A/N : Hello guys and sorry for the damn late update D:
Really, it was so hard for me to write this chapter, but I promised you to finish it so here it is, I hope it will satisfied you and will answer some of you questions :)
To clear some misunderstandings, I want to mention something.
In her Awakened Form Clare is her animalistic side nearer as ever, so it´s way easier to lose herself to it...argh! Geez, I hope you all understand what I want to say -_- (Sorry, I´m not good at explaining things...)
Hm, I´ll stop talking now and let you read already xD
Enjoy yourselves!
The wind swept through Mirias hair as she ran past the many trees and bushes that lay on her way to Rabona. As soon as the three of them snapped out of their daze, the spiky-haired woman nearly rushed out of the headquarter and was going to search for the mysterious woman on her own, yet Deneve stopped her and so all of them were now making their way to the holy city.
"Damn, she's fast", said Helene between breaths and even her short-haired companion had problems to keep up with the phantom warrior. "If she's going to keep up running like this I'll be dead when we arrive in Rabona".
Deneve looked at the back of said woman. "You have to look at it from her point of view. What would you do, when you were in her position and me in Clares?".
Helene shook her head. "I don't even want to imagine that. Let's just hope everything will be alright".
"Do you really think that will happen?".
"No, but I'm an optimist".
Deneve smiled. Even in such a situation her girlfriend was able to make her feel better.
Miria on the other hand seemed oblivious to the conversation that was going on a few meters behind her, her mind was completely somewhere else.
´Could it be that this person really is Clare? No one has seen her for 2 years; we all thought she died back then´.
She balled her hands into tight fists.
´Please be okay, Clare´.
~*~
She lived with it for years now, but it still surprised her how her awakened form seemed to change the view of the surroundings around her.
Smells, sounds, everything seemed to be so clear.
A movement to her left caught her attention and her head jerked into that direction. A small group of Yomas was coming out of the shadows; they seemed to think that they could hook up with the Awakened One they were starring at right now.
Alone the thought of being friends with monsters like that let Clare's blood start to boil.
The beast on the other head wanted to play a little. Games were always fun.
"We are on the way to Eordea; we heard that that little village refused to pay the Claymore that killed the Yoma there. Now we can stay there and kill humans as long as we want to. Want to join the hunt?".
She glanced down at them, her awakened form making her good two feet taller than them.
"I give you ten seconds to run away before I'll rip you into pieces, how does that sound?".
~*~
After running for nearly three hours non stop the famous holy city came in view. The great belfry of the cathedral was towering above all the other buildings of the town.
Miria stood before the tall gates, waiting for the other two warriors to catch up with her.
And they did come; out of breath and ten minutes later.
"Miria pant you really pant have to pant wait for us pant the next time".
She ignored Helene and gestured Deneve to grab her and pull her through the gates.
"We don't have any time to waste. According to Paulas report she saw the woman somewhere near the forest of Rabona, so I think Galatea has something to tell us".
Needless to say that Miria was pissed, in some way or another.
The number two picked up Helene bridal style, since she refused to walk any further, and followed her superior.
After many months of work and compromises the priests and Bishop Vincent agreed that Claymores were allowed to set foot into town. They didn't have to take suppressants anymore to travel through the city.
Helene put her arms around Deneves neck and buried her head into her shoulder. She mumbled a small "Thank you" and kept silent afterwards.
"You´re welcome".
~*~
Galatea had recovered from the sudden attack that took place a few hours ago and was now waiting patiently for the three warriors to visit her.
Miria, the polite person she was, knocked twice before she entered the house, a nearly sleeping Helene and a stoic looking Deneve behind her.
"To what do I owe the honor of this visit?".
"Don't act as you didn't know why we came. I want you to answer a question of mine, and I want you to answer it honestly. Did you ever saw Clare once in the past two years?".
Galatea gestured the warriors to sit down before answering.
"Yes".
If Miria hadn't sat already she sure would have collapsed into a nearby chair right now.
"Really, that girl truly is something; I mean she survived an encounter with Priscilla".
"Yeah, but", Helene looked ad Galatea, "how did she survived all that? And why didn't she come back to us?".
At this moment the spiky-haired woman wanted nothing more than to cover her ears to prevent herself from hearing the next words.
"She awakened".
~*~
Straightening her back, Clare looked around her. No Yoma escaped here, not even the flying ones and she didn't even had to use her special ability.
"One, two, three, four, five, six…so many Yomas and still I'm not even warmed up".
She wanted a real challenge and not weaklings like this Yomas. Someone to battle with; a fight between life and death.
´No, stop it! That´s not me, thinking such things´.
Clare tried her best to keep her instincts at bay, to not let them overtake her. Because if they were going to win, somebody would pay for it.
The desire to kill cooled down and Clare was master of her mind again. Still she didn't turn into her human form again, because the familiar Yoki that was slowly making its way towards her couldn't be ignored.
Spotting the huge creature, the man showed her a dumb grin.
"What are you doing all the way out here, hm? Killing innocent people again?".
"Shut your mouth, Dauph".
~*~
"You´re kidding, right? It's just a sick joke, isn't it?".
The long-haired woman closed her eyes and didn't answer her.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, you-". "Helene!".
That made her shut up.
"Keep quit and let her finish", Deneve said, glaring at Helene, trying to keep cool herself.
Miria hadn't said anything since Galateas answer.
"I wouldn't be joking over a matter like this, don't you think?".
The number three nodded in agreement.
"What…happened the night two years ago?".
All eyes where on Miria now, who looked straight at Galatea; white meeting silver.
"I don't know what happened exactly during their fight, but Clare defeated Priscilla. I think that due to her injuries and her psychic state her mind couldn't suppress the Yoma energy any longer and as a result she awakened. I found her somewhere near the forest, the huge amounts of Yoki the two of them were leaking just couldn't be ignored".
She made a short pause, recalling the events from two years ago.
"At the time I arrived there the fight was over and Priscilla was dead. Clare on the other hand was barely alive and unconscious. I somehow managed it to bring her to my house without getting to much attention".
"Why did you help here? Surely you had sensed that she wasn´t one of us anymore, right?".
"What would you do? Let her die right on the spot? No, she deserves better than that, and I think you would have done the same".
"Yes", Deneve lowered her head, "I would have done the same".
Miria stood up and leaved the house with an "I need time to think", leaving two confused warriors and a troubled nun behind.
~*~
It was night now, only a few people were still on the streets, hurrying to get home in time.
The spiky-haired woman walked through the barely lightened streets, trying to understand everything Galatea just told her.
´I still can't believe that Clare is that what we're supposed to get rid off. I wonder how she lived trough all this…´.
She stopped and her gaze traveled up to the star-filled sky.
´I wish everything would be alright, I miss her so much…´.
"She went to the west, if you leave know you would catch up with her in no time".
Miria had known Galatea for years now, but it still surprised her how the blind woman could look through people like that.
"I still have something to tell you Miria".
She turned around, facing the slightly taller woman with a stern look on her face.
"Clare…it's complicated. I think you know how reckless she is at times, always throwing herself into fights. But even if she is an Awakened Being now, even if she isn't a warrior anymore, she's still Clare, the headstrong woman that would never hurt her friends, the woman you loved and that loved you in return".
Miria bit her lip, the taste of blood filling her mouth but still she didn't stop.
"Face it, you loved her, you still love her and you will always love her, so hurry up and catch up with her already".
Galatea moved towards her, putting her hands on Mirias shoulders.
"She still loves you too, you´re the only one that can help her now".
She smiled; her eyes watering but the tears never escaped them. Galatea wrapped her arms around the woman in front of her, stroking her hair gently.
"Everything is going to be alright again, you'll see".
Miria pulled back, her stern look on her face again; ready to start her search for Clare.
"Tell Helene and Deneve we will leave when the sun rise, I still need some time to think.
Galatea turned around, making her way towards her house again as Mirias voice stopped her.
"Thank you, Galatea".
"Take care of her, she still needs that".
Her gaze traveled up to the sky again.
"I'll do that".
~*~
Clare had hated Dauph since their first meeting in Rifuls old hideout, she still hated him and she sure as hell would hate him in the future, too.
"What are you doing here?".
"Looking for Claymores to catch and torture, you?"
"That´s none of your business".
He snorted. "You´re still as arrogant as ever":
"And you´re still as dump as ever?"
"What did ya say? Maybe I should end it right here and now".
"As if you could do that". Clare couldn't help it, making a fool out of him was way too much fun.
"We'll see", he said, already turning into his awakened form.
´Not good, I really don't want to fight him now, especially not in this form´.
Sure, her awakened form made her much stronger, but taller targets were way easier to hit.
"I'll give you ten seconds to run away before I crush you to death".
´Déjà-vu´.
Clare narrowed her eyes, trying desperately to find a way to avoid fighting him.
"Isn't Riful going to be angry with you if you´re wasting your time fighting against an already awakened Claymore?".
"Oh shit, you´re right! Lucky for you or I would have killed you for sure".
He turned around and started walking towards his girlfriends' new hideout, uprooting some trees on the way.
´That was close…´.
She herself turned back to her human form, looking for her coat.
"I really hate it when this happens…".
~*~
Galatea watched the three warriors slowly disappearing from sight, as they made their way through the tall gates of Rabona.
´I hope Miria and the others find her´.
She turned around and entered her house, closing the door behind her.
´Because Miria is the only one than can save Clare from herself´.
Whew, it´s done...
It´s done!
(Just ignore the crazy author^^)
And as a little special I´m going to explain how Clares awakened form looks :3
(At least I want to try...)
Her shape is based on that from a werewolf, they are strong, fast and proud creatures so I thought that would suit her. (And I really dislike some of Yagis forms because some of them really look disgusting and weird, so I didn´t want Clare to look that way)
Out of her back come some of this chain-looking things that came out of her left arm as she fought against Rigardo (In the Manga) and she can use them the same way Yoma use their fingers (Or Kateas awakened form, as she attacked Dauph, for example)
She can transform on side of her arms into a blade, not the whole arm only one side (Like Mister 0 from One Piece)
From her right shoulder down to her right elbow are armor-like plates, kind of protection (I want her right arm to be someway special because it´s Irenes arm after all)
And we don´t want to forget her quick-sword! Or windcutter, which you like best.
That´s the ability she used against the Awakened One in Chapter 3, she sends shock waves trough the air that can cut everything from grass to metal, as the real quick-sword, only that she use her arm and not a sword
As every other werewolf too, she got fur, and it´s pitch-black with a glint of silver on it (If you look against the sun^^)
I think that was it, if I forgot anything I´ll add it afterwards :)
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