A/N: Hey everyone, glad to see all the reviews again, and so quickly too. Anyways, this is the little confrontation between Rinoa and Edea. Will Rinoa get her powers back? Will she defeat Quistis? Who knows. But just to warn you, this is just a little disturbing. But yeah, and yes I did start playing FF11 again. I feel so happy. And I hope everything works out for you Nora. Lol. Yes I used your real name. MUWAHAHAHAHAHA.

Part Five: The Maiden

The Witch

Rinoa was ready now. She desperately wanted her powers back. However, killing a sorceress wasn't going to be so easy. She remembered all her other previous fights with sorceresses and they weren't a day in the park. She had to have the element of surprise. If she could just kill her quickly without her knowing, then she would be good.

She pushed the doubled doors open. The cold air swept through Rinoa's body as she entered the hallway. She heard her boots click on the marble floor. She carefully held her gunblade in her hands, letting it hand down on her left side. Sweat began to drip from her brow. She was cold and hot at the same time, but couldn't give in. Her breathing became quick, and she desperately tried to calm herself. She had to get this over with. She had to get her powers back.

She took a deep breath as she entered the sorceress' room. It was the same as the last time she had come. The room was dark. Purple silk hang from the ceilings as the eerie darkness crept around her. There Rinoa saw the chair in the middle of the room. In it was Edea. Her red mask over her face and her long, black hair touching the ground. Her long, black dress clung to her body as she just lay there in a motionless state. Her back was turned to Rinoa who was slowly creeping up to her. It felt like the last time Rinoa had tried this. But then she didn't have a gunblade.

She came closer and closer, raising her gunblade over her head. She reached her mark. Her muscles trembled as she let her arms release. She brought the gunblade down. But it stopped before it reached her head. Rinoa wince as she tried to push it down further, but it wouldn't budge. In fact, her arms wouldn't budge. She was frozen.

Edea's head cocked itself a little before tossing Rinoa across the room. Rinoa screamed as she felt that same helplessness again. She quickly got up before being knocked down again by a dark force.

Edea slowly stood from her chair. She turned around as if she wasn't even using her feet. Her long black hair flew out in streams as the mask began to unveil the face. Rinoa was horror-stricken by the face. It wasn't the kind and gentle soul of the woman she had gotten her powers from, but of a monster. The teeth were jagged and saliva falling from them. The eyes were wide and red, thirsting for blood. She wanted Rinoa to find her, so she could devour her.

Rinoa screamed as she crawled back from the beast. Edea wasn't a sorceress, she was a demon. Her soul had been eaten, and her body had been inhabited by a monster. And it was hungry for Rinoa.

Edea seemed to grow six feet taller as her arms began to grow gigantic. The claws snarling for Rinoa. The stretched out across the room to get Rinoa. Rinoa tried to avoid them, but they grasped her. They began to pull her in. Edea's mouth opened ten feet wide. Her lapping tongue anxious for Rinoa. Her claws were shuffling Rinoa in as she screamed for something to help her. But it was too late. She was already inside the creatures mouth as it tasted her. Then there was a gulp. Into the monster's belly she went as Edea smacked her lips.

Edea's not a sorceress. She's a demon possessed monster. Then Quistis lied to me. I can't find my powers here. Of course, I can't do anything now that I'm dinner for this evil creature. What am I going to do?

"Persistence is the key." She heard his voice again.

"What good will persistence do me in here?"

"Persistence..." It began to fade as it left Rinoa all alone

"Persistence."

Edea licked her fingers as she caressed her gigantic belly that was bulging from her dress. But then there was a quiver. Her stomach began to act up. She looked down to see it rumbling underneath her dress. She felt an immense pain as she screamed into the sky. From her mouth erupted a white light. Soon, her whole body began to blow up like a balloon. The white light began to immerse itself from her body. She screamed in agony before she finally burst into a million pieces of flesh, bone, and blood.

Rinoa stood in the place Edea now did, glowing with her light. She felt so warm and safe inside this light. It had saved her once again from death. But the light faded, and Rinoa was taken back to reality. She still didn't have her powers, and Quistis had lied to her. She wanted Edea to kill her. That had been her plan all along. But wouldn't she be surprised that she was still alive. And now she was going to kill Quistis whether or not she had her powers.