Hey guys. Sorry for the delay.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of anyone in the Guilty Gear universe.
Like I said, sorry about the delay. So I'll make it up by not saying anything else. Here's the story. Hope you like it, and oh. Keep reading till the end ok? I know a lot of people will be mad and tempted to stop, but please keep reading.
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~Battle Ring~
Ky and Sol continue to rise to about 20 feet into the air before Sol stops the first Volcanic Viper and begins to descend before Ky. All seems as if it's over, but Ky knows better. This is only the beginning...
As Ky reaches his full arc, his body is propelled backwards and he gets laid on his back as he plummets back towards earth. Sol lands first on one knee. He looks up and sees the falling Knight above and slightly ahead of him.
"38 degrees." Sol thinks as he calculates the trajectory and pushes off the ground again. "Volcanic Viper!!!!"
Again the hot searing pain met Ky, but this time on his back. Ky screamed out again as he felt the flesh start to peel from his skin, like when you leave your hand on a hot griddle too long and you have to pull away. Only this was different, there was no pulling away from this. All Ky could do was wait it out, he knew Sol well over the years, and the Dragon Install gave him enough time to pull of at least 1 or 2 more Volcanic Vipers.
Again Sol stops and lands before going at it again. Once more, Sol's attack hit its target, and once again Ky feels his adversary's wrath. Ky lets out another scream as he is dragged along once again on this roller coaster of torment.
"Why isn't this working?" Sol thought as he continued his attack. "Ky still hasn't shown his true power yet. Why? What's different between this and the fight with Zato?" Sol released again as he fell to the ground and repositioned himself. "Oh well, guess I gotta beat it out of him. No use in holding back now!" Sol gritted his teeth and dug hard into the ground, dumping all of his strength into one last Volcanic Viper, he launched into the air again. A few more feet until he makes contact. All Ky can do is winch and anticipate the pain once more.
But just then something else comes into the picture, Millia.
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"It's worse than I thought." Millia spoke to herself as she makes her way to the battle field. With a bird's eye view of the match. "Hold on Ky...just please hold on. I just hope I make it in time." Millia notices Sol prepping for another attack, but this one is different, his whole body in surrounded in flames. "Sol must be going all out. Guess that's what I have to do as well."
Millia is currently out of range now, she has one option left. She could substitute her shielding energy for speed. Normally she uses a balance of the two, that way her head first attack is only felt by her opponent, however, she could redirect that energy into a thrust. But the consequences could be devastating, even deadly. Millia thought not all of two seconds before making her choice. And in a blinding burst of speed, Millia rockets on towards Sol with no protection from the full force of his attack.
**** A slight green flash is all that's catches the corner of Sol's eye before impact. Suddenly all is silent as Sol's attack hit's Millia head on as she did the only thing she could do in a situation like this, fly between him and Ky. Ky, whose eyes were still closed, waited...and waited...and waited for what seemed like an eternity. Why no impact? Ky soon found out as a familiar voice filled the air. A blood curdling scream Ky wished never to hear, followed by a gut retching snap . His eyes open as he falls past Sol and Millia.
As Sol's attack rages on blindly, fueled by his determination to awaken Ky's true power. An attack is unleashed that Sol would soon regret....
His fist slammed hard into something....something soft, something Sol failed to realize was Millia's delicate face. Not till he heard it, that scream, that voice he knew wasn't Ky's. Sol immediately called off his attack, unfortunately it was too little, too late. When his vision cleared up. he could see Millia's tear stained cheek on the receiving end of his fist.
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"I'm sorry Ky, it seems this is all I can do to save you. Thank you Ky...for showing me what it's like to love..." Millia's last thoughts ran through her mind as she felt the tension grow in her neck. Tendons being ripped painfully apart, one by one. All in a split second, but it felt like an eternity. Muscles snap, ligaments rip, and finally her bones break. Millia feels the hot fluid running down the inside of her neck as all fades black...
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The impact and force was too much for her to take. A result of Millia's downward flight, and Sol's upward thrust. The two collided and the stronger of the two won, the loser paying a great price. Millia's eyes slowly closed as her neck snapped under the force of the attack.
Everything is as in slow motion as Ky watches his angel's wings get clipped. Her hair slowly returns to normal as her body goes limp. Ky summons his strength, mid-air recovers, air-dashes forward, and scoops up Millia in his arms as Sol lands a ways off. Ky lands shakily a few feet away, he winces in pain but shrugs it off. Sol collapses to the ground. Holding his head in agony.
"Daijoubu desu ka?!? Millia?!?!" Ky screams. But she doesn't respond. Her body feels lax and lifeless. Ky embraces Millia tight. Wrapping his left arm around her back, holding the back of her head with his right, and crying on her shoulder. "No...Millia..." Ky weeps as he pulls back to look at her face. His hot tears stream down his face and onto Millia's. As the tear hits her cheek her eyes twitch and they open slowly. Her left never fully opening, swollen halfway shut.
A second chance for a final farewell.
Ky's battered face comes into view as Millia's eyes re-focus. She forces a smile past her pain, she winces as she tries to move her arm. It's pointless. "Ky...my...arm...." Ky understands, and takes her hand, kisses it and places it on his cheek. "Why'd you do it Millia? Why'd you interrupt?"
Millia smiles once more. "Because Ky....because...I love you....." Ky's eyes widen. Sure Ky knew it, but this was the first time she'd actually said it to him.
"I know Millia...I love you too." Millia smiles one last time, a sincere one this time. She slowly begins to close her eyes but Ky gently shakes her and she opens them again. "Don't worry....y-you'll be alright ok?"
Millia chuckles to herself after hearing Ky's words. With an air of sympathy and pain Millia speaks. "Thanks you Ky...for everything. I'll see you on the other side." Her eyes glaze over and her head falls to the side. Lifeless...Millia Rage...is dead.
Sol's pain wears off as he stands to his feet and looks on from the sidelines. Suddenly he got a feeling in his stomach, a kind of pain. But not like hunger or something similar, this was different. Why was he feeling this? Millia was ok, wasn't she?
Ky slowly begins to weep as he lays Millia down to rest. He places his right hand over his face, then his left, both shaking spasmodically. He rocks back and forth on his knees bawling. He tries, but can't hold back his tears. He runs his hands through his hair before angrily clutching the locks between his fingers, he screams, then releasing and letting his hands fall to his side. But he stops their decent halfway as he closes his fists, such a tight grip that his gloves stain crimson as his palms begin to bleed. He raises his head and screams his lungs out into the sky. His mouth so wide, the skin began to tear at the sides of his mouth.
Ky lets it all out in a scream of sorrow, torture, lament, hatred and anger all at once. A scream that transcends languages, a universal scream of loss. A scream that seemed to shake the very core of your soul. A scream that even after it ended, the echo continued, amplified by the distance it travel as it carried well over the trees, across the yard, into the house, into the ears of all it's occupants, freezing them in their tracks, almost stopping their hearts. May held tight to Johnny who was awakened, burying her head into his chest. Johnny stroked softly over her head to reassure her everything was ok. But even May knew better.
Dizzy dropped her mixing bowl, and fell to her knees. She covered her ears as Necro and Undine made their way on the scene, both comforting her in their own way. Chipp, who had stopped in the kitchen for a snack stopped in his tracks. He held his head down and shook it slowly. He knew that scream, that feeling. The same as when he first discovered his Master's dead body. His heart went out to Ky, for he knew who he had to be crying for.
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As Ky's first cry ended and it's echo lingered on, he let out a second cry. One purely fueled by anger. The rocks on the ground around Ky's body began to become charged by the overflow of electric energy Ky began to put out. They began to rise and levitate in mid-air. Ky's tears even stopped their decent and hovered. Ky grit his teeth as his eyes began to glow, his pupils disappearing, lost in the blue-white haze in his eyes. Sparks quickly struck between the synapses of the hovering objects. Ky's anger reached it's limit and with another scream his whole body began to glow bright again, the same as the fight with Zato, only this time more concentrated. Just an electric aura around himself that burned brighter and brighter, Ky's form became lost in the glow. Sol shields his eyes from the intense light until it dies back down.
Ky slowly stood to his feet. Keeping his head down and his back arched as he turned to Sol. His knees slightly bent as his arms drooped down as well. Sparks crackling over his entire body. His shoulders rose up and down swiftly as he rapidly breathed in and out. Ky was different than before. Something changed in him. A darker side awakened by Ky's anger. All compassion gone, Ky was driven by nothing but hate. It was evident as even Ky's voice changed. His speech...choppy and repetitive. Coming out like an automaton. One with a single motive: Revenge.
"Ji-ji-ji-jigo...ji-ji-jito-tokudana!!!!!!" (It's because of you that this happened!) Ky spoke as a wave of electricity swept over Ky's body.
"What?!" Sol answered back. "What did I d--" Sol's sentence was cut off as Ky's sharp voice cut them off.
"Millia's dead Sol! Y-y-you ki-ki-lled her!" Ky screamed. Sol's eyes widened in disbelief. He had no idea that his attack had that effect on Millia. He never cared much for her, but he never wished for her to die, especially at his hands. Sol began to speak, he wanted to apologize, maybe for the first time in his gear life.
"Ky....I.....I'm sorry, I...I didn't mean to. But it wasn't my fau--" Once again his words were cut off.
"S-s-s-ave it Sol! I-I-I don't care if SHE attacked Y-YOU! The-the-the fact of the ma-ma-matter is that you killed her!"
Sol angrily clutched his fist. "You DARE blame me for this?!?! It wasn't my fault!" A light bulb popped on in his head. "OOOH! I see what it is now! That...that woman....she spoiled you! She made you weak!"
Another flash of electrical energy flowed over Ky's body. He quickly lifted his head, revealing his new appearance to Sol. "Compassion is not the same as weakness Sol! Ho-ho-honkio me-mezamasho!"
Sol crossed his arms confidently. "And what would that b-- Aack!" Sol never got to finish his words, Ky's tight grip around his throat ensured that. Such speed! Sol never saw Ky move. Just a slight flash.
"D-d-don't blind you fool!" Ky slowly raised Sol up with his left hand. Dead lifting him from the ground with only his left arm. Sol struggles to no avail to break free. Ky merely raises his right hand and quickly jabs Sol in the gut with his open palm. Releasing his grip on his neck at the same time. Sending Sol flying across the ground. Ky dropped down on all fours before leaving an afterimage behind as he quickly flies across the ring.
Ky skids to a stop a few meters behind Sol. He sidesteps to the left and extends his right arm. Catching the back of Sol's head in his palm as he flies into Ky's hand unwillingly. The impact giving Sol slight whiplash. Without looking at Sol, Ky quickly jabs him in the side with his free left hand. Releases with his right and does a quick 180 degree turn, kneeing Sol in the stomach sending him flying back once again.
Ky simply thrusts himself backwards, levitating above the grounds surface. Once again meeting up with Sol. But this time traveling along the left side of him. Ky quickly spins counterclockwise while dropping to his left knee and extending his right leg. Taking Sol's legs out and forcing Sol to perform a backwards flip in mid air. Before the flip ends, Ky stands again and catches Sol's left leg in his right hand. Then, as he stops and propels himself forward, Ky rotates his right wrist forward while pivoting his shoulder and bringing his arm down. He slams Sol face first into the hard ground before leaping over him and landing a couple of yards away, he skids to a stop and turns back to Sol who begins to pick himself out of the ground.
Ky's head dropped down again as he raised his right arm up. Sol slowly stands to his feet and shakes himself off. Stumbling a little as he stands he holds his head in pain. "I did it." Sol thought, "I actually got him to awaken his true potential." Sol stopped his thought process as he felt something in his mouth. He reaches in and pull out a few rocks and...teeth?! "Hope I didn't bite off more than I could chew." Sol drops the objects to the ground and spits out the rest from his mouth. He looks up as his eyes refocus on Ky. "What's that guy up to?" Sol thought as he noticed Ky standing there with his arm extended.
Over the years Ky had mastered the magic science of electricity, an essential task for one to TRULY master the Thunderseal. Something that Kliff himself could not do. Indeed Ky Kiske was the perfect man, or boy in this case, for the job. As only a mere teenager, Ky was labeled as the world's best swordsman. With daily practice with the lightning sword, Ky and it shared....a bond.
Ky could FEEL where it was at all times. Ky had even learned how to 'summon' the sword when need be, IF it were close enough. Which, in this case, it was. Behind him and to the right. Ky rotated his wrist so that his palm faced backwards. Focusing his energy into a single point in his hand, he was able to create a negative charge in his palm, exactly opposite of that of his sword. In short, a Furaiken magnet.
"K-k-k-k-oi! Wa-wa-watashi no Furaiken!!" Ky screamed as his powerful lightning sword blazed an ion trial through the sky, cutting the air like a hot knife through butter. The handle stuck tight to his hand as Ky closed his fingers around it. He brought it back in front of his body, but still letting his arms hang in front of him. His sword tip just inches from the ground.
Sol's eyes grew even wider. He had no idea that Ky's skills had progressed this far. He had to be on his guard from now on. His Fuenken, never leaving Sol's mighty grip, still in hand. He cracked his neck a few times then readied himself for any new attack.
Ky's head raised up once more as he spoke. "I-I-Ikimasu!" Ky dashed forward with his Thunderseal in hand. Sol took his stance, but was thrown off by Ky's approach. He couldn't believe his eyes, Ky was...levitating.
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"Well....it looks like you meant what you said Millia...." Venom's words directed towards the former assassin laying on the ground beneath him. "I guess you did truly love him." Venom turned to see Ky racing towards Sol behind him. He turns back to Millia, scoops her up into his arms and begins to teleport them both away. "He is truly a lucky man." Forming several balls in the air before him, he laid Millia down on them temporarily as he paid his respects to the Knight. Turning back around to face Ky, Venom raised his right arm, crossed it over his chest and face, and rotated his palm over while dropping his arm down to stop at his abdomen. At the same time he bows his head as he crosses his right leg before his left. A bow of courtesy Venom held for only the esteemed.
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Ky continued forward, his legs out behind, but the angle of his body in a slant. His right arm out to the side, holding the Furaiken. His left, just barely extended to his left side. His head straight. His feet about 4 inches off the ground. Ky's speed was astounding. Though he wasn't at full breakneck speed, Sol barely has time to swing at Ky as he approaches. Unfortunately for Sol, he is too slow and Ky bounds over his head and air dashes forward. As he lands he turns around to see Venom bowing. Then he turns, and picks Millia up in his arms he fades away, giving a reassuring nod to Ky. Ky takes notice and his worries goes away of disturbing Millia's body. Now Ky can fight without holding back.
Ky skids to a stop and immediately crosses his arms. Then he quickly uncrosses them as he swings his blade forward. But instead of Ky's normal 'stun edge' cry, a low hum is all that's heard as Ky opens his mouth. The attack confused Sol. The stun edge is usually much faster, this one traveled about as slow as a charged Stun edge. Sol took no chances and quickly blocked the attack.
A distraction attack, just as Ky had planned.
The instant the move hits, Ky switches the Furaiken to his left hand and raises his sword into the air above his head. Ky holds the sword parallel to the ground with the blunt sides of the sword facing the ground and sky. He runs his right palm along the underside of the blade from the middle to the handle, gathering energy into his hand. Ky then quickly drops to one knee and smacks the ground with his right hand releasing the electrical energy into the ground.
Sol returns to a normal stance just in time to notice a line of electricity traveling quickly across the ground's surface. As it nears Sol's feet, he instinctively tries to jump over it. But this was an attack Sol had never seen before. The line quickly stopped and jutted up, forming a wall of electricity just as Sol left the ground. The attack, not only stopped Sol's progression, but also froze him in place as thousands of volts surged through his body, temporarily locking up all his muscles.
After a few seconds, the attack ends and Sol lands on his feet just as Ky sends another wave. But Sol is a quick learner and instead decides to block high, it works, the attack is held off. But as Sol grins through the field of energy, he notices something. Ky suddenly rotates his sword onto his back in the same fashion as his Ride The Lightning stance. But instead of charging up, Ky disappears again with an afterimage in place. Sol's pupils grow, as he searches for Ky, he scans left and right but suddenly all he can see is the ground as Ky reappears before Sol, stops, rotates clockwise while pulling the Furaiken behind Sol and tripping his legs out from under him in a new improved Stun Dipper attack.
As Sol eats dirt, he can hear a loud buzz, the unmistakable sound of electricity. Another electrical wall being sent his way. He lifts his head up and pushes off the ground just in time to get hit by another wave. As he is frozen in place this time, Ky instead of going for another Stun Dipper, places his hands behind his back. This time in a true RTL. Sol is not afraid though, he's calculated the time it takes to break free of the wave and the time it takes for the Overdrive to reach him. Ride The Lightning is powerful, but a relatively slow attack. Sol would have approximately 1.2 seconds to react. Enough time to stave off the attack, or so he thought.
This time the attack is different, Ky dumps his power and exchanges it for speed. One quick burst, five times faster than the original, but also 5 times weaker. Ky quickly flies through Sol, knocking him into the air. However, Ky's new attack was not without it's weaknesses. It was extremely hard to stop. And it took Ky quite a while before he was able to slow his acceleration. Something Sol would take advantage of.
As stated earlier, Sol is a fast learner, and quick to punish mistakes. The new Overdrive was quick, and was able to stun Sol temporarily, but it wasn't powerful enough to do any real damage. Sol was able to recover, air dash backwards, rotate, land and charge forward all before Ky could stop. Taking this gear for granted is a fatal mistake. As Ky finally managed to slow down and return to normal. He turned just in time to get a burning fist in his stomach. Sol's Grand Viper dragged Ky backwards. Once again Sol would try to take advantage of the pillars in an attempt to sandwich Ky.
But Ky wasn't the same as before. He was able to move his left arm into place. Bringing it up to the right side of Sol's head. Ky quickly sent a quick jolt into Sol's temples. The jolt surged his brain, causing all movement in his body to freeze temporarily. Ky quickly grasped his sword and with a full frontward flip he brought the blazing sword down across Sol's chest.
Sol was able to regain control just in time to dodge serious injury, thought it still left another gash across his chest that began to draw blood. As Sol holds his chest. Ky sticks his sword into the ground temporarily and was able to grab a hold of Sol's wrists. A grip so powerful that it made Sol involuntarily drop his Fuenken. Then, while still holding on, Ky gave a swift kick to Sol's midsection. Literally ripping Sol's hands and from his gauntlets as he traveled backwards. Ky quickly dropped Sol's gloves, took up his Furaiken and dashed forward after Sol.
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"You know Millia...." Venom started. "When all this started...I had no idea it'd end like this." Venom watches over Millia as she lay face up on a bed of formed cues. "True, when I first met you I was jealous. The others respected you more. They knew your power and recognized your strength." Venom turned his head away and stared at his hands. "I was the weakling, the outcast. But Zato Sama saw something in both of us. He took us in and showed us the ropes. Sure I was his right hand man, but he favored you. You could even say he had 'feelings' for you. I didn't see it at first. Why you of all people? A lonely orphan girl who loved to play with cats. Favored by the our master. But Zato had a way of seeing things with his mind's eye that many people with sight could not see."
Venom turns back to Millia. "He saw potential, and he gave both of us chances in life. Chances to be something. To make a name for ourselves. But as you know, with great power comes great responsibility. We all abused our powers, and took life for granted. Especially the lives of others. With our own hands we murdered hundreds, thousands even. A never ending thirst for bloodshed. But you, you Millia. You disowned you Bloodstained Lineage. You wanted a Simple Life. And you showed me over the years, that there is more to life than what I had become."
"I want to thank you Millia. You showed me how to live...how to love. And now it's my turn to give back. Not even Zato knew about the depths of my abilities." Venom chuckled slightly. "Heck, even I didn't know about them till now. I saw no use for it. I had always wanted to take life, but now I see that giving life is much more rewarding."
"I have nothing to live for now. My master dead, the love of my life...loves another. But you Millia, your part in this world is not over yet. You still have a vital part to play in this before everything is over with. You can't be taken out of the picture this early. My life is mine to do what I please with. A Solitude That Asks for Nothing in Return. So what I have, I freely give to thee. My life for yours Millia." With that Venom climbed on top of Millia's body. Stretching himself upon her. His hands to her hands, his feet to her feet.
His lips to hers.
And with that, Venom began to glow, a bright wondrous glow. As his body began to slowly fade into Millia's. The ultimate sacrifice. His life for hers. As the last bit of himself is absorbed into her body. Her body quivers and her wounds begin to slowly heal. Her eye returning to normal. The muscles, tendons, bones and ligaments in her body all returning to normal. But something strange began to happen. Millia's flesh began to darken. As her tone changed from a light cream to a golden bronze. Her hair also, in turn changed from golden fibers to snow white strands. The Eye of Osiris appearing on her hair now.
Millia gasps once and her once emerald gems now open as a set of Cobalt blue diamonds. Her eyes refocus as she sees the forest canopy come into view. The sun shining into her eyes. She lifts her hand to shield them from the light and a gasp escapes her lips. "What's...going on here?" Millia sat up and looked her self over. "Why am I...Venom's color...didn't I...just....oh no....VENOM!" Millia screams as she searches for the billiard loving fool. She screams his name over and over, but to no avail. Then her suspicions are proven correct when a breeze blows her hair before her face and she notices Venom's mark. "Venom...." Millia spoke with tears in her eyes. "That...that idiot. Why did he do it? Why me?"
Millia wipes her tears from her eyes. "Well Venom, I don't know how or why you did it. But for now I thank you." Millia smiles as she wipes the last remaining tears from her eyes. "No time to cry girl." She spoke to herself. "Now is not the time for regret or to worry. Right now I gotta figure out where the heck I am." Millia looked around for a moment then down. "If Venom is gone, then why are his cues still here? Don't tell me that I can--" With that simple thought they disappear and she quickly falls the ground. Rubbing her backside, she stands back to her feet. "Did I....just do that?" She thought.
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As Ky continues forward Sol stands back to his feet and dashes forward as well. The two meet and their swords collide. "Nice tricks you've learned there Ky. Let's see what else you can do." With a smirk Sol pushed Ky off. "Gun Flame!" Sol's sword strikes the ground hard and he sends forth a wall of flames at Ky.
But Ky counters the move with a modified Crescent Slash. Ky turns his back to Sol and the flames, then just as they were about to hit he quickly jumps into the air, rotates around and flips forward and over the attack. Sol, not knowing Ky's intentions hits his knees and pushes forward for a Grand Viper. However, as Ky's blade rises behind him, so does a wave of electricity before him. Sol is taken completely off guard and is hit hard in the face and chest by the rising attack.
The attack was so quick and powerful, that it literally lifted Sol a few feet off the ground. Giving Ky just enough time to position himself under Sol. Ky crouches low and begins to focus his energy into a single point at his center of gravity, then quickly dividing it into several orbs around him. "What is that idiot thinking?" Sol thought to himself. "A Ride The Lightning now is pointless. That idiot." Sol began to laugh but quickly stopped as he saw Ky look straight up at him.
"Reach For The Thundercloud!!!!!"
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Millia couldn't believe it, Venom's life transfer had a few strange but useful side effects. Millia formed her hair into a long pole with a loose strand behind it to give her leeway with the stick. "Let's see now, what did Venom call this attack?" Millia thought as she began to focus a small amount of energy at the base of her hair. "Oh yeah, Stinger Aim!" With that Millia quickly formed a cue ball in front of her hair that she promptly missed as she attempted to strike it. "Grr! This pool stuff is harder than I thought!" I guess I'll have to ask Johnny to show me a thing or two about playing billiards." Just then her ears picked up a familiar sound, Ky's voice. "Thundercloud?" Millia thought. "When did he start saying that? Hey wait...if I have all of Venom's powers, then maybe I can teleport as well. I remember hearing Venom talking about it one day, how you lock on to peoples ki, or focus all your thoughts onto a single point. Well, no time like the present."
Millia closed her eyes and thought on Ky and the ring, and the direction from which the sound came from. She concentrated for what seemed like forever, she began to sweat profusely, till she finally locked onto her destination. Suddenly her feet and legs felt light. She looked down to see them begin to fade away. She smiled and chuckled slightly. "Look out Ky, here I come, and boy won't you be surprised."
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Sol got a mouthful of electricity as Ky quickly pushed off the ground and slammed hard into Sol. This sensation was familiar to Sol. It was just like Ky's Ride the Lightning, only...vertical and much more powerful. He winced as the sensation of hundreds of thousands of needles swept across his body over and over again. For what seemed like an eternity. Then after about 4 major hits, Ky balls up and crosses his arms. About to extend them in a final mighty stroke when he saw it. A flash down below. He looks down to see the form of a young woman appearing about 40 feet beneath him. Ky quickly called off the attack and let Sol plummet. Ky on the other hand, began a slow decent downwards.
Sol lands hard into the ground. Shattering a rib in the process. A few drops of blood escape his lips along with his air supply. As he lays there gasping for breath he can see Ky slowly descending to the ground. Almost angelic-like. He sees Ky wander out of his range of sight and he turns his head to the right to see where he's headed to. Sol's eyes widen in disbelief. "M-Millia?"
Ky's eyes focus on the image of the woman. She looks...familiar yet different. He lands a few feet in front of her in the same position as usual, with his head down and his back arched. "Who-who-who are y-you?" Ky asks as he catches his breath.
"Don't even recognize your own girlfriend huh Ky? And why are you talking like that?" Millia spoke with a smile, then a look of concern.
Ky's ears perk up and his eyes widen as she lifts his head. "Mi-Mi- Millia?" Ky asks as he looks upon her face. "N-no you di-di-died."
"Oh my dear God, Ky what happened to you?" Millia said as she took hold of his face in her hands. "Your eyes, your voice. What happened?"
"Millia...." Ky says in his normal voice. Suddenly Ky jerks back, grabs his head and begins to scream again. His eyes glowing brighter as his mouth is filled with sparks. He slowly falls to his knees, closes his eyes and mouth and begins to fall forward. Millia is quick to catch him. She sits down and lays his head in her lap. Ky's opens his eyes and they slowly fade back to normal. "Millia?" Ky squints his eyes as he reaches up to touch her face.
"Yes Ky it's me." Millia spoke with a sigh of relief. "Are you ok Ky?"
"Yeah, I'm ok. What....what happened to you Millia? You look...different."
Millia bit her lip and turned her head away. "It...it's a long story. I'll tell you later, lets just get you back home first." Millia wrapped Ky's arm around her shoulder, lifted him up and began to walk off. But she stops in place when she sees the sky suddenly turn completely black. And she can see a red glow shining from behind her. She turns to see Sol Badguy angrily racing forward.
"Our fight's not over Ky!!!!!" Sol screamed as he raced towards the two in a blind rage. The sky color returned to normal. And he could see the red aura surrounding the approaching gear. Ky quickly took notice of what Sol was about to attempt and shoved Millia aside as he bent down clasping his sword in his hands. "Kikkaku Ude!!!!" Ky screamed as a scarlet light flooded Ky's being. Turning the sky black once again temporarily. He charges forward at Sol. "Millia! Get out of here!"
With a nod Millia quickly took cover in the woods nearby and activated a faultless defense shield.
"Napaaaaaaaalm!!!!!!" Sol skidded to a stop a few yards from Ky and while curling his arms upward he quickly raised them to the sky.
"Risiiiiiiiiiiinnng!!!!!!!" Ky stopped as well, focusing almost all of his energy into the tip of his blade. He pulls it back readying to unleash the attack.
"Death!!!!!!" Sol crouches down and forms a ring of fire around his body. The whole ground surrounding him ignites in a sea of flames. Sol drops his arms to his sides and launches himself forward. Taking a HUGE wave of fire with him.
"Force!!!!!!" Ky quickly jabs his sword forwards, directly into the heart of Sol's attack. An enormous wave of white lightning energy flows out of his blade and towards Sol's attack.
The two powers collide in a swirling mass of fire and electricity. Both energies reacting from the other, they resulting explosion encompassed everything within a 200 foot radius. Leveling everything in it's path. Millia's shield, constantly having to be formed and reformed as the force continues to tear away at it. A few trees fly by or topple over around Millia. But she stands firm.
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"Whoa! Looks like they did it again!" Chipp said as he braced himself against a table as even the house shook. He glanced over just in time to notice Ky's precious teacup collection begin to topple out of their cabinets. With speed that can't be recorded, Chipp released his grip, dashed over towards the cabinet and with the speed and grace of a true ninja, caught each and every tea cup and repositioned it back in the shelf. Not one hit the ground.
Or so he thought.
"Uh oh....Ky's gonna kill me..." Chipp thought as he turned around. His heart almost stopped as he spotted a falling object. But he breathed a sigh of relief to notice it was only one of those Faberge eggs that Millia brought from Russia. He let it fall and break. "Girls and their stupid hobbies, whoever thought of painting an egg? I'll just pick him up another one at the World Dollar Store." Chipp's American stupidity seemed without end. **** As the smoke cleared and dust settled. Millia arose a little shakily. She poured all her energy into that shield. Now she was a little woozy. "Dumb men." Millia thought. "Always gotta do stuff the flashy way." She stumbled out of the woods to what use to be the battle ring. All she saw was a massive crater in the earth. She peered over the side to see Sol and Ky both standing opposite of each other, breathing heavily, drenched in sweat. Ky dropped his sword to the ground. And stumbled towards Sol. Sol began to stomp towards Ky in an equally tired fashion. As they neared each other they both raised their right hands, forming them into fists. Sol barely able to form a flame around his, and Ky managing to just create a current to surround his. Both stop in each other's faces, breathing heavily. Then simultaneously they swing, both landing punches in the other's faces. A double K.O. as Sol's face peels off Ky's hand and vice versa. Knocking each other out, Ky and Sol both close their eyes and slowly drop backwards and hit the dirt. Millia sighed and shook her head slightly as she made her decent into the crater. "Men...can't live with them, can't buy clothes without them."
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Well that's it for this chapter. I sure hope it was worth the wait. And I hope I didn't upset too many Millia fans. *cough* Kaiser *cough* Anyway, I wanna explain a few things. For one. If anyone has ever gotten GG MODE on the Dreamcast Version of Guilty Gear X you'd know where I got my Ky ideas from. True, Robo Ky is technically a gear, but I thought it'd be an interesting idea if it were just a mode or level he could reach. I've heard that Robo Ky looks different on GGX2 on PS2, but in the DC version of GGX. He looks exactly the same, except for his speech, his moves, and the way he clicks NON STOP. Secondly, I thought it'd add a nice angst filled moment if I killed off someone. Namely Millia. But as you can see she's back and better than ever. I got the idea of her Venom fusion look from the game. Not sure which one it is, I think holding Start, whichever out fit it is. Millia is Venom's color with blue eyes and white hair. So I didn't just make that up. I apologize for any delays in the story. I've got my work cut out for me, I'm working on a lot of fics right now. Some not even on FF.net. So please bear with me. Or go check them out. I'll try to keep this fic updated often. Not sure how many more chapters in it though. Most likely no more than about 5 or 6. But I don't know, depends on if any more good ideas come. Before you ask, NO. There will be NO GGXX cameos in this fic. This fic is STRICTLY GGX for the Dreamcast ok? NO Guilty Gear, no GGX+, and NO GGXX, or GGX2. Got it? Good. Sorry to all the Venom fans out there. Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I like the guy too. He's amazing. But look on the bright side. Millia has his moves now eh? Well, until next time. Ja ne
D-sythe
Disclaimer: I don't own anything of anyone in the Guilty Gear universe.
Like I said, sorry about the delay. So I'll make it up by not saying anything else. Here's the story. Hope you like it, and oh. Keep reading till the end ok? I know a lot of people will be mad and tempted to stop, but please keep reading.
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~Battle Ring~
Ky and Sol continue to rise to about 20 feet into the air before Sol stops the first Volcanic Viper and begins to descend before Ky. All seems as if it's over, but Ky knows better. This is only the beginning...
As Ky reaches his full arc, his body is propelled backwards and he gets laid on his back as he plummets back towards earth. Sol lands first on one knee. He looks up and sees the falling Knight above and slightly ahead of him.
"38 degrees." Sol thinks as he calculates the trajectory and pushes off the ground again. "Volcanic Viper!!!!"
Again the hot searing pain met Ky, but this time on his back. Ky screamed out again as he felt the flesh start to peel from his skin, like when you leave your hand on a hot griddle too long and you have to pull away. Only this was different, there was no pulling away from this. All Ky could do was wait it out, he knew Sol well over the years, and the Dragon Install gave him enough time to pull of at least 1 or 2 more Volcanic Vipers.
Again Sol stops and lands before going at it again. Once more, Sol's attack hit its target, and once again Ky feels his adversary's wrath. Ky lets out another scream as he is dragged along once again on this roller coaster of torment.
"Why isn't this working?" Sol thought as he continued his attack. "Ky still hasn't shown his true power yet. Why? What's different between this and the fight with Zato?" Sol released again as he fell to the ground and repositioned himself. "Oh well, guess I gotta beat it out of him. No use in holding back now!" Sol gritted his teeth and dug hard into the ground, dumping all of his strength into one last Volcanic Viper, he launched into the air again. A few more feet until he makes contact. All Ky can do is winch and anticipate the pain once more.
But just then something else comes into the picture, Millia.
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"It's worse than I thought." Millia spoke to herself as she makes her way to the battle field. With a bird's eye view of the match. "Hold on Ky...just please hold on. I just hope I make it in time." Millia notices Sol prepping for another attack, but this one is different, his whole body in surrounded in flames. "Sol must be going all out. Guess that's what I have to do as well."
Millia is currently out of range now, she has one option left. She could substitute her shielding energy for speed. Normally she uses a balance of the two, that way her head first attack is only felt by her opponent, however, she could redirect that energy into a thrust. But the consequences could be devastating, even deadly. Millia thought not all of two seconds before making her choice. And in a blinding burst of speed, Millia rockets on towards Sol with no protection from the full force of his attack.
**** A slight green flash is all that's catches the corner of Sol's eye before impact. Suddenly all is silent as Sol's attack hit's Millia head on as she did the only thing she could do in a situation like this, fly between him and Ky. Ky, whose eyes were still closed, waited...and waited...and waited for what seemed like an eternity. Why no impact? Ky soon found out as a familiar voice filled the air. A blood curdling scream Ky wished never to hear, followed by a gut retching snap . His eyes open as he falls past Sol and Millia.
As Sol's attack rages on blindly, fueled by his determination to awaken Ky's true power. An attack is unleashed that Sol would soon regret....
His fist slammed hard into something....something soft, something Sol failed to realize was Millia's delicate face. Not till he heard it, that scream, that voice he knew wasn't Ky's. Sol immediately called off his attack, unfortunately it was too little, too late. When his vision cleared up. he could see Millia's tear stained cheek on the receiving end of his fist.
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"I'm sorry Ky, it seems this is all I can do to save you. Thank you Ky...for showing me what it's like to love..." Millia's last thoughts ran through her mind as she felt the tension grow in her neck. Tendons being ripped painfully apart, one by one. All in a split second, but it felt like an eternity. Muscles snap, ligaments rip, and finally her bones break. Millia feels the hot fluid running down the inside of her neck as all fades black...
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The impact and force was too much for her to take. A result of Millia's downward flight, and Sol's upward thrust. The two collided and the stronger of the two won, the loser paying a great price. Millia's eyes slowly closed as her neck snapped under the force of the attack.
Everything is as in slow motion as Ky watches his angel's wings get clipped. Her hair slowly returns to normal as her body goes limp. Ky summons his strength, mid-air recovers, air-dashes forward, and scoops up Millia in his arms as Sol lands a ways off. Ky lands shakily a few feet away, he winces in pain but shrugs it off. Sol collapses to the ground. Holding his head in agony.
"Daijoubu desu ka?!? Millia?!?!" Ky screams. But she doesn't respond. Her body feels lax and lifeless. Ky embraces Millia tight. Wrapping his left arm around her back, holding the back of her head with his right, and crying on her shoulder. "No...Millia..." Ky weeps as he pulls back to look at her face. His hot tears stream down his face and onto Millia's. As the tear hits her cheek her eyes twitch and they open slowly. Her left never fully opening, swollen halfway shut.
A second chance for a final farewell.
Ky's battered face comes into view as Millia's eyes re-focus. She forces a smile past her pain, she winces as she tries to move her arm. It's pointless. "Ky...my...arm...." Ky understands, and takes her hand, kisses it and places it on his cheek. "Why'd you do it Millia? Why'd you interrupt?"
Millia smiles once more. "Because Ky....because...I love you....." Ky's eyes widen. Sure Ky knew it, but this was the first time she'd actually said it to him.
"I know Millia...I love you too." Millia smiles one last time, a sincere one this time. She slowly begins to close her eyes but Ky gently shakes her and she opens them again. "Don't worry....y-you'll be alright ok?"
Millia chuckles to herself after hearing Ky's words. With an air of sympathy and pain Millia speaks. "Thanks you Ky...for everything. I'll see you on the other side." Her eyes glaze over and her head falls to the side. Lifeless...Millia Rage...is dead.
Sol's pain wears off as he stands to his feet and looks on from the sidelines. Suddenly he got a feeling in his stomach, a kind of pain. But not like hunger or something similar, this was different. Why was he feeling this? Millia was ok, wasn't she?
Ky slowly begins to weep as he lays Millia down to rest. He places his right hand over his face, then his left, both shaking spasmodically. He rocks back and forth on his knees bawling. He tries, but can't hold back his tears. He runs his hands through his hair before angrily clutching the locks between his fingers, he screams, then releasing and letting his hands fall to his side. But he stops their decent halfway as he closes his fists, such a tight grip that his gloves stain crimson as his palms begin to bleed. He raises his head and screams his lungs out into the sky. His mouth so wide, the skin began to tear at the sides of his mouth.
Ky lets it all out in a scream of sorrow, torture, lament, hatred and anger all at once. A scream that transcends languages, a universal scream of loss. A scream that seemed to shake the very core of your soul. A scream that even after it ended, the echo continued, amplified by the distance it travel as it carried well over the trees, across the yard, into the house, into the ears of all it's occupants, freezing them in their tracks, almost stopping their hearts. May held tight to Johnny who was awakened, burying her head into his chest. Johnny stroked softly over her head to reassure her everything was ok. But even May knew better.
Dizzy dropped her mixing bowl, and fell to her knees. She covered her ears as Necro and Undine made their way on the scene, both comforting her in their own way. Chipp, who had stopped in the kitchen for a snack stopped in his tracks. He held his head down and shook it slowly. He knew that scream, that feeling. The same as when he first discovered his Master's dead body. His heart went out to Ky, for he knew who he had to be crying for.
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As Ky's first cry ended and it's echo lingered on, he let out a second cry. One purely fueled by anger. The rocks on the ground around Ky's body began to become charged by the overflow of electric energy Ky began to put out. They began to rise and levitate in mid-air. Ky's tears even stopped their decent and hovered. Ky grit his teeth as his eyes began to glow, his pupils disappearing, lost in the blue-white haze in his eyes. Sparks quickly struck between the synapses of the hovering objects. Ky's anger reached it's limit and with another scream his whole body began to glow bright again, the same as the fight with Zato, only this time more concentrated. Just an electric aura around himself that burned brighter and brighter, Ky's form became lost in the glow. Sol shields his eyes from the intense light until it dies back down.
Ky slowly stood to his feet. Keeping his head down and his back arched as he turned to Sol. His knees slightly bent as his arms drooped down as well. Sparks crackling over his entire body. His shoulders rose up and down swiftly as he rapidly breathed in and out. Ky was different than before. Something changed in him. A darker side awakened by Ky's anger. All compassion gone, Ky was driven by nothing but hate. It was evident as even Ky's voice changed. His speech...choppy and repetitive. Coming out like an automaton. One with a single motive: Revenge.
"Ji-ji-ji-jigo...ji-ji-jito-tokudana!!!!!!" (It's because of you that this happened!) Ky spoke as a wave of electricity swept over Ky's body.
"What?!" Sol answered back. "What did I d--" Sol's sentence was cut off as Ky's sharp voice cut them off.
"Millia's dead Sol! Y-y-you ki-ki-lled her!" Ky screamed. Sol's eyes widened in disbelief. He had no idea that his attack had that effect on Millia. He never cared much for her, but he never wished for her to die, especially at his hands. Sol began to speak, he wanted to apologize, maybe for the first time in his gear life.
"Ky....I.....I'm sorry, I...I didn't mean to. But it wasn't my fau--" Once again his words were cut off.
"S-s-s-ave it Sol! I-I-I don't care if SHE attacked Y-YOU! The-the-the fact of the ma-ma-matter is that you killed her!"
Sol angrily clutched his fist. "You DARE blame me for this?!?! It wasn't my fault!" A light bulb popped on in his head. "OOOH! I see what it is now! That...that woman....she spoiled you! She made you weak!"
Another flash of electrical energy flowed over Ky's body. He quickly lifted his head, revealing his new appearance to Sol. "Compassion is not the same as weakness Sol! Ho-ho-honkio me-mezamasho!"
Sol crossed his arms confidently. "And what would that b-- Aack!" Sol never got to finish his words, Ky's tight grip around his throat ensured that. Such speed! Sol never saw Ky move. Just a slight flash.
"D-d-don't blind you fool!" Ky slowly raised Sol up with his left hand. Dead lifting him from the ground with only his left arm. Sol struggles to no avail to break free. Ky merely raises his right hand and quickly jabs Sol in the gut with his open palm. Releasing his grip on his neck at the same time. Sending Sol flying across the ground. Ky dropped down on all fours before leaving an afterimage behind as he quickly flies across the ring.
Ky skids to a stop a few meters behind Sol. He sidesteps to the left and extends his right arm. Catching the back of Sol's head in his palm as he flies into Ky's hand unwillingly. The impact giving Sol slight whiplash. Without looking at Sol, Ky quickly jabs him in the side with his free left hand. Releases with his right and does a quick 180 degree turn, kneeing Sol in the stomach sending him flying back once again.
Ky simply thrusts himself backwards, levitating above the grounds surface. Once again meeting up with Sol. But this time traveling along the left side of him. Ky quickly spins counterclockwise while dropping to his left knee and extending his right leg. Taking Sol's legs out and forcing Sol to perform a backwards flip in mid air. Before the flip ends, Ky stands again and catches Sol's left leg in his right hand. Then, as he stops and propels himself forward, Ky rotates his right wrist forward while pivoting his shoulder and bringing his arm down. He slams Sol face first into the hard ground before leaping over him and landing a couple of yards away, he skids to a stop and turns back to Sol who begins to pick himself out of the ground.
Ky's head dropped down again as he raised his right arm up. Sol slowly stands to his feet and shakes himself off. Stumbling a little as he stands he holds his head in pain. "I did it." Sol thought, "I actually got him to awaken his true potential." Sol stopped his thought process as he felt something in his mouth. He reaches in and pull out a few rocks and...teeth?! "Hope I didn't bite off more than I could chew." Sol drops the objects to the ground and spits out the rest from his mouth. He looks up as his eyes refocus on Ky. "What's that guy up to?" Sol thought as he noticed Ky standing there with his arm extended.
Over the years Ky had mastered the magic science of electricity, an essential task for one to TRULY master the Thunderseal. Something that Kliff himself could not do. Indeed Ky Kiske was the perfect man, or boy in this case, for the job. As only a mere teenager, Ky was labeled as the world's best swordsman. With daily practice with the lightning sword, Ky and it shared....a bond.
Ky could FEEL where it was at all times. Ky had even learned how to 'summon' the sword when need be, IF it were close enough. Which, in this case, it was. Behind him and to the right. Ky rotated his wrist so that his palm faced backwards. Focusing his energy into a single point in his hand, he was able to create a negative charge in his palm, exactly opposite of that of his sword. In short, a Furaiken magnet.
"K-k-k-k-oi! Wa-wa-watashi no Furaiken!!" Ky screamed as his powerful lightning sword blazed an ion trial through the sky, cutting the air like a hot knife through butter. The handle stuck tight to his hand as Ky closed his fingers around it. He brought it back in front of his body, but still letting his arms hang in front of him. His sword tip just inches from the ground.
Sol's eyes grew even wider. He had no idea that Ky's skills had progressed this far. He had to be on his guard from now on. His Fuenken, never leaving Sol's mighty grip, still in hand. He cracked his neck a few times then readied himself for any new attack.
Ky's head raised up once more as he spoke. "I-I-Ikimasu!" Ky dashed forward with his Thunderseal in hand. Sol took his stance, but was thrown off by Ky's approach. He couldn't believe his eyes, Ky was...levitating.
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"Well....it looks like you meant what you said Millia...." Venom's words directed towards the former assassin laying on the ground beneath him. "I guess you did truly love him." Venom turned to see Ky racing towards Sol behind him. He turns back to Millia, scoops her up into his arms and begins to teleport them both away. "He is truly a lucky man." Forming several balls in the air before him, he laid Millia down on them temporarily as he paid his respects to the Knight. Turning back around to face Ky, Venom raised his right arm, crossed it over his chest and face, and rotated his palm over while dropping his arm down to stop at his abdomen. At the same time he bows his head as he crosses his right leg before his left. A bow of courtesy Venom held for only the esteemed.
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Ky continued forward, his legs out behind, but the angle of his body in a slant. His right arm out to the side, holding the Furaiken. His left, just barely extended to his left side. His head straight. His feet about 4 inches off the ground. Ky's speed was astounding. Though he wasn't at full breakneck speed, Sol barely has time to swing at Ky as he approaches. Unfortunately for Sol, he is too slow and Ky bounds over his head and air dashes forward. As he lands he turns around to see Venom bowing. Then he turns, and picks Millia up in his arms he fades away, giving a reassuring nod to Ky. Ky takes notice and his worries goes away of disturbing Millia's body. Now Ky can fight without holding back.
Ky skids to a stop and immediately crosses his arms. Then he quickly uncrosses them as he swings his blade forward. But instead of Ky's normal 'stun edge' cry, a low hum is all that's heard as Ky opens his mouth. The attack confused Sol. The stun edge is usually much faster, this one traveled about as slow as a charged Stun edge. Sol took no chances and quickly blocked the attack.
A distraction attack, just as Ky had planned.
The instant the move hits, Ky switches the Furaiken to his left hand and raises his sword into the air above his head. Ky holds the sword parallel to the ground with the blunt sides of the sword facing the ground and sky. He runs his right palm along the underside of the blade from the middle to the handle, gathering energy into his hand. Ky then quickly drops to one knee and smacks the ground with his right hand releasing the electrical energy into the ground.
Sol returns to a normal stance just in time to notice a line of electricity traveling quickly across the ground's surface. As it nears Sol's feet, he instinctively tries to jump over it. But this was an attack Sol had never seen before. The line quickly stopped and jutted up, forming a wall of electricity just as Sol left the ground. The attack, not only stopped Sol's progression, but also froze him in place as thousands of volts surged through his body, temporarily locking up all his muscles.
After a few seconds, the attack ends and Sol lands on his feet just as Ky sends another wave. But Sol is a quick learner and instead decides to block high, it works, the attack is held off. But as Sol grins through the field of energy, he notices something. Ky suddenly rotates his sword onto his back in the same fashion as his Ride The Lightning stance. But instead of charging up, Ky disappears again with an afterimage in place. Sol's pupils grow, as he searches for Ky, he scans left and right but suddenly all he can see is the ground as Ky reappears before Sol, stops, rotates clockwise while pulling the Furaiken behind Sol and tripping his legs out from under him in a new improved Stun Dipper attack.
As Sol eats dirt, he can hear a loud buzz, the unmistakable sound of electricity. Another electrical wall being sent his way. He lifts his head up and pushes off the ground just in time to get hit by another wave. As he is frozen in place this time, Ky instead of going for another Stun Dipper, places his hands behind his back. This time in a true RTL. Sol is not afraid though, he's calculated the time it takes to break free of the wave and the time it takes for the Overdrive to reach him. Ride The Lightning is powerful, but a relatively slow attack. Sol would have approximately 1.2 seconds to react. Enough time to stave off the attack, or so he thought.
This time the attack is different, Ky dumps his power and exchanges it for speed. One quick burst, five times faster than the original, but also 5 times weaker. Ky quickly flies through Sol, knocking him into the air. However, Ky's new attack was not without it's weaknesses. It was extremely hard to stop. And it took Ky quite a while before he was able to slow his acceleration. Something Sol would take advantage of.
As stated earlier, Sol is a fast learner, and quick to punish mistakes. The new Overdrive was quick, and was able to stun Sol temporarily, but it wasn't powerful enough to do any real damage. Sol was able to recover, air dash backwards, rotate, land and charge forward all before Ky could stop. Taking this gear for granted is a fatal mistake. As Ky finally managed to slow down and return to normal. He turned just in time to get a burning fist in his stomach. Sol's Grand Viper dragged Ky backwards. Once again Sol would try to take advantage of the pillars in an attempt to sandwich Ky.
But Ky wasn't the same as before. He was able to move his left arm into place. Bringing it up to the right side of Sol's head. Ky quickly sent a quick jolt into Sol's temples. The jolt surged his brain, causing all movement in his body to freeze temporarily. Ky quickly grasped his sword and with a full frontward flip he brought the blazing sword down across Sol's chest.
Sol was able to regain control just in time to dodge serious injury, thought it still left another gash across his chest that began to draw blood. As Sol holds his chest. Ky sticks his sword into the ground temporarily and was able to grab a hold of Sol's wrists. A grip so powerful that it made Sol involuntarily drop his Fuenken. Then, while still holding on, Ky gave a swift kick to Sol's midsection. Literally ripping Sol's hands and from his gauntlets as he traveled backwards. Ky quickly dropped Sol's gloves, took up his Furaiken and dashed forward after Sol.
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"You know Millia...." Venom started. "When all this started...I had no idea it'd end like this." Venom watches over Millia as she lay face up on a bed of formed cues. "True, when I first met you I was jealous. The others respected you more. They knew your power and recognized your strength." Venom turned his head away and stared at his hands. "I was the weakling, the outcast. But Zato Sama saw something in both of us. He took us in and showed us the ropes. Sure I was his right hand man, but he favored you. You could even say he had 'feelings' for you. I didn't see it at first. Why you of all people? A lonely orphan girl who loved to play with cats. Favored by the our master. But Zato had a way of seeing things with his mind's eye that many people with sight could not see."
Venom turns back to Millia. "He saw potential, and he gave both of us chances in life. Chances to be something. To make a name for ourselves. But as you know, with great power comes great responsibility. We all abused our powers, and took life for granted. Especially the lives of others. With our own hands we murdered hundreds, thousands even. A never ending thirst for bloodshed. But you, you Millia. You disowned you Bloodstained Lineage. You wanted a Simple Life. And you showed me over the years, that there is more to life than what I had become."
"I want to thank you Millia. You showed me how to live...how to love. And now it's my turn to give back. Not even Zato knew about the depths of my abilities." Venom chuckled slightly. "Heck, even I didn't know about them till now. I saw no use for it. I had always wanted to take life, but now I see that giving life is much more rewarding."
"I have nothing to live for now. My master dead, the love of my life...loves another. But you Millia, your part in this world is not over yet. You still have a vital part to play in this before everything is over with. You can't be taken out of the picture this early. My life is mine to do what I please with. A Solitude That Asks for Nothing in Return. So what I have, I freely give to thee. My life for yours Millia." With that Venom climbed on top of Millia's body. Stretching himself upon her. His hands to her hands, his feet to her feet.
His lips to hers.
And with that, Venom began to glow, a bright wondrous glow. As his body began to slowly fade into Millia's. The ultimate sacrifice. His life for hers. As the last bit of himself is absorbed into her body. Her body quivers and her wounds begin to slowly heal. Her eye returning to normal. The muscles, tendons, bones and ligaments in her body all returning to normal. But something strange began to happen. Millia's flesh began to darken. As her tone changed from a light cream to a golden bronze. Her hair also, in turn changed from golden fibers to snow white strands. The Eye of Osiris appearing on her hair now.
Millia gasps once and her once emerald gems now open as a set of Cobalt blue diamonds. Her eyes refocus as she sees the forest canopy come into view. The sun shining into her eyes. She lifts her hand to shield them from the light and a gasp escapes her lips. "What's...going on here?" Millia sat up and looked her self over. "Why am I...Venom's color...didn't I...just....oh no....VENOM!" Millia screams as she searches for the billiard loving fool. She screams his name over and over, but to no avail. Then her suspicions are proven correct when a breeze blows her hair before her face and she notices Venom's mark. "Venom...." Millia spoke with tears in her eyes. "That...that idiot. Why did he do it? Why me?"
Millia wipes her tears from her eyes. "Well Venom, I don't know how or why you did it. But for now I thank you." Millia smiles as she wipes the last remaining tears from her eyes. "No time to cry girl." She spoke to herself. "Now is not the time for regret or to worry. Right now I gotta figure out where the heck I am." Millia looked around for a moment then down. "If Venom is gone, then why are his cues still here? Don't tell me that I can--" With that simple thought they disappear and she quickly falls the ground. Rubbing her backside, she stands back to her feet. "Did I....just do that?" She thought.
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As Ky continues forward Sol stands back to his feet and dashes forward as well. The two meet and their swords collide. "Nice tricks you've learned there Ky. Let's see what else you can do." With a smirk Sol pushed Ky off. "Gun Flame!" Sol's sword strikes the ground hard and he sends forth a wall of flames at Ky.
But Ky counters the move with a modified Crescent Slash. Ky turns his back to Sol and the flames, then just as they were about to hit he quickly jumps into the air, rotates around and flips forward and over the attack. Sol, not knowing Ky's intentions hits his knees and pushes forward for a Grand Viper. However, as Ky's blade rises behind him, so does a wave of electricity before him. Sol is taken completely off guard and is hit hard in the face and chest by the rising attack.
The attack was so quick and powerful, that it literally lifted Sol a few feet off the ground. Giving Ky just enough time to position himself under Sol. Ky crouches low and begins to focus his energy into a single point at his center of gravity, then quickly dividing it into several orbs around him. "What is that idiot thinking?" Sol thought to himself. "A Ride The Lightning now is pointless. That idiot." Sol began to laugh but quickly stopped as he saw Ky look straight up at him.
"Reach For The Thundercloud!!!!!"
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Millia couldn't believe it, Venom's life transfer had a few strange but useful side effects. Millia formed her hair into a long pole with a loose strand behind it to give her leeway with the stick. "Let's see now, what did Venom call this attack?" Millia thought as she began to focus a small amount of energy at the base of her hair. "Oh yeah, Stinger Aim!" With that Millia quickly formed a cue ball in front of her hair that she promptly missed as she attempted to strike it. "Grr! This pool stuff is harder than I thought!" I guess I'll have to ask Johnny to show me a thing or two about playing billiards." Just then her ears picked up a familiar sound, Ky's voice. "Thundercloud?" Millia thought. "When did he start saying that? Hey wait...if I have all of Venom's powers, then maybe I can teleport as well. I remember hearing Venom talking about it one day, how you lock on to peoples ki, or focus all your thoughts onto a single point. Well, no time like the present."
Millia closed her eyes and thought on Ky and the ring, and the direction from which the sound came from. She concentrated for what seemed like forever, she began to sweat profusely, till she finally locked onto her destination. Suddenly her feet and legs felt light. She looked down to see them begin to fade away. She smiled and chuckled slightly. "Look out Ky, here I come, and boy won't you be surprised."
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Sol got a mouthful of electricity as Ky quickly pushed off the ground and slammed hard into Sol. This sensation was familiar to Sol. It was just like Ky's Ride the Lightning, only...vertical and much more powerful. He winced as the sensation of hundreds of thousands of needles swept across his body over and over again. For what seemed like an eternity. Then after about 4 major hits, Ky balls up and crosses his arms. About to extend them in a final mighty stroke when he saw it. A flash down below. He looks down to see the form of a young woman appearing about 40 feet beneath him. Ky quickly called off the attack and let Sol plummet. Ky on the other hand, began a slow decent downwards.
Sol lands hard into the ground. Shattering a rib in the process. A few drops of blood escape his lips along with his air supply. As he lays there gasping for breath he can see Ky slowly descending to the ground. Almost angelic-like. He sees Ky wander out of his range of sight and he turns his head to the right to see where he's headed to. Sol's eyes widen in disbelief. "M-Millia?"
Ky's eyes focus on the image of the woman. She looks...familiar yet different. He lands a few feet in front of her in the same position as usual, with his head down and his back arched. "Who-who-who are y-you?" Ky asks as he catches his breath.
"Don't even recognize your own girlfriend huh Ky? And why are you talking like that?" Millia spoke with a smile, then a look of concern.
Ky's ears perk up and his eyes widen as she lifts his head. "Mi-Mi- Millia?" Ky asks as he looks upon her face. "N-no you di-di-died."
"Oh my dear God, Ky what happened to you?" Millia said as she took hold of his face in her hands. "Your eyes, your voice. What happened?"
"Millia...." Ky says in his normal voice. Suddenly Ky jerks back, grabs his head and begins to scream again. His eyes glowing brighter as his mouth is filled with sparks. He slowly falls to his knees, closes his eyes and mouth and begins to fall forward. Millia is quick to catch him. She sits down and lays his head in her lap. Ky's opens his eyes and they slowly fade back to normal. "Millia?" Ky squints his eyes as he reaches up to touch her face.
"Yes Ky it's me." Millia spoke with a sigh of relief. "Are you ok Ky?"
"Yeah, I'm ok. What....what happened to you Millia? You look...different."
Millia bit her lip and turned her head away. "It...it's a long story. I'll tell you later, lets just get you back home first." Millia wrapped Ky's arm around her shoulder, lifted him up and began to walk off. But she stops in place when she sees the sky suddenly turn completely black. And she can see a red glow shining from behind her. She turns to see Sol Badguy angrily racing forward.
"Our fight's not over Ky!!!!!" Sol screamed as he raced towards the two in a blind rage. The sky color returned to normal. And he could see the red aura surrounding the approaching gear. Ky quickly took notice of what Sol was about to attempt and shoved Millia aside as he bent down clasping his sword in his hands. "Kikkaku Ude!!!!" Ky screamed as a scarlet light flooded Ky's being. Turning the sky black once again temporarily. He charges forward at Sol. "Millia! Get out of here!"
With a nod Millia quickly took cover in the woods nearby and activated a faultless defense shield.
"Napaaaaaaaalm!!!!!!" Sol skidded to a stop a few yards from Ky and while curling his arms upward he quickly raised them to the sky.
"Risiiiiiiiiiiinnng!!!!!!!" Ky stopped as well, focusing almost all of his energy into the tip of his blade. He pulls it back readying to unleash the attack.
"Death!!!!!!" Sol crouches down and forms a ring of fire around his body. The whole ground surrounding him ignites in a sea of flames. Sol drops his arms to his sides and launches himself forward. Taking a HUGE wave of fire with him.
"Force!!!!!!" Ky quickly jabs his sword forwards, directly into the heart of Sol's attack. An enormous wave of white lightning energy flows out of his blade and towards Sol's attack.
The two powers collide in a swirling mass of fire and electricity. Both energies reacting from the other, they resulting explosion encompassed everything within a 200 foot radius. Leveling everything in it's path. Millia's shield, constantly having to be formed and reformed as the force continues to tear away at it. A few trees fly by or topple over around Millia. But she stands firm.
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"Whoa! Looks like they did it again!" Chipp said as he braced himself against a table as even the house shook. He glanced over just in time to notice Ky's precious teacup collection begin to topple out of their cabinets. With speed that can't be recorded, Chipp released his grip, dashed over towards the cabinet and with the speed and grace of a true ninja, caught each and every tea cup and repositioned it back in the shelf. Not one hit the ground.
Or so he thought.
"Uh oh....Ky's gonna kill me..." Chipp thought as he turned around. His heart almost stopped as he spotted a falling object. But he breathed a sigh of relief to notice it was only one of those Faberge eggs that Millia brought from Russia. He let it fall and break. "Girls and their stupid hobbies, whoever thought of painting an egg? I'll just pick him up another one at the World Dollar Store." Chipp's American stupidity seemed without end. **** As the smoke cleared and dust settled. Millia arose a little shakily. She poured all her energy into that shield. Now she was a little woozy. "Dumb men." Millia thought. "Always gotta do stuff the flashy way." She stumbled out of the woods to what use to be the battle ring. All she saw was a massive crater in the earth. She peered over the side to see Sol and Ky both standing opposite of each other, breathing heavily, drenched in sweat. Ky dropped his sword to the ground. And stumbled towards Sol. Sol began to stomp towards Ky in an equally tired fashion. As they neared each other they both raised their right hands, forming them into fists. Sol barely able to form a flame around his, and Ky managing to just create a current to surround his. Both stop in each other's faces, breathing heavily. Then simultaneously they swing, both landing punches in the other's faces. A double K.O. as Sol's face peels off Ky's hand and vice versa. Knocking each other out, Ky and Sol both close their eyes and slowly drop backwards and hit the dirt. Millia sighed and shook her head slightly as she made her decent into the crater. "Men...can't live with them, can't buy clothes without them."
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Well that's it for this chapter. I sure hope it was worth the wait. And I hope I didn't upset too many Millia fans. *cough* Kaiser *cough* Anyway, I wanna explain a few things. For one. If anyone has ever gotten GG MODE on the Dreamcast Version of Guilty Gear X you'd know where I got my Ky ideas from. True, Robo Ky is technically a gear, but I thought it'd be an interesting idea if it were just a mode or level he could reach. I've heard that Robo Ky looks different on GGX2 on PS2, but in the DC version of GGX. He looks exactly the same, except for his speech, his moves, and the way he clicks NON STOP. Secondly, I thought it'd add a nice angst filled moment if I killed off someone. Namely Millia. But as you can see she's back and better than ever. I got the idea of her Venom fusion look from the game. Not sure which one it is, I think holding Start, whichever out fit it is. Millia is Venom's color with blue eyes and white hair. So I didn't just make that up. I apologize for any delays in the story. I've got my work cut out for me, I'm working on a lot of fics right now. Some not even on FF.net. So please bear with me. Or go check them out. I'll try to keep this fic updated often. Not sure how many more chapters in it though. Most likely no more than about 5 or 6. But I don't know, depends on if any more good ideas come. Before you ask, NO. There will be NO GGXX cameos in this fic. This fic is STRICTLY GGX for the Dreamcast ok? NO Guilty Gear, no GGX+, and NO GGXX, or GGX2. Got it? Good. Sorry to all the Venom fans out there. Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I like the guy too. He's amazing. But look on the bright side. Millia has his moves now eh? Well, until next time. Ja ne
D-sythe