Disclaimer: I don't own Threads of Fate, okay???!!!! NOT MINE!!
Author's note: FINALLY I've dished out Chapter Five!! It took me half of eternity to do it with all the schoolwork that's been dumped on me. But here it is for you people…
BTW, from now on, words in are thoughts.
Anyway, here's Chapter five! Read and Review!!!!
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1 Friends to the Rescue!
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Rue gasped as Mint fired another shot at him. He quickly ducked out of the way just as a blast of purple water crashed into the wall where he had just been. His eyes widened when he saw the great hole Mint had created.
He turned to face the possessed princess. "Mint! What are you doing?! Get a hold of yourself!"
"Shut up!" Mint snarled. She began running to him as fast as lightning and attempted to hit him with her hoops.
Rue batted away her attacks with his Arc Edge. "Mint, stop it!"
He gasped when Mint's eyes glowed red again, and he pushed her away with all his strength. Mint was knocked down a few feet away from him, and Rue ran to a safe distance as she struggled to get up.
What am I going to do? Rue thought desperately. I just can't bring myself to hurt Mint! Uh oh…
Mint had gotten up and began to fire Green Magic at him. Rue gasped as he raised up his Arc Edge again to shield himself from the powerful wind. His cap was knocked off in the wind, and the gem on his forehead twinkled in the light.
The light that came from his gem flashed into Mint's eyes, and for a moment, the princess wavered. She stopped her attack and stood, swaying, as if she was going to fall. Her eyes flickered back into normality for an instant. "…Rue?…" her voice came out normal.
Rue realized this. "…Mint?"
Whatever it was that Rue's gem had done, it didn't do very much effect. Mint suddenly regained the evil light in her eyes and she snarled, and her voice became unearthly once again. "Nice try. But it's not going to work!"
"I don't believe it!" Rue muttered as he ducked when a blast of Black Magic came heading his way. "How can I get Mint to stop?"
"That's easy!" snapped the princess. "You're going to have to fight her, won't you? or else I'll have this poor little princess kill you."
Rue's eyes widened to their full limit. This wasn't Mint…it was the guardian…it was taking control of her, and now forcing him to fight her knowing that he wouldn't!
Or would he?
Rue stopped panicking. He stood, taking deep breaths. Then he looked up at the guardian that stood in front of him with an evil smirk in her face. It was so awful for him to see Mint's body being contorted to this evil creature. He didn't want to hurt Mint, but this wasn't the princess he knew. He had to rescue her.
Raising his Arc Edge, Rue charged forward with a battle cry at the guardian, who began using Mint's magic once again.
Mint blinked and looked around her. Why was everything so dark? Where the heck was she?
"Rue!!" she yelled, remembering her companion. "Rue, where are you?!"
There was no answer. The last thing she remembered was that she was drowning in the strange water. Does that mean that she was…
"No, princess," rumbled an unearthly voice from some direction. "You aren't dead. Not quite. But you soon will be…"
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Mint cried. "Where am I?! Where's Rue? Show him to me!"
"As you wish," the voice replied with a cackle. "Let's see what your friend is doing now, shall we?"
There was a bright flash across Mint's eyes and she gasped. Before her was a horrible sight. Rue was charging forward, his Arc Edge raised, and he was about to strike someone—that looked like her!!
Mint gasped, "No! Rue!!"
She ran forward only to crash into an invisible barrier. She was knocked into the ground and she gasped. "Wh-what's going on?"
"Just a little something that would make things more exciting, princess," the guardian giggled in a watery voice.
Mint looked forward again, and saw in her horror as a powerful attack hit Rue. Oh my god… she thought. What's going on? What am I doing to him?!
Mint screamed, "Stop it!!!"
With a cry, Rue crash landed on the atelier's floor once again. However, this did not deter him. He was going to get that creature out of Mint somehow but…how could he if couldn't bring himself to hurt her?
Then again, it's not as if I'd actually gotten a chance to hit her so far… he thought miserably. He stared into Mint's cold eyes and felt his hope slowly diminish. No…I just can't…I can't hurt her…
There was a laugh from the possessed princess. "Ah, so I see that you couldn't bring yourself to hurt her… So does that mean that you will let me kill you? I do hope so…"
A blast of water came roaring at Rue's way and he leapt out of the way. As soon as he got up, through, a barrage of water attacks came at his way and he batted away most of them with his Arc Edge.
I can't keep running forever! he thought. But what can I do?
"Hey, stay still!" laughed the guardian. "If I kill you, then I'll have the time of my life making this girl miserable with the thought that she'd killed you!"
"Then what?" Rue yelled. "You'll kill her too?"
"Of course," replied the guardian with a smirk.
Rue snarled with anger coursing rapidly through him. In his anger, the shard of Dewprism on his forehead glinted in a brighter scale. It flashed before his eyes, and suddenly, he heard.
Rue! Rue!
Mint? Mint is that you?
Yes, it's me! Listen to me, Rue!
Huh? …Mint where are you?
I'm right here…in front of you…
…I…I can't see you…
But I can see you. Now listen before it's too late!
What do you mean?
Rue, whatever you do, don't die! Don't leave me!
What are you talking about?
I'm trying to get out, Rue! I'm trying as hard as I can! But please, Rue, stay alive! I don't care if you have to fight the guardian! Just live!
I can't hurt you, Mint!
You won't be! You'll be hurting the guardian, not me! At least, not yet. Just please, Rue, I beg you, stay alive! I won't have the strength to break free if you die!
All right, Mint! I'll fight the guardian! Just keep trying!
I will! Just stay alive, Rue!
Rue blinked, and the first thing he saw was the guardian bearing down on him, about to hit him with one of Mint's hoops!
As quick as a shot, Rue crashed his Arc Edge against the hoop, blocking its attack. The guardian snarled, "I don't know what you just did, boy, but I'm going to kill you once and for all!"
"No!" Rue yelled, knocking the guardian down. He stood up, towering over the guardian, and panting. "I'll defeat you."
"Yeah right," snorted the guardian, standing. "As if you could ever bring yourself to hurt your precious little princ—aaaah!"
The guardian barely leapt away in time when Rue sent his weapon crashing down. "Why you little—" the guardian barely had time to react when Rue brought down a second attack.
Jerking back rapidly, the guardian wiped some blood away from her cheek and said, "Got to your senses, eh? No matter. I'll kill you."
And she brought out a sword made of water. Though it was made of nothing but liquid, Rue had no doubt that this sword was very sharp.
The two of them suddenly went charging at each other, weapons raised.
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"I have to get out of here," muttered Mint. "I just have to!"
She couldn't bear to watch Rue fight with the guardian all alone anymore. Angry, Mint yelled, "Let me out of here you stupid guardian!"
There was no reply. It seems that the guardian was too busy trying to beat Rue. Frustrated that she didn't get an answer, Mint yelled at the top of her lungs, "I said, let me out of here!!!!"
She began stamping her foot, like she always did everytime she got very angry of frustrated. "Let me out right this instant!"
Feeling her hoops still behind her, she grabbed them and began firing every scrap of magic that she had all around her dark prison. "Let—me—out!!" she punctuated each word with a powerful blast of her magic.
Her surroundings were getting brighter and brighter, and she kept firing her magic angrily. I'm going to get out of here if it's the last thing I do!! I have to help Rue fight this thing!!
Breathing hard, Rue stared at the guardian. I don't believe this…
The guardian in Mint's body looked battered already. But all of a sudden, it had begun to glow. It was writing in what seemed like agony. It was screaming out, "You stupid little brat! Stop that!"
Mint! Rue realized. She was fighting back! "Mint! Mint, you're doing it! You're beating the guardian!"
The guardian gave an unearthly scream and suddenly, what looked like a huge purple fountain of water pushed upward from Mint's head, screaming in agony like what Mint's body was doing. It was about to get expelled from Mint's body!
Rue could not do anything but stare in shock as Mint fought to regain her body. However, to his horror, he saw that Mint was weakening, and the guardian was about to seep back into her!
"No!" Rue cried as he heard Mint scream.
It looked hopeless…
Without warning, there was a sudden blast of bright magic that flew just inches above Rue's head. Rue's hair flew at the wind it created, and the bright blast of magic collided with the creature that was about to reenter Mint. It went writhing once again, giving gurgling cries, and smashed into the floor with Mint's body.
"Drop the girl!"
Rue, appalled, turned around to see a sight he did not expect. "Duke! Belle!"
With a short laugh, Belle tossed her hair. "I see you're in trouble again, Rue."
Duke nodded. "Me and milady got here in time!"
"B-but how—" Rue stammered, shocked.
"Well, you left that tar pit at the atelier gaping open so we decided to drop by," Belle snorted. "Mind you, that Klaus character was pretty worried."
"Yep," Duke nodded. "You left some of your Aeon power in those orbs and all milady had to do was blast the thing again… took a pretty long time—"
"Oh shut up," Belle snapped, smacking Duke upside the head. She looked up and said, "Uh-oh."
They all turned to see the guardian swirling in a mini tower of water. "Dang," said Duke. "Here it comes. We'd better smash that thing before it tries to get into Mint again."
"Good idea," said Rue.
Belle took charge as she saw the guardian lifting Mint's body off the floor again. "Duke, Rue, hit the thing while I'll throw a magic attack! Go! NOW!"
At once, the two males went runnnig to the guardian in full cry and weapons raised (Duke had pulled out a huge sword) while Belle cried out some magic words and released a blast of powerful aqua colored magic.
With a yell, Rue vanished into the light, praying that they save Mint.
AN: Yipeeee!! I've finished chapter five!!! Wahoo! Did'ya like Belle and Duke's entrance? I thought they'd come in handy. Anyway, I'll pull out Chapter six soon if I get enough reviews. Read and Review as always!!
Author's note: FINALLY I've dished out Chapter Five!! It took me half of eternity to do it with all the schoolwork that's been dumped on me. But here it is for you people…
BTW, from now on, words in are thoughts.
Anyway, here's Chapter five! Read and Review!!!!
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1 Friends to the Rescue!
~~|~~*~~|~~
Rue gasped as Mint fired another shot at him. He quickly ducked out of the way just as a blast of purple water crashed into the wall where he had just been. His eyes widened when he saw the great hole Mint had created.
He turned to face the possessed princess. "Mint! What are you doing?! Get a hold of yourself!"
"Shut up!" Mint snarled. She began running to him as fast as lightning and attempted to hit him with her hoops.
Rue batted away her attacks with his Arc Edge. "Mint, stop it!"
He gasped when Mint's eyes glowed red again, and he pushed her away with all his strength. Mint was knocked down a few feet away from him, and Rue ran to a safe distance as she struggled to get up.
What am I going to do? Rue thought desperately. I just can't bring myself to hurt Mint! Uh oh…
Mint had gotten up and began to fire Green Magic at him. Rue gasped as he raised up his Arc Edge again to shield himself from the powerful wind. His cap was knocked off in the wind, and the gem on his forehead twinkled in the light.
The light that came from his gem flashed into Mint's eyes, and for a moment, the princess wavered. She stopped her attack and stood, swaying, as if she was going to fall. Her eyes flickered back into normality for an instant. "…Rue?…" her voice came out normal.
Rue realized this. "…Mint?"
Whatever it was that Rue's gem had done, it didn't do very much effect. Mint suddenly regained the evil light in her eyes and she snarled, and her voice became unearthly once again. "Nice try. But it's not going to work!"
"I don't believe it!" Rue muttered as he ducked when a blast of Black Magic came heading his way. "How can I get Mint to stop?"
"That's easy!" snapped the princess. "You're going to have to fight her, won't you? or else I'll have this poor little princess kill you."
Rue's eyes widened to their full limit. This wasn't Mint…it was the guardian…it was taking control of her, and now forcing him to fight her knowing that he wouldn't!
Or would he?
Rue stopped panicking. He stood, taking deep breaths. Then he looked up at the guardian that stood in front of him with an evil smirk in her face. It was so awful for him to see Mint's body being contorted to this evil creature. He didn't want to hurt Mint, but this wasn't the princess he knew. He had to rescue her.
Raising his Arc Edge, Rue charged forward with a battle cry at the guardian, who began using Mint's magic once again.
Mint blinked and looked around her. Why was everything so dark? Where the heck was she?
"Rue!!" she yelled, remembering her companion. "Rue, where are you?!"
There was no answer. The last thing she remembered was that she was drowning in the strange water. Does that mean that she was…
"No, princess," rumbled an unearthly voice from some direction. "You aren't dead. Not quite. But you soon will be…"
"Wh-what are you talking about?" Mint cried. "Where am I?! Where's Rue? Show him to me!"
"As you wish," the voice replied with a cackle. "Let's see what your friend is doing now, shall we?"
There was a bright flash across Mint's eyes and she gasped. Before her was a horrible sight. Rue was charging forward, his Arc Edge raised, and he was about to strike someone—that looked like her!!
Mint gasped, "No! Rue!!"
She ran forward only to crash into an invisible barrier. She was knocked into the ground and she gasped. "Wh-what's going on?"
"Just a little something that would make things more exciting, princess," the guardian giggled in a watery voice.
Mint looked forward again, and saw in her horror as a powerful attack hit Rue. Oh my god… she thought. What's going on? What am I doing to him?!
Mint screamed, "Stop it!!!"
With a cry, Rue crash landed on the atelier's floor once again. However, this did not deter him. He was going to get that creature out of Mint somehow but…how could he if couldn't bring himself to hurt her?
Then again, it's not as if I'd actually gotten a chance to hit her so far… he thought miserably. He stared into Mint's cold eyes and felt his hope slowly diminish. No…I just can't…I can't hurt her…
There was a laugh from the possessed princess. "Ah, so I see that you couldn't bring yourself to hurt her… So does that mean that you will let me kill you? I do hope so…"
A blast of water came roaring at Rue's way and he leapt out of the way. As soon as he got up, through, a barrage of water attacks came at his way and he batted away most of them with his Arc Edge.
I can't keep running forever! he thought. But what can I do?
"Hey, stay still!" laughed the guardian. "If I kill you, then I'll have the time of my life making this girl miserable with the thought that she'd killed you!"
"Then what?" Rue yelled. "You'll kill her too?"
"Of course," replied the guardian with a smirk.
Rue snarled with anger coursing rapidly through him. In his anger, the shard of Dewprism on his forehead glinted in a brighter scale. It flashed before his eyes, and suddenly, he heard.
Rue! Rue!
Mint? Mint is that you?
Yes, it's me! Listen to me, Rue!
Huh? …Mint where are you?
I'm right here…in front of you…
…I…I can't see you…
But I can see you. Now listen before it's too late!
What do you mean?
Rue, whatever you do, don't die! Don't leave me!
What are you talking about?
I'm trying to get out, Rue! I'm trying as hard as I can! But please, Rue, stay alive! I don't care if you have to fight the guardian! Just live!
I can't hurt you, Mint!
You won't be! You'll be hurting the guardian, not me! At least, not yet. Just please, Rue, I beg you, stay alive! I won't have the strength to break free if you die!
All right, Mint! I'll fight the guardian! Just keep trying!
I will! Just stay alive, Rue!
Rue blinked, and the first thing he saw was the guardian bearing down on him, about to hit him with one of Mint's hoops!
As quick as a shot, Rue crashed his Arc Edge against the hoop, blocking its attack. The guardian snarled, "I don't know what you just did, boy, but I'm going to kill you once and for all!"
"No!" Rue yelled, knocking the guardian down. He stood up, towering over the guardian, and panting. "I'll defeat you."
"Yeah right," snorted the guardian, standing. "As if you could ever bring yourself to hurt your precious little princ—aaaah!"
The guardian barely leapt away in time when Rue sent his weapon crashing down. "Why you little—" the guardian barely had time to react when Rue brought down a second attack.
Jerking back rapidly, the guardian wiped some blood away from her cheek and said, "Got to your senses, eh? No matter. I'll kill you."
And she brought out a sword made of water. Though it was made of nothing but liquid, Rue had no doubt that this sword was very sharp.
The two of them suddenly went charging at each other, weapons raised.
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"I have to get out of here," muttered Mint. "I just have to!"
She couldn't bear to watch Rue fight with the guardian all alone anymore. Angry, Mint yelled, "Let me out of here you stupid guardian!"
There was no reply. It seems that the guardian was too busy trying to beat Rue. Frustrated that she didn't get an answer, Mint yelled at the top of her lungs, "I said, let me out of here!!!!"
She began stamping her foot, like she always did everytime she got very angry of frustrated. "Let me out right this instant!"
Feeling her hoops still behind her, she grabbed them and began firing every scrap of magic that she had all around her dark prison. "Let—me—out!!" she punctuated each word with a powerful blast of her magic.
Her surroundings were getting brighter and brighter, and she kept firing her magic angrily. I'm going to get out of here if it's the last thing I do!! I have to help Rue fight this thing!!
Breathing hard, Rue stared at the guardian. I don't believe this…
The guardian in Mint's body looked battered already. But all of a sudden, it had begun to glow. It was writing in what seemed like agony. It was screaming out, "You stupid little brat! Stop that!"
Mint! Rue realized. She was fighting back! "Mint! Mint, you're doing it! You're beating the guardian!"
The guardian gave an unearthly scream and suddenly, what looked like a huge purple fountain of water pushed upward from Mint's head, screaming in agony like what Mint's body was doing. It was about to get expelled from Mint's body!
Rue could not do anything but stare in shock as Mint fought to regain her body. However, to his horror, he saw that Mint was weakening, and the guardian was about to seep back into her!
"No!" Rue cried as he heard Mint scream.
It looked hopeless…
Without warning, there was a sudden blast of bright magic that flew just inches above Rue's head. Rue's hair flew at the wind it created, and the bright blast of magic collided with the creature that was about to reenter Mint. It went writhing once again, giving gurgling cries, and smashed into the floor with Mint's body.
"Drop the girl!"
Rue, appalled, turned around to see a sight he did not expect. "Duke! Belle!"
With a short laugh, Belle tossed her hair. "I see you're in trouble again, Rue."
Duke nodded. "Me and milady got here in time!"
"B-but how—" Rue stammered, shocked.
"Well, you left that tar pit at the atelier gaping open so we decided to drop by," Belle snorted. "Mind you, that Klaus character was pretty worried."
"Yep," Duke nodded. "You left some of your Aeon power in those orbs and all milady had to do was blast the thing again… took a pretty long time—"
"Oh shut up," Belle snapped, smacking Duke upside the head. She looked up and said, "Uh-oh."
They all turned to see the guardian swirling in a mini tower of water. "Dang," said Duke. "Here it comes. We'd better smash that thing before it tries to get into Mint again."
"Good idea," said Rue.
Belle took charge as she saw the guardian lifting Mint's body off the floor again. "Duke, Rue, hit the thing while I'll throw a magic attack! Go! NOW!"
At once, the two males went runnnig to the guardian in full cry and weapons raised (Duke had pulled out a huge sword) while Belle cried out some magic words and released a blast of powerful aqua colored magic.
With a yell, Rue vanished into the light, praying that they save Mint.
AN: Yipeeee!! I've finished chapter five!!! Wahoo! Did'ya like Belle and Duke's entrance? I thought they'd come in handy. Anyway, I'll pull out Chapter six soon if I get enough reviews. Read and Review as always!!