Good idea Peace, anyone got any suggestions for a nickname for the Dark Gang members?

Caldwell managed to put out most of Shade's fire, although his ice was quickly melted by her heating up the ground. He glanced over at Yukio, who seemed to be using ice as well. Maybe he has Glacial heritage Caldwell thought. Everyone seemed busy fighting, except for Sakura, who was standing there watching everyone. He joined her, drawing his bo. "You planning on helping us?" he asked, whacking a guy square in the shin who was running towards them. He heard the crack of bones and instantly felt a bit more powerful.
"Trust me, knowing of everyone's abilities and fighting styles now will help a lot in the future," she replied. Sakura pointed to Shade. "For example, we need to be careful when she's fighting. Although she's powerful, she's rather reckless. And the brothers and Ladia, a good team, but occasionally rely on each other too much. (sorry everyone XD )."
Caldwell nodded. This was very true. "Maybe we need to do some training."
"Definitely, once we've got these guys. And in different groups as well. There are clear divisions between everyone. We aren't a team at all..." Sakura paused and stared at Caldwell suspiciously. "Plus, we need to share all information we have on the Dark Gang. Including what life shifters are." Sakura stormed away from him and used some vines to tie members who had collapsed to a tree. Caldwell rubbed his face, his hand covered with sweat. This quest was going to be so much tougher with Sakura's attitude.

Shade was having fun, but she was also getting tired. "Harry!" She called out. He finished fighting the last gang member and came over. "What?" Shade looked around. "Where's Dmitri?" The searched for ages barely missing many attacks by the dad gang. "He's not here with us." Shade said, defeated. "But we can't search for him now, because it will look odd, and like we're giving up." They nodded and ran back to join the fight, hoping to finish it as quickly as possible so they could find Dmitri."

((Miaou, you forgot my characters :( I wanted to hear what Saukra would say about them! >< Actually, just ignore that, I'm just interested to hear what she'll say...))

"Hmm.... Hey kid, you've gotten better!" Amaya mused, drawing her dagger from the still body of another. ((I could be more descriptive but... *coughs*))
Yukio scoffed. Better? Sure, he was better, but it was only slightly. Bah, he guessed he'd have to practice more with the solid form of water the next time he practice. "Is our area clear?"
"Huh." Amaya said as she scanned the area. No one in sight. But perhaps the ground being slightly warmer had something to do with it.
"Nope." She replied, pooping the 'p'.
"Good." Was all that came as a reply. Oh joy, what a talkative partner she had, aye?
"Hey, brat," She said, tuning to the boy. (Yes, brat was another nickname she decided to go with). "I'll be scouting, so don't hesitate to give a shout if any problems arise, 'kay?" With that, she was running, missing the boy's annoyed face.

"Arashi!" Reacting to the shout, he ducked, and Akari's sword whistled mere inches from his face, blood splattering his entire body seconds later. Bodies surrounded them, and the two stood back-to-back, bodies in fighting stances.
"No one." Akari said, finally, after a quick scan of the area.
"Mmhm! Let's go help the others now!"
"Careful, griffin!" The red-haired female said, voice both teasing and stern. "The closer you are to Shade, the hotter it'll get"
Nodding to confirm he heard, he instead veered towards where he last saw Caldwell and Sakura, Akari behind him.

Ladia sensed the nearby area trying to feel if they missed a member and happened to over hear Sakura when she was doing a blood run (when she uses her blood powers I call it a blood run). Ladia "Hay, we can fight perfectly fine on our own we just use each other when we can we have a battle history". Shane looked at Peace who looked right back they didn't know what she was yelling about, they just moved away why she was yelling at Sakura who wasn't yelling back. Peace went to try to put out Shades fire with sand (that would count as earth right?), why Shane tied any dark gang members to the ground with vines.

(also for the dark gang member nickname I think it should be different per clan Ex:
Plant: Mold
Earth: Sandstone
Blood: Disease
Water: Waste
Fire: Coal
that's just a idea though)

(Peace, I think it would be easier to have a general term, it could get confusing with too many. They are good suggestions though, can you think of a general one? Oh yeah, sand can count as earth as well! XD And Soltra, sorrrrrry, maybe I'll add Sakura's thoughts on your guys when... make that if... everyone is training :3 )

"Oops," Sakura muttered to herself upon Ladia's response. She sometimes forgot how loud she could be. She stomped over to where the group had gathered the gang members. Caldwell followed behind, his hands deep in his pockets. "Ohh, shiny," she said, staring at a Dark Gang member's knife lying on the ground. She picked it up and looked at her reflection in the polished, un used silver before tucking it into her belt. It was probably about time she got herself another weapon, after she'd lost her short sword in a bet. Caldwell gave her a disapproving look. "What? It's not like they're going to use it anyway," she grumbled. Caldwell shrugged, knowing better by now than to argue with Sakura.
The rest of the group had gathered around the members, ready for interrogation. They all looked stoic and unwilling to talk, but a few hours under the knife would change that. Sakura grinned, eager to pay these ******s back for what they've done. She pulled out her new knife, but stopped, noticing that not everyone was there. "Oi Yukio," she said, pulling on her ear. "Where's Amaya gotten too?... And Dmitri for that matter." She was met with evasive stares, no one wishing to dob on their mates. "Oh come on, we're a team. Why is everyone just running off?" Sakura made a pouty face and threw her arms up in the air.

"Amaya went to scout. She'll be back soon." Yukio said simply. His companion had already been gone for barely 2 minutes, and knowing her speed? She'd be back once another 3 minutes had passed. "Let us start before she gets back. As for Dimitri, I do not know where he is, but should Amaya encounter him, she will get him back here, or at least try." Pulling away from Sakura and rubbing his red ear, the teen shifted his position to the back of the group, wanting to stay away from attention.

"Alright, so how are we gonna do this?" Akari asked the group. She was confident that Dimitri would come back, and if Yukio vouched for it, so would Amaya. After all, since they now only had each other to depend on, the group had to start trusting each other. And while Amaya and Yukio did not look like they did, she could feel that the two trusted the others, though even more so each other, they just didn't show it. The same went for the brothers and, well she guessed, Caldwell, but definitely Sakura. But of the others? She wasn't too sure. Arashi trusted everyone, that she knew, and worried about. The poor boy was the easiest to fool! Sighing, she turned to the others, looking them in the eyes for some sort of response.

Shade stood up and looked around. "This is so boring. Surely they're all dead by now?" Harry came up beside her. "Yeah. I swear there were less about 10 minutes ago..." Something hit the back of their heads. They turned to see Dmitri holding a little rock in his hand. "Dmitri!" Shade ran forward and hugged him. He staggered backwards slightly and smiled. "Yeah! I'm not lost just yet!" They laughed. Harry stood to the side awkwardly. They looked around to see a whole new group run towards the others. Shade swore...repeatedly. "NO! I DON'T THINK SO!" She ran forward setting her arm on fire and ran her hand across the ground, cutting herself off from the others. The flames were behind her and the gang in front of her. She stepped forward and they stepped back. "You're scared of little old me?" She said innocently. She looked at them and noticed that some of them were shaking. "Now. You're gonna leave now, all of you. You're gonna round up all the other gang members and run home to your mommy and leave us be, or I'll burn you where you stand." There was a few nervous voices before they all turned and ran. Shade's fire immediately went out, and she turned to face the others. "What the hell was that?"

(A general term we could use something like grunts, or minions but I thought wasn't very discriptive to be honest)
Shane "time to get some info from these guys, Ladia would you like the honor". Ladia grins. Ladia "this is going to be fun for me, but not so much for you". She said gesturing to the grunts. Ladia then made a quick blood run to see who would give up the info the easiest, she went to the back of the group and signaled to Shane. Shane then pulled him into a tree with vines and dangled the grunt by his feet. Ladia "would you like to talk now or when you barely can?" (all my guys can be reasonably scary if necessary you already read about how Shane and Peace did it). The Grunt didn't move a muscle or even breath he just tried to hold his ground (which is strange, he is dangling in the air). Ladia "okay then". She used her power and made it so that this guy was fighting against himself.
(someone decide if he cracks or not)

Shade watched as the grunt hung in the air. She shivered and turned away. "More torture." She sighed and walked up to him. "Speak." He held his ground. "Speak you bas***rd." nothing. Shade sighed again. She got a fireball in her hand and brought it close to his face. "Speak or I'll burn you slowly and painfully to the point where you're just ashes." She could see him biting his lip to stop him talking, but under shades intense stare, he broke. "Ok ok! Just don't hurt me! There's a refuge near the fola clan village where we all have our weapons and stuff. It's where new recruits get taken to be trained. It's basically the birth place of the dark gang." Shade turned to Dmitri. "Looks like we're going home."

I like Grunts. Makes em sound mean XD Is everyone alright with this?

So off to Fuil (main city of Fola) then, thought Caldwell. At least it wasn't too far from where they were right now. And they wouldn't have to go through Night Forest, so hopefully they wouldn't get attacked on the road. Surely the Dark Gang wouldn't attack them in broad daylight with no coverage. Caldwell slung his bo back across his back and tried to get his bearings. They'd need to head due west, after they stopped in at the nearest town to hand in the Grunts... who were still alive. He turned towards the group, who were all preparing to leave as well.
"Wait wait wait," Sakura shouted, her hands on her hips. Of course, she can't go three minutes without saying something. Caldwell restrained himself from rolling his eyes at her. "We're just going to storm in. Just like that? Do you guys have no concept of strategy at all?"
At this Caldwell raised his eyebrow. Sakura didn't seem like someone who had a good grasp on strategy. He did know that she attended one of the best schools in Gleasra, but she'd have to have natural talent for it too. Sakura sighed. "We need to take a break." Groans were sounded all through the group. Clearly some weren't happy with Sakura's radical ideas. "Hear me out. We do not work cohesively as a team at all okay. We don't even know all of each others' powers."
"Why do we need to?" Caldwell said, just to make her mad. It was funny seeing her flustered. As expected, she turned on him, he cheeks red. "Because if I hadn't known you're an ice shifter, our a**es would be toast by now, and we'd be buried along with them," she replied, pointing at the motionless bodies. "Plus, we also need to train to work together. In a team you can't just be reckless." Sakura glanced at Shade, hoping she didn't notice that was aimed at her. Caldwell was slightly surprised. As dumb as Sakura acted, she could be smart. Interesting. "So what are you suggesting?" he asked her.
"We train. What else?" Sakura grinned at the whole group and dropped her pack onto the ground.