Hideo watched as Kadaj ran past him at a amazing speed before approaching the dragon from underneath it. The shifter didn't know whether that was the stupidest idea ever or the best. He supposed he would find out soon enough. It proved to to be a bit risky but it seemed to hurt the dragon from it's underside.<br/>However the collateral damage was massive as the floor quickly caught on fire, the blaze and sting of it's smoke watered Hideo's eyes and he instinctively shrinked away from it. He turned towards the water mage hoping she had snapped out of her daze and was aware of the situatuion. As she was the only one who could do something about the fire.<br/><br/>He finally registered that Amalliey had asked him a question. Looking towards her his gold hued eyes met her silver ones and instead of being a bit wary it strangely put him at ease. She was stronger than she looked, Hideo didn't need to worry as much. He wasn't sure why he began to take responsibility for them. He wasn't the strongest by far or even the smartest. He could blame it on being the oldest in human terms, at least he thought he was (he had no clue on Juneava's age) but that wasnt enough to make someone a leader. The whole situation was making the shifter realize a lot of things about himself. Before all this, he was just another quiet kid in class hoping to graduate soon without any trouble and live his life. Being in a group that's fighting for their lives brought out some hidden personality traits in him that a therapist would have a field day with but he could contemplate the new Hideo another time, Amalliey was talking to him.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #408080">"Right now the only thing we can do is try to avoid getting hurt by either the dragon or friendly fire"</span></span>He motioned to a flaming Kadaj. Lola's voice erupted in the clearing and he noticed she was ready to put out the fires. Hideo moved out of the way quickly motioning to Amalliey to move as well.<br/><span style="color: #408080"><span style="font-weight: bold">"We need to find it's weakness, Juneava, do you have any idea what it could be?" </span></span>Hideo hoped their resident dragon expert would be able to give them an advantage in the fight. Meanwhile, he readied his stance occasionally sidestepping any stray flames or acid. Kadaj couldn't hold it on his own he would need backup and the helplessness feeling that welled in the shifter made his stomach churn.