Chapter 9: Tears of
an Elf
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There was a silence until the american looked at Threnody with one red eye while the other was covered by his locks as he held his sword. He definitly looked different. His loose back length hair grew slightly as it covered his ears while his fingernails were sharper as a cat's and the purple aura that formed his outline began to glow greatly. "So, you have brought out your full power to resurrect the inner soul you possessed. I surmised that you wouldn't die that easy..."
"Shut up! We came here to battle, not to talk about any of this crap, are you ready?!" Demanded the american whose voice developed a low and venomous tone which surprised the others. The demon too, was surprised, but summons the Balmung and held his stance. "Very well, let's begin..."
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A/n: Second half of Colisuem of the Dead Gladiators. I've also fixed Chapter 7, well kinda. ^^;; Enjoy the other half!
The crowd went silent as they were waiting for one of the fighters to make his move. Neither Damien nor Threnody had flinched as they continued their silent conversation. Soma looked on as Bleu remained where she was and touched her small bosom, for she was frightened by the way her master looked. 'Master....'
Suddenly, both fighters charged at eachother as they made a clash and soon it became an intense battle. This darker side of Damien was slashing like crazy at Threnody who dodged every attack except when they landed, the demon felt another cut, this time, on the side of his upper arm as he gritted his teeth. 'Incredible agility..' He looked into the eyes of the newer Damien who growled while glaring at him. 'This is strange...his power increased at the moment I captured him in my ice attack....'
The crowd was filled with excitement, as the battle continued...
The american charged at Threnody with a cry of fury as the demon flips over him then summons the Balmung's power and a huge black crescent slash shot out from the blade, heading toward Damien's direction. Quickly, the youth moved out of the way, but gets injured from Threnody's attack from behind as he fell hard on the ground. Threnody smirked, but became shocked when the boy slowly got onto his feet. From above, Serge was furious. "Little brat!"
"What is it that I must do to keep you down on your face?!" Demanded Threnody. Damien made a smirk that wasn't his usaul smirk he wears when he's with his friends, it was more deadly as he spoke with that pernicious tone of his. "It takes more than that sword of yours to kill me, no matter what you do, Threnody...I'll still get up.."
"Hmph. We shall see! CREST OF THE GRIFFEN!!" A huge gold half loin-half bird creature appeared from above and beathes out a strange blast from its mouth as it went toward Damien who didn't move until he raised the sword and swung it at the blast, slicing it into two parts. "My turn! Eeeyyyaaahhh!!" He hit a fist on the ground which sented a huge impact on Threnody who didn't had the chance to move. The attack burned through his chest armor like fire, as Threnody was sent backwards through a wall and everything crumbled.
Everyone, including Soma and Bleu watched as the fight was over with a deadly result. The dark Damien stood still, as he was waiting for Threnody to get up. To his surpise, the demon risen from the huge boulders as he looked at the boy with one eye opened. "Just as I thought...You waited for the time to come out from that human's body, did you-ah!"
He fell on his face as he closes his eyes and remained motionless. 'He has finally awoken.'
The crowd made yet another uproar, this time, it was more exciting than last's battle, but the only one who wasn't excited with this, was Serge while Soma and Bleu stood looking at Damien.. ".............."
The boy turned to face Soma as he held his sword and remained silent. 'So Damien does has the soul of another like me..but, is he a reincarnation of the being or just a form of recovery??' "Damien, hey.." Said Soma causiously, but as he stepped foward, he heard a low growl from the american who spoked, "...Stay back, Soma. Don't make me want to hurt you.."
"Hurt? Damien..."
"Master, don't you remember us...??"
"............"
"Damien! Don't be stubburn! You defeated Threnody, now come on. Let's get out of here!"
"I told you to stay BACK!" A shockwave erupted from the boy as it hit Soma, causing him to fall on his back, before getting up to see Damien hovering above him as Bleu was scared and hid behind the albino. "What has happened to him?"
"He's been taken under control.... Not if I can stop it! Damien's soul must be still inside, there's got to be a way to wake him!"
The whole Coliseum shooked as everyone began to run out, there was no way in hell that they'd put up a fight against this boy! Serge got pissed as he seen what occured. "COWARDS!!"
"SERGE!" Scowled the american, as the daemon looked down at him with fear in his eyes. "Since you act like you're the boss of this place, then why not prove it?! What's the matter?! Need your men to back you up?!"
That brought the daemon's temper really high to 'Damnation' as he took his cape off. "Prepare yourself Damien Chambers!!" He leaped from his seat as he landed on the ring, face to face with the boy who then smirked. "So, that was the way to piss you off, eh?"
"Hmph, maybe. But action speaks louder than words! You may be strong, but you haven't faced the Strongest yet!"
"Interesting, I can't wait to see..."
A much more bigger sword than Soma's or Damien's appeared in Serge's hand as he swunged it once, than stood while grinning at the youth who held his stance. In a moment, both clashed and struggled to remain standing as neither didn't lose contact with their weapons. Their auras formed a purple and gray one as Soma watched from where he stood while shielding his eyes. "Nnn... Such power!"
"Ah!" Cried Bleu.
From the collasped wall, Threnody slowly awoke, to see Serge and Damien battling against eachother. "....Serge may be the brawler, but he sure isn't the brains. Damien's power is way more powerful than his. That fool!"
Suddenly, the two broke apart, as Serge jabbed his fist at Damien who flip over him and struck from behind, causing the daemon to fall on his face. The youth landed on the ground, smirking as Serge slowly got up and shot a glare at him.
With a cry, the daemon hit his sword on the ground as it created a huge wave, that went toward Damien who didn't move and a barrier protects him from harm. The attack disappeared as Damien transforms into the Devil, dashing at Serge who managed to grip on the creature. He pushed him back to the ground and Damien reverts to human form. Crouching, the boy rubbed his head as Serge swunged his sword at him when the american caught the blade with his hand as he struggled to get up.
"Damien!!"
Serge laughed, but fear showed in his face as he felt that odd power growing even more greater as Damien's eye became even more redder and using his hand, crushed the huge blade with his grip. Serge was shocked than ever as he stumbled on the ground and looked at the boy standing before him. "This can't be!! You....Y-YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, ARE YOU?!?"
The boy's aura grew like a oval as Damien stepped forward. "Face it Serge, there is no way you can win. No one to save you now! But..I'll spare your life if you let Soma and Bleu go."
".....No! I won't lose to a little punk like you!" He scowled as Serge got up in fury. "It's over! FIST OF HADES!!" Gray blasts shot from his fist and Damien ran toward Serge while dodging them. With a howl, Damien went pass the daemon with quick speed and he stood, back facing Serge's as his eyes remained opened. Serge didn't moved, only when blood spurts out like a fountain from certain parts of his body as the daemon cried out and glowed, then bursted into tiny lights.
Threnody was stunned as he watched what had happened, Bleu was still frightened, but hovered beside the spaniard who was speechless. "Incredible power." Said the demon as he focused on the american who didn't move until he fell to his knees and collasped. "Damien!"
"Master!"
Both Bleu and Soma went toward the fallen boy as the ablino held him. "Wake up! Please, say something....Damien!"
".........."
Threnody looked on as both the elf and the other boy frantically tried everything, but Damien still didn't wake up. Then, Soma placed his head on the other boy's chest checking for a heartbeat.
Bleu, however, hovered over Damien's head as she started to sob. "Master, please...you got to wake up..Don't die!" A single tear fell on his temple and suddenly, his body began to glow. Threnody didn't moved by shield his eye from the light as Soma fell back while the elf was surprised. When the light vanished, Damien slowly awoken to see Soma kneeling by his side like a gaurdian and Bleu looking down at him. "Uhn..Wha--?
"Master!!" Cried Bleu as she lunged at Damien who was puzzled. "Bleu, what's wrong?"
"I thought I wasn't going to see you again!" She said weeping uncontrollably on his neck. The youth put a hand on the elf's small form as if hugging her. "It's okay, Bleu. I won't ever leave you. I swear it."
"Damien..."
The american looked at Soma who smiled sadly as he spoked, "I'm glad that you're alright."
"What happened??"
"You don't remember??"
"No, except that I was fighting Threnody who frozed me and everything turned black."
"True, Chambers..."
The youth turned sharply to see Threnody, armor almost destroyed, standing before him. "But let's just say, you put up an excellent fight before you changed." He said. The boy was dumbstrucked but said, "Well, whatever the hell happened, I'd say you were doing pretty damn well yourself."
"Hmph." The demon began to turn away from them as Damien got up at instant. "Hey, where ya going?" Asked Damien. The demon only said from over his shoulder, "Until we meet again...someday." With that, he completely vanished before their eyes. The american was silent for the moment, until he smiled at the dissappearing being. "Yeah, till next time."
From behind, Soma glanced at Damien who looked at his elf familiar as she cuddled on his shoulder and smiled slightly. 'He doesn't remember what happened to him after that attack, hmm...Maybe, its best not to tell him or he'll get more confuse. One thing for sure, I have a feeling that we may not see the last of his half transformation. If what Threnody and Dhalsim said is true, then Damien might end up ressurrecting the full form of the one he has resting from within...My only hope is...it's just a hunch..'
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Sounds of waterdrops echoed, as few bats followed the leader while the rest slept from above a dark cavern....The bones of forgotten ones laid scattered on the ground when a growl was heard from beneath the shadows as red eyes gleamed brightly. It stared from front view, as its roar echoed throughout the damp cave, awaking the bats that were sleeping as they flew out screeching...
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To Be Continued.......
AN: This rather short chapter has completed the other half and ready to go. I completed it in three days...Anyway, Damien does get a soul from the Arena but I'll mention it in the next chapter. You were probably wondering about the ending of this chapter, well...let's just say it's where Arikado's team comes in^^. As for Threnody, it's more likely we won't see the last of him..It seems that they're closing to their destination as well as the Revelation. Oh and as for Dracula being dumb-dumb till midnight, *sighs* it looks that way. It's strange, but the idea came in mind when I recalled the epsiode in Inuyasha where Kikyo was resurrected and from Beetlejuice: The Movie. I gotten the image of Dracula brunged back but weak as a frailed person. Anywho, Sayonara for now, please review. ^_^
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There was a silence until the american looked at Threnody with one red eye while the other was covered by his locks as he held his sword. He definitly looked different. His loose back length hair grew slightly as it covered his ears while his fingernails were sharper as a cat's and the purple aura that formed his outline began to glow greatly. "So, you have brought out your full power to resurrect the inner soul you possessed. I surmised that you wouldn't die that easy..."
"Shut up! We came here to battle, not to talk about any of this crap, are you ready?!" Demanded the american whose voice developed a low and venomous tone which surprised the others. The demon too, was surprised, but summons the Balmung and held his stance. "Very well, let's begin..."
~*~
A/n: Second half of Colisuem of the Dead Gladiators. I've also fixed Chapter 7, well kinda. ^^;; Enjoy the other half!
The crowd went silent as they were waiting for one of the fighters to make his move. Neither Damien nor Threnody had flinched as they continued their silent conversation. Soma looked on as Bleu remained where she was and touched her small bosom, for she was frightened by the way her master looked. 'Master....'
Suddenly, both fighters charged at eachother as they made a clash and soon it became an intense battle. This darker side of Damien was slashing like crazy at Threnody who dodged every attack except when they landed, the demon felt another cut, this time, on the side of his upper arm as he gritted his teeth. 'Incredible agility..' He looked into the eyes of the newer Damien who growled while glaring at him. 'This is strange...his power increased at the moment I captured him in my ice attack....'
The crowd was filled with excitement, as the battle continued...
The american charged at Threnody with a cry of fury as the demon flips over him then summons the Balmung's power and a huge black crescent slash shot out from the blade, heading toward Damien's direction. Quickly, the youth moved out of the way, but gets injured from Threnody's attack from behind as he fell hard on the ground. Threnody smirked, but became shocked when the boy slowly got onto his feet. From above, Serge was furious. "Little brat!"
"What is it that I must do to keep you down on your face?!" Demanded Threnody. Damien made a smirk that wasn't his usaul smirk he wears when he's with his friends, it was more deadly as he spoke with that pernicious tone of his. "It takes more than that sword of yours to kill me, no matter what you do, Threnody...I'll still get up.."
"Hmph. We shall see! CREST OF THE GRIFFEN!!" A huge gold half loin-half bird creature appeared from above and beathes out a strange blast from its mouth as it went toward Damien who didn't move until he raised the sword and swung it at the blast, slicing it into two parts. "My turn! Eeeyyyaaahhh!!" He hit a fist on the ground which sented a huge impact on Threnody who didn't had the chance to move. The attack burned through his chest armor like fire, as Threnody was sent backwards through a wall and everything crumbled.
Everyone, including Soma and Bleu watched as the fight was over with a deadly result. The dark Damien stood still, as he was waiting for Threnody to get up. To his surpise, the demon risen from the huge boulders as he looked at the boy with one eye opened. "Just as I thought...You waited for the time to come out from that human's body, did you-ah!"
He fell on his face as he closes his eyes and remained motionless. 'He has finally awoken.'
The crowd made yet another uproar, this time, it was more exciting than last's battle, but the only one who wasn't excited with this, was Serge while Soma and Bleu stood looking at Damien.. ".............."
The boy turned to face Soma as he held his sword and remained silent. 'So Damien does has the soul of another like me..but, is he a reincarnation of the being or just a form of recovery??' "Damien, hey.." Said Soma causiously, but as he stepped foward, he heard a low growl from the american who spoked, "...Stay back, Soma. Don't make me want to hurt you.."
"Hurt? Damien..."
"Master, don't you remember us...??"
"............"
"Damien! Don't be stubburn! You defeated Threnody, now come on. Let's get out of here!"
"I told you to stay BACK!" A shockwave erupted from the boy as it hit Soma, causing him to fall on his back, before getting up to see Damien hovering above him as Bleu was scared and hid behind the albino. "What has happened to him?"
"He's been taken under control.... Not if I can stop it! Damien's soul must be still inside, there's got to be a way to wake him!"
The whole Coliseum shooked as everyone began to run out, there was no way in hell that they'd put up a fight against this boy! Serge got pissed as he seen what occured. "COWARDS!!"
"SERGE!" Scowled the american, as the daemon looked down at him with fear in his eyes. "Since you act like you're the boss of this place, then why not prove it?! What's the matter?! Need your men to back you up?!"
That brought the daemon's temper really high to 'Damnation' as he took his cape off. "Prepare yourself Damien Chambers!!" He leaped from his seat as he landed on the ring, face to face with the boy who then smirked. "So, that was the way to piss you off, eh?"
"Hmph, maybe. But action speaks louder than words! You may be strong, but you haven't faced the Strongest yet!"
"Interesting, I can't wait to see..."
A much more bigger sword than Soma's or Damien's appeared in Serge's hand as he swunged it once, than stood while grinning at the youth who held his stance. In a moment, both clashed and struggled to remain standing as neither didn't lose contact with their weapons. Their auras formed a purple and gray one as Soma watched from where he stood while shielding his eyes. "Nnn... Such power!"
"Ah!" Cried Bleu.
From the collasped wall, Threnody slowly awoke, to see Serge and Damien battling against eachother. "....Serge may be the brawler, but he sure isn't the brains. Damien's power is way more powerful than his. That fool!"
Suddenly, the two broke apart, as Serge jabbed his fist at Damien who flip over him and struck from behind, causing the daemon to fall on his face. The youth landed on the ground, smirking as Serge slowly got up and shot a glare at him.
With a cry, the daemon hit his sword on the ground as it created a huge wave, that went toward Damien who didn't move and a barrier protects him from harm. The attack disappeared as Damien transforms into the Devil, dashing at Serge who managed to grip on the creature. He pushed him back to the ground and Damien reverts to human form. Crouching, the boy rubbed his head as Serge swunged his sword at him when the american caught the blade with his hand as he struggled to get up.
"Damien!!"
Serge laughed, but fear showed in his face as he felt that odd power growing even more greater as Damien's eye became even more redder and using his hand, crushed the huge blade with his grip. Serge was shocked than ever as he stumbled on the ground and looked at the boy standing before him. "This can't be!! You....Y-YOU'RE NOT HUMAN, ARE YOU?!?"
The boy's aura grew like a oval as Damien stepped forward. "Face it Serge, there is no way you can win. No one to save you now! But..I'll spare your life if you let Soma and Bleu go."
".....No! I won't lose to a little punk like you!" He scowled as Serge got up in fury. "It's over! FIST OF HADES!!" Gray blasts shot from his fist and Damien ran toward Serge while dodging them. With a howl, Damien went pass the daemon with quick speed and he stood, back facing Serge's as his eyes remained opened. Serge didn't moved, only when blood spurts out like a fountain from certain parts of his body as the daemon cried out and glowed, then bursted into tiny lights.
Threnody was stunned as he watched what had happened, Bleu was still frightened, but hovered beside the spaniard who was speechless. "Incredible power." Said the demon as he focused on the american who didn't move until he fell to his knees and collasped. "Damien!"
"Master!"
Both Bleu and Soma went toward the fallen boy as the ablino held him. "Wake up! Please, say something....Damien!"
".........."
Threnody looked on as both the elf and the other boy frantically tried everything, but Damien still didn't wake up. Then, Soma placed his head on the other boy's chest checking for a heartbeat.
Bleu, however, hovered over Damien's head as she started to sob. "Master, please...you got to wake up..Don't die!" A single tear fell on his temple and suddenly, his body began to glow. Threnody didn't moved by shield his eye from the light as Soma fell back while the elf was surprised. When the light vanished, Damien slowly awoken to see Soma kneeling by his side like a gaurdian and Bleu looking down at him. "Uhn..Wha--?
"Master!!" Cried Bleu as she lunged at Damien who was puzzled. "Bleu, what's wrong?"
"I thought I wasn't going to see you again!" She said weeping uncontrollably on his neck. The youth put a hand on the elf's small form as if hugging her. "It's okay, Bleu. I won't ever leave you. I swear it."
"Damien..."
The american looked at Soma who smiled sadly as he spoked, "I'm glad that you're alright."
"What happened??"
"You don't remember??"
"No, except that I was fighting Threnody who frozed me and everything turned black."
"True, Chambers..."
The youth turned sharply to see Threnody, armor almost destroyed, standing before him. "But let's just say, you put up an excellent fight before you changed." He said. The boy was dumbstrucked but said, "Well, whatever the hell happened, I'd say you were doing pretty damn well yourself."
"Hmph." The demon began to turn away from them as Damien got up at instant. "Hey, where ya going?" Asked Damien. The demon only said from over his shoulder, "Until we meet again...someday." With that, he completely vanished before their eyes. The american was silent for the moment, until he smiled at the dissappearing being. "Yeah, till next time."
From behind, Soma glanced at Damien who looked at his elf familiar as she cuddled on his shoulder and smiled slightly. 'He doesn't remember what happened to him after that attack, hmm...Maybe, its best not to tell him or he'll get more confuse. One thing for sure, I have a feeling that we may not see the last of his half transformation. If what Threnody and Dhalsim said is true, then Damien might end up ressurrecting the full form of the one he has resting from within...My only hope is...it's just a hunch..'
~*~
Sounds of waterdrops echoed, as few bats followed the leader while the rest slept from above a dark cavern....The bones of forgotten ones laid scattered on the ground when a growl was heard from beneath the shadows as red eyes gleamed brightly. It stared from front view, as its roar echoed throughout the damp cave, awaking the bats that were sleeping as they flew out screeching...
~*~
To Be Continued.......
AN: This rather short chapter has completed the other half and ready to go. I completed it in three days...Anyway, Damien does get a soul from the Arena but I'll mention it in the next chapter. You were probably wondering about the ending of this chapter, well...let's just say it's where Arikado's team comes in^^. As for Threnody, it's more likely we won't see the last of him..It seems that they're closing to their destination as well as the Revelation. Oh and as for Dracula being dumb-dumb till midnight, *sighs* it looks that way. It's strange, but the idea came in mind when I recalled the epsiode in Inuyasha where Kikyo was resurrected and from Beetlejuice: The Movie. I gotten the image of Dracula brunged back but weak as a frailed person. Anywho, Sayonara for now, please review. ^_^
