"you know I thought this would end with a lot more blood", daniel commented at the end of the fight. Cora and Natale nodded in agreement as the wife finished off her cup of tea." so should we call about the cake now or when he gets back," Natale groaned as he got up from the couch after sitting there the length of the fight and teaching out his body.

"hello sally bakery we've decided on the text from the cake...yeah we want it to say congratulations, you beat the shit of out of someone!...yes were certain...thank you and have a nice day!" at that he hung up the call. "so the cakes should be here in an hour or so,' he loudly stated as he returns to the couch, just in time to see his son lunge at his opponent during the awards.

"Okay so apparently she said something that pissed sam off and he now trying to choke her out." the father just sighed before bidding his face behind his hands. the mother laughed but on the inside was wondering what the hell she could have said to him.

A few moments earlier

her face was going to aching for days, Sarah realized as the reward and break down section began, "you were an interesting fight." Sarah turned to the source of her face pains," just to bad it need so soon, you could have done some research on me!"

"I did research you and brought somethings to counter you based on that information, but it's more outdated then it thought it would be" Sarah sighed ignoring how sam snapped his gaze towards her, he asked what she brought and offered to tell him if it would have worked. she listed off a few things she brought not wanting to review her entire hand, all the things she brought cost her a pretty credit in total so she was pissed she didn't even get to use more than the chain and battle rune.

"hmmm, the holy water was too low of a grade to have much effect but you should have doused your chain in to distract me more. the chain was good but you should have sprung for self-repair it would have saved you in the second round with a surprise attack..." sam contained to tell her if what she had brought would have any effect and telling her better ways to use them then she plain.

"you are absurd why on earth are you offering me advice?"

"because I want the rematched to be worth something!"

"rematch?!"

"I told you are an interesting fight, I want to fight you again when you have grown more!"

"hahaha-" a feather laugher burst from Sarahs' lips"-you live your title as the battle loving child who bathes in blood." a moment sam was silent as the word registered then he lunged at her, the referee stopped talking got in his way" where did you hear that name?!" the rage flowed from sam resonated his demon core making its power leak into his voice.

*crack*'you have got to be fucking' the refugee thought as the stone stage started to give under there feet.

"from a witch, I know," Sarah said after to preparing to defend herself, only to be surprised that sam calmed hearing that. "that good there are few people who giving neutral information like a witch," Sarah had to agree with the raven about that.

the refugee asked if they were going to causes any more trouble, "No" Sarah told him "maybe" was what sam said. "they don't pay me enough to deal with you" sam just looked proud of that. " grumbling they turned back to the floating carmakers," so as I was saying the winner sam has earned 200 credits"-the teen didn't even blink" while the loser has earned 50 credits," she shrugged that was better then she thought." his next fight will be in a few weeks against a yet to be determined fighter. she will not have any fights for the following month," not too bad.

they formalities went on a bit longer before the fighters were sent back to where ever they had been before called to this place. opening his eyes when his feet were sam was immediately ducked away from the tackled hug from his mother," before the celebration I'm sure you have planned I would like to take a nap or several energy drinks." his father handed him a cups of tea," this works!" the raven then took a sip of the hot drink felling the earth of it spreading pushing away the minor chill from his dip in the murky swamp, now that the adrenaline was fading sam started to notice a few things he ignored in his battle focused mind.

the waterproofing on his clothing if excellent, his underwear was completely dry, the effects the lust core on his mind were rising again, he wanted a cold shower like now. pulling out bits of algae from his hair sam chugged the rest of the tea, mentally thanking his heat abstention from preventing any burns, sam headed upstairs for a shower.

a quick shower and a change of clothes sam returned downstair to see the living room and undergone a small translation, now decked up in grayscale decorations a large on over the tv read congratulations you beat the shit out of someone. rolling his eyes sam let out a mocking laughed before turning towards the kitchen which was decked out to feed a small army, not to mention the multi-tier cake from what he could smell it was assorted flavors.

"so when are we digging in," Daniel said from where he was sitting his raven friend didn't need any more promoting after that moving over the table. filling his plate before his behind hit the chair, this will be a great way to distract from the raging wood in my pants'.

devouring a chicken wing synthetic bone and all sam ignored daniel shaking his head next to him. turning to his own, none of it coffee-flavored, daniel listed as the core asked sam felt about the battle league now," it passed the zero expectations I had of it." daniel gave him a look before asking what he thought of it now," "a worthy place to entertain me!"

"Why are you acting like this?" daniel didn't see the small on sam's face for his head was in his hands.

"all power comes at a cost, sometimes that cost is the mind!"

"is that why your nuts all the time, OW" sam didn't even look as he hit his friend in the stomach. couching daniel flipped sam off, who paid no mind and dug up a spoon full seasoned rice." wait, what kind of power makes you extra?"

"you'll find out on day my friend" Natale 'coughed' at the one.

"so how do you think your next fight is going to go," Tyrone spoke for the first time since sam returned. the raven looked at the device the reclusive boy was streaming through," a win but at what cost I don't know" Tyrone nodded ln complete understanding. with a wave of his hand a napkin appeared in sam hands" so anyway I should have asked early but how are the rose behaving?" he asked after wiping his mouth with a bit of flair.

Natale just hid his face away from the younger males, Tyrone and Daniel looked with curiosity as core patted her husband on the back," they attacked you didn't they!" he didn't need a response but he did need a new fork."I'll train them tonight they would bother either of you again. Cora shook her head before grabbing another fork," they tore up his clothes and gave him a few scratches, he hiding because he had to rush back to our room in his birthday suit, I didn't mind the show."

natal smack his wife on the arm multiple time she responded with detail on what she saw, they both ignored the gagging of the boys. sam, on the other hand, was preparing to destroy his eardrums. done teasing her husband she told sam she already dealt with the rose, the edge in her voice convinced him was handled so he stoping planning to temporary remove his hearing and returned to food before him.

after sam had eaten half his body weight in food, making daniel and Tyrone a little green in the face. they all turned to the cake he gave sam an entire tier of the cake before giving everyone else their slice (he wrapped a slice for Tyrone to receive latter).*coucgh* they turned to Daniel who was chugging his soda, "I forgot Sam like this kind of cake". immediate sam took a bite of the cake,' spicy icing and black heart chocolate cake" sam favorite sweet types in one dessert. they could see sam struggling with himself to not decor the entire tier in one movement so he could savor the taste of the cake.

there wasn't much conversation for a while, as they were too focused on the cake. Tyrone was watching the other trying to eat the incredibly strongly flavored cake. "by the way sam, you remember my uncle that you wanted me to call?" sam nodded whipping some icing from his lips, "well he be in town in a few days."

"that's good, I wonder if he will buy the energy gems?"

"energy gems??" Natale asked.

"These gems are raw energy given solid form, like a fire or the tide maybe a tornado. the one I have been cut in a way that turns them into beautiful weapons." for a moment daniel was quite before making what he wanted his uncle to do with them." they can be made into jewelry that the reason I'm giving dad some!"

"When am I'm getting these exactly," Natale already had some plans running through his head he pouted when sam just smiled at him. while he tried to figure out a way to get the information from sam, next to him core was watching the show.

"What kind of gems do you have?" Tyrone asked making the other wondered this as well.

"mostly demon witch and ghost gems, because they're related to my ability. following are explosive mana, pricing mana, cutting mana, etc... sam ent one for almost five minutes telling about the type of gems he had ended it by saying, "sadly I can no longer tell them apart so that's something o figure it out!"

"that why we call you ridicules sam," Daniel said with Tyrone nodding along. sam almost smacked his friend before changing his mind and running his tongue over his cheek, the was a brief moment everything froze."WHAT THE FUCK," daniel screeched before vigorously rubbing his face, 'play it off' sam decided.

"well hitting you didn't seem to have any effect" on the side he was cursing the lust effect but thankful he didn't kiss him or something along those lines. once he was done whipping his face daniel began to wail on sam's arm, the raven just lowered his sense of touch of letting him go at it.

"I wanna know how that logic works?" Tyrone asked after watching the chaos.

"people build some kind of pain tolerance in this would of ours, mental or physical, so don't use pain to get to others. that what someone thought my and he right, I've gotten more people to break with feathers then pipes." no one knew what to say at first butyrone had a question "what were you doing with pipes?"

"Your internet access is still restricted from those topics aren't they!" stated before telling the younger male he would explain later." can we return to the feather thing, how did that work," sam's mother asked with a twinkle in her eye one sam matched a moment later.

"well it starts by finding there most sensitive spots, then give frequent but short breaks so that can breath but not calm down these are the two main point but remember everyone is different so you'll have to be flexible" Cora aborded information before turning to her husband the twinkle in her eye brighter." so Natale what my birthday press?," the man opened his mouth before scrambling away from the table shooting out the door, "well I'm off to catch my self a man!". the teens watch as she rushed out the door leaving them in silence before."I'm gonna need ear plunge tonight!"

"to much information sam," daniel cried with a mix of unease and amazement that sam said that straight-faced. when Tyrone asked why sam have him a deadpan look, "you know very well or-his expression shifted into a smile-should we have the talk again?" Tyrone ended the call there leading to sam's laughter and his friend's confusion.

after laughing and finishing his cake sam asked if daniel wanted to watch something, he agreed abandoning his cake at the table. they moved to the living room turning on the tv and after a bit of channel, surfing found something to watching a comedian reforming for a live crowd.

daniel found the comedian pretty funny but sam didn't get a few of the jokes but the ones he did get were decent. 'so what the next step my lord?'

'work on the summons and the relays,' the raven didn't even hesitate to answer," can you start the calculation for the relays, please?"

"of course my lord, by the way, something from the companion is arriving in the next few days you should prepare for anything!"

"What exactly is coming?!"

'the only thing I can tell you is that is a test and a gift'

'well, that's not ominous at all.'