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Jasmin relaxed a little. "But somethings different about him from the black hearts. It like he's in complete control, of the black hearts, and himself. Its like he has control of EVERYTHING." She said emphasizing the everything. She paused thinking about it. "What if he isn't a black heart. What if he's...." She paused not daring to even speak the words.

Misha looked at Isao understanding. He turned and looked at Jasmin looking confused for a moment. His eyes widened a bit. "There's no way someone that evil could be a beast knight!" He said completely objecting the idea of it. There was no way this Dark One could be a beast knight....or could he?

Russel watched as everyone discussed the situation. He said nothing just watched and listened. He looked at the ground, it was like he had lost all courage in himself.

Russel looked up and smiled a bit. "Nothing Master Isao. Just exhausted." He said with a bit of a weak smile. He grunted a bit feeling his shoulder get even more sore. He looked at Jasmin nodded thanks a bit.

Jasmin gave a small nod back. She also felt something was off with Russel too but decide to keep her nose out of it. At least for now. In all truth she was extremely worried about him but she was hiding it.

Misha looked at Eiji wondering what he was thinking about the situtation. Eiji and Master Isao had known Russel longer then them so they had to know something was up.

OOC: Time skip?

OOC: Sure

Russel sat on the ground leaning on the wall watching Misha and Jasmin spare. He petted Jackson who laid beside him. Jackson's tail wagged happily as he was petted. His head rested on Russel's leg. Russel had his shoulder wrapped up. It was still healing for the last battle. He had been feeling better seen he had done much in the past week. He had been resting mostly. He had also been drawing thanks to Jasmin. It was actually quite a stress reliever for him. He looked over at Master Isao and Eiji who were talking. He loved it like this. Where it was nice and quiet. Peaceful in a sense. He let out a yawn and continued to draw on the paper attempting to draw Master Isao, Eiji, Himself, Jasmin, Misha, and Jackson. These people we're his family and he understood that now. He wasn't going to take it for granted again. One of them could die if they weren't careful and he knew that.

Misha lunged forward at Jasmin attempting to get a hit on her as they spared. Jasmin however dodged and grabbed him by his wrist and flipped him on his back roughly. Misha let out a loud grunt as he hit the ground and laid there defeated. "Alright, alright you win, you win." He said with a grunt. Jasmin smiled and let go of him before helping him back up. "Second time in a row lover boy." She joked smiling. Misha laughed getting up and smiled. "Your a much better fighter then me." He admitted. Jasmin smirked a bit. "Well that's because I actually USE all of my strength and DON'T hold back." She laughed. Misha smiled again and rubbed the back of his head. "Aw shush." He said.

"You're becoming a good artist, Russel," said Russel's dragon Beast Soul. "I never fashioned you as one though, you're more of the "smash everything" type."

Isao looked at the sparing. "You two are both becoming great warriors," he said, walking over. "But you must remember, strength is not everything in battle."

"Well, it's good art," said the dragon. "Did you ever think about drawing me?"

"Same thing I do every year," said Isao. "The temple normally throws me a party...I enjoy that," he said. "They're very nice."

"Thank you, Russel," said the dragon, gratefully.

"Yes...though it's mainly because I'm their master and they appreciate me," said Isao. "Not that I'm in it for that, but it's very nice to be appreciated."