Only three spirits remain. Most of the eclipse spirits have been defeated thanks to Nashi's friends, but it's still not over. Each one of the twelve spirits have their own unique powers and traits. There's been something special about them and now it's Gale's turn to see that. Just like Shae, Gale made his way through a forest, but he doesn't see a sign of any of the spirits.
"Come out. Come out." Gale said as he tried to find one of those spirits. "You can't hide from me." Gale was keeping his eyes opened for any of the spirits, but he didn't see them. "Where are they hiding?"
"Piri-Piri."
"Huh?" Gale heard someone and he could actually smell them. An eerie wind blew by and he was having a bad feeling about this. "I know you're there. You might as well show yourself."
"Boy. He sounds a little grumpy."
"I think he just needs to play some more." He could hear two voices out there, but he thought he was dealing with only one spirit.
"Enough! Just get out here!" Gale said. He heard someone walk towards him and saw a young boy came out of hiding. "There's one, but where's the other?" He heard noises behind him too. He turned around and saw a girl that looked just like the boy. Gale was a little confused because he thought there was only one spirit, but he soon put the pieces together. "Now I get it. A boy and a girl that look the same. You must be that twin constellation I heard."
"I'm Gemi"
"And I'm Mini."
"Together, we're Gemini!" Both of them said.
"At least now I know what I'm dealing with." Gale said. "Since you're just kids, I'll give you the chance to just surrender. I don't really want to hurt you guys."
"He thinks he can hurt us?" Eclipse Gemi said.
"That's actually a little funny." Eclipse Mini said as both of them laughed.
"I don't think you little brats know what you're dealing with." Gale said.
"This guy might sound tough and scary, but let's see if he's still saying that when we make him a little cuter." Eclipse Gemi said. He launched a ray of light, but Gale moved out of the way before it could even hit him.
"You asked for it. Come here!" Gale said as he went after Eclipse Gemi first. Gale reached out to him, but Eclipse Gemi flew into the air and avoided him with his sister joining him.
"Piri-Piri." Eclipse Gemini said as both of them was unleashing the same kind of light. Gale didn't know what it was, but he was smart enough to avoid getting hit by the attack.
"Hey! Don't run away!" Eclipse Gemi said.
"He really doesn't know how to have fun." Eclipse Mini said. They kept trying to blast him, but Gale kept avoiding each attack. He jumped off from one of the trees and went right at the two of them, but they both moved out of the way.
"These little guys are quick." Gale said. All three of them landed down and it was a standoff. "Just what are you two trying to do? Do I even know what that attack of yours will do to me?" Gale said.
"It will make you cuter." Eclipse Mini said.
"Yeah. Something that's more fun to play with." Eclipse Gemi said, but that wasn't making Gale feel any better. He know those two had something mischievous up their sleeve.
"I don't know what you two are trying to pull, but I'm in no mood for games." Gale said as he went at the two of them again.
"Piri-Piri." Eclipse Gemini said as they both had a sneaky idea.
"Will you quit saying that?!" Gale said as he was already starting to get annoyed and kept trying to grab them, but they kept moving out of his reach. "What does that even mean?!" The two of them kept staying away from Gale and saw an opening.
"There!" Eclipse Gemini said as they both used that light again and hit Gale.
"The hell?!" Gale said as he could feel his body change and a puff of smoke went off. "What just happened? I don't feel anything is really different." Gale felt just fine, but he looked around and noticed everything seemed a lot bigger. "Wait. Was this forest always this big?"
"That's better." Eclipse Gemi said.
"Much better." Eclipse Mini said. Gale turned to them, but he noticed he was staring at their legs had to look up to see their faces.
"Hold on! Did you little brats shrink me?" Gale said as he raised his arm, but he noticed something was strange. He was trying to raise his arm over his head, but it felt like he wasn't reaching very high. "That's weird. I can't see my arm." Gale look down and had a look at himself. He saw that he was smaller, furrier, and his arms were paws. He couldn't believe it. "No way. I'm a hamster?!"
"He looks a lot cuter like this." Eclipse Mini said.
"And I bet he be more fun to play with." Eclipse Gemi said.
"You twerps!" Gale shouted. "Change me back to normal right now so I can kick your butts for this!" Eclipse Gemi reached down and was able to grab a hold of him as he lifted him up. "Put me down!"
"He seems a little cranky. I think he wants some attention." Eclipse Gemi said.
"Did you not hear me?! I'm cranky because you turned me into a hamster! Change me back!" Gale demanded, but the twins weren't listening. Both of them were rubbing his hands over him and treating him like he was a hamster, treating him badly. They're being too rough with their touches. "Stop touching me!"
"He's really fussy." Eclipse Mini said.
"I think he just needs to try and calm down." Eclipse Gemi said.
"This is embarrassing." Gale said as he couldn't believe this was happening to him. "If anyone in the guild saw me like this, I never heard the end of it. If I'm also stuck like this, I'll be stuck as Gia's little pet for the rest of my life. That's assuming I can even get out of here."
"Come on, brother. Let me see him." Eclipse Mini said as she reached out and grabbed a hold of Gale to take for herself.
"No. I'm playing with him." Eclipse Gemi said as he refused to hand him over and it resulted in the two of them fighting over him, but Gale was the one hurting.
"Where did you two learn to take care of your pets?! Wait a minute. I'm not even your pet! Let go!" Gale said as he hated this. Gale wasn't going to take this, but since he has a hamster's body, he has to use the hamster's features. So he bit Eclipse Gemi's hands.
"Ow!" Eclipse Gemi said and the pain caused him to let go. Gale got free and ran off as fast as his little legs could carry him. "Come back!"
"Don't let him go!" Eclipse Mini said as they both hurried after him.
"I can't believe this is happening to me!" Gale complained as he was running as fast as he could. "I've got to find some way to get myself back to normal so I can get those two brats and I better do it before anyone sees me like this."
"He's fast for a little guy." Eclipse Gemi said as the two of them chased after him.
"He's cute now, but I think I'm done with him. Let's try something bushier." Eclipse Mini said as she shot another light and it hit Gale. Now he's a squirrel.
"Now I'm a squirrel?! What do I look like to you that you can change me around like this?!" Gale complained. Gale hurried up a tree and climbed up to a branch for he hope he could keep some distance between him and the twins.
"That does look nice, but let's try something else." Eclipse Gemi said as he used that light again and was able to hit Gale again. Now he became a beagle puppy. That meant he couldn't hold himself up in the tree anymore and fell right out of it and crashed into the ground.
"This takes animal abuse to a new level." Gale complained as he got back up.
"Yeah. I like this a lot better." Eclipse Mini said. Gale still refuses to go with those two. So he did the only thing he could do as a dog. He used his teeth and bit her leg. "Ow! Bad dog!" She tried to shake him off and he released. That allowed him to run off.
"Stop!" Eclipse Gemi said as he tried to change him again, but he was able to avoid them this time. "He's getting away!"
"We can't let him go!" Eclipse Mini said as they hurried after him.
"At least in this form I can actually run and I have some real teeth." Gale said. "I still need to figure out how I'm going to get out of this one. This has got to be the most ridiculous fight I've ever been in." Gale kept running, but he heard something ahead of him. "Now what?" That was when a wild bear appeared out of the bushes and was ready to attack. "Hell no. You're not getting in my way!" Gale didn't slow down as he went right at the bear and headbutt that bear and knocked it right out. "This is just nuts."
"There you are!"
"Oh no." Gale said as he felt a pair of hands grab him and he was held tight in the arms of Eclipse Mini.
"Bad doggie for running away." Eclipse Mini said.
"You got him!" Eclipse Gemi said as he reached out and tried to take him, but Eclipse Mini wouldn't let him go.
"Stop it. He's mine right now." Eclipse Mini said.
"I want to see him." Eclipse Gemi said and the two started fighting over him again. Gale has just about reached his limit with them.
"Knock it off!" Gale shouted and actually roared. When he did that, his breath attack came right out of his mouth. The attack scared the twins and they let him go. "Wait a minute. I can still use my magic? I wish I knew that from the start." Now that Gale knows he can use his magic, he can actually fight back. "Iron Dragon Roar!" Gale used his breath attack and he blasted both of them.
"Bad dog." Eclipse Gemi said.
"Let's change him into something friendlier." Eclipse Mini said.
"Piri-Piri!" Both said. Both of them tried to zap him again, but Gale was doing his best not to get hit by that attack again.
"I've had just about enough of all this." Gale said as he jumped right into the air and acted before they could. "Iron Dragon Club!" He turned his front paws into his clubs and stretched them out with it hitting both of them in the head and knocked them out. "Sorry, kids. When this dog plays, he plays ruff." He said that with pun intended.
"Piri-Piri…." Both of them said in their daze before they turned to stardust like the others. When both of them were gone, their magic wore off and Gale returned to his normal self.
"That's much better." Gale said. "Let that be a lesson to never mistreat your pets. You've got to be more careful with how you are to them." The twins still count as one spirit. That means that only two are left. It's almost over.
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Storm
Since Nashi went after Leo the Lion, there was only one spirit left. That was Cancer the Crab. That also meant that he was Storm's to deal with. Storm went through the gate like the others and went after him. When he made it through, he found himself in a club with a dancefloor.
"What is all this? Where am I?" Storm said.
"Oh yeah!" Storm looked across the dancefloor and spotted the eclipse version of Cancer with him dancing around. "Glad you could make it."
"Huh? What's going on? What is all this?" Storm said.
"What does it look like?" Eclipse Cancer said as he continued to dance around. "You came here to face against me, did you not? Well, there's only one way for me to go. You've got to beat me in this dance!"
"I've got to what?!" Storm said as he couldn't believe he actually said that.
"You heard me. Come at me with all your fancy moves." Eclipse Cancer said. Storm may have faced a lot of challenges, but he's never had to face one like this before.
