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Hehehe the Jasper and Lesley battle continues to rage on. My Lesles ain't happy Kimchi, beware.

I didn't want to go all OP and just put the amulet on. Action guys, action. There's no point in posting something that just repeats everything that had happened. It should be that and an added piece to drive the plot.

go team.

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Inadi let out a pained breath through gritted teeth and Lesley stopped moving his hand; the spear rattling as it hit stone. A hand darted out for his wrist and Lesley gasped; wide eyed as he knew he had made a terrible mistake, the grip around the base of his arm was rigid. 

Inadi: “I appreciate your concern as well Lesley. Truly I do, but for now it just needs to left alone. Fretting over it won't make it go away and it certainly won't get us to that dragon.” 

The framed face boy released him and stalked off back to Jasper. A burning sensation resonated on the area where Inadi had held him, his cross words echoing in Les's mind. Putting his hands near his mouth, his eyes began to moisten more than normal, 'But I was only trying to show you my love...' He rubbed his short teary moment away as he watched him start talking to Jasper again. 'Ugh! That fritter! And to think I was even your designated protector?! I think not. Now you go and take my man? Grrrr.' A storm was brewing in Lesley's mind as he watched the pair walk side by side. After he toned down his mental rage a bit, he realized that both his hands were balled up into a fist by his sides and he was somewhat stomping as he walked. Untwisting his angry scrunched up face, it ached a bit from being held in the unnatural position it had been in previously. 

Being farther behind than the human pack, he began letting himself sink into the crowd of soldiers as he didn't want to see the red-eyed traitor, Jasper, anywhere in his line of vision at that period of time. Instead, he started to converse with the man that kindly carried him up the harder parts of the mountain side earlier. In the midst of their chat, chaos started to break out in the front lines and many began drawing weapons from their carriers.

Soldier: "Celery! Run, uphill! Men, to battle!"

The trooper patted his back lightly with a sad smile before running off to join the battle. As the dragon came into his full view, Lesley dashed through the fighting crowd and dying men as he wandered in a panic in search of his human crew. Finally spotting them a little ways away from the direct line of combat, he joined in on the plan making. Hakuren seemed to have conjured a plan and Jasper thankfully deemed herself useless decided to stay at ground level, ready to heal if anyone needed it. Inadi had also disappeared and Lesley caught sight of him scampering up the steeper part of the slope nearing the backside of the beast. White lightning sliced through the atmosphere causing his sight to blind for a few seconds before fading back to its regular function. "What was tha-", he saw Jasper casting those lights out of her staff, but it didn't seem to be a medicinal practice, instead, the dragon looked to be getting hurt. 'Wow...' his mouth parted in awe, 'I didn't know she could do that.'

A wave of sand and dirt came rising up as the dragon flailed its tail and thrashed around in pain. South of the steep hill, fluffy white clouds began to arise as well, catching some of the falling guards before they plunged to their deaths. Meanwhile, the amulet tumbled down to Ace and now they held the very object to stopping the wyvern's aggression. Riley and Harper both agreed that they all had to be extremely discreet about their power usage and since he hadn't used any at all today, his was just about full.

Lesley was beginning to feel sweaty and sticky in his suit as the surrounding area heated up with the dragon's flames. 

Riley: "Ugh, let's end this as quickly as we can! Maybe we can hit it in the face. Les, you're great at grabbing attention, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!"

Racing along side her; Harper, Ace, and Leon were also making their way to higher ground.

"Eek! What do you want me to do? I don't want to become a target for that thing!" he worried that he was going to be used as bait so that monster would come down. Suddenly, a another beating of wings came blasting from the sky as another dragon came into view. Before he could whine about another monster coming into their already losing battle, an unseen energy sent him flinging. Grabbing Riley's arm as she was also sent off her feet towards him, he yanked her towards his chest on instinct to protect the female, taking the impact as they crashed towards the ground. Coughing a bit, he struggled to keep debris out of his nose and mouth. His backside was hurting now, but at least they didn't land on one of the pointed rocks.

Letting Riley out of his hold, he stood up and clutched her hand before dashing for Ace and the amulet. "I think I can get it onto the thing" he said out of breath, bent over and rubbing his neck. Reaching forward, he wearily took the solution to their problems. It was best they got the male dragon on their side before the situation got any worse. Not sure how he figured out how the other was female, he just knew she would follow if her mate was put into his right state of mind. Trusting his years of track and long legs, Lesley positioned himself even higher up than they already had been, cringing as the female cried in sadness. Unfortunately, a blanket of clouds followed after her landing and everything was covered in the misty puff. He couldn't see more than a feet in front of him and he dared not move. Her somber call seemed to have calmed everything down and he saw this as an opportunity to get the necklace onto the creature.

Prudently feeling his way towards where he remembered the dragon was, a tail swished into view and slithered back into clouds after a few minutes of searching. 'Aha!' This was it, the dragon was in front of him for sure. Clutching the amulet in his firm hold, he ducked and fell on all fours as large reptile paws stepped above him. 'Please bejeezus, I don't want to be squished. I want to die fabulously. Not like this..' he gnashed his teeth and daintily latched himself onto the clawed foot. 'Alright, move quick. Move quick!' His arms and legs were in pretty good climbing shape from their rock climbing experience earlier that day and he maneuvered himself quite well until he saw the base of the beast's wings. 'Yes! I'm on the back' The female's snout came into view as the two seemed to lock heads momentarily.

It was his chance, scrambling towards its skull, he was headed for the horns. If he could get a hold onto those then getting the amulet on would be a piece of cake. The dragon let out a surprised growl, its pupils enlarging as it finally recognized the unfamiliar footsteps sneaking over his back. With a jerking crane of its neck, Lesley was sent dangling around the base of it's throat. "Dangit! Woahh!" It started to shake and turn violently in attempt to throw him off, but he already had his arms locked on. 'Where are the others? Help!' He closed his eyes and its movements felt like a revolting tea cup ride.

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Sorry for my silence guys. Typing up a post and hoping to get it up today :)

Why does Inadi have to give Les the cold shoulder... its ok. He likes it XD

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Wow, that generator is in on our little cat fight XD Well, I must say that Lesley is going to tear Jasper's pale butt up!<not literally

He's gonna bring the claws out

rawr

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Yes, yes my Les has all the men under the spell of his lucious locks. Hehe, the rivalry has begun. Shall Inadi choose the albino or the albino's protector? A man or a woman? Nice or fabulous? Sexy or not? <jokes...

You guys should definitely bring in Numnums. It'll spice up the playing field a bit.

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Lesley would pay that in a heart beat, no doubt ;)

make in rain

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Aha. Yup I'm from Kansas... OP too. Woah. Fox is right, we could've definitely ran into each other once without even knowing it. That's so weird. Don't worry, I'm no stalker XD

Got Lesley to scooch in on some Inadi action here. I was pondering whether I should get him to bother Hakuren but that never ends well for anyone. The emoticons from the interviews have gotten to me and now I'm a gif/emoticon kind of guy. It gives a better picture of how the scene might look. Fun writing tool :)

Oh yeah, and I remember Numair now. Lesley will probably abandon Inadi for that guy.. ahem.

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Luckily, the witches didn't seem to care all that much about the humans being in their presence. They seemed to have sensed it the moment they came, but since they had the power to kill all of them if the thought so did fancy the old hags, the elderly pair didn't pay them much mind besides making mocking comments about how afraid they were getting. Their high pitched cackles coursed through the cave walls and Lesley stuck fingers into his ear sockets at how annoying it sounded. Comparing the laughing to nails on the chalkboard was pretty close, well at least to him.

The entertainment they received from making the humans cower wasn't the best of their conversation though, they even let them in on a little secret. Spilling the beans about why the dragons had begun to wage war with Sol, all the guides mouth opened and so did the rest of the earthlings. With their expressions stunned, he couldn't decipher why anyone would want to do such a thing, but then again. They were witches. Just like in movies back home, the broom-riding grandmas rarely ever played the good guys anyways. As soon as the evil oldies were out of range, the guides exchanged some alarmed conclusions and planned a trip back to Sol.

Lesley groaned, "Ugh. Not again..." He latched himself onto Avian desperately, allowing the man to dragged him a couple of steps while he fussed over going back before letting go and trudging his way along with them, cursing in his head all the while. He kicked a couple of rocks out of his way. When he's in a bad mood, he's in it for a good amount of time and the clock on his patience was definitely ticking as of now. All his whining fortunately kept his mind off of the actual trip and before he knew it, they were already at the kingdom's gates.

"Woohoo! Yepee-", his celebration was halted as he stared at the ash and smoke the surrounded the entire half of the place that they'd only left hours before. Covering his mouth, he looked in horror at the destruction the dragons had caused because of what the witches had done to the unknowing beasts. "Oh my lordie, what a mess..." he shook his head in sorrow while grasping Inadi's arm(the non-damaged one). "It's a shame isn't it? Such a beautiful city in ruins because of those wrinkly old prunes!" he pouted at the frame-faced male.

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Once again, the group found themselves being led to the prince's chamber in the castle which was thankfully still in one piece.

Guard: "The royal dragoons have something important to tell you, your majesty."

They all walked in, the weight of the knowledge they possessed was heavy on their backs and Lesley was relieved that the guides were the ones doing all the talking. As their leaders finished explaining what they had found out at the cave, Prince Tobias fell into a state of shock and disbelief, their nods and verbal validations confirming the terrible truth. Withdrawing the information from their discussion that the dragon in the mountain was not affected yet by the witches, they were given the task of placing an amulet on it to keep at least on dragon on their side.

Ace: "So we have to go back to marshmallow and put a necklace on him? I'm sure if we can get him on Lesley, that should be fairly easy."

LESLEY: "Eh? Why me? My hair will be ruined ˚‧º·(˚ ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ )‧º·˚ "

Serenade: "You're saying we're to head back and place that amulet on the baby dragon? What if the witches are still there."

Prince: "Then we'll just have to hold them back and take the dragon. We can't stay here for much longer or they might take it."

Feeling rude about bawling right there and then upon finding out that they were going to go back up that darned mountain again, it sent the pink haired man over the edge. As soon as they were out of the Prince's room and on their way up the steepening path, Lesley was off in a childish grumble. But he was quite satisfied with his current state as he had found one of the guards and seduced him into carrying him as far as he could go. Of course, this poor victim did not know what lay just underneath those pants and it was better he never did for it would never end well for the dude wrapped around his neck like some baby monkey holding onto its mother. He was rather the manipulative type. Every time the tired fellow even hinted at putting him down, he would comment on how muscular and strong the guy was, pressuring the guard into continuing the trek with the lank man in his arms.

'Guys are too easy (*з*)' he snickered to himself. The ride was an enjoyable one, besides the sweat drops that would occasionally fall on him from the overworked guard gifted with the task of hauling him up there. Lesley was nice enough to encourage him by wiping his moistened neck and face with a towel every once in a while along with some cheerleader chanting to keep his savior going. "You can do it! Go! Go! Go! ＼(=^‥^)/’`"

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Climbing off of his ride's back, he thanked the pooped out guy with a smooch to the cheek before running away to join his group. They all looked exhausted while Lesley looked in pristine condition. The jog towards them was enough to get Lesley panting. "Phew. Good job guys!" he commented enthusiastically even though they probably saw him being manually carried all the way. The fact couldn't bother him the least bit. He was using innate talents to his advantage. There was absolutely nothing wrong with that. Sadly enough, they still had to venture through out the dangerous cave in search of a dragon like they had been earlier.

Jasper: "Be careful alright? And tell me if you feel any pain. I'll see what I can do okay?"

"What?! My baby is hurt?" he scurried quickly and squished himself in between the two as he frantically began putting his hands all over Inadi as he tried to look for the injury. "Oh my goodness. Are you ok? Oh my poor pumpkin. That must've been so painful o(；△；)o" he observed concernedly at Inadi's scratched up arm.

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Eh it's pretty good. Went to the swimming pool. Kansas is summers are so dang hot.<got sunburnt

And I have never been burnt before... until today.

Yeah I knew those hooded figures weren't all that bad. Question. Who is Numnums? Don't recall who that is.

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Wow. The hooded figures are like the least threatening "antagonists" ever °=°