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[Ookami]

Kiera realeased Reala but kept walking. "There is something that needs to be done." She turned on her heel to look at Reala. "About him and about you." She turned back and kept walking. "If no one's willing to make a f***ing compromise, then something else will be done about it."

[Ventro]

"I wouldn't expect anything less my dear. Compromise does sound good. But what good does it do if both parties are willing to kill eachother?" a voice echoed in the area. Soon, Jackle appeared upside down infront of Kiera.

"If both parties are too tired to fight, there might be a chance of compromise. You can't have compromise if they are still willing to fight." Jackle laughed.

[Ookami]

Kiera grabbed Jackle, pulling him from the tree and dropping him to the ground playfully. "Oh? I'm all ears if you have a plan, Lovie."

[DAiLiGHT]

"Depends." Droiture said cryptically, grinning wickedly.
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"Yes, you invisible idiot, lets hear this wonderful 'plan' you've come up with." Reala said, rolling his eyes.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

SiL had stayed with her brother, while TORiAS went off on his own.
"I-I'm afraid..." She looked around, sitting behind her brother.

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"Rea, Rea, " TORi chirpped "Can I listen in too?"
TORiAS wondered vaugley how he had stummbled upon this. Being with Reala had brought him riches beyond belief.
"Whatever this plan is, I wanna help, as long as ..... SiL isn't hurt, I don''t care."

[Ookami]

Kiera hissed in a low voice at TORiAS. "And why should there be any exceptions? There never have been before and there shouldn't be any exception now. If it helps us gain what we need..." She looked up at the dark sky. "Then again, fixing a problem with one shouldn't very well bring on problems with another." Kiera looked at Jackle. "So, what the plan?"

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

TORiAS glared at Kiera"Reagrdless.... I wish to help, and I don't care whether you trust me or not."
He closed his long lashed eyes, and leaned back his head "Maybe if I die, it will be usefull for once."

[Ookami]

"It is not a matter of me trusting you." Kiera pointed out. "It is the matter of you thinking you are an exception. If you are concerned with protecting what's her name, then do that. Don't expect plans to be molded around you."

[DAiLiGHT]

"Well, now we've got dinner, so why be afraid?" Droiture said, shaking the little bird around like a ragdoll.

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"TORiAS. I remember you. I remember you well." Reala grinned, ticking TORiAS under the chin with his fingers. He smirked and winked arrogantly.

[TORiAS_the_fallen]

"Where do you come from, birdy?" SiL asked sweetly.
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"Long time, no see, Rea..." TORiAS whispered "Well? What are we going to do? I'm sure Droiture will defend SiL.... So.... I'm with you."
He grabbed Reala's hand "DON'T touch me."

[DAiLiGHT]

"My, my, gotten nasty, haven't we? Watch your tone with me, boy, or I'll wrench your wretched tongue from out your mouth.." Reala threatened, running the nail of his index finger down TORiAS' cheek.

[Ookami]

Kiera jerked her body, pushing Reala over and away from TORiAS. "Alright Jackle, everyone seems on board, for now. What's the plan?"

[Ventro]

The kiwi squeaked sadly when Droiture shaked her.

"Please! Don't eat me! If you don't eat me, I'm sure Ventro would buy you some food back at the nightmaren colosseum. He raised a lot of money. Please!!!! Just think of me as a free meal ticket. He's been acting odd lately. I only came to see how you feel about Ventro. That's all." the kiwi begged.


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Jackle gave a glare at everyone. "Geez... You all yackity yacked for soo long... I wouldn't be surprised if I forgot about it. Overall, I think Kiera and Toria would do. I don't think you're qualified for this plan Reala. I'm afraid you might do something stupid once you see this nightmaren." Jackle remarked. He huddled with Kiera and Toria. When he was sure Reala wasn't peeking, he showed them a picture of him and a small nightmaren hidden under his mantle.

"Does this nightmaren look familiar to you?" Jackle asked with a grin.

[Ookami]

Kiera looked closely at the picture. "That's Ventro, isn't it?" She examined it, her eyes lighting up. "Yeah, it is. What are we to do with him?" She looked at Jackle with a curious but cautious look.

[Ventro]

Droiture tried to hush Kiera. "Not soo loud. I don't want Reala to know what the plan is or he'll try to jump in like the idiot he is." Jackle whispered.

"This boy hanged around with Droiture for a long time according to my spy nightmarens. He maybe some use to us if he joins back. Fortunately, the latest I heard is that he is still around nightmare. He also has a special skill that would leave us an advantage. The Ideyan Drain!" Jackle chuckled lightly. He held out tickets to the nightmare colosseum.

"I already made arrangements to meet him in private. I don't think he might warm up to me again. That's why I might need you." he grinned.

[DAiLiGHT]

"Fine. Bring us to Ventro. I'll talk to the bugger." Droiture said, releasing the kiwi.

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"Excuse me? I think I have a right to be in on this plan as much as you do! And don't worry about me doing something idiotic. I'm too incapacitated to move from this spot." Reala said.

[Ventro]

"Okay! It's probably best if you fly me to the colosseum. We can get there even faster." she sqwacked. Her red pointy beak pointed towards the direction.

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Jackle gave an ill look. He wanted to be alone with Kiera and Toria. Furhtermore, he really liked Kiera and thought this was a great opportunity to date her. He took a deep breath.

"I don't think so Reala. Besides, I heard from other nightmarens that you're the reason he left nightmare anyway. You'll just ruin the plan." Jackle reminded.

[Ookami]

(...OMG! I didn't see the whole thing with Jackle coming! XD )

"Reala, just sit this one out. I don't want to have to wrap those wounds again." Kiera looked back to Jackle, taking the ticket and turning it over in her hand. "I don't know him well but I doubt he sees me as a threat." She looked up. "I'm in."

[Ventro]

"Yes! Then, it's a da..... cough! cough! I mean it's at the gate outside of nightmare. I'll meet you there that night. Don't be late. We can't meet him til after the fight is over. He would be too tired out to think of any escape plans." Jackle chuckled happily and disappeared through the void.

[Ookami]

Kiera raised an eyebrow at Jackle's coughing but she waved the thought she had about it away. Again, she looked at the ticket and contemplated what to do now. "Reala, you're going to sit this one out, yes? Like Jackle said, being near Droiture will set you both off...again. This plan should go off without a hitch, as long as you don't come along to cause problems." She smirked at him.

[Ventro]

Soon, the portal opened back up and Jackle came back looking all shinny and spiffy.

"Come on Kiera and Toria! It's time to go there now or we won't get the best seats to see the fight." Jackle smiled. He opened up another portal and urged Kiera and Toria to jump in.

[DAiLiGHT]

"Like I said, I have to stay here." Reala said, pointing to his branch. "But do bring me back a souvenir, won't you? A novelty T-Shirt or some other nonsense?" He asked innocently.

[Ookami]

Kiera looked at the portal, poking at it, feeling safe and moving to hop through. She looked back one last time at Reala as if to say "Stay away from this!" since she didn't trust him. She jumped through the portal with caution.

[DAiLiGHT]

Reala shooed them off with a jerking hand motion. He then sat back and proceeded to scare the living crap out of two squirrels.....

[Ventro]

Soon, they approached the colosseum entrance with no hassle and the ticket taker was still collecting tickets.

"The match is about to start tonight. Hurry up and bring your tickets." the ticket taker yelled.

"Come on! Let's get a great seat." Jackle grabbed Kiera and gave the ticket taker the ticket.

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Not far away, the kiwi tried to lead Droiture to the colosseum outside of Nightmare's Realm.

" I hope nothing is going on tonight." the kiwi squeaked.

[Ookami]

Kiera tried to keep herself from falling but followed Jackle closely. "So, where are we sitting?" She looked around them at the filled colosseum. "And what's up with this whole thing? What's going on?"

[Ventro]

"This is the place where the second level nightmarens show off their skills in a fight. It also use to be a place where Wizeman picks his goons, but nothing happened to need more recruitments. Soon, he abandoned it. Now, it's just a place open to any nightmaren who knows about it. Come on. Enough details. This place is packed." Jackle tried to yell through the crowd of nightmarens that were screaming.

[Ookami]

Kiera was weary of those around them, considering trouble often started in places like this, even by mistake. She should know, she had started enough trouble in places like this. Everything was so loud, she could hardly hear herself think until her eyes came to rest on the arena below. It was enormous, big enough for two Nightmarens to go at it. Her eyes were fixated as she tried to follow Jackle through the masses of marens.

[Ventro]

Soon, Jackle found two empty seats with their seating number and the third seat was empty for Torias.

"Come on! The match is about to start. Pay close attention." Jackle grinned. He pulled out a bag of popcorn from his mantle and gave it to Kiera. The stadium went quiet when a small sheep like nightmaren went to the middle of the ring.

"Are you ready to see second level nightmarens show their awesome skills in the great nightmaren colosseum?? Let me hear you ROAR!!!" Raid yelled. The crowd went wild around Jackle and Kiera.

"Well, Let's start our first competitors. To your right you see the FAMOUS HUMONGOUS BALLOOON NIGHTMAREN!!! DONBALON!!!" he yelled and the crowd went wild again. Donbalon bounced into the stage making kissing gestures to the crowd.

"And to your left! The HUGE GRIFFON NIGHTMAREN! VEN!!!!!" he yelled and the crowd went wild again. Ventro walked into the middle hidden under a long blue mantle. He unstrapped his mantle and threw it to Kido.

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The Kiwi looked at Droiture in disappointment.

"Do we have some trust issue or you still hate me because I'm a kiwi?" she asked.

[Ookami]

Kiera jumped from the sudden roar of the crowd, popcorn going everwhere as she couldn't stand loud noises. She quickly attempted to regain herself and look down on the two contestants in the ring. Ventro was the one that caught her eye as he looked different from the one other time she had seen him.

[Ventro]

Jackle looked at Kiera with a grin. Then, he looked at the stage when Raid had to hover up to the nightmarens eye level.

"You know the rules. Keep fighting til one of you is unable to battle it out. Knock yourself silly." he yelled.
Donbalon chuckled loudly at Ventro, but Ventro was silent. His eyes was fixed on Donbalon.

"Alright! Let's FIGHT!!!" Raid yelled and quickly floated out of the ring. Ventro quickly made a dodge back while Donbalon tried to grab him with his skinny arms. When he was out of reach, Donbalon started bouncing up and down at first. Then, he made a quick bounce towards Ventro. Ventro blocked his attack with his claws, but Donbalon quickly bounced around the stadium. Without warning, Ventro was hit from behind by Donbalon's bounce.

[Ookami]

Kiera was silent, the noise of the crowd blocked from her head as she watched the two fight each other. "Come on Ventro, wear yourself out." her thoughts were kept to herself as she watched things continue.

[Ventro]

Soon, Donbalon was bouncing around the stage really fast which made it harder for Ventro to block and attack. When he got knocked down to the ground every time he got up, He realized he wasn't getting hit while he was on the ground. Donbalon is bouncing faster, but he had no control where he was bouncing. With haste, Ventro turned himself around on the ground and reached his large claws up. Suddenly, the purple eyes on his hands both opened up when Ventro raised his hands. Quickly, he caught Donbalon, but skidded on the ground kicking up dirt.

Quickly, he sqwacked, "Ideyan Drain!" and Donbalon screamed in agony. Donbalon started to deflate and collapsed over Ventro. He pushed Donbalon off and stood up.

"The Victory Goes To VEN THE GRIFFON NIGHTMAREN!!" the crowd screamed with excitement except Donbalon's supporters. They booed Ventro, but it was drowned by everyones screams and yells. Ventro waved showing the purple eye on his large hand.

[Ookami]

Kiera looked closely, seeing the eye and wondering if it hurt when something poked at it. She shook her head, a smirk on her face at the stupid idea. "Who's next? Who's next?" She took much more interest in the fight now, hoping something exciting might come of it all. She leaned forward over the railing to see better.

[Ventro]

Soon, the fight went on with 1st phase: Shadow vs. Gulpo, Gillywig vs Girania, and Claws vs. Hento. Then, it went to the second phase: Ven vs. Gulpo and Claws vs. Gillywig. Finally, they made it to the final round with Ven vs. Claws. The crowd was wild when it came down to the two competitors.

Jackle smiled with glee of Kiera's interest in the game. "Here have some candy! Looks like you hadn't eaten in a while." He held out small pieces of candy that he pulled out of his mantle.

[Ookami]

Kiera looked at the candy warily, poking at it and moving back, expecting it to explode. When she saw it was safe, Kiera swiped the candy from him and placed it in her mouth, a look of happiness on her face. Her eyes darted back to the arena where Ventro was up against his last opponent. She winced at the sound of the crowd but kept her eyes on the two in the arena.

[Ventro]

"Alright! The battle you've all BEEN WAITING FOR! THE TWO BEAST MARENS!!! CLAWS VERSES VEN!!!! LET'S BATTLE IT OUT!!" Raid yellled and quickly fled from the arena.

Claws and Ventro charged at each other with great force. They were knocking each other down and swipping each other with their claws. Unfortunately, Ventro was tired from his last battle. Now, he was totally exhausted.

Jackle tried to keep his cool with a grin. "I think this battle is going to do it. He's too tired to battle." Jackle grinned. Ventro tried to keep up with claws and attack, but he ended up being tackled or out runned by claws. Unexpectedly, Claws was also getting tired. They kept battling til Ventro and Claws was covered in dirt, marks, and scraches.

[Ookami]

Kiera bounced back and forth with excitement, her eyes full of an animalistic nature from watching the two tear at each other with their claws. She looked as if she wanted to jump in and shred them both. Kiera pulled herself back from it as best she could. "I wonder if Ventro has a way out of this."

[Ventro]

Ventro was in terrible trouble. He was at the pin point of his stanima, and he was losing speed fast. Finally, he tried one desperate move on Claws by grabbing on him and use Ideyan drain. Unfortunately, Claws jumped tackled him hard into the wall. The wall cracked when he hit it. The crowd grew silent when Ventro fell flat on the ground. The crowd roared and screamed. Voices were heard around the arena.

"Get up! Come on!"

Jackle remained silent with his hands on the arm rest and grinned. The crowd once again was silent when they saw Ventro getting up. But despite his effort, he fell back on the ground hard with a cloud of dust around him.

"THE VICTORY GOES TO CLAWS!!!!!" the crowd went wild. Claws raised his paw tiredly at the crowd and looked at Ventro.

"Sorry kid! Better luck next time." Claws whispered and smirked. The crowd went into a wild uproar of cheers and anger.

[Ookami]

Kiera was one of those roaring in anger. She had got caught up in the excitment and became one of those terribly loud creatures that she despised hearing. She was finally able to calm herself, falling back into her seat. "Ahem. So, are we intercepting Ventro as he leaves here? If he can leave..."