New Zoanthrope- chapter 12

To NeoDragonZero: Yeah, I do notice the errors but, they sound kinda okay to my ears and besides, it wasn't my habit to review what I wrote. -_-; and, uh, the English you use is what I refer to as 'ancient English' you know, the ones used by King Arthur, yada, yada, yada? And, ancient English is one of my weak points. ;_;. Lastly, yeah, I was planning to put Casey in. I can't think of other battle styles to write other than sending her in now... and, this story might end in 3 or four more chappies. And, I'm writing the bloopers after that. ^_^

To P.W.M.A: Hi. Well, if u wanna see Shenlong outta the hospital, wait for chapter 14 or 15. 'Cause, he's gonna re- appear after Uranus is destroyed.

To MooseGuardian: Well, purple clashes with him so, I chose blue! It looks better and besides, the fake Busuzima in BR2 is purple. Sux big time, I tell ya. :P Anyway, glad everyone likes it. And I'm wondering if u guys actually read what I wrote up here? :P

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It took them quite some time before all the fakes were finally beaten. Stun wasn't able to fight, so was Long, Alice, Jenny and Kohryu. The ones who were still capable of fighting weren't so stable health-wise. Uriko moved around in her beast form, perking her ears up, trying to pick up any strange sounds she can hear.

When Uriko moved under the balcony where she and Kenji had jumped down from previously, she heard footsteps. By the time she looked up, a familiar face appeared. At first, Uriko wasn't so sure if it really was Casey or just another clone. Uriko gathered her courage and said,

"Casey? Is that you?" the so-called 'Casey' just looked at the cat zoanthrope blankly, as if not knowing what to do but, an evil plan lurks into her mind.

"Are you strong?" the question caught Uriko by surprise.

"What? What are you..." Uriko was cut short when the aqua- haired girl above her repeated in a mixture of anger and annoyance.

"I asked you. Are you strong?" Uriko was going to ask again when suddenly, Kenji pushed her out of the way and a split second later, heard the floor crack. Uriko, from her position, saw the person on the floor. Sure, it was Casey, but the only thing which bothered her was savage eyes. She couldn't find the hesitant, cheerful or quiet Casey but all she found was a blood-thirsty monster.

'Casey' vanished from sight and while Kenji tried to follow her speed, someone knocked him down to the floor, head-first. While the oniwabanshu tried to get up, Casey kicked Kenji upwards, jumped and attacked in mid-air. A cruel smile formed on her lips as she smashed Kenji down to the floor as if he was a volleyball. When she landed, three faces appeared. Yugo, Gado and Xion had found their way through one of Uranus' trap she had set to slow them down! When Yugo saw Kenji, on the floor and bloody, he charged at Casey almost immediately, only getting the teenager to block his punch with an open palm. She pivoted, slung Yugo's arm over her shoulder and threw him hard, on the floor.

When Yugo had stopped moving, for what she seemed that she had successfully killed Yugo, she looked at the other two.

"If this was the famous Yugo Ohgami I was informed about, I wasn't expecting him to be this weak. You are probably weaker than he is." She said, kicking Yugo's side hard, forcing a cry of pain from the wolf.

Without wasting any time, she took Gado on and tried to punch him in the face. Luckily, Gado managed to block it with his arm but heard something crack. Casey had broken his arm, in one punch! How much worse can their condition get!? Gado kicked her, only getting her to grab his leg with her arms and twisting it, forcing him to lose his balance and fall, on his broken arm. Gado yelled in pain when Casey attempted to break his knee joint.

Xion was surprised at how powerful and fast Casey had become. Before anything else happened to Gado, Xion managed to kick her away from Gado but resulted as a missed kick. Her reflexes had grown faster too. She looked at him menacingly, as if saying, 'you're gonna pay for that'. Xion knew what was going to happen and he was ready for it. As he expected, she attacked him, forcing him a few feet backwards. As he was trying to pry a metal bar off of him, Casey stepped on the metal bar without applying any pressure and sneered at Xion. She hooked her foot under the metal bar and kicked it off of Xion.

'What...?' Xion thought, as he stood up, ready for any attacks that she might do to him.

"I know what you're thinking. I did that because; you are such an interesting opponent. It would be a waste to kill you just like that." Though she was giving him a few chances to live, the tone in her voice still gave Xion a cold sweat.

She attacked him a few more times, giving him some bruises but, he still managed to evade her moves. His only problem was how to counter her. He looked at her after she had attempted to crush his head against the floor just to get him evading it.

"Come on, look a little scared. Otherwise how am I gonna have a little fun?" She smirked at him darkly, as she stood up, revealing her left arm covered in a red armor. She already started transforming herself! She was about to stab him when he was forced to change to his beast form.

It surprised her when she was thrown off balance due to the power source coming from Xion. Once she stood, Xion's blade were mere inches apart from her face. She had a look of surprise and cursed under her breath. Xion was frowning, and held her wrist to stop the punch she was about to land on his face.

"What's gone into you, Casey? Don't you even remember me!?" Xion nearly yelled, doing a back flip to evade a kick from Casey.

"Nothing is wrong with me. And even if I know you, I don't want to now." It was obvious through her eyes that she didn't know Xion. Piercing red eyes glared menacingly and it seemed to glow for some reason. She was about to transform when she stopped in the process and fell on her knees, clutching her head in pain. Xion was taken aback at her actions and he had two choices; either he helps Casey or he just leaves her.

A part of him wanted to help her but there was a small part of him urging him to let her be. He fought the urge to leave her and changed back, helping the girl who was close to howling in pain. When he touched her, she jerked back, not allowing him to touch her. After a few more attempts, she finally gave in for some reason. Before he had the chance to say anything, she staggered to her feet, sparks flying from her, trying to transform and preventing from doing so at the same time.

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'What are you doing!? He's the enemy! Why are you helping him!?' came a voice. Casey knew it was her own but, she refused to listen.

'No! Xion is not my enemy! I love him! Can't you understand that!? All you're trying to do here is hurting someone who is exactly the same as you are! He's a zoanthrope. And so are you! If you won't let me take control, God knows what Uranus will do!' Casey yelled, the other part of herself finally trying to understand a little.

At first, the other part of her was reluctant to listen but, gave in when she mentioned that everyone only lives once in a lifetime and they should learn as much as they can about the world they live in now. And she reconsidered what she had done. Shortening peoples lives, leaving most of the things in life unexplored.

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She let out a scream, releasing a mass of energy in the room. What surprises Xion was that it didn't harm him. Instead, it somehow healed him. After the energy had gone, Casey collapsed out of exhaustion, caught by Xion before she landed on the hard cement.

"What happened here?" Xion heard someone say. He turned around and saw Long making his way towards the teenager.

He looked around and saw that everyone else was also healed. He felt a little relieved for a moment and realized that their joy won't last as he saw a figure standing in front of him, looking quite angry.

What will happen? All will be told, in chapter 13!!

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Okay, not all, maybe some of the all.

Xion: ??? I don't get you.

Casey: Neither do I.

Never mind. You two are gonna be important for my next fic anyway.

Shenlong: Dammit... You're still gonna write the sequel!?

Of course. Neo would love that.

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