IT'LL ONLY LAST 'TILL THE DAWN OF THE SUN ♦ job

Kite wouldn’t waste time by taking his time leading the big guy and his little birdie of a pet to the ship, he didn’t know exactly what the time tables were and how much time was working against him. Minh had kept pace with Kite even when they reached the ship and entered the expansive cargo bay but for Minh it might not have appeared as so. He was a rather titanic individual so most things and places that would be considered large to an average sized person might seem average to himself. After they were settled in the corner of the Cargo bay near some crates Kite would have his question regarding Minh’s knowledge of the situation answered and it would be given a quick and sort of a surprising one but instead of Minh explaining it he instead called over his companion, cheepie.Kite would watch as the small yellow bird would flutter it’s way up onto the crate that was being used as a makeshift table and began making cheeps and other bird like noises to communicate with the demon slayer. Unfortunately Kite didn’t understand a single thing that the bird had to say to him. Kite was going to ask Minh to translate for him but the brute of a man had already began to explain that Cheepie was the one who had received the information much like Kite through a dream. Unlike Kite’s dream which didn’t reveal Minh or Cheepie, Cheepie had seen Kite and another person, a person Minh said he had worked with in the past. Kite was able to conclude that he was most likely talking about Iza. Kite didn’t even see her in his dream but her mother was the one who recruited him, that part he was going to leave out, ”So we both had dreams about Iza needing help.“ he would say to Cheepie before taking his finger and stroking it under the bird’s neck petting him softly. ”Looks like we will be having quite the day then.“ he would say before the ship would be in the air on it’s way towards where the portal to Kyoka would be located.

Kite saw her body’s language as he spoke up, he noticed how her ears seemed to pick up the sound of his voice. Cheepie had also began to speak to Iza who turned around to face them, She had a huge smile on her face once they were facing one another which in turn  made Kite’s own smile to form.the next thing he knew Iza had leaped towards him, his arms were open and ready to catch her but in mid air she would transform into a small fox like creature. He wasn’t surprised by her sudden change, the form was new but her ability to change was not. All the same he would catch her in his arms and snuggle the fox like Iza who nuzzled back. It was always a joy to see her and his body was filled with joy whenever he was able to cross path with Iza, but the thoughts of his dream, her mother calling upon him to help her popped up. After she would greet the two sabertooth mages he would look over at the portals, one that would lead to Kyoka in particular, ”So, you are going to Kyoka...“ he would trail off and look at her, ”What’s there?“

Kite stood in place still cradling the Izayuki who was still in her silvery fox like Tanuki form and he was awaiting an answer from her regarding what it was that was so important about Kyoka. He needed to ask her questions because how in the dark he was. Everything up until he was sort of making up as he went along. The only reason he was even here was due to that strange dream that told him to go and help Iza and aside from where she was going to be that was about it. The only thing he had to go on was his gut instinct and that was telling him that this was a bad idea and it would be dangerous. However it had seemed that he wasn't the only one with a lack of answers. Izayuki, albeit cute had to dig deep for her answer. His eyes shifted from the portal down to Iza who was now hidden by the large hand of Minh. He couldn't see it but he could tell Minh couldn't help but pet the adorably cute Iza before heading over to the portal. He would lean forward and stick his head inside the portal in order to get a good view of the terrain they would soon brave. He would announce that the coast was clear and it was safe to proceed. Kite would try not to laugh at the site of Minh having to lean so far down to be able to look through the thing ”Well let's g....“ he was caught off guard by what happened next he had to cut himself off from the spectacle. A round orb of light would appear behind Minh in front of the portal. It wasn't an orb at first it was just a flash of light that would slowly form the large sphere, it was roughly the size of one of Minh's large hands. Kite was staring at it and only broke his line of sight when he felt Iza squirming in his arms to free herself and get down. He would open his arms and let Iza drop down so she could and would go take a better look at the orb. Kite stayed back not wanting to trust an orb of light that appeared out of thin air, but despite that he didn't sense any sort of malicious intent from this thing. In fact something about the light felt vaguely familiar to him but he couldn't put his finger on where he felt this before,
”I wonder what this thing is..“ he would say to himself and walk over to Iza who was trying to get up on her hind legs and touch the orb but it moved out her range and she fell down on her belly. That along with the oof sound she made was undeniably adorable. He would lean down and pick her up after saying they should go that way. He would put her on on top of head and would smile before he would pat her head, ”There we go. Let's go.“ He would say entering the portal behind the light sphere.

They would appear on the other side of the portal being greeted by a dense and luscious forest. It was full of magical energies and as a mage Kite immediately felt the sudden potency of magic in his container. Kite would wait a moment for Minh to come on through the portal, once he did Kite would look for the orb of light and would follow as it would lead them. During the moment of walking Kite would look up towards his head where Iza would be seated and would ask her something that was picking at the back of his head, ”Say Iza, does this light seem awefully familiar to you?" He would ask her wondering if she was getting the same sort of sensation he was from this light. While walking and waiting for her answer he would get a whiff of something foul. Out of no where two red spikes would shoot from in front of them, he would side step and watch as the blood spears were stuck into the tree. ”Looks like we got company." Before them was a middle age man dressed in black and red clothes. Kite's smirk would vanish... ”Do we got a problem?“ Kite would ask the man before them and he would get a response, "No no, none of you trespassers will be a problem. i'll rid of you shortly" he would love a large fire ball at them. If it were anyone else they might have been worried but not Kite, he would inhale and suck in the large fireball and swallow the flames whole. His skin would steam from his body heat mixing with the cooler air "Why do they think fire will work?“ He would in hale again and then exhale in the mage's direction, ”Flame Demon's Rage!“ and from his mouth he would release the large plume of flames catching the enemy in the blast as well as the forest surrounding the enemy mage beyond. Once the flash of fire was gone all that could be seen was about a football field length of no trees from where they were located and outwards. ”What the hell? How did I do that?“ he would ask and look around. ”Minh Iza we have company.“

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Iza in her Tanuki jumped off his head as the blast of fire came barreling at him, a wise move for the Glacier God Slayer. For the Demon slayer it was snack time. Shortly after he ate the flames he would send back his own flame attack at the mage. Unaware of the sudden boost given to him by the world of Kyoka, his rage attack leveled out a good amount of the forest that was before him. A bead of sweat would roll down the side of his face when the smoke cleared and he saw the damage he created with his spell. ”Wow.... I hope that set of trees were important.“ he would say to himself faking his concern for the land and flora that he just obliterated with his spell. However unlike the scenery one thing before him wasn't destroyed and was in fact as foreign to this area as his team and that was a strange object spherical in shape and thanks to the white fire that he lit in the woods he could see that it was a crimson color, it was blood. The slayer was able to deduce that the made was not only a fire user but was able to use blood magic and must have put up a barrier of blood to protect himself from Kite's attack. He would only speak when he saw the blood harden and crumble to bits revealing the mage inside and only slightly singed hinting that he put up his defenses at the last possible second. Before Kite could comment on that his adversary would speak first, "What sort of devilry is this. A man who eats flames is not human." He would say firstly and follow up with "Which means I'll have to resort to just my blood magic on you." Kite would grin when the enemy mage was done speaking and his magical aura would be released surrounding Kite in white flames, causing immense heat to emit from his body to the point that the ground started to harden like glass from it. ”You aren't far off the mark by referring it to devilry considering a demon taught me this magic. That being said I am very much still human.“ his flames would concentrate around his body as he gained more control of his aura, ”but when we are done just remember. The Demon of Sabertooth was here.“ The words would ring within the enemy's head and he would summon two spheres of blood into his hands. ”Fire Rocket.“ he would utter and flames would erupt from behind him, propelling him towards the blood mage who was caught off guard by the sudden closure of distance and out of desperation would hurl both balls of blood at Kite. Thinking quick, Kite would flare some flames out from his feet to increase his altitude and rise above the attack and would continue on towards the enemy slamming a hard kick to the enemy throwing him back due to the force. ”You better get up we aren't done.“ he would say bull rushing in to attack again this time however the blood mage was ready for him with a trap and would spring it. Spikes of blood would spring up around him and enclose around him like a cage of blood. He would hit the wall of the cage and fall bag with an thud. "Like a reckless animal you charge and don't think. Now i'll put you down Demon of Sabertooth." the mage created a spear of blood. Kite would backroll and come up on his feet with his right hand already cocked back and ready to go with flames surrounding his hand. ”Flame Demon's Desolation fist!"“ he would throw his hand forward and would launch a giant fist made of fire from his punch which would smash into the cage breaking it apart and throwing up a cloud of dust and smoke. The blood mage would hold his attack and wait for the cloud to vanish before throwing his attack and that would be the opening Kite would be waiting for. Kite would launch himself from out of the cloud and would already be within striking distance of his enemy with his hand already in position. He would slam an stiff uppercut into the man's gut which in turn would force the man to drop his blood spear and held onto his stomach, it was clear that the mage wasn't use to hand to hand combat. Unfortunately Kite was well versed in it and would follow up with a stiff side kick that pushed the man back further.

Kite would cross his arms and watch as the opposition would try to catch his breath from the two strikes that the Demon Slayer had landed. With a small chuckle Kite would speak,”What's the matter? I thought you said you were going to put down the demon. How can you expect to do that when you can't barely handle two basic attacks?“ the subtle insults would cause the dark mage to grow a bit more angry "Don't get cocky!" he would remake his spear and would hurl it at the demon slayer who would move to the side to avoid it and then continue his march towards the mage. The dark mage would cover his hands in blood creating three six inch long claws and would meet Kite face to face and would go to slash at the demon slayer. Kite would parry the first by pushing the slash to the inside of him and stepping out, the mage would reverse strike with a spin move. This would force Kite to jump back and the blade would cut through his jacket but just hit his skin enough to cause a small wound, like a razor blade being dragged across and blood would trickle slightly from it. Kite had to get serious, he would stay still as the mage closed the distance and would try to downward strike with his right hand. Kite would use his left hand to come in to his lower forearm and would push the attack out and away from him and Kite would now had the opening he was waiting for. His hand would straightened and the tips of his fingers were pressed against the man's chest with his knuckle white hot from the flames that had concentrated there. ”Flame Demon's Exorcising strike!“ he would say as his hand collapsed into a fist and with his shoulder would slam his fiery knuckles into the mage's chest unleashing an explosion on impact that would rock the mage's entire body and would send the dark mage flying as a result. Kite would wait for the mage to get up and once it was apparent that wouldn't happen Kite would turn to Iza who was just standing there. ”Everything alright iza?"

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