The Fourth Magic Knight
Chapter 6a: The Training II
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Okay, this is the second part of the chapter. Usual disclaimers applied that
I am not the author Magic Knight Rayearth. This is only a fanfiction. Just
do not forget to mail or review me, it would give me great pleasure hearing
from you people.
sarahmae@anodizeblue.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I have no choice now." Cherrie closed her eyes then slowly opened it
once more."I am defenseless, you got me there." she raised her hands in
surrender and lowered her arms."Sarah, I will leave them to you now." she
stepped back and indian-sat on the floor.
"Me!?? But-but-" she looked at Cherrie then at the plant monsters.
She let out a sigh "Okay...Ascot said magic and creatures do not work on them
so maybe my weapons can penetrate through their wood. She pointed one of her
arnis at the leader "I challenge you to a duel. If I win, let them go and
leave the village forever."
"Aand iif Ii wiin, Ii wiill haavee yoouu aall aas slaavees. Iit's aa
deeaal." He creeped onto the center of the action.
Sarah Mae did the same too. She positioned in a battle stance with
her weapon. 'Forgive me if I lose.' She thought to herself. Taking a deep
breath, she initiated the duel and ran towards him.
From Cherrie's view, Sarah can barely dodge the unpredictable
creature's movements. She also overheard her thought.'Just hang on, I have a
possible plan.' the black haired girl said to herself even if Sarah could not
hear thoughts like she does.
"I know that look on your face, are you...?" Keroberos nudged
Cherrie.
She nodded and started her plan. She had slowly implanted invisible
psychic beads on the creature in charge of this hostage situation, the one
duelling Sarah. Unfortunately, it boounced back off the bark.'If I implant
these on Lina, we may not have a healer to take care of our injuries. If on
Ascot, we will not have a Summoner on our side, even if he's just standing
there watching. Oh dear, I have no choice. At least he is still free to move
around.' She focused her sight on Ascot and slowly flicked the beads using
her fingers towards the Mage Summoner.On Ascot's position, he felt some of
the beads hit his head. It felt like drill burying on his head. Cherrie then
ordered him through telepathy. 'Get my Clow Cards.'
'No.' Ascot said to himself as his body started to move to the two
duelers. Even if he felt the terrible pain on his leg, he started to run
involuntarily.
At seeing Ascot move, the other creature behind him elongated his
arms and shot at the Mage Summoner's other leg, but still his body ran. Only
his face showed the expression of how painful it was for both bleeding legs
to walk. He reached for Cherrie's Clow Cards. They were being held by a
small stem behind the leader's back. He got hold of it, but the other monster
that was left behind got also a good grip around his chest, holding him
captive like Lina.
The leader turned around and looked at Ascot. He whipped his face
with his branch-like hand."Doon't eeveer toouuch mee!" He dropped the Clow
Cards he had held on earlier. The monster bent down to retrieve it.
"Clow Cards, return to me, your true master!" Cherrie shouted. The
cards that was not in the leader's grasp levitated and returned to Cherries
open right hand and began to look at which cards she got. Fiery, Fight, Power
and Flowery.'Yes! I'll be able to use fire to burn them out. But they're now
holding Ascot and Lina. They too, might be burned.' she thought 'I think The
Fight and Power has a better chance of defeating these things.'Fight for
Sarah and Power for myself.' "Clow Card Fight and Clow Card Power!" The
entities of the cards came out. One went to Cherrie and the other to Sarah
Mae. Cherrie suddenly dashed to free the captive.
On the other hand, Sarah recieved the courage to confront her
opponent."Hey! You're supposed to be dueling me! Confront me at once!" The
leader confidently walked near her.
"Theen Ii aam reeaady!" He positioned himself.
"Yiieah! Take this and this!" She gave it a blow by blow account as
barks and branches scattered around together with the other remaining Clow
Cards. Slowly the monster disintegrated. She had won. She picked up the Clow
Cards for her best friend and walked towards Cherrie, who was supporting
Ascot with Lina beside her. Ascot smiled.
"What you had just did to that creature was a force! Keep that
feeling and you can throw it anytime using any weapon. Remember that." He
said and eventually lost consciousness.
"He's lost too much blood! Quick! Let us heal him!" Lina helped
Cherrie in laying Ascot's form on the ground as the Healer knelt beside him.
"I'm still weak, lend me some of your power and sing with me." Both friends
stared at each other but nonetheless did what they were told to do. They
hummed in Lina's tunes, a monotonous round.
Hours passed as each one took turns in resting and singing, Ascot
awakened to find out that he was already inside his home with welcoming face
waiting beside him. He sat up "Thank you young Magic Knight and her friend,
er-"
"Cherrie." She introduced herself.
"And Cherrie. Also to Lina, if not for you the villagers would have
panicked at what had happened. I do not know how to thank you enough, I'm
very gratefull to you all." He then looked solemnly at Sarah Mae "You threw
out a force, do not forget what you had just did, as your will will determine
the strenght of your skills as a Knight of Cephiro. When you think you've
forgotten it, always believe you can and you will soon master hope."
Sarah Mae held both of Ascot's hands. "The only reason I do not or
cannot bring out my force was because I am hesitant of killing." She looked
away. "Once I kill, I shall never keep my innocence, once first blood is
spilt on these hands." she looked at both of her hands in front of her.She
was close to tears. She did not have the heart of a bloodthirsty killer to
enjoy such things, there was and will always be something in return once you
have started killing. It was believed to be a curse. A curse that will
haunt one till the day one dies, the spirits of the slain shall watch over
you taunting, tormenting...
"Do not fret. Your noble intentions will keep you clean from your
act." He looked at Sarah through his cyan,assuring eyes.
"I do hope so.I do not know if God will." She turned around with her
back to them and silently made the sign of the cross. Afther that she
apologized."Sorry for that."
Seeing Ascot's bewildered expression, Cherrie started to explain.
"We have a religion Ascot. A religion is something that we believe is true,
something we hold onto, hoping that our lives will become better. We believe
in Christ, while you believe on the power of your Pillar to keep Cephiro a
wonderful place." she finished.
"You two are trully different from the others. It shows that you are
both special." the Mage Summoner smiled."I think it is about time to move
on with your journey. You will still have a long way to travel. I give you
my strenght in hoping that you will surpass the challenges that will await
you."
"Puu!Pupupu!" Mokona bounced in agreement to Ascot's last sentence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-_-;; I'm sorry if this chappie is really short. It was just the continuation
of the other chapter. Hope you won't get furious. Anyways, if you don't like
it that way, you can tell my by e-mail or through review (as I will also
recieve a mail from the reviewer anyway. ^_^)
-Sailor Rainbow Ichi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(: -----@
Chapter 6a: The Training II
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Okay, this is the second part of the chapter. Usual disclaimers applied that
I am not the author Magic Knight Rayearth. This is only a fanfiction. Just
do not forget to mail or review me, it would give me great pleasure hearing
from you people.
sarahmae@anodizeblue.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I have no choice now." Cherrie closed her eyes then slowly opened it
once more."I am defenseless, you got me there." she raised her hands in
surrender and lowered her arms."Sarah, I will leave them to you now." she
stepped back and indian-sat on the floor.
"Me!?? But-but-" she looked at Cherrie then at the plant monsters.
She let out a sigh "Okay...Ascot said magic and creatures do not work on them
so maybe my weapons can penetrate through their wood. She pointed one of her
arnis at the leader "I challenge you to a duel. If I win, let them go and
leave the village forever."
"Aand iif Ii wiin, Ii wiill haavee yoouu aall aas slaavees. Iit's aa
deeaal." He creeped onto the center of the action.
Sarah Mae did the same too. She positioned in a battle stance with
her weapon. 'Forgive me if I lose.' She thought to herself. Taking a deep
breath, she initiated the duel and ran towards him.
From Cherrie's view, Sarah can barely dodge the unpredictable
creature's movements. She also overheard her thought.'Just hang on, I have a
possible plan.' the black haired girl said to herself even if Sarah could not
hear thoughts like she does.
"I know that look on your face, are you...?" Keroberos nudged
Cherrie.
She nodded and started her plan. She had slowly implanted invisible
psychic beads on the creature in charge of this hostage situation, the one
duelling Sarah. Unfortunately, it boounced back off the bark.'If I implant
these on Lina, we may not have a healer to take care of our injuries. If on
Ascot, we will not have a Summoner on our side, even if he's just standing
there watching. Oh dear, I have no choice. At least he is still free to move
around.' She focused her sight on Ascot and slowly flicked the beads using
her fingers towards the Mage Summoner.On Ascot's position, he felt some of
the beads hit his head. It felt like drill burying on his head. Cherrie then
ordered him through telepathy. 'Get my Clow Cards.'
'No.' Ascot said to himself as his body started to move to the two
duelers. Even if he felt the terrible pain on his leg, he started to run
involuntarily.
At seeing Ascot move, the other creature behind him elongated his
arms and shot at the Mage Summoner's other leg, but still his body ran. Only
his face showed the expression of how painful it was for both bleeding legs
to walk. He reached for Cherrie's Clow Cards. They were being held by a
small stem behind the leader's back. He got hold of it, but the other monster
that was left behind got also a good grip around his chest, holding him
captive like Lina.
The leader turned around and looked at Ascot. He whipped his face
with his branch-like hand."Doon't eeveer toouuch mee!" He dropped the Clow
Cards he had held on earlier. The monster bent down to retrieve it.
"Clow Cards, return to me, your true master!" Cherrie shouted. The
cards that was not in the leader's grasp levitated and returned to Cherries
open right hand and began to look at which cards she got. Fiery, Fight, Power
and Flowery.'Yes! I'll be able to use fire to burn them out. But they're now
holding Ascot and Lina. They too, might be burned.' she thought 'I think The
Fight and Power has a better chance of defeating these things.'Fight for
Sarah and Power for myself.' "Clow Card Fight and Clow Card Power!" The
entities of the cards came out. One went to Cherrie and the other to Sarah
Mae. Cherrie suddenly dashed to free the captive.
On the other hand, Sarah recieved the courage to confront her
opponent."Hey! You're supposed to be dueling me! Confront me at once!" The
leader confidently walked near her.
"Theen Ii aam reeaady!" He positioned himself.
"Yiieah! Take this and this!" She gave it a blow by blow account as
barks and branches scattered around together with the other remaining Clow
Cards. Slowly the monster disintegrated. She had won. She picked up the Clow
Cards for her best friend and walked towards Cherrie, who was supporting
Ascot with Lina beside her. Ascot smiled.
"What you had just did to that creature was a force! Keep that
feeling and you can throw it anytime using any weapon. Remember that." He
said and eventually lost consciousness.
"He's lost too much blood! Quick! Let us heal him!" Lina helped
Cherrie in laying Ascot's form on the ground as the Healer knelt beside him.
"I'm still weak, lend me some of your power and sing with me." Both friends
stared at each other but nonetheless did what they were told to do. They
hummed in Lina's tunes, a monotonous round.
Hours passed as each one took turns in resting and singing, Ascot
awakened to find out that he was already inside his home with welcoming face
waiting beside him. He sat up "Thank you young Magic Knight and her friend,
er-"
"Cherrie." She introduced herself.
"And Cherrie. Also to Lina, if not for you the villagers would have
panicked at what had happened. I do not know how to thank you enough, I'm
very gratefull to you all." He then looked solemnly at Sarah Mae "You threw
out a force, do not forget what you had just did, as your will will determine
the strenght of your skills as a Knight of Cephiro. When you think you've
forgotten it, always believe you can and you will soon master hope."
Sarah Mae held both of Ascot's hands. "The only reason I do not or
cannot bring out my force was because I am hesitant of killing." She looked
away. "Once I kill, I shall never keep my innocence, once first blood is
spilt on these hands." she looked at both of her hands in front of her.She
was close to tears. She did not have the heart of a bloodthirsty killer to
enjoy such things, there was and will always be something in return once you
have started killing. It was believed to be a curse. A curse that will
haunt one till the day one dies, the spirits of the slain shall watch over
you taunting, tormenting...
"Do not fret. Your noble intentions will keep you clean from your
act." He looked at Sarah through his cyan,assuring eyes.
"I do hope so.I do not know if God will." She turned around with her
back to them and silently made the sign of the cross. Afther that she
apologized."Sorry for that."
Seeing Ascot's bewildered expression, Cherrie started to explain.
"We have a religion Ascot. A religion is something that we believe is true,
something we hold onto, hoping that our lives will become better. We believe
in Christ, while you believe on the power of your Pillar to keep Cephiro a
wonderful place." she finished.
"You two are trully different from the others. It shows that you are
both special." the Mage Summoner smiled."I think it is about time to move
on with your journey. You will still have a long way to travel. I give you
my strenght in hoping that you will surpass the challenges that will await
you."
"Puu!Pupupu!" Mokona bounced in agreement to Ascot's last sentence.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-_-;; I'm sorry if this chappie is really short. It was just the continuation
of the other chapter. Hope you won't get furious. Anyways, if you don't like
it that way, you can tell my by e-mail or through review (as I will also
recieve a mail from the reviewer anyway. ^_^)
-Sailor Rainbow Ichi
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(: -----@