Azura

"What about Sayaa? She's still undecided on what she wants to eat.." Hikari's stomach growled quietly like a purring cat. She looked at the others and wondered if they heard it. "Where are we going to find backup? It's not like we can afford anything like a personal amry." She said.

Hikari picked up a menu from the table and spent a few seconds skimming through it entirely. "I'll just have a full breakfast and a strawberry milkshake." She thought out loud. "That esper is nothing if we all work together, but if she's not alone, that esper is going to be nothing but trouble and a pain to deal with." Hikari finished.

I guess it's time to shake things up once again, and I wish all of you the best of luck.

"Why, of course, Zeke!" She replied to him with sarcastically. "Jokes aside, we still have to retrieve that key, and if we don't, who knows what might happen to Cynrador?" Hikari said with a semi-serious tone. "And if I ever see that teleporting esper again, I'll make sure she doesn't leave without a broken bone." She mumbled.

Hikari was pleasantly surprised when Sayaa magically appeared beside her from a teleportation spell of hers. Before she could say hi, Sayaa hooked her hands around Hikari's left arm. "Oh hey, Sayaa! I was just thinking about you." She replied with a smile. Her phone buzzed a bit so she took it out with her right hand and texted Zeke back. "I'm three streets down from the apartment. Turn left and you'll see a restaurant which serves breakfast." Hikari sent the message and placed her phone back in her pocket. Both of them walked into the restaurant and sat down in one of the empty tables. "Anything special you'd like to eat?" She asked Sayaa.

Feeling slightly disappointed, Hikari left the apartment and headed out of the main lobby after a quick ride down the lift. She took out her phone and searched for restaurants nearby that have good reviews. Hikari was well aware of her surroundings, and confident enough to be looking at her phone as she jaywalked cross the street. She found a restaurant just a few blocks away from where she was at so she decided to head over there and check it out. "Gosh, I'm starving.." Hikari mumbled as she felt a slight pain in her stomach for not eating anything before going to bed yesterday.

"If we can find someone who's willing to fly a plane that's large enough to carry all of us over to the coordinates that Lily mentioned, we can ask him to drive by and possibly parachute down to check this place out." She finished before standing up and headed towards the front door. "Anyone wanna tag along? Gonna get something and eat and maybe a milkshake if possible." Hikari asked no one in particular.

"A simple strawberry milkshake would be enough to satisfy my needs for a refreshing beverage in such warm weather." He replied Misha. "I doubt a milkshake is gonna fall out the sky for me any time soon, so I'll be heading out." Hikari hoped that everyone could get out of the apartment and explore the wonders of Novarius instead of sitting around in the apartment. Breakfast would be nice since she's famished.

"We should figure out a way to reobtain the key before we lose track of its location." Hikari said as she sat down on the couch as well. "You know what would be great? A milkshake." She said with a laugh. Nora on the other hand arrived at Xevera (which looked similar to Rome). There were absolutely no Skyscrapers, and all the buildings were pretty much the same level except some buildings that were larger than others. It was still night over there, around 3:00am while Novarius was 9:00am in the morning. Nora teleported into the city at a back alley. She used to have a house nearby but she sold it since she needed the money and Nora rarely comes and stays since she's always traveling around from country to country with her powers. She usually sleeps on rooftops of skyscrapers or buildings that are out of reach and sight or if she was lucky, on a nice and comfy bed, but she doesn't really mind. Nora has been doing this for years after becoming somewhat of a criminal, causing chaos and sometimes killing if she needed to. As she went out onto the streets, she noticed people eyeing her and her two swords since they were glowing with power. "This isn't gonna do.." She mumbled before she started walking a bit faster and turned a corner. She teleported up and searched the area for a place to sleep. She spotted a four story building and landed on it before she sat down and closed her eyes with her two swords closely to her. She was woken up by a bird that flew in front of her face with its wings in her face. She waved her hands and shooed it off before she stood up and said "Fuckin' birds.." Before looking around. She noticed the bright sun shining upon the entire city. It was a glorious sight to behold as the streets were crowded with people shopping for all sorts of weaponry. Even though she wanted to check it out, it would be dangerous to be walking with these swords without a scabbard to hide the magic infused within. She hopped down and broke the fall by teleporting right before hitting the ground and headed towards the closest weapons shop which sold all sorts of blades, including daggers, long swords, spears and other types of weapons similar to those mentioned. "Would you happen to sell a scabbard that would fit a blade of this size?" She asked before holding out one of the blades she had, showing it to the shopkeeper. "That's a very interesting sword you have there, young lady. Let me see if I have one in the back, dear." The shopkeeper said before walking into the storage room, which contained a lot of stuff, including scabbards that fit her two swords. He went back out and placed down three different sized scabbards and asked her to try them out. Nora picked the one which looked like it would fit perfectly, and it did. "I'll take two of these." Nora said politely. The old man responded with a "Of course" before taking another one out of the storage room. She took out her wallet and paid him before sheathing the two swords into the scabbards located on her back and waist. She started walking towards a place to eat something but before she could do that, three men blocked her path. "Is there something I can help you with, sir?" She said with a slightly annoyed tone. "The swords. Hand it over." The leader demanded. Nora looked into his eyes and said "Good luck trying." before she unsheathed her blade and teleported straight past him, slicing the head of one of his buddies that were with him before reappearing behind them. "What do you think?" She said before turning around and cutting him in half. On contact, the blade shocked the living soul out of him before causing him to implode. "Who sent you to kill me?" Nora asked the last man standing with her blade pointing straight at his throat. "I-I.. We didn't mean it! We only wanted those swords because they looked like they were worth a fortune.." The man said before kneeling down and apologized, begging for her to spare his life. Nora disappeared into thin air and headed out of that district before she gets in deep trouble. "Why do men always like to pick on me?" She asked herself without expecting an answer. Xevera is nothing compared to other large cities in like Lightlyn City or Novarius in terms of things to see and do. Nora landed on the highest building in sight which was around eight stories in height with pillars to support the front part of the building. Her phone started ringing so she took out of her and answered the call. "Hello?" Nora said. "I need your help now, Nora." A man replied. She instantly recognized who it was. It was her close friend, Nicky. He sounded half dead when he spoke. "Where are you, Nicky? Is something wrong?" She asked before he said "I'm in Archwa-" The connection to his phone cut off before he could finish. There were gunshots before the call ended, which got her worried. "Hello?!" She said in hopes that he'll reply, but that wasn't happening anytime soon. She tried calling him back but his phone didn't even ring. "Arch.. Arch.. Where is Archw- Wait a second.." She took out her phone and looked at the map. She spotted a place called 'Archwave' located within Arconium, and pretty close to Novarius. She hopped up and headed straight towards it by teleporting in the general direction. Knowing that she was an esper and that the area restricts all magicians and espers, she had no choice but to sneak in and find out what happened to her best friend. (Since I've got nothing better to do during my ride back home, I've decided to have a separate side-story for this RP. If you feel like being part of it, post in the PM. The quality of the posts won't be as good compared to the main story, but the lack of posts have motivated me to create a completely new adventure for Nora. Now that that's over, tune in for the next chapter of Nora and Nicky next week!)

Hikari giggled in the inside when she saw how the clothing didn't really fit Sayaa, who looked like he was four years younger than her. She left the toilet and let Sayaa change in her own privacy. When she was done, she came out and handed the bag back to her. "You're welcome." Hikari replied before heading back into her room and tossed her bag beside her desk.

"I'll be right back!" She said before running out of the bathroom, closing the door behind her and headed straight into her room, grabbing her bag and went straight back to Sayaa. Hikari placed down the bag on the floor, took out the perfume and placed on the table before saying "Here you go! Take whatever piece of clothing that tickles your fancy." Hikari finished with a wink.

She didn't really mind letting Sayaa use her hair brush. Cothes weren't really a problem since she has more than a few sets of clothing in her bag, but it was the deodorant. Hikari doesn't use deodorant since she believes that it blocks sweat glands and pores. What she does have though was perfume. "I could lend you my hair brush and a set of clean clothing but I don't have deodorant.. However, I do have perfume. It's better than nothing, right?" Hikari said.

Hikari looked over at Sayaa when she heard her name. "Sure, I'll be there in a sec!" She replied Sayaa and said "Thanks. It's one of my favorite t-shirts." To Misha before walking through the door into the room Sayaa is in. "How can I be of assistance, Sayaa?" Hikari said with a pleasant smile.

Hikari took a quick shower and brushed her teeth afterwards. She was rather quick with drying her hair, and without brushing her hair, she walked out of the bathroom with a somewhat dry set of hair, half naked after taking a shower. She quickly got dressed with the clothes that was in her bag, which was a t-shirt with a swirly vector on it which represented wind. It was multicolored like the rainbow with a white base color. Hikari hopped into a pair of new shorts and walked out of her room and saw Misha drinking coffee on the sofa. "Did I wake you up?" She asked in a casual tone.

Time flew past as everyone was asleep. Hours go by and soon after, the moon faded behind the mountains as the sun started rising from the opposite side, shining directly at the apartment and through the windows. Hikari woke up early since she couldn't sleep well from what happened yesterday. The very thought of that girl stealing the key just makes her feel like tearing her apart, but being enraged first thing in the morning about things that happened in the past was pointless, so she woke up and walked out of the room. She saw Misha and Shane asleep, but she ignored it and decided to go back into her room and headed into the bathroom conveniently located within her room.

Nora thought about Hikari when she teleported in bursts out of Novarius. "That wind esper sounded so confident but she didn't even leave a scratch on me.." She spoke to herself. "I should get back before they catch up.." Nora started teleporting faster and faster up and towards the base located out of Arconium and towards Axoana. There is a hidden base located within the canyons of the great desert, off the radar from satellites and almost impossible to spot. Nora started building up speed as she teleported, and after a few minutes, she was traveling through the skies at the rate of a jet. The key the tied onto a strong rope and around her neck. "That was way too easy. I might even thank her for letting me take it without a decent fight." She laughed afterwards as she started approaching the base. Nora dropped straight down a gap and before she hit the ground, she teleported right above ground to prevent herself from breaking her legs. "That was a close one." She said as she tried to recover from all that teleporting. Her balance was a bit off but she managed to get through the front door of the base. Security was tight, and there was at least 12 heavily armed mercenaries standing guard. One of them welcomed her back, but was ignored due to the slight headache. Nora headed towards the office where her master was, sitting comfortably with his two legs resting on his desk in a laid back position. "Yes dear?" He said lovingly. "The key is right here, so where's my reward?" She questioned him. "Don't worry, sweetheart. They're right here.." He replied as he tossed a long briefcase on his desk and opened it, revealing two magically-enchanted blades that amplifies damage. It also had a lightning enchantment to it. The lightning that comes out of the blades will not damage the holder of the weapon, which recognizes the owner by the first person who touches it until they either die or if someone breaks the enchantment. "It's beautiful, is it not?" He questioned Nora with a smile. "The power embedded into this blade isn't something you play around with, Nora. Take good care of them." He finished before turning around on this chair and looked through the glass pane overlooking a huge research lab with all sorts of projects in progress, including the God's Hand. "It shall be mine." He told himself. The teleporter took the two blades out of the container and swung it around before disappearing into thin air, reappearing on the very top. "I could feel the power surging through my body.." She said as she swung her blade, sending bolts of lightning in the general direction. Nora felt undefeatable for a second before she suddenly felt a shift in power within her body. It was because the blade infused a huge chunk of mana into her body and as an esper, it was a bit hard to get used to and use. "Ouch.." She said as she sheathed the two blades and started teleporting to the closest town, Xevera.

"A normal esper wouldn't just break into an apartment to steal a key. If we trace her back to where she's heading right now, we might be able to find out some useful information about the key and what it unlocks." She explained to Lily. "Unless we're going for a night hunt for this teleporter, we should get some rest." Hikari finished before she went into her room and sat down on the side of her bed thinking about what happened just now.

"Track her down where she's heading right now if that's possible. I don't think you'll catch her on street cameras since teleporters can easily avoid them from teleporting from building to building." She replied Lily in hopes that they'll be able to track her down to where she's taking the key instead of perusing the esper.

Hikari closed her eyes and tried her best to recall her. "I don't think I know her personally, but she must have been caught by one of the cameras in this room. Maybe one of the tech espers could get into the security files and grab the video for the cameras located around the apartment room." She finished and pointed over at a camera in the corner.

Hikari suddenly opened her eyes and swiped her hand through the air before hopping back up onto her feet and said "Where did she go?!" Looking left and right, she noticed that Zeke and Misha were in the apartment as well. "S-She took the key.. I.. I can't rememb-" Hikari felt a sharp sting in the back of her head. "Ouch.." She placed her hand on the back of her neck and started rubbing it gently.

"Naruhodo.. Ehh, I mean.. Urm.. Cool!" She smiled it off and stood back up. "Thanks for the heal, I really appreciate it!" Hikari said with a smile before she spotted something unusual that blew through the skies toward the apartment. It looked like a pile of black ash blowing through the air before it touched the building and disappeared. "Wait a se-" She quickly touched her own pocket and noticed that the key wasn't with her. Without another word to Misha or Zeke, she shot herself upwards and counted the floors as she went up until she reached floor 72. She landed on the balcony and noticed that there was a gap between the door. She slid the door open and rushed towards her room where she left the key. "Please tell me it's still there.." She mumbled before she opened the door and saw someone standing in front of her with the key in her hand. "Hey there, windy.." The thief said teasingly. She looked as if she was purposely standing there waiting for Hikari to rush through the door. "Who are you?!" Hikari shouted threateningly at her. "There's no need to shout, I can hear you just fine.." She whispered as she smiled afterwards. "You know, I'm impressed that you saw me from that far away.. You're quite talented, but that's not good enough." She finished as she disappeared into thin air and reappearing behind Hikari, two meters away. "Over here." She said. Hikari turned around as quick as she could and noticed that she was standing near the balcony area. "You're not gonna get away with this.." Hikari said before she formed a wind barrier around the entire house and said "Anyone or anything that touches it will get shredded into bits and pieces with the force of a razor blade. "Try teleporting out now, you thief.." Hikari said confidently before sending out three compressed lines of wind force that slices through flesh towards her. The thief teleported behind Hikari and whispered into her ear "Too slow." Before she knocked Hikari out with a non-lethal strike to the neck, leaving her unconscious. The wind barrier faded away slowly. "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself.. My name's Nora, nice to meet you." She said as she patted Hikari's head and teleported out of the building with a laugh as she disappeared. Extra Information

Hikiari felt a tingly sensation around her stab wound as it started regenerating and healing itself. "The pain started to subside as the wound slowly closed. "If you had healing magic, why didn't you patch up your wounds every time you got hit?" She asked Misha.