Chapter 6: Double Battle; Search
A/N: Much awaited chapter is here... and glad no one threw the flames or tomatoes at me (smirks)... but I feel kinda lonely (all thanks to mangafreak for reviewing) and I NEED MORE REVIEWS!
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He looked below him. Several rocks under his feet plummaged to the void bottom. However, he knew that he had to find that mystical beast and ask it to grant his wish.
His only wish in fact.
"However, I know of a way for your friend to come back to life... you have to find the mystical beast that resides on top of one out of many mountains in the arc in area of Forn known as the Moutains of Desperation. It is said that it houses a sacred treasure, which can grant your wish. However, it is only a legend, from what I have heard, so do not be too disappointed if it does not exist..."
Hurriedly, he continued to climb the mountain is desperation- reaching the sacred monster before it is too late.
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Yuuri led his team into the arena again. Only yesterday had the team suffered a terrible loss, and today one of their teammate has started his journey towards the mountains.
"Good luck, Shiro, you will need it," he had said earlier this morning. But right now, it was noon, and even Gilgamesh's team entered the colosseum riding on the Moutain Giant, and the four fighters (this time it was a double) were Yuuri, Archer, Icebreaker and Tormentor.
"Icebreaker and Tormentor? One sounds friendly while one sounds not," Archer commented. He sighed. He hoped that his past self returned with good news. Gisela had cast some lot of magic to sustain her life force, but it would not be long before she eventually dies in her sleep.
"May the fighters step into the ring," Mountain Giant announced.
He looked back. Rider had to replace Saber while Shiro was replaced by his master. He felt that he was able to fight better in her presence today.
"Hajime!"
Yuuri took out the Demon Sword and the Demon Sword normally sucked the soul of somebody, but Sakura seemed to be extremely useful to the sword for that matter- she had killed hundreds of people, and she could spare around a hundred of them and still have enough mana to sustain her shadow form. The sword immediately shone and actually started to swing by itself at Tormentor, who revealed to be a large man who had many painful weapons such as poison, blades and some whips. He immediately released bottle after bottle of venom but Yuuri just managed to avoid the hazardous liquids, but the poison's scent could kill as well. The sword nearly fainted after whiffing it and Yuuri had a real bad cold that day, and could not sniff it (thankfully). Meanwhile, the scent travelled to the spectators and a few passed out or just perished without warning. It was evident that Yuuri was getting angry.
Meanwhile, Archer had a rather easy time with his opponent, who threw chunks of hard ice at him and tried to engage in close combat. Well, Archer engaged him but dodged every fist, which were extremely sharp and powerful and could break the ice cubes he blasted at Archer. And so, Archer started to shoot arrows at him, but that did not go well too. He then traced blades and started to engage in close combat again.
Icebreaker suddenly shouted, "The Ice Secret Technique! Magical Blades of Void- Unexpected Stalagmites!" And icicles shot out of the floor, his hand and anywhere else deemed possible. Archer had to jump to Yuuri's side. However, in so doing, he managed to have a first hand account of Yuuri's real power.
"Why... why you murderous person, how could you kill people who are not involved in this fight? In your own doing, I shall punish you!" The Demon King this time summoned the power of Dark, immediately summoning death lions to swarm Tormentor. Immediately, Tormentor sprang into action, killing the Death Lions one by one with his poison coated blades. And the Demon King was really mad this time, and blasted heavy bullets of depression at Tormentor, who seemed to block those with... Head slicing blades and wooden imprisonment tools.
Meanwhile, Icebreaker started to fight really hard and Archer proceeded to chant the spell for his Unlimited Blade Works.
"I am the bone of my sword. Steel is my body and fire is my blood. I have created over a thousand blades. Unaware to death, nor to life. I have withstood pain to create many weapons. Yet, those hands will never hold anything. So as I pray, Unlimited Blade Works!"
And the whole area turned into a battlefield of blades, and swords flew from all directions towards Icebreaker (sadly that included Morgiff). But Icebreaker took out chunks of ice that blocked every sword attack, making them stick onto the ice for that matter.
Meanwhile, Yuuri summoned skeleton warriors, which just were thwarted by a swing of the blades. And soon, he ran out of magic, forcing himself to convert back to teenage Yuuri.
"Heck..." he muttered before falling flat onto the battlefield.
"Yuuri!" Conrad shouted.
"Darn... not bad for a Demon King, but still not too good either..." Archer commented as he proceeded to shooting arrows at the ice. However, Icebreaker erupted into a catastrophic rage, and thrust his ice blocks aside, shooting hailstones at Archer.
"Heh... Icebreaker reveals his ultimate technique huh? Ice rage..." Tormentor said as he took out a mysterious bottle that was labelled 'Ingredient X'. "You shall suffer a fate worse than death, Demon King, and that is returning yourself to the state before you are born... this thick smoke should end your miserly life!"
Meanwhile, Archer was busy jumping across the arena to prevent himself from being hit by the berserk Icebreaker's hails. However, he slipped over a piece of ice, and nearly lost his balance. And Icebreaker shot a barrage of ice and Archer had to block.
"Rho Aias!" A flower appeared and blocked a whole hail barrage and Archer started to summon Calabolg II to shoot with Hrunting. Meanwhile, Icebreaker continued to shoot ice in a failed attempt.
While Tormentor carried the unconscious King by his neck, and shoved in a whole bottle of the potion at once.
Rin and Rider were shocked beyond words, Archer was too busy aiming Hrunting to notice while Conrad had a small but innoticable smile.
A thick purple cloud appeared over the King, and the King, slowly, was reduced from his adult from to his teenage (normal) form and then to his baby form and then nothing. Archer had fired Hrunting and looked aside, flabbergasted to see Yuuri disappearing in the smoke. However, soon, an overwhelming light overcame the smoke, and Conrad's smirk grew bigger.
"Here is when the fun starts."
Two yellow phoenixes arose from the light and bombarded towards Tormentor, who was widely surprised. Tormentor used his blades to block the Phoenixes, and barely succeeded. However, soon the two light phoenixes came for a second blow, when the light had dimmed and the smoke dispersed, to find a woman in white robes and silver long hair taking the place where Yuuri once stood.
Yuuri, meanwhile, was thrust into the same yellow world he had twice entered before, and he found himself watching her fight in place of him. She had whispered to him, "Do not worry, Yuuri, I shall take care of the rest," while he had simply said, "Thanks, Julia."
Julia, although blind, had excellent hearing. It was evident when Tormentor had dashed towards her in frightening speed, and she swung her head to the left and injected him with fiery light energy in the meantime, nearly crippling him. He had barely reacted before she summoned the dual phoenixes again, immediately scorching Tormentor, not to death, but making him appear dead. And she actually had time to face Conrad and say, "Hi, Conrad," before disappearing into the same light again, turning back into teenage Yuuri.
Archer dragged the body of Icebreaker towards Tormentor's. He was stunned by what he had seen, and surely everyone else present was too.
"Damn it, she is one heck of a powerful mage... never expected her to be his past life..."
Rin was thinking she had a new role model. Rider was just flabbergasted. Conrad was with his usual smiles, and Yuuri seemed the same too, grateful to her for saving his life in that instant.
She was now saying in his head, "Be strong, Demon King, for you have to face more battles in the near future without me."
And the match was over. The crowd slowly left the colosseum, and they slowly trotted back to the common room, where Gisela was treating Saber with vast amounts of healing magic.
"What? Julia appeared and I missed it? That is unlucky..." she sighed, "But I have to attend to Saber... I would not like to face him and say 'I have done the best I could'. I know how it feels like to fail in reviving people... Julia taught me that."
Wolfram was in a shock, muttering, "No way... no way..." under his breath, much like a zombie. Everyone hoped that Shiro would return soon to resurrect Saber.
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And back in the mountains, Shiro had climbed nearly all 20 of them, and this is the fourth last one. Finally, he found a cave opening and said, "Bingo! One step closer," as he strolled into the cave, oblivious of any dangers as it was pitch dark.
However, soon, he heard footsteps behind him. Quick and strong footsteps.
Shiro braced for attack and shouted, "Trace on!"
A lamp appeared in his hand. The light shone inside the cave, and the person who was tracking him appeared to be a white tiger demon.
"It cannot be..." Shiro muttered as he looked at the person's right arm. "Byakko? One of the four gods?"
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A/N: Alright, this is all for today... (sighs) so please leave a comment. Next chapter preview...
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What?! One of the Four Gods? Shiro will surely have a tough time fighting him! And also, Byakko seems to have an ability in conjunction with his inhuman strength.
And who will be facing off... what? Conrad and... Aldabert?
Next up on A Change of Worlds... Chapter 7- Old Rivals; Chances of Near Zero... stay tuned...
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Once again, I urge you to review... Life Goes On will be up next (smiles to all my reviewers) ...