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Going old school here but

Shake Your Groove Thing--Peaches and Herb

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When Haru heard the mental voice he knew it was true.  It was nothing like the one he knew from Rhyme.  Rhyme's was vibrant and always changing slightly like the score of music, this was darker and more chaotic.  He broke up with the love of his life because of this.  It hurt him every day afterwards though he ignored it in his anger. 

Haru fell forward toward Rhyme who grabbed hold of him to find Haru sobbing into his shoulder.  All the anger that was pent up for admittedly good reason came rushing out.  Rhyme smiled sadly to Stacey as he held Haru and waited for him to calm down. 

After Haru's sobs subsided Rhyme lifted him and wrapped him in a proper hug.  Rhyme began to make shushing sounds until Haru's breathing evened out. 

"Oh Rhyme, can you ever forgive me?" Haru asked, his eyes sparkling from the tears. 

Rhyme didn't answer.  He just leaned in and pressed his lips to Haru who returned the kiss whole heartedly.  They kissed for a long moment until a gagging sound could be heard from Artemis. 

"Excuse me for a second." Haru said sweetly with a devilish look in his eye.  "Let's see if I can remember the Kanji for this."

He reached for his purse and opened it with a click.  He then reached in and pulled out a fan about half his size.  It had wooden arms and white paper inside.  He propped it against his knee and pulled out a black sharpie marker.  He then wrote the kanji symbol for seal on the side of it. 

The fan was odd though since it seemed to only be half there.  After the seal was added it glowed slightly. 

"Now hold still honey, this won't hurt you one bit." Haru said more of the devilish tint to his voice.

Wait!  What are you gonna do!Artemis said scared. 

"Oh nothing." Haru lied as he brought the fan down seal first over Rhyme's head.  It went into his head slightly but did not hurt Rhyme in the slightest.  It ended up hitting Artemis right in the head and knocking him out and deep into Rhyme's subconscious. 

After that Haru put the fan away with a click of his purse and a grin on his face. 

"Now, as repayment I insist on showing you two around this marvelous city I call home." Haru said happily. 

Haru was looking really confused.  He knew from his discussions with Rhyme that he didn't have any other brothers then his little one.  And at the time he was only six.  It couldn't have been him or Rhyme's sisters, they didn't have that type of power. 

"It wasn't illusion I know that for sure.  I can see through that in an instant." Haru said trying to figure it out for himself. 

"No, I got a feeling it may actually be better than we planned.  Though I may need a hand getting a certain person to speak up." Rhyme said with a sigh. 

He then put his fingers on the ground in a deliberate gesture.  He then moved them in a circle a small sound shield rose around them without any effect to the air.  It would just stop any sound he made from leaving.  He didn't want to cause a scene in a crowded subway. 

"Artemis Enturi get your ass out here!  You have made yourself noticed at the worst possible times before and now you choose to be quiet.  I swear by all that is holy and right, do not make me and Stacey and possibly Prada go in there and drag you out by those greasy purple locks!" Rhyme stood and bellowed at the top of his lungs toward the sky he even stomped his foot for good measure. 

Times like this it really sucked for Rhyme to not have mental powers.  He could most likely have kept Artemis in line much better if he did. 

Haru took a small step back when Rhyme started yelling feeling like the other boy was having a nervous breakdown or something.  He then felt something rising from Rhyme's mind.  It was like there was two of him in there, no, more like two sides of the same coin.

You don't have to yell. Artemis said mentally and very crankily.  You made it clear you didn't want me around for this trip.  And my locks are not greasy, they are exactly the same as yours.

"You shall learn." The pair said simply though their voices had an odd resonance like that of a being of a higher power.  Their voices spoke of wisdom and power though in this form they had very little power compared to that of their purest forms. 

The fire did not cause much of a shadow but it was enough for the women of darkness.  She raised her hands and sharp tendrils of darkness shot from under her feet toward Stacey.  Though made from darkness they were as hard as diamond and just as deadly. 

The women of light held out her hand toward the fire on the one side and the light from them started to dim, being absorbed into her hand.  As she did so her hand began to glow with a powerful white light.  She held onto that power for the time waiting for a better time to use it. 

((Muse has left me for the longest time))

Haru let out a snort at her comment about violence.

"Coming from the girl with at least three lumps under her cloths which are most likely weapons.  Please honey, I have done enough costumes to know what is and is not normal on cloths.  I even did a few secret pockets.  Who do you think made the templar pockets in Rhyme's coat?"  Haru said flat out with a swish of his hand as emphasis. 

Rhyme's eyes zoned out as he remembered the day Haru did that for his coat.  He remembered it since it was the last thing he could remember from Japan.  It was right before he was about to go to Haru's uncles funeral, Haru had to go ahead and set up some stuff so Rhyme would go later then...

Rhyme flinched violently and fell to a knee as he clenched his head.  It wasn't from Artemis coming out, he was suppressed recently enough for it to take more than a past memory to let him out. 

You didn't! Rhyme screamed in his head. 

The memory was starting to loosen though it was still really blurry.  He could see images of himself, no Artemis, trashing a large gathering.  He couldn't see faces though he could make a good guess. 

"Wait.  I know what happened now.  Haru, what shirt was I wearing that day?" Rhyme asked.  It was random but he knew Haru OCD about clothing.  He could remember what even the most obscure star war on the red carpet from five years ago. 

"What you usually wear." Haru replied somewhat confused.

"What band was on the shirt?" Rhyme pressed on. 

"Lil' Wayne" Haru replied getting even more confused.

"Honey, when do I ever listen to rap?" Rhyme said a grin on his face. 

Haru's face dropped as the realization hit him.  "If it wasn't you, who?" Haru replied, no anger in his voice, just confusion.

Rhyme gave Stacey a knowing look, she knew exactly who would ruin someone else's life just for the fun of it.  She knew who looked exactly like Rhyme but had almost nothing in common.  She knew who it was who ruined Haru's life. 

<.< I got out May 7th. 

((I don't know, just a random moment since grapevines are rarely used, or if they are they are not called a grapevine))

The women in yellow seemed to be miming a temper tantrum since the box didn't let much sound out.  She did lots of movements, punches, kicks and flips but could not get the box to budge.  Sighing dramatically she dropped to her knees and faded away. 

The only two people left in the clearing were the person in white and black.  They too were elements though ones people barely recognize anymore for their power.  They walked forwards and lowered their hoods.  They were twin girls in shape but completely opposites in colors.  The women in white had black hair and eyes, black lipstick and heavy black eyeliner.  While the women in black had sharp dazzling white eyes, white hair and eyebrows, and her skin seemed to sparkle with light. 

"Everyone knows of the basic elements that make up our world, earth, fire, water, and air.  Few though understand the elements that make up the world outside of the physical.  The spiritual realm is only made up two elements." The women spoke together as one. 

"Darkness and Shadows." Said the women in white.

"And Brightness and Light." Said the women in black. 

The women in black held her hand up to the sky and all the light from the moon and the stars vanished, sucked up by the darkness between them.  As the clearing was plunged into pitch darkness the women in black's skin glowed as did her eyes. 

The women in white then held out her hand toward Stacey and an orb of compressed light flew out about the size of a basketball.  It shone brightly like a sun but if hit would be more like being hit with a firm blast of pure magic.  Something akin to being hit with a really firm pillow that is going really fast. 

((Not sure how Stacey would perceive them but this is darkness and light as elements with no connection to good or evil))

((Bonus points for the grapevine!))

The fire fizzled and popped as the wave of ice and cold hit it before going out.  The dragon then made a hissing sound angrily spitting out sparks instead of spit before going out from the cold.  Its element defeated the man in read bowed and vanished.  The women in yellow still remained though since her powers only amplified the fire and her element was yet to be defeated. 

((Don't worry the last two will be harder since they are the most abstract elements))

Haru shivered at the drop in temperature before snapped and clothing himself in Rhyme in heavy woolen sweaters and scarves as well as hats and gloves. 

The women in yellow brought her hands together cracking all the knuckles and popping all the joints.  She then did the same to her head.  Lastly she reached into her robes and pulled out a simple Chinese fan.  She did not open it yet though she did keep it in her hands as she flipped backwards.  As her feet left the ground blades of air left them, cutting into the earth as well as they rushed toward Stacey three in total. 

((And for reference the guy in green is gone so you can't use his power but not sure how advanced she is with power drawing))

The person in yellow broke contact with the man in red and began to make many fast movements with her arms as if she was bending the air itself with her movements.  The fireball began to elongate and took the shape of an Asian dragon.  The women then made a clenching motion with her hand and Stacey's phoenix began to fizzle before going out from being starved of life giving oxygen.  The dragon then opened its mawl and another jet of orange fire emerged from it toward Stacey. 

After the attack finished Haru sent mentally to Stacey, Matching what they throw at you won't work for any of these guys.  Yours powers have so much more potential then just matching fire with fire or magic with magic.  Try some different things; see what will negate their power instead of trying to end it with a 'who can shove harder' match.

The idea behind this, at least for Rhyme and Haru was to train Stacey's situational awareness as well as her problem solving techniques.  To just shove back what the enemy sent at you used up way more energy than working to negate it. 

The man in green frowned but he bowed his head and vanished.  There was nothing else it could do to fight her.  Anything he could throw at her would be burned away in an instant.  Next the person in red and yellow walked forward as a team.  The person in yellow was a woman while the person in red a man.  When they got away from the other group they took each other's hand and smiled at Stacey. 

The man raised his hand and a small fireball was created, he held it in front of himself while the women made a gesture toward punching it.  When she did it flew from his hand and grew from the added oxygen turning from a dull red to a bright blue.  The blue fireball about the size of a watermelon flew at moderate speed toward Stacey. 

The blade cut cleanly through the vine though from where it was cut, two more vines sprouted with the same red thorns.  The main vine seemed to stop moving but the two new ones grew each in different directions to try and surround Stacey.  The man in the green robes then took his left leg and tapped the tip of his foot against the ground behind him a few times.  This movement, apparently done randomly, was a preset magic.  If Stacey took more than three average steps back, she would find vines grabbing at her ankles. 

Keep his eyes on Stacey and the vines the man in green reached into the arm of his robes and pulled out a handful of small leaves which he threw into the air.  They were a deep green with a sharp edge and with the shape of an elongated teardrop.  When he did they scattered and doubled to make about forty in total.  They swirled around Stacey and began to move closer and closer unknowingly as sharp as a knife on their edges. 

((Oh and since she would have access to their powers, Red-Fire, Yellow-Air, Green-Nature, White-Light, Black-Shadows))

Not sure what happened but glad HPFF is back up again. 

One Wild Night--Bon Jovi

((One Wild Night~Bon Jovi))

"We can start right away." Rhyme said as he took Haru's hand and they walked toward the edge of the clearing.  "Oh, and the safe word is cucumber, if you say that I will cut the spell." Rhyme added at the end.  

I say we duel afterward, you will probably kick my butt but I can try out different weapons to see what feels right. Haru replied mentally to Stacey.  

A fast guitar beat began and Haru squealed in joy "Oh I love this song!" The magic felt noticeably different through.  When together Haru brings stability to Rhyme's otherwise chaotic music.  Haru was the master of illusions and with his help Rhyme can focus and create much stronger effects.  Also thankfully it didn't cause as much damage to the area around it since Haru kept it reined in.  

((Lyrics mean very little so not going to waste the space))

Rhyme and Haru began to sing and dance to the music, always staying in contact though.  The dances wasn't required but the beat was so fast and additive it was hard not to.  As the song started the light dimmed within the area Stacey protected to that like dusk.  A full moon rose above them lighting it in a bright light.  

Five people dressed in robes appeared in front of Stacey.  Each of their robes were a different color, one was white, another yellow, a third red, a forth green and the last black.  Rhyme could make them do anything but he decided to keep it simple to start and see how fast Stacey destroyed them to judge the next wave.  

The man in green was the first to act.  He knelt touching the ground lightly before standing again.  Where he touched a small sprout began turning into a long vine which flew at moderate speed toward Stacey.  The vine also had bright red thorns that looked very sharp.  

Haru grinned happy for the praise. 

"Glad you like it.  Work shows as long as I have and you get good around ribbon and thread, and a little magic doesn't hurt." He said with a wink.  "And we poofed over here to see what you were doing, and Rhyme, looks like you were right." He continued lifting his foot finding the ground a tad bit soft. 

That and you promised to teach me how to fight. Haru sent mentally to Stacey without Rhyme's knowing. And remember, he isn't supposed to know until I can at least hold my own without magic.

"Since it looks like you were practicing me and Haru can give you something more substantial to shoot at.  I'd offer to duel you but I think there are still some patches of the forest with crystal leaves so it probably isn't good to do repeated spells for a while.  At least where it can be avoided."

((In short since I feel like I am talking in a confusing way.  Haru will fight Stacey, Rhyme will not but Rhyme will still change the surroundings to suit what Stacey wants to do.  Also together Haru and Rhyme could make interactive magical dummies for Stacey to fight if she wants to))