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Bandai Entertainment. Well with that out of the way on to chapter 2:
Kites POV (point of view)
Chapter 2: "The final battle?"
I found myself almost in a trance. Staring at the door in front of me, eerie purple mist rose from the ground warning me and my party that a very powerful creature lurks on the other side. After Elk and Blackrose had left me alone in the room where we had battled the Tetra Armor, questions were running through my mind. Did I love Blackrose?, was I strong enough to defeat the monster that put Orca, a Descendant of Fianna, into a coma?, if I did love Blackrose would I be strong enough to protect her if I needed to?. Once again I pushed the thoughts from my mind. Not wanting to think about such things now, not after we had come this far. With those thoughts behind me, I ran to join the others. Now on the bottom floor and about to face a difficult battle, those thoughts came rushing back, flooding my mind no matter how hard I tried to block them out. "You two still have time to log out, you don't have to follow me," my voice was emotionless. "No way Kite, we're in this together, aren't we....partner". I felt a smile spread across my face at Blackrose's response. "Elk, how about you?". "I.... I want to help you Kite, in any way I can". My smile grew wider. I had two people willing to risk themselves to help me reawaken my friend from his coma, even though they knew they could end up the same way. I knew they must have the same doubts as me, and yet they still put their faith in me. Now I would put my faith in them as well. "Thank you both for staying with me, and even though a tough battle lies ahead of us, I know that with you two standing and fighting by my side that we can.... no, will win this fight". "Yeah, you bet we will!" came Blackrose's response. I turned to face her and gave her a loving smile. To which she turned her head slightly, trying to hide her now blushing face. I turned to face the door again, let out a deep breath, and began to walk through it. "I will protect you Blackrose, even if it means I end up like Orca," I silently thought to myself as I passed through the door, ready to face the the monster that lay on the other side.
We warped into a strange field that looked like it had been broken apart. Pieces of rock and buildings were floating around the area where we had warped to. Then I saw her. The girl who gave the book of the twilight to Orca, which was then passed to me. "Aura?" I said, still a little surprised that she was only a few feet in front of me. "I see you recieved the mail I sent you. Yet, however, it's too late" Aura replied in her soft, angelic voice. "Wait! there's something I have to ask you". As those words left my lips, a red wand materialized behind her, quickly followed by the creature who wielded it. "NOOOOO!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, but to no avail. The creature raised Aura with its wand, lifted its left arm, and activated its own data drain bracelet. Streams of code shot out from the bracelet and struck Aura, transforming her into a glowing red orb. Then, as if trying to escape further harm, the orb that had been Aura, began to float upward, but the creature that had data drained her had one last trick left. It summoned bolts of energy which immediatly struck the glowing orb, spliting it into three pieces. I watched all this, too stunned to move, that was until the monster turned its attention to me. It slammed its wand on the ground and pointed it directly at me, just as it had done after it had data drained Orca. And so the battle began, with myself and Blackrose running up to the monster for hand-to-hand combat, while Elk stayed behind dealing out healing and the occasional attack spell. As we dodged the creatures swings, and hit it with our own attacks, it seemed to slow down and attack less often. I thought this was a sign that we were winning, but I soon found out that the creature was just luring us into a trap. Suddenly, it threw its wand at Blackrose, which then appeared behind her, and began to lift her upwards like it did Aura. "BLACKROSE!" I shouted, "No, I will protect you, I will," I thought as I turned toward the creature who dared to try and hurt her. I ran as quickly as I could, leaping at the monster and crashing into what I could only describe as its abdomen. This threw the monster off balance and ruined its concentration. The red wand that held Blackrose vanished, and she fell back down to the ground, just like myself and the creature. As soon as we landed, I immediatly struggled to my feet and started to attack the monster with skill and spell I had. Within moments of my furious assualt, I was greeted with a wonderful sight. Protect break. "Now I have you," I thought, "This is for Orca". "DATA DRAIN," I yelled as my bracelet activated and shot out its own stream of code at the monster in front of me. They struck their mark and transformed the creature into what looked like a pile of rocks joined together. "Blackrose, Elk, now attack," I ordered. "Vak Drive" came Blackrose's response, followed by Elk's "GiVak Kruz" and finished with my Twin Dragons skill from my newly acquired Masterblades.
As I finished my attack, the area where we were fighting in, faded, and was replaced with a new field. It had a black sky and dull, gray earth. "Blackrose, Elk?" I called out, and recieved no response. I brought my attention back to my defeated foe, who, as I gave it my full attention, actually began to melt before my eyes. It took only a few moments for it to melt completely into a pool of silver liquid that began to bubble almost immediatly. "What is going on he....." my thoughts were immediatly cut off as the ground began to shake violently, and what could only be described as purple tree roots erupted from the ground, heading for the pool of bubbling silver liquid. My attention darted between the silver liquid and purple objects breaking through the ground, until finally the two made contact with each other, and the very ground exploded. After a few moments, I brought my arms down, that I had used to protect my face, and opened my eyes. ".....Nothing," I murmered to myself as I franticly looked around the field for anything that might be any trouble, but all I saw was large piles of rock strewn about the field by the explosion. ".....Nothing at all," I thought, just as a small pebble bounced of my head, making me look upward, to see where it came from. What I saw froze me in place. A huge monster loomed over me. Its bottom half consisted of a long, cone-like piece of transparent rock, with a pulsating orb at its center. Its top half was made up of those purple roots, and a bare skull- like head with four eyes. As I continued to stand there, this new monster opened its mouth, revealing a bright white light, followed by a terrible roar. The ear-splitting roar that came from the monster sent out powerful waves that lifted me off my feet and threw me back far from this new creature. I landed on my stomach, hard, and struggled just to lift my head, but couldn't. I let myself succumb to the comfort of unconciousness that swept over me.
End of chapter 2
Chapter 2: "The final battle?"
I found myself almost in a trance. Staring at the door in front of me, eerie purple mist rose from the ground warning me and my party that a very powerful creature lurks on the other side. After Elk and Blackrose had left me alone in the room where we had battled the Tetra Armor, questions were running through my mind. Did I love Blackrose?, was I strong enough to defeat the monster that put Orca, a Descendant of Fianna, into a coma?, if I did love Blackrose would I be strong enough to protect her if I needed to?. Once again I pushed the thoughts from my mind. Not wanting to think about such things now, not after we had come this far. With those thoughts behind me, I ran to join the others. Now on the bottom floor and about to face a difficult battle, those thoughts came rushing back, flooding my mind no matter how hard I tried to block them out. "You two still have time to log out, you don't have to follow me," my voice was emotionless. "No way Kite, we're in this together, aren't we....partner". I felt a smile spread across my face at Blackrose's response. "Elk, how about you?". "I.... I want to help you Kite, in any way I can". My smile grew wider. I had two people willing to risk themselves to help me reawaken my friend from his coma, even though they knew they could end up the same way. I knew they must have the same doubts as me, and yet they still put their faith in me. Now I would put my faith in them as well. "Thank you both for staying with me, and even though a tough battle lies ahead of us, I know that with you two standing and fighting by my side that we can.... no, will win this fight". "Yeah, you bet we will!" came Blackrose's response. I turned to face her and gave her a loving smile. To which she turned her head slightly, trying to hide her now blushing face. I turned to face the door again, let out a deep breath, and began to walk through it. "I will protect you Blackrose, even if it means I end up like Orca," I silently thought to myself as I passed through the door, ready to face the the monster that lay on the other side.
We warped into a strange field that looked like it had been broken apart. Pieces of rock and buildings were floating around the area where we had warped to. Then I saw her. The girl who gave the book of the twilight to Orca, which was then passed to me. "Aura?" I said, still a little surprised that she was only a few feet in front of me. "I see you recieved the mail I sent you. Yet, however, it's too late" Aura replied in her soft, angelic voice. "Wait! there's something I have to ask you". As those words left my lips, a red wand materialized behind her, quickly followed by the creature who wielded it. "NOOOOO!" I shouted at the top of my lungs, but to no avail. The creature raised Aura with its wand, lifted its left arm, and activated its own data drain bracelet. Streams of code shot out from the bracelet and struck Aura, transforming her into a glowing red orb. Then, as if trying to escape further harm, the orb that had been Aura, began to float upward, but the creature that had data drained her had one last trick left. It summoned bolts of energy which immediatly struck the glowing orb, spliting it into three pieces. I watched all this, too stunned to move, that was until the monster turned its attention to me. It slammed its wand on the ground and pointed it directly at me, just as it had done after it had data drained Orca. And so the battle began, with myself and Blackrose running up to the monster for hand-to-hand combat, while Elk stayed behind dealing out healing and the occasional attack spell. As we dodged the creatures swings, and hit it with our own attacks, it seemed to slow down and attack less often. I thought this was a sign that we were winning, but I soon found out that the creature was just luring us into a trap. Suddenly, it threw its wand at Blackrose, which then appeared behind her, and began to lift her upwards like it did Aura. "BLACKROSE!" I shouted, "No, I will protect you, I will," I thought as I turned toward the creature who dared to try and hurt her. I ran as quickly as I could, leaping at the monster and crashing into what I could only describe as its abdomen. This threw the monster off balance and ruined its concentration. The red wand that held Blackrose vanished, and she fell back down to the ground, just like myself and the creature. As soon as we landed, I immediatly struggled to my feet and started to attack the monster with skill and spell I had. Within moments of my furious assualt, I was greeted with a wonderful sight. Protect break. "Now I have you," I thought, "This is for Orca". "DATA DRAIN," I yelled as my bracelet activated and shot out its own stream of code at the monster in front of me. They struck their mark and transformed the creature into what looked like a pile of rocks joined together. "Blackrose, Elk, now attack," I ordered. "Vak Drive" came Blackrose's response, followed by Elk's "GiVak Kruz" and finished with my Twin Dragons skill from my newly acquired Masterblades.
As I finished my attack, the area where we were fighting in, faded, and was replaced with a new field. It had a black sky and dull, gray earth. "Blackrose, Elk?" I called out, and recieved no response. I brought my attention back to my defeated foe, who, as I gave it my full attention, actually began to melt before my eyes. It took only a few moments for it to melt completely into a pool of silver liquid that began to bubble almost immediatly. "What is going on he....." my thoughts were immediatly cut off as the ground began to shake violently, and what could only be described as purple tree roots erupted from the ground, heading for the pool of bubbling silver liquid. My attention darted between the silver liquid and purple objects breaking through the ground, until finally the two made contact with each other, and the very ground exploded. After a few moments, I brought my arms down, that I had used to protect my face, and opened my eyes. ".....Nothing," I murmered to myself as I franticly looked around the field for anything that might be any trouble, but all I saw was large piles of rock strewn about the field by the explosion. ".....Nothing at all," I thought, just as a small pebble bounced of my head, making me look upward, to see where it came from. What I saw froze me in place. A huge monster loomed over me. Its bottom half consisted of a long, cone-like piece of transparent rock, with a pulsating orb at its center. Its top half was made up of those purple roots, and a bare skull- like head with four eyes. As I continued to stand there, this new monster opened its mouth, revealing a bright white light, followed by a terrible roar. The ear-splitting roar that came from the monster sent out powerful waves that lifted me off my feet and threw me back far from this new creature. I landed on my stomach, hard, and struggled just to lift my head, but couldn't. I let myself succumb to the comfort of unconciousness that swept over me.
End of chapter 2
