I watched as she changed into another angel. My eyes widened. She was indeed a very powerful shifter. Then someone else stumbled out of the brush, another girl. The shifter was momentarily distracted by the girl and i took my chance. I pulled out my sword and ran at her. My back burned as my wings appeared, black as night. I swung, but she managed to dodge me. She laughed. "Your gonna have to do better than that to beat me angel!" The other girl stood there dumbfounded, and the next thing i knew she was tiger. Another shifter? How odd for them to be traveling together. Shifters were normally solitary creatures. The tiger swiped at my right wing, and i jumped back. "D*mn!" There was a burning pain in my side as i realized the first shifter had also pulled out a sword. Crimson blood dripped down the blade. I smiled. This was turning out to be a challenge. I flew up into the air, and to my surprise she followed me. Did she really want to fight me, a true angel in the air? This left her companion on the ground and useless. I stopped dead in the air. "Why do you wish to fight me?" Her eyes narrowed. "You attacked me first!" " I may have attacked first, but you taking the form of another angel did make me believe you planned to fight me. Excuse me for trying to get the advantage." She growled at me. "You have a smart mouth you know that?!" She brought the blade tip up towards me. I shook my head. The tiger on the ground had changed back and in its place was a girl. "Emiko!!" The shifter looked down at the girl. She seemed to be thinking about something. "If you wish to continue this fight then be my guest, but know that i knew that angel in life." She seemed puzzled over this for a second, which was all it took for me to pop up behind her and grab her by the wings. "I was always faster than Crim, and stronger as well." I bent the wings at weird angels and she cried out. "Change into a human form and i will let you go, but if you wish to continue i will break your wings and wait to destroy the next form you choose to use." She struggled for a few more moments, and then realized that i had won this round. She changed into a human, and i slowly lowered both her and myself back to the ground. The other shifter ran over to us. "Oh Emiko! Are you ok?!" Her eyes narrowed as she looked at me. It didnt matter to me if she hated me. Emiko looked at me and then back to the shifter. "Yeah." I smiled. "There now. All better?" She crossed her arms. "Why did you let me go? Arent you mad that i killed that other angel? Dont you want revenge?" My eyes narrowed. "I never liked Crim anyway. He was soft. I knew he would never last long in this world. There is no place for someone so kind in a world full of hate and greed. And i let you go because i dont want to fight. Im...so tired of fighting." The other shifter looked me over and then smiled. "Im Phyllis!" I blinked in surprise. She looked at me expectantly. "Well? Arent you gonna tell us your name?" I looked at the ground. "Im...in Aki.

~Ok my bell is gonna ring, so i have ta go.