CP: Okay, I'm gonna make this very clear. I am not, under any circumstances, going to write the entirety of the game. I will skip certain parts of the game, if you don't want me to skip something, then post it as a review.
Syora: in this chap we're introducing two more characters we hope you like.
Jade: Personally, I think our group is too big but…
CP: You don't have a say in the matter. By the way, this chapter was co-written by Karin-kun, one of the new OC's in the story. Hope you guys like what's next.
Karin: CP owns only the unfamiliar.
The group walked up the dark stairs of Chloral castle. Syora couldn't believe they were there. Van had made it perfectly clear that they didn't need to come. Not that she really cared about Van, she just didn't like taking side trips. The sooner they got Luke back to Baticul, the sooner her and Jade could go back home.
"Look! There's one of them!" Luke pointed up the stairs. Everyone saw a liger head up further.
"Come on Luke, let's follow it!" Anise shouted.
They ran up the stairs in a hurry. "I'm going too!" Meiu said, bouncing right on after them.
"Wait! It could be a trap!" Tear cried after them.
"My, my, there they go. Impetuous things, aren't they?" Jade said sarcastically.
"Yea, I hope they get themselves killed soon." Syora muttered.
"They really could stand to use their heads more." Guy commented.
The rest of them ran up after the two idiots. When they arrive, Luke had already been taken by a large monstrous bird. Syora shrugged and shook her head. She knew this was going to happen. It always did to impatient fools. And there was no way Luke wasn't a fool.
The bird circled around towards Ion. It was about to grab him as well when Anise jumped in the way. Syora hit herself on the head. Both of them were idiots. What the heck was Anise thinking? The bird circled around once more and dropped Anise on her face. It then flew over and dropped Luke over the side of the building.
"Dist is involved in this too? Oh brother." Jade commented
"Ohh… what do we do now?' (Tear)
"And there goes Arietta…" Syora pointed out. "Let's go get him."
As the group began heading down the stairs. Syora suddenly stopped where she was.
A girl that looked remarkably like Tear stood in front of her. The only thing that was different from Tear was the fact that she had green eyes. She was holding a red sword with an angry look on her face. She charged at her then disappeared for her to see Van holding the girl down in an arm lock. They were arguing about something but she couldn't make it out.
"Syora?" Jade asked worried.
"Huh? It's nothing…" Syora said, snapping out of her vision.
They found Luke strapped to a strange machine. Syora and Jade headed down to turn it off as Guy attacked Sync. Syora never met him personally but if he worked for Van, she didn't like him. Guy chased him off and Anise helped Luke off of the machine.
"Now back to the roof. You know, I would say this is good exercise if any one of us was fat, but none of us are." Syora sighed.
"I do hate to go back and forth…" (Jade)
Luke held Meiu up and shot fire at the bird as it flew toward them. It flew back to Arietta as Luke laughed triumphantly. "Heh, heh, I'm not falling for that again."
"Luke, you're amazing!" Anise praised.
"Not bad, for you." Jade said with a smile.
"Oh give it a rest!" Luke shouted at them.
"Maybe we would if you were smart more often." Syora teased, suddenly in a good mood again.
"You shot fire… at my friend! I'm really going to make you pay now!" Arietta whined in her shy angry voice.
"Shut up already! You've caused enough trouble you little brat!" Luke shouted as he pulled out his sword.
"I don't care! I'm going to kill you all and take back Ion! You killed mommy, now you die!"
Arietta and her monsters attacked without anymore warning. Syora avoided making contact with Arietta and went for the bird instead. Jade stayed in the back attacking with the fonic artes he could still use. They were doing fine until an unexpected surprise showed up. It was the girl from Syora's Vision earlier. She almost let the bird get a free hit in in surprise. The girl was with another one. She had long blue hair, about 5 feet tall, her eyes were silver and she had a normal figure. Syora was amazed by their strange appearance.
"Prepare to die!" The Tear duplicate shouted as she charged Luke.
"Die!" Luke countered, charging back at the girl.
They began to cross blades. The girl started out with a crescent slash from the right. Luke amazingly parried it and thrust forward. The girl jumped back, bringing her sword down in a hammer movement. Luke barley got out of the way, then feinting another thrust, kicked the girl in the solar plexus, knocking the wind out of her. She stumbled back before charging once more.
The other girl stood where she was, leaning on her katana. She was watching from the back when Guy charged her. They too began to cross blades. Guy used his Crescent moon as the girl blocked and countered it with the same technique. Guy stumbled back in surprise. No one else was supposed to know this style other than him. What in the world was happening? Who were these girls? There was no time to stay surprised for Guy. The girl attacked with a razing phoenix. This surprised him even more.
Luke raised his sword to chop down on the girl but ended up dropping to the ground in pain. The girl had kicked him in the balls. The other girl did the same thing to Guy. They were now headed for Jade and Syora.
The Tear duplicate attacked Syora as she finished off the bird. Syora barely had the time to jump out of the way. She didn't normally use a weapon other than her gauntlets therefore she was prone to long ranged weapons. Syora faced her new opponent with her secret weapons. Two blades shot out of her gauntlets. This would be a close fight.
Jade's fonic arte was interrupted by the other girl. His spear appeared out of nowhere and parried the katana. He thrust forward and stepped aside letting the katana slide right by him. They were rather well matched. The girl slashed diagnically from the left. Jade blocked and kicked out at her. She dodged before striking again. The entire time, her emotions didn't change at all.
Meanwhile, Anise finished off Arietta, ending that half of the fight. The only ones left were the two surprise enemies that Jade and Syora had their hands full with. Anise didn't have the time to stop them or help in any way. Van had shown up and the two girls stopped on their own. Syora and Jade didn't let their guard down but they didn't attack either.
The girl who was fighting Syora made and angry face before racing towards Van. The girl went into over limit, using a mystic arte. "Demon shower!" the girl shouted.
Red drops began falling from the sky. Syora recognized the arte from her text books. She quickly put up a force field to block them from the effects. The last thing she wanted was for them to have 40 percent of their lives drained from them.
Van blocked every drop without a single problem. He charged the girl and twisted her arm behind her back. She dropped her sword and it suddenly lost its color.
"As foolish as ever sister. You were a fool to come here Karin. I was pretty sure I killed you eight years ago." Van hissed angrily.
"Are you still mad over that stupid prank? You're so childish." Karin smiled as she teased him.
Van's face twisted in anger. He hit her across the head, knocking her out. He stood and looked at the others. They were all confused. Especially Tear. He sighed and looked at Syora expectantly.
"What? Use the brat." She said, knowing exactly what he wanted. "And what did you mean? Sister? Eight years ago? Killed?"
"Don't ask." Van said, picking up Arietta.
Jade walked over to Karin. He looked at Syora before picking up the unconscious girl. They all left the castle together. Taking the couch, they arrived back at port in no time. Syora waited outside as the others went into the conference room. She felt sick to her stomach. Syora starred at the ocean as she took two pills. She really hated the temporary cure. She hoped Melody would be done soon.
On the ship…
Karin looked around to see that she was in the same room as the pink haired girl she tried to help earlier. She checked the door and found that it was locked. She sighed heavily and backed up a bit. Karin then kicked the door free with one try. The iron door slammed into a guard, killing him. Karin sighed. Now she would have to devour him.
Arietta slowly woke to the sound of tearing flesh. She sat up to see Karin eating a human on the ground. The sight was too horrible for her to bear. She felt her world blacking out once more. Karin finished up and ran off to find her partner, Karen.
Chesedonia…
"I'll meet you in Baticul. If you see those two again, feel free to eliminate them." Van said before parting ways.
"Don't count on it." Syora commented.
Van stopped for a split second, then moved on. Syora knew Jade was suspicious of why she hated Van but she also knew he wouldn't ask. It hurt to have to lie but it was necessary for the time being. They headed into town. Syora and Jade both noticed the two strange people following their group. They didn't say anything but they kept watch.
"Oh my, what's a fine gentleman like you doing in a place like this?" A strange lady in pink suddenly asked.
"Huh? Wh-what do you want?" Luke stuttered.
"Come on, you have such a pretty face… don't ruin it by frowning like that."
"Oh no! Some old lady is after my Luke!" Anise cried out.
"Oh, my, pardon me little girl. I didn't mean to interfere. I'll be on my way."
"Stop." Tear stepped in front of the lady. "Return what you took."
"Huh? Hey, my wallet's gone!" Luke exclaimed.
"…Hmph. So you're not all chumps after all. York, take care of this. Urushhi, we're out of here."
Tear threw a knife to stop York. "don't move. If you return what you stole, I'll release you unharmed."
York ran off terrified. Tear returned Luke's wallet to him. "By the way colonel, Syora, why did you two just stand and watch?"
"Oh no, you got me. It looked like it would be so amusing." Jade shrugged.
"Quite." Syora agreed. "But we have some people to deal with." She looked over at the two people who had been following them.
The two took off their disguises. Everyone recognized them as the two who had attacked them at chloral castle. Syora's guard remained the same. She knew she recognized their smell from somewhere.
The two of them were impressed that Syora knew they were in disguise. Even more so by the fact she knew they were following the group. "How did you know we weren't normal civilians?" Karin asked.
"Because I sense a great deal of power from the both of you." Syora answered, crossing her arms.
"What do you mean you sense great power?" the emotionless looking girl asked.
"Yes, what do you mean by 'great deal of power'?" Karin asked.
Syora shrugged with a smile. "Far be it for me to tell you about yourselves.
The two girls looked at each other before turning back to look at Syora. "W-w-w-w-what do you mean?" they stuttered together.
"Never mind that. What I want to know is why you're following us? Looking for another fight?" Jade asked, suspicious to the core.
The emotionless girl looked at them with her empty eyes before replying "No we did not, sir. We merely wish to distance ourselves from Van."
"Yes. Besides, we have no other place to go." Karin continued.
"Are you forgetting you attacked us for no reason?" Guy pointed out.
"Then explain why the red head called Van master?! He is the enemy and all who follow him." The emotionless girl said.
"He was trained by Van. The rest of us just kinda… know him." Syora answered.
"Baka! He doesn't know what Van is really like!" the emotionless girl turned to Karin "Mom, can we go somewhere else. I'm out of meds for you-know-what."
"I'm really sorry about before… please let us come." Karin gave everyone the puppy dog eyes.
They didn't beat Syora's but Jade sighed either way. Why not let them come along. It wasn't like they could cause that much trouble. "Why not? I don't see a problem if no one does." Jade said, pushing up his glasses.
Syora looked surprised at Jade's decision. She glared at him with ice cold eyes. Jade gulped. It felt like her stare could freeze time itself. It took everything he had to keep from shuddering at it. She stormed off as Jade was tackled by Karin. He slowly pushed Karin off and the others began to introduce themselves. Jade didn't bother to listen. His only concern was where Syora was off to.
Later that day…
"Well, shall we rest at the inn and continue to the capital tomorrow?" Jade suggested.
"But we're so close!" Luke whined.
"Luke, don't be like that. Everyone is tired from our trip. One night won't make a difference." Tear scolded.
"Fine!" Luke stormed off into town.
"Shall we meet here tomorrow morning?" Jade asked.
Everyone agreed with Jade and split off. Jade sighed as he watched everyone leave to do their own thing. Of course Syora wasn't there. She had disappeared earlier. He was pretty sure he knew where she was.
Jade headed to the bar for a drink first. If he would have to deal will Syora, he wanted to do it later. So much later that everyone else was asleep already. He would just have to mentally prepare himself first. What in the world was she so angry for?
"Alone?" Asked a familiar voice.
Jade turned to see Karin and Karen. They were both heading his way. They sat on either side of him. Jade wasn't in the mood to care at the moment. Therefore he forgot what it would look like if Syora were to pass by and see him with two other girls. He would be in big trouble.
"To what do I owe the honor of your visits?" Jade asked.
"We had nothing else to do." Karen answered in a monotone.
"Just wanted to see the legendary necromancer." Karin said with a smile.
"Legendary… right. I'm sure you're not old enough to be in a bar. Perhaps you should go elsewhere." Jade said tightly.
Karin looked at him with a sad face but left with Karen anyway. What was that all about? Jade shrugged it off and paid for his drink. It was getting late. It was high time he faced Syora for whatever reason she was mad at him for.
Jade knocked on the inn room door. There was no answer. He knocked again. The night was as silent as ever. He took a deep breath and walked in. Syora never locked her door. It wasn't like anyone was dumb enough to break into her room.
Syora was sitting on the window sill starring at the full moon. It shown brilliantly on her beautiful form. It literally took his breath away. He walked over to her and stood silently behind her. He would wait for her to begin since he had no idea what it was about.
"What do you want?" Syora hissed the question.
"To know what's on your mind."
"What's on my mind? What's on my mind is that little miss innocent and you." Syora spun around to look at him.
"You couldn't possibly be implying that I would be interested in her." Jade laughed.
"Hmph!"
"You're not jealous are you?' Jade smirked.
"Jealous?! What in the wor—" Syora was unable to finish what she was saying.
Jade had kissed her fiercely, stopping all speech. Syora was surprised but kissed him back. He picked her up without breaking away from her lips. He carried her over to the bed and laid her down. He was lying on top off her when he broke away. They both panted, gasping for breath.
"I don't think you need to worry about those two." Jade whispered before kissing her again.
CP: Finally! This chapter is in the bag!
Syora: We're going to fight Dist in chapter twelve! Hope you like it!!
Jade: Please tell us what you think.
Cp: Thank you to everyone who has reviewed! See you next time!!