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"Katie! Mia! Yuna!" Carolyn cried motioning for her friends, "C'mere!"
The three of them hurried over to her. "What's the problem?" Yuna asked.
"I'm going to use the Omega Arrow again." Carolyn said calmly. She began to place an arrow on her bow.
"Carolyn don't!" Mia cried grabbing her arm. "If you use it again, it'll sap all your energy and kill you!"
Carolyn nodded. "I know. I won't be using my energy. I'll be using energy from all three of you to power my attack."
"But how?" Katie asked. Her stupidity was temporarily gone.
"My arrow requires purity and light to use its power. Normally it feeds off my energy, so it's not a problem. But now that my energy is depleted, it needs another pure source, like the three of you. You're the Pure-Hearts, right?"
"So we've heard..." Mia said frowning.
"So, if the three of you can each channel some of your energy into my body, then I'll have more than enough strength to use another Omega Arrow."
"And what if it doesn't work?" Yuna asked.
Carolyn shrugged. "Then the arrow will sap my life energy, destroy the demon, and kill me."
"That's the craziest, most risky plan I've ever heard!" Katie yelled. "Let's do it!"
"It's appalling how little the safety of your friend means to you." Yuna spat at Katie.
Katie sighed. "It's not that I don't care, but I don't bother putting up a fight with her anymore. Once she's decided something, it's decided. Believe me, if we'd refused, she'd have shot the arrow anyway and gotten herself killed. At least this way she has a chance."
"Alright." Mia sighed, "As leader of the pure-hearts, I say we give it a try."
"Good," Carolyn said. "Alright, now stand in a circle, join hands, and repeat after me..."
Meanwhile, the fight dragged on in the background.
"You there!" Sam yelled to Lulu, "Black Mage!"
"I have a name." She snapped, "It's Lulu!"
"Sorry Lulu!" Sam said correcting himself. "I need you to cast an ice spell for me!"
"Alright," She sighed. She held out her hand, "BLIZZARDGA!"
A swarm of ice shards flew from her hand. Sam quickly cast a wind spell at the ice spell. The small tornado caused the ice shards to zip forward so fast that they were a blur. They all sliced into the demons thick hide. It roared in pain.
"Wound me, will you, little worms?" It snarled. It held out its clawed hand. Suddenly a horrible piercing sound shot through everyone's ears. The room filled with a black shadow, and when anyone breathed, it felt like they were inhaling fire. The pain was so unbearable that everyone had to struggle to stand upright.
"GUYS!" Carolyn coughed. "DON'T GIVE UP! KEEP CHANTING THAT INCANTATION!"
Mia, Yuna, and Katie were all standing in a circle. They were all grasping each other's hands, shouting out an incantation that Carolyn had taught them. Occasionally, one of them would stop chanting to cough in pain from the effects of the spell. It seemed to set them back quite a bit when that happened.
Rikku then noticed that the shadow that caused the pain throughout the room, was oozing from the demon's mouth.
"TIDUS!" She screamed. She pulled out a hand grenade and ran towards him. Tidus immediately guessed what he had to do. He folded both his hands and held them out. When Rikku came near him, she jumped up onto his hands. He pushed upward, launching her higher into the air. She pulled the pin out of the grenade with her teeth and shoved it into the demon's mouth. She then rolled to the ground unharmed.
"GUYS!" She screamed covering her head with her hands, as she scrambled away from it. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
Anyone that happened to be near the demon at the time, bolted away. There was a great explosion and a good portion of the demon's mouth was gone. Although it seemed like it hadn't caused a lot of damage, it had obviously disabled the demon's shadow smoke attack. Everyone immediately took huge breaths of air. After inhaling what felt like the fires of Hell, normal air felt like Heaven. The three pure-hearts continued chanting.
"DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!" They were practically screaming it out now. Carolyn could feel their energy slowly growing inside her as they continued chanting. "DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI! DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!"
Cedric ran forward, and leapt at the demon's head. The monster swiped its claws at him, but fortunately for our young shape changing hero-type-person. It missed him. Cedric landed on its face, and before it could react, Cedric sank his fangs into its right eyeball. There was a sickening POP inside its head. It roared in agony, grabbed Cedric in its claws, and hurled him across the room, but Cedric had already accomplished his job; the demon was now blind in its right eye.
Cedric slammed into the wall at full force and fell to the floor. He lay perfectly still. His fur slowly sank back into his skin. He was now lying fully clothed as a human again. He lay still and unmoving. His chest no longer rose and fell as he drew breath. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were closed.
Before the demon could make another move, Wakka finished what Cedric started. He hurled his spike-covered blitzball at its face. This one hit him in the LEFT eye. It roared in pain as Wakka's blitzball bounced off its skin and back into his hand. It was now completely blind.
Kairi ran at the demon, determined to play some role in bringing down the monster that had caused so much pain. Her heart shone pink through her white shirt. She held out her hands, a red beam of energy flew from them and struck it in the chest. It roared in pain. It swung its claws blindly at her, but she managed to dodge them.
Meanwhile, as the fight dragged on, Mia, Yuna, and Katie were still chanting. "DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI! DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!"
"KEEP IT UP!" Carolyn screamed. Their energy was strong inside her now. "WE'RE ALMOST THERE!"
It was at that moment, that somebody finally noticed the dead Cedric lying on the ground, slumped lifelessly against the wall.
"CEDRIC!" Riku yelled. He dodged a blow from the demon and ran to his former enemy's side. He'd just met the real Cedric! It wasn't fair for him to die yet! All the poor guy had wanted was to avenge his parents! "CEDRIC!" Riku yelled shaking him. "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME!"
At that moment, Cedric drew in a sharp mouthful of air, as in response to Riku's demand. He sat up, coughing up a mouthful of blood.
"Phew," He said wiping flecks of blood off his lips. "I thought I was going to DIE!"
Riku punched him on the forehead. "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF COLLAPSING WITH THAT DEAD LOOK ON YOUR FACE?!"
"You're the one who decided I LOOKED dead." Cedric grumbled.
"If you were okay, then why did you turn back into a human?!" Riku demanded.
Cedric shrugged. "I didn't know if I was going to live or die, and if I DID die, I wanted to look human for my funeral."
"Vain little idiot..." Cronos grumbled.
At that moment, Carolyn felt a rush of energy tear throughout her body. "THAT'S ENOUGH! STOP!" She screamed. Mia, Yuna, and Katie stopped chanting. Carolyn stood shakily to her feet. Now was the moment of truth. Would her plan work?
She placed her arrow on the bow again. As she drew back on the string, the tip of the arrow began to shine with a holy white light. For a moment, she held the string back like that, she seemed to be absorbing the moment; all the anxiety, fear, and pain of it.
Then she released it.
The arrow seemed to whiz forward in slow motion. It spun as it went, making a whistling sound. The demon had just swung its claw at Cronos, and for a split second, Carolyn was sure it would hit its arm instead of its chest. But when Cronos dodged the attack, the demon drew back its arm to ready another attack, exposing its chest. The arrow was microscopic compared to the demon, but its effect was tremendous. It sank into its chest with a THUNK! Instantly the monster was ablaze with light. It roared and thrashed as it tried to rip the arrow out of its chest, but it was too small for a BLIND demon to find.
The demon seemed to be sucked into an invisible black hole. For a moment, it was turning slowly in a spiral, growing smaller every second.
Then it was gone. Dead.
"Katie! Mia! Yuna!" Carolyn cried motioning for her friends, "C'mere!"
The three of them hurried over to her. "What's the problem?" Yuna asked.
"I'm going to use the Omega Arrow again." Carolyn said calmly. She began to place an arrow on her bow.
"Carolyn don't!" Mia cried grabbing her arm. "If you use it again, it'll sap all your energy and kill you!"
Carolyn nodded. "I know. I won't be using my energy. I'll be using energy from all three of you to power my attack."
"But how?" Katie asked. Her stupidity was temporarily gone.
"My arrow requires purity and light to use its power. Normally it feeds off my energy, so it's not a problem. But now that my energy is depleted, it needs another pure source, like the three of you. You're the Pure-Hearts, right?"
"So we've heard..." Mia said frowning.
"So, if the three of you can each channel some of your energy into my body, then I'll have more than enough strength to use another Omega Arrow."
"And what if it doesn't work?" Yuna asked.
Carolyn shrugged. "Then the arrow will sap my life energy, destroy the demon, and kill me."
"That's the craziest, most risky plan I've ever heard!" Katie yelled. "Let's do it!"
"It's appalling how little the safety of your friend means to you." Yuna spat at Katie.
Katie sighed. "It's not that I don't care, but I don't bother putting up a fight with her anymore. Once she's decided something, it's decided. Believe me, if we'd refused, she'd have shot the arrow anyway and gotten herself killed. At least this way she has a chance."
"Alright." Mia sighed, "As leader of the pure-hearts, I say we give it a try."
"Good," Carolyn said. "Alright, now stand in a circle, join hands, and repeat after me..."
Meanwhile, the fight dragged on in the background.
"You there!" Sam yelled to Lulu, "Black Mage!"
"I have a name." She snapped, "It's Lulu!"
"Sorry Lulu!" Sam said correcting himself. "I need you to cast an ice spell for me!"
"Alright," She sighed. She held out her hand, "BLIZZARDGA!"
A swarm of ice shards flew from her hand. Sam quickly cast a wind spell at the ice spell. The small tornado caused the ice shards to zip forward so fast that they were a blur. They all sliced into the demons thick hide. It roared in pain.
"Wound me, will you, little worms?" It snarled. It held out its clawed hand. Suddenly a horrible piercing sound shot through everyone's ears. The room filled with a black shadow, and when anyone breathed, it felt like they were inhaling fire. The pain was so unbearable that everyone had to struggle to stand upright.
"GUYS!" Carolyn coughed. "DON'T GIVE UP! KEEP CHANTING THAT INCANTATION!"
Mia, Yuna, and Katie were all standing in a circle. They were all grasping each other's hands, shouting out an incantation that Carolyn had taught them. Occasionally, one of them would stop chanting to cough in pain from the effects of the spell. It seemed to set them back quite a bit when that happened.
Rikku then noticed that the shadow that caused the pain throughout the room, was oozing from the demon's mouth.
"TIDUS!" She screamed. She pulled out a hand grenade and ran towards him. Tidus immediately guessed what he had to do. He folded both his hands and held them out. When Rikku came near him, she jumped up onto his hands. He pushed upward, launching her higher into the air. She pulled the pin out of the grenade with her teeth and shoved it into the demon's mouth. She then rolled to the ground unharmed.
"GUYS!" She screamed covering her head with her hands, as she scrambled away from it. "FIRE IN THE HOLE!"
Anyone that happened to be near the demon at the time, bolted away. There was a great explosion and a good portion of the demon's mouth was gone. Although it seemed like it hadn't caused a lot of damage, it had obviously disabled the demon's shadow smoke attack. Everyone immediately took huge breaths of air. After inhaling what felt like the fires of Hell, normal air felt like Heaven. The three pure-hearts continued chanting.
"DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!" They were practically screaming it out now. Carolyn could feel their energy slowly growing inside her as they continued chanting. "DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI! DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!"
Cedric ran forward, and leapt at the demon's head. The monster swiped its claws at him, but fortunately for our young shape changing hero-type-person. It missed him. Cedric landed on its face, and before it could react, Cedric sank his fangs into its right eyeball. There was a sickening POP inside its head. It roared in agony, grabbed Cedric in its claws, and hurled him across the room, but Cedric had already accomplished his job; the demon was now blind in its right eye.
Cedric slammed into the wall at full force and fell to the floor. He lay perfectly still. His fur slowly sank back into his skin. He was now lying fully clothed as a human again. He lay still and unmoving. His chest no longer rose and fell as he drew breath. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were closed.
Before the demon could make another move, Wakka finished what Cedric started. He hurled his spike-covered blitzball at its face. This one hit him in the LEFT eye. It roared in pain as Wakka's blitzball bounced off its skin and back into his hand. It was now completely blind.
Kairi ran at the demon, determined to play some role in bringing down the monster that had caused so much pain. Her heart shone pink through her white shirt. She held out her hands, a red beam of energy flew from them and struck it in the chest. It roared in pain. It swung its claws blindly at her, but she managed to dodge them.
Meanwhile, as the fight dragged on, Mia, Yuna, and Katie were still chanting. "DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI! DOSU BA SAA BIKU ZUZUN SU JARI!"
"KEEP IT UP!" Carolyn screamed. Their energy was strong inside her now. "WE'RE ALMOST THERE!"
It was at that moment, that somebody finally noticed the dead Cedric lying on the ground, slumped lifelessly against the wall.
"CEDRIC!" Riku yelled. He dodged a blow from the demon and ran to his former enemy's side. He'd just met the real Cedric! It wasn't fair for him to die yet! All the poor guy had wanted was to avenge his parents! "CEDRIC!" Riku yelled shaking him. "DON'T YOU DARE DIE ON ME!"
At that moment, Cedric drew in a sharp mouthful of air, as in response to Riku's demand. He sat up, coughing up a mouthful of blood.
"Phew," He said wiping flecks of blood off his lips. "I thought I was going to DIE!"
Riku punched him on the forehead. "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA OF COLLAPSING WITH THAT DEAD LOOK ON YOUR FACE?!"
"You're the one who decided I LOOKED dead." Cedric grumbled.
"If you were okay, then why did you turn back into a human?!" Riku demanded.
Cedric shrugged. "I didn't know if I was going to live or die, and if I DID die, I wanted to look human for my funeral."
"Vain little idiot..." Cronos grumbled.
At that moment, Carolyn felt a rush of energy tear throughout her body. "THAT'S ENOUGH! STOP!" She screamed. Mia, Yuna, and Katie stopped chanting. Carolyn stood shakily to her feet. Now was the moment of truth. Would her plan work?
She placed her arrow on the bow again. As she drew back on the string, the tip of the arrow began to shine with a holy white light. For a moment, she held the string back like that, she seemed to be absorbing the moment; all the anxiety, fear, and pain of it.
Then she released it.
The arrow seemed to whiz forward in slow motion. It spun as it went, making a whistling sound. The demon had just swung its claw at Cronos, and for a split second, Carolyn was sure it would hit its arm instead of its chest. But when Cronos dodged the attack, the demon drew back its arm to ready another attack, exposing its chest. The arrow was microscopic compared to the demon, but its effect was tremendous. It sank into its chest with a THUNK! Instantly the monster was ablaze with light. It roared and thrashed as it tried to rip the arrow out of its chest, but it was too small for a BLIND demon to find.
The demon seemed to be sucked into an invisible black hole. For a moment, it was turning slowly in a spiral, growing smaller every second.
Then it was gone. Dead.