Magic Knight Rayearth DX

Disclaimer:
I do not own any of the Magic Knight Rayearth characters, but I don't want anyone taking the made-up characters. I made them myself!!

Notes:
Sorry for not updatin as quickly as I thought. I've been hung up with work lately... Anyway, here's chapteter four! I've been getting good reviews, so I'll probobly write even more. It's gunna be really twisted at the end, I hope you like it...


Chapter Four :: Excitement

Hikaru looked at Beretta and Scirrus, who were now in what seemed to be 'authentic' Celica battlewear. The armors were very close to Cephiro's, so now she was starting to get how closely related the satalite and main planet were.

Beretta was in a deep purple skirt, with a top with no shoulders. Her maroon hair brushed against her almost bare shoulers, except for the see-through linen. On her right arm was a arm guard of some sort, with intricate designs wrapping around the metal. The see-through linen was puffed at the top, then again at the wrist, where it stopped at a tight bracelet.

Beretta's left hip was adorned with a hip pad of some sort, with a deep red jewel on the side. Then, going up her left hand was a glove similar to the knights' gloves they had worn on Cephiro. Yet another jewel was on her forehead, a little bit like the pillar's tiara.

Umi saw Scirrus first, and blushed slighly.

Scirrus had a tight shirt on, with two shoulder pads, and black gloves. His baggy pants continued down his leg to his ankle, but stopped at his kneeguards and boots. He also had what seemed like a neck guard attached to his shoulder pads, and a silver metal band around his forehead.

"It is now time for you to have the legendary armor donned. Beretta, the keeper of the jeweled, with let them free."

As Scirrus said this, Beretta opened a box with a ruby, saphirre, and emerald. She then muttered under her breath "" and watched as each gem broke apart and fell onto the respective knight. The shattered pieces arranged themselves much like Beretta's armor, only each had a different headband, and a short to long skirt.

"It is time for you to go now. I wish you luck, Magic Knights of Legend." Said Ghalant.

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Kage awoke again on a soft bedm with silver sheets wrapped around her body. She looked over to her bedside, and saw what looked like a girl with a short pink ponytail, if you could call it that, and a deep tan.

"So, you're finnaly awake." Sad the woman, with a strange accent. "You, little missy, gave us quite a fright. Luckily, Lantis saved you from whatever that was."

"Where am I?" Kage asked.

"'Where am I?' You're in Cephiro, honey. Now, what you need to do for me is get dressed on these cloths, and meet Clef. He'll explain everything..." Caldina's voice drifted off.

"But, who are you?" Kage asked, sitting up.

"Me? I'm Caldina! Now, get dressed so that we can explain everything."

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It had only been an hour since they had left, and the only thing Scirrus had said was 'Look out for monsters'. He obviously didn't want to be escorting them. Umi then decided to start up a conversation.

"Beretta, why are we looking out for monsters? I though that when Hikaru became the pillar, wasn't all of Fahren, Chizeta, and Autozam affected? Why isn't that the case with Celica?"

Beretta thought for a few minutes, then responded. "We hid ourselves with whatever magic we could muster. The three planets you desacribed could easily overthrow us, so obviously we didn't want our hard earned freedom taken away again. We hid ourselves even from Cephiro's sight. But now, the protection is suffering again. Magic has grown weak since we broke away. Our once proud army of mages has dwindled to just Sephia, who is growing older day by day. She cannot reawaken our Godess' powers, so she called you here. As for the monsters, they are just what has bcome of the once mighty priests and followers, each trying to bond with the 'Creative Force' of our planet-"

"What is the the 'Creative Force'?" Interrupted Fuu. Hikaru sorta looked at her, suprised whe had done that. Fuu was hardly ever rude.

"Well, the 'Creative Force' is what you could call the remaining magic and lid\fe of our planet. If you could tap into its power, you could be able to change what you willed to change. But, the penalty is life is you fail. Life, not as death, but as the sacrifice of your original body and soul. You soul is locked up in the overload of 'Free Force'. The force then takes on a horrible shape. We have lost thoudands in that way." Beretta concluded.

"Are there any priests left?" Umi asked, curious if she could learn and maybe help.

"Scirrus and myself are the only two left. We have stopped, as there is no longer any use for us. We have become warriors. Out purpose is to defend the capitol from the monsters." said Beretta.

"And now, what is left of the capitol is what you saw while we were in the villiage. We are doomed now. We will all die eventually." Scirrus said, finally speaking up.

"But then, why were we summoned here?" Hikaru said, but all she was answered by was a hissing scream. On the ledge to their right, was a bird monkey thing.

Its eye was blood shot, and it's fur and feathers drenched with black blood.

The sight was nausiating, buth the five pulled their weapons anyway.

Even before the four girls had realized what was happening, Scirrus' mighty blade fell upon it, slicing off is head.

What was worse, the monster was still alive.

"Fuu, try to aim for it's heart!" Umi said, shaking because of the head that had landed next to her was still moving. She jumped back, and then lunged forward, slicing it in half. It stopped moving, but not before much blood was on Umi.

While Umi was still slicing, Fuu held and arrow up to the bow, and let her arrow fly. It was a dead hit, but it still squirmed. Hikaru finished it off by slicing it down the middle, and then watched as the many pieces flew down to the ground.

Scirrus stepped back as Beratta stepped forward. She clung to her staff, and began to expel what seemed like ancient writing from her mouth. They landed as a net over the monster, and it dried up to nothing, leaving a white orb.

"May you be free..." She whispred then spit out what seemed to be a master mark, which let the light free.

The three girls looked in awe, as what was going on bewildered each. Even Fuu's mouth dropped. It was something none of the girls had ever dreamed of seeing.

"She was just preforming the final rites, and has layed the poor soul to rest. _That_ is how we protect the kingdom.