"I am burdened no longer. Not by my past, not by Jin. I am Finally free!"
"A Blade?...What the-"
"I am no longer afraid. This is who I am, Rex! What's the point in living if I have to hide? Thank You for helping me see. I love you, Rex."
"Wha-?!"
With that the shadowy figures began to rush at the two. Nia performed a jump flip over Rex and in between him and the charging silhouettes. With that she summoned her blade weapon. A blade of blue energy with vines wrapping up around it. Her core crystal of the shape of a diamond and colors of blue and violet on the hilt. She slashed the sword at her enemies as water shot from the blade. It instantly destroyed her enemies. With this act her allies were inspired, Zeke gained new strength against his enemies as he attacked his foe.
"Come on then, who wants a piece?" He shouted.
Tora and Poppi continued to fight off their foe slowly being pushed back. Morag also continued her assault, her duel blades bouncing off her foes Blade. Then all at once Both Zeke's, Tora's, and Morag's foes all ducked and ran towards Nia and Dromarch. Nia and Dromarch didn't back down, they charged right back at their foes, weapons in tow. Nia spun between her foes defending attacks from multiple fronts. She grew weaker the longer she went on…
"Hnng, there really isn't much ether here…" Nia struggled to say holding her core crystal on her chest. More silhouettes continued to appear and began to rush at Nia. Nia tried to stand but she collapsed onto the ground unable to stand any longer. At that moment the figure swung his blade. Nia flinched back expecting the worst. But it never came. Metal classed as Nia opened her eyes confused. There stood Rex slashing his dual scythes.
"Rex…"
"Nia, I love you too!"
"Huh"
"I love you...and all you guys! So let's do this, together!"
"Hmph...Bwahaha! That's just like you! It's all I could ask for." Nia Stood up and extended her blade outward to Rex. "Let's give em hell!"
"Ready?"
"Ready!"
With their combined power Rex and Nia charged at their foes, Rex attacking while Nia used her blade power to protect him from attacks he was unable to block himself. Two more charged at them only to be destroyed by lighting and fire. In the distance you could Zeke and Morag recovering from the attack they just did. Then another charged at Rex and Nia only to be destroyed by one of Tora's attack. Rex then clashed swords with one of the figures and they began to talk. Nia was unable to hear what they were saying through all the action, only seeing the swords clash against each other. Then everything became bright and the figures disappeared.
"Rex! Rex! What happened? You haven't said anything since the ghost disappeared.
"Yeah I'm fine. Never better!" Rex walked up and the third sword was revealed. As Rex grabbed it and made a pose, it began to disappear. The party was shocked. They had been through so much to get that sword only for it to disappear. They speculated that it had been down there just to long but Rex assured them that everything was ok. He said he knew what he had to do. The party made their way out of the tomb and back into Fonsett Village. There they would stay the night before the headed out for Cliffs of Moytha the next day.
Corinne was kind enough to allow everyone to stay at her home for the night. The whole party had many questions for Nia, now that they knew she was a blade. Nia was embarrassed by all the attention she was getting. She had hid this form of hers for so long and now that she had all these eyes on her it was almost enough to go back to her driver form. But she had made her call. She was no longer going to hid who she was, she would do it for Rex. Her eyes sank a little.
'Rex loves Pyra and Mythra' Nia thought. But she wasn't going to give in to her fears. 'I have a long road ahead of myself now. I'll stay by his side until the end' Nia perked up with the motivation she had given to herself.
He sat there confused. Nia said she loved him. Rex sat in silence, confused at the feelings he felt. Yeah he said he loved her but in a way that meant something different. He left her without an answer. Rex knew that was wrong but yet he still didn't approach her about it. 'I should talk to her, but what would I even say'
The evening went on and there was a lot of tension in the air. It had nothing to do with Nia being a blade, everyone welcomed her true form with arms open. No the tension was mostly between Rex and Nia. Nia had confessed to Rex and Rex had yet to give her a real answer. Morag and Zeke sat across from each other at the campfire they had set up outside away from the house.
"Maybe you should talk to Rex, we can't go into a battle the way things are, Zeke." Morag explained as Zeke nodded his head in agreement.
"The kid already had his hands full choosing between Pyra and Mythra, now that Nia has entered the mix though, I'm sure he doesn't know how to feel." Zeke stated.
"Rex is a kid soul, he won't want to hurt any of them. I doubt he has even considered his own feelings and is instead trying to keep anyone from getting hurt." Morag stated, feeling the weight of her words.
"One thing is for sure, things need to happen or else things could go south in the heat of battle."
Rex had settled on top of the cliff where he had once gone cloud jumping into the cloud sea below as a child. He stared far off into the endless sea of clouds as the sun sank below siad clouds. In the distance Nia slowly walked up holding her left arm with her right embarrassed.
"Nia…" Rex whispered. Nia took a step back not expecting him to acknowledge her, to not even realize she was there. "I wish I could tell you how I feel." Rex continued to whisper. Nia's eyes widened. "I love Nia, but I can't tell her...I have no right…" It was at this time Nia realised, Rex didn't actually realise that Nia was standing right there. "I've had these feeling buried deep down and to know that she loves me too, I don't know what to do. Pyra gave half her life to save mine, for me to turn around and tell her that I love Nia and not her." Nia was shocked. The man she loved, loved her back. But was trapped.
"Rex…"
"Waahh, Nia!" Rex was taken off guard.
"I heard everything Rex…"
"I don't know what to do Nia...I've had these feelings for awhile now. I couldn't tell you when I developed them, I don't fully understand them, all I know is that I've longed for you for a long time."
"Rex…" Nia sat down next to Rex over the cliff. "It's pretty high up ain't it. Can't believe em kids jump off from here"
"It's not so bad, it's kind of fun" Rex stood up. "Give me your hand" Rex reached out his hand to her. Nia grabbed his hand and pulled herself up.
"Rex?"
"Do you trust me Nia"
"Of course I do Rex, more than anyone else"
"Good" Rex had a mischievous grin appear on his face. "We're gonna go cloud jumping."
"Rex...I think I'm um gonna p...pass"
"To Late!" With that Rex pulled Nia off the cliff with him and the plummeted to the cloud sea below. Rex and Nia's heads popped up from the clouds.
"Rex why would you do that!"
"Because Nia, I love you!"
"Wha-"
"This is just the first step, or I guess leap. I don't know how we'll make it work but it doesn't matter. I'll find away for you"
"Rex...I love you to" Rex and Nia swam to the shore before the continued their conversation. "I don't really know how this works though, does this make us a couple now or is there more to it"
"I'm not sure, I guess so…"
"Maybe we should keep it under wraps from the others for awhile. Just until we've got things sorted out."
"I think that's a good idea, let's head back to Fonsett" Rex extended his hand to Nia and she grabbed it tightly. The two head back ready for the upcoming challenges that stood in their way.
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