For thy lady chapter 3 by Truro
Raine could not belive it. Her own brother attacked her, and announced his contempt, "Genis, why?" she asked, "You hate me Raine!" he shouted, "So I hate you!" "That's not true!" said Colette, pressing her hands against the side of the prism, she was contained in, "Raine loves you!" But Genis wasn't listening, "Once I've got rid of these two, I'm going to settle the score with Raine!" "I was afraid of this." Said Kratos, "I take it, that you know why Genis is behaving in this manner, Kratos." Said Regal, "I believe so. Are you familiar with the weak kiss technique, used by female desians?", "Yes." said Lloyd, "That one where they hypnotise someone into holding back their full strength, during a battle." "Exactly." said Kratos, "This spell is similar, except the suggestion that she gave Genis, was that his sister has betrayed him." "That's horrible." Said Presea, "Believing that your only living relative despises you.", "I know." said Kratos, with a tone of sorrow in his voice, "It's a terrible feeling." Upon realising that all eyes where now on him, Kratos returned his attention back to the battle between Genis, and the two sisters. Charging the power in his kendama,the enraged young by fired a bolt of lightning at Sapphire, who dodged it, only to connect her foot to Genis' stomach. The child dropped to his knees, and clutched his stomach in agony, "Genis, tag me in!" called Raine, ready to jump in, "Get lost!" yelled Genis, "Even if I did want your help, what could you possibly do? You're pathetic!", and with that, he lunged another wave of fireballs at Sapphire, only to have them blocked, by Ruby, "Ooh. That's wondrous!" she said, as if taking pleasure in the hot balls of magma, caressing her crimson skin. Raine felt like she wanted to cry. But she didn't dare. She would not allow the others to see her looking pathetic. As the tears swelled in her beautiful eyes, she somehow managed to maintain a straight face.
Genis cast the aqua edge spell, sending three disks of water, at Ruby, who was shielded by her sister, Sapphire, "Pathetic." She said, "Come sister, let us have at him!" and then, they flapped their bat-like wings and charged at him. Sapphire kicked Genis in the stomach again, "This is far too easy!" said Sapphire grabbing hold of Genis' hair and hurling him into the middle of the ring, "Indeed!" said Ruby holding her hand to show off her nails. They where burning red, and looked as sharp as knives. Ruby and Sapphire charged at the boy, ready to cut him to ribbons. But Genis wasn't going to die without fighting for it, "Stalagmite!" Punching the ground, the boy summoned a mass of sharp rocks, that pierced the air above, shielding him from the attack, and almost catching the two wicked sisters, who flew backwards, at the fright of having their lives taken away, "Spiral Flare!" cried Ruby, throwing the wave of flames towards the rocks, "Aqua Laser!" yelled Sapphire, who show a phased beam of water. Two twin beams collided with the rocks, blasting them to smithereens, and sending Genis flying towards the edge of the ring.
For Genis, it looked bad. He was bleeding badly, and felt drained of a lot of his mana. He could barley stand. But then, he felt a hand, gently slapping his own, and then saw Raine enter the ring, "That's enough!" she yelled, "If you lay one more finger on him, I'll rip the pair of you to pieces!", "Wow." Sheena observed, "There's a switch." "Indeed." said Regal, "It's usually Lloyd, who comes out with such violent threats.", "Am I really that predictable?" asked the swordsman, to no one in particular.
Raine fired a photon shot at Ruby, who was engulfed in a giant sphere of golden light. As the impact of the blast left her staggering, her sister took action. Grabbing Raine from behind, she threw the magician into the centre of the ring, where she and her twin, began their brutal pummelling.
Presea saw her chance. She took in her hand, a potion. A bottle containing a special medicine that has the power to counteract, magical ailments, such as the hypnosis, that Genis was suffering from. Making sure that no one could see, she poured the contents over Genis' head, "Are you alright, Genis?" asked Presea, "What have I been doing…?" said Genis, remember everything he said about hating his sister, and wanting to destroy her, "You where under a spell." Said Presea, "Those witches tricked you into attacking your sister, in order to defeat the two of you." Genis saw the two demons hurting Raine. Ruby punched Raine's face, knocking her onto her back. AS the wisewom rolled onto her knees in attempt to get up, she received a crushing kick in the stomach, from Sapphire. The twin witches where enjoying themselves, enormously, at making the poor woman suffer. This was more than Genis could take. All that mattered now, was that he stopped these two from hurting Raine even more. Clenching his fists tightly, his exsphere started glowing, as he pushed his mana beyond it's limits "Get the hell off her!" he roared, as the mana from inside him exploded into a fury of thunder. Before Sapphire could react, she felt pinned to the spot, by streaks of lightning, "I'll show you your powerlessness!" yelled the young warlock, "Indignation judgement!" came his battle cry, as mighty bolts of godly lightning hammered down upon the blue devil, striking her hard. An explosion of thunder cracked with a deafening roar, as Sapphire lay dead, on the ground, "Sister!" cried Ruby, shocked at the loss of her sister, and even more shocked at the fact that one of them was defeated,
"You little vermin!" she screamed, flapping her wings and charging at the child who murdered her sister, in hopes of vengeance. Before her claws could connect, Ruby was struck violent blow to the stomach, from a finely carved, wooden staff, "Get ready." Said Raine as she removed the stick, from the enemy's middle section. Genis nodded his head. A sigh of affirmation, to what Raine was planning, "Cyclone!" he yelled, summoning a mighty hurricane, that scooped Ruby up, in it's mighty breeze, and buffeted her with winds so strong, it felt like being punched in the face, "Ray!" yelled Raine, as five beams of light rained down from the heavens, striking Ruby harshly. Then it was time for the big finish. The siblings tapped their weapons together, and prepared to finish the battle, "Prism stars!" they cried out together. As Ruby fell from the air, hundreds of coloured balls of light sparkled around her, before crashing into her, piercing her body, and smashing her bones to smithereens. And that was the end of it. "Impressive." Said the dark leader of the former desian team, "Your party wins the first bout."
Genis collapsed. His body was drained of all, but a small amount of mana. Raine quickly got down on her knees, and rolled Genis onto his back. She lifted his head up, and his eyes slowly opened, "I'm sorry Raine." Said Genis, as a small tear escaped his eye, and travelled like a clear river, into the snowy white forest of his crisp white hair, "I let them trick me." A tear of joy fell from Raine's beautiful face, and landed on her brother's cheek, "It's alright, Genis." She said softly, "As long as you've recovered, that's all that matters." Genis smiled, satisfied that his sister, the one he loved most in the entire world, had forgiven him. Genis shut his eyes, and went happily to sleep. Raine stroked Genis' cheek, to wipe away the tear, and kissed him on the forehead, before picking him up, in her long, slender arms, "She's so sweet." Said Sheena, wiping a tear away from her own eye.
"A splendid performance!" said the dark leader, "I'll do it!" said Sheena, as she walked up to the ring, "And as long as my partner gives me a kiss when we win," said Zelos, "I'm game!" "Don't push your luck." Growled the summoner
The dark leader clicked his fingers, and the next pair of fighters approached the ring. Zelos jumped into the arena, drew his sword, and prepared for battle, 'I've got to finish this quickly.' He thought to himself, 'I've to get into the abbey, so I can protect her.'
To be continued…