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Beaten
By: Crystal of Psyche
Chapter 11: Return to Old Times
Author's Note: Wow! Time sure does fly by!
Phoenix: That…. was pathetic.
Raiko walked into the room where Shiko was. When he walked in he saw her lying in bed, fast asleep. He sat down in the chair next to the bed and waited for her to wake up. Not too long did she open her eyes slowly, and look at Raiko.
"Rai?" she whispered quietly.
Raiko smiled and nodded, "I'm glad your okay."
"Everything fits."
"Huh?"
"I know who I am!"
"What?"
"Rai…I am this Ashley person, all my memories came back."
Raiko looked at the ground a bit of sadness in his eyes, "Oh, so you're not my sister."
"Rai, I don't know that, I could be. It fits! You said that our father took me away about sixteen years ago. Raiko…I'm sixteen! And I've been in an orphanage since I was a baby!"
"We still don't know. There has to be a way!" Raiko thought out loud.
"Hey Rai?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think you could send Leon in?" Raiko smiled remembering the love struck guy waiting to see if 'Ashley' was all right.
"Sure," he got up from the chair and walked out to get Leon.
*****
Everyone looked up to see Raiko come in the room and smirk.
"Leon she wants you to see her."
"Huh?" Everyone then looked at Leon who was a little shocked.
"Okay," he said quietly as he walked into the room.
*****
"Can I come in?" Leon asked he poked his head in the doorway.
Ashley opened her eyes and saw him, "Hey Leon."
"You wanted to see me?" Ashley's smile brightened, Leon took the seat next to the bed.
"Do you remember when we first met?"
Leon sighed and smiled at the memory. "Yeah I do."
"I wish I made a better first impression. And I blew it the second time."
Leon's eyes snapped open, "You remember?"
Ashley's smile widened, "Isn't it great!!!"
Leon couldn't contain his happiness; he got up and hugged her tightly but quickly withdrew when she grunted. "Sorry."
"There's one thing that's left to do."
"What?"
"Leon, aren't you forgetting who caused all this?" Ashley said glancing at Leon. But he didn't say anything for a while, just furrowed his eyebrows.
"…Harry…"
Ashley nodded, "You need to defeat him once and for all. And I want you to ask Raiko to take over the command sense I'm injured."
"Yeah sure, I got a question. What's your relationship with that guy?"
She laughed, "He's my big brother! You were worried for a sec weren't you?" Leon didn't say anything, but a great wave of relief washed over him. He leaned down and kissed her forehead, he didn't see her blush because he was already walking out the door. She sighed and went into a deep sleep.
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Bit looked up from his seat to see Leon walk in from the other room.
"So how is she?" Bit asked.
Leon smiled, "Bit our search is over!!"
"Why?"
"Cause that girl in that room is Ashley."
"Are you serious!" Bit said with astonishment. He was smiling so bright that he looked like the sun. Leena looked over at Bit and smiled. She was happy that he was happy.
"But there's still a problem," Leon's voice lowered as he said this line.
Everyone looked at him bewildered, "What?"
"Harry Champ." He stated simply. Leena shuddered and clung to Bit's arm, while Bit became angry.
"What are we going to do?" Leena asked.
Bit shook his head, "Not you."
"And you," Brad said looking at Naomi.
"WHAT!?!" They both shouted.
"You need to stay here and protect Ashley," Leon said.
"Pitiful excuse guys," Leena said folding her arms over her chest.
"Yeah! We know what you REALLY mean," said Naomi mimicking Leena.
"Fine to make you feel better, Jamie you stay too," Leon said.
"WHAT!?!"
"Humph, now you see how it feels Jamie." Leena said smiling.
"Oh and Raiko I almost forgot," Leon said turning towards him.
"Yeah."
"Ashley said that you're in charge now that she's been injured."
"Okay, let's gather some men and head out." Leon, Raiko, Brad, and Bit exited the room leaving a very annoyed Leena, Naomi, and Jamie.
******
"We're all set! How about you?" Brad said to Raiko and Leon.
They nodded and Bit shouted the orders to the men behind them, "Let's move out!!!"
"Hey Raiko how long will it take to get to the Champ country," asked Leon who was riding next to him on his black stallion.
"I would have to say about a week."
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"This isn't fair!!!!" shouted Leena as she paced the room Ashley was in. She stopped complaining when she heard moaning from Ashley.
"Hey guys what are you doing here?" she yawned.
Leena told her about what the guys did, leaving them and Jamie behind. "I can't believe they did that! What do were they thinking expecting us to stay here!!!"
"Then let's go!" They all stared at Ashley who was smiling at them.
A smile slowly crept on Leena's face, "I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK!!!!!"
"Yeah I amaze even myself," Ashley sighed.
"But what can we do? There's only four of us, and Ashley's injured." Naomi explained.
"Sneaky-sneaky." Ashley said simply.
"What?"
"We're going to sneak in and destroy it from the inside!"
"ALLRIGHT!!!! MISSION KICK HARRY'S ASS AND DESTROY HARRY'S CASTLE IS UNDERWAY!!!" shouted Leena.
"You the others will kill us when they find out what we're doing," said Jamie worriedly.
"Yeah I know," was all the girls said.
Author's Note: Please R+R!!!!