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Kitten had put the kimonos away and was knocking on Nicholai's door so she could give him the black rose outfit. "Nicholai~ you there?" She asked as she waited at the door. The door opened up and Nicholai stood there stretching some. "Hey Kitten, what's up?" He said rubbing his eyes slightly. "Just thought I'd give you a present," She replied giving him the outfit before continuing, "for saving me and allowing me to become one of you guys." Nicholai took the item and examined it. "Black Roses....." He smiled some and then hugged Kitten before going into his room and changing into it. When he walked out, he had his sword sheathed and his gauntlet on still as he asked, "How do I look?" Kitten giggled and said, "Badass!" Nicholai smiled softly and hugged her once more. "Thank you Kitten for choosing to be here." He told her before he released her and stretched a little more. "So how are the others holding up since I was out?" He asked while closing his door. "They're doing fine, me and Shear just got back from a mission and I got alot of Kimonos. Mitsuki is holding up and just eating cookies again. Ace had some contact with silver, and Dane had to go out into the field to be a badass and save us all." She replied laughing nervously afterwards. Nicholai smiled and said, "I see, I had a strange dream while I was out." He walked out of his room and motioned for her to follow. Kitten nodded and followed him nonetheless as they headed towards the kitchen. "I dreamt that I was under attack by a darker side of me and Mitsuki came out of nowhere and helped me beat him. Afterwards, the dream became a grassland and I felt at ease for a moment. After that, I woke up with renewed strength." He finished as he made himself a sandwich and some ramen for Kitten. "How peculiar. Does Dane even know about that?" She asked after kindly accepting the ramen. "No, I guess he doesn't." Nicholai replied before taking a bite of his sandwich. "Well, wanna go train for a few?" Kitten asked as she had finished her ramen. "Sure." Nicholai said smiling some as he finished up his sandwich and grabbed her hand so they can walk towards the basement. "This will be fun!" Nicholai said as they reached the basement and continued, "So, how should we train? One-on-One against eachother? Team battle? Shadow Fight? Dream Battle?" He was so excited and jumping up and down. Kitten giggled and said, "Team Shadow Fight." Nicholai smiled and walked over to the console and inputting the fighting type. "This is gonna be awesome!" He exclaimed before walking down the staircase to the battle arena. Kitten walked over to the console and finished the input of the members fighting and walked down into the arena with him. The arena then projected them into a deserted warehouse. Nicholai drew his sword as Kitten summoned her scythe while their shadow selves appeared. "Let's rock!" Nicholai yelled as they both charged into the fray.

Nicholai and Kitten jumped back and landed next to eachother, both panting heavily from the battle as on the opposite side was their shadow sides, wounded and tired. "Let's end it Kitten." Nicholai said and soon his sword glowed dark red, like the black roses on his outfit. Rose petals had appeared around his sword as he rised it into the air and slammed it down into the ground. A wave slash had appeared flying towards the shadows, and when it connected, only shadow Nicholai remained, holding Shadow Kitten in his arms. "Damn you Nicholai....I'll kill you!" the shadow replied before getting up after setting down the defeated shadow Kitten. "Um, was he suppose to talk?" Nicholai asked Kitten as he was worried on what was going on. "No, he wasn't!" Kitten replied, surprised like hell as she got ready for another battle. Nicholai looked up to the console and saw no one messed with it, but there was electricity around it. "The console is fried! This isn't a normal fight anymore. We gotta defeat him!" Nicholai ordered as he saw his shadow self become more like the darker side. His eyes becoming violet and a dark aura appeared around him. "Corruption?!" Nicholai yelled surprised as he stabbed his sword into the ground and got into his Phantom Eye fighting stance. Kitten closed her eyes as an aura appeared around her, it was a light blue aura and when she opened her eyes, they had a blue glow in them while her scythe pulsated with power. "Let's end this quickly!" She commanded as they both charged at the dark side.

Nicholai dashed back panting heavily while Kitten was sent flying into the warehouse wall and was forced unconscious. Nicholai glared at the Dark side as he asked, "Who are you?" Dark Nicholai grinned and said, "I am you, who else." He laughed a little as he then continued, "I am from the beings called Darkness, we are created whenever you guys get a new Diytis on your team. So far, we outnumber you." Nicholai glared and appeared before him to try and kick him in the chest. Dark Nicholai grinned and blocked the attack as he said, "By outnumber, I mean overpower." He told Nicholai as he grabbed his leg and slammed Nicholai into the ground. He released his leg and walked around Nicholai as he continued, "Your race is strong indeed, getting stronger by beating your shadow selves and your next form. But you all keep forgetting, for every one of you, there is another of us. No one is stronger than the other, but in the darkness, we fight more Guntrus than you can imagine," He then squatted down with Nicholai pinned. "and we've killed alot of Nelos over the past 47 years. Your race has just encountered a few of the Nelos, mere pawns at that. Your race needs to get stronger from fighting, you need to have the instincts to kill, to live, to fight...without them, you'll all fall before the Darkness. Especially your arm," He slammed his foot onto Nicholai's gantlet, causing intense pain to course through Nicholai's body. "a guntru's corruption is something not to be taken lightly. You are a being of corruption, a strong one at that. Your fears magnify that power, your anger feeds it, only your will can compress it and control it." He explained as his dark guise vanished and he looked like Nicholai except his outfit, hair, eyes, and gauntlet were the opposite, the Gauntlet was pitch black. "I was born like you, but I had to strive to survive. You live in the safety of this place, never out in the open for fights. Me and your leader's Darkness have to fight in the shadows to keep ourselves alive. The Corruption I have is different from yours, since I'm able to control it, not you, I can even go into my second stage faster than you can. It's all instinct to fight and win." He removed his foot from Nicholai's arm and walked away as the warehouse returned to the normal arena and Dark Nicholai had vanished. Nicholai forced himself to get up and clutched his right arm.

Nicholai had walked over to Kitten and moved his left hand away from his right arm and shook her to wake up. "Come on, Kitten, please wake up." He said as she closed her eyes tightly before fluttering them open. He helped her back up as she rubbed her head slightly. "Ow..." she said softly as he laughed a little.

Nicholai walked over to his sword, picked it up, and sheathed it as he walked back towards Kitten and said, "Well, we should go rest." Kitten looked at Nicholai and nodded but then asked, "Can I sleep in your room with you for the night?" Nicholai smiled softly and nodded as he said, "Yeah, it's getting late."

Location: 2nd Floor, The floor for everyone's bedrooms. This is where the Diytis go to rest and relax after a mission or training.

Nicholai walked towards his room with Kitten as he unlocked his door and walked inside. He held her hand as they walked in and towards the bed, while Kitten closed the door behind them. Nicholai walked over to the vanity dresser and ungirded his sword and set it ontop of the dresser as he got onto his bed with her following after him. Nicholai yawned a little before passing out with Kitten doing the same. The night went by very quickly as they were still asleep by the time morning came. Moko flew above them saying, "Wake up! Moko. Dane is calling everyone to the watch room! Moko." Nicholai and Kitten both woke up with a start as they looked at eachother and laughed at the bedheads they had. They got out of the bed and ran towards the 3rd floor.

Location: 3rd Floor, the Mission floor, where everyone goes to receive their missions and plans for the day. The floor where the watch room is located.

Nicholai and Kitten ran into the watch room as everyone was already there. They looked at the two and Ace and Shear couldn't help but laugh at their hairs while Mitsuki slightly blushed and looked away laughing a little. Dane looked at everyone and said, "I have been watching all of our works lately and found something in the training arena." He turned to the screens and pressed a button as Nicholai and Kitten watched the flim of their battle and everything that happened there. "It seems Nicholai's outfit altered some of his abilities, but that is not the case, the case is here." He told them as he stopped and played the same thing that happened last night: Dark Nicholai talking to Nicholai.
Nicholai glared at the Dark side as he asked, "Who are you?" Dark Nicholai grinned and said, "I am you, who else." He laughed a little as he then continued, "I am from the beings called Darkness, we are created whenever you guys get a new Diytis on your team. So far, we outnumber you." Nicholai glared and appeared before him to try and kick him in the chest. Dark Nicholai grinned and blocked the attack as he said, "By outnumber, I mean overpower." He told Nicholai as he grabbed his leg and slammed Nicholai into the ground. He released his leg and walked around Nicholai as he continued, "Your race is strong indeed, getting stronger by beating your shadow selves and your next form. But you all keep forgetting, for every one of you, there is another of us. No one is stronger than the other, but in the darkness, we fight more Guntrus than you can imagine," He then squatted down with Nicholai pinned. "and we've killed alot of Nelos over the past 47 years. Your race has just encountered a few of the Nelos, mere pawns at that. Your race needs to get stronger from fighting, you need to have the instincts to kill, to live, to fight...without them, you'll all fall before the Darkness. Especially your arm," He slammed his foot onto Nicholai's gantlet, causing intense pain to course through Nicholai's body. "a guntru's corruption is something not to be taken lightly. You are a being of corruption, a strong one at that. Your fears magnify that power, your anger feeds it, only your will can compress it and control it." He explained as his dark guise vanished and he looked like Nicholai except his outfit, hair, eyes, and gauntlet were the opposite, the Gauntlet was pitch black. "I was born like you, but I had to strive to survive. You live in the safety of this place, never out in the open for fights. Me and your leader's Darkness have to fight in the shadows to keep ourselves alive. The Corruption I have is different from yours, since I'm able to control it, not you, I can even go into my second stage faster than you can. It's all instinct to fight and win." He removed his foot from Nicholai's arm and walked away as the warehouse returned to the normal arena and Dark Nicholai had vanished.
Mitsuki, Shear, and Ace stared at the screen as Dane turned to look at Nicholai. "It seems we're being watched by Darkness. That man just now, was Dark Nicholai. This is becoming more and more troublesome as our goal seems to keep getting intercepted." Dane placed a hand over his mouth and thought for a moment. "He knows of Nicholai's corruption and is able to control it. This is bad, Nicholai, from here on, until you can control that Corrupted part of your body, you are forbidden to leave for missions. Is that understood?" Mitsuki glared at Dane and said, "What? That is not fair, we can't force Nicholai to train until he has absolute control over that arm!" Dane looked to Mitsuki with a piercing glare and replied, "Is that understood, Mitsuki." Mitsuki's energy fell as she stared at Dane, scared. "U-Understood sir." She choked out before running out of that room. Nicholai glared at Dane and said, "Understood..." He then turned and walked away to the training arena. "Shear, Ace, Kitten...I have a mission for each of you. Shear, go see how our new friend; Double-Barrel, is doing and you are to be stationed there to assist him with his missions." Shear's mouth dropped but sighed as he nodded and left. "Ace, you are to go to Denver and find Renku. I've just gotten some info there are other Diytis there in Denver, they made a second base." Ace thought for a moment about Denver and shrugged it off as he walked away to get ready to leave. "Kitten, you are to keep an eye on Nicholai and Mitsuki, should something happen to either one, I need you to inform me." Kitten nodded as she stood obediantely and left the watch room. Dane turned in his chair and sighed as he watched the training arena videos, studying Dark Nicholai.

Location: Training Arena

Nicholai had typed into the Console an Endless Guntru battle and set on the Auto-mode as a hologram appeared. "Do not end the battle until I tell you to, got it?" Nicholai told the Hologram Trainer as he nodded. Nicholai then walked down the stairs as H.T. asked, "Area?" Nicholai stood in the arena thinking for a moment. "My mind....dark grass, red sky, swords stuck in the ground. If Dark Nicholai appears or if anything unusual appears, then let me handle it. Don't stop the training." Nicholai replied as he unsheathed Hybrid EX as the sheathe became wind. Mitsuki walked into the Training Arena and saw Nicholai. She sat down and decided to watch him train for a moment. "Beginning Endless battle." H.T. Announced as he pressed the start button.

Nicholai had been fighting for over a few hours, he has yet to get tired as more and more Guntrus appeared around him, trying different strategies, and all falling before him. Nicholai was beginning to sweat from the constant battle, but he never started to pant or slow down his movements. The Guntru numbers were slowly being reduced as Pack Leaders began to appear. Nicholai's strategy had changed as they appeared in more and more packs.

Nicholai had slashed down over 15 pack leaders but was starting to get weary as his breathing got heavy. He had taken some damage from the pack leaders before they vanished. Now the area was cleared as Nicholai looked up and yelled, "I said don't stop the battle!" H.T. hadn't touch the controls, no one has, the battle was still going on as shadow beings began to appear, the level rising and rising. Nicholai looked at the Shadows and grinned as he got ready to fight. The shadows charged at him and he was prepared for the worst.

Nicholai defeated the shadows that had appeared but was wounded badly. "*pant* *pant* Damn, they're getting stronger..." Nicholai told himself as the entire arena had frizzed a bit before returning to normal. "That is not good." Nicholai said, knowing something was wrong. Over the arena ledge, a man had jumped over and landed into the Arena. Mitsuki was shocked as she didn't even sense his energy. She looked towards the console and saw H.T. was frozen and the Console had shorted out. The man landed before Nicholai, his back turned to him. When he rose, he turned to look at Nicholai. He wore a mask of pure blood, school boy's outfit, and wielded two swords. A long sword and a combat knife. He quickly got into a fighting position as did Nicholai. "Bring it, whoever you are." Nicholai said grinning some.

Nicholai dashed back and jumped forward as he slammed Hybrid EX into the longsword. Vertical vs. Horizontal. Nicholai had both his hands on the handle as he was pushing down with all his might. "Who are you? Why isn't your sword breaking? What is it?!" Nicholai questioned but the man didn't answer. "Not talking huh? Fine." Nicholai said as his anger was beginning to fill while pushing. The longsword didn't budge, neither did the man. His left hand held the longsword and in his right hand was the combat knife. He pushed the handle forward, causing his sword to angle towards him. Nicholai fell forward as he felt sharp pain in his back. He looked backwards as he turned and stumbled onto his feet. The man's combat knife had his blood on it. The mask had a crack in it as Nicholai summoned a blade of winds and roses and fired it off. It flew towards the mask itself and connect pretty quickly. His head flew back a bit but returned to normal as the top part of the mask was broken and eyes as yellow as gold itself was staring at Nicholai. "Who are you?" Nicholai asked but the man didn't answer, instead, he removed a wig he wore and out came fox-like ears ears and light blue hair. The school boy outfit stayed the same but a blue fox tail appeared swaying a bit. His longsword had energy surrounding it as did the combat knife. "A kitsune eh? Well then, come and fight me!" Nicholai yelled as he was ready for more combat.

Nicholai had been thrown over the man's shoulder and into the ground. As he rolled onto his back, the man raised his hand and punched Nicholai in the abdomen. He then grabbed Nicholai by the gi and forced him onto his feet before kicking him away, skidding across the arena grass before falling backwards onto the grass. Nicholai's gauntlet pulsated as he got back up breathing heavily. He was trying to remember what his Darker self told him of the corruption. Your Fears magnify that power, your Anger feeds it, only your Will can compress it and control it. 'He also said it's not to be taken lightly. I'll need instincts.' Nicholai thought to himself as the kitsune man appeared behind him and stabbed him in the back with the combat knife. The blade goes straight through his right lung before Nicholai was kicked off the blade. His breathing quickly became heavy as blood filled his right lung. He coughed a few times as blood came out and onto the ground and down his mouth. Mitsuki couldn't see what was going on and tried to deactivate the field. She was successful and saw Nicholai on the ground bleeding profusely. "Nicholai!" She yelled but he couldn't hear her. The man walked over to him to finish him off. In Nicholai's thoughts, he was trying to force his body to move, to force it to fight, to force it to live. The gauntlet cracked as he said, "I.....can't die.....not here...not now..." The gauntlet forcibly removed itself from his arm instead of breaking as the corruption appeared on his right arm. The kitsune man jumped back as he stared in wonder. Nicholai forced himself to get up as the wound vanished and the corruption crawled up his arm. "Heheh.....eheheh...ahahahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHA!" He threw his head up as he laughed. His body was under control of the Guntru blood as he looked at the Kitsune man and lowered his head to normal level. "Are you ready to be killed?!" Nicholai asked as he was still trying to control it. With nothing else said, he charged straight at the man with his arm turning into a claw.

The man dodged attacks left and right but he was still getting slashed by the wind following the strikes. Nicholai raised his blade to lay down the killing blow but he stopped short of the slash as the sword was before the man's face. Nicholai's face turned from a malicious grin to a calm face. He lowered his blade from the man's face as he forced his corrupted arm to lower. The pain his arm felt was immense but sheer willpower is what's keeping him from losing the control he has over his arm. He walked over to the gauntlet and placed it back onto his right arm as he breathed heavily from the force of energy drained from his body. Mitsuki was awestruck to watch the battle, mainly how Nicholai forced a seal. She got up and ran down the stairs towards Nicholai and stopped right behind him staring at him. The Kitsune man walked away to find someone.
Nicholai turned around and looked at Mitsuki, he smiled like the idiot he is because he thought he impressed her for once. But he could hear her sob and in the next moment, was socked right in the face and sent into a wall from the hit. "Stupid! Why did you have to make me worry about you!" She yelled as she ran over and began to hit him over and over again, tears still falling from her eyes. Nicholai watched her hit him, it wasn't hard, but he could feel her pain as he softly said, "Sorry Mitsuki, I didn't mean to make you worry..." She continued to hit him while crying before she passed out from her emotions. Nicholai looked at her and chuckled a bit before he picked her up and carried her out of the training arena.

Location: 2nd Floor, The floor for everyone's bedrooms. This is where the Diytis go to rest and relax after a mission or training.

Nicholai had carried Mitsuki from the training arena to her room. He opened the door and walked into her room as he placed her onto her bed as he placed the blanket over her and walked out of her room. He rubbed his right arm as it still throbbed in pain, and out of nowhere, he walked right into Kitten and fell onto his bum as he rubbed his head slightly. "S-sorry, I wasn't paying attention." He looked up at her and laughed nervously with his nervous smile. Kitten smiled and said, "It's alright, were you...thinking about something?" She helped him up as she spoke. Nicholai nodded slightly and replied, "My arm feels numb for the moment, should I worry about it?" Kitten looked at his arm with the gauntlet and nodded. "Especially if it is that arm." She answered as she stood up normally and headed to her room. Nicholai went to his room and sighed heavily. 'This is no longer a normal training exercise...if I want to control this demonic arm, I need my Dark side to aid me. To do that, I have to set the console to fry and overload.' Nicholai thought to himself as he closed his eyes and waited for a few hours to pass so everyone else who remained would pass out.