The battle against the eclipse spirits continues on. Only about five of those spirits remain. Everyone is fighting a spirit, but Nashi hasn't yet. She continued to look for Leo, but there wasn't a sign of him anywhere. She looked around the pyramids of the strange place she was in, but she couldn't find a trace of him.
"Where is he?" Nashi questioned. She looked around, but he wasn't anywhere. She didn't understand. With all the talk he was spouting earlier, he would have put up some sort of fight. Nashi climbed her way up to the top of one of the pyramids, but even from up there she didn't see him anywhere. "Where are you, Leo?!" Leo can't be seen anywhere. How is she suppose to stop him?
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Owen
Nashi wasn't the only one having trouble finding a spirit to fight. Owen went after one of the spirits himself, but he wasn't having better luck either. Owen walked through a desert as he tried to find one of the spirits, but every second he was spending was a second too long. The desert was large and vast and there wasn't a sign of life anywhere.
"What kind of spirit comes to the desert?" Owen questioned. "I don't even know which spirit I went after." Owen continued to search through the desert, but he wasn't getting anywhere. "I feel like I've been here for hours, but the sun hasn't moved at all. Don't tell me it never goes down." Owen could feel the sun beating down on him and since he doesn't usually wear a shirt, that isn't good. "I'm going to be fried when I get out of here." Owen had no choice, but to keep going. As he continued walking, he was being watched.
"Hahah." The one who was watching him was the eclipse version of Aries. "I wonder how long this dork can actually last." Eclipse Aries did her best to stay out of sight and waited until Owen had almost no strength left.
"I don't know which spirit I went after, but whichever one it is, is a real coward." Owen complained. "Which ever spirit is here is clearly waiting for the desert to take its toll on me and I have almost nothing left. I'll be running on fumes here soon." Owen had no choice, but to keep pushing himself through the desert, but there was no shade and no oasis. If Owen doesn't think of something soon, the desert will finish him off or the spirit will.
"This is getting good." Eclipse Aries said as she continued to watch him. She jumped in her own magic-mobile and was getting ready to make her move. She grabbed some water and had some of it. "The dude might look tough, but it looks like even he can't hold his own in a desert. Now to see how long he can hold now." Owen kept trying to make his way through, but he's run out of patience.
"Come on!" Owen shouted. "Whoever you are, wherever you are, get out here so I can kick your butt already! Stop hiding like a little coward and let's fight!" He was hoping to get something out of that, but nothing. "Damn." Owen could barely hold on as he dropped to his knees and was trying to stand on his hands. "How am I going to get out of here if I can't find that spirit and take them down?" Owen was practically out of strength and didn't know what to do. He was also feeling the sand burning against his hands. "Ow!" He pulled his hands up and was trying to cool them down. "I can't take it anymore!" Owen has had it with this desert. He just about reached his limit and that was when he heard a noise. He looked around and saw something emerge from the sand.
"You called. So here I am!" Eclipse Aries said as she rode on the vehicle.
"What the hell? A magic-mobile?" Owen questioned.
"That's right. What do you think of my ride?" Eclipse Aries questioned. "I'm the best wheel racer in the whole celestial spirit world."
"You are you? Which spirit are you?" Owen questioned.
"Aries, of course." Eclipse Aries said. "I guess the desert really has gotten to you. You're not looking all that well and it looks like your brain got fried."
"Aries?" Owen questioned as he tried to think about that. "Wait a minute. I think Nashi mentioned you. Aren't you the little lamb girl that's usually pretty timid. She was also a lot paler from what I saw. You're really the opposite. You seem like some sort of delinquent."
"Delinquent?! No I'm not!" Eclipse Aries said as she felt insulted.
"No? Then, what do you call someone who obviously has a big bad mouth and has been doing what you and our buddies have been doing? You also don't even seem to care." Owen said. "Sounds like a delinquent to me."
"Is that so? Maybe this will teach you to watch what you say, smart mouth." Eclipse Aries said. "Golden Horn Bomber!" She was able to shoot the horns from her head, but Owen was able to move out of the way from the attacks. "I'm surprised you still got some spring in your step." Owen was doing his best to avoid her attacks, but it's using up what strength he has left.
"I better do something fast or else she'll finish me." Owen said.
"Where do you think you're going?" Eclipse Aries said as she started up her vehicle and started going through the sand. She was trying to get ahead of Owen to finish him off.
"Here goes nothing." Owen said as he built some of his black lightning. 120mm Black Lightning Cannon!" Owen tried shooting a beam of black lightning, but his weakened stated caused him to miss. The power did scare Eclipse Aries and she nearly lost control, but she was still able to keep going.
"You look like you're in some real bad shape." Eclipse Aries taunted. "I bet you wish you had some water. Since you are about to take a long nap, here's something to help you sleep." She used her powers and somehow called on a herd of sheep.
"What the hell?" Owen said as he thought that was really weird.
"Don't forget to count." Eclipse Aries said. One by one, the sheep jumped out and tackled Owen.
"Who falls asleep like this? Does counting sheep even work?" Owen said as the sheep kept tackling him. "Enough!" He released some electricity and blasted the sheep away. Owen dropped to his knees again and could barely hold on. "I can't keep this up for much longer. I've got to find some water or something."
"Taking a rest in the middle of a fight isn't a good idea." Eclipse Aries said as she was coming right at Owen. Owen got up and tried to move out of the way, but that didn't do any good. Eclipse Aries circled around to get in front of him. She steered to the side as she stopped and picked up some sand with it getting knocked against him. As Owen tried to see again, Eclipse Aries launched her horns again and blasted Owen with him getting knocked down. "Pretty good that you've lasted this long, but I think it's time we go for a ride." She reached for the chains and was about to toss them at Owen. Owen tried his best to getaway, but she tossed the chains and it latched on his ankle. "I was aiming for your neck, but this should do just as fine. A little something I like to call Desert Road Rage."
"You've got to be kidding." Owen said as he could see where this was going. Eclipse Aries started her ride and started driving through the sand with Owen being dragged against it as his leg was being pulled through it. "I know you're distracted, but what do you think of my driving."
"I think it should be illegal for you to drive!" Owen shouted and was trying his best to endure it.
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Nashi
Nashi wasn't having any luck. At least with Owen, Eclipse Aries showed herself eventually and the desert was draining some of Owen's strength, but that's not the case. Leo is nowhere to be found and this area isn't really affecting Nashi at all.
"What's going on? Where could he be?" Nashi asked. She was annoyed, but she was also confused. "Where could he be? I have a bad feeling about this." Leo is nowhere to be found and that can't be good. Something's going on, but what could he be planning.
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Owen
Eclipse Aries drove around the desert for a little while, but she soon came to a stop. She looked behind her ride and saw Owen wasn't moving.
"So what do you think?" Eclipse Aries said, but Owen wouldn't move and he wasn't responding. "Hey! Are you dead already?! I think I know what will get you going." She grabbed her canteen of water and walked right over to him. "This is what you want, isn't it?" She taunted him by holding the water close to him. "You want some water? Too bad. You won't be having any." She kept taunting him, but Owen wasn't doing anything. "I guess he is dead." Eclipse Aries thought he was finished, but Owen surprised her as he moved really fast and was able to grab the canteen with him pushing her back.
"Thanks for the water." Owen said and started chugging down every drop.
"Hey! Not cool!" Eclipse Aries said as Owen finished off the water and tossed the canteen.
"That was refreshing. Now for your little joyride." Owen said as he reached for the chain and broke it off.
"Hold on. What are you doing?" Eclipse Aries said, but Owen gave his answer as he used his strength and was able to swing the magic-mobile around. "No way!" Owen tossed the vehicle away and it smashed into a dune.
"No more riding around for you." Owen said. "How do you plan on fighting me now that you can't drag me through this overgrown litterbox?" Eclipse Aries got a little spooked and tried to make a run for it. "Not so fast on your feet, are you?"
"Are you sure we can't just talk about this?" Eclipse Aries said as she was a little scared of Owen now.
"Nope." Owen said as he took a deep breath. "Lightning God Bellow!" Owen breathed out a blast of black lightning and blasted Eclipse Aries with it. Eclipse Aries got electrocuted from the attack and was down in one shot. Owen watched as Eclipse Aries turned to stardust and that was another spirit beaten. "Finally." Owen was glad that was over. "Now how do I get out of here?" Owen better figure that out before he gets third degree sunburn.
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Shae
Eight spirits down and only four remain now. Still, the four remaining spirits might not be so easy to beat. Shae will see that for himself as he makes his way through a forest and was keeping his eyes opened for any of the spirits.
"This certainly seems like a tranquil forest." Shae said. "It might seem nice, but I can't let my guard down. Those spirits could be anywhere."
"So you are from that other guild called Sabertooth." Shae heard a voice, but he didn't see where it was coming from.
"Show yourself." Shae said.
"As you wish." Shae looked ahead of him and was faced with Eclipse Taurus. "I am the golden bull. I am Taurus."
"I've heard of you, at least your counterpart." Shae said. Shae was aware of his strength and knew he had to be careful.
"You're from the guild called Sabertooth, are you not?" Eclipse Taurus asked.
"What's it to you if I am?" Shae asked.
"I hear that Sabertooth is the second strongest guild in the country called Fiore." Eclipse Taurus said. "That would have to mean you're only second best, second rate. Your guild is outclassed."
"Is that so?" Shae said as he didn't like him insulting Sabertooth. "Perhaps you need to see for yourself that insulting a tiger like myself is a horrible mistake."
