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---------- Chapter 9 --------- The Detransformation ----------

"Bff, HAHAHAHA!" Orphen still in his demon form burst out laughing.

Cleao had been unsuccessfully entertaining Orphen by juggling balls and telling jokes until Majik 'accidentally' tripped her.

"MAJIK!!! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Cleao shouted.

He smiled nervously, "w-what are you talking about? I-I-I didn't do anything."

"Chade cosimonies." (Two jackasses) he laughed.

Krys laughed also, "Kida do sido!" (Don't say that!)

Dilly was crying because his lighter broke and Alan was crying because his hair was ruined. (You know, the fire last time) Hitomi and Merrill were at Van's side nurturing his wounds. He had broken ribs and cuts everywhere, he had pains in his back from flying through trees, and he was exhausted.

Orphen noticed, but ignored and continued watching Cleao trying to beat Majik up who was fighting back even harder and managed to escape her blows to the head.

"Sido'k! Osho dema dosa." (Enough! Onto the games.) Krys said.

He looked at her confused, "Dosa?" (Games?)

She nodded and told the two fighting in front of her.

"CLEAO! STOP! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BEAT ORPHEN AND CHANGE HIM BACK IF I'M BROKEN INTO PIECES?!" Majik shouted.

She continued to chase him, "It's not my problem!"

"CLEAO! STOP NOW!!" Amy shouted in a bold voice.

Cleao stopped and folded her arms and stomped towards Orphen, "You'll pay with your life!"

"Hori?" (What?) he asked Krys in confusion.

Krys shrugged, "Tra ko'ed enom bo neepa." (You don't want to know.)

Later that day they finally thought of something Majik could beat him at... losing.

They told Orphen and Majik to TRY and lose this race, and Orphen enjoyed racing a lot.

"READY! SET! GO!" Krys shouted.

They both walked as slowly as possible trying to lose, and no one was allowed to stop completely. Orphen walked slower than Majik and Majik was ahead. (That means he's winning the race, which means he's losing.) Each step they took was longer and longer and the apprentice finally fell behind. For some reason Orphen couldn't go any slower than he was going, but instead, went faster and faster until he passed the finish line. He looked down in disappointed and Majik jumped up and down realizing that he had lost, so he had won. (Sorry if I'm not making sense) Orphen felt very dizzy and his vision was out of focus and collapsed to the ground.

Krys ran over to him while asking Tsuara, "What's wrong with him?"

"Well, see, since he raced after the entertainment and talking he got lazy and wanted to get it over with so, as you saw, he went faster. Also since his body was made for speed it was hard to go so slow, which is why I liked that idea of TRYING to loose a race. that is the Hellico clan's weakness, which is why they were defeated. Now that he's lost, the de-transformation will use up all his energy. Now all we need to do now is take him to his house before midnight." Tsuara said.

It took awhile to get back to his house but they made it... by one minute.

"Ok, tell me why we had to drag him back home BEFORE midnight?" Cleao wondered as she sat on the living room couch.

Tsuara sighed, "Because if he's out in the midnight moonlight, the de- transformation wouldn't work and if it did, something would go wrong."

Krys came down the stairs.

"Hey, sis, is he by a window?"

Krys shook her head, "Should he be near one?"

Tsuara shook her head also then turned her attention to Dilly in front of the fireplace burning his eyes out with the fire's immense heat.

"Get away from there Dilly!" Krys shouted.

"But, I don't want tooo!" he complained.

Krys got angry. "NOW!!!"

He shriveled away and crawled onto the couch, then looked back at the fire. Krys sat down in between Tsuara and Majik and sighed deeply.

"What's wrong? You seem sad." Cleao said rather sincerely.

She sighed again and looked up at the ceiling, "I don't know, I guess its because I feel that I could've stopped all this from happening."

"Why would you think that?" Majik asked her with the same kindness as Cleao.

She shrugged than looked at Dilly who was slowly creeping towards the fireplace

"DILLY!!" she screamed.

He quickly hopped back on the couch. Screams suddenly were heard upstairs.

"Orphen!" Krys shouted realizing it was him, screaming.

He was in pain, but before she could go anywhere her sister pulled her back down.

"Stop! He's alright, it has started, though I must warn you, he's even more dangerous now." Tsuara told her calmly.

Krys looked relieved.

Tsuara ignored the screams and continued, "I've been wanting to ask, why didn't you tell your 'friends' your real name, Temi."

Krys looked embarrassed, "T-T-Temi!! You're just as mean as you were before!"

"Yes I am!" she smiled freakishly.

"Oh, so that's your real name." Cleao said.

Majik looked from Amy to Krys, or Temi, "Why didn't you tell us the truth?"

"I..." she started but Cleao interrupted.

"Because we aren't really her friends, more like puppets and she's been toying around with us all along!"

"Is that true Krys?" Majik asked in astonishment.

"N-no! Of course not! I just didn't want to get caught." She replied solemnly.

Another scream interrupted their conversation.

Krys looked down with pain and sadness filling her eyes, "Believe me, I would've told you but I don't know you all that well and I wasn't sure whether I could trust you, and I was going to tell you tomorrow but I guess it's a little late."

This time they heard a crash upstairs. They all jumped up and ran upstairs and into Orphen's bedroom. The pot on the opposite side of Orphen had somehow fallen off the table and onto the floor. They looked over and saw that one half of Orphen's face was human and the other side was still in his demon form. He still had wings and one arm had transformed back to the humane form while the other was still demonic. He still had a tail and his horns were disappearing, but his fangs still stayed as sharp as before. Cleao ran into the bathroom feeling sick and Majik ran downstairs to avoid seeing his master in any more pain, but Krys and Tsuara just stood there, watching. (Dilly didn't come; he was too fascinated by the fire that he didn't notice all the commotion) Tsuara finally turned around to relieve her of the pain, but Krys just stood there with her mouth open wide and her fingers twitching. She couldn't help it, but she started to walk towards him as if hoping her pain would just leave. (She was in pain because Orphen was in pain. Love stuff is kinda confusing)

Tsuara noticed and turned around shouting, "TEMI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! GET BACK HERE!"

"I-I-I can't... I..." Krys whispered back.

Even over the Orphen's cries of pain Tsuara still could hear her.

"Shit... I forgot that they still had there powers even when and after the de- transformation." She murmured to herself.

Krys reached the side of the bed where Orphen was rolling and tossing viciously as if he was in his worst nightmare. She knelt on the floor so that her face was level with his and she reached out a hand to touch him, but swiftly he turned and grabbed her wrist tightly.

She started to panic and tried pulling away, but then she realized he wasn't trying to hurt her. He was in so much pain that he couldn't control his strength, and that he just was trying so hard to find a way to get rid of his agony.

She stopped trying to pull away and whispered in his ear, "Shhh, it's ok, everything's alright, you can let go."

She gently hugged him and he slowly loosened his grip on her hand, then went to sleep as peacefully as before. She stood up and looked down at him. He looked as if all of his torment that he went through, never happened, just as if it was a regular night, nothing special, but normal. Tsuara eased when she saw Krys start walking towards her and thought that maybe she was wrong.

"What happened?" she asked in a concerned voice.

Krys ignored her question and looked back at Orphen sound asleep in his bed. She left.

------ Next morning ------

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

Orphen opened his eyes and found himself in his room. He sat up and looked around his familiar room in confusion.

'I thought that I was with Dilly and Krys on that... uh, armor suit, and why is my bed over here?' --

The door opened to his room and Krys walked in with... guess... the usual... everyday... EGGS AND TOAST!!! When she noticed him she almost dropped his breakfast.

"O-O-Orphen? Are you... alright?" she asked with a slight stutter.

He nodded. She walked towards him calmly, still surprised, and climbed up on the bed and knelt on both knees in front of him. She reached her hand out to touch his face, but hesitated a moment and then she gently touched his cheek. She ran her fingers across and back to his ear. She suddenly jumped forward and hugged him tightly. Orphen was very puzzled on why she was acting like it was a miracle that he was alive and well.

He pushed her back, "Whoa! Hold on! Why the hell are you acting like I was resurrected or something?"

She looked at him confused, "What? Oh... never mind."

She got up and was about to leave but Orphen grabbed her arm before she could go anywhere, "WHAT is going on? WHEN did I get here? And WHY were you acting so strange?"

"I'm serving you breakfast, you got here last night at midnight, and if you remembered what happened last night you would know why I acted like that." She said knocking his hands away.

He grabbed her arm again and said, "Hold it. Stay there."

She did, as he ordered wondering why he didn't let her leave like the other times. Orphen got out from under the blankets and stood up in front of her. Suddenly, he pulled her body up against his and kissed her. (French kissing, EW!) It was so sudden that at first she tried to push away not knowing what he was doing, but when she realized what was going on, she hugged him back, locking lips with him. Just then Tsuara walked in and Orphen along with Krys jumped when she talked.

"WHOA! S-sorry! I didn't know I was interrupting something!" Tsuara said as she shut the door.

"PLEASE DON'T TELL CLEAO!!" Krys yelled as Tsuara's footsteps got further away.

Orphen collapsed on the bed, blushing wildly, and stared at the floor. Krys looked at Orphen and smiled.

"Don't worry, she won't tell."

Just as she finished talking they both heard Cleao shout, "WHAT?!"

"Or, maybe she will..." Krys said out loud.

They both rushed to the door and locked it when they heard Cleao stomping up the stairs and heading towards the bedroom that they were in. Soon they heard loud banging.

"ORPHEN!! HOW DARE YOU KISS THAT SLUT!!! I'M YOUR GIRLFRIEND!!! YOU'VE NEVER KISSED ME BEFORE!!!" Cleao shouted through the door.

Orphen looked at Krys expecting her to be staring at him, but she was in like a trance.

"What did she call me? Did she call me... A SLUT?!" the trance seemed to be broken and her fury broke through. Suddenly she got calm, but still angry, "Orphen sit down."

She unlocked the door and opened it. Cleao fell forward and fell on her face.

She got up off the floor and looked at Krys, "HEY! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

Krys got an evil and irritated look on her face which scared both Cleao and Orphen, "Lets play a game, truth or dare, and I dare you to call me a slut again or if you want, say something much worse."

Cleao was scared stiff and she couldn't talk. Her counter parts were arguing whether they should say it again or stay silent. She thought about it, but didn't like the chances of not getting hurt so she smiled nervously.

"H-how bout I pick truth instead?" Cleao suggested.

Krys still had that look that she had before, "Ok, tell me is Orphen REALLY your boyfriend?"

Cleao looked shocked and horrified at the same time and decided to lie, "Yep, yes he is."

Even though Cleao said it quietly so he couldn't hear her he still heard and shouted, "LIAR!!"

Krys got angrier and chased her out of the room. When Krys returned Orphen stared at her and his eyes drifted downwards. (In the WRONG way)

Krys noticed this and got suspicious, "What are you looking at?"

He looked away, "Oh, nothing..."

He looked back and his stare once again worked its way down.

"WHAT?! You're making me nervous."

Orphen smirked and a small laugh escaped, "It's nothing really."

Krys looked at him in disbelief but then shrugged and sat down next to him, "why did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Kiss me! Why did you kiss me?" Krys exclaimed.

He shrugged, "Greatest urge, couldn't resist, besides I promised you a kiss before didn't I, before we were interrupted?"

"Oh yeah." She said while recalling the time right before she had to climb out a window, "are you sure that's it? I mean, it sounds more like you are more repaying me than, loving me."

He laughed, "Don't worry, it's not that."

"Well eat... I won't be seeing you again, so I would like to spend as much time with you as I can."

"WHAT?!" he shouted jumping to his feet, "KRYS! YOU'RE LEAVING? Why?"

She looked down, "My sister told me it was for my own good to leave here."

"Who says you have to listen to her?" Orphen asked sitting back down.

"I think that she might lead the police here and not only arrest me, but you as well for harboring an escapee. I don't know why, but they consider me a run away orphan, so they're say I'm an escapee."

"Ok, now that's screwed up, yeah sure the rest of the government may be messed up, but seriously... that's not right. It makes it sound like you escaped from prison." Orphen told her.

Krys looked up at him, "I thought an orphanage WAS a prison. Is it?"

Orphen looked at her surprised at her response, "Well... I-I don't think so. It's just full of mischief so it may feel or seem like it. Not to mention all the rules."

She laid down, looking at the ceiling and she had the look of being in deep thought.

"Krys? What's wrong?" Orphen asked a little worried.

She didn't answer right away, but when she snapped out of it she said, "Uh? What did you say?"

"Uh, never mind." Orphen said rolling his eyes.

"Whatever eat up and lets go out and have fun!" Krys said as she ran out.

Orphen sighed, "That girl is unpredictable..."