Whoo hoo! Thank you all for more than 50 reviews!!! That's 50 more reviews than I ever thought I'd get, haha. I already almost have even 60 now! Already up to 18 chapters. Sure it's kinda long, but I have seen way longer...like, I've seen a fic with 45 chapters. Ok, the song I used in this chapter is called Tourniquet and it's by Evanescence. Man, I coulda picked a better song, but oh well. The lyrics don't have much to do with this part...and yet they do, heh. But you'll have to figure it out for yourself cause I'm not even really sure, ha! Hope you like this chapter!

Claimer: I DO own Falina, Ceres, Narimo, Tetra, Inge, Helios, and the plot...Boy I own quite a few things don't I? And with more to come, heh.

{Lyrics}

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{ I tried to kill the pain }

{ But only brought more }

Sora ran towards Ceres, with Riku following. Ceres also ran towards them, his black hair flying and his silver eyes burning into them.

{ I lay dying }

{ And I'm pouring crimson regret, and betrayal }

Sora quickly pulled the Keyblade above his head and brought it down upon Ceres, but Ceres quickly threw up his sword and blocked it.

He shoved his sword upward, forcing his Keyblade off, and he quickly brought his sword over and swung it sideways. It was intended to slice Sora's side, but he jumped back and it only scratched him.

{ I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming }

{ Am I too lost to be saved }

{ Am I too lost? }

While Ceres was distracted, Riku thrust his sword at him, and stabbed him through the far right of his side. He stepped back in pain, blood flowing from his fresh wound.

He jumped at Riku, making it look like he was going to bring the sword down on his head, but tricked him and brought it to the side and swung it against Riku's left side, making a deep cut. Riku fell to the floor, cringing in pain and grabbing his side.

Sora quickly looked at him as he blocked Ceres sword. Ceres saw his opportunity, and ran towards Riku. Sora tried to stop him, but Ceres had already stabbed his sword through Riku's side, causing him to yell out in more pain. Ceres took his sword out, and jumped back.

{ My God, my tourniquet }

{ Return to me salvation }

{ My God, my tourniquet }

{ Return to me salvation }

"Riku!" Tetra screamed. She started running over to him, but he held out his hand.

"No, stay back, Tetra." She reluctactly stopped. She looked scared and worried, tears staring to well up in her eyes. He gave her a weak smile to reassure her, and he slowly picked himself up, readying himself to fight again.



"Riku, maybe you shouldn't fight for a minute." Sora said while Ceres wasn't attacking.

"No way, Sora. You know you need my help, and I can't let him get away with hurting Tetra." Riku replied.

"Yeah but you're hurt. Tell ya what, you stay out of it and rest a second, and if somehow he starts kicking my ass, you can jump in and help. You'll get your revenge trust me." He said with a small smile, and Riku smiled back in agreement. "I want to fight him one-on-one, and make him pay for taking Falina."

Sora turned his attention back to Ceres, and Riku slowly walked over to the others, still in pain. Tetra and the others helped tend his wound.

Falina looked up at Inge who was standing beside her.

"Why aren't you fighting too?" She asked.

"Because, I'm staying here to protect you. I'll only help them if they need it." She replied. Falina simply stared, then looked back at the fight.

{ Do you remember me }

{ Lost for so long }

{ Will you be on the other side }

{ Or will you forget me }

Sora and Ceres were exchanging a series of slashes, both of them blocking most of the other's attacks, though a few hit them, giving them each more small bleeding wounds here and there. Though it didn't seem like it, they had been doing this for several minutes.

Sora was pushing Ceres back with swipes from his Keyblade, the metal of the weapons clinging as they hit each other. Sora did a three-step combo with the Keyblade, and Ceres blocked and dodged the first two, but the last strike went right into his stomach. Ceres stumbled back, gasping from the large wound now in his stomach with blood flowing down his legs.

Ceres regained himself, and lashed out at Sora's legs, but Sora jumped and when he landed thrust the Keyblade towards his head, but Ceres pulled his arm up just in time, and he now had a new wound in his lower arm. Sora drew the Keyblade back, but that gave Ceres some time, and he stood back up and quickly stabbed at Sora again.

Sora wasn't as quick that time. Ceres' sword went right through Sora's shoulder. It went so deep, you could see the sword coming out of his back. Sora stood there stunned, eyes wide. Ceres withdrew his sword and Sora fell over grabbing his shoulder, and squinting his eyes in pain.

Falina was scared half to death, but she knew he was going to be ok. The pain wasn't that bad, at least not compared to what he's endured in the past, and he stood back up to face Ceres. Blood was now dripping down his chest, staining his jacket and shirt. Ceres grinned, and lunged at Sora again, and the same series of clashing started again.

{ I'm dying, praying, bleeding, and screaming }

{ Am I too lost to be saved }

{ Am I too lost? }

Sora quickly spun the Keyblade around and hit Ceres in the face with the handle of it, making a small trickle of blood. He spun the Keyblade back around as Ceres slashed at him again.

Sora blocked it, and his Keyblade and Ceres' sword were up against each other almost vertically, and Sora and Ceres were practically face-to-face. Both of them grtting their teeth and looking angrily into each other's eyes. Ceres head-butted Sora, causing him to stumble back.

Ceres took advantage of this and ran up to him, punching him as hard as he could in his stomach. Sora's eyes widened as he quickly became out of breath, and blood slowly came out of his mouth.

"Just because I said I would only use my sword and not my magic, doesn't mean I wouldn't use my fists." Ceres said closely to his head.

Sora jumped back grabbing his sore stomach and catching his breath, getting ready to go again.

"Well I guess you didn't break any promises then." Sora smirked. "Come on, I'm waiting."

{ My God, my tourniquet }

{ Return to me salvation }

{ My God, my tourniquet }

{ Return to me salvation }

Ceres took his offer, and ran at him. He held his sword up, though it was already covered with some of Sora's blood, it hungered for more. Sora readyed himself, but instead of trying to hit him head on, Ceres jumped over him at the last second, confusing Sora.

Before he could turn around, he heard a cling of metal against metal. He turned around to see Riku, holding Ceres' sword off with his sword. Ceres was going to thrust his sword right through Sora's back and out his chest, but luckliy Riku intervened. Riku turned his head and smiled at Sora.

"I saw he was about to somehow kick your ass, so I jumped in." Sora smiled back.

"It's a good thing too." Sora said. Ceres jumped back as he got into his fighting stance, as did Sora and Riku.

Sora and Riku glanced at each other and nodded. They ran at him and just as they were about to hit, Riku swerved to the side and got behind him, making Ceres the confused one now. He turned his head to see Riku, but since he was going to seemingly do nothing, turned it back to Sora.

But just as he did so, felt a horrible pain in one side of his chest. Sora had stabbed him in his chest while he was distracted. Almost as quickly as that happened, Riku stabbed him through the back and his sword came out in front, across from Sora's Keyblade.

They missed his heart on purpose, so he wouldn't die instantly and have to suffer through the pain. They were all wounded pretty badly, but Ceres' wound was mortal despite his strength. His eyes were wide and his mouth open, along with blood coming out of it.

They pulled their weapons out of him, letting him fall on his knees and leaning over in pain. It had been pretty much clear throughout this fight that they pretty much felt nothing but hatred for Ceres now.

{ My wounds cry for the grave }

{ My soul cries for deliverance }

Ceres was still leaning over with his eyes shut tightly, coughing up a bit of blood. Sora and Riku were still staring down at him, and Falina, Tetra, and Inge were still watching. Ceres stared slowly up at them with angry eyes.

"This isn't over." He whispered slowly.

"By the looks of things, it 'is' over, Ceres." Sora said. He and Riku turned and started walking towards the others, both of them still wounded and bleeding, leaving him to die. Ceres stared after them.

"Well looks can be decieving." He whispered towards them, but not to where they could hear.

Ceres quickly flew up into the air. Sora and Riku quickly turned around, surprised he could even still fly. Ceres grinned down at them and laughed. Sora and Riku readyed themselves.

Ceres held his hands apart, and slowly a large ball of orange energy, blue electricity flowing around it, formed in his hands. He pulled it back, getting ready to shoot it. Everyone's eyes were wide, but Sora's became angry.

"You said you wouldn't use your magic, Ceres, and this battle is already over, you lost!" He shouted.

"I don't think so, boy. And since when do you believe everything your own enemy tells you. You're such a fool." He replied.

Ceres threw his arms forward, and sent the energy ball hurling towards them. It spread out wider as it came nearer, and they couldn't get away. They all stared, wide eyed and mouths agape.

The ball had enough power to do a whole battle's worth of damage, and if the people in it's path were already injured enough, it could kill them.

Sora and Riku pulled their arms over their faces to guard themselves. Inge covered Falina and Tetra the best she could. The ball finally hit, sending Sora and Riku back, and flinging Inge, Tetra, and Falina against the wall.

They were all badly injured now, as though they had all fought. Unfortunatly, before the ball hit.... Sora, was the one who was already injured the most.

{ Will I be denied, Christ, tourniquet }

{ My suicide }

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Author's Notes: Haha, sorry I can be so evil at times. Apparently evil hour is 7:28 a.m., cause that's what time it is now. And yes I once again stayed up all night...I need to stop doing that. Anyway, yeah left you with a bit of a cliffhanger here. And I'm sure you all know that that last sentence foreshadows something. Yeah I kinda got Sora beat up in here no? But hey don't get me wrong I love him, but does that mean I have to meet his father? Heh heh, little Simple and Clean humor...Or insanity you pick one. And sorry this chapter was a little short....I didn't want to put anymore than this scene. Wow, I have a lot of reviewers to give credit too this time...9 of em, wow.

Reviewer Credits:

possessed-teddybear: And here is my reviewer of the week, lol. I know you've told me plenty of times on AIM that this is the best story you have ever read...Wow thanks ^^! If you think this is good you should read Maiselph by Aniiston...now that's a good story. I also noticed your mentioning my story on your bio, once again thanks! Lol. And that you added me to your favorite authors list and my fic to your favorite stories list, wow, I feel so loved, lol. I dunno about my fic blowing professional authors out of the water, heh. Personally I don't think it's THAT good, but hey, I think every author thinks that about their fics. But thanks again ^^. Well, actually I wish I could make this a real book, heh heh. It's definitly long enough to be one that's for sure, lol. Thank you so very much for your review! ^^

Jamiesgirl: Haha, yes it's a fight! Any of my stories will have a fight in them cause it evens out everything, ensuring not too much romance or anything else, heh. Except my humor stories but ya know. I'm sure you'll like this chapter. I probably could have done better on describing the battle, but I tried ok, heh heh. Thanx for your review!

LewsTherinInsanity: Ah yes, I'm sure you liked this chapter because of course it's the one in which the fight takes place, heh heh. Sorry you had to wait, but here it is! Yesh, I for some strange reason actually did like the last chappie. Thanx for your review!

Inge: Well if it isn't the real Inge! Lol. Yes people, this is the real Inge De Tollenaere (God did I spell that right? Oh well...). Inge is mah sister's friend who lives in Belgium ^^. My sister just made up the character and gave her Inge's name. Yes I do sorta know you, ha. And yes I remember drawing ARCANSAW for you on doodle, lol. Um, I don't think I'll ever become a famous writing but maybe a famous writer, HA! Jk, lol. And yes you can have my autograph, lol. I'm sure you are intrigued by the Inge character...she has YOUR name, lol. Yes, lush, lol. Thanks to mah sister. Ha yesh I shall keep it going. And greetings from me to the far away Belgie, lol. Thanx for your review! ^_~

lara: Glad you think it's pretty good. Yeah I know it so could've been worded better! . But my next fic will be trust me. I just didn't do my best on this one at all, heh heh. But I will on the next. Happy you like the story. Thanx for your review!

blue fox: Glad you think my story's nice ^^. Don't see exactly why chapter 17 was funny as hell though...unless you were talkin about a different chapter, heh heh. I update every Friday just to let ya know. Thanx for your review!

Dark Angel 13388: To those of you who have no clue what we're talking about, this will be very weird. Riku still hasn't taken that emu food out of his pocket?! That idiot...Yes I think a bus would probably defy the laws of physics, but I don't know Riku's pants are pretty big, heh heh. Yes, Riku-ness is my cool word, lol. No, it seems Riku and animals don't mix, heh. First the E-Bay mice, then the gerbils, then the mutated duck on the plane when we were going to Disney World, and now the emus. You just need to smack the boy Mandy, lol. Thanx for your review!

Foxxy*Chick: Glad you think my story's pretty good. I shall indeed keep it up! And here's the next chapter so your wait is over, lol. Thanx for your review!

Aniiston: I know, I like Ceres and Falina's relationship too, lol. I have a thing for that too, though I didn't really realize it when I was writing it, lol. Thank you ^^! Yesh, Sora is so cute worrying like that, *huggles Sora*. Ha, yes fairy tale romance, lol. Glad you thought the last one was a great chapter. Ha at least you believe I've played, lol. I thought everyone knew that the disclaimer meant I don't own kingdom Hearts like Squaresoft and Disney do...Oh well, I guess some people just don't, lol. Thanx for you review! ^^