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The next day a new girl came. Yuki recognized her as Echidna Parass, the famous movie star. Recently, Yuki had heard that Echidna didn't do movies anymore and that now she had a bounty on her. Yuki was sitting on the roof when she saw Echidna come up. Curious, Yuki called out to her. "Hey!" Echidna looked at her. "You're Echidna Parass, aren't you?"
"Yes." Yuki jumped off the roof and smiled at Echidna.
"I'm Yuki. So, you're a part of the Apostles, right?" Echidna nodded. They went inside when they heard Creed saying something.
"It's time!" He announced. Creed looked at Echidna. "Hello Echidna."
"Hello. What were you saying?" She asked. Yuki looked at Creed, wondering as well.
"We're going to invade Chronos." Yuki was taken off guard. Charden's eyes widened and even Kyoko looked slightly surprised.
"But won't we get slaughtered?" Yuki asked.
"Not if we use you," said Creed. Yuki didn't like the sound of that.
"What do you mean?"
"It's rather simple. You take your gloves off." Yuki looked at her gloves. "They don't even know about you! It would be rather simple!" said Creed, trying to urge her. Yuki sighed.
"Alright, but I'm bring my sword with me."
"Done!" He said. "Now Yuki, is Chronos still staying in that pitiful mansion?"
"Last time I checked, yeah."
"Good. So, here's the plan."
An hour later, Yuki was inside Chronos. The old ring had helped out a bunch. They were all inside and Chronos didn't even see them. Now they had all split up. Yuki looked around for Xiao. She had gotten permission from Creed to find Xiao and get no interruptions during their battle. She went from room to room, trying to find him. "Where are you Xiao?" Yuki thought angrily. She threw open the next door and there he was, talking to Jenos. They both looked at her in surprise.
"Yuki?" Xiao said, stunned.
"So you've come back to us? Well, it's too late," said Jenos.
"Get out of here Jenos. I've come for Xiao." Jenos didn't move.
"I'll take him." Kyoko said as she walked passed Yuki. Xiao was putting the pieces together.
"You're with the Apostles of the Star?" Xiao asked.
"Sure am." Yuki said with a smile. "Now let's go!" Yuki pointed her hand at Xiao and a bolt of lightning shot at him. Surprised, he barely had time to dodge it.
"So that's the power you got from Spirit Water."
"You bet." Yuki pulled out her sword and rushed at him. Xiao's mantle appeared and he whipped it around the sword. Horrible memories flooded into her mind when she saw the mantle. "Did you see horror in her face?" Yuki asked angrily. "Did she plead with you to live?"
"No," said Xiao. "She stared at me, a horrified look on her face. The only thing she did was call out your name and say 'I'm glad I knew her.' Interestingly enough, she didn't say anything about killing me." Anger boiled inside Yuki.
"You monster!" Rapidly, Yuki took one glove off and grabbed the mantle. It started to glow yellow. Xiao was about to drop the mantle when it happened. The Electricity hit Xiao and he crumbled to the floor. Yuki walked over to him.
"Do it Yuki." Yuki looked behind and saw Creed standing there. She looked at Kyoko. Kyoko had knocked out Jenos and was staring at Yuki. "Kill him," Creed urged. Yuki stared at Xiao. She raised her sword and brought it down on Xiao. "There you go!" Creed said, satisfied. "Now let's go. We have other business to attend to." Yuki walked away and they left the room.
"What about Kyoko?" Yuki asked. Kyoko was still in that room.
"She's going to stay there in case any of them are still alive and get up. I doubt that will happen, but you never know. You have to be prepared." Yuki nodded. They walked up a couple staircases, occasionally hearing noises that indicated a battle. "We should be close." Yuki put her glove back on her hand. She wasn't going to use her electricity unless she had to. "Here we are. Get ready." I nodded and Creed opened the door. Sephiria and a man Yuki recognized as Belze were talking to each other. They stopped and looked at Yuki and Creed in surprise. Sephiria immediately drew her sword, and Belze took out his spear.
"What is this meaning of this?" said Sephiria.
"The Apostles of the Star are back," said Creed with a smile on his face. "It's time for Chronos to fall." Sephiria looked at me.
"So this is where you went after you left us." Sephiria said. "How did Heartnet take it?" Yuki went pale.
"Ignore her!" Creed shouted. Yuki ran at Sephiria, pulling out her sword.
"This is it!" Yuki yelled. Their swords hit, and Yuki had an idea. Maybe it would work, maybe not. She jumped backwards, took off her gloves, and put her hands on her sword. Her sword started to glow. "Now!" Yuki ran at Sephiria and when their swords hit each other again, a lightning bolt shot out. Sephiria ducked and missed the electricity. "So much for using it only in emergencies," Yuki thought. "Admit it Sephiria! You can't win against me!" Yuki said.
"Don't get cocky Yuki," said Sephiria. She ran at Yuki, and Yuki pointed her hand at Sephiria's sword. The lightning hit it and it flew out of Sephiria's hand and out of reach. Yuki shot another lightning bolt at Sephiria. Suddenly, a person appeared and deflected the bolt. "Heartnet?" Sephiria said in shock. Train stood in front of her, his usual grin on his face.
"Hey Yuki, what's up?" said Train.
"Not much. Just wondering why you deflected my shot."
"To try to show you that you need to leave this stupid group. They are a group of killers, and you aren't."
"Obviously you didn't see Xiao back there."
"No, I did. I figured that was your work." He walked closer to me and whispered "you didn't kill him." Was he whispering so Creed couldn't hear? "You hit him in the shoulder. You and I both know that he could survive." Yuki swung her sword at him and he flipped backwards, avoiding the sword. "Don't you get it Yuki? You're not the same person that you once were! You can't even kill Xiao. The old Yuki wouldn't have hesitated." Yuki hated to admit it, but Train was right. "Leave them." Train urged. Suddenly, Creed lunged at Train.
"Train, it's nice to see you again."
"Creed, I thought you had changed." Creed smirked.
"Old habits die hard."
"Creed!" Yuki turned around and saw Echidna standing there. "We need to leave! We are outnumbered!"
"Let's go!" Creed said in agreement. Echidna made a circle motion and a portal opened. Creed ran in. Yuki saw Kyoko and Charden walk into the room. Charden and Kyoko walked through the portal without a word. Yuki was the only one who hesitated.
"Yuki, here is your chance! Come with me." Train held out his hand. Yuki walked over to the portal, and looked at Train, not knowing what to do. "Please." Yuki started to walk towards Train, when she felt a hand grab her shoulder and pull her in.
Yuki found herself in the old house. She saw Creed next to the portal. He had pulled her in. "Don't let Train confuse you." Creed said as the portal disappeared.
"He already has." A new strength came to Yuki. She knew what to do. "When you told me to kill Xiao, I realized something. I won't be the person I was before. I'm not going to be a killer anymore. I am finished with the Apostles of the Star." As Creed turned around, Yuki saw something in his eyes. Pure wrath. As he came closer, Yuki backed away until she had hit the wall.
"So you want to leave do you? I gave you this power and this is how you repay me? You don't kill Xiao, and you don't kill Sephiria. Do you know what that means? It means that we didn't kill a single member of Chronos." Yuki saw him take out his sword.
"Creed!" Charden said quickly. "Don't hurt her!"
"Be quiet Charden." Creed looked at everyone. "If anybody here wants to save Yuki, try. Or, you can shut up and watch." Kyoko looked at Yuki, but remained silent. Creed looked back at Yuki. He took his sword. "No one leaves the Apostles." Yuki took out her sword.
"Let's see who wins," Yuki challenged. They both swung their swords at the same time, and the swords clashed. Yuki swung her leg, but Creed jumped back. Echidna shot Yuki's hand. Surprised, Yuki dropped the sword. She knew she was at a disadvantage now. There was only one thing left to do. Run. Yuki dodged an attack from Creed and rushed out of the house. She looked behind and saw Creed following her.
"You shouldn't run from a challenge." Yuki didn't respond and instead focused on where she was going. Her hand hurt badly, so she had to find some place to stop without Creed finding her. Yuki went into several different alleyways.
"I love alleys." Yuki thought. After a couple minutes of weaving through alleys, she looked back and Creed wasn't there. She sat down and sighed with relief. She found some dirty napkins and tried to make a bandage with it. It worked, barely. Her hand still throbbed and Yuki knew she had to do something. That was when it happened. Creed suddenly appeared from around the corner and, without a word, stabbed Yuki in the side. Yuki screamed. Creed smiled. "You're mad…" Yuki shouted. Creed then left, that smile still on his face. Yuki staggered up. She fell down when she felt the pain.
"Train…" Yuki said weakly. "TRAIN!" She shouted.
Train was just starting for a hotel when he thought he heard Yuki shout. He rushed around, calling out. Each time he heard Yuki say his name again. Yuki must have been injured, for she sounded weak. When he reached her, he found blood everywhere. Train ran over to her. "Who did this to you?" Train asked urgently.
"Creed…" Yuki whispered.
"It's okay. You're going to live." Train said. "You are going to make it." Train said encouragingly. Deep down, Train was scared. Would Yuki end up like Saya? No, she couldn't! Train wouldn't allow it. But what could he do? "I will help you. You're not alone."
