How to be mistaken for demons and get away with it

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The road was sure a long one… Maybe Summer took a wrong turn?? It was quite possible for the female to do so, she has been thinking a lot lately about letting go of her past… it was a difficult past anyway, it might not have been as tough as anybody else's past due to obvious reasons, but it was a tad difficult trying to overcome that fact and letting it go was just going to be harder… she was lucky that she has a guild to help her and support her, even though they knew absolutely nothing about what the hell happened to her. Nor did she want them to know, she just wanted to feel safe and comforted in each and every one of their arms. The guild she was in proven that it can house many people who can put their differences aside.

“Summer??”

Summer shook her head as she chucked into the world of reality once more.

“Summer, is everything okay?? You seem a bit absent-minded the past couple of days??”

“Ahhh, that's nothing to worry about, Priscilla.” Summer replied to the pink-clothed fairy with a small smile on her face. “I do think we have taken a wrong turn however, which actually sucks pretty hard.” She noted as she looked around once more. “I can’t believe I messed up, I thought I was heading back to my house goddamnit.”

“Summer, I remember Laysha speaking to you about an issue you had when you tried to arrest Lilith, you seemed to be in the same state of mind according to my observations and connecting them to hers. Something is clearly bothering you.”

Summer sighed softly as she looked down to the floor and even kicked a rock in an angry sort of manner. She was in no mood to deal with such a confrontation like this, she was just glad nobody was listening to the conversation except for her and the little star that Summer clutched herself in her arms. She gave up, she decided to tell Priscilla the very thing that has been bothering her.

“I am not the type to tell such things.” She admitted as she bit her lower lip. “I know I am usually cheerful and hyperactive, so I am sooooo sorry. During my exam, I was met up by a female who seemed to be Jian’s mistress.”

“Jian’s mistress?? Wait, who is Jian exactly??” Priscilla asked, she was kind of shocked that Summer was opening up in this sort of manner, but she knew it was better if it was out rather than in. Laysha done that sort of thing all the time and she never really was impressed with the way Laysha pulled things off when it came to bottling everything up. At least with Summer, it was much more calmer and done in a much more mature manner.

“Jian was someone I grew up with at the village I grew up at. He was a lovely person, but something triggered inside him and basically just set him off. I didn’t understand what the hell happened to him to make him the way he was when ‘that’ happened, but whatever did, it was sure freaky… I kind of hated it but there really isn’t much I can really do now- Wait… I sense something…”

“The chinese zodiac are responding to something, aren’t they??”

“Yeah, they are.” Summer replied as she bit her lower lip, Summer was sensing someone near her… what was stranger however, was something that Summer’s olive gaze couldn’t help but stare at continuously. There was a crack in the air and it sounded so heavenly, in fact, it sounded like a choir was performing some perfect harmonies. This made Summer sigh softly as she never really heard such a thing before. Meanwhile, the senses were getting closer and closer. Something or someone was definitely nearby…

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Summer kept Stella and Priscilla close to her as she continued to look at the crack that looked pretty ominous… but at the same time, it looked quite calming to say at least. Summer’s curious mind was starting to bubble and boil, she wanted to see what was at the other side, but at the same time she really didn’t want to. What if she wasn’t able to go back? She didn’t want to to go if she wasn’t able to go back home safe and sound. She had friends here, she may have no family, but she does have someone she is beginning to harbour her feelings for thanks to a couple of things here and there. She didn’t mind though, she loved everyone she made contact with and she knew that she wouldn’t let any go, even if she was forced to for one reason or another.

So when she started to sense a presence thanks to the blessing of the chinese zodiac, she was most certainly worried… would it be someone who was going to push her in?? Oh god, she didn’t want to think where it would be the end of her existence! It would be the end of the world! She didn’t want it to be the end of the world for her, she has so much to do and so much to see! It wouldn’t be fair if she wasn’t able to do so. Now that she thought about it… what if it was Jian’s mistress?? Oh god! She hoped it wasn’t…

Her worries soon eased away when she turned her back to the crack that she was walking towards, it was revealed to actually be a male that was simply walking the same path as her. He didn’t appear to show off any sort of threat towards her. In fact, he even waved towards the black-haired female which relieved her of her stress some more and shook off the tension that would have been around. Of course, that would have been eased already due to the fact that her blessings also give off a calming aura that can wash away anyones worries in a jiffy. Grinning softly, she gave off a pleasant wave in retaliation and she even bent forward slightly to give it a more dramatic, yet positive approach.

“Ni Hao!” She would shout, biting her lip slowly. The man seemed friendly enough, so why not?? Especially if he was introducing himself like a proper gentleman. “Pleased to meet you! My name is Summer Guiyang!” She clapped her hands ever so excitedly while Stella was still in her arms.

“Squeak, Squeak!”

“Oh yes, I forgot to introduce you too! Yes I did… Yes I did!” She cooed the falling star like it was a little kid who knew nothing better… well, Stella WAS a baby so it made sense that she actually did. “This is Stella! She fell down from the sky!” She mentioned, the fireworks expert then looked to her shoulder and clapped her hands some more. “This is one of my fairy companions known as Priscilla! I take her or my other fairy everywhere with me!”

“Pleased to make your acquaintance.” The flower fairy flew away from Summer’s shoulder and near enough in between the two of them before bowing down low. Introductions stopped however as Summer looked to the portal again. “I took the wrong turn home… and I am hella curious as to what’s in there…” That was when she walked towards it. “Priscilla, I have decided! I am going in!”

“Summer! Whyyyyyy!!!!” Priscilla whined as she flew back to Summer’s side. “It could be dangerous! It could even be a trap! I know you’re quite intelligent for a girl your age, but please consider the fact that you could get seriously hurt!”

“Priscilla, it’s me! I hardly get hurt!”

“Something tells me that what I just said went in one ear and out the other…”

That was when Summer shrugged her shoulders and went in like the reckless little soul she was. “Summer, no!” Priscilla shouted as she flew in straight after her.

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The man seemed like a nice guy, he was a very polite individual and he even said it was a pleasure to meet the three of them, which was a bit of a relief. It wasn’t everyday where you will meet a random stranger who will suddenly accept your pets for who they are, especially when one is a star and the other is a flower fairy that was dressed in nothing but pink and flowery stuff. After the introductions stopped however, the fireworks expert entered that strange crack and then their situation completely changed from the calming atmosphere that the two were experiencing to one of extreme tension.

All four of them were transported to a courtyard of some sort and she had to admit, the place looked extremely beautiful. It wasn’t exactly her sort of style but she was pretty sure that it didn’t even need oriental stuff at all to be classed as a very beautiful place to be in regardless… Surely there had to be someone to keep this place maintained and clean throughout every day and every night, and she can imagine that it was going to be quite an annoying task to uphold.

Looking around, she then spotted Brad… he followed her in too?! Now the two of them can experience the heavenly atmosphere that was presented in front of them!!! She was just about to stride over to him, but an angel cockblocked her completely by mistaking them all for demons! How can a star be a demon? How can a fairy be a demon? How can the both of them be demons?? They weren’t even here to attack, Summer knew she was here because she got hella curious, but she didn’t know why Brad followed her, unless he was curious too which was fair enough. They all weren’t angels, but they all weren’t demon spawn either who just have demon-like powers and such, they were ordinary people with ordinary things in ordinary situations! What’s worse was, Brad’s speaking didn’t seem to have that much of an effect on the angelic one and the two were transported to this colosseum like setting. This made the fireworks expert panic ever so softly, but she was sure that she could overcome the little obstacle that was in front of her

They had to fight.... According to the thing that sent the unlikely duo to the big-ass area, anyway.

When the man spoke to her, she bit her lower lip, she would like to think she was a good fighter in her own unique way, this is because of the fact that she was more than a mere mage, she was a gymnast too that controlled a deadly substance called fireworks. Fireworks can be extremely deadly, they can make her explode and they can make anyone else explode too, her melee attacks also caused small explosions which can be pretty hectic if used correctly. She also has the power to manipulate silk whenever she desires which is always a cool thing to consider whenever it was actually needed. “You bet I can fight, Stella can fight too.” The fireworks expert stated ever so mischievously before throwing Stella into the air ever so lightly. Stella then flew up into the air slowly whilst performing a spin. “Squeak! Squeak!”

The trumpets then started and the gates opened up to reveal their heavenly opponents… Summer didn’t have time for this at all and even Priscilla was anticipating what would happen… two angels glided towards the two, Summer had to minimize all the damage that she could do to Brad since she was the type of person to go all out explosive.

Summer managed to taunt one of them by cartwheeling toward them in her show-off fashion before she jumped and did a handstand on their head, this was clearly a taunt, and Summer loved loved it. “Ohhhh hi there!!!” She shouted before she dropped herself onto the floor in another flexible fashion. She was surprised that the angel didn’t fly high into the air, probably because the whole thing caught the angelic being off guard. That was when she sent in a punch from behind, it sounded just like the start of a firework before the angel turned around, Summer’s fist made contact with the angels face, causing an explosion of sorts. The fireworks expert then did a roundhouse kick to it’s face which caused another quick explosion. Summer couldn’t help but giggle as she looked up and seen Stella shoot right down at the angel, dealing as much damage as they possibly could.

“Good job, Stella!” Summer exclaimed as she then cartwheeled a short distance away before shooting 4 fireworks at the angel, only one of them missed completely, but the other three gave the angel a hard time as they were now down and out.

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Summer done her part of the battle ever so beautifully, without wasting an ounce of energy either, she really was the type of mage to go overboard with her excitement and her hyperactivity when it came to fighting. That was just the type of person she was, someone who could more then rely on her own and allowed others to rely on her too whenever it is needed to do so. Of course she doesn’t want someone to rely on her to the point that they will be attached to her, but she was the ace of moonstone for a reason.

Looking to Brad as she exhaled slightly, she was wondering what to expect next, but for now she ran to him to check him over, just incase he was really hurt bad. “You all right?? Urgh, what the heck is that smell?!” The fireworks expert queried in some sort of aggression as the smell of manure started to become really prominent in her nose. “Did we really fight angels who smelt like absolute crap?? That’s gross!” The female felt disgusted by the fact that the both of them had to deal with poop cleaning angels, POOP CLEANING ANGELS!! Why would you send out even the dirtiest of angels to whack you?? They should just be left to their own devices. “At least that’s done… do you think there will be mo-”

Before she could ask her question, 2 more angels dashed through them gates and this left Summer flabbergasted, there was more?! Oh god, she had to be explosive as possible if she wanted to get through all the angels that were planned for the both of them. It was a fight for life or death now, literally.

Summer growled as unattached something from her back that she always carries around, it was probably the most elegant ring blade that the fireworks expert has ever wielded, although it wasn’t the same as the one she previously had. The last one she had got destroyed when she used a spell that made it explode into 1000 pieces. Although that sucked, she was glad that she had a new, improved one. She just had to get used to the weight of it since she can barely carry it. Luckily there was lots of upsides to this weapon, she can throw it around and it will come back to her. It also had some… abilities… maybe she should try out of the abilities some time, but only when there is some sort of danger to her. Using the ring blade to her advantage, she span around before she threw it towards one of the angels and it slashed them right across their cheek, the ring blade then it proceeded to return to her. She grabbed it before she stuck it behind her once more, thank god for fancy stuff that attaches to your weaponry. That was when she charged straight at her target and dragged them away, leaving Brad with the other one.

“Priscilla go!”

“Right on, Master!”

“Stella, stay close by!”

“Squeaaaak!”

That was that, Priscilla flew away from the scene and sat down on a ledge to watch Summer fight ever so valiantly in order to sort out the angel that she was fighting. She gave off 3 blasts to her target with her firework shot before the angel tried to stab her, fortunately the angel failed as Summer just limboed her body down into the crab position, the grins of the female became quite prominent as the female then used her feet to hit the angel on their chin before going on their hands, god, she loved being a gymnast. Being a gymnast was probably the best decision she has made in her life. The fact that she was able to contort her body into many weird and disgusting positions was the greatest asset ever.

Returning on her feet, the female shot her hands up in the air as 15m claws came out from her very own knuckles, the fight was just beginning.

Dashing away from the angel thanks to just how long her claws really are, she started to constantly slash and stab the angel with style, it was no telling when she would actually stop all the hack and slash, but she eventually did when third degree burns were shown all on the angel’s face and body. They didn’t like the way that this was going because Summer was far away from them, they didn’t know how to react to the burning potential that she had. This was why she was called the fireworks expert.

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Brad was right when he said that being fought with that kind of thing was degrading! It really was, why would someone fight with that anyway? Would’ve thought they would have been kitted out with a sword or something more of that caliber, but nope! It was poop shovels!

During the fight, they both did so valiantly, them angels really took the cake. The fireworks expert was just glad dealing with the next one that charged at her wasn’t so difficult to pull off, nor did they smell as bad as the last one. All that mattered now was hoping that everything was over and done with, it wasn’t too hard to think about just getting the hell out of here right now because Summer’s curiosity really did kill the cat sometimes. This was one of them moments where she killed the cat 9 times over and it seemed Brad didn’t appreciate what was going on. “Well excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me, princess!” Summer waggled her finger as she then crossed her arms. She didn’t like it when people were mean to her, especially if they followed in themselves. “Who was it that entered after me?! Huh?!” Summer asked with some aggression in her voice, she didn’t want to be backed into a corner of disappointment. “How could you blame me for such a thing?!”

Summer didn’t notice that while she was putting out everything she could against Brad, four of the same type of angel were watching over the two having their scuff and they seemed most amused from what they were seeing. It was only when Summer looked to the side that she noticed them, the sense of holiness was prominent in the air. Ew, they had to face off more different type of angels that the fireworks expert never seen before, which sucked because she didn't want to fight more angels, she just wanted to leave but she knew she had to kick arse too. Summer’s claws were still alive and kicking around however, so Summer decided to give that a shot for the sake of what's going to happen, considering they were pretty big claws to deal with and Summer had to do whatever she can.

Grabbing one of the guardian angels by her hands, she proceeded to lift herself up with her upper body strength which caused the burning claws to stay on the angels body, this then caused Summer to send a kick to it’s cheek which caused a small fireworks explosion somewhat. Summer has already explained this herself that she shouldn’t even be around, in fact she shouldn’t even be human. Summer then landed with both of her feet on the floor then proceeded to drag them against their will, making sure that one of the other angels followed at least. She was sure that she could handle what was being set for her. Taking both of them at once seemed to be a difficult task, good job she had some magic up her sleeve! This was going to be fun, she was going to show each and every one of them angels that were most likely watching her, just how powerful fireworks really were!

Shooting a firework into the air, Summer waited for the firework to explode into the air before it started to rain sparks all around her, dealing burn damage for anyone that falls in the sparks. Summer then proceeded to spin around herself twice with her extremely long claws to damage them all with some more burns. This was starting to waste a ton of her energy, but she won’t give up now, she still had loads left to take out and she still had some energy to pass her by. She won’t go down until she had no more energy left! (Literally.)

Summer was getting annoyed now, she might as well just blast them all with fireworks until they gave up. That is what she done. She somersaulted backwards until she was a decent distance away and started to shoot as many fireworks as she could from out of her gunpowder infested hands. It was clear she was taking no prisoners today and even though it was a weak spell… it could deal massive damage if she constantly shot them out. Summer didn’t know how many she shot out, but she had to keep manoeuvring with her gymnastic prowess in order to dodge a ton of attacks, her claws help considerably too. The only issue being that one of the guardian angels finally managed to stab her hand, clearly they were annoyed with her tactics… her hands started to hurt… she never knew she would start to feel some sort of pain from the fireworks, maybe she had to lay off them for a while…

Stopping the fireworks due to the pain, she seen that the one of the angelic warriors just seemed to have given up and went away in a panic, but there was still one more guardian angel to deal with… Summer was worried and her hands were in pain… oh well, she still had them claws!!! Summer started to slash her way through the guardian angel as blood seeped onto the floor thanks to Summer’s own blood.

“Oh god… I don’t want to be incapacitated…” Summer mumbled as she clenched her fist together and grunted, punching the angel to the face, the claws started to burn the angels face as the fish collided with the cheekbone which lead to a fireworks explosion.

Summer shook her head as the angel backed off slightly, they didn’t look that interested to fight the fireworks expert anymore and admitted their defeat, flying away out of the colosseum. Goddamn, this was tough on the little chick, but she was managing.

“So… much… fighting…”

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Now the man was forcing himself to play the victim! Summer didn’t know whether to believe him or not anymore, she has had so many doubts lately ever since that incident in Magnolia with Sol capturing her and trying his best to mentally break her (he wanted her to massage him at one point, she just wanted to break him). But then she would also remember the things Hero told her, she just had to stay calm and collected, and to never let her personality or anything else get to her. She may not be a strong a melee fighter he was, but she has managed to utilise close combat and long ranged combat, something which is only made more useful by something she has gained when she was blessed by the chinese zodiac. Usually they protect her when she is hit by melee attacks. So when she was hit by a melee attack, Summer was slightly shocked, it seems they forgot to that time around. Or maybe they didn’t forget, but they didn’t expect it either. She hoped the zodiac would watch over her more if something similar happened of that caliber.

Oh well, now that she was injured, and it was the end of that particular battle. She had given herself full permission to use an ability on her ring blade that gave her healing capabilities of some sort. She has never used it before and so she is completely blind on the effects it will give her. Nor does she know how this will actually work… then again, she didn’t want to be incapacitated either from too much blood loss. Getting her ring blade ready, she done as she was told to do so when the weapon was built and tapped it’s centre jewel. She couldn’t believe what was happening! The ring blade started to glow an intense red, that must have been indication that it was ready to heal her or someone else that she so desired to. “Okay, time to heal myself...!” The fireworks expert exhaled as she slashed herself with the overly large ring… strange, she didn’t feel herself bleeding more than what she was… in fact, the bleeding that she was being put through completely stopped. Summer had to take a look at her hand to believe what she was seeing, and it was true, the bleeding seemed to have completely stopped. Summer then took a good look at her ring blade to see it wasn’t glowing any sort of red anymore. The only issue she felt with this was that it made her overly uncomfortable with the slash… that must be one of her after effects. Nonetheless, Summer quickly placed her weapon on her back. It was quite heavy, but she was still able to run around ever so happily.

Priscilla, who had been watching intently, had to fly over to Summer’s side to make sure that she was all fine and dandy. She was pretty worried about what happened with Summer in relation to her grievous wound, but knowing that the fireworks expert managed to keep herself all good and proper aswell was perfectly fine for her to understand. She was happy that Summer was trying her best to keep herself healthy despite being one of them difficult mages that always upped the ante. “Summer, I am glad you’re okay!” Priscilla cried out, smiling softly at her master. That was until shadows could be seen, that was the indication that it was time for Priscilla to rush to the side again. “No time to worry about me, Priscilla, I have more enemies to fight and I don’t want you hurt.”

“Awwh, fineee master.” Priscilla was hesitant in complying to Summer’s wishes, but she had no choice. She flew back to where she was originally sitting and then watched everything that was going to unfold.

From the gates, the shadows were getting closer and closer, Summer knew she had to get herself ready for what was going to come to her and Brad, yet there was no denying it… they were in deep shit, especially upon seeing the type of angels that poured out from the gates and onto the battleground. Out came 2 manure cleaning angels, 2 of the the angels that seemed to look the same as the last angels that the both of them fought, but there were 3 more angels there, the 3 of them looked pretty unknown to the fireworks expert. Now Summer really had to go ham for the cheese, she really didn’t want to deal with any more of these darned angels. When could she go back home?? She didn’t know, she just wanted it to be over and done with already.

Seeing the angels come at them at full force, Summer got her hands ready for a brutal moment, she was going to shoot fireworks non-stop now, she had to defeat them all as quick as she possibly can and to bring them down to her level would great! She also still had her claws which he could always use to her advantage whenever it is needed. The angels seemed to have split up this time on their own accord, they were probably thinking they can take down the two of them now that there was quite a few of them. Summer had to face up against 1 of each, this was going to be fun… She knew the capabilities of the first 2, but she didn’t know the capabilities of the last one and there was only one way to find out their capabilities in full… fight them like there was no tomorrow. First, she will aim for the poop cleaning angel because she really doesn’t want the place to smell like poop. Front flipping over to the poop cleaning angel without hesitation, Summer landed on the shoulders of the angel and then grabbed onto the collar of the angel before bending herself down. The female then blinded the angel by sticking her free hand in front of the angels face and started to shoot fireworks non stop. The poop cleaning angel seemed to panic and even flailed slightly at the fact that the fireworks expert instantly went for the hard stuff. The firework shots continued despite the angel flailing all over the place. Until they fell and slid onto the floor, seemingly unconscious. They couldn’t handle Summer at all, but now they were down and out, the whole place was going to smell like manure again, UGH.

1 down, 2 to go. Summer looked to both of the angels that were towering over her. They could have at least had the decency to actually give her time to hop off and get herself ready, but NOPE, not today! “You bunch of meanies, could’ve given me some time to give you both a good and proper fight.” She stated rather tauntingly as she finally hopped off the unconscious poop angel and then got straight to the other angel that looked similar to the angels she fought in the last wave and sliced them twice before diving on top of them, this caused the two to slide across the floor, Summer was taking no prisoners today.

When the sliding stopped, Summer got off the angelic warrior and grabbed them by the collar in the same way that she grabbed the poop cleaning angel and smothered them in the gunpowder that she always produced when she made fireworks shoot out from her hands. That was when she tossed them up in the air… she had to wait for the right moment to be able to do so. There! They were high enough, now all Summer needed to do was click her fingers to make them go BOOOOOOOM! That is what she did, she made them go boom with the click of her fingers and the unknown looking angel wasn’t close enough to even stop them. The guardian angel charged at the girl, but she didn’t let them harm her the moment they tried to stop her. The angel that was up into the air fell onto the floor pretty quickly. She span around with her arms fully out, slashing her opponents 4 times since both of the arms were out. The other one backed up and just fell onto the floor, that was pretty funny to see, but now she had to defeat this final one!

She had to go ham again, she didn’t know how strong this angel was nor did she know how much it will take for the angel to go down, she has already caused considerable damage towards the newcomer but she wasn’t going to get cocky now, even if she was the type to be one hell of a showoff.

It was time for one on one combat it seemed, Summer exhausted all her magic tricks that she deemed useful at the time, her claws were still around but she didn’t know how long her claws were going to be out for… the claws had distance though, she would give them that. She began to use the range of the claws to her advantage: hacking, slashing, everything she could possible to even give out severe burning sensation to the guardian angel. It didn’t take long for the guardian angel to just drop his sword away and flew off. That was when her claws stopped sparking up, slowly vanishing. That was some good use of her claws she must admit. But now she had to figure out what to do with herself. Were the two of them done finally?? She hoped they were, she cannot keep casting spells forever.

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Admittedly, the female had to give way now and then while she fought her half of the angels as Brad’s fighting skills was simply commendable, it was clear that he was a man with a plan and a lot of weapons to go by it. Of course, this didn’t phase Summer who also came prepared with more than just fireworks. She also had weapons and various other magic at her disposal.

The female sighed softly as she finally fell on her knees after that wave, everything surely was going her way but she wasn’t sure she could last that long anymore… she was starting to lose her stamina even more now and she was surprised she was only getting slight signs that she was indeed sweating like someone who was unfit for purpose. Summer didn’t want to show this off though to her enemies, to him especially! Especially when he tried to pin something down on her much earlier!

As soon as the battle finished with the unusual duo, Brad walked up to her once more and it made Summer encourage herself to stand up slowly. She was prepared for whatever Brad had to say to her, of course she was prepared for anything but this conversation again. She didn’t want this to start again at all, the fireworks expert herself knew she had a wicked sense of adventure which she couldn’t help whatsoever. Summer also felt however, that she couldn’t help it at all. She was just that type of girl.

“Walk away?!” She started, shaking her head as she turned around to him with her hands on her hips, placing her fragile looking hand on her plumped marshmallow cheeks that she just created within the space of 5 seconds to show just how truly frustrated she was. “If you walked away, then why the hell are you here?! And aren’t most mages adventurous anyway?! Like goddamnit!”

Summer didn’t know what to think of right now because her blood was starting to boil into annoyance. She tried her best with everything but even she didn’t understand what was going on here, she was usually quite logical, has the fighting really gotten her so paranoid in the first place?? She really didn’t want to think of it in that sense, but she didn’t really have any other way to put it.

“Into your own mistake.” The fireworks mage spoke as she placed her fingers in front of her very own face and formed them in quotation marks. She really wasn’t in the mood to argue anymore, she just wanted to get the hell out of here. “Anyway! I think we are done now.” The fireworks expert assumed as she looked to the sky.

“ARE WE DONE NOW?! LET US GO HOME! WE ARE NOT WHO YOU THINK WE ARE! WE ARE HUMAN!”

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The female grunted as the black haired male started to spit out some harsh words back at her, it was clear the two were not going to get along for a long while just yet. Not that it mattered, she couldn’t care less right now what he classed it. He was still a mage to her and if he used magic, then he was a mage. If he thought of it that way, then she wasn’t much of a mage herself, she was a firework… a real firework. A firework that causes destruction and danger wherever she goes. “Nothing’s my fault!” She shouted as she shook her head, she was still in denial. “It was neither of our faults!” That must be it. It must have been nobody’s fault, but would the man believe that?? She didn’t think he would because it could be seen as damage control. She hoped it wouldn’t. Brad then stated he just wanted to be rid of her presence… that was absolutely horrible, that was so uncalled for and it was incredibly rude too. That didn’t seem to matter for what was going to happen however. The trumpets started rootin and tootin, Summer was incredibly nervous.

An angel started to flow down ever so lightly, they looked so heavenly and kind. It almost calmed Summer down slightly, but she knew she had to keep her guard up for various reasons. What if there was something that the two had to do in order to be free?? Oh god, what if it was for the both of them to apologise to each other? She would absolutely hate that, it was clear that their personalities clashed with one another way too hard. Brad seemed to be calm and collected while Summer was bouncy and hyper 24/7. The last thing she wanted was for Brad to consider her an inconvenience; scrap that. He SAW her as one, she was pretty sure he did.

Meanwhile, Summer couldn’t stop looking at her beauty and her pure white wings. It looked like the shade of white that would be used on a chalkboard, reminded her of the fact that there was more than the zodiac that can give out such presences. Angels can too, and it clearly shown. Her swords, however, given a different story. She looked ready to attack and her sword went straight for Summer, she didn’t know what else to do other than put her arms up in the air in a desperate plea for mercy. Luckily for the fireworks expert, the moment the sword hit her arms, the spirit of a tiger instantly appeared and gave out its mighty roar. The roar was one of pain, but it was one nonetheless. The tiger seemed to have taken some of the damage for her, and she was ever so thankful for that. Soon, the tiger spirit vanished and the angel flew back in shock. Boy, wasn’t she glad she was blessed by the chinese zodiac.

“Zodiac…” She grunted, keeping her hands tightly on the hilt of her weapon. “Chinese Zodiac…” Summer didn’t understand why the beautiful angel was going on about her zodiac spirits, but it clearly set her off, it was time to strike and Summer did so accordingly. She ran towards the angel and went with her usual tactic but with a twist. She managed to move herself around with great difficulty until she was on the angel’s back, Summer then covered up her eyes, blinding her for as long as her eyes were covered by Summer’s own hands, a logical tactic, if she must say so herself.

“This is what you get for hurting me!” Summer exclaimed as one of her hands started to spark up into multi-coloured fireworks. She started to shoot out multiple fireworks towards her angelic eyes and it caused the angel to scream in pain from the burn damage that she was receiving from the fireworks expert. No matter how much the angel tried to shake her off however, she couldn’t, Summer had her legs wrapped around the angel’s neck, tightly too. The fireworks kept pouring out from her hands until the angel sent out a piercing scream. Summer couldn’t help but cover up her ears, that was loud, considering she was literally on top of her!

“O-oi!” The female shouted as the angel opened up her eyes, she looked like she was wearing eye patches, the third degree burns that the female had given was pretty severe it seemed. It was time for Summer to get the hell off the angel and that's what she done. She stood up, but before leaving the angel’s shoulders, she stamped on one of her shoulders, causing a small fireworks explosion before she hopped off.

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Shine down, Spark up

While Summer was blinding the angel, Brad decided to come up and do his bit. Not that the fireworks mage minded, she wanted him to… she has delivered quite the devastating blow to the angel and so did her unlikely partner. Summer had a weird sense, she had a funny feeling that they were currently having something known as a ‘personality clash’ Summer has never experienced someone who couldn’t handle her before, and it does indeed worry her for quite a few reasons. Summer wanted to be friends with everyone, and it truly hurt that someone wasn’t able to get along with her well. Of course, Summer didn’t want to comment on it, but she took notes because of the harmful words he said to her… however, there was nothing that the fireworks expert could really do, maybe it will calm down if they meet each other again, who knows?

Summer watched as Brad released his load onto the angel before the fireworks expert threw herself off she was thankful that someone was helping her, even if there was some deadly tension between each other. Now was the time to work together and throw everything off as much as she possibly could. She was already in slightly pain thanks to the sword that tried to cut through her. It was only thanks to the chinese zodiac that she wasn’t as harmed as much as she thought she was. Hmph, it was time to take this angel down for harming her! Then she would be one step closer to heading home! She wasn’t going to let the angel have her ways!

The hyperactive so and so grinned as she threw another firework into the air before waving her hand downwards, the sparks rained down on the angel and Brad, taking no prisoners… speaking of prisoners… nah, she couldn’t use that, she had other things in her arsenal!

The fireworks that hit the angel made her scream, she was getting weaker and weaker, this was great! Summer could probably finish her off now and finish kicking her ass. For the next part of her attack, Summer skipped away, the angel tried to follow her, but what the angel didn’t notice was the gunpowder that was being laid out by the mighty fireworks expert. More tactical moves, but more funnier as she continued in her opinion. Turning around, the angel was about to swing the sword towards Summer, but she stopped when a burning motion ran in her legs, Summer shot a firework onto the gunpowder just a few seconds earlier and the path of fireworks began, but ended as soon as it happened. The angel of course, reacted and didn’t meet the reception all too well, oh well, it was her problem for calling the both of them demons.

Summer wasn’t done yet, she had to finish it all off with the best thing in the world! Her shots of fireworks that can explode into a multitude of colours, she wasn’t going to back down right now. With this in mind, Summer sent out even more sparks of fireworks towards the angel, as always, she didn’t know just how many she shot, she never counted how many, why count how many anyway! It will eventually do the job in the end! This was even further backed up when the angel finally did go down after she constantly dodged the angel's movements, the fireworks expert even landed on the angel's sword while shooting fireworks, Summer only managing to dodge the angel’s sword when they fell onto the floor. Thank goodness, the angel seemed to drop all of her weapons in an act of mercy while standing up. They finally did it… they took down the angel and it even seemed that there were no more angels to deal with.

Priscilla and Stella seemed to be very happy with the outcome, dashing over to Summer’s side once more, to be honest, Summer didn’t keep track of Stella’s whereabouts, but assumed that Stella was near the fight scene since she was right near Summer when she charged over to the fireworks expert. Stella was a good girl today! She wanted to treat Stella and Priscilla, Priscilla for waiting patiently, and Stella for landing a hit on one of the angels, she loved her pets so much and just wished that she could so much more for them in return. Priscilla didn’t even need to join her cause but did, while she nursed Priscilla’s sister and Stella back to health. She can see why they acted in the way they did, but it does make Summer feel bad sometimes. Oh well, not much the fireworks expert can do now other than wait for anything else that was going to happen.

“Master, master!” Priscilla cried out. “Are you okay?!”

“Yeah… just out of breath.” Summer replied, she really was out of breath, her heart was beating fast from all the adrenaline that seeped throughout her system. She never knew she would even survive that, luckily she did, otherwise her pets wouldn’t have a master to go to, nor would they have anywhere else to go since someone else could easily occupy the house Summer resided in if she did… well… drop off.

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Shine down, Spark up

Everything soon stopped, Summer did everything she could to stop the angel’s madness and eventually, everything did work out. The fireworks expert was pretty glad for that actually, she didn’t want to fight anymore, it was pretty darn clear by the fact that the ebony haired mage was sweating profoundly, it felt more like a workout than a fight for survival. Well, it was a fight for survival, but with the way it felt, she just busted out a full out cardio exercise which wasn’t really her thing, she prefers to stretch and to keep making sure that she is in tip top shape incase she needed to perform some somersaults or something of the sort. Now her legs were in pain, lactic acid was crawling within them and she was pretty sure that the effects were only going to be fully shown in the next few days. Maybe she could get a few things to help her leg muscles when she's out of the strange and unusual realm, probably a good idea to.

The angel started to speak in such a soft voice, oh my lord, Summer couldn’t believe what she was actually hearing. It was oh so beautiful and soft, it reminded Summer of her own mother's voice for many reasons, it sounded just as soft and as kind and her usually spoke when she tried to comfort her dear daughter, who had a lot of insecurities when she was hit by the firework that gave her what she had grown to love and enjoy.

At the end of her sincere apology, Brad spoke about how he could very much be worse than a demon, Summer sighed softly, merely shaking her head as she bit her lower lip… Why was Brad saying that…? There was really no need for him to give out that attitude. Summer herself was also a tad pissed, but she doesn’t know if that is because of the fact that her and Brad argued on the battlefield or because she was attacked by what people would consider holy creatures. Summer however, gave the angel the benefit of the doubt. She has already been in a few issues with Brad and she would prefer to not press further with arguments or anything of the sort, she just wanted to go home. Then, a light shown throughout the heavens and Summer was surged with some sort of strange power. She never felt such a weird power before… it felt… godly… Everything changed however when the portal opened.

The pillars started to collapse and the angel was there defenceless. Summer already battered her and it really wouldn’t be fair if she was caused more pain for the patriarchy. Letting the dragon zodiac consume her, the female started to float. She was in a much faster state if she was like this, sacrificing her gymnastic skills temporarily in order to become a much faster human. Summer dashed towards the angel and with her strength, threw the angel into the air, forcing her to fly before she grabbed her companions, hugged them tightly and floated herself out the realm in very quick fashion. She didn’t even care if she went past Brad, she wanted to get the hell away from him as quick as she could.

“Summer??” Priscilla asked, still tucked away in the female's arms as they quickly went away from the whole portal.

“What, Priscilla. I am not in the mood.”

“Please… don’t be angry, Summer. You are so pretty when you smile…”

“Pretty?? HAH! Me, Pretty?! I have a fairy telling me to get laid constantly, I have scars on my cheek that's from that dragon whore and now I have been belittled by a man who I tried to work together with!” Summer has never snapped like this before, and she knew it hurt her that she did break out in pure anger. Usually, the hyperactive girl was never in complete anger. The only time she shown it was when the ring blade she had when she was on the job with shen broke into 1000 pieces, rendering it completely useless to the fireworks expert.

“Inhale… exhale… he isn’t here now, Summer.” Priscilla reassured the young fireworks expert, who still seemed to be in a panic. This girl has real anger issues, she doesn’t know how Summer can hide such a thing... does she… bottle it up? Clearly something wasn’t right in that retrospect and she could only hope that something will go better for her in the near future.

“Yeah… I am so sorry, Priscilla…”

“Nah, don’t be, you’re only human.”

Priscilla was right. Summer was a mere human, the type that has flaws and will make mistakes all the damn time. That’s fine though, everything happens for a reason.

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