Hello, sorry for the delay. I've just been busy with a lot of other things
lately. Namely my G Gundam fic, it's been going through some changes as
well as this fic. Both fics are in critical moments and I was in a
struggle as to which fic to post first. Plus I'm starting on another fic,
more details about that later. Anyway, thanks especially to Kaiser Ryouga
2, glad you still enjoy my fic, if for no one else, I do this for you man.
And thanks to anyone else who's stuck with me all this time, it's been a
long and bumpy road, but it's been a memoriable one.
Disclaimer: I do not own Guilty Gear, Guilty Gear X, or Guilty Gear XX. Though I only write about GGX.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. And again sorry it took so long. Sometimes I just felt like writing, and other times I didn't. Anyway...
LET'S ROCK!
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~The Battle ring~
"Grand Viper!!!!!" The words ringing in Ky's mind like a demon trapped in his head. Ky knew all too well what was to ensue. There was really nothing he could do except to brace himself.
Sol continued forward, dragging Ky along for the ride across the ring. Sol ignited his body with flames that flowed from his head to foot. As Ky was dragged along, the flames created by Sol added extensive damage to Ky's already injured body. And made Ky's broken rib injury hurt even more. Not to mention that the heat from the flames quickly ate through Ky's Holy Knight uniform and began to sear at his skin. The pain was extreme, and try as he might, Ky could not pull away.
But Ky was able to look back slightly, and out of the corner of his eye he could spot the dense cylinder behind him, about 40 feet away. He knew what Sol was attempting, to sandwich Ky between himself and the pillar, he couldn't let that happen. So as he continued to be dragged along, he drowned out the pain and concentrated on forming enough energy into one place to counter the move. Ky knew he only had 2 options; get sandwiched, or...attempt a Dead Angle Attack. Though it was a risky maneuver, and it drained a great deal of his energy, Ky knew it was better than being crushed and opted for it.
With great difficulty, Ky switches his Furaiken into his left hand and begins to store a fair amount of his energy into right elbow. He compresses the energy tightly, then jammed his elbow into Sol's onslaught and at the same instant, released his stored up energy through his elbow. The resulting force was enough to not only stop Sol's Grand Viper, but it was also enough to propel the Bounty Hunter backwards.
But the centrifugal force created by Sol's attack, mixed with the re-coil of the Dead Angle, also sent Ky flying with much more force. Sol skidded to a stop on the ground moments later, but Ky continued to fly backwards towards the pillar. Only about 20 feet left. Struggling with all his might, Ky dipped his upper body downwards, while extending his feet and legs upwards, in an attempt to flip over. It worked, Ky was able to pancake flip over so that he was now facing the ground, parallel to it. Now that he got that out of the way, he had to concentrate on the next task; stopping.
Ky, still holding his sword in his left hand, grabbed tightly to the handle with his right hand as well. And turning his sword over so that the blade and the ground made a 90-degree angle, he jammed his sword into the ground. The sword hits the ground at about 8 feet from the pillar. But the sudden stop was too much strain on Ky's hands to hold onto the sword. As Ky's grip was raped away, he continued to travel backwards, feet first. However, the attempted sword-stop did slow him down enough to control himself, and Ky bent his knees as he neared the pillar. As his feet made contact, Ky immediately pushed off back towards his sword. Ky airdashes forward and plucks his Furaiken from the ground with his right hand.
Ky continues to fly forward and is about 20 feet from Sol as he began to stir and attempt to stand up, his back was to Ky and couldn't hear him coming since Ky was still in mid-air. But gravity began to take its toll on Ky's body and he began to descend. Ky hits the ground running at about 15 feet from Sol. As soon as he lands Ky rotates the handle in his hand, bringing the blade upwards facing the sky. He continues to move his arm backwards and in one fluid movement he brings his sword behind his head to rest on his back. Ky is about 10 feet from Sol when he stands up completely. Sol picks his sword off the ground and is about to turn around when he hears a familiar voice.
"Ride the Lightning!!!!!!" Ky screams out as he begins to form his energy into a ball at his center of gravity. He continues to run as the electrical energy he formed begins to expel from his body and encase him in several orbs of glowing electrical power. The energy creates a layer of energy that keeps Ky hovering about 6 inches from the ground. Ky leans in and uses the same energy to propel himself towards his Gear adversary.
Sol turns his head around, but it's too late. Ky's overdrive hits Sol like a Semi-truck, forcing him back. The energy that Ky releases constantly getting transferred from Ky's body, to Sol's. Sol is constantly being pumped full of thousands of volts of electricity, but more was to come. Over the years Sol had been hit by this move many times and knew that Ky released not only a constant flow, but also 5 bursts of extreme electrical power. He waited it out, for what seemed like an eternity.
1...the first charge hit him low, it seemed to travel from his feet to his shins. The high voltage passing through Sol's clothes and into his feet, ankles, and shins. It felt like 1000 searing hot pins and needles pierced his skin.
2...the second charge hit him higher, traveling from around his knees to his mid thighs, the same sensation crossing his body as before.
3...the third coursed from his mid thighs to his waist.
4...the fourth covers his waist to his abdomen, and Sol could feel the power churning through his entrails and organs, the shock caused major muscle spasms in his stomach, and in turn caused Sol to begins regurgitate it's contents.
5...but as the fifth hit, the spasms in his chest and up to his neck caused the food to travel back downwards violently, almost making his stomach explode from the force.
But all the while Ky made his attack, Sol's tension began to rise, and Sol secretly began to form a ball of fire into his left hand by absorbing the oxygen around his fist, and using it as fuel, Sol was able to start his attack. It was hard to concentrate on forming the energy when you are being zapped by thousands of volts, but Sol was able to keep his energy in tact.
He waited for the perfect opportunity, that one split second between attack and recovery when Ky was vulnerable. Sol only had one chance at this, and he had to make it count.
As Ky's attack ended and he absorbed the remainder of his energy back into his body and sword, he left himself wide open, though only for a split second. And though Sol was weak as well, he was able to take advantage of the moment. As soon as the attack was over, Sol punched Ky hard in his stomach with his left hand. As Ky doubled over, Sol stuck his Fuenken into the ground with his right hand and then used his right arm to brace Ky's back, holding him between both his arms.
As Ky struggled to catch his breath, Sol forced more energy into his fist as the fireball grew and again began to burn at Ky. Ky attempted to get loose, but his recent overdrive, mixed with the earlier Dead Angle, left Ky's energy temporarily drained, he could barely move. {"What is Sol doing?"} Ky asked himself as he struggled to break free again. {"I don't remember Sol doing this before, what could he possibly be--"}
"Tyrant Rave!!!"
Ky's pupils shrunk suddenly as the realization of what Sol actually was doing set it. He was attempting to trap him in his Tyrant Rave, and to make sure he couldn't move he was holding him with his brute Gear strength. There was nothing Ky could do but wait for the inevitable.
Ky's breath was knocked out of his chest again as the swirling mass of fire and energy began to form between Sol's fist and Ky's abdomen. The ball grew larger and larger and it began to take shape. As it grew it expanded outwards in a semi-flat vertical circle. It began to spin clockwise and grow even larger, now about 1/3 maximum size.
Every split second felt like an eternity as the force continued to push in Ky's rib cage aggravating his already broken rib and threatening to do the same to the others as they were pushed back slowly and painfully.
As the ball nears it's maximum velocity and size, Sol decides to try yet another variation on his move. He notices the dense pillar about 35 feet behind Ky and he got an idea. Using his awesome strength, Sol picks up Ky by the back of his collar and tosses him skyward. Ky, unprepared for the move could do nothing to counter as his acceleration stopped and he began to plummet back towards the earth.
Sol pulls his left hand back to his side and extends his right arm. He makes a gun-like shape with his index finger and thumb as his sights lock on the descending Ky. Then, when the moment was just right, Sol quickly thrust his left arm forward with the same shape on his left hand. Sol's right hand now grabs his left wrist as Ky falls to within Sol's range.
Like pulling the trigger on a huge gun, Sol's right index finger that once lay parallel slightly below his left wrist, now gets curled back sharply and the Tyrant Rave is launched forwards. As it connects with Ky's midsection once again, it suddenly stops moving forwards, and concentrates on expanding outwards. However, when it did expand, it did so in such a violent manner, that Ky was sent flying backwards with extreme force.
As the wall of fire began to dissolve before Sol's eyes, Sol could catch the sight of the Holy Knight traveling headlong into the pillar behind him. Ky attempts to roll forward again to get his feet where his head now lay, but the force was too great and his speed to quick to complete his rotation, and Ky smacked hard against the pillar as his back made contact with it. The impact force was so great it knocked another mouthfull of blood from Ky.
The impact left a slight imprint of Ky's outline, but it wasn't deep enough to hold Ky in place and he peeled out and fell face first to the cold ground beneath him.
~Back Yard~
As Millia left the forest entrance she suddenly felt an icy chill run down her spine. She knew what it must mean. She wanted to turn to Ky, but she knew that she'd only get in the way. Mustering all of her strength, she held back her tears and trekked back to the house.
~Battle Ring~
Sol suddenly drops to his knees gasping for breath as sweat poured from his face. He used up so much energy in the last few attacks. The Tyrant Rave had to be more intense in order to achieve the desired effect with Ky. He sat there for a second sucking in the cool autumn air to quench the fire in his lungs. He was out of breath. Sol's moves were so powerful, but they took their toll on him after a while. After a few moments Sol managed to divert his gaze upwards as he spots the fallen Knight on the ground before him.
"I can't believe it." Sol said as he blinked and stood to his feet. "There's no way he can be out cold after just that. Guess I don't know my own strength." Sol walks over to Ky and looks down. "Gee, and I was holding back too."
Suddenly Ky's eyes pop open and they fill with anger and rage. "What was that!?!?!" Ky screamed as he pushes himself up and dashes forward connecting with Sol's stomach, knocking the air from him. As Sol's feet dig into the ground to stop, Ky quickly punches him hard in his stomach with his right hand. Then two more quick jabs to his abdomen with his left and right hands before rotating his right elbow up and striking Sol in the face with the back of his fist. Ky quickly turns the other way and connects with a left hook to his face followed by a right cross.
Before Sol can recover, Ky grabs his shirt and pulls him forward violently as he rams his forehead into Sol's face and pushing him back, a split- second later Ky reached forward and grabs Sol's face across his mouth with his right hand before it can even fully extend backwards. Ky's vice-like grip tightens on Sol's face and it began to slowly crack Sol's jaws. Ky dashes forward for a moment, leaving the ground and taking Sol's face with him. As Ky began to descend he cocks his right arm back, then slams Sol's head violently into the dirt, digging a slight divot into the ground.
Ky stands up, leaving Sol laying slightly battered and disoriented. Ky wipes the excess blood from his lips with his thumb and spits the rest out of his mouth to the side. "Get up!" Ky screamed as he looks down to Sol who begins to stir, but apparently he wasn't moving fast enough for Ky, as Ky grabs Sol by the collar and lifts him to his feet and pushes him back. "I said GET UP!!!" Ky shouted at Sol as he stumbled back a little before stopping and facing Ky with raw rage in his eyes.
Sol is a little taken back for a moment, he couldn't believe it, this, this...kid was doing this kind of damage. Ky had rarely if ever fought with such drive, and he never used those kinds of attacks before. His whole style had changed. What was different this time. What did he do to trigger this reaction?
"You held back!?!?!" Ky screamed as he pointed at Sol, answering his question almost as if reading his mind. "What do you think you're doing Sol? I wanted your best!"
Sol's anger peaked, he lunged forward with his left hand and grabbed Ky's collar this time.
"And what of you Knight? How do you expect me to do something you will not yourself?"
Ky was baffled. "What are you talking about So--"
"Don't play dumb with me Ky, I saw your battle with Zato." Ky's eyes loose their anger as Sol's words reach his ears. Ky turns his head away. "You were holding back too...this whole time, toying with me--"
"You were awake?" Ky says as he turned back to Sol and changed the flow of the conversation. Sol curses as he grabs Ky by the collar with his right hand as well. "Of course I was awake!" Sol says. "I saw it...that, that power that you had. I want to see it for myself. I want you to give me your best."
"As do I." Ky said as his a renewed vigor filled his eyes and he grabbed Sol again and pulls him in close as he shouts in his face. "Show me Sol! THAT THING WHICH WE CALL FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly Sol's body suddenly becomes scorching hot and Ky quickly releases his grip on Sol's shirt as Sol bends backwards with his arms outstretched.
"DRAGON INSTALL!!!!!!!"
Sol begins to flash red, orange, black, and white in random patterns very rapidly. His body glows like embers and flashes of fire begin to ignite all across his body. Soon his body is completely incased in red flame as Sol finishes his Dragon Install. Energy coursing through every vein. Sol, now twice as powerful, suddenly reaches forward and grabs Ky by the collar with his right hand before quickly turning around and slamming Ky into the ground so hard that he actually ricochets back up a few feet and because of the angle of impact, Ky slowly rotates to his stomach. At the same time as he released, Sol crouches down and beneath the rising knight to prepare his attack.
When the timing was just right, Sol leaves the ground in a flaming uppercut known as the Volcanic Viper. A basic move for Sol, but with the power of the Dragon Install fueling it, it becomes a much more powerful attack. Sol soon catches up with Ky and connects with his stomach hard. But he doesn't end there. The Dragon Install gave his Volcanic Viper enough of an energy boost to carry Ky onwards towards the sky in a deadly streak of flame.
Ky feels every excruciating moment of the attack. It feels as if rabid fire beasts are eating away at his entrails. The pain is almost comatose. Each second giving Ky a glimpse of the fires of Hell that burn within Sol's body. Ky couldn't hold it in any longer as a scream of pain finally escaped his lips. Such a horrid and agonizing scream, it filled the air and swept over the forest and across the yard and into the ears of Millia who freezes in place.
~Yard~
Millia's eyes shrink as the shrill cries of Ky reaches her and she turns to the woods, but stops. "I...I mustn't interfere..." Millia attempts to turn back to the house, but another scream turns her back around. "What do I do?" Millia thought as a war between her heart and mind began. Her heart wanting to help, and her mind knowing to stay out of it. Millia gripped her head as she desperately struggled for some grip on her emotions, as they ran through her mind. She collapses to her knees as the thoughts begin overwhelming her, one side had to win.
"What do I do? How do I choose?" Millia's mind raced and head ached as the two forces collided. "I...I..." Another scream from Ky hit her ears and finally one of her emotions struck the decisive blow as a tear trailed down her cheeks. "I love him." Millia spoke silently as her hair grew out, down her back, and onto the ground. Each hair responding to her will as the structure changed from silky flowing hair to glistening feathers. Millia stood once more, but something held her arm when she attempted a take off. She turns to see what's holding her back.
"Venom?" Millia says as she looks upon the white-haired assassin. "Let me go Venom, my mind's made up." Millia says as she attempts to break loose of his grip.
"I cannot comply with that wish Millia, no good can come of this decision."
"Don't tell me what to do Venom, I'm not going to listen to you this time."
"Listen Millia, you don't know what you're up against, and you'll only get in the wa--"
"Save it." Millia says as she cuts his speech off. "I told you my mind's made up, I'm going to help Ky."
"Listen to me Millia, PLEASE...*sigh*...listen to me. You could get hurt, or worse."
"I don't care."
"Baka! Listen to me! You could die!"
Millia leans in close to Venom's face as her voice takes on a serious tone. "Then let me die." Venom gasps and he accidentally loosens his grip on her wrist and Millia's eyes narrow at Venom as she speaks one last thing to him before she breaks free. "Get out of my way."
Venom is shocked, Millia leaps from the ground in a sparkling trail of golden feathers. She flies out towards the battlefield with the victor of her emotional war guiding her....her heart.
All Venom can do is look on in shock. But his countenance soon returns to normal. He shouldn't be surprised. Millia has never feared death, why should she let that hold her back. He chuckles softly as he begins to teleport back into the forest.
"Anything at all for the one you love."
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I know this chapter was a little short. But I wanted to end it here, cause if I didn't the next part would be too long. Plus I don't like reading long chapters myself, and I'm sure you guys don't either.
I'm not sure how long till my next update. It all depends on several things. For one I am still working on my popular G Gundam fic "Noble My Butt." So I may update on that one next or not. PLUS, I am starting a web comic with my Sempai's friend. He already has his own web comic that you can see at www.particlesphere.com, great comic with some amazing artwork. But the comic takes him about 10-20 hours per page to render, and he likes my writing style so he wants me to make up an original story for him to make another web comic out of. One that's just in black and white and won't take as long to do as particle sphere.
PLUS I am only 62 percent done with Metroid Prime. Heheh, 20 hours of gameplay and I'm only at 62 percent...Man I love that game!
And look, Zeronova. I'm not sure if you are reading this or not, but if you are, please listen. This whole thing is stupid, this petty rivalry between us is so freakin' childish it's not even funny. And over what? Some things we said about each other's fics? That's dumb and I'll be the first one to admit that I was wrong in even going along with it in the first place.
So we don't like each other's works...so what? So we don't like each other...so what? Let's not fight over it like children. I don't know about you, but I for one am sick and tired of this crap. It's stupid and no good can come of it. So I propose we just bury the hatchet man. Let bygons be bygons, live and let live, agree to dissagree, and all that other good stuff.
Heck, I never wanted to start this in the first place, if you remember, after the first words were said I wrote several e-mails appologizing and stuff, but you said "I'm not a nice guy" or "I don't need friends" or something along that line, and all this crap started happening. And like I said, I'm tired of this meaningless squabble. It's ludicrous.
I stopped reading your fic a few chapters ago, and I'm sure you've done the same with mine, so lets just end this now, settle it like men, not children, and grow up. I'm sure you agree that the intelligent thing to do is to just stop it ok? We are both far too intelligent to act so ignorant. So Zeronova...sayonara.
And Kaiser, I'll keep you informed on the progress of my fic ok?
Ja ne
Deathsythe
Disclaimer: I do not own Guilty Gear, Guilty Gear X, or Guilty Gear XX. Though I only write about GGX.
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy reading this as much as I enjoy writing it. And again sorry it took so long. Sometimes I just felt like writing, and other times I didn't. Anyway...
LET'S ROCK!
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~The Battle ring~
"Grand Viper!!!!!" The words ringing in Ky's mind like a demon trapped in his head. Ky knew all too well what was to ensue. There was really nothing he could do except to brace himself.
Sol continued forward, dragging Ky along for the ride across the ring. Sol ignited his body with flames that flowed from his head to foot. As Ky was dragged along, the flames created by Sol added extensive damage to Ky's already injured body. And made Ky's broken rib injury hurt even more. Not to mention that the heat from the flames quickly ate through Ky's Holy Knight uniform and began to sear at his skin. The pain was extreme, and try as he might, Ky could not pull away.
But Ky was able to look back slightly, and out of the corner of his eye he could spot the dense cylinder behind him, about 40 feet away. He knew what Sol was attempting, to sandwich Ky between himself and the pillar, he couldn't let that happen. So as he continued to be dragged along, he drowned out the pain and concentrated on forming enough energy into one place to counter the move. Ky knew he only had 2 options; get sandwiched, or...attempt a Dead Angle Attack. Though it was a risky maneuver, and it drained a great deal of his energy, Ky knew it was better than being crushed and opted for it.
With great difficulty, Ky switches his Furaiken into his left hand and begins to store a fair amount of his energy into right elbow. He compresses the energy tightly, then jammed his elbow into Sol's onslaught and at the same instant, released his stored up energy through his elbow. The resulting force was enough to not only stop Sol's Grand Viper, but it was also enough to propel the Bounty Hunter backwards.
But the centrifugal force created by Sol's attack, mixed with the re-coil of the Dead Angle, also sent Ky flying with much more force. Sol skidded to a stop on the ground moments later, but Ky continued to fly backwards towards the pillar. Only about 20 feet left. Struggling with all his might, Ky dipped his upper body downwards, while extending his feet and legs upwards, in an attempt to flip over. It worked, Ky was able to pancake flip over so that he was now facing the ground, parallel to it. Now that he got that out of the way, he had to concentrate on the next task; stopping.
Ky, still holding his sword in his left hand, grabbed tightly to the handle with his right hand as well. And turning his sword over so that the blade and the ground made a 90-degree angle, he jammed his sword into the ground. The sword hits the ground at about 8 feet from the pillar. But the sudden stop was too much strain on Ky's hands to hold onto the sword. As Ky's grip was raped away, he continued to travel backwards, feet first. However, the attempted sword-stop did slow him down enough to control himself, and Ky bent his knees as he neared the pillar. As his feet made contact, Ky immediately pushed off back towards his sword. Ky airdashes forward and plucks his Furaiken from the ground with his right hand.
Ky continues to fly forward and is about 20 feet from Sol as he began to stir and attempt to stand up, his back was to Ky and couldn't hear him coming since Ky was still in mid-air. But gravity began to take its toll on Ky's body and he began to descend. Ky hits the ground running at about 15 feet from Sol. As soon as he lands Ky rotates the handle in his hand, bringing the blade upwards facing the sky. He continues to move his arm backwards and in one fluid movement he brings his sword behind his head to rest on his back. Ky is about 10 feet from Sol when he stands up completely. Sol picks his sword off the ground and is about to turn around when he hears a familiar voice.
"Ride the Lightning!!!!!!" Ky screams out as he begins to form his energy into a ball at his center of gravity. He continues to run as the electrical energy he formed begins to expel from his body and encase him in several orbs of glowing electrical power. The energy creates a layer of energy that keeps Ky hovering about 6 inches from the ground. Ky leans in and uses the same energy to propel himself towards his Gear adversary.
Sol turns his head around, but it's too late. Ky's overdrive hits Sol like a Semi-truck, forcing him back. The energy that Ky releases constantly getting transferred from Ky's body, to Sol's. Sol is constantly being pumped full of thousands of volts of electricity, but more was to come. Over the years Sol had been hit by this move many times and knew that Ky released not only a constant flow, but also 5 bursts of extreme electrical power. He waited it out, for what seemed like an eternity.
1...the first charge hit him low, it seemed to travel from his feet to his shins. The high voltage passing through Sol's clothes and into his feet, ankles, and shins. It felt like 1000 searing hot pins and needles pierced his skin.
2...the second charge hit him higher, traveling from around his knees to his mid thighs, the same sensation crossing his body as before.
3...the third coursed from his mid thighs to his waist.
4...the fourth covers his waist to his abdomen, and Sol could feel the power churning through his entrails and organs, the shock caused major muscle spasms in his stomach, and in turn caused Sol to begins regurgitate it's contents.
5...but as the fifth hit, the spasms in his chest and up to his neck caused the food to travel back downwards violently, almost making his stomach explode from the force.
But all the while Ky made his attack, Sol's tension began to rise, and Sol secretly began to form a ball of fire into his left hand by absorbing the oxygen around his fist, and using it as fuel, Sol was able to start his attack. It was hard to concentrate on forming the energy when you are being zapped by thousands of volts, but Sol was able to keep his energy in tact.
He waited for the perfect opportunity, that one split second between attack and recovery when Ky was vulnerable. Sol only had one chance at this, and he had to make it count.
As Ky's attack ended and he absorbed the remainder of his energy back into his body and sword, he left himself wide open, though only for a split second. And though Sol was weak as well, he was able to take advantage of the moment. As soon as the attack was over, Sol punched Ky hard in his stomach with his left hand. As Ky doubled over, Sol stuck his Fuenken into the ground with his right hand and then used his right arm to brace Ky's back, holding him between both his arms.
As Ky struggled to catch his breath, Sol forced more energy into his fist as the fireball grew and again began to burn at Ky. Ky attempted to get loose, but his recent overdrive, mixed with the earlier Dead Angle, left Ky's energy temporarily drained, he could barely move. {"What is Sol doing?"} Ky asked himself as he struggled to break free again. {"I don't remember Sol doing this before, what could he possibly be--"}
"Tyrant Rave!!!"
Ky's pupils shrunk suddenly as the realization of what Sol actually was doing set it. He was attempting to trap him in his Tyrant Rave, and to make sure he couldn't move he was holding him with his brute Gear strength. There was nothing Ky could do but wait for the inevitable.
Ky's breath was knocked out of his chest again as the swirling mass of fire and energy began to form between Sol's fist and Ky's abdomen. The ball grew larger and larger and it began to take shape. As it grew it expanded outwards in a semi-flat vertical circle. It began to spin clockwise and grow even larger, now about 1/3 maximum size.
Every split second felt like an eternity as the force continued to push in Ky's rib cage aggravating his already broken rib and threatening to do the same to the others as they were pushed back slowly and painfully.
As the ball nears it's maximum velocity and size, Sol decides to try yet another variation on his move. He notices the dense pillar about 35 feet behind Ky and he got an idea. Using his awesome strength, Sol picks up Ky by the back of his collar and tosses him skyward. Ky, unprepared for the move could do nothing to counter as his acceleration stopped and he began to plummet back towards the earth.
Sol pulls his left hand back to his side and extends his right arm. He makes a gun-like shape with his index finger and thumb as his sights lock on the descending Ky. Then, when the moment was just right, Sol quickly thrust his left arm forward with the same shape on his left hand. Sol's right hand now grabs his left wrist as Ky falls to within Sol's range.
Like pulling the trigger on a huge gun, Sol's right index finger that once lay parallel slightly below his left wrist, now gets curled back sharply and the Tyrant Rave is launched forwards. As it connects with Ky's midsection once again, it suddenly stops moving forwards, and concentrates on expanding outwards. However, when it did expand, it did so in such a violent manner, that Ky was sent flying backwards with extreme force.
As the wall of fire began to dissolve before Sol's eyes, Sol could catch the sight of the Holy Knight traveling headlong into the pillar behind him. Ky attempts to roll forward again to get his feet where his head now lay, but the force was too great and his speed to quick to complete his rotation, and Ky smacked hard against the pillar as his back made contact with it. The impact force was so great it knocked another mouthfull of blood from Ky.
The impact left a slight imprint of Ky's outline, but it wasn't deep enough to hold Ky in place and he peeled out and fell face first to the cold ground beneath him.
~Back Yard~
As Millia left the forest entrance she suddenly felt an icy chill run down her spine. She knew what it must mean. She wanted to turn to Ky, but she knew that she'd only get in the way. Mustering all of her strength, she held back her tears and trekked back to the house.
~Battle Ring~
Sol suddenly drops to his knees gasping for breath as sweat poured from his face. He used up so much energy in the last few attacks. The Tyrant Rave had to be more intense in order to achieve the desired effect with Ky. He sat there for a second sucking in the cool autumn air to quench the fire in his lungs. He was out of breath. Sol's moves were so powerful, but they took their toll on him after a while. After a few moments Sol managed to divert his gaze upwards as he spots the fallen Knight on the ground before him.
"I can't believe it." Sol said as he blinked and stood to his feet. "There's no way he can be out cold after just that. Guess I don't know my own strength." Sol walks over to Ky and looks down. "Gee, and I was holding back too."
Suddenly Ky's eyes pop open and they fill with anger and rage. "What was that!?!?!" Ky screamed as he pushes himself up and dashes forward connecting with Sol's stomach, knocking the air from him. As Sol's feet dig into the ground to stop, Ky quickly punches him hard in his stomach with his right hand. Then two more quick jabs to his abdomen with his left and right hands before rotating his right elbow up and striking Sol in the face with the back of his fist. Ky quickly turns the other way and connects with a left hook to his face followed by a right cross.
Before Sol can recover, Ky grabs his shirt and pulls him forward violently as he rams his forehead into Sol's face and pushing him back, a split- second later Ky reached forward and grabs Sol's face across his mouth with his right hand before it can even fully extend backwards. Ky's vice-like grip tightens on Sol's face and it began to slowly crack Sol's jaws. Ky dashes forward for a moment, leaving the ground and taking Sol's face with him. As Ky began to descend he cocks his right arm back, then slams Sol's head violently into the dirt, digging a slight divot into the ground.
Ky stands up, leaving Sol laying slightly battered and disoriented. Ky wipes the excess blood from his lips with his thumb and spits the rest out of his mouth to the side. "Get up!" Ky screamed as he looks down to Sol who begins to stir, but apparently he wasn't moving fast enough for Ky, as Ky grabs Sol by the collar and lifts him to his feet and pushes him back. "I said GET UP!!!" Ky shouted at Sol as he stumbled back a little before stopping and facing Ky with raw rage in his eyes.
Sol is a little taken back for a moment, he couldn't believe it, this, this...kid was doing this kind of damage. Ky had rarely if ever fought with such drive, and he never used those kinds of attacks before. His whole style had changed. What was different this time. What did he do to trigger this reaction?
"You held back!?!?!" Ky screamed as he pointed at Sol, answering his question almost as if reading his mind. "What do you think you're doing Sol? I wanted your best!"
Sol's anger peaked, he lunged forward with his left hand and grabbed Ky's collar this time.
"And what of you Knight? How do you expect me to do something you will not yourself?"
Ky was baffled. "What are you talking about So--"
"Don't play dumb with me Ky, I saw your battle with Zato." Ky's eyes loose their anger as Sol's words reach his ears. Ky turns his head away. "You were holding back too...this whole time, toying with me--"
"You were awake?" Ky says as he turned back to Sol and changed the flow of the conversation. Sol curses as he grabs Ky by the collar with his right hand as well. "Of course I was awake!" Sol says. "I saw it...that, that power that you had. I want to see it for myself. I want you to give me your best."
"As do I." Ky said as his a renewed vigor filled his eyes and he grabbed Sol again and pulls him in close as he shouts in his face. "Show me Sol! THAT THING WHICH WE CALL FIGHTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Suddenly Sol's body suddenly becomes scorching hot and Ky quickly releases his grip on Sol's shirt as Sol bends backwards with his arms outstretched.
"DRAGON INSTALL!!!!!!!"
Sol begins to flash red, orange, black, and white in random patterns very rapidly. His body glows like embers and flashes of fire begin to ignite all across his body. Soon his body is completely incased in red flame as Sol finishes his Dragon Install. Energy coursing through every vein. Sol, now twice as powerful, suddenly reaches forward and grabs Ky by the collar with his right hand before quickly turning around and slamming Ky into the ground so hard that he actually ricochets back up a few feet and because of the angle of impact, Ky slowly rotates to his stomach. At the same time as he released, Sol crouches down and beneath the rising knight to prepare his attack.
When the timing was just right, Sol leaves the ground in a flaming uppercut known as the Volcanic Viper. A basic move for Sol, but with the power of the Dragon Install fueling it, it becomes a much more powerful attack. Sol soon catches up with Ky and connects with his stomach hard. But he doesn't end there. The Dragon Install gave his Volcanic Viper enough of an energy boost to carry Ky onwards towards the sky in a deadly streak of flame.
Ky feels every excruciating moment of the attack. It feels as if rabid fire beasts are eating away at his entrails. The pain is almost comatose. Each second giving Ky a glimpse of the fires of Hell that burn within Sol's body. Ky couldn't hold it in any longer as a scream of pain finally escaped his lips. Such a horrid and agonizing scream, it filled the air and swept over the forest and across the yard and into the ears of Millia who freezes in place.
~Yard~
Millia's eyes shrink as the shrill cries of Ky reaches her and she turns to the woods, but stops. "I...I mustn't interfere..." Millia attempts to turn back to the house, but another scream turns her back around. "What do I do?" Millia thought as a war between her heart and mind began. Her heart wanting to help, and her mind knowing to stay out of it. Millia gripped her head as she desperately struggled for some grip on her emotions, as they ran through her mind. She collapses to her knees as the thoughts begin overwhelming her, one side had to win.
"What do I do? How do I choose?" Millia's mind raced and head ached as the two forces collided. "I...I..." Another scream from Ky hit her ears and finally one of her emotions struck the decisive blow as a tear trailed down her cheeks. "I love him." Millia spoke silently as her hair grew out, down her back, and onto the ground. Each hair responding to her will as the structure changed from silky flowing hair to glistening feathers. Millia stood once more, but something held her arm when she attempted a take off. She turns to see what's holding her back.
"Venom?" Millia says as she looks upon the white-haired assassin. "Let me go Venom, my mind's made up." Millia says as she attempts to break loose of his grip.
"I cannot comply with that wish Millia, no good can come of this decision."
"Don't tell me what to do Venom, I'm not going to listen to you this time."
"Listen Millia, you don't know what you're up against, and you'll only get in the wa--"
"Save it." Millia says as she cuts his speech off. "I told you my mind's made up, I'm going to help Ky."
"Listen to me Millia, PLEASE...*sigh*...listen to me. You could get hurt, or worse."
"I don't care."
"Baka! Listen to me! You could die!"
Millia leans in close to Venom's face as her voice takes on a serious tone. "Then let me die." Venom gasps and he accidentally loosens his grip on her wrist and Millia's eyes narrow at Venom as she speaks one last thing to him before she breaks free. "Get out of my way."
Venom is shocked, Millia leaps from the ground in a sparkling trail of golden feathers. She flies out towards the battlefield with the victor of her emotional war guiding her....her heart.
All Venom can do is look on in shock. But his countenance soon returns to normal. He shouldn't be surprised. Millia has never feared death, why should she let that hold her back. He chuckles softly as he begins to teleport back into the forest.
"Anything at all for the one you love."
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I know this chapter was a little short. But I wanted to end it here, cause if I didn't the next part would be too long. Plus I don't like reading long chapters myself, and I'm sure you guys don't either.
I'm not sure how long till my next update. It all depends on several things. For one I am still working on my popular G Gundam fic "Noble My Butt." So I may update on that one next or not. PLUS, I am starting a web comic with my Sempai's friend. He already has his own web comic that you can see at www.particlesphere.com, great comic with some amazing artwork. But the comic takes him about 10-20 hours per page to render, and he likes my writing style so he wants me to make up an original story for him to make another web comic out of. One that's just in black and white and won't take as long to do as particle sphere.
PLUS I am only 62 percent done with Metroid Prime. Heheh, 20 hours of gameplay and I'm only at 62 percent...Man I love that game!
And look, Zeronova. I'm not sure if you are reading this or not, but if you are, please listen. This whole thing is stupid, this petty rivalry between us is so freakin' childish it's not even funny. And over what? Some things we said about each other's fics? That's dumb and I'll be the first one to admit that I was wrong in even going along with it in the first place.
So we don't like each other's works...so what? So we don't like each other...so what? Let's not fight over it like children. I don't know about you, but I for one am sick and tired of this crap. It's stupid and no good can come of it. So I propose we just bury the hatchet man. Let bygons be bygons, live and let live, agree to dissagree, and all that other good stuff.
Heck, I never wanted to start this in the first place, if you remember, after the first words were said I wrote several e-mails appologizing and stuff, but you said "I'm not a nice guy" or "I don't need friends" or something along that line, and all this crap started happening. And like I said, I'm tired of this meaningless squabble. It's ludicrous.
I stopped reading your fic a few chapters ago, and I'm sure you've done the same with mine, so lets just end this now, settle it like men, not children, and grow up. I'm sure you agree that the intelligent thing to do is to just stop it ok? We are both far too intelligent to act so ignorant. So Zeronova...sayonara.
And Kaiser, I'll keep you informed on the progress of my fic ok?
Ja ne
Deathsythe