Chapter 9 ~ Fatal Alliances
AN: Well, up to this point, some of the chapters are a little short. Seems that IÕm loosing ideas for this Story and am already plotting out the OAV's. (Yes there are OAV's..) Forgive me for some of them being a little short, and hopefully this one might make up for it and also answer a few other things.
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Skuld Belldandy and Urd Stared at her, ArieÕs gown shimmered as she moved. ÒAre you ready?Ó She repeated.
ÒReady for what?Ó Urd asked, completely forgetting why she was back.
ÒIÕm going after Calesta, Your you coming with me? I want Kyozetsu back, and no deamon is going to stop me.Ó Skuld shifted her weight on her food, and Belldandy looked thoughtful. Urd shook her head.
ÒYou were always the Õlets kick assÕ one. But I have news for you. You wouldnÕt last a minute. Well, not yet. You have no plan, your just going in there with that staff of yours and expect to get what you want.Ó
ÒSure, why not.Ó
Sweat drops formed on their foreheads and Arie gave them a wide-eyed innocent look. ÒWhat I say now?Ó Urd walked over and patted Aries back; Arie flinched away from her touch. ÒI have news for you, sister, Hell doesnÕt work that way. And also, we do have a plan. If you come with me, we are going home to Asgard so we can talk to Brett.Ó
ÒWhy Brett? WhatÕs he got to do with this?Ó Ask Skuld, pulling out her mallet and about to head to the kitchen.
ÒYou will see, sister, you will see.Ó
And with that they headed out to meet Brett and learn of KyozetsuÕs fate.
~~~LaterÉ
Arie faced the glass in front of her. Her staff in hand. She wasn't sure whether to step forward or to step back. Was there no plan? There was. Could she remember it? Ah yes, she meeting Calesta, and Kyo on a different plane. But was she ready, or so she hoped. "Having second thoughts?" Arie nodded. Truthfully she was quite scared at seeing the Demons and Devils of her past. Her, Brett, Urd, Skuld and Belldandy all stood in Asgard, ready for a full out fight.
"Why were you there to show me my past, not Urd. She's the goddess of the Past." Brett looked to her. "Urd was there, she would have a harder dealing with the loss of a sister and the pains of healing after such a war then I would." Arie nodded.
"Urd?" Urd looked to Arie. "Yes?"
"Thank you."
"What for?"
"For being you." Urd stared at the blue haired girl. There was no meaning in any of her words, but there was understanding. Urd just nodded back, not sure what was meant. Maybe that was for her to figure out, she wasn't sure.
With a deep breath, Arie stepped through the glass, leaving all of them behind. The glorious light and warmth filled her, and she closed her eyes until she was through. Blinking away the light all that she could see was a very familiar battleground. A cackle was formed above her. Looking up, she was Calesta.
"How very ironic, back to the same field that you originally died in. And here you are, again. I will kill you." He floated down, a few feet from her, holding an unholy flaming bastard sword. She could not see Kyo anywhere.
"He's safe."
"Give him here, that was the deal. You face me alone, and then you return Kyozetsu! We had a deal!" Calesta just laughed and her persistent yells. Kyo meant nothing to him, he was only a pawn. If he were to die, he really could care less
"Where's Kyo" She demanded holding her staff in front of her. She was ready to move, if he got to close. Little did she know that the glass that was planted there for her was now shattered and impassible.
"He is.. being taken care of." He smiled evilly at her. "You don't know how long I have been waiting for you, Arie. I've been dreaming this moment for so long." Arie just held her staff with a death grip. There were many questions that she wanted answer. She knew that he wanted to kill her, but why? cause she was his assignment, or was there something else. She asked him as much.
"Why? Why do you think that I want to kill you? Because you are too nice? Because youÕre a goddess? And I'm a demon?" Arie shook her head.
"What do you stand for Arie? Is what you love so much forgotten while you were in hiding? Is all that you strive for, that passion gone?" He floated down to her, his sword being brought down. Arie used her staff to counter, and used the bottom of the staff and brought it up into Calesta's gut area, barely dodging, and coming back with a counter.
"Think Arie." He whispered hauntingly into her ear. She tried pushing him away, but he was too strong. But she was faster. With a small prayer, she shielded her herself with a beam of light that he could not see, and using her staff as a wall, she tipped up one side and rolled out, and then twirled it around out from under Calesta's sword and brought it around to hit him on the back of the head.
"Why do you torment me?" She hit him again, "Why don't you just leave me alone" She hit him again even harder; he tried very hard not to cry out. Arie started to cry as she took her frustration for the first time. "Why can't I go back to the things were." And with that she stopped. Looking down at what she had done. Calesta was a bloody heap. He wasn't dead.
"Re.. re.. mem.. ber...Ai...Air....Arie....." He coughed up blood. He was a demon, he had taken worse. He felt no pain, but it tortured him that she didn't know, didn't understand completely who she was.
"What do you gain?"
"Power! Lot's of it. I'll be stronger then the most powerful Devil alive. And my master and I will be close to equal. And together, he and I will destroy and create it all new. And there will be no sin for there is no rule to break. Kami-sama's mistake was that he set rules. He's a fool..." Arie's mind phased out as Calesta ranted on about his own thoughts finally being allowed to surface. In a way she stepped back from her body and looked around her. Here she was, she could kill Calesta, but that wasnÕt the problem. In a way, she pitted him. There was no way that he would be able to succeed in killing her, but not only that, his whole life was spent to find her, and he has an eternity to kill her. And for what? Power.
Arie looked at Calesta, her eyes filled with tears, no more rage for what happened to her. She accepted her other side, her blue hair proved that.
ÒI will not fight you, Calesta.Ó And with that she threw down her staff. ÒYou can not and will not kill me. Your dream of power is fading as I speak. You have no destiny here. Leave.Ó And with that, Arie turned around to leave by the piece of glass that she came through, only to find it shattered. She swung around just as she could feel the cold metal blade of CalestaÕs sword being pushed through her heart.
ÒYou are a fool, Arie. And I had won.Ó CalestaÕs eyes bore down into ArieÕs eyes as the blood filtered down her dress. Calesta leaned in and touched his lips against ArieÕs. Stealing her last breath.
AN: Well, up to this point, some of the chapters are a little short. Seems that IÕm loosing ideas for this Story and am already plotting out the OAV's. (Yes there are OAV's..) Forgive me for some of them being a little short, and hopefully this one might make up for it and also answer a few other things.
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Skuld Belldandy and Urd Stared at her, ArieÕs gown shimmered as she moved. ÒAre you ready?Ó She repeated.
ÒReady for what?Ó Urd asked, completely forgetting why she was back.
ÒIÕm going after Calesta, Your you coming with me? I want Kyozetsu back, and no deamon is going to stop me.Ó Skuld shifted her weight on her food, and Belldandy looked thoughtful. Urd shook her head.
ÒYou were always the Õlets kick assÕ one. But I have news for you. You wouldnÕt last a minute. Well, not yet. You have no plan, your just going in there with that staff of yours and expect to get what you want.Ó
ÒSure, why not.Ó
Sweat drops formed on their foreheads and Arie gave them a wide-eyed innocent look. ÒWhat I say now?Ó Urd walked over and patted Aries back; Arie flinched away from her touch. ÒI have news for you, sister, Hell doesnÕt work that way. And also, we do have a plan. If you come with me, we are going home to Asgard so we can talk to Brett.Ó
ÒWhy Brett? WhatÕs he got to do with this?Ó Ask Skuld, pulling out her mallet and about to head to the kitchen.
ÒYou will see, sister, you will see.Ó
And with that they headed out to meet Brett and learn of KyozetsuÕs fate.
~~~LaterÉ
Arie faced the glass in front of her. Her staff in hand. She wasn't sure whether to step forward or to step back. Was there no plan? There was. Could she remember it? Ah yes, she meeting Calesta, and Kyo on a different plane. But was she ready, or so she hoped. "Having second thoughts?" Arie nodded. Truthfully she was quite scared at seeing the Demons and Devils of her past. Her, Brett, Urd, Skuld and Belldandy all stood in Asgard, ready for a full out fight.
"Why were you there to show me my past, not Urd. She's the goddess of the Past." Brett looked to her. "Urd was there, she would have a harder dealing with the loss of a sister and the pains of healing after such a war then I would." Arie nodded.
"Urd?" Urd looked to Arie. "Yes?"
"Thank you."
"What for?"
"For being you." Urd stared at the blue haired girl. There was no meaning in any of her words, but there was understanding. Urd just nodded back, not sure what was meant. Maybe that was for her to figure out, she wasn't sure.
With a deep breath, Arie stepped through the glass, leaving all of them behind. The glorious light and warmth filled her, and she closed her eyes until she was through. Blinking away the light all that she could see was a very familiar battleground. A cackle was formed above her. Looking up, she was Calesta.
"How very ironic, back to the same field that you originally died in. And here you are, again. I will kill you." He floated down, a few feet from her, holding an unholy flaming bastard sword. She could not see Kyo anywhere.
"He's safe."
"Give him here, that was the deal. You face me alone, and then you return Kyozetsu! We had a deal!" Calesta just laughed and her persistent yells. Kyo meant nothing to him, he was only a pawn. If he were to die, he really could care less
"Where's Kyo" She demanded holding her staff in front of her. She was ready to move, if he got to close. Little did she know that the glass that was planted there for her was now shattered and impassible.
"He is.. being taken care of." He smiled evilly at her. "You don't know how long I have been waiting for you, Arie. I've been dreaming this moment for so long." Arie just held her staff with a death grip. There were many questions that she wanted answer. She knew that he wanted to kill her, but why? cause she was his assignment, or was there something else. She asked him as much.
"Why? Why do you think that I want to kill you? Because you are too nice? Because youÕre a goddess? And I'm a demon?" Arie shook her head.
"What do you stand for Arie? Is what you love so much forgotten while you were in hiding? Is all that you strive for, that passion gone?" He floated down to her, his sword being brought down. Arie used her staff to counter, and used the bottom of the staff and brought it up into Calesta's gut area, barely dodging, and coming back with a counter.
"Think Arie." He whispered hauntingly into her ear. She tried pushing him away, but he was too strong. But she was faster. With a small prayer, she shielded her herself with a beam of light that he could not see, and using her staff as a wall, she tipped up one side and rolled out, and then twirled it around out from under Calesta's sword and brought it around to hit him on the back of the head.
"Why do you torment me?" She hit him again, "Why don't you just leave me alone" She hit him again even harder; he tried very hard not to cry out. Arie started to cry as she took her frustration for the first time. "Why can't I go back to the things were." And with that she stopped. Looking down at what she had done. Calesta was a bloody heap. He wasn't dead.
"Re.. re.. mem.. ber...Ai...Air....Arie....." He coughed up blood. He was a demon, he had taken worse. He felt no pain, but it tortured him that she didn't know, didn't understand completely who she was.
"What do you gain?"
"Power! Lot's of it. I'll be stronger then the most powerful Devil alive. And my master and I will be close to equal. And together, he and I will destroy and create it all new. And there will be no sin for there is no rule to break. Kami-sama's mistake was that he set rules. He's a fool..." Arie's mind phased out as Calesta ranted on about his own thoughts finally being allowed to surface. In a way she stepped back from her body and looked around her. Here she was, she could kill Calesta, but that wasnÕt the problem. In a way, she pitted him. There was no way that he would be able to succeed in killing her, but not only that, his whole life was spent to find her, and he has an eternity to kill her. And for what? Power.
Arie looked at Calesta, her eyes filled with tears, no more rage for what happened to her. She accepted her other side, her blue hair proved that.
ÒI will not fight you, Calesta.Ó And with that she threw down her staff. ÒYou can not and will not kill me. Your dream of power is fading as I speak. You have no destiny here. Leave.Ó And with that, Arie turned around to leave by the piece of glass that she came through, only to find it shattered. She swung around just as she could feel the cold metal blade of CalestaÕs sword being pushed through her heart.
ÒYou are a fool, Arie. And I had won.Ó CalestaÕs eyes bore down into ArieÕs eyes as the blood filtered down her dress. Calesta leaned in and touched his lips against ArieÕs. Stealing her last breath.