In the dead of the night: Chapter 9
"Amazing speed!" Yoh pointed towards SFO which no longer couldn't be seen. "That just disappeared in like three seconds."
"It's suppose to go this fast." Misaki yelled over the blowing wind. "If we want to get to Burmecia as fast as possible, we have to go at this rate." She explained. "How you doing Ren?" she looked at him. "Long time no talk!"
"Really." He muttered.
"Hey!! I hate that grumpy shitload of an attitude you got!" Misaki yelled at him. He basically ignored her. "You (!$!!" Yoh and Tamao blinked. "What?"
"So." Yoh laid back on Quezacotl's back. "How long would it be?"
"Hey Quezacotl!" Misaki yelled. A cry of a powerful bird yelled back. "How long would it be until we get there?"
/…Half an hour…/
"Dear lord." Misaki laid back. "With this bastard here!!!" she waved her index finger pointing in Ren's direction. "I bet you all came because of the crap load of points it could earn ya in the Shaman tournament."
"Yeah." Yoh said. "But those lives…what you said about them, I guess I'd feel the same too. I'm no different."
"After this," she warned them all. You're going to all feel a little woozy. It's normal since we're going at the pace of 20,000 miles per hour. Carbuncle's Reflect shield only makes it seem like we're going at 60. And we won't fall off too."
"That's pretty cool." Yoh looked around.
"There is not really much to look at all." Tamao said looking around the place. "Just blue."
"Exactly. I mean, I thought the color blue was pretty cool but seeing all of this just makes me feel sick. When we get there," Misaki said suddenly changing the topic. "it's going to be dark as I said. Darker than usual, not pitch black. Burmecia mean the 'The Land of Dark Rain'. It's not a bad country at all. It's just its location."
"Don't they ever get flooded by all the rain?" Tamao asked.
"No of course not. They're like, right at the top of the valley. Like the entrance to the valley is a bit higher than it is itself so flooding is usually very very rare. It only happened once before." Misaki said.
The skies began to grow darker. The giant bird flew quickly across the land, towards the city of Burmecia.
"See anything?" Misaki asked as Quezacotl slowed down, the view of the city became to appear in sight, the entrance to the Metropartian Bowl Valley that leads to the holy city of Cleyra.
"Nothing. No fighting." Ponchi and Conchi floated back down. "We may had been too late already." They admitted. "We tried getting a future or past feedback. Looks like the 'army' that attacked Burmecia was only by one person and one dragon." Silence. They were moving closer towards the city which could be clearly at this point. A small puff of orange came from the castle.
"There!" Tamao stood up in shock pointing. Yoh and Misaki immediately looked up, Ren turned around seeing the puff of smoke. "There's still some fighting." Rain began to drizzle from the sky. The pink-haired girl wiped some of the rain off of her face.
"Alright." Misaki got up holding her staff. "Quezacotl, to the city entrance, now."
The thunder bird vanished a golden string of 'DNA' before the sparkles faded. Ren dared step first into the city which seemed to have been pretty much destroyed already.
"Get your weapons prepared." He stated holding his glaive. Yoh had his Spirit of the Sword along with his sword at the side. Misaki gripped her staff in one hand, the gun hanging in her pocket side, Tamao with her Ouija board. They catiously stepped into the city as a giant explosion rocketed through the top of the tower of the Burmecian castle blasting off the entire tower of it. Immediately, the entire roof structure of the palace collapsed with only the walls still standing against the fallen cities.
Blood, blood, and more blood traced across the floor, the walls, the bodies.
Misaki summoned Quezacotl and jumped on the bird.
"We better get up there, now." She ordered. Ren, then Yoh, lastly Tamao hopped onto the bird as it soared across the Burmecian empire. A red beam shot directly out of nowhere at them. Ren swung his glaive canceling the attack.
"Keep going."
"I know, I know." Misaki muttered. It wasn't long until they reached to the entrance of the palace. "They may not know we're here. We sneak in." she mentioned summoning Shiva. The ice maiden formed a stair of ice to the top balcony of the citadel.
The four rushed up the stairs and battled against the cold and freezing rain. Misaki made it to the top first, helping Yoh up who just slipped, Ren made it by himself, and Tamao made it to the top last of course being careful. Shiva was summoned again to allow the ice to disappear.
"Thanks Shiva." Misaki nodded. Shiva smiled looking around and obviously glanced at the young boy with the glaive smiling before she disappeared. "Which way now?" the three looked at Tamao.
"…" she placed her board against the soft, wet ground concentrating.
"Whatever it was. It sure must have been hella powerful to destroy something like this." Yoh mentioned. Misaki nodded wrincing her hair and all of the rain out of it.
"Hai." She nodded frowning irritantly at her soaking wet clothes.
"30 meters north of here, there is a powerful source. Not one but two." Tamao interrupted.
"Could it be Eve and the summoner?" Yoh asked.
"Possibly. The summoner…" Tamao concentrated a little bit more trying to get the image. The flashing images of a man with silver hair and pale albino skin was speaking to an injured Burmecian…what seemed like a soldier before he waved his hand slicing the soldier into pieces. Tamao was immediately thrusted back into consciousness. "and he just killed a Burmecian soldier. Follow me." She led them quietly across the rooftop.
After a few steps, other mumbles of talking were heard. They walked across carefully. Yoh leapt behind one of the Burmecian statue. Tamao leapt down standing next to him. Ren and Misaki hid behind the other statue.
"Why this city?" a voice screamed in vain. The soldier pointed his spear against the almighty summoner. "Why not the others?" A sound of a wet thud against the cold stone floor. "We've already sent out a message to another summoner. Why didn't they take it?"
"Maybe because they don't care." He whispered softly. A wicked grin spread across his face. "Anyways," he turned around. "I've finished what needed to be done here. Now that Cleyra has already been destroyed by Odin, I only have two of the most powerful countries left to destroy."
"…W…why?"
"It's not time for you to ask any questions, boy." He smiled sinisterly. His voice rose so the four hiding behind the statues could hear better. "Of course, I'm sure the people spying on us right now behind the statues waiting for a right time to attack wouldn't have anything to say about this?"
Misaki stepped out first into the light. Her eyes widened seeing who it was.
"You."
"Pleasure to meet you again, milady," he smiled assuagingly. He observed her for a moment. "How pitiful. They would summon someone like you for their savior?"
"Shut up." Misaki silenced him. "They called me, I'm here. We fight now."
"As you wish." His hand rose into the air. The giant Nova Dragon crashed landed on the ground behind him. Yoh and Tamao and Ren finally stepped out with their weapons and spirits ready to fight. "Ah. You two are the witnesses, aren't you?" he looked at Yoh and Tamao. "How odd we all meet here at once? For those of you who do not my name," he glanced at Misaki. "Kuja."
"Summon Quezacotl! Shiva! Siren! Carbuncle! Aeris!" the five eidolons appeared ready to attack.
"This is all you got?" Kuja asked with a pretty bored expression.
"I can't use Atomos here." Misaki said. "It would destroy this city. Pheonix and Madeen are transporting some backup." She narrowed her eyes. "Don't take him for granted at all."
"This definetely is the summon he used to exterminate the city." Tamao noted. She pointed her Over Soul towards him. 'Love Strike'. The attack blasted towards him. The Nova Dragon losing its temper and patience and blasted a chunk load of molting lava/fire at the four. All of them broke off in different directions along with the eidolons except for Carbuncle who managed to deflect it.
Yoh transformed his Spirit of the Sword and swung it towards the Nova Dragon. Kuja turned to look at it patted its side and stepped back allowing the Nova Dragon to come forth and blast against the mighty Over Soul. The Spirit of the Sword sliced through the heat and smacked against the Nova Dragon. From behind, Kuja looked up and saw the glaive heading towards him.
He jumped out of the way before the glaive smashed against the ground splitting it partway of 20 feet.
"Impressive." Kuja's eyes sparkled with amusement. The Nova Dragon flung its tail above Kuja against Ren.
"Chuuka Zanmai!" Ren ordered preparing to slice the Dragon in half. It covered itself with its wings completely nullifying the attack. "My attack…"
"Its wings are its ultimate shield. The shield just like Carbuncle's." Kuja explained. The Nova Dragon swung its tail again and instead knocked Yoh hard to the ground. Quezacotl and Shiva out of nowhere shocked and iced the giant dragon.
For a moment, the Nova Dragon screamed shaking its head violently. It pointed its mouth towards the two eidolons and fired at them. Misaki withdrew them before they could have been greatly damaged by it. Siren stood at the top of the Burmecian statue holding its harp into the air firing ten million needles of water at it.
The Dragon's almighty wings blocked the incoming attack. With a mighty screech, it nullified all of the incoming attacks, Siren vanished. Tamao prepared for another giant Over Soul attack, charging one up strong enough to blast the Nova Dragon to hell.
Before she did that so, Kuja sliced her ouija board in half and smiled at her after he did.
"Sorry. I know you're quite strong, but I do value my eidolons too." He blasted her towards the ground almost knocking her out. "And as for you." He eyed at Tao Ren who had his glaive held up to his neck. "You are great exception. I know you would refuse to join me because you would consider for yourself more, but perhaps this offer will change your mind." He said before the Nova Dragon slapped its wings against Ren's body breaking a rib and an arm.
"Damn you." Ren dropped his glaive holding back the pain. Misaki was the only one left standing with Carbuncle.
"And you haven't been doing a lot of fighting lately." He noticed. He also noted the uneasy breathing in her voice and the giant Over Soul she had on her staff. A gigantic sword resembling a horn of a unicorn and four massive white wings. "So this is your Over Soul? Quite impressive." He grinned.
The Nova Dragon fired a beam against Misaki. The Over Soul's wings shielded its summoner against the blast. Misaki jumped high in the air. The wings lengthened, the sword grew as it was ready to blow the Nova Dragon into pieces.
Kuja was in an Over Soul mode with his body and blasted an Ultima towards the mighty Over Soul. The Over Soul and the Ultima cancelled one another. The staff laid a might smack against the Dragon's head causing it to scream and agony. The Nova Dragon lunged its head and knocked Misaki towards the ground into the wet floor of the Burmecian palace. The last one was finally down.
Kuja glanced at each one of them and sighed pitifully. He rested his eyes on Yoh for a moment, then on Misaki who was a couple yards away from him practically knocked out, Ren who was suffering from the broken bones, and Tamao who laid next the concrete pillars with a few pieces of stone next to her when she collided.
"See ya in Lindbulum."
He flicked his soaked hair out into the rain and smiled turning around. The Nova Dragon screamed again as Kuja got onto the Dragon. It took off flying towards the dull sky. Misaki slightly looked up weakly shielding her eyes from the bright sight of the Nova Dragon and Kuja taking off.
