Hello! Uh... yeah, sorry about the late-update. But, instead of hearing me drabble on, read this chapter! I hope you like it! Yeah, I know that I promised that the last chapter would lead up to a very interesting one... Well, sorry about that. It's not this chapter :P
I know that in some versions, the X-Law with the mask is called Cebin. In this, I'm calling him Kevin, because that's what his name was when I read the manga. Sorry if you think of him as Cebin…
Kairi ran out to her "friends," already at the ring. "Thanks for waiting," She said, glaring at everyone. They just gave her blank stares. Kairi sighed, and sat down next to HoroHoro.
I wonder who's fighting this round…she thought. She glanced around the ring, which was surprisingly empty. People were all sitting together in groups. All of Hao's men were together, talking amongst themselves. The X-Laws were together as well, although there seemed to be a smaller amount of them today. There were other groups, just the 4 group members, sitting together, yet away from everyone.
As Kairi's gaze passed over the X-Laws, something caught her eye. It was Jeanne. Waving. Kairi slowly raised her hand up into the air and waved it cautiously. The fact that she and Jeanne were so close now still baffled the French girl – and she doubted she would ever get used to it.
Ren, however spotted Kairi waving to Jeanne. He rolled his eyes and mumbled something along the lines of "joker… no good… just like Yoh…"
With a scowl, Kairi put her hand down and pouted. How rude of him! Well… I guess I should just get used to this Ren… 'Cause something tells me, he's not going to change, she thought, rolling her eyes herself.
"Let the round start! Hoshi-Gumi against X-III!" Radim shouted over the microphone. The two opposing teams said something to each other, although it was impossible to hear. However, from the look on Venstar's face, it was obvious that those weren't positive words. However, everyone on Hao's team had been able to keep their face straight – showing no emotions at all, except for coldness. And confidence, of course. But why was that a surprise?
However, in that moment, Opacho and Lucifer exited the force field casually.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing?" Venstar snapped. Hao smiled.
"Well, since Hana-Gumi's match was over so fast, I thought I could spice things up a little. I'll fight you by myself." Hao said, gesturing to the three X-Laws. "In fact, why don't you bring all of your teammates – including that weird, caged girl."
"Ah~! Don't you dare call the Holy Iron Maiden a weird, caged girl!" Marco yelled out from his seat to Hao defensively. Hao simply chuckled.
"Are you… are you mocking us?" Venstar cried out, pulling out his gun, "You think we'll fail in our righteous goal?"
With those words, Meene and Kevin pulled out their guns and aimed them at Hao as well. They pulled the triggers with a click, and the three Holy angels came out at Hao. But the young boy simply laughed.
"Are you joking?" He asked. And with a flick of his hand, the Spirit of Fire appeared next to Hao. In the blink of an eye, it had pierced through Meene, leaving her dead and bloody.
"One down… Two to go." Hao said, with insanity reflecting in his usually soft, brown eyes.
Kairi's eyes widened at the sight of her ex-comrade (A/N: Or should I say "x-comrade? XD) dead.
Non… That can't be! Kairi thought. Sure, she wasn't in the X-Laws anymore, but Meene was one of the friendliest people there. Both to her, and to Lyserg. In fact, all of the X-Laws were her friends… except for Marco, perhaps. And honestly, the sight of seeing anyone dead sickened Kairi. It was just too gruesome to think about. Kairi's eyes flickered over to the X-Laws who weren't participating in this fight. Lyserg looked ready to cry, but he kept his eyes glued onto the fight. Most probably because of Marco, Kairi thought. The other X-Laws looked fine – in fact, it seemed like that death didn't bother them at all! Well… except for Jeanne. For all Kairi knew, she could be crying her eyes out inside of that iron cage, and no one would know.
The remaining two X-Laws in the ring seemed fine, though. Or… not fine, depending on how you look at it. They didn't seem to be dazzled by their comrades death at all! Venstar stroked his chin thoughtfully.
"Well, Gabriel (Meene's angel) was gone before Spirit of Fire even appeared." He said aloud.
"Then Spirit of Fire can integrate at super fast speed?" Kevin asked.
"That hasn't been confirmed yet." Venstar said.
"We need to find out its medium, first." Kevin said, walking forward. "I'll go next. Hao said it himself."
"Are they insane?" Ryu yelled. "They just lost a comrade! How can they be so calm?"
"Yeah, even Yoh wouldn't be like this in their situation!" Chocolove said. Yoh glared at Chocolove.
"Not funny." He said.
"That wasn't supposed to be a joke." He pouted.
"Why do they not care about her death?" HoroHoro said softly. His eyes were glued onto the scene in terror.
Images flashed before Kairi's eyes. She closed them, perhaps to see the images better, or to look away from Meene's bloody corpse. She remembered every moment of her X-Law life, and how everything was drilled into her. Hao is the enemy. We must do everything in order to get rid of him. We will stop at nothing. He is the evil demon, Marco's voice echoed in her mind. She opened her shaking eyes.
"Because… they need to get rid of Hao… and they won't stop, even if it means that they have to sacrifice themselves." She said softly, her voice trembling.
Suddenly, the Spirit of Fire struck down Kevin.
Ah! We've missed out so much of the fight! Meene was… struck down just a while before, and now… now… now Kevin, too? Kairi thought in despair.
His body fell to the ground, where Hao took no thought to burn him. The X-Law screamed out in pain, before burning down to nothing but ashes.
That was it. Kairi couldn't take it anymore. She felt something rise up in her stomach, so she pressed her hands to her mouth. The French girl jumped out of her seat and ran outside of the ring, into a grassy area. She fell down to her knees and threw up, hot tears dripping down into the foul-smelling vomit.
And that's it! ...For today! See you guys soon!
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