At some point, Yang had fallen asleep. The train ride was particularly long, going to the North-Western part of Fiore from the South-Eastern part would take over fifteen hours. Fiore was around the size of France and they were traveling by means of a somewhat primitive steam-engine train model. Though it was powered by Lacrima, it wasn't particularly fast. Briefly, Yin considered pumping her magic into the Lacrima engine but that would likely create a huge accident and kill everyone on board except her and Yang.
But as much as the thought of suddenly making the train go at mach 1 was amusing, Yin wasn't going to just risk the lives of over a dozen people just for shits and giggles.
*Yawn~* Yin looked out the window, into the dark and gradually started to fall asleep.
Then, something strange started happening. A weird pressure on her chest, a tingle going up her spine and a slight tremble in her legs. Then there was that weird feeling on her neck. Warm and wet for some reason?
"Ngh..." Her eyelids creaked open and saw it was still dark out. Not much time had passed, it seemed.
*Suck*
Then she felt it, that warm, wet sensation on her neck that sent shivers up her back. Not an unpleasant one, no. Far from it.
Looking to the mop of blonde hair slumped against her shoulder, she realized Yang was practically on top of her. That part wasn't new, whenever they slept close by, Yang would always find a way to be close. It's been that way ever since they were babies.
*Suck~*
"Nnh..~"
But this? This was new. Yin looked down and saw Yang's leg draped over hers with her hand firmly grasping onto her right tit. On top of that, she had her face buried in the crook of her neck and was giving her a hickey in her sleep. Yin bit her tongue and looked to Ultear, who was thankfully still asleep and curled up on her own seat.
Either having been kicked off by Yang or shifted into a comfortable position in her sleep. Either way, Yin wad thankful.
"What in the To Love Ru moment is this..." Yin whispered as she gently reached down and took Yang's hand off her breast with a flushed face.
"Mnngh.. no.." But Yang was apparently determined to keep that position. Her hand went right back up to rest on the large, soft feeling that dwarfed its size.
"Okay... Okay, this is fine.. I just need to get her to stop sucking on my neck...." Yin muttered while gently moving Yang's face away from her now somewhat sensitive neck while doing her damnest to ignore the increasing arousal she was feeling.
Yin breathed a sigh of relief after moving Yang's face away and gently moved her hand on the upper slope of her breast, so she wasn't pressing on anything sensitive.
'Fuck.. at some point I need to relieve myself before the week ends. Or I'll end up jumping her.. Hm?' Yin complained internally before seeing a new notification.
It had been a long time since she had a proper look at her progress since she fought Ifrit. Her growth had been more steady and less explosive since she had full access to her pseudo-Dragon form. And since she had a few hours to kill, she opened up the status screen.
[Status- Yin Xiaolong Race: Ruin Dragon/Human hybrid Overall Level: High Tectonic Age: 16
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HP: 50,000,000/50,000,000 MP: 200,000,000/200,000,000
Titles: Prankster, Child Prodigy, Clan Founder, True Dragon, Star of Ruin, The Hornyable One,
Skills: Accelerate- Lv: Grandmaster-07, Observe- Lv: Perfect, Dragon form, Singing- Lv: Master-04, Dismantling- Lv: Master-08, Repair- Lv: Master-05, Cooking- Lv: Master-01, Unarmed- Lv: GrandMaster-05, Blades- Lv: Master-07, Axes- Lv: 9, Spears- Lv: 7, Small arms- Lv: Master-05, Weaponsmithing- Lv: Master-01
Strength: Mid Tectonic (Large Island)
Vitality: Low to mid Tectonic (Island to Large Island)
Agility: High Tectonic (Country level)
Perception: N/A: (Dragonlord Eyes boost)
Aura: SS+ Class
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Techniques- Self Taught Unarmed, Taekwondo, Wing-Chun, Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, Black Dragon style,
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Magic- Fire(Innate/Instinctual/FT), Darkness(Innate/Instinctual/FT), Wind Dragon magic(FT), Metal Dragon magic(FT), Mana manipulation(Innate/Instinctive), Ruin empowerment(Conceptual/Instinctual), Creation magic(Arifureta/Innate), Space/Gravity magic(Arifureta/Innate)
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Spells: Mana claws, Blazing Mana claws, Blackflame Mana claws, WorldSlash Mana claws, Darkness Drain, Mana Hike, Flame arrows, Fireball, Fire Dragon Breath, Darkness Dragon Breath, Blackflame Breath, Ruin Dragon Breath, Sapphire of the Empress,
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Awakenings-
Mythic : Blood, Bone marrow, Internal organs, Reproductive system, Skin, Scales (Retractable), Claws (Retractable), Horns (Retractable), Tail (Retractable), Heart, Essence of Ruin
Godly- DragonLord Eyes, DragonLord bones]
'Okay FIRST of all.. who the fuck gave me the last title? Wait no.. dumb question. Of course it was Hecate. Did I get it after my heat cycle? I feel like that's not my fault..' Yin sighed and noted the changes before looking at the last Godly awakening.
"I forgot to check the notification after killing Garmr.." Yin muttered, looking into her flesh and past her muscles to see her apparently new bones.
They had some sort of scaley pattern etched into them and faintly glowed with magic bit otherwise seemed to look normal. Which was good, in her opinion. She may have a Chinese-sounding name but she'd be damned if she started looking like a body-refining cultivator with 'indestructible jade bones'.
After checking her bones, she went to read the new notification that appeared below the status window.
[Witchblade(Light) is attempting to split off from Yang and form a bond with you! Accept?
Yes No]
Yin thought about it for a moment. On one side? Her Dragon pride was saying how she didn't really need some pseudo-symbiote attached to her for power. On the other? She remembered how good Yang looked in it and how it created weapons and empowered her fire magic.
"Hmm.. kinda like a symbiote, now that I think about it..." Yin hummed before agreeing.
Then, a black metallic tendril oozed out of the golden Witchblade on Yang's wrist and wrapped itself around Yin's wrist snugly, forming into a dark purple version with a red gem in the center.
*Humm~*
Yin felt it hum as if it were pleased before the gem stopped glowing and left her in silence again. Yin looked out the window once more and thought to herself again.
'Acnologia is still a bit stronger than me, it seems. Ruin is my greatest counter to him but if I use it, I could wind up destroying way more than just him..' With those last thoughts, she drifted off to sleep once more.
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Getting to Guiltina thankfully wasn't as long as Yin had thought it would be. At the port town, they bought a motorbike powered by the user's magic or specific Lacrima used on the vehicle. Yang and Yin switched places driving while Ultear sat in the little passenger cart bolted to the side.
As for how they bought it? Coincidentally, there just so happened to be a troublesome Dark Guild near the port who would harass travelers who weren't too rich to send competent mages after them.
So one quick arson later and they had a small fortune.
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Ultear slipped on the little wool hat they bought for her earlier and focused on the ruins of Brago right ahead of them. The entire region had been abandoned since Deliora's rampage. Both because the rebuilding efforts would be extremely expensive and due to the sheer volume of ethernano activity in the area that woukd be poisonous for normal people and weaker mages. It was like Chernobyl, in that the area was too 'contaminated' to move into freely.
"I see something..!" Ultear cried out, pointing toward the center of the town ahead.
It was covered in snow and the debris of destroyed buildings. At the very center was a block of ice with a silhouette inside, a particularly large one. Yang pulled to a stop right in front of the ice block and whistled.
"That's a lot of magic. Feels.. weird too." Yang muttered as Ultear leapt out of the passenger cart and ran up to the ice.
"You're feeling Deliora, I'd imagine. He's a Demon made of Ethernano." Yin replied, letting go of Yang's admittedly nice-feeling abs and walking over to a distraught Ultear.
"Yeah there's definitely that feeling too but there's something else. Something I can only relate to Grimm, I guess?" Yang added, stopping right in front of the ice with an odd expression.
Yin gave her a look and Yang kept explaining, "There's some sorta malice in that big one's energy. The body feels like magic but there's something else it uses besides magic. Something that reminds me of Grimm."
Yin nodded and focused her eyes on Deliora's silhouette. After looking at him for a few seconds, she saw the Ethernano that his body was made up from. Compressed, solid and very much still alive. Though the Iced Shell spell was sapping away at his life force and soul.
Then, she saw that energy Yang was talking about. Some sort of curse energy that's unique to them, if she remembered correctly.
'I wonder if I can use it too..' Yin mused before nodding at Yang.
"Yeah that's some kind of Cursed Energy. Something Etherious like him can use. I think they can regenerate with that energy too. Now.." Yin explained then stepped closer to the ice and placed her hand on the ice.
"We need to figure out this spell and how to reverse it to free this one's Mom." Yin said, patting Ultear's head.
"I don't see her within the ice..." Ultear muttered with trembling shoulders.
Yin shook her head, "Of course not. Because the ice itself is Ur."
Yang looked a bit shocked as she heard the explanation. Then, felt a bit guilty as she had originally thought to just melt the ice and kill the Demon.
"Yang, you have DragonLord eyes too, right?" Yin asked, staring into the ice with a contemplative expression.
"Hm? Oh, yeah I got it after the Mythic Grimm fight. That and DragonLord's sixth sense." Yang replied.
"Hn.. I didn't get the second one. Anyway, focus in on the ice. You'll start to see Ur's spirit mixed in with the Ethernano. I think we need to use your power here to get her body back.."
"You mean Creation, right? I've tried to train it but it's crazy hard.. I remember how Equinox used it but that feels outta reach right now.." Yang scratched the back of her head with a helpless grimace.
"We can train that together. I might have a few ideas.. but to save Ur, we need you to be able to use Creation to make a body. Then to try and convert that magic and spirit back into the new body." Yin pat Yang on the shoulder, her eyes conveying her complete belief in her sister.
Yang let out a little laugh, then really looked at Yin.
"You actually think I can do that.. Create a body from scratch? Well, I'd hate to disappoint.."
Yin smiled and pat Ultear's and Yang's back, "I'll be helping you there too. I have some experience in making.. non-living things. I'll help you figure out the magic parts but actually creating a functional body is where you'll need to do the heavy lifting. Now, let's start moving this."
"W-Wait.. Will she melt if we move her to a warmer place?" Ultear asked in concern.
This time, Yang shook her head while staring into the giant block of ice.
"Nah. This type of ice won't melt, given its made of the caster's spirit. I can see it. Her soul's holding the magic together and draining the Demon's life away. Not a lot of time left until the Demon dies and the magic dissipates though.. We gotta be quick, Sis." Yang conveyed, looked seriously at Yin.
"Yuuuup.. Alright, come on. We'll bring this back to Magnolia. Makarov should have a few ideas on how to help." Yin then lifted the iceberg-sized block of ice and looked at an extremely surprised Ultear.
"You'll start training with us too. You should surprise your Mom with a capable, strong daughter, don't you think?"
[AN: Sorry about the late day. I got caught lackin' frfr. But if you wanna throw stones at me to encourage me? Well I won't complain. Also, to hype you up? I just commissioned Lainart to do a Drago Art of Yin. So look forward to that in the future!]