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Kerda: Uh-ha. Now, thank you all reviewers for still reading this thing. We hope you like this chapter and…
Tyson: Enjoy it!
Kerda: Not yet, I have something else to say. And please read the end, where we have another dialogue. Darina has an announcement.
Tyson: Now?
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" What do you think that thing is?" Naia asked, looking up with complete worry at the white bubble that just formed around Kai, Korea and Rei.
" I don't know, but it doesn't look good," Tyson said, not able to take his eyes off the glowing circle either. Do you think they're okay?" Before Naia could reply, Max and Robert came up to them.
" Robert, I thought you were still up there!" Myra said, staring in surprise at the guard. He was about to reply when he suddenly sprang up and caught Tyson by the waist, pushing both on the ground for some reason…
All stared at them confused until a second later when a bloody thump with white wings landed motionlessly on…the exact place Tyson was standing before!
Myra yelled and the other looked in shock at the fallen figure.
" T-thanks Robert," Tyson said, gulping at the though if that thing actually landed on him. Naia didn't want to see the gruesome sight of the red flesh that stuck out of the thump from all directions, so she turned to Robert instead.
" Robert," she began, pointing up. What's that white thing up there?" The guard looked up and judging by the horror that instantly flooded his face, it was clear to everybody that the strange bubble was nothing good.
" Oh, no!" Robert suddenly took off without warning, cutting though the entire battlefield towards the demons surrounding the white globe. As he left the ground, dust rose up and covered the others. It took a while for the dust to clear and everybody watched the man fly through the angels and demons.
" By the look on Robert's face…" Naia said to herself softly, her worry replaced by a state of panic a minute later. Rei, Kai and Korea are in trouble!!!" Everybody stared at her in surprise.
Meanwhile in the battle…
" Whoa!" Lee yelled, dodging another swipe of a demon's sword. Take this." In a quick slash, he knocked his attacker unconscious. I swore I wouldn't kill, he thought, raising his own sword in the air to strike again. But how can I not when they wan…Robert?
" Robert!" Lee said puzzled, seeing the familiar guy fly like there was no tomorrow. Wait up. What's the rush?" Robert just slightly turned his head to Lee without stopping.
" If you'll follow, I'll explain!" he shouted back, punching another guy in the face. Lee still looked puzzled, but he decided to consider Robert's idea.
" Sure, just let me wrap up here," he flew behind another demon and hit him at the back of the neck with the handle of his sword. Then he took off, this time only dodging all the blows that came towards him. Panting, he caught up to Robert.
" So, what's the situation?" he asked. Robert said nothing, but his eyes slowly wandered towards the person with him.
" Lee…" Robert suddenly stopped in the air and turned to Lee, giving him a hard stare. Lee stopped also and gave him a surprised look. Something didn't seem right…
" Robert? Are you…" Lee chocked on his words when Robert's eyes lit up red an angry. The angel took a few steps back as Robert suddenly took off towards him…
~Lee's POV~(Warning: Very, VERY short POV)
What's Robert tr…
" Ahhhhh!!!!!!!"
~Normal POV~
There was an explosion and everybody heard Lee's yell when Robert came close to him.
" Lee!!!" Mariah yelled, frantically clawing and biting through demons to get to her friend.
" Oh, no!" Max said. Why would…" Naia looked in shock at the smoke, in which neither the angel nor the demon seemed visible. She couldn't believe it, as well as the others couldn't.
" Robert, what have you done…" she whispered, her voice slightly echoing in the morning breeze.
Just then, the wind picked up more speed.
" Ahhhh!!!" everybody on the ground yelled as it carried dust all over them, creating a swirling hurricane. The small particles clouded their eyes, making Max and Enrique choke since they were talking.
The wind blew apart the smoke in the area where Lee used to be and a figure fell out. It landed with a thug on the ground.
" Lee!" Kevin yelled as he began flying down to help his fallen buddy. Just as he was about to go down…
" Wait," a hand blocked his path and the shorter boy turned to see Johnny stopping him from landing. Kevin was about to object, but was silenced when Johnny pointed towards the clearing smoke.
Having a closer look, Kevin's eyes opened up wider.
" Is that…" Tyson was also watching the smoke for any sings of life. He caught the sight of two figures in the air, one standing still in shock, the other behind it with his sword drawn out.
" Lee's okay!" Gary said, seeing the first figure. Lee floated with his mouth opened, his sword lowered in the quick shock of what just happened. He slowly turned his head towards Robert, who whizzed pas his ear, once again heading towards the glowing bubble.
" Robert…what just happened?" Lee flew after the guard. He thought Robert was going to…you know, slice him into two.
" You should watch your back," Robert replied without turning around. A guy was pointing a Virtual Reality Vortex beam at you."
The what? Lee thought as he caught up finally.
" What is…" he began, but Robert knew what he was going to ask, so he decided to just reply without wasting time.
" A Virtual Reality Vortex?" he repeated before Lee finished. It's a beam that when it shoots you causes you to appear into some other reality while the blast forms a bubble around you. Like that one…" He pointed to the destination bubble that seemed like one of the Virtual Reality Vortexes around Rei, Kai and Korea.
" Anyway," he continued. It's hard to explain, but right now, we HAVE to get those guys out of there. You see, when a person's inside that bubble, they have no idea what goes on outside, thinking that what THEY see IS the real world. But while they're wandering around some made-believe place, anybody from the outside could destroy them easily." Lee knobbed and looked up to the glowing bubble in the air…
What? Robert suddenly noticed one of the demons surrounding the glowing sphere taking out an energy gun. But, Voltaire can't…he wouldn't…that's his own…grandchildren!
Something told him otherwise…
" Oh, no!!!" he yelled and Lee
looked just in time to see the guard blast something sickly-green into the
bubble, the three trapped in it the targets, followed by an ear-splitting
scream.
" Got one!" the man who fired smirked. Robert's eyes opened wide as he and the others recognized that scream. Korea, he thought.
" No…" Naia whispered, feeling rage take her over all of the sudden. NO!!!"
~Rei's POV~
All this brightness…where does it end? It's like an endless sea of…
" AHHH!!!" a scream interrupted my mind. Nearly…
" KOREA!" I yelled without even thinking. Drigger return!" My bit beats returned into my BeyBlade as a bright yellow light entered the field of white waves. I rubbed my eyes at the thickness of the sudden color and suddenly appeared next to Kai. Or…did he appear next to me? In any case, he seemed as confused as I was.
" What was tha…" I didn't finish my sentence as I noticed all three of us being surrounded by the same demons that shot us. WOW!
Before I could even react, a fireball flew strait towards me. It was aimed to blast through chest, but at the very last second…Kai pushed me out of the way of it? As time seemed to slow down, I actually felt for the first time like we were actually working as, somewhat, friends.
" Shoot them again!" a voice came from the side and we both flew out of the wave of fireballs that nearly swallowed us. I was about to ask Kai why he saved me, when the scream I heard came back into my mind. KOREA!!!
" Huh?" Kai gave me a surprised look, making me realize I shouted out loud. But I didn't care if I did. My heart beat fast as I looked around for the familiar little figure with blonde hair.
There's two things I know for sure.
She was sent here from heaven, and she's daddy's little girl.
" Kai, where's K…" I didn't get to finish when I heard Robert yell:
" KOREA!!!"
Kai's eyes flashed with worry as they traveled to where Robert was. There she was…FALLING!!!
" No!" Kai yelled and quickly began to swipe through all the demons in his way, trying to reach Korea. I tried to match his speed, but found it to be greater than anything I even imagined. And I couldn't take my eyes of his sister…
~Normal POV~
" NO!" most people on the ground yelled as they saw Korea crash nearby on the hill behind the nearby tree. Before any of them could even come close to reaching the tree, Kai landed on the ground and grabbed his sister, followed by Rei…
~Rei's POV~
" What…happened!" I looked down at her in Kai's arms. Her face was covered with burns and dirt, but she wasn't moving. Kai began shaking her lightly, trying desperately to wake her up.
" Korea!" he said, trying to get his sister to open her eyes. Wake up…" Korea's body didn't even budge on it's own. I felt something hot slide down my check for the third time today. Hearing footsteps behind me, I turned to see the rest of the group running towards us. They sat themselves down beside Kai, Korea and me.
As I drop to my knees by her bed at night,
She talks to Jesus, and I close my eyes.
" Is she…" Max asked slowly. I didn't know what to reply, but even though my throat was dry, my face was stained with tears. I didn't want to believe it…
" Oh my god!" Robert suddenly landed next to us. He quickly bend over and checked Korea's breathing. With a worried look, he took his hand away from her chest.
" She's still alive, but barely," he finally said and I saw tears gathering in his eyes. If she doesn't get medical help soon, she'll…" He didn't finish that last word and I didn't want him to finish. Even Kai's eyes were shining with new-formed tears. It was surprising to see him so shook up, and at the same time, it wasn't…
And I thank God for all the joy in my life, But most of all...
Butterfly kisses after bedtime prayer.
Just as about one of those drops was about to fall down his face, a small hand shakily wiped it away. Kai opened his eyes to see Korea's blue eyes staring into his. Kai was about to say something, but Korea silenced him with her fingers…
" Don't," she shook her head slowly. You don't want to loose what you consider your pride, remember?" That's when I understood it all. Kai looked questionably at his sister, but then knobbed. I could see he still didn't see it.
" Kai, don't you realize what Korea's trying to say?" Naia asked the demon, putting her hand on his shoulder. Kai didn't even look at her, but I could tell he was listening.
Stickin' little white flowers all up in her hair.
"Walk beside the pony daddy, it's my first ride."
" Pride doesn't come from getting rib of your weaknesses or trying to keep your reputation or anything like that," I decided to explain. It comes from inside a person, from whom they are not what people try to make them. Crying for somebody isn't weak…it shows your respect for that person and feelings are something to be proud of." To my surprise, Kai slowly nodded and I knew he got the idea. Korea just smiled approvingly, gracing her face with a small sad smile.
" I really don't want to leave…" she said and Kai's eyes opened up, horror reflection in them for the first time.
" Don't say that, Korea, you won't leave," Max said, trying to encourage her. She just shook her head "no" at him.
"I know the cake looks funny, daddy, but I sure tried."
Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done something right.
" Right now, I'm not ashamed to die," she said, slowly closing her eyes to my great fear. At least one good thing came out of it all…I finally know where I belong, where I'm loved." Naia broke down in sobs as everybody else had tears coming from their eyes. Korea, to my surprise, didn't seem upset at all about what was happening to her. She just looked around confused, but then seemed to think deeply about something.
" If I leave black, of no return," she suddenly said and all stared at her, needless to say puzzled. Then people judge me that. Or if they call me crimson then…" It took me a while to get what she was saying. It was her poem, the one she told me when we were still trapped down in that dungeon. Though the others, all except Kai, didn't seem to get it.
To deserve a hug every morning, and butterfly kisses at night.
"I know I'm welcomed home instead," the young girl continued as she suddenly lowered her hand and my heart gave a leap of fear. So even if I die when left, don't cry…" She looked around us and I think everybody understood what she was pointing at "… I won't shed a tear for myself. Since others say gods can see in me no sins." Once again she did something unexpected as she turned her hand over, revealing a large cut at the side.
" Remember me, because I know I changed from black," when she began shifting a little, I thought she was trying to get up. But she just grabbed the hand with the cut and to EVERYBODY'S shock, pressed against it as more blood spilled on the ground.
Oh, with all that I've done wrong, I must have done something right.
" Korea, what are you doing?!" Kai looked at her like she was crazy. You could get yourself killed!" Korea just out down her hand and her eyes fully closed. Everybody stared at her as she lay lifelessly in Kai's arms. Before anybody could say anything else, she whispered:
" Remember me, for those who see that now…" she suddenly chocked on something and took a small pause to regain what little voice she had left. I am c-c…crimson." With that, the wind silenced her, stealing all the tears that clouded our eyes. Nobody said anything and Robert reached out a shaky hand to put to her chest…
" Her heart…" his voice filled with sorrow. It stopped." I felt like breaking down right here. Something tore me from the inside as I watched Korea's face, hoping for at least a twitch. The blow picked up again, blowing the red grass where she spilled her blood from side to side…
To deserve your love every morning, and butterfly kisses at night.
Then it came to me…that's why she made her blood run. My eyes filled with tears again…that was her way of saying a happy goodbye to us, to herself. She wasn't upset because…she finally found somewhere she felt she was always thought of as a friend, not that little girl crying in a small room of loneliness.
" NO!" Kai suddenly yelled, making me nearly jump up with surprise. We all looked to see his face twisted in fury and sadness as his eyes started to quickly change color. At first they were a sorrowful brown, but then they changed to an angry red, as he looked up past all the demons and angels into the face of the one man who did this all…
" VOLTAIRE!!!" he yelled so loud, we all had to cover our ears not to get deaf. Don't worry Korea, your death will be avenged…" He placed the body gently on the ground as he shot up faster than light itself. He was most invisible to my eyes as I jerked up, realizing what he was planning was dangerous. Fighting furiously to catch up with him, I looked down on the ground. Everybody were still sitting, but not looking at Korea. They were looking at horror with me. All except for one. Naia…
She was sitting on the ground with her face down, Tyson trying to calm her down…
~Normal POV~
Naia kept her face down, but while the others looked at Rei and Kai, wondering what was going on, she kept her tears to herself.
" I'm sorry, Naia, she was just as important to you as to me," a hand placed itself on her shoulder and Naia recognized the voice to be Tyson's even though she wasn't sure. All she felt now was hurt…hurt AND deep anger. Very deep anger…
" You…" she suddenly began, to Tyson's surprise getting up slowly. He gave her a half bewildered look. Turning to a demon that just sliced an angel in half in the air next to the ground, she looked up, her heart beating wildly, her teeth gritted and her hands in fists. Before Tyson could react to anything, she started to run.
Naia didn't see her friends trying to stop her or hear their cries as she neared him. The blood from the angel the demon just cut in half stained her hair and clothes, but she ignored it and gave a large leap (hearing shocked yells behind her), landing a punch on the demon's neck while he turned away.
" Wha-ahh!" the demon said as he felt somebody freeze-chop him from behind. He turned to find a pair of angry brown eyes glaring at him. The guy's vision started to go dim, but he still kept up as he swung his sword at her.
" Whoa!" Naia yelled, jumping out of the way as the sword cut some of the ends of her hair off. With just a LIGHT stroke. These weapons are dangerous, she realized, finally coming out of her angry trance.
" You DARE TO HIT ME?!" the demon roared as he began quickly lowering the blade on Naia. She quickly jumped out of the way again, but when the sword hit the ground, she was knocked of her feet. Everything in the world seemed to stand still as they remained in those positions for a few moments. That's when to her horror, the man began to fall…RIGHT ON HER!!!
" Ahhhh!" she scrambled out of the way to find herself lying in dust with her eyes wide open, facing the body. Hearing her heart beat louder in her ears, she knew if that guys stroke one more time, she'd been gone by now.
" Naia!" somebody helped her up and she was span around to look at the worried faces of her friends.
" What do you think you were doing?" Tyson demanded, looking strait into her eyes. Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" Naia didn't know what to say.
" I'm s…sorry, I wasn't…" she tried to say. Everybody calmed down, seeing she wasn't angry anymore.
" Naia, please don't do that again," Mariah hugged her out of relief. You scared us half to death." Naia didn't respond. But I didn't want to scare you, she thoughts frantically. I was trying to…to…
She didn't know what she was trying to do, but she knew one thing…Korea was dead…for real…
~Rei's POV~
NAIA!!! I was about to swoop down when I realized she was okay. Oh, god!!! Thank RA she was okay!!! Just as I was about to fly down to check, I remembered Kai. He was still out there…out there trying to kill his grandfather…
I looked up, hoping I wasn't too late…
" No, Kai!" before my brain even realized it, I began flying again. Kai was only a few meters away from the commander. I knew his grandfather deserved to die for starting this war…Kai knew his grandfather had to die for starting this war.
I finally noticed that I nearly caught up with Kai. He, meanwhile, was fighting off the demons surrounding him to get to his grandfather. Before I could interfere, I saw something strange below me. A guy on the ground was staring at the whole thing. His red hair shone as he seemed to be searching for the right moment to strike. I couldn't even tell if he was a demon or an angel, but he certainly looked like the demon type. The weirdest part though was that he wasn't wearing any armor or carrying a sword.
" This is now between you and me, VOLTAIRE!" I heard somebody disgustingly spit out Voltaire's name. That's when I remembered why I was up here. Oh, yah, to help Kai…or was it to stop Kai? I knew even a person as bad as his grandfather didn't deserve such a punishment. I ran out of breath, but managed to keep myself at hand as I realized I was loosing speed. Not good.
As I got closer to Kai, something caught my by the neck and shoved me backwards from behind. I quickly turned around to be facing a sandy-haired demon with a mocking smile on his face, but his eyes were pointing at Kai.
" I see he's back," he said, suddenly drawing his sword to his face. What a shame…" He swiped his lips over the blade, catching some of the blood on it into his mouth. Then he looked up at Kai, who also stopped in his tracks and was now glaring hatefully at him. What did he have to do with Kai, I wondered all of the sudden.
" It's you…" Kai seemed to have forgotten all about his grandfather as he flew on my level, ignoring the fact that I was here. The other sneered again.
" Hello, Kai," he said. Long time no see…" I heard Kai's harsh breath as he stared even more at the stranger.
" Who is this guy?" I asked his quietly. He didn't reply, as the world appeared to have dissolved around him and the only person he saw OR heard was the boy in front of him.
" Oh, how rude of me," the sandy-haired boy gave a short bow. I'm Sander Kalenyl. But Kai should know that better than anybody, ne Kai?" That's when Kai broke loose as he rapidly advanced on the guy.
" You shall pay for what you did!" he breathed angrily. Sander smiled sneakily.
" We shall see," he said and they began fighting, using not only their swords, but also their fists from time to time. And I stood frozen…Sander? Wasn't this the guy who…
" Rei, look OUT!!!" I heard Naia yell and got out of my state the moment a blast caught one of my wings. I wheezed in pain…damn.
" Got one!" I turned to an annoyingly small demon pointing a cannon at me…
~Normal POV~
" Huh?" Kai heard Naia's yell and looked down. He wanted to fly down and help Rei, but his worst enemy stopped him from doing so.
" I see worry in your eyes," a voice made him return to the battle. Tell me, does the ever-so-cold demon prince have an interest in the even-so-gently angel prince?" Kai thought coldly for a moment and looked back down at Rei.
" No, I hate him," Kai said, making the raven-haired angel look up. Something inside Kai stung him the second these words came out…
~Rei's POV~
Kai hates me? I stared hard at the demon, but he didn't even seem to mind a bit what he said. Wait, why do I care? I don't even like him as a friend, so why should I bother.
Still, something shot through me as he said that…
" Now you shall pay for ruining my perfect shot," a voice distracted me from my thought just as I turned to see the same shooter that nearly killed me pointing his gun at Naia, who slowly backed away on the ground.
" No…" I began flying towards him, but as I did, the gun shot out a blast. Before my very eyes, it came closer and closer to my friend.
" Ahhhhhhh!" she cried out as the blast swallowed her whole, exploding loudly a second later...
Is another person's life lost? Does Kai really hate Rei? Does REI really hate Kai? Who is the stranger that Rei saw while looking down? And now that Sander has revealed himself, what'll happen? Find out in the next chapter.
Kerda: I'm sorry if the chapter was a bit lame or confusing, but we promise it'll get better. The end of the war is nearing closer, so what'll happen?
Tyson: You should have put that in the cliffhanger.
Kerda: I'll save it for tomorrow. Oh, and before I forger, Darina still has her announcement.(*gives Darina the microphone*)
Darina: Okay, this is just something I made on my own. I wanted to create a cover for this story, like a title page, so I made one on my computer. I drew everything myself, sorry I couldn't put this up earlier, but this took a long time to complete. You'll find the site listed in my stats page as my Home Page, okay, and if you can tell me if the picture's good or bad. Oh, and I don't think Mao/Rei fans that hate Yaoi should look, since this might offend them a bit.
Kerda: I still say Rei's hair there look kind of fuzzy. Well, I guess this is all for today guys, thanks for reading.
