Mrs. Darth Vader: Okey dokey! ^_^
~*~Prodigious girl*~*: You're sick? ;_; *patz* I hope you're better! Glad you liked Kailee and Holly's part, yes, Carly would hate getting a cold as I would too, lol!
The Great Kuro Neko: Then you're like me, lol, I rant at least 10+ times. XD 2 months…? O.O Oh, you know Ojamajo Doremi DOKKAN? O_o 20/20 vision means perfect, flawless eyesight.
SakuyaChan: *glompz* Long time no review. ^_~ Missed ya! Helly fish????? O_O
Kai Hiwatari: Yayz! Glad you liked my other fic. I'm pretty busy too be bored, lol! Hope this makes ya un-bored.
Reicu: Aaaaaaaaaah, jellyfish!!!! I don't like them much myself. X_X
Kyu's gone: …aw…I'm sorry you quit…bye…*sobz*…I had another FF.net account too a couple years back, but I quit for a while too cuz I had no time, but I came back, so hopefully you will too. I wonder if you'll see this though…*waves in the horizon if you don't* ;_;
bimbo-blonde: Carly's gotta complain about everything, there MUST be at least ONE thing that she doesn't like. Glad you liked Holly and Kailee's part, laterz!
dreamer-gurl3: It's okay if you don't review it, I just didn't know whether you were alive or not. _ Exactly how many reviews are you aiming for in your fics?
Just-some-girl1: ^_______^ Me too!
RBMIfan: You're right buddy, it SO wasn't one of my best, my best is in Where Your Loyalties Lie, I think. Everyone like Tala/Hru, but I've gotta dish them outta denial first. XD
Beyblader-grl: Woooooooow, looooong! *glompz* I bounce a lot too! Kailee loves animals…at least that's what D_G told me, :P Poor Kai…he's got a lot on his mind, doesn't he? ^_^
whisper*2*imaginary: ALL MINE! *glompz* ^_^ I love denial. XD Dunga's getting beaten up, lol!
scarlet diamonds: *nodz* I agree, but Kailee's Kailee and it's good to have all types of personalities in a fic. ^_^
~kai~: Not really tho, I liked Hru like that, firm mind, very good. XD Because Tala makes himself annoying. XD XD You got a phone?? Cooool, my friend collects phone plates. XD You got it already? What are you getting for Xmas? XD
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Chapter 32: Sea Battle
"Finally here!" Cassandra said happily as the Water Palace came into view, "Woooohooooo!!!"
"Great, that means we can finally leave this underwater torture once we behead that stupid warlock," Tala grumbled, still touchy about water.
Hru was still touchy about releasing the spirits and was drifting in sullen silence.
Carly was still touchy about unfreezing those jellyfish and kept muttering about how jellyfish were evil and useless.
Kailee was still touchy about her attacking the squid with her wand and was sulking in silence as well.
Kai cast an annoyed look at Hru and Kailee's sullenness and kept to himself.
"Come on guys," Holly said, "Cheer up! Let's forget about that last battle."
"I still can't believe I let those jellyfish go!" Carly snapped, her emerald eyes glittering, "I have never done such a –"
"And I can't believe I didn't destroy those spirits while I had the chance!" Hru added with the same amount of snap.
"Carly," Johnny said with an exasperated sigh, "Stop it with jellyfish already." He drifted over to her and punched her friendlily on the shoulder which got him a small smile from Carly in return.
"Okay," Hru said, loudly, "Let's make one thing crystal
clear all right??? I'll let it go this
time, but never again. The Spirit
weapon is MINE and I WILL use it in ANY
way I please. Consider yourself warned
the next time anyone interferes. My
fight, my way, my weapon. Got it??"
Kailee looked like she wanted to object but she shut her mouth when Kai gave
her a tight look.
"But Hru," Holly protested, "What if you accidentally take the spirit of an innocent creature???"
"Then I'll give it back if I feel like it," Hru said icily, "I can tell the difference between good and bad, you know."
"What about the difference between being cruel and being compassionate??" Max demanded.
Tala smiled grimly, "You don't need to be compassionate on the war field."
"I agree with Hru," Carly said, "No one's going to tell me how to fight my battles. If I feel like sending someone to hell, I will and no one's going to stand in my way. I don't care if they were once good or once evil or brainwashed or whatever, if they're in my way, they had better hold on to their heads!"
"Exactly," Hru said in satisfaction, "I'm glad someone agrees with me."
"That's not fair!" Kailee cried.
"Stop it," Kai ordered.
"Stop fighting," Cassandra pleaded, "Let's go into the palace, come on, chill out. You'll all feel better once we defeat the warlock. We need to stick together as a team, we stick together but you guys can keep your own fighting styles, okay???"
Everyone nodded curtly.
"Good, let's go," Cassandra said, swimming through the gates. She reached the doors and slowly creaked them open. "Wow, it's like an aquamarine in here! It looks empty enough. You guys stay here for a sec, I'm going to check out the throne room, I'll yell if I'm in trouble, I'm good at that." She swam inside and slowly peeked into the throne room, "Hmm...empty. And no sign of the Water Warlock or the Water Scepter either. This sucks. No one's home." She swam back outside and shook her head, "It's empty."
"Looking for me??" a loud voice roared, "HA HA HA HA!!!"
Everyone whirled back around and saw a monster who was obviously the Water Warlock, a huge figure clad in heavy mail and armor. He was riding a shark and holding a trident in one hand, the Water Scepter gleamed in his waist pouch.
"The scepter!" Cassandra whispered.
"I'm surprised you made it this far," the Water Warlock sneered, "With all my water powers I thought for sure that I was in total control. Oh well, your good fortune ends here. Allow me to introduce myself, I am the mighty Water Warlock, commander of the underwater realm, ruler of the seven seas. Your fate is in my hands."
"Sorry pal, but my fate isn't in anyone else's hands except for mine!" Carly said ironically, "You're barking up the wrong tree if you think you're going to determine my fate!"
"We will see," the Water Warlock said smugly, "Arise my faithful water servants. Arise!" They all watched as they were faced with a small army of sting rays, thin and flat sea creatures who could fire sharp needle-like stings. "Attack them!!!!"
Hru rushed forward before anyone could stop her and sent a Spirit Hunter though one of the sting rays, ignoring Kailee's horrified gasps. A black spirit flowed into her weapon. She smiled sarcastically at Kailee, "They're fake, don't worry, it's absolutely harmless!"
"It's still hurtful," Kailee said, pouting.
"I'll take the Water Warlock and tail him," Cassandra said, "I'll need backup though."
"Willow and I will back you up," Holly told her, "Don't worry."
Cassandra swam after the Water Warlock, ripping her trident across the shark's tail fin. The shark roared in pain and bared its teeth at Cassandra.
"So?" Cassandra said tauntingly, "You think I've never
seen teeth before??"
"Go get her, my beloved pet shark," the Water Warlock said, "If you do catch
her, you may eat her for dinner."
"Sorry," Cassandra said, "I don't plan on becoming shark bait anytime soon!"
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The others swam around, destroying at many of those sting rays as possible, but it wasn't easy because those rays were even more slippier than the eels they previously fought. They maneuvered easily and fired their stings with ease. Everyone dodged the stings as best they could and tried to destroy as many as possible, since they were unsure of the effects of the stings.
Then Enrique was the first to discover the danger of the sting. He didn't quite dodge the glittering pointed sting which was aiming straight for him, he just sorted twisted around, which wasn't enough because the sting burrowed itself into his shoulder. "AAAAHHH!" Enrique yelled as the effects of the sting began to spread through his body. His body went numb and he was unable to move so he sank down on the ocean floor, shaking in pain.
"Enrique!" Johnny and Kai exclaimed.
"Why you-" Carly was so mad, she literally tore the sting ray responsible apart by slashing an arrow through it violently. She quickly swam down to Enrique, forgetting that she was supposed to be mad at him.
"For someone who says that she doesn't care a thing about what happens to him, Carly sure doesn't act like she doesn't care," Johnny remarked.
"Just don't say that to her," Kai added, beating a ray back with his sword and slicing it in half.
"Enrique, talk to me, say something," Carly ordered, grabbing him and shaking him hard.
"I can't," Enrique stammered, still trembling in pain, "I can't move anything."
"What the hell do you mean that you can't move anything????" Carly demanded, "You stupid boy. I do wish you'd be more careful!" She gave his arm a tight squeeze, "Can you feel that???"
"N-no," Enrique said, "I-I felt nothing..."
"Johnny!!!" Carly yelled in panic, "Get over here, quick!"
"What's wrong with him?" Johnny asked, swimming over, his lilac eyes glancing at the shaking blond boy.
"I don't know, he says he can't move anything," Carly said, sounding slightly hysterical, "And he can't feel anything either."
Johnny looked at Enrique, whose eyes began clouding over in pain and he was still shivering uncontrollably, "Looks like paralysis to me. He's paralyzed! Where did he get hit?"
"I don't know," Carly said, "Oh wait, look on his shoulder." She reached up and yanked the sting out of his shoulder, chucking the needle as far as she could in fury, "SCREW THAT!!!"
"We can't do anything for him," Johnny said, wincing as Carly's voice reached his eardrums "The paralysis will pass, but until then, he'll have to stay clear."
"But look at him!" Carly cried, "He's in pain! We've got to get him some help."
"Carly, there's nothing we can do!" Johnny told her firmly, "We've got to get back and help the others fight those sting rays, he'll live, let's go." He shook his head and swam off.
"We'll see about that!" Carly said angrily. She grabbed Enrique who was completely out of it by now and unaware of what was happening and headed stubbornly towards the Water Palace, lugging her friend behind her.
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Cassandra let out a shriek as the shark came hurling after her, she made a lucky sudden turn to gain some distance. She didn't want to think about what would happen if she came into contact with those TEETH. She spun around in the water and managed to get in a jab with her trident, but that only enraged the shark more. The Water Warlock was very amused with this little duel and was watching.
Holly came up from behind and slashed with her sword while blasting out Light from her hands while Willow whacked the shark's head with her staff and released Dark energy from her hands.
The shark groaned at all the pulsing attacks and bared its teeth at its attackers. Then he shot after Willow, snapping his jaw.
Willow dashed away fearfully as the shark rounded closer to her.
Cassandra grabbed the shark's tail and sank the teeth of
her trident into the shark's tail as it let out a roar of pain. Blood streamed out, real, red, blood. "What do we do?? It's real and it's attacking us, Holly can you purify it??"
"I can try," Holly said, hesitating, "But it has to stay still otherwise I
don't have a prayer of a chance."
"What are you waiting for????" the Water Warlock screamed
at the shark, "EAT THEM!!!!"
"Willow and I will hold him still for you to get a clear shot," Cassandra told
Holly.
"W-we will??" Willow stammered, looking nervously at the rows of sharp teeth, "H-how??"
"I know!" Cassandra said, "The sting from the sting rays, they're paralysis stings, I heard Johnny say."
"Okay, I think I'm on to you," Willow said, "I'll go led a couple here." She swam off and twirled around some of the sting rays, catching their attention. When they started to pursue, Willow led them back here.
"Over here!" Cassandra taunted the shark, doing a fancy cartwheel, "Bet you can't catch me!"
The shark gave a roar of rage and shot after Cassandra who led him in a series of loops and turns until Willow gave her the signal. The rays fired at Willow who was some distance away and Cassandra zoomed right between them, a risky move, with the shark right behind her. The stings buried themselves in the flesh of the shark who immediately froze and started thrashing in pain, but after the paralysis took over its body, it laid motionlessly on the ocean floor.
"NO!" the Water Warlock cried, "My prized shark!"
"Now...Purify!" Holly said, raising her hands and aiming a beam of white light at the shark. The shark quivered and sank on the ocean floor, waiting for the paralysis to fade, the evil dying from its eyes.
"Awesome!" Cassandra cheered.
"I WOULDN'T BE SO HAPPY YET!!!!" the Water Warlock roared, "YOU WILL PAY FOR DEFYING ME!!!!!!! PREPARE TO DIE!!!!!"
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"It's okay buddy," Carly said reassuringly to Enrique, not knowing whether he could hear her or not, "I'll get you healed. I heard Willow and Ray talking about medical centers in their Kingdom Palaces and my best bet is to go there!" She swam in the throne room and looked around, "Now...where would I be if I was a medical room? Somewhere quiet and isolated so people won't be in the way. She swam up to the second floor and poked into each room until she can across one with a red cross on it. "All right!" She lugged Enrique inside and pulled open all the cabinets looking for cures. Finally, purely by chance, she found one that was labeled 'paralysis'. "Thank the Lord," Carly whispered, opening the bottle and forcing some of the liquid into Enrique's mouth.
Enrique coughed and spluttered and choked and gagged, then he looked around and said weakly, "Where am I? I can move again!"
Carly didn't answer and she shoved all the stuff back into the cabinet, "You were lucky. But don't count your blessings yet! I'm not sure you deserve to be cured, not after what you did to Aquana." She swam off, leaving Enrique to his lonesome. Now that she knew Enrique was okay, she went back to being mad at him.
Enrique shook his head to clear it and sighed in misery, swimming reluctantly after Carly.
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"They just keep coming!" Kai groaned slicing his sword through more sting rays, "This is crazy, I've had enough. THUNDER BEAM!!!" A beam of thunder toasted all the sting rays in its path to ash.
"I'm with him," Johnny said, "ASTRO BEAM!!!" A beam of shooting stars sliced through some sting rays.
"You have to admit, this is getting really old," Hru added, "SPIRIT BEAM!!!" A beam with the head of a spirit hunter zoomed out and through a line of sting rays, sending all their spirits to Hru's weapon.
Tala blasted out lazer beams from his gun, "Well, I can't really use a wind beam underwater, can I? That's so dumb, it'll have close to no effect!"
"And I'm in the zone!" Carly yelled, swimming in so fast that she looked like a rocket, "ICE BEAM!!! Too bad there aren't no jellyfish!" A line of rays dropped on the ocean floor as ice cubes.
"PSYCHIC BEAM!!!" Enrique shouted, a beam of impulsing psychic waves smashed into the rest of the rays and disintegrated them.
Kailee was covering her eyes as Max held her close and blocked her view, "Oh oh, it's horrible, killing those sea creatures. I wish they weren't completely evil, it's so cruel."
"Carly, where were you???" Johnny hollered, "You are
completely out of control!! I wish I
could tie you down!!!"
"Calm down McGregor," Carly said, "I was just taking care of some unfinished
business!"
"Would you stop calling me by my last name??" Johnny demanded, "You make it sound like I'm your best buddy on some sports team."
"You are my best buddy on the fencing team," Carly pointed out.
Johnny groaned and shook his head.
"And Enrique, you're okay!" Hru said.
"Um...yeah..." Enrique said awkwardly, looking at Carly, "Thank goodness I can feel my body again."
"Let's go," Tala said impatiently.
"Yeah," Kai agreed, "Holly, Cassandra, and Willow are still after the Water Warlock, they'll probably need help."
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I have passed the 400 mark!!!!! ^______________^ Yayz, past 400 reviews, never gone that far before. Thank so much guys! I was thinking that maybe I should finish this fic after Cassie's kingdom and start the next kingdom on another new fic because this is getting to be too long and crazy. X_X Anywayz, hope you liked and don't forget to review, I can't WAIT for the holiday break. X_X Was this chapter shorter? I'm sorry if it was. ;_; Laterz!