Krow's Secondary Magic Training [Private]

The sky was filled with a vast multitude of small white glimmers. They seemed endless, each one barely registering within one's vision before they faded away drowned out within the deep midnight blue which consumed the once azure sky. Scattered within this sky bound sea of dark blue would be black-ish gray clouds that seemed to signal a storm that would never come. All of this shades seemed a stark contrast to the landscape. Such terraine being rough superheated red-ish browned rock pooled together and bound for their eternal existence within the world as they were foced to give birth to an contain a mountain gouged at its summit and hollowed in its interior to make room for the vibrant mixture of red, orange, and yellow-ish ooze-like fluid which boiled within it.

For once all seemed to be rather peaceful. This would be short lived as a massive tremor shook the land violent. The landscape letting off a bitter smelling orange smoke which blanketed the land and foretold of an on-coming calamity. This calamity much the lands current actions would one day shake the world violently all for the sake of finding what it desired the most. The one who could have stayed but choose instead to abandon the being leaving only a bitter reminder of their time together as a parting gift. This so-called calamity not being demonic, but rather a Dragon's off-spring who had big plans yet no plans at all. The being going by and being known only by the falsehood of Krow. None of his current associates knowing his true name, it was something he never spoke of. Had he never had one, or had he cast aside much like his right to be a normal human. If one could even call his vessel human anymore.

Krow stood there upon the cracking reddened brown rock formation, a harsh yet warm wind thrashing against him stinging his worn and torn flesh. He had spiky black locks thrown back daring to pierce the veil of the night sky, the rare tuft down cast over his forehead. His flesh had a rough look about it despite his apparent youth, such flesh being darker than most, but with an odd tanned yet natural sheen to it. His left shoulder and deltoid bearing tribal markings, as did his right forearm. Upon his right upper pectoral was an emblem almost all knew of, the mark of Fairy Tail, a guild to which this short in stature being held a seeming alignment. His body was beyond just being physically fit, his musculature being that of someone he trained to excess in all areas of the physical spectrum. His upper body was exposed to the harshness, while his lower body was covered by baggy black pants with invert crucifix-like designs, though his feet were left exposed. Most would fear being burned by the heat and odd orange steam billowing off the land, but he did not, in fact he welcomed it as he did every challenge.

A grin played upon his maw as he gazed up at the summit of the mountain in the center of the island. He watched as the same orange smoke which blanketed the land burst forth from the summit and clouded the air as it took on a mushroom-esque shape. The grin parting for the very briefest of moments as words left him, "That rumor better be true. If I came here for it and someone beat me to the meal I'ma be pissed." He muttered as the grin fell into a pit of its own despair and gave birth a scowl that seemed excited yet still angry as most scowls would. "Where the heck is that Kiba fella anyways?" He said aloud as he peered from side to side only to soon drop his gaze back upon the summit which was now spewwing a glob-esque fluid people called magma. Magma had always been something that brought annoyance to the male, it was hot and burned people yet it refused him permission to touch or devour it.

Krow had stood there, unaware of the other approaching from behind. Normally he would have noticed an unknown scent, but with the area flooded with varying overpowering scent he was left ignorant. He soon heard a voice from behind him, it was soft and clealy female in origin, but he'd heard it loud and clear. The male swinging around, his fists flying up to signal he thought the other desired a fight. "Yeah. I'm Krow. What's it to ya girly?", he questioned as he took scope of her features. He couldn't really say he did or didn't find her attractive, more so upon the borderline between the two spectrums.

"Huh? The heck are you talkin' about? What's a martial art? That a kinda food or somethin'?", he asked all this with an expression and tone that showed he really wasn't joking, he was clueless as to what she meant. He mumbled something under his breath, but soon remembered what he came here in the first place. "Wait, you're that Kiba fella', right? I thought you were a guy." He said with what seemed like skepticism as he circled around her eyeing her from top to bottom.

Krow would soon lose all interest in trying to determine this person's gender, so he turned his attention back to the steadily erupting volcano. "Guess we should find the damn thing and find somewhere a bit safer to do that training stuff you talked about." He muttered just loud enough for the other to hear before heading off towards his right. He knew he was looking for a rare lacrima, but had no idea what it might look like.

Krow ran ahead of the female excitedly checking under every loose rock he could rip from the ground. What he couldn't rip from the ground he ignored outright. He seemed almost ignorant of the volcano erupting sending hardened gaia and flames crashing down all around them. When he heard the female ask, "So what kind of magic do you use?" he would swing back around so he was facing her, but their huge height difference left him look up at her. A brief look of confusion passed across his visage before fading away as quickly as it had arrived. "I'm a Fire Dragon Slayer." He stated proudly before swing back around once more, running off to explore the landscape further. When she asked what he liked to do for fun he simply snickered and said, "I like to play pranks on people." He now found himself, to his dismay, following after her instead of taking the lead as he would have preferred. Then she came up with yet another question. His reaction to this one being rather odd to say the least. The youth's maw slipping open, saliva gathering in bulk around the outer edges only to overflow from his gullet, his eyes seeming to turn into four-point stars which shined brightly as he excitedly said, "My favorite foods are sweets and meat, but I'll eat just about anything!" When she said, "What are we looking for to, your letter didn't say." he seemed to become confused. His left thumb and index finger digging into the sides of his jaw as he seemed be caught up in trying to figure out what she was talking about. A few seconds later his expression of deep thought vanished, his left arm dropping back down to his side. He now stood still for once, his right thumb and index finger rubbing against his forehead as he said, "Stop making me think so much. I'm gonna get sick." He muttered as way of reply. A few more seconds flew by before her question clicked within his rather empty mind. "Oh. You mean the stupid paper thing. I think the thingy was called a Shadow Dragon Lacrima." When she called him birdy he seemed to snap for a moment, "I'm not a bird, stupid. I'm a Dragon."

Krow shrugged when she basically told him she really just wanted to fight him. "Stop calling me birdy!" He snapped at her as he fell into a rather baseless fighting stance. The kind of stance that showed he had no martial arts background, but showed he was also experienced at fighting hand-to-hand. "Have it your way." He hadn't had much time to react to her sudden disappearance, but her scent gave her away just in time for him to dodge the downward cast fist. He had dropped forward onto his hands and feet. This would prove to be a mistake on his part, as the follow up low sweeping kick threw his feet out from under him and left him face-planting into the ground.

Krow grumbled, rolling onto his back as the erupting volcano released torrents of flames in a five point star around him. He grinned as he watched her soar through the sky. He took her hang time as a chance to get off the ground. This was done by curling his body back, then swinging his legs forwards. The forward thrusting motion hiding the fact he'd also used his arms to pop himself back onto his feet. He watched as she landed, taking an absentminded soon to be forgotten note of how she did all of this fluidly. He wasted no time in rushing towards her, once he was only a few feet away from her he slam his right foot upon the ground hurling himself at her. He still hadn't used any of his magic. He wanted to pay her back for that hit with a legitimate physical strike without using his fie to back the strike up. While he was indeed an idiot, he wasn't foolish enough to think that lunging at her and trying to grab hold of her was really going to work. He just had a feeling that if he were to downplay his own abilities she might let her guard down, taking this display to mean he was an amateur.

HP: 99/100%
MP: 100/100%

Krow wasn't even slightly bothered that she had dodged his simplistic charge. He hadn't even for the briefest of moments expected such a lame tactic to work. He just wanted to make her underestimate him, if only to make her drop her guard. He just carried onward, changing his actions  when he saw her backing up. He was now swing forth with his right arm, his fist clenched tight as he aimed it at her left frontal lobe. He was close to hitting his mark when the spikes had erupted from the ground. He was lucky enough to react in time to this that he could slam his right foot against the side of one of the spikes. He used this to twist his body around swiftly and clutch hold of the spike that if he had been evem a few seconds slower would have punctured him. He gave a sigh of relief as his action let him avoid being harmed while also raising him above the ground.

Krow now hung suspended with his arms stretched out, and his feet acting as a new summit for the spike. He looked downward, watching as the female dashed up the side of one of the spikes. He grinned some, bending his arms quickly only to snap them back propelling himself into the air. By the time he was air-bourne his opponent would have let loose what he had mistaken for normal flames. Despite this belief he wasn't about to take chances. This person didn't seem normal to him. Krow was quick to first set his right hand and forearm ablaze, and as he began quickly swinging it in a circular motions, while saying, "With a flame on the right claw...". He would have set his left hand and forearm ablaze and repeated this circular mouth while saying, "and a flame on the left claw...". He kept watching and just as the golden blaze was about to hit him he swung his right arm downward and his left arm upward slamming his hands together, clasping them as he said, "When you merge the flames together...". Finally finishing this incantation as he exclaimed, "Fire Dragon's Overdrive Flame!", and as he did this, the flames merged producing a larger, more unique flame that erupted outward in all directions within a forty foot radius. He just hoped he managed to beat back this woman at least some and go on the offensive.

Krow however was not so lucky as their spells clashed and cancelled each other out. He was then left to take an oddly powerful punch from the female sending him back a bit and leaving his body tingling.

Health: 85/100%
Magic Power: 100/100%

Krow grinned as his feet hit the ground he would slowly begin to gather ethernano within his fist. By the time she had said, "If that's all you got. I might as well go home.", he would have already gathered what little magic power he needed for this technique. As she turned her back on him he would finally begin to approach her, slowly at fist but steadily gaining momentum a grin playing upon his maw as flames gathered spiraled down along his arm and gathered around his right hand.

By the time these flames had finished gathering and had engulfed his fist and was thrashing about wildly, he would have picked up his pace greatly. He waited till he felt she had let her guard down and jumped up into the air and swing his flame-enhanced fist down upon her left shoulder. As the punch was set to connect he said, "Your it." Instead of the punch exploding in her direction like it should have, it seemed to have back-fired, damaging Krow as a result. He was however more resistant to the fire-based explosion than most would be, which left him only flying backwards a mere two feet with no apparent damage showing aside from a slight darkening of his right hand and the lower portion of his right forearm.

Krow stumbled some when his feet next hit the ground. "What the heck was that about!?" He said as he looked down at his fist blinking as he seemed to become confused. "Maybe I pissed my fire off or something." He said snickering cheerfully, as he grinned at the much taller female. He seemed more into it this time, like he was pumped up by fighting someone who used such tricky techniques. He reached up and pulled his straw hat from atop his head and without saying a worded walked over to one of the spikes. He choose the one he had planted his foot on earlier to evade said spikes and punched it five times as hard as he could with his free hand leaving the spike cracking he finished it off with a kick that held equal power to the punches breaking the spike of earth magic. He seemed like he had done something similar before, because the spike was crushed so he could perfectly rest his hat on it and continue with the fight. As he returned to the battlefield he grinned over at the female and said, "Let's play a different game this time. That one was boring."

The volcano that had been going off since they had first arrived upon the landscape was still spewing lava and massive chunks of flaming earth down upon them. The tremors let off by the eruption causing the ground to begin to crack around them. Krow had just gotten into a befittingly relaxed fighting stance when on of said flaming chucks of earth slammed him hard. This sent him skidding off to the side as the chuck of flaming earth ripped through the ground. He would eventually stop it a good six feet off to the side. Stopping it taking so long because he had been eating the flames off the chunk of eat and the flames he passed tat were then designated as being in front of him.

Krow watched as the female redirected one of the flaming boulders in a manner that nearly mirrored one of his own spells. He was left in slight awe for the briefest of moments before the ground literally gave way under the females being sending her plummeting into a dark chasm. Before Krow had even been told to come join her, had ran off, grabbed his hat only to jump into the chasm as the female said, "OI Birdy get down here its awesome." The young fire dragon snickering a delighted, "shishishi" all the way down. His lack of attention leading to him slamming on the ground with a loud thud. As he sat up he started laughing hysterically. "You shoulda seen the look on your face when you fell! It was priceless!!" He exclaimed excitedly as he hopped up off the ground.

Krow now looked around at the underground cave in amazement. He didn't know why, but he got the feeling he had seen something similar once before. He dismissed the feeling almost as quickly as it had taken form. "You're right it is awesome. Maybe there's some food here." He said as he began looked about for something to eat. He grumbled some as he followed after the female, his stomach rumbling loudly as they carried on-wards. He soon found a narrow passage branching off from the main one and decided to try and play a prank on the female. Which would soon lead to rather hilarious circumstances. Such circumstances involving Krow climbing inside of the narrow passage. He got a good eight feet in before realizing he couldn't go any further. Not because of a lack of trying, in fact he'd tried hard about to get himself stuck within the passage. He was at least able to look upwards. He could have sworn he saw something glistening from within the shadows, but it was too high up for him to reach.

Krow grumbled from within the crevice. "Damn it. I've almost got it." He muttered as kept climbing along the crevice trying to get at whatever was hidden within the shadows. He wanted whatever it was so badly he could almost taste it. The fire dragon slayer finally reaching the object, but just as he reached out to grab it the erupting volcano upon on the surface let loose a powerful tremor. The tremor rattling the object free causing it to hit the fire mage in the face before it continued its descent.

Krow slightly disoriented would throw himself the crevice chasing after the item which had turned out to be a strange looking crystal. The crystal sliding along the similar substanced surface of the cave. He would end up chasing it into a tunnel where he heard the tall female say, "HEY BIRDY! COME HERE!" he kept running after the crystal which left him running face first into the females back. He fell backwards on his ass.

The mage grumbling some as he pulled himself off the ground. "What's the big deal?" He asked as he looked around the females left hand side just in time to see her chi fire dissipating as if something was trying to absorb it. He would use his shorter stature to squeeze by her and try and find the source of what was happening. He ran his hands along the shadow drowned ground until he caught hold of something. Well two something's, one of which he figure was the crystal he had been chasing, the other object was an unknown, but he could sense a strange aura coming off of it.

Krow reached for the items, his child-like excitement causing him to drop his guard and not pick up on the sudden malicious scent that appeared before him. He heard Kiki shout "WATCH OUT." befor suddenly appearing behind him and throwing him backwards. Krow sudden blacked out as he flew backwards, his consciousness vanishing the second he went air-bourne.

Cain's Prison:

Krow's eyes opened as he heard something slam against a wall, he felt a strange surge of power. His right arm turning black taking on demonic features as a deep jagged glowing white scar ripped itself into his right forearm. The scar staying white, while the rest of the forearm left off a mixture of black and red auras. Krow pulling himself off the ground when he heard Kiki say, "Damn it Birdy be more aware." just as a vicious looking demon stepped forward.

The large shadow demon laughing as it fully left the shadow and said, "It has been many years since i have visitors." The demon sizing up the dragon and the human in front of it. Krow staring back blankly would snap shouting angrily, "Shut Up Dumbass! I'm Not Here To Visit You! I'm Here To Beat Your Ass!" Krow rushing forth a the shadow demon laughed and said, "I must thank you for freeing me from my prison." Krow was closing in on the demon when it took a single large step forward and said, "you will live forever... WITH IN ME!" The demon taking two more giant steps forward before swinging at him.

Luckily, Krow had been faster, or so it seemed as he threw the punch. The area he punched of the demon fading away leaving it unharmed. Krow raising his arms to shield himself as the demon let off a powerful burst of its raw malicious intent. This burst being strong enough to lift him off the ground five feet and throw him back twenty feet. Krow managing to land on all fours would skid backwards ripping into the diamond ground. "What The Fuck Is His Problem!?" The fire dragon slayer grumbled angrily.

Krow Vs. Shadow Demon:

Krow pulled himself into an up-right position. His eyes never leaving the creature who stod a mere twenty feet away. "I know its strong. That blast was a lot like what my old man used to put me through." Krow said as kept his eyes locked on the shadow creature. "I'll be fine." Krow said confidently as he rushed towards the Shadow Demon only to be blown away by the same burst of magic power from before. This time he was thrown with enough force to leave him indented into the crystal wall of the cave. His body falling forward, he would stumble forward. Soon he found Kiki standing next to him. Krow's body hurt like crazy, a few shads of crystal having stabbed into his back. He would rip them out one by one, a pained look making its way upon his visage with each shard removed.

"If I burn him it'll be fine, right?" Krow asked as he stepped forward. Krow seemed like he didn't really understand just how out-classed they really were. The naive dragon slayer rushing forth once more. This time instead of being blown away by anther burst the Shadow Demon had allowed him to approach it. Krow was just about ot launch his assault when a gruesome showing off his own death seem to flood his mind. This left him somewhat distracted, his reflexes slowed by this distraction ending in Krow being slash across the chest by one of the blade-like protrusions hooking off the demon's forearms. The wound wasn't life-threatening, oddly far from it, but it left him stumbling backwards nonetheless.

Krow watched as his blood splashed upon the ground. He grabbed at the wound, seeming like he hoped his bodies insane internal and external temperature would be enough to seal the wound. "Fuck. Just close already." He yelled at his own wound angrily as flames spiraled around his body. These flames being pulled towards his arms which they would then spiral around and focus in around his hands. The fire dragon slayer now falling backwards, he seemed to thrash about as a torrent of agonized screams left him as he tried to burn the wound shut. He eventually sealed it shut, but the look on his face made it clear he had been close to passing out from the pain such a feat came with. Krow trying to ignore the pain as he pulled himself off the ground and returned to where Kiki was. "I don't get it. He coulda killed me... Hey Kiki-ya, this asshole ain't even tryin'." Krow muttered with a look of displeasure upon his mug.

Health: 60/100%
Ethernano: 90/100%

Spells Used

- Fire Dragon's Iron Fist (D-rank): 5% ethernano cost, Instant Duration, with a Cool-down of two posts. (Used to seal slash wound).