several inches shorter than himself threw melee combinations at the rock formation in front of her but that wasn’t all he noticed about her, during one of her many strikes he saw the all too familiar crest of Sabertooth on her shoulder, eliminating the possibility that she was a threat, or an enemy at the least "someone besides me who can handle the heat here? wonder who she is " he said as he came out from behind the rocks and advanced towards her. "Was that you who created that stream of fire a moment ago? " he asked her standing tall with his hands on his hips keeping his own guild emblem hidden from her due to the position of his arm was in.

Whether he would come to like it or not he now had the attention of the white haired girl going to town on the rocks with fists and feet both clad in flames and only stopped when the Demon Slayer spoke up clearly catching her unaware and surprised her, a clear give a way was the look on her face when she turned to face him maintaining her flames and assuming what would be a combat stance, meeting Kite’s crimson eyes with her own red eyes. While seeing someone enter a combat stance would warrant Kite to assume one as well in normal circumstances this was not one. "Don’t worry girl, i come in peace "He wasn’t looking for a fight at the moment so he just kept his hands on his hips and a smile on his face. The girl would soon abandon her combat stance but kept her flames ablaze and spoke up to Kite answering his question about the stream of fire confirming that he saw was indeed hers admitting that it was her roar out of anger. Seeing that she was also friendly he decided it would be an ideal time to make things clear about who he was. While keeping his left hand on his hip he slowly raised his right arm, rotating it at the shoulder while keeping his hand open and his fingers straight up and stiff so it wouldn’t be mistaken as him trying anything funny so it would look like he was trying to make a muscle, but that wasn’t the case he was simply showing her his own Sabertooth guild crest. "Gotta admit, I wasn’t expecting on finding another soul out here let alone a soul who belongs to the same guild I do" he stated confessing that they were in fact guild mates. "But it seems that isn’t the only thing in common we have, The only time I have ever heard someone refer to a spell as a roar is Riley when using her Ice Dragon’s Roar. Can’t be a coincidence that a stream that looked similar to my own rage spell and the fact that she referred to it as a roar pretty much exposes what sort of magic she used. We are both Fire slayers it would seem"

Kite was about to introduce himself to his newly discovered Guildmate and fellow flame slayer but turned to look up the at nearby mountain peak which in turn made caused Kite’s gaze to be shifted to the same mountain peak also. Kite’s sight narrowed and focused and was able to pick up on an energy signature, the same signature he felt before that seemed to have an opposite affinity to his own holy flames. Soon enough the person who this energy signature belonged to made himself present on the same elevation level as him. The man had pale colored skin, with brown hair red eyes. He was dressed in a red jacket and black pants and apparently knew the Fire Dragon Slayer and engaged in a conversation with her. The man who introduced himself as Ardere made note of them training and asked if they could join. "Well I just happened upon her so there really isn’t anything to join " he said stating the fact that while she was training and he was training they weren’t actually training with each other. Kite’s eyes then caught sight of his right at the moment that the newcomer mentioned that he had seen Kite around but never caught his name, subtly asking Kite for his name. "I’m Kite, Kite Wilhelm " he said stating his name but then looked at Ardere with a question expression."I have to ask friend, what sort of magic do you use? " he asked mainly because his senses were all over the place trying to contemplate what sort of magic would cause his detection to off the charts like this.

Kite was looking in Ardere as the introductions were taking place and as he shared his name to which Ardere replied that it was nice to meet him. Kite gave a smile "Like wise " he said extending out his right hand offering an introductory handshake to his fellow guildmate. After the introductions were done and out of the way Kite’s attention was drawn to the cream haired Dragon Slayer as she explained that she had been training on her own before he showed up. Kite nodded as he heard her explanation about how things had occurred so far during their training "Yeah, I was down the way when I saw the stream of fire shoot to the sky" admitting that was the case. He didn’t go into detail about what sort of training he was doing and left it at that and just when the girl spoke up about her being interested in upgrading her current training situation to a training day with himself and Ardere. Kite was going to speak up about the proposal but the girl whose name was still unknown to him started to explain her suggestion but not before taking her flame encased fist and punched the side of the mountain. Kite couldn’t tell if she was angry or what but her next statement made things more clear and surprising at the same time. She stated that both Ardere’s and his scent as well as both of their magic signature gave away the fact that both of them were slayers who also employed fire at their element. "Smell? " he thought to himself as he lifted his arm up to his nose and smelled his forearm area to see if he could pick up the same scent that she was smelling but all he could smell was soot, ash and sulfer. "she must have one killer nose " he concluded in his own thoughts while she started to essentially decode each of their magics, first it was Ardere who she was able to pick up on a signature similar to a shadow slayer. Kite heard this and kept his eyes on Ardere and couldn’t help but pick up what the dragon slayer was reading except much more in depth and he could already conclude that his magic was in fact the opposite of his and that in itself was mysterious. However before he could ask Ardere about his magic it was Kite’s turn to have his magic’s attributes deciphered and it was pointed out that Kite’s magic seemed to be opposite of Ardere’s.

After she explained how she got her magic and her purpose as well as her goal of preventing another crisis like that of the Priory of Wyrm members. Kite couldn’t help but put a hand on her shoulder upon hearing her words striking the wounds from his past for he too was a tool that was meant to be used for other party’s agenda. "I don’t want to see destruction like that ever again " he said with flash backs running through his mind. The screaming of people upon his descent, the smoke and the indiscriminate attacks on the streets and the fires. Kite brought his focus back to the here and now. Ardere had also agreed with her statement about wanting to train after those horrific events but he soon digressed back to answering Kite’s question about what magic he used as well as confirming Haretsa’s assumption that he was in fact a God Slayer. Kite’s eyes widened when he heard the word God Slayer escape his guildmate’s lips. Dragon slayers he knew of and other Demon Slayers but God Slayers… that was a slayer type that he only heard of once during training with Asmodeous, it was a warning about those black flames and how they weren’t able to be eaten by a Demon Slayer. Ardere then guessed that Kite was a Demon slayer which Kite smiled at and put his hands up in the air as if he were signaling a surrender. "You got me " he said as he lowered his hands back down and put out his left hand with the palm up letting his white flames form into a ball of fire "I am a Flame Demon Slayer " he put his flame away and crossed his arms as Haresta admitted that she wanted to grow stronger in order to not only stop people like the Acnologia worshipers but to protect people from her magic possibly going out of control. "Ardere is right between the three of us I’m sure we can get stronger, stronger than we could on our own at least but the question remains is a simple one " Kite plucked the sword from his back with his right hand and rotated it 180 degrees and stuck it in the ground going in about 6 inches from the tip. "Where do we start? "