A/N: Sorry I took so long to update! ;_; yay! 51 reviews! Ummm…what to do…go straight to the story!

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Shadow: Wait, you're forgetting something!

Nani? What am I forgetting?

Shadow: -_-' typical. Fine, then. OK, a note on auras and powers. Their powers are being restrained except for Juri's. Why? Don't ask, I actually don't know and neither does Midnight. The auras, she doesn't want to keep on writing about auras but they'll be present-if she doesn't forget about them.

Oh, that thing. ^_^' thanx!

Preview of last chapter:

"Um, okay. That's twisted but I believe you." Kazu said, nervously glancing at the walls as though he expected them to attack him at any minute. Henry gave a small laugh but suddenly stiffened. Mel noticed this.

"What's wrong?" Mel asked, eyes darkening with worry.

Henry's far too pale faced turned towards her and uttered two words: "He's coming".

Chapter 13

"'He's coming'? What do you mean by that?" Rika whispered, eyes narrowing.

"He…the lord…Your Eminence…Oh God…it's him! He's coming!" Mel whispered faintly. "Out! We HAVE to get out! Who KNOWS what he's going to do to us! Dammit, my magic is still sealed away!"

"Mel, shut up! You're frightening us!" Kazu snapped, shaking.

"No…" Henry whispered, drawing towards the shadow and closer to his friends.

"Henry?" Kenta asked knowing he didn't want to know what was wrong.

Henry moaned, grabbing his head trying to block whatever it was from his mind.

"Henry, don't do this to us! Don't you dare flip out on us now!" Rika snapped harshly. Henry just shook his head and drew further into the shadows.

"Mel, what's wrong? Why are you and Henry acting like this?" Juri tentatively asked, a shaking hand lightly touching Mel's shoulder. Mel hissed and pulled away, but not before the others could see that her eyes were glowing an eerie red.

"He's here," Henry gasped out, right before they heard the prison door creak open. A tall and dark figure walked in, revealing the Evil lord.

"Why, hello there! How nice of you to…drop in and visit me. I'm flattered, really. Who would have thought that I would receive a visit from several of the most powerful Mystics left alive?" His Eminence said, chuckling softly. His…audience merely glared at him.

"What do you want, Akuma(1)?" Mel snapped, having got under control.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is that any way to talk to your superior?" Akuma asked, his eyes glinting dangerously and a small smirk playing about his lips.

"YOU are NOT my superior, not anymore. You have no control over me, you bastard." Mel shot back, glaring heatedly at the smirking Evil in front of her.

Momentarily ignoring her, Akuma turned to Rika. Rika coldly glared at him as his eyes raked her up and down from head to toes.

"Rika Makino, a water/ice witch and amazingly beautiful, if I might add," Akuma smirked as he felt the temperature drop a lot despite Rika's powers were bound.

"No, you may not add, bastard," Rika hissed, eyes flashing angrily. Juri moved closer to Rika, eyes flashing in sync with Rika's.

"Well, then. Ah, if it isn't little Juri Katou. Sweet and innocent as always, ne? And Kenta and Kazu! The naïve and extremely annoying and disrespectful duo. Pleasure to meet you!"

"Can't say the same to you, jerk," Kazu snapped, as Kenta gently restrained him from saying more.

/Kazu, watch what you're saying! You DON'T want to anger him/ Kenta reprimanded.

"And finally, Henry Wong. Ah…I have yearned for so long to finally see you, to have you, to own you. Now, you are here, in my dungeons…and here you will stay…with me-forever," Akuma smiled reaching towards Henry.

"Never, Akuma. Never will I be yours. You may keep on dreaming, jackass, but you'll never own me or have me! I belong to only Takato-and you'll never change that no matter what you do!" Henry snapped, as he moved out of Akuma's reach.

"Yeah, and you'll have to go through us, to get to him!" Mel said, in a soft voice that promised a world of pain if you defied her.

Akuma heaved a great sigh and shook his head.

"Fine, fine. I won't have him-yet. However, Mel, I have a proposal you don't want to turn down," Akuma said, eyes glinting strangely. Mel tensed up, unsure of what to expect from the dark lord (Is it just me or am I giving the evil dude way too many names?!).

"I don't need to hear it! I would rather die then go back to your side! So whatever you say, you can shove it up your f*cking ass! 'Cause I don't want to hear it!"" Mel snapped, the room feeling slightly damp(2). You could hear a pin drop after this announcement.

Kazu, overcoming his shock and surprise, was the first to speak, "Alright, Mel! You heard her, Akuma. She doesn't need any of your proposals! So back-off and let us go!"

Akuma shook his head, a small smirk playing about his lips. "Ah, but Mel, don't you want power? Ultimate power? So much power that you could take over the world?"

"At what price, you slimy bastard? Joining you? If so, then you can FORGET IT!"

"…Very well then. I'm afraid we'll have to do this the hard way." Akuma's eyes suddenly glowed and Mel felt her self slowly walking forward.

"What the f*ck?! What are you doing to me, Akuma?"

"Simple, you are coming over to my side whether you like it or not. After all, with you on my side, the Mystics won't be able to do anything for fear of hurting or killing you, right Henry?" Akuma moved his eyes over to Henry's face. For once in his life, Henry wasn't hiding his emotions. You could see the anger, hatred, and submission in his eyes.

"Damn you, Akuma. Damn you to hell!" Henry hissed, eyes narrowing like a snake's.

"Oh but I've already been to hell! In fact, my dear boy, you are in hell right now." Akuma said, laughing. Mel's eyes widened as she was suddenly forced to bow right in front of Akuma.

"Good girl, I knew you'd come through and join us once more."

"Kisama! You're forcing me to join you! I'll never join you on my own and you know that. What are you, a weakling? So weak and pathetic that you have to use magic to force me to join your pathetic group? You know, Akuma, I used to think you were incredibly powerful. Apparently, you're not as powerful as I thought you were."

"…Dare to say that again?"

"Yes. You. Are. Weak. And. Pathetic!"

Akuma's eyes glowed and his aura flared brightly and was instantly flooded with black streaks of anger.

"I'm sorry you think that, Miyakai. However, no-one gets away with insulting me-including you!" Akuma snapped, raising his arms. "For that, you shall be destroyed-pity, because I honestly wanted you to rejoin my side."

"Never, I'll NEVER rejoin your side, even if it meant my death!" Mel snarled, glaring at Akuma, desperately trying to unlock her magic.

"Too bad. Flame Inferno (3)!" A vortex of fire spiraled straight towards Mel. There was no way Mel could escape the attack unless she could unlock her magic in time (4).

A/N: uh oh! What will Mel do??? I hope she doesn't die…^^' yep, I don't know what's going to happen next. *HUGE sweatdrop* Anyway, hope you like this chapter-I spent a looong time working on it.

Shadow: It still sucks, you know

;_; I know, I know…^^ But still, people can like it! Like it, 'cause it hurts God! *blinks*

Shadow: eh…where did that come from?

Xellos: sore wa himitsu!

Where'd you come from, you're not even a part of the fic! And what do you mean but, "sore wa himitsu"?

Xellos: sore wa O.O urk!

Shadow: *calmly sheathing his sword back*

Shadow…*sweatdrop* ^_^' um, ok…at least he's gone…but still, why the heck did I say "'cause it hurts God"???

Shuldich: ^_^ *creeps away*

Eh..I'll find out later. Here are the numbers! ^^

1: eh…he needed a name so I named him demon

2: based on their emotions, their environment can change. It doesn't require powers.

3: Not good at thinking up attack names so there.

4: Mel could dodge-but there isn't enough room.

A/N: There, I hope that clarifies things. Please review! Oh, and flames are actually appreciated it! I –enjoy- verbal abuse…after all, I do have a quick tongue and a quick mind myself. *sweet smile*