"Metal falls Apart"

"How much longer!"

"Not long."

"Master Yasu, I'm bored can't we move on to Patch?"

"No, I want Keia to become stronger…"

"Why?"

"You'll see, you'll see."

"Whatever, Yasu-sama, but I don't think she has what it takes…that's all."

"You'll be surprised…there is one thing I want you to do for me."

"Really? Yatta, finally! What is it?"

"That fire shaman, Asakura Hao, kill him and make sure no one sees you, especially not Keia."

"HAI! Yasu-sama, arigatoo!"

"Yes, now go!"

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Keia slowly walked through the corridors of the inn. She was wearing her black training pants, red tube top, her hair was tied up in a high pony tail and she wore her black boots. She kept looking around if she could see one of the others, because today she wanted to be alone, even without spirits.

'Good, no one's there…'

She slowly opened the door and carefully walked out of the inn. Outside it was still dark and a low mist made it almost impossible to see where you were going, yet Keia walked on. She knew which way she had to go even if she couldn't see it.

Through the forest she walked straight on to the lake. It was her favorite spot in whole Patch and at the moment the most peaceful spot.

"Okay, because Kirura isn't loaning me any of her own power anymore, I have to fill up the loss. The Cold Flames are strong, but I can't control them very well and I still do not believe that 'Beast' nonsense. I've been lacking proper training and now have to catch up…great." Keia talked to herself about her current situation.

At the moment everyone had surpassed her in strength because most of the time she was looking for new members to join them. The Keys of Light weren't with as much as the demons, but every day hey became more; now they had 800 shamans in it.

Through all the mist Keia could still see the light of the Great Spirits. She sat down on the wet grass and sighed. It was so frustrating she had dropped from strongest to weakest and worst was she didn't even thought up new attacks, the Umi no Hi was all she had.

'Man, I'm such a failure/disappointment! I don't know when the demons will make their first attack, but I hope it isn't anywhere soon. I'm such a goner…'

"There she goes again with the ningen behavior. If you do that you really are a disappointment, Keia." Soft footsteps came from behind her as she rolled her eyes.

"Nice to see you too, Hao."

Since he agreed on joining the Keys of Light, Keia hadn't seen him anymore. The whole Hoshigumi seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth since that day. So, Keia was a little surprised to see him here…

"What do you want?" just a little.

Hao chuckled and sat beside her while also staring at the lake. "The demons have started to attack shamans…thought you would like to know."

Keia looked shocked at him. Was it already this far? The answer was yes, they had to come into action now, but they still weren't with enough and Keia still wasn't strong enough to face them.

"Oh great, just bloody great! By the way, where have you been?" she asked suddenly changing the subject.

"Killing off demons and getting more powerful shamans to Patch." He smirked and lay down on the grass.

"Yea, right……….you're not joking huh?" Hao looked careless at her and kept smirking. Keia didn't know what to say. It was either very stupid or very brave; she didn't know for sure what it was.

Keia blinked then looked back at the lake and stood up. "Well, I won't get any stronger by just sitting here. Furyoku in Glass Moon!" the silver Floral spear formed itself, this time it was only made out of furyoku since Keia didn't need a spirit ally, though she missed having one.

A tree that stood across her was the perfect target for her to practice on. Keia smiled and fired an attack; it broke before it hit the tree. She tried it again, same result and again and again, but it kept missing or breaking before it made impact.

"Whyyyyy?" Keia shouted and dropped to her knees breathing heavily. Using your own furyoku and only that to fight was hard, very hard.

"After all these years you still don't know how to form a proper attack? Haven't you learned anything then?" Hao was clearly making fun of her and that was one thing she didn't like.

"Oh shut up…" a creepy smile appeared on her face as something came to her "Why don't you train me? You trained me back then, so why not now?" she looked teasingly at him expecting to hear the same answer as when she asked him to join.

"You won't survive my training anymore." He simply answered as he stared at the sky.

"Nani? Are you calling me weak?"

"Hai."

"Kisama! I bet your training isn't much worse then Anna's or the one of the priests…tell you what, you train me and if I can't handle it I give you Floral's power, deal?"

"I get that power one way or another, it doesn't matter, but it'll be nice to see you sweat for the change."

"Teme…no, don't stress Keia, okay so it's a deal?"

"I guess so."

"Great! So, what should I do first?" Keia smiled broadly and stretched herself while she waited for instructions.

Hao got up and stared bored at Keia, what made her drop the smile. Even though he kind of saved her back then, she still didn't like the way he sometimes looked at her. It made her feel really uncomfortable and less worth.

'Grr, this it childish! Come on Keia, you're stronger and older then you were back then, now deal with it!' her mind scolded at her. She moved uneasily and tried to avoid his gaze.

"Follow me." was the only thing he said. Keia blushed and did without saying a word. She knew about the mind reading thing, but she just couldn't keep her thoughts for herself. If he didn't want to hear them he should just ignore it, was her motto.

They walked through the forest back to Patch and from there to the desert area and then they walked out of Patch, out of the save barrier. While Hao just walked on undisturbed, Keia kept looking around her and had her senses making over hour as she tried to scan the area. There seemed to be no demon, but for how long?

"Umh, H-Hao, don't you think we're kinda far away from the village?" stuttered Keia while walking backwards behind Hao and holding her spear close to her.

He suddenly stopped, making Keia bump onto him. She slowly turned around only to see that gaze again.

"You want to get stronger, don't you?" he asked sounding somewhat irritated.

"Y-yes, but we're out of Patch and we're with only the two of us. How much I like to believe you already took on those demons, I'm still not ready to face them…" Keia looked away to the ground, trying not to show how scared she actually was.

Since she had her memories back she wasn't so careless anymore. The reason for that was that she still felt like she was two different souls that were trapped in the same body, it frustrated her, but no one had to know.

Without their knowing someone was watching them. Someone that could be dangerous, very dangerous.

"Grr, damn girl move it! Damn, I can't even see him, Yasu-sama was wrong Keia is just too weak to even care about her." A voice whispered to itself.

Keia stood there talking to Hao and the stranger was getting more and more irritated by the second. Slowly Keia moved away from him not knowing…

"Finally! Time to die, Asakura Hao!"

"DARK ARROW!"

Both Keia and Hao looked up surprised as black light stormed towards them…

Keia's pov:

A dark flash was all I saw it went right in front of me, but then I didn't knew the damage it had already caused…

When I removed my arm from my face I saw Hao staring at me, but it looked more like a shock stare then the way he normally did. Something was wrong terribly wrong.

The thing that seemed to be a black flash now had taken the form of an arrow and its end was pointing out of Hao's side!

"Hao! OMG, say something!" I shrieked. His eyes turned blank as he stared at a huge boulder behind me. I followed his gaze and for a moment I thought I saw someone standing there, but soon it was gone.

"Who was that? Argh, don't bother come one we have to get you to a hospital!" I started walking while trying to pull him with me, I didn't know how to act, for seven years he was my enemy even though it was fake or was it?

'Don't, don't think about that not now! First help him your thoughts are the last thing to think about at this moment Keia!'

"Keia, the thing is poisoned, if I move I'll die." Hao calmly said. He was acting as if it was nothing.

"Nani! What should I do then…can't you heal it?" he stared blankly at me, that probably meant 'no', because shaking your head at a moment like this would be stupid.

I wanted to help, I really did, and he was part of the team after all. At this moment I felt weak and useless, more then I ever did.

"If I pull it out how long do you have?"

Hao looked surprised for a moment, but quickly returned to the famous smirk. "Less then fifteen minutes, why? Planning on something."

"If…If I give you my power now…will, will you survive?" I tried to sound careless, but wasn't really pulling it off. Losing my power at this moment would be like losing my heart or my soul even if I trusted him now.

"Heh, you're not getting off with it so easily, Keia. Act like your age." Again that bored stare. I knew it wasn't common for him to get help from others, but the demon that attacked him could come back to finish the job.

"Here's the plan, so listen carefully…I pull out the arrow, you quickly teleport us to Patch to my inn, there Faust'll help you, but first what poison is it?" I asked trying to sound serious, but in fact I was scared to death…if he died it would be…my fault…

"How should I know? Do you really think I let myself get shot every once in a while?" he answered very sarcastic. I could've expected that…

I started walking circles around him; it was more to not freak out. I really couldn't handle this much stress, it just wasn't me or was it, who am I? God, I can't stop thinking about who I really am.

Hao just stood there looking at the ground and sighed. It also made me sigh, but more out of helplessness…I was weak and useless…

"Hao…sensei…tell me what to do…I want to learn…everything!" something I said when I was younger popped in my mind. Even though if I was weak and useless no one was going to die today, not with me still being around…not anymore…

End pov:

The spear that Keia was still holding started to glow a faint color of metal blue. Soon the spear disappeared and the metal blue aura surrounded Keia.

"Metal falls apart eventually…I'm falling apart, Hao, I'm too weak for this and…useless, I don't want people to die or to get hurt, but I can't avoid that. People are going to die and will get hurt. The demons are already here, at Patch, so close…The Keys of Light can't use weak shamans in a fight, I'm weak and I'm sorry…I still want to learn and get stronger…but still metal falls apart…"

Keia raised her hands and with one move she pulled out the arrow. It was made out of some kind of black metal and it started to melt in Keia's hand. She smiled as the liquid turned blue as well.

"Even Dark Metal…falls apart…" Keia seemed to be in a trance, as if she wasn't talking. Hao felt the poison spreading through his body, it wouldn't take much longer or he was a goner.

"What the hell is that onna, doing! She's ruining everything, maybe Yasu-sama wasn't acting foolish…Grr, I've to report this!" two red eyes fade away from behind a bush as slow footsteps were heard.

Meanwhile Keia was still staring at the metal liquid that was now floating in front of her. Hao was on his knees holding his heartas he tried to see what Keia exactly was doing, but his sight started to fade away as well, it wouldn't take much longer…

"K-Keia…what…"

"…heal…"

A bright light covered the both of them, making it impossible to look straight at each other. It only lasted a moment though.

Keia smiled calmly and dropped unconscious to the ground. Hao was breathing heavily, but somehow the poison had disappeared out of his body and the wound the arrow left had also vanished, as if it never happened.

"Hmpf, you really are hopeless Keia…" Hao smiled as he shook his head.

He picked her up and started walking back to Patch village. Still unaware of the stranger that was spying on them, up from above a high cliff.

"Hmm, this is very interesting indeed…Yasu-sama will be pleased to hear my report."

"But still…why the fire shaman? We know it was all a setup and that Keia destroyed the village of Floral, but why him? We'll see eventually, yes, we will see…MWAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

A column of black fire surrounded the shadow standing on the cliff and it was gone…

Back in Patch…

"Hmmmn…H-Hao?" Keia slowly opened her eyes, her vision still was weak but became clearer as she focused more.

"Yes?"

"Uhm…I-I-I think I can walk now…" she blushed heavily while trying to look away.

"You're being girly." Hao smirked and just walked further.

"I am a girl, DUH!"

"So, where's your point."

"AAARGG, come on! I know you're not that dense."

Keia pouted, still blushed madly and Hao only laughed at her behavior. After a short while she started to feel drowsy and silently fell asleep in his arms…

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Me: sorry for the short chap but I was suffering from a writers block T.T I promise next one will have action adventure and a lot more it also will be longer…I think…(sweat drop)

Anyway, people keep asking me where I get this stuff from… :D uhmmmmm, (thinks for several hours)… watching, Charmed, Buffy the vampire Slayer and a lot of si-fi movies does the trick for the demons and I think…well imagination and being a fan of everything that has to do with magic…and my new inspiration playing Ragnarok Online :D okay that's a joke, but I really don't know it, it just pops up in my head I guess.

I really want to thank Sima0chan for helping me out of my writers block: THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH! ARIGATOO NASAI! ;D

Till next update and please review! Ja Ne!