Amber's First Battle

Amber looked ahead at the Ryukami. It was barring its fangs, ready to kill the youths in front of it. She refused to yield to another one of those beasts. Suddenly, the girl Neutralizer felt a strange force that was growing inside of her. The words just seemed to come from there. "Energy of Water and Sacred Orb! Give your power unto me. Pierce my enemies with your newfound blade. Mizu!" The Water Orb began to expand much like Teefa's Lightning Orb. It formed a long cylinder shape, and then a spearhead was formed at the top. For that was what was locked inside the Water Orb, a spear. Amber swung it around in an arc, and the blue orb imbedded in the metal blade flashed when a small stream of light hit it in the right spot.

"Great Amber," Lufia called out, "But now it's my turn. Energy of Fire and Sacred Orb! Combine your powers. Infuse me with your energy, and lend me your soul. Takisukeru!" Her Fire Orb began to expand as well. Soon, it was also cylinder in shape, but much shorter. The red gem was now on top of it, it had become a magic wand. Now, by calling out the final word in their chant, the girls could unleash a small stream of elemental energy on top of the enemy. The three held their weapons out in a threatening pose.

"Great, left behind again," muttered Donnie. He held the Earth Orb, and tried his best to make a sword out of it. But it still didn't respond. His inattentiveness almost caused him to be slashed to pieces by a Ryukami's claw. Luckily, Teefa saw her brother's plight at the last moment. With a cry of "Inazuma" she was able to attack the Mihan Demon with Lightning. It sprang at her, and Rooks killed it with his sword.

Lufia yelled, "Ok now babies, taste my flames. Takitsukeru! Takisukeru! Takisukeru! Takusukeru!" She aimed blast after blast of fire at her opponents, burning them badly. But the Elements are unable to kill in a single hit, well at least something a strong as a Mihan Demon, so Max was trying his best to keep up with her and take out what she weakened. That was a strategy the two Princesses and their Partners used often. Lufia enjoyed this part of it more than anything else. She really did enjoy anything that involved fire.

Amber had no intent at using her Water Elemental powers. Instead, she was thrusting her spear at any Mihan Demon who came close. Also, she would swing it in arcs and circles if they tried to gang up on her. There was no way she would get herself wounded by the same demon that nearly took her life before.

Suddenly, there was a small rumble heard. Then, a large Ryami appeared. Although not at the level of needing a Divine Sorceress and Ultima, Ryami's were very tough. The Youth Alliance had never encountered one before. Donnie panicked, and unleashed his whip arm at the beast. But that did little to phase it, only make it madder. The Ryami's eyes glowed red, and it began to advance on the young boy.

Amber panicked, she didn't want to see her new friend hurt. "Kurai no Kage!" With those words, a large shadow appeared out of the ground. It looked like a giant gorilla, over six feet tall. But even that was no match for a Ryami, and soon the Shadow Creature that Amber controlled was beaten back into the earth.

"Twisted Shadows, appear before me," chanted Lufia, "I, Lufia, command you. Appear before me and fulfill your duty!" Her Shadow Creature appeared at that moment. Unlike Teefa's golden tiger with black stripes, the one that saved her earlier, Amber could see that Lufia had a silver tiger with dark brown stripes.

The Silver Tiger rushed at the Ryami. While Amber was paying attention to Lufia, she failed to notice Teefa had summoned her Gold Tiger to aid Donnie as well. Both Shadow Creatures struck out at their chosen enemy. But even the might of two was unable to stand against such a powerful demon as that.

"No choice, we have to transform. Rooks, I want you to keep Sky back, she'll just get in the way," Teefa ordered. She looked angrily at the slow moving Ryami. It was only moving at this speed so it could have more pleasure out of its kill. To go fast would just suck all of the anticipation and fun out of it all.

Rooks replied, "As good as done, my Lady." He gripped Sky by the scruff of her neck, so she wouldn't try to help Teefa out. She could sometimes be a little hot headed, perhaps because of the fire and wind that made up lightning was working together inside of her to rush into things and be a real bubble head.

Lufia looked to her Partner. "Max, protect Amber. We can't worry about her and save Donnie too."

"Yes, Lufia. No harm will come to her by my Sword," the boy answered. He walked over to where Amber was sitting on the ground, and stood next to her. But his well trained eyes were darting around, in case a Mihan Demon tried to sneak up on the warriors. Then, they would get the sharp edge of his blade.

Teefa began, "I, Teefa, call upon you, oh beast of power. Let your form become mine, to destroy our enemies. Tsubasa no Tora!" With that, a large bolt of lightning suddenly came out of the sky and struck Teefa. Amber shrieked, that could kill a person. But suddenly, the lightning cleared and revealed Teefa in a new form. She was a humanoid tiger with yellow fur and black stripes. Her hair and eyes had not changed, but she now had silver wings on her back. A ruby breastplate covered her white shirt, and she had on gray pants. Long yellow boots with the toes cut out—to accommodate her claws—were on her feet, steel guards on her knees. A white cape covered her shoulders and reached down to her feet, and she had on white fingerless gloves. On her head was a white hat with a red feather stuck inside the front of it, and what seemed to be a pink and red raccoon tail on back. Finally, there was a white belt in the same material as the gloves and cape, with more of the material draping down from the front, back, and sides of the belt.

Lufia looked ahead at her enemies. "Beast of Strength, let us find the power. Your form and mine will join to destroy our enemies. Tora no Kobushi!" Fire raged around the young girl. When it cleared, she too was a humanoid tiger with yellow fur and black stripes. Like Teefa, her hair and eyes hadn't changed. She now had on a long blue dress with short sleeves, and a high cut sleeveless red undershirt. Her black shoes were also toeless, since the girl had claws on her feet. Now, they were ready to battle the Mihan.

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Teefa's Last Words…

I know there are a lot of powers in this chapter. Well, I felt explaining them in real time battle would be good. The two transformations are based off of Breath of Fire clans. Teefa is half Woren (tigerman), and half Winged Clan. Lufia is fully Woren. On my website, I have a bunch of RPG characters as Breath of Fire Clans for some of my fun in-site humor & to host certain things. And the reason Donnie hasn't done the smart thing and run for his life is that he's scared stiff. Like a deer in headlights.

Mizu: cold water

Takitsukeru: ignite

Kurai no Kage: shadow of darkness, darkness shadow

Tsubasa no Tora: tiger of wing, wing tiger

Tora no Kobushi: fist of tiger, tiger fist