Author's Note: Oops, I forgot to submit this. My bad.

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"Dammit, where the hell is he. . ." I muttered. Soon I heard groaning, so I ran to the source of the sound. It turned out to be Sieghart, dragging Jin, who was groaning in pain.

"Sieghart, what are you doing?!" I asked angrily. Sieghart's aura was thick, and when he glared at me, his eyes gave him a look of insanity.

"Ugh. . . help. . ." Jin groaned.

"Sieghart, what is wrong with you?" I asked. Sieghart dropped Jin and then suddenly attacked me.

"Whoa!" I cried out, and stopped him with a Stone Curse. "Are you mad?!" I could tell my Stone Curse had almost no effect on him, as he was already breaking out of it.

"He's blind with rage. . ." Jin explained, still groaning.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"No, not me. . . Kaze'aze. . ." he explained. Not good.

"Did she possess him?" I asked, fearing the answer.

"Y-Yes. . . But he's out of control. . ."

"I think. . . we need to subdue him." Suddenly, Sieghart was free and he slashed at me. I managed to dodge in time, and yelled, "Dammit Sieghart, break free!"

"Ragh!" Sieghart yelled, and continuously performed skills on me, but they're so wild, I couldn't tell what they were.

I ran over to Jin, grabbed his arm, shouted, "Change of plans; run!" and ran, dragging Jin with me.

Sieghart charged after us, letting out this really insane, really scary roar.

"Hey, is someone here?!" I shouted. "Help!"

Ryan came out of nowhere and collided with Sieghart.

"Whoa, what the?!" Ryan cried out.

"He's possessed by Kaze'aze!" I shouted, as Sieghart grabbed Ryan by the head and chucked him into a tree.

"Just run!" I yelled, still dragging Jin with me. I never knew I could run so fast.

"Get. . . out. . . of my head!" Sieghart roared. I turned around and shot him with lightning. All that happened was his hair turned frizzier than it already was.

Jin was half slumped to the ground, half leaning against me. "What about. . . running?"

"Er. . ." I said, then continued running. Jin stumbled, and I was full-on dragging him now.

Glancing back, I saw Sieghart hold his head, flailing, then began to slash around wildly. He cut one of the trees, and oh-so-luckily, it fell in our direction.

"Oh f-" I began, before slamming my staff into the ground, turning the tree into ash. Unfortunately, I set the canopy on fire, as well. Stupid.

I sighed. "I ain't perfect. . ." as I tossed my lamp upwards, letting the Ice Spirit send snow through the forest.

"Ack, cold!" Jin shouted, now nicely chilled. I saw that Sieghart was covered in frost, but he was also colder, making him slower. He growled.

"Well, that helps. . ." I muttered, then sent an Ice Ball his way.

"Sieghart, s-sir, snap out of it!" Ryan said, shivering. I turned to run, but I ran into someone. "Hey?!"

"T-Arme?" It was Ronan.

"Sieghart's possessed!" I told him.

"What?! Oh grea-" Ronan began, before getting tackled by Siegahrt. "Get off!"

I grabbed Jin and hid the two of us someplace. I saw Sieghart rest his sword on Ronan's neck.

"I'll kill you now, Royal Guard Master," Sieghart hissed through his teeth.

Then Lire headbutted Siegahart, causing him to tumble away.

"You okay, Ronan?" Lire asked.

"I will be when Sieghart snaps to his senses. . ." Ronan grumbled.

"Hey, are you okay?" Lire asked Sieghart, nudging him. His eyes were closed, but the aura was still very strong.

"Hey, Lire, step away from him, he's dangerous," Ronan said. Lire backed away a bit, saying, "I know that already." Suddenly, Siegahrt jolted up and grabbed Lire's ankle. "Ah-ha!" He pulled her to the ground.

"Let me go!" Lire screamed, kicking Sieghart in the face.

"Grawrgh, I'll kill you!" Sieghart yelled, causing Lire to call for help. Well, more like scream. Sieghart was close enough for me to petrify him yet again, just as he grabbed his throat.

Lire managed to slip away from the petrified Sieghart.

"Y-You okay?" Lire asked.

"Give me Jin. . ." Sieghart mumbled.

"Why should we?" Ronan asked.

"You shouldn't, but I want to kill him!" Sieghart let out a loud laugh, before groaning. "Ah, my head." I added to his headache with a whack from my staff.

"Grh! I'll try not to kill you so quickly. . ." Sieghart muttered.

"Careful, Sieghart," I said. Then asked, "Is he free?"

"Of course he's not," Sieghart answered. "Think I'd give up that easily?" I kicked him. Then he got one of his legs free. Crap.

"Sieghart has so much power. . ." Sieghart laughed a bit. "It's. . . a bit overwhelming!" Then he got his arm free. . . and grabbed my throat; he began to choke me. A wicked smile began to grow across his face. "Move and I'll gauge her eyes out."

"H-He-lck. . ." I choked out.

Ronan pointed his tyrfing at Sieghart. "Drop her!" Lire did the same, but with an arrow in her bow instead.

"Give me Jin!" Sieghart demanded.

"No way!" Lire said.

"Fine. . ." Sieghart's grip tightened on my throat, and I couldn't breath.

Then, "Bastard!" and two kunai buried itself into Sieghart's wrists. Surprised, Sieghart let go of me and retreated a bit, holding his wrists, and I fell over.

"Lass?!" Lire exclaimed.

"That's right!" Lass jumped out of the canopy and landed beside me. Holding me up with one arm, he pointed his nadochi at Sieghart. "Don't you dare hurt her again, you filth!" Meanwhile, both Ronan and Lire got ready to attack.

Sieghart gripped the kunai with his teeth and yanked them out, spitting them on the floor. "Go ahead, Lire, shoot!" he spat.

"I can miss," Lire said, "but the resulting explosions will stun you." Sieghart readied his sword as Lire continued. "Get out of Sieghart's mind."

"Why?" Sieghart said tauntingly. "So much power. . . I could kill you all, if I had complete control." Sieghart began to shake. "Just a little bit more. . . Agh. . ."

"But why is it Jin you want?" Lire asked.

"Jin? Jin is no longer of any use for me, don't you see?"

"But. . . what if Sieghart lost his immortality?" I asked, voice raspy.

"I'd find another host eventually," Sieghart said. "Maybe another one graced with the blessing of the Gods. That'll be difficult of course, but it'll be worth it. . ." Then Sieghart charged, swinging his sword and throwing a wave of purple energy at Lire and Ronan, but missed.

Ronan charged, then leaped, dropping many Dust Chips all around Sieghart as Lire shot an arrow into Sieghart's hand. He stumbled backwards, causing numerous Chips to trigger, and cried out in pain. Sieghart threw his sword forward, but jerked as he cut a lock of Lass' hair off. Lass let out a small cry of protest.

Lire threw an arrow at Sieghart, apparently to use it as distraction. Sieghart kicked it away, just as Ronan came from behind and kicked Sieghart's feet out from under him. Ronan stepped on his chest, pinning Sieghart. "Okay, Sieghart," Ronan said, panting. Sieghart was basically crippled, without his weapon, and wounded.

"Phew," Ryan said, as he emerged from the bushes. There was a slight bump on his head where he had made impact with a tree earlier.

"This old rat is still stronger than all of you combined, even crippled," Sieghart hissed, then grasped Ronan's leg, albeit weakly, and twisted it. Ronan cried out in pain, and dropped down to one knee and hand. Lire shot an arrow at Sieghart's hand, but he used Ronan's leg to take it. Then Sieghart grinned, a wild, menacing sight, and jerked. There was a loud snap.

"Ronan!" Lire cried out, as Ronan screamed in pain and fell over.

"I still have legs!" Sieghart cried out, as he got up and ran into the bushes. Lire shot arrows after Sieghart, as Lass cried out, "No so fast!" set me down, and pursued Sieghart. Soon, Lass and Sieghart were out of sight.

Ronan was squirming in pain, holding his right leg, apparently broken. "He broke my leg!" Ronan cried out, shaking.

"Lay back, you'll only worsen it!" Ryan said. Ronan lay onto his back, face twisted in pain.

Carefully, Ryan gripped the broken leg and carefully straightened it. Meanwhile, Lire came over with some bandages and wood, to make a splint.

Ronan cried out in pain as Ryan worked, and yelled, "My damned leg!"

"Uh, I don't think he wants me touching him anymore," Ryan said.

"Damned straight!" Ronan said, gritting his teeth. Lire set the wood and bandages together on Ronan's leg, binding it tightly.

Ryan and Lire then began to carry Ronan back to where Elesis was, with me helping Jin back. Jin limped over to Elesis and sat against a tree, leaning back, and fell asleep.

Soon, Lass came stumbling back, a kunai caught in his hair. He fingered the kunai a bit before untangling it and tossing it.

"Uh, Lass?" Lire said.

"Huh, yeah? Is Ronan alright?" Lass asked.

"Well, he has a broken leg," she said.

"U-Uh, damn that wench. . ." Lass grumbled.

"I wish Kaze'aze would stop hiding behind everyone and come out and fight us all, face to face," Lire muttered.

"Bet she's too ugly-" Lass began, before an odd dog came out and bit Lass on his butt.

"What the hell?!" Lire exclaimed. Lass fell over onto his face, allowing me a better look of the dog.

Its features. . . The dog looked like a miniature, doggified version of Kaze'aze.