Vincent's Profile

Remi's eyes flooded into a brilliant crimson the second after she forced those three final words out to me before she lost control. I quickly ran over to Mrs. Jacobs' group & Sakura & whispered a quick set of instructions that they speedily obeyed. They were gone a few seconds later, & Remi seemed to still be struggling for power by the time I returned to the middle of the clearing, cautiously inching forward to her. I knew that this had happened once before, but I wasn't there for her when it happened. I didn't know how to handle this. One wrong move could get me killed.

Just when I thought this, Remi seemed to have lost the battle with her powerful fallen angel side. She was watching me intently, waiting for me to make a favorable move. I stopped moving altogether, in fear of making a wrong move.

"Remi...?" I whispered quietly. She winced, but other than that, she was unresponsive. It was slightly disturbing.

'Oh, what the hell...' I jumped at Remi, trying to grab her around her arms, constricting her movement until she settled down. She dodged & I barely got out of the way of the tree that was hidden behind her. I used the tree as a push off & launched myself again at her, & missed again. I guess that's when she caught the sent of Sasuke, which made her stop in her tracks, then spin around & swiftly disappear in his general direction. I ran after her silently.

We soon reached the area where Sasuke was fighting the Cloaked Naruto. When Remi joined the fight, I was surprised to see that Naruto didn't attack her. I guess that he understood that they were both after similar things.

I stopped next to Kakashi, who was watching the battle incredulously.

"Jiraiya wasn't kidding..." he mumbled quietly, referring to Naruto in his Fox Cloak. I glanced at him, but looked back at the fight again almost immediately. I decided to wait until the fight was over to attempt to capture the crazed Remi.

That was easier said than done.

Sasuke retreated a few minutes after seeing Remi join the battle, which caused Naruto & Remi to begin fighting amongst themselves. Kakashi stepped in then & began the long, difficult task of getting Naruto back to normal, which clued me in to try & get Remi back to normal before she killed all of us.

Right now, Remi & I were jumping around, avoiding each other. I used mostly speedy skills to avoid & try to capture Remi, but it wasn't enough. Remi had her weapons, her speedy skills, & her wings to avoid & attack me. She nailed me four or so times in the arm with her gun, & managed to slash at me a couple times, & make a few deep cuts to my chest, which were slowly healing. I was running out of blood pretty fast, though.

Finally, after almost a half an hour of this nonsense, I caught one of her majorly oversized wings, & pulled her to my chest while wrapping my arms around hers. She hissed in anger, & I collapsed to my knees. Kakashi looked over at me with questioning eyes. I didn't answer.

After another fifteen minutes or so, she still hadn't passed out or anything, & I was slowly, but unknowingly, slacking my arms that were currently around her. She had settled down a bit, but still hissing in anger, when she burst out of my arms & backhandedly slashed my chest & abdomen.

I let out a startled gasp & fell forward. I saw all the blood spilling from my previously opened wounds, & I knew I wouldn't have enough blood to heal this. I looked up at Remi, who was now lounging in the air, watching me. I let out another painful gasp, & I heard Kakashi say something in the background, but I didn't comprehend it. Everything was dimming so fast.

'I can't...Not now...not...yet...'

The last thing I saw before everything went black was Remi's eyes, which were switching between colors rapidly. The most dominant color that showed up the most was a deep bluish green with a purple tint. I heard her emit a small whimper, & just when I thought I had blacked out, I heard her whisper something that made me want to get up right now & be much more than okay.

"Vincent...please...I am so sorry..."