Chapter 26: Dark Revenge Appears…

The days slowly pasted by and the day of the Tournament was only 1 day away now… and all the Ninja's from the different village's were making last minute preparations… but all their hearts were full of worry.

Marina, Crystal and Kumiko were not the only ones… Marina was still worried, frightened… and still her health wasn't getting any better.

And also seeing what had become of Catrina… it really tore her heart in two… it really made her angry and furious that they were doing this to them both….

The friends had been staying at an Inn getting ready to settle down ready for tomorrow's events…

Kumiko slowly sat down on a chair yawning a little and slowly rubbed her forehead.

"I am so tired…" she yawned again, while stretching out both her arms.

"And I can tell Kumiko.. Really.." Crystal sarcastically commented her, Kumiko groaned and looked away from her folding both arms.

Marina was sitting on her bed crossed legged, deep in thought… thinking about all the strange things so far she found out about her past… she wasn't really listening to the argument Kumiko and Crystal were starting to have.

'Maybe Addias is right about me… maybe I never realise anything… I am really lucky… but why.. Am I so cold sometimes… something inside me… is changing I know it..' she opened out both her hands looking down on them, she clenched them both tight again.

'We've been training for the past 5 days and still… I haven't even unlocked this Fallen Angel power in me yet… their has got to be more to it… just what is that… I must figure it out soon…. Other wise Catrina may lose her heart from all of this… I just can't let that happen to her!' she looked up at Kumiko and Crystal.

"Well look who's talking pinkie head?!" Kumiko smirked poking her nose.

"Hey! You making fun of my hair or something?!" she glared towards her.

Kumiko giggled looking away, acting all innocent…

"RRRRR Look who's talking your eyes aren't even normal?!" Kumiko slowly turned glaring back towards her.

"You watch what you say… I have the eyes of my Goddess!" she started poking her again.

"Pfft as if I care! I'm a nobody I can't care about anything!" she yelled again not able to bare her stupidity anymore.

Marina gave confused eyes, why on earth were they fighting about this…

"Erm… guys.." she tried to speak up but no one noticed.

"You know your silliness is really driving me crazy Kumiko!" she stood up walking towards the window.

"Hey! that's mean?! I am not silly…" Kumiko gave off Paranoid eyes, she was kind of glad she wasn't a nobody… since most of them seemed to be so bossy…

Marina sighed getting up walking towards the door and left the room…

As she walked outside she looked up to the sky smiling, she loved starry nights. She then noticed a ladder that led up to the roof so she careful walked over to it and started to climb up.

Meanwhile in the realm of darkness Veri was walking over to Arina who was watching the strange mirror on the table.. She seemed bored and frustrated.

"So Veri… did you give her the message?" she turned smirking at him.

"Yes you could say I did.." he walked over beside her waving his hand over the mirror, seeing the image of Marina sitting on top of the Gummi Ship looking up to the sky..

"I'm getting kinda bored… why do you guys always have all the fun?" Arina stood pulling up her hood.

"Everything's always just a game to you… Do you know what will happen if Voltic found out about this?" he lifted his head angrily, he really hated her guts.. She was always too cocky and thinking this was just one big game.

"Awww.. Don't worry about little me I know what I'm doing.." she placed her finger on his lips, but he just pushed her away and turned back to the mirror.

"I thought I would have seen this coming really… you're the one to pay the price in the end… don't forget that Arina…" Arina puffed ignoring his comment, she vanished through a dark portal without saying anymore.

Veri then turned looking towards something in the dark shadows, he gave a small laugh… barely you could see anything.

"When your time comes… it will be the end…" he whispered before paying attention back to the mirror.

Catrina walked out through a portal down towards the a city smirking as she then looked to the sky.. Then she saw one of the path of lights shooting through the air meaning… A Princess of Light was here…

"She must be close then.. I better hurry before Lentis gets moody with me again.." she sighed and started rushing down the hill.

The flutter of wings filled the air… something was coming… for their revenge…

Marina smiled to herself enjoying the peace and quiet… glad to get away from Crystal and Kumiko's stupid argument, she remembered clearly all the good times when she and Sora were back on destiny islands, sometimes they would lie on the beach late at night… just looking up at the Stars.. Still bonding their love.

Someone smirked to themselves down towards the victim of their revenge and waiting for the right minute to strike…

"As soon as this is all over… we have to do this together again Sora.." she whispered to herself playing with his necklace.

Slowly they pulled out their sword… only metres away from the target..

"I have waited a long time for this…"

Marina's eyes widened as they glowed for a second, and immediately she didn't look back but quickly dodged just in time before the sword stabbed into her.

Flipping up in the air and landed on the ground, she looked up at her attacker… she gasped slowly… she knew who this was… the visions were true…

"V-Veri..." she gasped out.

He gently landed on the roof laughing with pleasure, he pointed his sword towards her.

"Its so good of you to remember me Princess… you knew very well this day was going to come… not even your Sora can save you now.." with that he jumped from the roof landing to the ground before her.

Marina kept both her arms up, the only protection she had left against him… did all her enemies know she was here… were they all planning to kill her right now.

"That was only a vision Veri… not all of them come true… and I will prove you wrong!" she screamed out as he charged towards her, she kept backing trying to dodge him.

"Your speed sure has grown… doesn't mean you can escape me this time.." he laughed.

He sword lashed against one of her arms forming a cut, she winced out as she clutched it, but she quickly healed it.

"Why do you even want to kill me!" she gasped out when he vanished appearing behind her instantly.

She quickly turned back and lifted up a dagger just barely stopping his sword as she quickly tried to elbow him, but he grabbed her arm pulling her back with him.

"I don't care about the stupid rules... I rather just finish you off now" she gasped out knowing all too well what was going to happen next, she quickly used her free arm to push herself up and quickly high kicked him to free herself.

"We'll just see about that?!" she screamed out flipping into the air, she pulled out two other knives as she threw them towards him, but he blocked everyone deflecting them with his sword.

"You better hurry Marina… your time is running out.." he smirked lifting his head as he looked down to her.

Arina was sat on a tree branch still with her coat's hood covering her face, but still parts of her short ginger hair covered out from under shadowing over her eyes … she laughed with enjoyment.

"Voltic will surely reward me for killing the one person who is to stop him from ruling all the worlds.." she smirked licking her lips.

He quickly vanished in an instance, she gasped out quickly looking every direction… but she suddenly froze as she heard the sound of his laughing behind her again.

"Your time is up Princess…" he smirked about to lash his sword into her, but she wasn't going to let the vision repeat itself.

"NO!" she screamed out, quickly turning full onto him opening out both her hands grabbing it but….

"Awwww too bad little Marina… looks like you won't be seeing your sweet Sora or friends again… And of course letting poor Catrina down once again.." Arina started laughing like hell as her eyes glowed bright red.

Marina groaned slowly opening her eyes, blood was dripping out of her mouth.. His sword had lashed right into her heart, she shivered a little as she slowly looked up at Veri… she gripped on tight to his sword staining her hands with her own blood as it was dripping to the ground…

"I won't… let it… end like this…" she whispered and her mouth slowly formed a smirk when she realised something…

"That's for getting in my way Marina.." he smirked, but suddenly he frowned when…. She just started laughing… and it was nothing like her at all.

"You… really think.. This will be my end…. Not as long as I live and breath… no one will kill me! Because you failed to do that!" she smirked evilly.

Arina gave a small gasp wondering what she was on about… why did she think like this! She was clearly dying… he had completely destroyed her heart… unless…

Marina quickly tighten the grip on his sword more, she clenched her eyes tight also….. That feeling she had felt inside her… wanting revenge… wanting to kill… was Awakened!

"You didn't destroy me heart…. You destroyed yourself!" she started laughing as her eyes opened again, red and evil as she started pushing back against Veri.

"What… are you doing!" he yelled to her.

Marina didn't answer as energy was shooting out from around her, her eyes were slowly changing shape and changing colour, her face also started to change tightening back a little around her cheeks as well as her teeth went sharp pushing their way out of her mouth. Her hand started changing shape as her nails grew sharp like thick needles . She pushed the sword out of him and dark glowing lights on her body started healing away the cuts and marks.

She started screaming out so much that Arina gasped quickly covering her ears… the sounds was…. So unbearable..

"What! Where is this power coming from!" she screamed out.

Veri quickly rushed back clenching his eyes tight a little trying to bare the sound.

"I want to kill…. I want revenge!" Marina started laughing out as she slowly was clenching her hands to the ground, her voice sounded cold…. Like evil itself…

Kumiko and Crystal slowly stopped arguing and heard a noise and it started shaking the room.

"Ahh! What is that horrible noise! My ears!" Kumiko cried out in pain falling to her knees.

"Its… Marina! She isn't here oh shit! Now Sora and Addias are going to kill me for this!" she grunted picking up her diamond blade rushing out the door.

"C.. Crystal wait for me!" Kumiko called and rushed after her.

Marina grasped both her hands to the ground tighter as she screamed out in pain.. She screamed even more as something slowly started trying to push their way out of her back… it started pushing through her skin as more blood slowly started pouring down her back. Suddenly two pure white wings finally lashed pushing out, covered in her own blood.. She didn't seem to care as she slowly got to her feet.

"The Fallen Angel… has awakened…" Arina grunted getting to her feet, she jumped from the tree and quickly rushed in the portal before she was seen.

"Voltic's going to be furious…" she whispered when it closed.

Kumiko and Crystal both kept running and up ahead they could see a dark glowing light…

"Crystal what's that Light?!" Kumiko called up to her.

"I think we're about to find out!" she replied as they got closer.

Kakashi kept charging through the trees, grunting and hoping it wasn't too late and help her out when he finally got there… he realised it already was too late…

She stood still with her head cast down… her hair was waving gently around her face, she slowly opened her eyes showing pure redness and her pupils looked more the shape of a cats. The energy around her zapped like a stormy night… she started licking away some of the blood from her face as she fully stood up.

She looked down at both her hands clenching them tight… feeling… and loving the power she had within it… she felt so alive…

Then she let them down to her sides, she started laughing looking towards him… really and clearly Marina had changed….

"Well… I see you have awakened from your long sleep Marina.." Veri smirked pointing his sword at her.

She returned them where she held her hand grabbing to the end of it, when she started to speak it was inhuman again… the voice was sending fear and horror to Kakashi's ears.

"This… isn't meant to happen…" he groaned something must have gone terribly wrong when the Fallen Angel awakened…

'So glad… your happy about it Veri… you came all this way to this world to just kill me…I'll show you what it's like to have true revenge… I will show you all…. That no one can match up to me!' her fingers tightened and she quickly charged at him.

"This should be interesting.." he smirked as he got into a battle pose.

Marina let her hand open up as she rushed towards him, one of her hands was running across the ground and electricity was being formed from her finger tips.

Kakashi gasped so surprised to see what attack she was doing… how was it she learnt it just by awakening as a Fallen Angel.

"Its… just not possible.." he gasped.

Veri waited every second, as she gained getting closer to him…

Finally all the electricity in her hand formed into a ball of energy and quickly she leapt into the air screaming out again.

"Chiodori!" she screamed before lashing her whole fist against Veri's sword.

Kumiko and Crystal stopped running and gasped seeing Marina's attack from a short distance away and they saw as she started battling against him.

"Crystal?! What is this power! I haven't seen nothing like it!" she called to her as the force of Marina's energy was rushing out with a huge wind.

"The Fallen Angel in her is awakened?! But in the wrong way! The evil in her is taking over!" Crystal quickly raised up her blades clenching one of her eyes tight.

Veri just laughed as she completely missed and then he quickly grabbed some of her hair pulling her into his grasp.

"Nice try Princess…" he whispered into her ear.

Marina twitched trying to break free, she screamed out again slowly reaching her free arm to his trying to grip onto it.

"I… won't let it… come true…" she winced as her wings tried to spread out.

"Marina!" Kumiko called and started running towards them.

"Stay away from me!" she screamed out to her and quickly pushed herself free.

Kumiko stopped in her tracks gasping when Marina quickly turned attacking Veri again as she lashed a punch against him.

Marina flipped landing on top of the roof again, she was smirking down towards them with pleasure…

"Your going to need a lot more than the Fallen Angel powers to defeat me Princess.." he laughed towards her.

"You really think.. You could kill me.. I am a descendant of one of the most power living god Clans…" she smirked gripping tight to the roof.

Kakashi jumped to the ground, he saw Kumiko and Crystal not to far away..

"Kumiko, Crystal?! We have to get through to her otherwise the darkness will take control?!" he yelled.

Kumiko looked to the ground for a second trying to think what could help her snap out of this…

"We have to do something… and we have to do it fast.."

Meanwhile in the realm of darkness, Arina quickly fell back to the ground. She panted a little as she slowly turned to look back at the angry look on Voltic's face… He clenched both of his fists tight, the look on his was so cold and angry.

"What are you thinking Arina?! You should know its not the right time to kill her! And you should know not to do things behind my back!" he yelled pulling her up from the ground, he smacked her around the face.

Arina shivered a little as she tried not to look up at him again.

"I was only trying to kill her Voltic… to make you happy.." she whispered but he threw her down on the ground again not happy with her at all.

"You have a lot mistakes to fix… and show where loyalties lie.." Voltic turned away turning to Veri and then another strange cloaked figure walking up behind him.

"Yes but… this plan is really only a small part to what we really want remember… those foolish heroes of light will never discover about the true day… when real horror and darkness will awaken... Really this plan of mine will be their worse nightmare…" he gave off a sarcastic laugh, this just showed he wasn't in a great mood. He walked over into the darkness to some glass tanks looking inside one of them, placing his hand on the surface, and gazing in what was sleeping inside…

A strange shaped figure was inside… bubbles floated up slowly to the surface from their breathing with long brown hair floating and casting around the face, the rest of them was shadowed out… keeping their face hidden.. Two more like her… were sleeping… waiting for the day to come…

"Soon… you will all awaken…"

What was that Voltic said… predicted such a horror in the future…. What kind of creature is sleeping inside….

Suddenly from that moment Lain's eyes widened from the trance she was in, she slowly stood up getting to her feet…

"They truly are fools…" she quickly made a portal running through without a word.

"Namine.. What are you drawing?" Tisha slowly walked over to her and looked down over her shoulder.

"Hmm… oh nothing just some old memories… of great times I had… when I had my heart… you know I never really blamed Kairi for this… only Lessa for making me be what I am" she rubbed her hand on the paper and then flipped the page over, she then carefully and lightly started sketching out something else.

"I wish… I knew who my true self was… I don't even remember.. Being born.." Tisha sighed playing with her necklace again slowly sitting down next to Namine.

Ruri's eyes slowly opened as she sat up, the wind rushed past her face blowing back her dress…. How did she get there? She was in the realm of light fighting Lessa but yet… she knew she lost…

"You may have won this time… doesn't mean I won't kill you yet.." she whispered then looking to the sky giving a sad sigh as a thought flashed back in her mind.

Flashback….

Clouds started forming and covering up the rays of the sun… making the atmosphere moody and thoughtless…

A younger Ruri of 17 who wore similar clothes to Marina back at the time of her age… she nervously played with her fingers as she shivered from the cold breeze that blew from within her.

She was standing on a strange beach as she looked into the murky distance, she was waiting for someone to come…

"He's late…" she whispered before slowly, she heard the noise of someone's footsteps coming close to her.

"Sorry I'm late!" the person called to her, she turned to him giving a sad smile.

"I'm just glad you finally came.." she slowly walked over to them.

End of Flashback….

TO BE CONTINUED.