The god of Death is back from Hell!
Hey everybody. Sorry for the delays. Man, my computer has been acting really stupid lately. It hasn't let me do anything, ESPECIALLY use the Internet. It took A LOT of time, but I finally got it back up and working.
I have been kinda trying to relax a while between chapters until something hit me, but it never did. So the other night I was about to go to sleep, but then I decided to MAKE myself think up the story for chapter 10. You'll see what I came up with soon. Sorry if it sux.
Thanks for all who have stayed with this story so far, and I gotta explain some things. I didn't know people could be so clueless as to my intentions for this fic, but after reading Zero_Nova's review, I realized that not everyone has figured out that I ALREADY FREAKIN' KNEW THAT!!!! No offence to Zero.
First off, I know that Potemkin isn't bad. I just hate him so I made him bad in my story so he could die early off in the story. That's why he died after only a handshake from Ky. At least that's the way I had it originally, I think I changed it a little when I posted it on FF.net as to not offend Potemkin fans, but yeah, he died.
Another thing is that I know that Ky and Sol aren't friends for real, but after watching Battle Arena Toshinden I got the idea from the Eiji/Kaiyan fight.
I make Ky rock in my story, cause Ky does rock, BIG TIME. And unlike some people (who shall remain nameless), I believe Ky has electrical powers with or without his Furaiken, though not as much perhaps. That's why I had him do the things he did. And I like the idea of Tension Gauges, etc. It makes sense. Even if this was real NO ONE could do big moves like Overdrives anytime they wanted to, they'd die from using up too much energy.
But other than a certain person, EVERYONE else seemed to have gotten the point, so I don't have anything to worry about. Sorry for the long explanation, and sorry for the long wait.
Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah, Guilty Gear, blah, blah, blah, Ky and Sol, blah, blah, blah, I don't own it, blah, blah, blah, don't sue me.
So without further delay, here's chapter 10.
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Necro lunges forward at Venom. His demonic fangs dripping with saliva encompass and surround Venom's head. Venom does not move an inch, not frozen with fear, but filled with confidence. He is not one bit intimidated by Necro's blatant display.
-Venom: "Heheh, can't you keep your pets under control Dizzy?"
*Necro's eyes narrow as his fangs grow longer and a long, low growl emanates from his throat. He slowly begins to close his mouth, his razor sharp fangs are inches from Venom's throat.*
-Dizzy: (Sternly) "Stop it Necro!"
Necro freezes in place. He withdraws his fangs and opens his mouth wide as he moves it off and away from Venom's head. He stops before Venom's face and opens his mouth even wider, almost a 180 degree angle.
Red eyes glow from within his mouth, the hinges of his mouth disengage and his wolf-like head peels completely back as a hooded skull's head comes forth from the mouth and takes it's place. It smiles at Venom before returning to its natural position behind Dizzy.
Necro then extends a long bony arm covered in a dark cloak to his side before draping it around Dizzy's neck. Necro places his hand on Dizzy's left shoulder and allows his cloak to drape down before Dizzy's body. Necro's head extends and flows out in a shadow like form and begins surrounding Dizzy from head to toe. When Dizzy is completely covered, Necro lunges out once more at Venom's face, and and snaps at him before returning to Dizzy's body.
Dizzy is completely covered in shadow, her black semi-demonic form is now hulking over with her arms draping near the ground. All eyes on her, everyone in the room drops what they were doing to gaze at the sight. Dizzy whips her tail to the ground once before standing up, spreading her arms and arching her spine back while screaming again in her double voice before returning to her normal stance as she and Necro become one again. Dizzy's shadow form slowly changes to her suppressed Nun-like form before Venom.
*Chipp let's out a long, low whistle.*
-Chipp: "Hate to meet her in a dark alley."
*Dizzy holds her head down and places the palm of one hand to her chest.*
-Dizzy: "Forgive me, I didn't mean for that to happen. Though I do not blame Necro for his actions after what you tried to do."
-Venom: "Neither do I."
*Dizzy looks up a little confused.*
-Venom: "I should be the one apologizing. After all the times we have come after you I wouldn't blame you for being angry with me, but please understand this. It was never my intensions to remove you, or anyone from their home against their will to join our guild."
-Dizzy: "If that is so, why did you lead the troops every time you came after me?"
-Venom: "It was for your own good. Zato-Sama's orders were to bring you back, by force if needed. Though I didn't agree with many of Zato-Sama's methods, I did follow them out. That man saved my life, when no one else thought I deserved to live. He recognized my skills and took me in under his wing and made me second in command."
-Dizzy: "What does any of that have to do with your attempt to capture me?"
-Venom: "Though I would never blatantly disobey Zato-sama, I did bring my own opinions into play when it came to my missions. I made sure to always bring inferior assassins on the missions as to not put your life into too much danger. When we always failed on the missions I took the heat. And since I was in Zato-Sama's favor, the heat stayed pretty cool."
*Venom smiles.*
-Dizzy: "Why, why did you bother?"
-Venom: "I may be an assassin, but I'm not heartless. The first time I saw you I knew that all you wanted was to be left alone. You had that same look in your eyes that SHE did."
*Ky calls from behind Venom.*
-Ky: "Sorry to interrupt, but who is SHE exactly?"
*Venom turns to Ky and the others, looks around, then stares at Ky for a moment before lowering his head.*
-Venom: "Well Holy Knight, she doesn't seem to be here right now. But maybe you may know of her. Her name is Millia Rage."
*Ky's eyes widen upon hearing this. Sol, who's head was formerly resting on his hands which in turn were resting on his Furaiken leaning on the floor between his knees, lifts his head and cocks and eyebrow towards the white-haired assassin.*
-Ky: "Wha-what did you sa-
*Ky's words are cut off as Millia walks out from the kitchen door.*
-Millia: "Sorry it took so long everyone, man those dishes sure pile up when--*Millia's eyes fall on Venom's figure looming over the couch. She drops the single glass of water she had in her hands as her body drops down into a fighting position. Her voice lowers as she utters a single low pitched word.*--"Venom."
*Venom's ears perk slightly and his eyes widen in disbelief. He slowly turns as he stutters.*
-Venom: "M-Millia?"
*Venom turns to fully face the Blonde. He parts his hair down the middle of his face and places the tufts of white locks behind each ear. His sora eyes now fully visible. His voice quivers as he slowly takes a staggering footstep forward.*
-Venom: "I can't believe it. You're still alive, after all this time."
-Millia: "Yeah, I'm still alive, and you are too. Doushtemo Tattakai Maska."
*Venom slowly shakes his head "no" as he walks over to Millia, tears well up in his eyes and he wraps his arms around her neck and cries on her shoulder. Ky stands to his feet and utters a small growl that goes un noticed to the others.*
-Venom: "Nothing could be further from the truth. I have no intentions of fighting you, nor have I ever. I've missed you so much."
*Millia angrily clenches her fists before shoving Venom back. She slaps him hard on his left cheek. Venom's face is forced down and to the right as his hair falls back into place over his left eye.*
-Millia: "How dare you! How dare you come to me and lie like that! How do you explain all that you've done to me?!?!"
*Venom slowly raises his head erect again and looks at Millia with sorrowful look in his eyes.*
-Venom: "I don't expect you to forgive me." *Venom looks away* "Not after what I've done. I only hope that you will."
*Millia's eyes blaze with anger and tears as the memories of all the past events flood her mind at once. Millia's hair suddenly flows out and wraps around Venom's throat as she raises him to the sky by his neck. Venom looks down at his attacker who's eyes are filled with a rage, yet also insecurity. Venom smiles and winces in pain as Millia tightens her grip. He can barely breathe but he manages to utter another statement and one more smile.*
-Venom: "You're so beautiful."
Millia gasps as she hears Venom's kind words, and she accidentally loosens her grip as Venom falls from her grasp. Venom air-recovers and teleports down and appears before Millia. Startled, Millia steps back with a gasp. She looses her footing, but Venon extends his left arm behind her and catches her. He pulls her back to her feet. Millia blushes slightly as Venom's blue eyes search into hers.
-Millia: "Wh-Why did you attack me that night?"
*Venom looks away for a moment, apparently the memories flood back into his mind and sting his eyes, a tear flows slowly from one. Venom looks down and inhales deeply as he begins his story.
-Venom: "I'm sorry you had to go this long without the truth. But hopefully I can shed some light on your dim past."
*Venom walks over to the couch, leans back against it and places his left hand over his eyes and brushes back his hair again as he sighs and looks up towards the crystal chandelier in the center of the room.*
-Venom: "During every fight, during every battle between us what did you notice Millia?"
*Millia looks down and thinks before looking back up to Venom with an angry look in her eyes.*
-Millia: "I remember you hunting me down as if I were a mere animal and attempting to kill me."
*Venom looks to the floor with a troubled look on his face. This wasn't what he wanted to hear, but it was expected.*
-Vemon: "No, please understand. That in every fight, every battle between you and I, you always got away without being seriously injured. When I was your sole pursuer I held back as much as I could without putting my own life in danger. You are good, one of the best, and if I didn't concentrate I'd have had trouble returning to the guild alive. But think carefully, every time you hid from me. Even in the most obvious places, I'd give up pursuit when not accompanied by Zato-Sama. Unfortunately, when I was with him it was a little harder to ensure your safety and give you an opportunity for escape without looking obvious to Zato-Sama and the guild."
*Venom looks up to Millia with a "Will you trust me" kind of look in his eyes. Millia heard his words, and they made sense. When she thought about it, she could recall escaping in odd situations. But she couldn't yet believe Venom's story completely, there was still the matter of THAT night. The night Ky found her, the night she was left for dead. With a slight curiosity in her voice Millia looks up to Venom.*
-Millia: "And what of that night?"
*The room is filled with strange looks. No one but 3 can discern the meaning of that simple 5 word phrase, Ky Kiske, Millia Rage, and Venom. As the words fall on his ears, Venom's face faults slightly before he brings his emotions under control. He takes another deep breath before explaining the details of that all too familiar night in question.*
-Venom: "On that night.*Venom pauses. Looks up at Millia, then down again. He continues.*.on that night. The night you tried to win your independence from the Guild. You knew the price you'd have to pay, and you took it anyway. You didn't care about the life of the assassin anymore, you wanted to break away. But to do that, you had to defeat our leader, Zato-1ONE."
"Even I could tell that Zato-Sama had changed over the years. His experiments with the forbidden magic left him blind, and that demonic shadow, know as Edy slowly began to poison his mind and take over. I knew that he wouldn't last much longer, but even so, Zato-Sama saved my life and I would not abandon him."
"You, on the other hand, were a different story. During that night with your last fight with the guild, you and Zato-Sama faced off. It was a close match, but you were weak from the fight and you couldn't see well. You wasted all your Tension on Edy, though Zato-Sama was hurt, he wasn't defeated. As you and Zato-Sama swayed, each about to pass out, he uttered the words 'kill her' aloud. As he passed out, that idiot Pokemon-
*Millia cocks an eyebrow as the last statement hits her ears and she breaks momentarily from her concentration on Venom's tale.*
-Millia: "Pokemon?!? You mean that jerk Potemkin?"
*Venom stops abruptly.*
-Venom: "Yeah. I've always hated him. He was weak, and if he wouldn't have died in the fight at Toshedo I'd have killed him off myself. But that's not important. What is, is that upon hearing our leaders words, Pokemon charged forward for the attack. I knew that he'd always disliked you, he was jealous of your long hair and freeness to be feminine, you see, Pokemon was gay. And would do anything to look good in front of Zato- Sama, for he harbored a secret crush on our leader. I knew that he'd try to kill you, and weak as he is, and as limp-wristed as his blows would be, you were still weaker. I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands."
"Before he lunged at you I teleported before you and knocked you out with the end of my pool stick. Pokemon stopped in his tracks getting his panties up in a bunch, he complained about wanting to finish you off. But as you know I am second only to Zato-Sama and I told him I'd finish the job. So I hoisted you over my shoulder and teleported us out to the docks of the island."
"It was late and the fog was rolling off the sea so it would make good cover. I took a boat out that night. My plans were to take you to the other side of the shore and leave you on the mainland, but halfway there I saw the lights of a Holy Knights ship. It appeared to be a Yacht built for recreational purposes, but I couldn't really make it out. It was then that I decided to leave you were they would see you. I knew that I wouldn't be able to take care of you at the present time and that the Holy Knights would take you in. So I made a tough decision, I placed you into the water and broke a few holes in the bottom of my small boat before teleporting back to Toshedo."
"My plan was to make it seem like your boat had an accident and you passed out and capsized in the process. Apparently my plan worked since you are here today."
*Venom pushes himself off the couch and slowly walks up to Millia who seems to be in shock.*
Millia just stood there with her head down and tears in her eyes. She slowly runs her fingers through her hair and backs against the wall before slowly sliding down and sitting on the floor. All of his story added up now, she never knew how she was found by Ky in his Yacht that day, and Venom's story now made things clear. It all came together, all the fights, all the battles, even the final one, they all fit together now. Millia now denounced all former hatred for the assassin standing before her. Her mind swarmed with all the past thoughts she previously had towards him and she suddenly felt sick. She looks up to Venom with tears in her eyes.
-Millia: *Sniff* "I-I'm so sorry Venom, I-I" (Millia's voice begins to crack) "I'm so sorry. I had no idea. Please forgive me."
*Venom reaches down to Millia and wipes the tears from her tender eyes with the back of his right index finger. He reaches down and pulls Millia to her feet by lifting her up in a rather child-like form by holding her from under her armpits. Millia allows Venom to pick her up and even hold her his chest as he embraces her gently.
*Ky begins to get uncomfortable, he unconsciously grasps his hand tightly on the handle of his Furaiken as he looks on from the sidelines. Ky hears something beside him, it sounds like a voice, Chipp's at that, but Ky is too preoccupied to listen.*
*Millia doesn't fight back, but instead leans closely onto Venom and cries softly on his shoulders. Ky can't take it any longer. He stands up and clears his throat.*
-Ky: "Ahem."
*Ky's attempt to break up the scene fails as no one seems to hear. Ky again clears his throat, but this time a little louder.*
-Ky: "A-he-hem!"
*Still no response from Millia or Venom. Ky tightens his grip on the sword and the blade begins to glow, Ky is about to take matters into his own hands when an unfamiliar voice to Ky comes in.*
-Justin Timberlake: "Cry me a river! Cry me, cry me, cry me a river!"
-Ky: "What the-
*Ky, as well as Millia and Venom turn to the source of the noise. Suprisingly it's a cd player that Chipp is listening to. Ky walks over and shuts it off.*
-Chipp: "Hey! What's the big idea!"
-Ky: "Where'd you get that old relic, and why were you playing it?"
*Chipp shrugs his shoulders.*
-Chipp: "When I saw the whole Millia/Venom scene, that song came to mind. It's an American oldie, but a goodie. I just teleported out to my jeep and got my portable cd player out and brought it back here. I told you I was leaving and would be right back, but I guess you didn't hear me."
*Ky thinks back, "So that's what Chipp was saying, oh well.*Ky looks over to Millia and Venom who have broken their hold on each other, apparently interrupted by the music. Ky smirks slightly.*.Well, Chipp finally did something good after all, though I doubt this is the outcome he was looking for, it was the one I wanted." *Ky takes this opportunity to move in between Millia and Venom. We walks up to Millia and wraps his arms around her. Ky gives Venom a suspicious look before turning to Millia.*
-Ky: "It's ok HONEY, no need to cry BABY. I'm here right now."
*Ky kisses Millia's forehead. Millia leans close to Ky and cries on his shoulders this time.*
-Millia: "I can't believe I was so mean to him. I'm just terrible."
-Ky: "Shh." *Ky runs his hand through Millia's hair and trails his fingertips along her cheek. He takes her chin and gently lifts her face up as her gaze meets his.* "It's ok, the past is the past. Venom forgives you. Now you just have to forgive yourself, come on, we'll talk ALONE-- *Ky glances to Venom out the corner of his eyes. Venom get's Ky's overdramatic point and backs off. Ky continues.* --"On the porch."
*Ky leads Millia outside and leaves the others to themselves. Venom looks down, his heart is torn. He had no idea that Ky was the Knight that found Millia, and even if he did, what were the chances that they'd developed a relationship? Still, Venom should have seen it, but he didn't. He kicked himself on the inside as he just stood there with his head down. Venom feels the warmth of a hand on his shoulder and turns to see who is it. Surprisingly it belongs to Dizzy. Dizzy smiles.*
-Dizzy: "It's ok. Undine, Necro and I forgive you."
*Venom cheers up slightly.*
-Venom: "Thank you Dizzy, that means a lot to me."
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*Boos hisses and rotten tomatoes are tossed at D-sythe from the readers.*
"Hey I'm sorry! I'm not good with romantic scenes, and I couldn't figure out how to end the chapter. I'm sorry this chapter sucked beans, I'll try to make it up to everyone in the future. I promise!"
*More boos and hisses.*
"I'm sorry." :(
D-sythe
Hey everybody. Sorry for the delays. Man, my computer has been acting really stupid lately. It hasn't let me do anything, ESPECIALLY use the Internet. It took A LOT of time, but I finally got it back up and working.
I have been kinda trying to relax a while between chapters until something hit me, but it never did. So the other night I was about to go to sleep, but then I decided to MAKE myself think up the story for chapter 10. You'll see what I came up with soon. Sorry if it sux.
Thanks for all who have stayed with this story so far, and I gotta explain some things. I didn't know people could be so clueless as to my intentions for this fic, but after reading Zero_Nova's review, I realized that not everyone has figured out that I ALREADY FREAKIN' KNEW THAT!!!! No offence to Zero.
First off, I know that Potemkin isn't bad. I just hate him so I made him bad in my story so he could die early off in the story. That's why he died after only a handshake from Ky. At least that's the way I had it originally, I think I changed it a little when I posted it on FF.net as to not offend Potemkin fans, but yeah, he died.
Another thing is that I know that Ky and Sol aren't friends for real, but after watching Battle Arena Toshinden I got the idea from the Eiji/Kaiyan fight.
I make Ky rock in my story, cause Ky does rock, BIG TIME. And unlike some people (who shall remain nameless), I believe Ky has electrical powers with or without his Furaiken, though not as much perhaps. That's why I had him do the things he did. And I like the idea of Tension Gauges, etc. It makes sense. Even if this was real NO ONE could do big moves like Overdrives anytime they wanted to, they'd die from using up too much energy.
But other than a certain person, EVERYONE else seemed to have gotten the point, so I don't have anything to worry about. Sorry for the long explanation, and sorry for the long wait.
Disclaimer: Blah, blah, blah, Guilty Gear, blah, blah, blah, Ky and Sol, blah, blah, blah, I don't own it, blah, blah, blah, don't sue me.
So without further delay, here's chapter 10.
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Necro lunges forward at Venom. His demonic fangs dripping with saliva encompass and surround Venom's head. Venom does not move an inch, not frozen with fear, but filled with confidence. He is not one bit intimidated by Necro's blatant display.
-Venom: "Heheh, can't you keep your pets under control Dizzy?"
*Necro's eyes narrow as his fangs grow longer and a long, low growl emanates from his throat. He slowly begins to close his mouth, his razor sharp fangs are inches from Venom's throat.*
-Dizzy: (Sternly) "Stop it Necro!"
Necro freezes in place. He withdraws his fangs and opens his mouth wide as he moves it off and away from Venom's head. He stops before Venom's face and opens his mouth even wider, almost a 180 degree angle.
Red eyes glow from within his mouth, the hinges of his mouth disengage and his wolf-like head peels completely back as a hooded skull's head comes forth from the mouth and takes it's place. It smiles at Venom before returning to its natural position behind Dizzy.
Necro then extends a long bony arm covered in a dark cloak to his side before draping it around Dizzy's neck. Necro places his hand on Dizzy's left shoulder and allows his cloak to drape down before Dizzy's body. Necro's head extends and flows out in a shadow like form and begins surrounding Dizzy from head to toe. When Dizzy is completely covered, Necro lunges out once more at Venom's face, and and snaps at him before returning to Dizzy's body.
Dizzy is completely covered in shadow, her black semi-demonic form is now hulking over with her arms draping near the ground. All eyes on her, everyone in the room drops what they were doing to gaze at the sight. Dizzy whips her tail to the ground once before standing up, spreading her arms and arching her spine back while screaming again in her double voice before returning to her normal stance as she and Necro become one again. Dizzy's shadow form slowly changes to her suppressed Nun-like form before Venom.
*Chipp let's out a long, low whistle.*
-Chipp: "Hate to meet her in a dark alley."
*Dizzy holds her head down and places the palm of one hand to her chest.*
-Dizzy: "Forgive me, I didn't mean for that to happen. Though I do not blame Necro for his actions after what you tried to do."
-Venom: "Neither do I."
*Dizzy looks up a little confused.*
-Venom: "I should be the one apologizing. After all the times we have come after you I wouldn't blame you for being angry with me, but please understand this. It was never my intensions to remove you, or anyone from their home against their will to join our guild."
-Dizzy: "If that is so, why did you lead the troops every time you came after me?"
-Venom: "It was for your own good. Zato-Sama's orders were to bring you back, by force if needed. Though I didn't agree with many of Zato-Sama's methods, I did follow them out. That man saved my life, when no one else thought I deserved to live. He recognized my skills and took me in under his wing and made me second in command."
-Dizzy: "What does any of that have to do with your attempt to capture me?"
-Venom: "Though I would never blatantly disobey Zato-sama, I did bring my own opinions into play when it came to my missions. I made sure to always bring inferior assassins on the missions as to not put your life into too much danger. When we always failed on the missions I took the heat. And since I was in Zato-Sama's favor, the heat stayed pretty cool."
*Venom smiles.*
-Dizzy: "Why, why did you bother?"
-Venom: "I may be an assassin, but I'm not heartless. The first time I saw you I knew that all you wanted was to be left alone. You had that same look in your eyes that SHE did."
*Ky calls from behind Venom.*
-Ky: "Sorry to interrupt, but who is SHE exactly?"
*Venom turns to Ky and the others, looks around, then stares at Ky for a moment before lowering his head.*
-Venom: "Well Holy Knight, she doesn't seem to be here right now. But maybe you may know of her. Her name is Millia Rage."
*Ky's eyes widen upon hearing this. Sol, who's head was formerly resting on his hands which in turn were resting on his Furaiken leaning on the floor between his knees, lifts his head and cocks and eyebrow towards the white-haired assassin.*
-Ky: "Wha-what did you sa-
*Ky's words are cut off as Millia walks out from the kitchen door.*
-Millia: "Sorry it took so long everyone, man those dishes sure pile up when--*Millia's eyes fall on Venom's figure looming over the couch. She drops the single glass of water she had in her hands as her body drops down into a fighting position. Her voice lowers as she utters a single low pitched word.*--"Venom."
*Venom's ears perk slightly and his eyes widen in disbelief. He slowly turns as he stutters.*
-Venom: "M-Millia?"
*Venom turns to fully face the Blonde. He parts his hair down the middle of his face and places the tufts of white locks behind each ear. His sora eyes now fully visible. His voice quivers as he slowly takes a staggering footstep forward.*
-Venom: "I can't believe it. You're still alive, after all this time."
-Millia: "Yeah, I'm still alive, and you are too. Doushtemo Tattakai Maska."
*Venom slowly shakes his head "no" as he walks over to Millia, tears well up in his eyes and he wraps his arms around her neck and cries on her shoulder. Ky stands to his feet and utters a small growl that goes un noticed to the others.*
-Venom: "Nothing could be further from the truth. I have no intentions of fighting you, nor have I ever. I've missed you so much."
*Millia angrily clenches her fists before shoving Venom back. She slaps him hard on his left cheek. Venom's face is forced down and to the right as his hair falls back into place over his left eye.*
-Millia: "How dare you! How dare you come to me and lie like that! How do you explain all that you've done to me?!?!"
*Venom slowly raises his head erect again and looks at Millia with sorrowful look in his eyes.*
-Venom: "I don't expect you to forgive me." *Venom looks away* "Not after what I've done. I only hope that you will."
*Millia's eyes blaze with anger and tears as the memories of all the past events flood her mind at once. Millia's hair suddenly flows out and wraps around Venom's throat as she raises him to the sky by his neck. Venom looks down at his attacker who's eyes are filled with a rage, yet also insecurity. Venom smiles and winces in pain as Millia tightens her grip. He can barely breathe but he manages to utter another statement and one more smile.*
-Venom: "You're so beautiful."
Millia gasps as she hears Venom's kind words, and she accidentally loosens her grip as Venom falls from her grasp. Venom air-recovers and teleports down and appears before Millia. Startled, Millia steps back with a gasp. She looses her footing, but Venon extends his left arm behind her and catches her. He pulls her back to her feet. Millia blushes slightly as Venom's blue eyes search into hers.
-Millia: "Wh-Why did you attack me that night?"
*Venom looks away for a moment, apparently the memories flood back into his mind and sting his eyes, a tear flows slowly from one. Venom looks down and inhales deeply as he begins his story.
-Venom: "I'm sorry you had to go this long without the truth. But hopefully I can shed some light on your dim past."
*Venom walks over to the couch, leans back against it and places his left hand over his eyes and brushes back his hair again as he sighs and looks up towards the crystal chandelier in the center of the room.*
-Venom: "During every fight, during every battle between us what did you notice Millia?"
*Millia looks down and thinks before looking back up to Venom with an angry look in her eyes.*
-Millia: "I remember you hunting me down as if I were a mere animal and attempting to kill me."
*Venom looks to the floor with a troubled look on his face. This wasn't what he wanted to hear, but it was expected.*
-Vemon: "No, please understand. That in every fight, every battle between you and I, you always got away without being seriously injured. When I was your sole pursuer I held back as much as I could without putting my own life in danger. You are good, one of the best, and if I didn't concentrate I'd have had trouble returning to the guild alive. But think carefully, every time you hid from me. Even in the most obvious places, I'd give up pursuit when not accompanied by Zato-Sama. Unfortunately, when I was with him it was a little harder to ensure your safety and give you an opportunity for escape without looking obvious to Zato-Sama and the guild."
*Venom looks up to Millia with a "Will you trust me" kind of look in his eyes. Millia heard his words, and they made sense. When she thought about it, she could recall escaping in odd situations. But she couldn't yet believe Venom's story completely, there was still the matter of THAT night. The night Ky found her, the night she was left for dead. With a slight curiosity in her voice Millia looks up to Venom.*
-Millia: "And what of that night?"
*The room is filled with strange looks. No one but 3 can discern the meaning of that simple 5 word phrase, Ky Kiske, Millia Rage, and Venom. As the words fall on his ears, Venom's face faults slightly before he brings his emotions under control. He takes another deep breath before explaining the details of that all too familiar night in question.*
-Venom: "On that night.*Venom pauses. Looks up at Millia, then down again. He continues.*.on that night. The night you tried to win your independence from the Guild. You knew the price you'd have to pay, and you took it anyway. You didn't care about the life of the assassin anymore, you wanted to break away. But to do that, you had to defeat our leader, Zato-1ONE."
"Even I could tell that Zato-Sama had changed over the years. His experiments with the forbidden magic left him blind, and that demonic shadow, know as Edy slowly began to poison his mind and take over. I knew that he wouldn't last much longer, but even so, Zato-Sama saved my life and I would not abandon him."
"You, on the other hand, were a different story. During that night with your last fight with the guild, you and Zato-Sama faced off. It was a close match, but you were weak from the fight and you couldn't see well. You wasted all your Tension on Edy, though Zato-Sama was hurt, he wasn't defeated. As you and Zato-Sama swayed, each about to pass out, he uttered the words 'kill her' aloud. As he passed out, that idiot Pokemon-
*Millia cocks an eyebrow as the last statement hits her ears and she breaks momentarily from her concentration on Venom's tale.*
-Millia: "Pokemon?!? You mean that jerk Potemkin?"
*Venom stops abruptly.*
-Venom: "Yeah. I've always hated him. He was weak, and if he wouldn't have died in the fight at Toshedo I'd have killed him off myself. But that's not important. What is, is that upon hearing our leaders words, Pokemon charged forward for the attack. I knew that he'd always disliked you, he was jealous of your long hair and freeness to be feminine, you see, Pokemon was gay. And would do anything to look good in front of Zato- Sama, for he harbored a secret crush on our leader. I knew that he'd try to kill you, and weak as he is, and as limp-wristed as his blows would be, you were still weaker. I had no choice but to take matters into my own hands."
"Before he lunged at you I teleported before you and knocked you out with the end of my pool stick. Pokemon stopped in his tracks getting his panties up in a bunch, he complained about wanting to finish you off. But as you know I am second only to Zato-Sama and I told him I'd finish the job. So I hoisted you over my shoulder and teleported us out to the docks of the island."
"It was late and the fog was rolling off the sea so it would make good cover. I took a boat out that night. My plans were to take you to the other side of the shore and leave you on the mainland, but halfway there I saw the lights of a Holy Knights ship. It appeared to be a Yacht built for recreational purposes, but I couldn't really make it out. It was then that I decided to leave you were they would see you. I knew that I wouldn't be able to take care of you at the present time and that the Holy Knights would take you in. So I made a tough decision, I placed you into the water and broke a few holes in the bottom of my small boat before teleporting back to Toshedo."
"My plan was to make it seem like your boat had an accident and you passed out and capsized in the process. Apparently my plan worked since you are here today."
*Venom pushes himself off the couch and slowly walks up to Millia who seems to be in shock.*
Millia just stood there with her head down and tears in her eyes. She slowly runs her fingers through her hair and backs against the wall before slowly sliding down and sitting on the floor. All of his story added up now, she never knew how she was found by Ky in his Yacht that day, and Venom's story now made things clear. It all came together, all the fights, all the battles, even the final one, they all fit together now. Millia now denounced all former hatred for the assassin standing before her. Her mind swarmed with all the past thoughts she previously had towards him and she suddenly felt sick. She looks up to Venom with tears in her eyes.
-Millia: *Sniff* "I-I'm so sorry Venom, I-I" (Millia's voice begins to crack) "I'm so sorry. I had no idea. Please forgive me."
*Venom reaches down to Millia and wipes the tears from her tender eyes with the back of his right index finger. He reaches down and pulls Millia to her feet by lifting her up in a rather child-like form by holding her from under her armpits. Millia allows Venom to pick her up and even hold her his chest as he embraces her gently.
*Ky begins to get uncomfortable, he unconsciously grasps his hand tightly on the handle of his Furaiken as he looks on from the sidelines. Ky hears something beside him, it sounds like a voice, Chipp's at that, but Ky is too preoccupied to listen.*
*Millia doesn't fight back, but instead leans closely onto Venom and cries softly on his shoulders. Ky can't take it any longer. He stands up and clears his throat.*
-Ky: "Ahem."
*Ky's attempt to break up the scene fails as no one seems to hear. Ky again clears his throat, but this time a little louder.*
-Ky: "A-he-hem!"
*Still no response from Millia or Venom. Ky tightens his grip on the sword and the blade begins to glow, Ky is about to take matters into his own hands when an unfamiliar voice to Ky comes in.*
-Justin Timberlake: "Cry me a river! Cry me, cry me, cry me a river!"
-Ky: "What the-
*Ky, as well as Millia and Venom turn to the source of the noise. Suprisingly it's a cd player that Chipp is listening to. Ky walks over and shuts it off.*
-Chipp: "Hey! What's the big idea!"
-Ky: "Where'd you get that old relic, and why were you playing it?"
*Chipp shrugs his shoulders.*
-Chipp: "When I saw the whole Millia/Venom scene, that song came to mind. It's an American oldie, but a goodie. I just teleported out to my jeep and got my portable cd player out and brought it back here. I told you I was leaving and would be right back, but I guess you didn't hear me."
*Ky thinks back, "So that's what Chipp was saying, oh well.*Ky looks over to Millia and Venom who have broken their hold on each other, apparently interrupted by the music. Ky smirks slightly.*.Well, Chipp finally did something good after all, though I doubt this is the outcome he was looking for, it was the one I wanted." *Ky takes this opportunity to move in between Millia and Venom. We walks up to Millia and wraps his arms around her. Ky gives Venom a suspicious look before turning to Millia.*
-Ky: "It's ok HONEY, no need to cry BABY. I'm here right now."
*Ky kisses Millia's forehead. Millia leans close to Ky and cries on his shoulders this time.*
-Millia: "I can't believe I was so mean to him. I'm just terrible."
-Ky: "Shh." *Ky runs his hand through Millia's hair and trails his fingertips along her cheek. He takes her chin and gently lifts her face up as her gaze meets his.* "It's ok, the past is the past. Venom forgives you. Now you just have to forgive yourself, come on, we'll talk ALONE-- *Ky glances to Venom out the corner of his eyes. Venom get's Ky's overdramatic point and backs off. Ky continues.* --"On the porch."
*Ky leads Millia outside and leaves the others to themselves. Venom looks down, his heart is torn. He had no idea that Ky was the Knight that found Millia, and even if he did, what were the chances that they'd developed a relationship? Still, Venom should have seen it, but he didn't. He kicked himself on the inside as he just stood there with his head down. Venom feels the warmth of a hand on his shoulder and turns to see who is it. Surprisingly it belongs to Dizzy. Dizzy smiles.*
-Dizzy: "It's ok. Undine, Necro and I forgive you."
*Venom cheers up slightly.*
-Venom: "Thank you Dizzy, that means a lot to me."
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*Boos hisses and rotten tomatoes are tossed at D-sythe from the readers.*
"Hey I'm sorry! I'm not good with romantic scenes, and I couldn't figure out how to end the chapter. I'm sorry this chapter sucked beans, I'll try to make it up to everyone in the future. I promise!"
*More boos and hisses.*
"I'm sorry." :(
D-sythe