Nyx ran up to them and almost trampled them. "Nyx, Yeild" Nyx stepped back. 

The men recognized her voice and fell to their knees "Forgive us, master. We failed to recognize you."

 She waved them off, "You were just doing your job." As she entered Koa came running and hugged her.

 "Good to see you again, come on he's waiting." He looked back and spotted Nyx "He kept his word."

She stopped him, "What do you mean?"

"The gentleman who helped me find you told me he'd reunite you and Nyx." 

"Why would he do that?"

 Koa shrugged "He asked if you had any belongings and I told him about Nyx. When he asked me what reward I wanted for helping him, I told him I wanted him to bring Nyx to you."

She was about to ask what the man looked like but she was interrupted.

Her teacher came running out and hugged her, "If it isn't my one and only student."

She rolled her eyes "More like a slave but whatever. I don't have much time so make this quick."  

Her teacher acted hurt, "Oh my, how heartless you've become. It truly breaks my heart." 

She scoffed, "I'll show you what the true meaning of heartless is if you don't make this quick. Get. to. the. point."

Her teacher finally got serious, "I'll be retiring completely from leading the guild in the next 5 years."

"Weren't you already retired? I have been handling everything either way." Her voice dripped with sarcasm.

Suddenly a screech came overhead, "Cyr? why is he here?" The large falcon landed on her shoulder, luckily she had her shoulder strap on. "It's Enya, there's been a problem."  

She called for Nyx, "If you need anything just send Cyr." She said as she mounted.

Her teacher groaned and complained, "This isn't fair, we barely even talked. Oh, Nyssa wait." 

She turned her head, "Speak."

"We have a new request.  House of Ikar wants someone to protect their son." 

Ikar? Suddenly she remembered Lucien was an Ikar.

She turned to face them, "Request Info?"

"Lucien Ikar, Kidnap/Assasin threat, 24/7 vigilance requested. You are my best choice-" 

She stopped him, "You are well aware I am not in the position to guard 24/7." 

Her teacher sat on the ground, "I am truly happy you found your family, but I need you as well."

She clenched her fists, then sighed, "Stand up, I will assign Killian to this task.

Also regarding the guild, give me two years, and I'll accept full leadership."

 Her teacher's eyes brightened, "Have you accepted your role?" 

She nodded, 

Her teacher clapped, "Wonderful! It seems I can retire early." 

"I've been leading it either way," she grumbled.

"What was that dear? I didn't quite catch what you said?"

She rolled her eyes, "Nothing, I'll get going now."

Cyr flew and landed on Koa as she turned to leave, Nyx stomped as he was ready to run.

"Tell Killian to give me the details. Till next time." She put her hood back on and lifted her mask to her nose.

She missed this, riding full speed with Nyx. They approached their destination when suddenly a carriage got in the way. She stood on Nyx's back and jumped onto the building's roof. 

She kept running, she jumped to the next building and saw the window she had escaped through on the other side. Luckily Nyx had already caught up, she jumped from his back into the window. 

"Ahhh, an assassin!" an employee yelled. She had gotten careless, Keir and Alen came running into the backroom, and she made a low-pitched whistle signaling for Nyx to hide. 

She jumped out the window, She took out a pill Koa had made, drank it, and became tall like an adult, her voice became different as well. 

Luckily her teacher made these clothes to adjust to her needs. She went up a few crates and jumped to the roof, she looked back and saw Keir and Alen following.

Well, this was a chance to test their limits, she allowed her aura to flow around her. 

Keir heard a lady scream in the back, he told Lucien and Nathan to stay with Neri as he and Alen went to check it out.

 A person had just jumped out of the window as they arrived. He didn't sense any aura. They were skilled, only Swordmasters could hide their auras.

He followed them up to the roof, and suddenly an overwhelming aura came from the person. 

"K-keir this person isn't normal, we don't stand a chance." 

He clenched his fists, Alen was right. This person was powerful, but he had to get a glimpse of their face.

If he let them go, an unknown person would be on the loose.

Perhaps they were after his sister, Neri could be in danger again. 

He whispered to Alen "Alen, what if this person was after Neri? We can't just let them go. Wait here, as soon as you see their face run." 

The person stood there watching them, a mask covering half of their face while the hood covered their eyes, 

"Do you dare?" the person's voice was somewhat distorted, they were using a voice changer of some sort. 

Keir ran at them, the person jumped into the air flipping over him and landing behind him, he attacked over and over, the person dodged every move he made. They were messing with him. 

Finally, they made a move, Alen threw a dagger at them but they caught it throwing it back, "Alen, watch out!" 

The dagger only cut his belt off, the person was in front of Alen in the blink of an eye. 

He ran at them but they used the belt to trip him. Before he knew it he and Alen were tied up on the floor.

 Was this the end? Would they go after Neri next? 

He wanted to spend more time with Neri, she just came back into their lives. 

He didn't want to lose her again. His thoughts were interrupted by the person,

 "I admire your courage, although I see it more as recklessness.

 Even though you knew you would lose you still battled me. Why?"

 "I had to protect my family, why are you after our sister?"

The person burst into laughter "Your sister? I only came to tell Lord Ikar that we accepted their request and someone will arrive at their mansion in the next two days." 

They picked up Alen's dagger and dropped it in his reach.  They walked to the edge of the roof and turned to face them. "You fought well, you have great potential. Till we meet again." the person saluted, as they let themselves fall off the edge.

 Keir ran to the edge but saw no one. That person must have been the leader of a guild, he had never met someone so powerful. Their speed was unmatched, they could've even just used their aura to suffocate him, but they decided to test him instead.

Neri let herself fall off the roof, she turned herself mid-fall and landed silently on the ground. She would have to train more on her Qinggong technique, she almost broke the crates earlier. She was getting rusty after not going on missions for so long. 

She drank another pill that reversed the effects of the first, she was back to normal. 

Enya came running with her dress in hand "Master! I can't hold them off anymore, Lord Lucien had Mrs. Landel come in and check on you."

That child was indeed quite bothersome at times, she quickly changed into the dress. "Quick, let's head back."