~Chapter 10: Raven's Hesitation~
Rena closed her eyes and concentrated on her hearing. However, the moment she does, memories of the past swarmed into her head. The moment she opened her eyes again, Raven was charging towards her, crossing blades with her once again. However, eventually, everywhere in her vision was filled with blood. Her hands were covered in dark blood.
Rena's attacks began to become reckless, and there weren't any strategy being thought out. Raven could easily dodge through her attacks without much effort. In fact, he could even deflect her attacks, counterattacking at the same time.
Raven swung his blade forward with as much force he can muster up in a 100 degree. The slash cut through Rena's defense easily, and Rena was knocked down.
"Berserker Blade!"
Raven immediately took the chance and grabbed her by her collar, and threw her up in the air. Raven leaped up and did a 360 degree whirlwind spin while swinging his blade, slashing Rena as many times as he can. As soon as his foot touched the ground, Raven's eyes glowed as he appears above Rena, gathering all the force into his blade, swinging it down towards Rena.
"Shockwave!"
"Rena. Why aren't you attacking with any kind of skill or strategy? If you're holding back because we were former friends, then don't bother to do so. I'm not going to hold back on you, and neither will you. I won't let you go easy on me. Let's settle this once and for all. I'm going to get revenge for all of my friends, no.. Our friends, and... For Seris!"
Raven dashed forward towards Rena in a god-like speed, and unleashed a fury of slashes. Rena's bloody vision soon disappeared, and her reckless attacks were beginning to show some strategy as she gathered the wind around her into her blade, Erendil, slashing down, releasing a small sphere of energy and wind.
"Hypersonic Stab!"
"Evoke!"
Both attacks clashed as they were equal in power. However, Evoke exploded, sending Raven back. Rena's mind cleared up, and she jumped up into the air, firing two arrows in midair, before firing three arrows towards him. Raven dodged and slashed through the arrows before realizing it was to distract him. Raven was too late to dodge Rena, as she cut through his defense, slashing him in a force strong enough to injure him severely.
"Fatality!"
Rena's eyes widened as she sees blood coming out from the wound she gave Raven, and the fact that his blood was dripping down from her blade. She dropped Erendil and clutched her head as a pain shot through her. Rena screamed out in pain, attracting Raven's attention. Raven was stuck in between worry for his friend and his rage.
'Should I even care if she's in pain right now? It's normal for me to hate her, loathe her. I shouldn't even worry about her own well-being, she deserves any kind of pain that's thrown to her, but... What is this feeling in my chest that's aching as I watch her screaming because of some kind of pain she's going through..?'
Rena stopped screaming as she knelt down, panting heavily as the pain inside her head subsided. However, inside of her, she can feel something trying to control her... Also an urge to kill, to see more blood shed. Raven dragged his blade, and held it to Rena's neck, narrowing his eyes. Something in Rena snapped as she sees the blood from Raven's wound, spilling. Rena chuckled lowly before performing a somersault, Reflective Kick, kicking Raven's blade away and himself away.
"More... I want to see more blood shed.. Let me enjoy this even more, Raven... Don't be all hesitant and weak on me, like your friends."
Raven's blood boiled as Rena's cold words was being progressed. He tightened his grip on and grabbed the blade with his bare hands. The blood dripped down the blade, and his foot created a small crater below as he dashed towards Rena. Rena raised her blade, their swords clashed, but however, Raven put more force into his blade. Soon, Rena gave way, and Raven slashed her, his blade was soon mixed with his blood and her blood. Raven kicked her in the stomach, and slashed her leg twice.
'I'm not going to hesitate anymore. I'm going to kill you in this battle! In these battles, death is inevitable. So, don't blame me if you die by my blade.'
"Bloody Accel! Cut Tendon!"
Rena tried to stand on her legs, but with one of them gravely injured, she couldn't stand straight, and in the end, she had to resort to using long distance attacks. She gathered all the wind around her, and the hot air was gathered into her bow. Her eyes held only blood lust as she shot her arrow, and rapidly, the arrow formed into a fiery phoenix. Raven blocked the fiery phoenix, however, he eventually began to feel his body burning.
"Phoenix Strike!"
Rena gathered the wind, surrounding her, summoning multiple spheres towards Raven. Those spheres gave him a surprise as they extend sharp spikes, stabbing into his skin. His blood dripped down, and the rocky surface was soon covered in blood. Rena forced herself to stand straight, dashed towards Raven, ignoring the pain in her leg. She slashed through those spiky spheres, causing them to explode. As soon as they exploded, Raven ignored all of his pain, he used all of his remaining energy to use his remaining skills.
"Call of Ruin!"
Raven pushed himself towards Rena, his body and blade pushed her to a boulder, cracking it into pieces. He leaped into the air, dragging her along, throwing her into the air, before jumping up above her by using her as a stepping stone. Raven swung his blade down as two crescents, dealing damage towards Rena along with a faint howl of an angered wolf. Rena crashed into the rocky surface, creating a large crater.
Rena struggled to push herself up, but however, a flash of silver stopped her from moving any further. Raven's cold eyes glared into her now dark green eyes with blood lust as he held his blade at her neck.
"You won... Why don't you get revenge now, and end it all now...? You can end my life once your blade touches me.. Since you don't want to end it, I'll help you.."
Rena reached her hand out towards his blade, gripping it tightly, causing more blood to be shed. She soon positioned the blade to her heart and pulled on it to end everything. Her existence would be gone.
"I'm sorry, Raven... For everything, for my betrayal..."
"Raven! Seris! Where are you?!"
A young Rena looked around for her most trusted, and beloved best friends. She smiled as she imagined Raven and Seris in wedding outfits. She squealed as her thoughts become a bit more dirty. However, the thought also saddened her in a way.
'I'm in love with Raven, but he's in love with Seris. Seris is a precious friend of mine, and I don't want her to feel sad.. If they both have feelings for each other, I'll help them in any way. I'll set them up. My happiness is nothing compared to my best friends' happiness.'
Rena sighed before her smile brightened. She skipped around the forest, screaming out her friends' names. However, there were faint sounds in front of her, behind huge trees. She jumped up into a tree, and began to eavesdrop on the mysterious people.
"Now, all we need to do is to kill Seris. Raven would be devastated. And I'm pretty sure that he'll go on a rampage and probably start to rebel. Since framing him wasn't enough, a rebel would sure to end it."
"What about that girl, Rena? She's a close friend of Raven.. What do you have in plan for her?"
"Oh.. That girl.. She's in love with Raven, but her feelings are not reciprocated. In this case, she would be Raven's best friend. And of course, he would be hurt by her betrayal.. A rebellion from Raven and rage from his friend's betrayal, hurt.. That'll be perfect for Raven. Now.. Let's manipulate Rena of the Night Savers first though."
Rena held back her gasp as the two guys walked away, laughing evilly. Rena recognized one of them, and it was one of Raven's close friend.. Alex. Rena jumped down from her hideout, running around the huge forest, looking Raven and Seris. However the moment she did, Alex and his companion knocked her out and everything was in darkness. At that moment, Rena could feel herself splitting into two, her sanity leaving her.
"I'll take care of Raven's friends..."
"Alright then Rena... What if you kill Seris? It'll make you even more of a traitor to him.."
"I... I won't hurt Seris. I'll kill the others, but I won't harm Seris."
"Very well..."
Rena covered her face, however, her eyes were recognizable. Rena used her skills, trapping them in one area, splitting Raven's friends. His friends were shocked as they recognized Rena's features. She slaughtered them with a sadistic look on her face. Each one of them had their head and limbs severed. Blood was shed, and that was when her blood lust increased and the moment where she was no longer the Rena they knew. Rena the traitor..
"I'm sorry... Raven.. Seris... I was a traitor all this time.."
Her memories flashed before her, tears falling down her face. She waited for the moment where her existence would cease to exist, however, it never came. Raven held back the blade, forcing it to miss her completely, and pierced the ground next to her neck.
"Rena... Tell me.. What exactly happened to you? Why did you betray me?! I... I don't want to hurt you any further.. Just.. Please.. Tell the truth.."
Raven's tears fell on her face as she caressed his cheeks, sobbing softly as she nodded her head. She placed her forehead on his, as they began to calm down.
"I'll tell you then.. The memories I've had starting from back then... What really happened."
~Author's Note~
Almost midnight, but it's worth it~ :D I was like stuck on how Rena betrayed him, but then.. Rena is not that kind of person, so i decided to add another twist. XD
Here are my replies to my awesome reviewers~
TsukixnoEvernight: I'm glad you love the moment between them~ :) You have a GA, then check the spelling for me. XD I can't trust the words of the internet, and i doubt there would be any topics on GA's skills. Unless there is one, but i never saw it in the forums. And running into Epic NPC's would mean total defeat. It's amazing how some people defeated them.. Well, that's better than Proto in a way. I was technically dying by the time she uses her skills on me. Enhanced Bowstring is to increase the damage of normal arrows... I think. If you can imagine the battle scene, that means you have a great imagination. XD Also, you technicallyread my mind! O: Fairy Tail OST's are amazing... I should listen to it more. :D
Hospes: Lol~ I'm not sure if it's cute or not, but make sure to react to this name, because sometimes when there are other guests, it'll be hard to tell which one is which. XD
Kat983: Rofl! Alright, my queen. This chapter is finally ready for you to read~ :) Lol~ Star-shaped eyes.. O: Black Star?! XD My queen, don't destroy the world or dominate it yet. :D
Miss Panda: Aww, you don't like Rena..? Well, it's fine, but don't hate on her too much. XD I'm glad you enjoyed Chung x Eve, despite liking Raven x Eve. :)
jamellee10: Oh she is? O: I never knew that... O: Are you sure? I hope you're not mistaking her for Chloe, but then again.. Maybe not.. It's just.. I never knew! O: Shocking!
Tammie Zhu: It's Chung x Eve, but i want other readers to enjoy reading other pairings. Plus, it'll be more fun with all of the El gang together~ I'm not sure if it's the best, because i've read ones that are way better than mine~ ^o^
xEvangeline5x: XD Don't worry. Rena betrayed him, but at the same time, not really~ :P And... I don't like JB, no offense to any of his fangirls. And yes, i have more plot twist coming up! :D
Konjiki No Yami: Well, don't slip off your seat, because the next chapter is ready for you to read~ :)
Icebella: Lol, it's ready now! No need to wait any longer~ ^o^
Thanks for reading!
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