Immortality's Journey
By Slim Gohan.
Disclaimers - I don't own it, and I have nothing really funny to say here. Well, maybe, but someone would probably report me.
Summary - 70 years after the Second Flame Champion Wars, crisis and Yuber rises once more. Hugo, Chris Lightfellow and Geddoe go on their final journey together.............
Romance - Chris/Hugo, and many other implied pairings.
A/N - Thank you for reading! Thank you for all the reviews! This will probably be the final chapter, minus the epilogue. This one will be the chapter filled with the most action. I may be a bit rusty writing an action scene, since I haven't really written one since my Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team stories, but I'll give it a go. Oh, one more thing. A few cameos this chapter! Guess who............
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Chapter 6 - The Grand Battle
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Somewhere outside Brass Castle, two somewhat tormented souls were approaching via a mountain path leading from the Flame Champion Mountain.
"Finally! I thought we would never make it!"
"Hmph. It was your fault we got lost. Then we ended up at some sort of mountain where we were ambushed by some weird thing with wings........"
"You're the one who went ape on it's behind!"
"..........Then we were attacked on this mountain path by a rock creature......"
"We would have gotten past it without it noticing if you didn't insult it!"
"I didn't insult it!"
"Oh really? "You big stupid paperweight, you had better move or else we will spank you like your parents used to, only it won't be for pleasure this time!" wasn't an insult?!?!?"
"Alright! It was! But it wasn't that hard. In fact, it was a waste of time really!"
"That's because I used my rune on it when you were being slammed repeatedly into the ground. I still don't see how you lived through that."
"I was about to make a comeback. I had it beaten before I tripped. That stupid rabbit........."
"That doesn't answer my second question."
"This armor isn't for show, you know."
"Alright, point taken. Well, we're here. Are you ready for action?"
"My old ally, when am I not? Especially since it involves that wretched demon......"
"Then let us be off!"
"Just don't get us lost again!"
"Then don't start insulting random 10 foot tall creatures!"
On that note, they went off toward the burning capital.
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Meanwhile, inside the castle.....
"Foolish creatures!" Old Leo said, as he chopped a random fiendish creature into pieces. "How does my axe taste!" He then moved on to a bird-like evil monster. It was airborne, but it was flying low enough to attack. This bird was not out of Leo's range. He jumped up, and with a quick slash he cut the bird into two.
Not bad for a man at the century mark in years of age.
"Who else wants some......?" Leo said as he made contact brutally with a Red Mantix. He axe was a hot knife, and the crab fiend's shell was the butter.
On the other side, the LeBorque native was also holding his own. He was fighting off is opponents with his spear. With its length, he stabbed a large dark rabbit through its black heart. He quickly pulled out his weapon, and used the backend of it to hit another large murderous hare in its throat.
"Leo! Who can you still fight like that?" Franz yelled out to his comrade at arms.
Leo cut through another Red Mantix as he answered. "Years of difficult training I suppose. First through Lady Chris, then Salome's hellish training sessions. I stayed in wonderful shape, as you see."
Franz threw his spear as a javelin, and made a Do-Re-Me Elves shish kabob has it impaled three evil elves and stuck to the castle walls.
"Ah! That's the reason why!"
"Are all the people out of the castle?" Leo asked as he parried an attack from an Azzodess, then cut her into halves.
"Yes, everyone has made it out of the castle safely!" Franz said as he grabbed another spear from the rack and immediately blocked an attack from a wild boar.
"Then let us join them, and pray to the Goddess that Lady Chris and the others send that demon where he belongs!"
"I agree! Let's get the hell out of here!"
Franz waited until Leo rushed past him, then threw his spear up to a burning rafter. This caused it to fall, crushing the fiends that were unfortunate enough to be underneath.
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12 swords clashed, and the battle began............
Chris, Geddoe, Hugo, and Thomas all had successfully parried their respective Yuber's attack and went for their own. In an almost synchronized moment, all four had impaled Yuber with their weapons. They then withdrew and moved backward.
Hugo raised his hand to the sky, and yelled for the others to get behind him. All complied since they all had a pretty good idea of what the Flame Champion was going to do.
Hugo performed the True Fire Rune spell Explosion. All Yubers were powerless at this moment to stop the spell, considering they were all trying to heal themselves. This also meant that they were all defenseless to the attack.
The fire spell came crashing down like a meteor on the Earth. Everything in front of Hugo in a somewhat limited radius was almost instantly obliterated, or at least was tormented with heavy fire.
Everything, except for Yuber.
He was a singular being now, amid the flames and destruction around him. He was only partially damaged from the attack, unlike the buildings around him.
"Wasn't that a little bit of OVERKILL?!?!?!" Thomas told Hugo, with a bit of anger. "That's besides the fact that Yuber is still here!"
"Do you have a better idea???"
Thomas raised his hand to the sky, tapping into the power of his True Rune.
"Perhaps."
Thomas casted a powerful Funeral Wind spell, with Yuber as its desired target. Once again, Yuber was defenseless trying to heal his new wounds from Hugo's Explosion.
It connected.
This spell caused a little less destruction than the previous, and actually helped put out some of the flames. But this attack still did its part. Buildings were torn apart, trees were pulled from their plots, and likewise.
Again, Yuber stood there among wreckage.
"Alright, I suggest we don't raise anymore hell here. We are trying to defend this place, you know." Geddoe imposed calmly.
"Yes, it may be better for the city if we just use regular melee combat."
"Yes, dear."
"Whipped."
"Shut it Thomas!"
"I hate to interject, but I'm still trying to start a war that may cause nothingness to occur. If you don't want that to happen, I suggest you stop me. I don't care either way, People will still die, rivers of crimson will still flow, and it would be a grand old time. For me, anyway. If you have a desire to stop me, please fight."
And fight they did.
Geddoe and Chris charged forward, swords at the ready. However, Yuber, one sword to each of them, blocked both of them. They both held a brief power struggle with him, before they jumped back. Geddoe charged once more, and Thomas went with him. Once again, same result. Thomas was pushed backwards, while Geddoe continued matching Yuber blow for blow, parry for parry. Hugo then rushed in and took over the right. He went thrust for thrust with the demon, but in the end, Yuber knocked him away.
Chris went back for more. Her sword and Yuber's clashed and clashed. However, Yuber had the one sword advantage though, meaning Chris had to work extra hard to not get impaled. However, this was quite taxing and after a few minutes of dodging Yuber's double bladed assault, she found herself in a not so favorable position against a wall. Yuber went to strike with his first blade, but it was blocked by Chris. She was left wide open though, and this was quite obvious to the demon.
He never struck though. Hugo grabbed his other hand from behind, ending all chance of making a Chris Kabob at that moment. The Flame Champion tightened his grip on Yuber, then tossed him away from Chris and himself with an arm throw. This was not easy to do because of Yuber's Black Armor, but he managed it. Yuber shifted the momentum in mid-air allowing himself to gracefully flip and land on his feet. Once he was on the ground, he dashed back toward Hugo and Chris. He was stopped in his advance by a shoulder tackle performed by Geddoe and Thomas, knocking him back about a foot.
"You little rats! You don't stand a chance!" Yuber said, as he spit out blood.
"Well, so far, we're doing quite good." Thomas said almost humbly. Yuber smirked, and one more made use of his Eight-Fold Rune. He split himself in two, then four, and then eight.
"How do you like the odds now?"
Geddoe smirked and raised his hand to the sky.
Yuber and his other selves dashed in to attack the four, but it was too late. Geddoe had gotten off his spell.
"Thunder Storm."
The attack hit causing The Yubers and Geddoe to become engulfed in a black sphere of Lightning.
Unlike Hugo and Thomas' spells, this spell didn't cause anymore damage to the surrounding area, and did damage to the target.
Chris, Hugo, and Thomas stood back, and watched as three of the eight Yubers fell to Geddoe's Lightning attack. However, five Yubers still remained. And boy, they were pissed.
The spell soon ended, and Geddoe stepped backwards. However, this evasive maneuver failed when two Yubers impaled him in the stomach with their swords. At the same time, they pulled out their swords and kicked Geddoe backward, causing him to fall into the others.
"Geddoe! No!" Chris yelled as she rushed to his side. She then used her True Water Rune to heal him with the Kindness Drops spell. Three Yubers rushed forward to stop this from happening, but Hugo blocked them with a Final Flame attack. This caused only one of those three to vanish. The other two weathered the storm and rushed at Hugo. Hugo blocked one of them with his dagger, pulled out a second and blocked the other. He then fell backwards, letting the other two Yubers collide.
Thomas had his hands full as well, trying to stop only one Yuber. The true Yuber stayed behind and laughed at the struggle.
"You bastard!"
"Yes Thomas, I know I am. What are you going to do about it?"
Thomas was shoved into a wall, but blocked his opponent's next strike.
"This isn't looking very good!" Hugo yelled as he was knocked back by two Yubers. He dropped one of his daggers as he fell. He picked himself up, and ducked under the Yubers next attack.
The original Yuber was enjoying this thoroughly. "Well, I hope you are excited to see hell. Because that seems to be where you're headed, you fools!" He laughed an evil laugh, but then he was knocked into and through a wall by a strong force. All of the others turned around to see another Black Knight, standing there ready to fight. With him was a man in a yellowish bandanna, a blue headband, a black vest over a white shirt, and yellow pants. He was carrying a staff with him.
"Wasn't that a little overkill, eh Pesmerga?"
"That demon deserves every bit!"
"For once, I agree."
Geddoe stood up after he was healed, and greeted the two.
"Tir McDohl, looks like you made it in time." He looked at Pesmerga. "It's good to see you again Pesmerga. You look as giddy as usual." Pesmerga growled at the remark, but did little else about it.
"See, you never lost that wit Geddoe!"
"......."
Chris, Thomas, and Hugo ran up to Geddoe and McDohl.
"Geddoe, you never told us you knew Hero McDohl!" Hugo said, with obvious surprise.
"And Pesmerga, for that matter." Chris added, with equal surprise.
"It's a long story. For another time, perhaps."
"Yes, especially since that demon and his clones have been waiting patiently for about 5 minutes." Pesmerga interjected.
Pesmerga was right, since four Yubers were playing a round of go fish.
"Yuber two, do you have any aces?"
"Go fish, Yuber four."
"Yuber four, do you have any aces?"
"Damn you Yuber one!" Yuber four said as he handed over his ace.
"Ha, you were screwed over." Yuber three added in, laughing.
"Do you want to fight or not, you shadow?!?!?"
"I think they're ready for us. We must play again some other time."
"Agreed." The other three chorused in response to the original Yuber. All of them withdrew their two blades and were ready.
Pesmerga rushed into action. "You take the fakes, the original is MINE!"
"You heard the man." Thomas said as he rushed one of the fakes, McDohl behind him.
Hugo and Chris rushed another one of the clones, and Geddoe took one alone.
Thomas and McDohl proved to be more than a match for their opponent. Tir fought with the same intensity he has been known to possess since the Liberation Wars. Thomas fought with his heart and soul, with a burning passion to survive and protect. The two overpowered their Yuber clone with a constant barrage of strikes. When the Yuber stumbled back, McDohl and Thomas combined their True Rune's power and completely obliterated the false Yuber.........and some of the background with it.
"Err.......That was overkill."
"Yes, it was Thomas." They smiled at each other, and shook hands.
"We should do this more often."
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Hugo and Chris also fought at the top of their game, and proved to be a good fight for their Yuber. They attacked with quick strikes and Phoenix attacks, not allowing the clone to get an attack in. The coup-de-grace came when they simultaneously pierced the Yuber's armor and his body. They both picked him up by their swords, and held him there. They then dropped him down and watched him fade into nothingness.
"I love you Chris."
"I love you too Hugo."
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Geddoe and his Yuber clone were almost even in fighting skills. The catch? Yuber was too busy with Pesmerga that he couldn't focus on the maintaining the clones. That, and Geddoe was as strong as they come. All the Yuber could do was defend himself from Geddoe's powerful strikes with his sword. At this point, there was no hope of going on the offensive for the Yuber. Geddoe slashed diagonally which was blocked with both swords. He followed up with a shoulder tackle that sent Yuber flying into a wall. He then powered up a Furious Blow and sent it barreling towards the Yuber. In a matter of moments, the Yuber was no more.
"All that's left is the original....."
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Pesmerga and Yuber went at it, hit for hit, blow for blow, parry for parry, deathblow for deathblow. Years of hatred between the two for the other rose to the surface and were expressed in their swords.
"You have gotten better, Pesmerga. Have you gotten good enough to beat me?"
"I have always been good enough to wipe you off the face of the planet!"
"I'll take that as a no."
Pesmerga dashed in, only to be parried by Yuber. He went in for a strike of his own, but Pesmerga parried him. He then kicked Yuber through a wall. He went in for a deathblow, but Yuber dodged at the last moment. This left Pesmerga open once again. Yuber kicked him through a wall, and charged at him to follow up. Pesmerga blocked the strike, and they were once again at a standoff.
"Why don't you just roll over and die, weakling?"
"Why don't you just suffer eternal torment, demon?"
Unbeknownst to both, the large building they were against was starting to fall.
This building was big enough to kill everyone in the courtyard where they were fighting. But since the majority couldn't die, they would be seriously injured, perhaps beyond repair.
Yuber and Pesmerga slammed once more into the building causing the very top of it to fall. Under it was an unknowing Thomas and Tir McDohl.
Geddoe and Chris noticed however, and performed a running tackle to them, slamming them onto the ground and out of the way. It crashed mere inches from where they were.
Hugo ran over to where they were. "It would be a good idea to get the hell out of here! The building is about to crumble and take all of us out with it!"
Thomas, Chris, Geddoe, and McDohl agreed. "Yes, we had better go before we end up dead." The Hero added.
"What about Pesmerga?"
"We can't reach him. He's been waiting for this day, Chris. The only possible thing that could stop him now is his own death." Tir said, while staring at the ferocious battle.
They slammed in to the crashing building again, this time Pesmerga had the advantage.
But this proved to be the catalyst to the chain of events that would occur.
The entire building started crumbling down. The force of the two Black Knights had caused the building to explode, quite literally. It seemed everyone under it was doomed.
"Go, now." Was all that Geddoe said.
"What do you have in mind?"
"Hugo, I'm going to destroy that building. Now get out of here!"
"How?"
"Now is not the time to argue with him Chris! We go!" Thomas said as he grabbed her and Hugo and made a break for the exit.
"Whatever you have in mind my friend, I hope it succeeds."
"Thank you. Now get out of here. I do not want to answer to Gremio about you getting seriously injured."
Tir smiled, and followed Thomas and the other two.
Geddoe summoned all of this True Lightning Rune's power. He would need it to stop a catastrophe that would incur if the building fell.
"HAMMER OF RAIJIN!!!"
He unleashed a tremendous amount of power directly at the building, Even Pesmerga and Yuber stopped their fight to witness the happening.
It connected, causing destruction.
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Outside, Leo, Franz and the people of the castle watched the destruction in awe.
"I hope Lady Chris made it out alright........"
"I'm sure she did. At least, I hope so."
Right on cue, Chris, Hugo, Thomas, and McDohl ran out of the castle just as the major explosions began.
"Lady Chris! Thank the Goddess!!!" Leo said as he picked her up off the ground in a giant hug.
"Thomas!" Franz said as he picked him off the ground in a giant hug.
Not wanting to feel left out, McDohl said "Hugo!" and picked him off the ground in a giant hug.
After all hugs ended, Leo noticed that there was one more that was not Geddoe was there.
"Who are you, good sir?" "Me? Well, my name is Tir McDohl. How are you?"
"MCDOHL?!?!?!?? It's good to meet you! I'm Leo, formerly of the Zexen Knights. It is an honor to meet you!........Wait, where's Noble Geddoe?"
"He stayed back to destroy the building."
Then, a final, powerful, single burst of lightning struck the ground, causing another explosion.
"Oh, no......" was all that Franz could muster. In fact, that was the most anyone could say.
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Stay turned for the Epilogue. Please Review! Thanks for reading!
By Slim Gohan.
Disclaimers - I don't own it, and I have nothing really funny to say here. Well, maybe, but someone would probably report me.
Summary - 70 years after the Second Flame Champion Wars, crisis and Yuber rises once more. Hugo, Chris Lightfellow and Geddoe go on their final journey together.............
Romance - Chris/Hugo, and many other implied pairings.
A/N - Thank you for reading! Thank you for all the reviews! This will probably be the final chapter, minus the epilogue. This one will be the chapter filled with the most action. I may be a bit rusty writing an action scene, since I haven't really written one since my Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team stories, but I'll give it a go. Oh, one more thing. A few cameos this chapter! Guess who............
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Chapter 6 - The Grand Battle
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Somewhere outside Brass Castle, two somewhat tormented souls were approaching via a mountain path leading from the Flame Champion Mountain.
"Finally! I thought we would never make it!"
"Hmph. It was your fault we got lost. Then we ended up at some sort of mountain where we were ambushed by some weird thing with wings........"
"You're the one who went ape on it's behind!"
"..........Then we were attacked on this mountain path by a rock creature......"
"We would have gotten past it without it noticing if you didn't insult it!"
"I didn't insult it!"
"Oh really? "You big stupid paperweight, you had better move or else we will spank you like your parents used to, only it won't be for pleasure this time!" wasn't an insult?!?!?"
"Alright! It was! But it wasn't that hard. In fact, it was a waste of time really!"
"That's because I used my rune on it when you were being slammed repeatedly into the ground. I still don't see how you lived through that."
"I was about to make a comeback. I had it beaten before I tripped. That stupid rabbit........."
"That doesn't answer my second question."
"This armor isn't for show, you know."
"Alright, point taken. Well, we're here. Are you ready for action?"
"My old ally, when am I not? Especially since it involves that wretched demon......"
"Then let us be off!"
"Just don't get us lost again!"
"Then don't start insulting random 10 foot tall creatures!"
On that note, they went off toward the burning capital.
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Meanwhile, inside the castle.....
"Foolish creatures!" Old Leo said, as he chopped a random fiendish creature into pieces. "How does my axe taste!" He then moved on to a bird-like evil monster. It was airborne, but it was flying low enough to attack. This bird was not out of Leo's range. He jumped up, and with a quick slash he cut the bird into two.
Not bad for a man at the century mark in years of age.
"Who else wants some......?" Leo said as he made contact brutally with a Red Mantix. He axe was a hot knife, and the crab fiend's shell was the butter.
On the other side, the LeBorque native was also holding his own. He was fighting off is opponents with his spear. With its length, he stabbed a large dark rabbit through its black heart. He quickly pulled out his weapon, and used the backend of it to hit another large murderous hare in its throat.
"Leo! Who can you still fight like that?" Franz yelled out to his comrade at arms.
Leo cut through another Red Mantix as he answered. "Years of difficult training I suppose. First through Lady Chris, then Salome's hellish training sessions. I stayed in wonderful shape, as you see."
Franz threw his spear as a javelin, and made a Do-Re-Me Elves shish kabob has it impaled three evil elves and stuck to the castle walls.
"Ah! That's the reason why!"
"Are all the people out of the castle?" Leo asked as he parried an attack from an Azzodess, then cut her into halves.
"Yes, everyone has made it out of the castle safely!" Franz said as he grabbed another spear from the rack and immediately blocked an attack from a wild boar.
"Then let us join them, and pray to the Goddess that Lady Chris and the others send that demon where he belongs!"
"I agree! Let's get the hell out of here!"
Franz waited until Leo rushed past him, then threw his spear up to a burning rafter. This caused it to fall, crushing the fiends that were unfortunate enough to be underneath.
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12 swords clashed, and the battle began............
Chris, Geddoe, Hugo, and Thomas all had successfully parried their respective Yuber's attack and went for their own. In an almost synchronized moment, all four had impaled Yuber with their weapons. They then withdrew and moved backward.
Hugo raised his hand to the sky, and yelled for the others to get behind him. All complied since they all had a pretty good idea of what the Flame Champion was going to do.
Hugo performed the True Fire Rune spell Explosion. All Yubers were powerless at this moment to stop the spell, considering they were all trying to heal themselves. This also meant that they were all defenseless to the attack.
The fire spell came crashing down like a meteor on the Earth. Everything in front of Hugo in a somewhat limited radius was almost instantly obliterated, or at least was tormented with heavy fire.
Everything, except for Yuber.
He was a singular being now, amid the flames and destruction around him. He was only partially damaged from the attack, unlike the buildings around him.
"Wasn't that a little bit of OVERKILL?!?!?!" Thomas told Hugo, with a bit of anger. "That's besides the fact that Yuber is still here!"
"Do you have a better idea???"
Thomas raised his hand to the sky, tapping into the power of his True Rune.
"Perhaps."
Thomas casted a powerful Funeral Wind spell, with Yuber as its desired target. Once again, Yuber was defenseless trying to heal his new wounds from Hugo's Explosion.
It connected.
This spell caused a little less destruction than the previous, and actually helped put out some of the flames. But this attack still did its part. Buildings were torn apart, trees were pulled from their plots, and likewise.
Again, Yuber stood there among wreckage.
"Alright, I suggest we don't raise anymore hell here. We are trying to defend this place, you know." Geddoe imposed calmly.
"Yes, it may be better for the city if we just use regular melee combat."
"Yes, dear."
"Whipped."
"Shut it Thomas!"
"I hate to interject, but I'm still trying to start a war that may cause nothingness to occur. If you don't want that to happen, I suggest you stop me. I don't care either way, People will still die, rivers of crimson will still flow, and it would be a grand old time. For me, anyway. If you have a desire to stop me, please fight."
And fight they did.
Geddoe and Chris charged forward, swords at the ready. However, Yuber, one sword to each of them, blocked both of them. They both held a brief power struggle with him, before they jumped back. Geddoe charged once more, and Thomas went with him. Once again, same result. Thomas was pushed backwards, while Geddoe continued matching Yuber blow for blow, parry for parry. Hugo then rushed in and took over the right. He went thrust for thrust with the demon, but in the end, Yuber knocked him away.
Chris went back for more. Her sword and Yuber's clashed and clashed. However, Yuber had the one sword advantage though, meaning Chris had to work extra hard to not get impaled. However, this was quite taxing and after a few minutes of dodging Yuber's double bladed assault, she found herself in a not so favorable position against a wall. Yuber went to strike with his first blade, but it was blocked by Chris. She was left wide open though, and this was quite obvious to the demon.
He never struck though. Hugo grabbed his other hand from behind, ending all chance of making a Chris Kabob at that moment. The Flame Champion tightened his grip on Yuber, then tossed him away from Chris and himself with an arm throw. This was not easy to do because of Yuber's Black Armor, but he managed it. Yuber shifted the momentum in mid-air allowing himself to gracefully flip and land on his feet. Once he was on the ground, he dashed back toward Hugo and Chris. He was stopped in his advance by a shoulder tackle performed by Geddoe and Thomas, knocking him back about a foot.
"You little rats! You don't stand a chance!" Yuber said, as he spit out blood.
"Well, so far, we're doing quite good." Thomas said almost humbly. Yuber smirked, and one more made use of his Eight-Fold Rune. He split himself in two, then four, and then eight.
"How do you like the odds now?"
Geddoe smirked and raised his hand to the sky.
Yuber and his other selves dashed in to attack the four, but it was too late. Geddoe had gotten off his spell.
"Thunder Storm."
The attack hit causing The Yubers and Geddoe to become engulfed in a black sphere of Lightning.
Unlike Hugo and Thomas' spells, this spell didn't cause anymore damage to the surrounding area, and did damage to the target.
Chris, Hugo, and Thomas stood back, and watched as three of the eight Yubers fell to Geddoe's Lightning attack. However, five Yubers still remained. And boy, they were pissed.
The spell soon ended, and Geddoe stepped backwards. However, this evasive maneuver failed when two Yubers impaled him in the stomach with their swords. At the same time, they pulled out their swords and kicked Geddoe backward, causing him to fall into the others.
"Geddoe! No!" Chris yelled as she rushed to his side. She then used her True Water Rune to heal him with the Kindness Drops spell. Three Yubers rushed forward to stop this from happening, but Hugo blocked them with a Final Flame attack. This caused only one of those three to vanish. The other two weathered the storm and rushed at Hugo. Hugo blocked one of them with his dagger, pulled out a second and blocked the other. He then fell backwards, letting the other two Yubers collide.
Thomas had his hands full as well, trying to stop only one Yuber. The true Yuber stayed behind and laughed at the struggle.
"You bastard!"
"Yes Thomas, I know I am. What are you going to do about it?"
Thomas was shoved into a wall, but blocked his opponent's next strike.
"This isn't looking very good!" Hugo yelled as he was knocked back by two Yubers. He dropped one of his daggers as he fell. He picked himself up, and ducked under the Yubers next attack.
The original Yuber was enjoying this thoroughly. "Well, I hope you are excited to see hell. Because that seems to be where you're headed, you fools!" He laughed an evil laugh, but then he was knocked into and through a wall by a strong force. All of the others turned around to see another Black Knight, standing there ready to fight. With him was a man in a yellowish bandanna, a blue headband, a black vest over a white shirt, and yellow pants. He was carrying a staff with him.
"Wasn't that a little overkill, eh Pesmerga?"
"That demon deserves every bit!"
"For once, I agree."
Geddoe stood up after he was healed, and greeted the two.
"Tir McDohl, looks like you made it in time." He looked at Pesmerga. "It's good to see you again Pesmerga. You look as giddy as usual." Pesmerga growled at the remark, but did little else about it.
"See, you never lost that wit Geddoe!"
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Chris, Thomas, and Hugo ran up to Geddoe and McDohl.
"Geddoe, you never told us you knew Hero McDohl!" Hugo said, with obvious surprise.
"And Pesmerga, for that matter." Chris added, with equal surprise.
"It's a long story. For another time, perhaps."
"Yes, especially since that demon and his clones have been waiting patiently for about 5 minutes." Pesmerga interjected.
Pesmerga was right, since four Yubers were playing a round of go fish.
"Yuber two, do you have any aces?"
"Go fish, Yuber four."
"Yuber four, do you have any aces?"
"Damn you Yuber one!" Yuber four said as he handed over his ace.
"Ha, you were screwed over." Yuber three added in, laughing.
"Do you want to fight or not, you shadow?!?!?"
"I think they're ready for us. We must play again some other time."
"Agreed." The other three chorused in response to the original Yuber. All of them withdrew their two blades and were ready.
Pesmerga rushed into action. "You take the fakes, the original is MINE!"
"You heard the man." Thomas said as he rushed one of the fakes, McDohl behind him.
Hugo and Chris rushed another one of the clones, and Geddoe took one alone.
Thomas and McDohl proved to be more than a match for their opponent. Tir fought with the same intensity he has been known to possess since the Liberation Wars. Thomas fought with his heart and soul, with a burning passion to survive and protect. The two overpowered their Yuber clone with a constant barrage of strikes. When the Yuber stumbled back, McDohl and Thomas combined their True Rune's power and completely obliterated the false Yuber.........and some of the background with it.
"Err.......That was overkill."
"Yes, it was Thomas." They smiled at each other, and shook hands.
"We should do this more often."
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Hugo and Chris also fought at the top of their game, and proved to be a good fight for their Yuber. They attacked with quick strikes and Phoenix attacks, not allowing the clone to get an attack in. The coup-de-grace came when they simultaneously pierced the Yuber's armor and his body. They both picked him up by their swords, and held him there. They then dropped him down and watched him fade into nothingness.
"I love you Chris."
"I love you too Hugo."
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Geddoe and his Yuber clone were almost even in fighting skills. The catch? Yuber was too busy with Pesmerga that he couldn't focus on the maintaining the clones. That, and Geddoe was as strong as they come. All the Yuber could do was defend himself from Geddoe's powerful strikes with his sword. At this point, there was no hope of going on the offensive for the Yuber. Geddoe slashed diagonally which was blocked with both swords. He followed up with a shoulder tackle that sent Yuber flying into a wall. He then powered up a Furious Blow and sent it barreling towards the Yuber. In a matter of moments, the Yuber was no more.
"All that's left is the original....."
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Pesmerga and Yuber went at it, hit for hit, blow for blow, parry for parry, deathblow for deathblow. Years of hatred between the two for the other rose to the surface and were expressed in their swords.
"You have gotten better, Pesmerga. Have you gotten good enough to beat me?"
"I have always been good enough to wipe you off the face of the planet!"
"I'll take that as a no."
Pesmerga dashed in, only to be parried by Yuber. He went in for a strike of his own, but Pesmerga parried him. He then kicked Yuber through a wall. He went in for a deathblow, but Yuber dodged at the last moment. This left Pesmerga open once again. Yuber kicked him through a wall, and charged at him to follow up. Pesmerga blocked the strike, and they were once again at a standoff.
"Why don't you just roll over and die, weakling?"
"Why don't you just suffer eternal torment, demon?"
Unbeknownst to both, the large building they were against was starting to fall.
This building was big enough to kill everyone in the courtyard where they were fighting. But since the majority couldn't die, they would be seriously injured, perhaps beyond repair.
Yuber and Pesmerga slammed once more into the building causing the very top of it to fall. Under it was an unknowing Thomas and Tir McDohl.
Geddoe and Chris noticed however, and performed a running tackle to them, slamming them onto the ground and out of the way. It crashed mere inches from where they were.
Hugo ran over to where they were. "It would be a good idea to get the hell out of here! The building is about to crumble and take all of us out with it!"
Thomas, Chris, Geddoe, and McDohl agreed. "Yes, we had better go before we end up dead." The Hero added.
"What about Pesmerga?"
"We can't reach him. He's been waiting for this day, Chris. The only possible thing that could stop him now is his own death." Tir said, while staring at the ferocious battle.
They slammed in to the crashing building again, this time Pesmerga had the advantage.
But this proved to be the catalyst to the chain of events that would occur.
The entire building started crumbling down. The force of the two Black Knights had caused the building to explode, quite literally. It seemed everyone under it was doomed.
"Go, now." Was all that Geddoe said.
"What do you have in mind?"
"Hugo, I'm going to destroy that building. Now get out of here!"
"How?"
"Now is not the time to argue with him Chris! We go!" Thomas said as he grabbed her and Hugo and made a break for the exit.
"Whatever you have in mind my friend, I hope it succeeds."
"Thank you. Now get out of here. I do not want to answer to Gremio about you getting seriously injured."
Tir smiled, and followed Thomas and the other two.
Geddoe summoned all of this True Lightning Rune's power. He would need it to stop a catastrophe that would incur if the building fell.
"HAMMER OF RAIJIN!!!"
He unleashed a tremendous amount of power directly at the building, Even Pesmerga and Yuber stopped their fight to witness the happening.
It connected, causing destruction.
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Outside, Leo, Franz and the people of the castle watched the destruction in awe.
"I hope Lady Chris made it out alright........"
"I'm sure she did. At least, I hope so."
Right on cue, Chris, Hugo, Thomas, and McDohl ran out of the castle just as the major explosions began.
"Lady Chris! Thank the Goddess!!!" Leo said as he picked her up off the ground in a giant hug.
"Thomas!" Franz said as he picked him off the ground in a giant hug.
Not wanting to feel left out, McDohl said "Hugo!" and picked him off the ground in a giant hug.
After all hugs ended, Leo noticed that there was one more that was not Geddoe was there.
"Who are you, good sir?" "Me? Well, my name is Tir McDohl. How are you?"
"MCDOHL?!?!?!?? It's good to meet you! I'm Leo, formerly of the Zexen Knights. It is an honor to meet you!........Wait, where's Noble Geddoe?"
"He stayed back to destroy the building."
Then, a final, powerful, single burst of lightning struck the ground, causing another explosion.
"Oh, no......" was all that Franz could muster. In fact, that was the most anyone could say.
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