Note: Aww, thank-you so much to archsage328 and ripitupgenki for reviewing the last chapter and anyone else who has added this story to their favourites list. I apoligise for the late update, my computer screwed up and I had to get it fixed. Now let's continue shall we?
A New Power Unleashed
"GUYS LOOK OUT!" Holly screamed so loudly she thought her lungs might burst.
Luckily her cries were heard, everyone jolted awake at the sound and gasped seeing the falling tree coming towards them.
"HOLY SMOKES!" Suezo yelled "GOLEM!"
The giant rock-like monster reached out and grabbed the tree with his massive hands before it could cause harm to anyone.
"That was close" Suezo said wiping the sweat from his forehead with his tail "it's a good thing he only lets me fall to the ground".
"But how did the tree fall?" Genki wondered as Golem placed it gently on the ground.
"It couldn't have fallen by itself" Hare said as he made his way towards the heartwood of the tree and began observing the rings clearly printed on the wood "it doesn't seem to have reached its age limit".
"No but look" Holly said as she glanced over Hare's shoulder. A thick black circle was printed around the edges.
"Someone meant for this to happen".
"It was them" Tiger growled.
A herd of Blue Jells came out of the bushes they had hiden in to reveal themselves.
"Damn that trick didn't work" the Captain cursed under this breath with a scowl look on his face as he motioned towards his army "JELLS ATTACK!"
"Holly quick go hide!" Genki shouted "we'll deal with these guys!"
"Okay" she nodded running out of sight.
When she left Genki quickly slipped on his roller-blades "All right let's get em!"
"Chi" Moochi said as the battle begun.
Ten meters away Holly managed to find a suitable hiding place. She crouched down on her knees behind a large stone and watched her friends fight the baddies.
"TORNADO!"
"TORPEDO ATTACK!"
"TAIL WHIP!"
"CHERRY BLOSSOM BLIZZARD!"
"MACHINE GUN PUNCH!"
Genki punched several Jells square in the jaw ripping their faces off.
"Yeah!" He cheered when he saw that most of the army had become nothing more than a couple of blue puddles scattered in the field. His smile soon turned into a frown as the puddles grew back into bodies of Jells without a single scratch on any of them.
"Huh?" Genki said "but how?"
"You foolish mortal" Captain Jell sneered "it takes a major strong force to defeat our army and you obviously don't have it."
"That's never stopped us before!" Genki spat back "we've got a few tricks up our sleeves!"
As more battle cries were heard, Holly managed to peek from her hiding place but to her horror, most of her friends were being defeated.
"Ahhh!" Hare yelped as a Jell knocked him out.
"Oww!" Suezo cried, no longer able to defend himself.
Even Tiger and Golem were getting restless when ten Jells cornered them.
Genki looked over his shoulder seeing his friends trapped.
"All right Blue Dude!" he snapped pushing the back of his baseball cap to the back of his head and facing Captain Jell "we'll finish you! C'mon Moochi!''
He reached out and placed him on his back before skating towards the Jell.
"Rip it up!" he cried extending his leg out.
Unfortuantely, before he could deliver a killing blow, the Jell dodged his attack and ended up slapping the boy himself. Genki tumbled on his skates and fell to the ground causing Moochi to slip off his back and land a few meters in front of him. Genki brushed dirt off his face and sat up
"Moochi you oka...?"
Two blue hands grabbed him from the collar of his shirt.
"Let me go!" he shouted.
"Told you, you don't have what it takes!" Captain Jell said lifting the boy higher so he was eye to eye level with him "You will be the first to die!''
Genki tried moving his arms and legs but the pain from the blow had too much effect on him.
His friends tried to help but their injuries held them back.
"Genki no"Holly whisphered to herself as she peeked from her hiding place. Her eyes filled with horror watching the suffering of her friends.
"I wish I could do something but I can't. I have no power".
Ahh but you do Holly a familar feminine voice spoke inside her head don't you remember what I told you?
"Vanessa?" Holly said cocking her head to the side "is that you?".
She then drew her gaze back to the field and nodded "you're right Vanessa, I won't let them kill my friends".
She quickly stood up on her knees, a clear red aura froming around her.
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"Prepare to die boy!" Captain Jell snarled "this is what you get from trying to conquer the dark side!"
"Genki chi!" Moochi cried.
"No!" Golem exclaimed.
"Run kid!" Tiger suggested "get out of there!"
"So long!" Jell yelled making a fist "Jell attack!"
"GENKI!" All five monsters screamed in usion.
The aura grew darker as Holly said the words "RED LADY POWER MAKE-UP!"
A bright red orb surrounded the field. Everyone heard the commotion and stopped what they were doing, even the Jells.
Captain Jell threw Genki carelessly on the ground staring into the circle "hey what is...?"
His question was interuppted but two words "RUBY CHAIN!"
A straight line of red flames hit him in the stomach.
He screamed in pain, along with his army as the flame wrapped itself around them as well, causing the blue monsters to disintegrate.
When all of them vanished, the orb made a loud hissing sound that seemed so alarming, the searchers had to shield themselves.
Genki could hear the loud noise clearly above him. He half expected the orb to cause an explosion and blow everyone to pieces but instead it stopped.
He removed his hand away from his face but nearly jumped back seeing a person standing in front of him.
There stood a young woman, who looked slightly a bit older than himself. Her long black hair cascaded halfway down her back and short bangs covered her forehead not showing any skin. She wore a short bright red tank-top with long matching pants that contained two small cuts at the bottom of each leg. She also had plain red shoes with small laces on them. She also had long red fingerless gloves on each arm that reached up to her elbow. The magic stone was clearly seen still around her neck but Genki didn't seem to notice it at first. He took one look at her bare stomach then stared at her eyes, those eyes, those same hazel-colored eyes that he had been travelling with for the past three months. Those beautiful familar eyes!
"Holly?" Genki said finally recognising her.
She smiled at him then slowly shut her eyes and fell to the ground.
"No!" he cried rushing to her side. He pressed his ear on her chest trying to listen to her heart "Holly can you hear me?" he asked placing his hands on her cheeks. After receiving no response, he bent down again and breathed a sigh of relief hearing brief echoes.
"Genki what happened?" Tiger asked as he and the others rushed to where Genki was.
"Hey who's that?" Suezo asked then saw the magic stone, his eye grew wide "HOLLY?"
"Calm down Suezo" Genki said "I think I feel her heartbeat".
"Did she really wipe out that entire army?" Hare said.
Genki looked around the field, nothing remained but a whole group of lost disks.
"I don't know" he said "but that's not the problem, we need to get her to a hospital fast".
"Golem will carry Holly" Golem volunteered gently scooping up his friend, when he did this, Holly changed back into her regular form.
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The group found a small village not to far from where they were previously. They all sat in the waiting-room as the doctor took in and exaimed Holly. He came in a few minutes later to inform the group of the situation.
"Your friend suffered a concussion" he told them "something very hard must have knocked her out, but she should be recovering soon" He paused before adding "I'd like to keep her here for another hour but I see no reason not to allow her to leave after that".
"Can we see her?" Genki asked.
"Of course, follow me".
He let them to a small square shaped room containing several hospital beds with curtains between them.
Holly's pale body remained asleep in the first bed.
"I'll be back shortly" the doctor said then left the room.
"I wonder what happened back in the field" Genki wondered pulling up a chair to the side of the bed.
Hare scratched underneath his chin "according to my fair calculations and knowledge, I believe Holly was able to use a new power".
"But I never knew Holly had a power" Tiger said.
Suezo nodded "the only power I know Holly has is being able to use the magic stone".
"If only she were awake" Genki said "then she could explain to us". He reached out to gently touched her fingertips.
Holly moved her head to the side and slowly opened her eyes.
She smiled at Genki, the color returning to her face "your hands are cold".
He pulled back "sorry".
"Holly you're awake!" Suezo said pushing Genki out of the way "we were so worried! You could have died!"
"The doctor said she would be fine Suezo" Genki muttered as he got up "you don't have to overreact".
"How are you feeling?" Tiger asked.
"I feel fine" Holly replied sitting up in the bed, she looked at her surroundings "but why am I here?''
"Holly feel down chi" Moochi said.
"Yeah" Hare explained "after that whole Jell army was wiped out we found you unconscious but... you seemed to be a different person".
"What happened back there?" Genki said.
"Did Holly destroy all of Mu's baddies by herself" Golem said.
"I don't really know" Holly said trying to recover her memory "all I remember was watching you guys fight the Jells, I wanted to help but didn't think I could because I didn't know how to fight and then..." She stopped mid-sentence and held the magic stone in her palms "Vanessa?"
"Who?" Genki said.
Holly explained to her friends about the strange dreams she had been having and the one particular dream where the woman Vanessa approached her.
"So what you're saying is that she gave you her powers?" Genki said.
Holly nodded "according to her I am now known as Red Lady".
"But who exactly is Red Lady?" Hare wondered.
Tiger shook his head "I've never heard of her".
"Me neither" Suezo said.
"Chi".
"Golem has" Golem replied "he heard the legend of Red Lady long time ago, sworn to stop this world from all darkness and want humans and monsters to live peacefully together".
Holly nodded "that's what Vanessa told me".
"Well then this is good" Genki said "with Red Lady on our team, we'll be able to defeat Mu for sure".
"But Holly are you really able to accept this new power" Suezo asked "I mean you've only had the power to use the stone".
"I know" she answered "but Vanessa choose to give this power to me, that's why I can't let her down, I promise to her and to all of you that I will use this power and do my best to fight the dark forces".
"Well then I've only got one thing left to say" Tiger smirked "welcome to the team Red Lady".
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Wow pretty long chapter.
I hope it pays off for the late update.
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