A/N: YEAH I CAN JUST SMELL THE PLOT DEVELOPMENT CAN YOU? WEEEEEEEEEEE............................... Ok this chapter is going to contain my first action/ fight scene. Be gentle please?

Warnings: Some violence, profanity, nothing MAJOR.

Pairings: Same old, same old

Disclaimers: Nope, not mines.

Chapter 13: Same Old Story

It was my job as one sworn to protect earth's balance (as well as one as a supposed officer of the law) to see what was going on down at the docks. This was probably the first lead I'd had for the past couple of months and I intended to see it through.

Duo's revelation that the apartment building had supposedly been destroyed by ice made me even more curious as to the forces working within this building. As Duo laid on the bed gasping for breath and clenching his fist he spoke of nothing but ice and coldness. When I touched his skin I found that his body was freezing. I tried to ask him how ice was relevant to anything but was left to fix the pieces of the puzzle myself, seeing that he had slipped back into a fever, his breathing erratic. He had witnessed something take place in that apartment just before it's destruction and the news anchor's report pulled a very unexpected reaction from him. One minute he was requesting to look at the news the next he was zoning out, falling back into a fit of fever he had broken out of no more than a day ago. Something about Duo was definitely off. Not only could he remember me from my previous life style's and identities but he also had a knack for exposure to the supernatural and unexplained. What was also quite peculiar was the fact that he didn't even appear to be trying to grasp his mind around these happenings and concepts. He didn't even seem to hear me calling out his name when his fever fell back upon him, with a vengeance might I add.

I wanted to touch my palm to his forehead and bring him peace. I felt compelled to watch and guard over him as he slept, his breathing back to normal. The feeling was unfamiliar seeing as how someone such as myself rarely became close to a charge in Duo's situation. I felt sorry for him, being that I could feel a faint aura of sadness and bitterness radiating off of the violet eyed boy. He covered it well though. I could see that Duo had some personal issues contributing to the stress that wrought his mind. He was young, not looking a day over 16 or 17. Even his sleep was haunted and restless. I wanted to be able to put my palm to his forehead and take away any sorrow or pain he was feeling. He called out for someone unknown to me.

Duo had so much in store for him and he couldn't even see it looming over the horizon, no one could. I could only hope that he was prepared when the time came for him to fend off the appending darkness foreshadowing this world. But how could someone so consumed by darkness, fight it's creator? How could someone who is blinded by the light, be one with it? Duo, Duo, Duo, how can you heal everyone, if you yourself are hurting?

(X)(x)(X)

After tending to Duo I took a drive. I drove for a while taking in the people on the street and the gray, cloudless sky that had dominated the city for a few weeks now. It was going to snow soon, this in itself only seemed to add onto the hyped up holiday atmosphere. Christmas was around the corner and the weather could just go un noticed until everyone finished celebrating. A woman was laughing with who I assumed to be her boyfriend, a group of teenagers were strolling down the street happily while another looked as if they thought they dominated the place, an elderly pair was tugging their grandchild along; you wouldn't think that the possible end was upon us all.

Yes you heard me right, there is a huge possibility that we are seeing signs of a possible end -if- someone doesn't step in. I was stationed here a few months ago when some really bad signals were picked up in this particular city. Only when I finally got here it came to my attention that no such demonic activity was going on, none that I could pin point anyway. I still remained suspicious though, an energy signal like that just doesn't disappear. I found a place to secure myself with my partner Sally and we've been on the look out ever since.

I see we did the right thing. Something is happening to this city and I have to find out just what. I had to see the complex for myself. I had to see what Duo was talking about. I had little to go on and the most reasonable source of primary evidence was the apartment itself. That's where I would go.

I got out the car and had to remind myself not to stare in awe. The place looked a lot worse in reality than it did on the news. A moist wet smell hung in the air and the buzzing of police activity could be heard to accompany the swarm of blue clad figures raking over the area. The outline of the building was decorated with neon orange and bright yellow tape stating "authorized personnel only". Some blew in the wind while others clung to nearby post going along the outside of the property. I walked towards the site only to be stopped by a young officer.

"I'm sorry but civilians don't have passage to this area." He stated firmly. It was incredibly hard to find young people with purpose these days. I could admire this young man- on a day when I had the patience for it. I pulled out my badge, irritated, and was pleased to see him nod, un shaken, and step aside. I smirked as I stuck my hands in the pockets of my gray sweats and started in to examine the scene before me. The wood appeared as if it was decaying and this was only what appeared to be a mere skeleton of the former complex. I was assuming that all bodies had been taken from the scene seeing as how they gave a death toll on the news already. Now I could see why Duo was so sad. It was terrible. It's as if the bitter reality of the situation doesn't hit you unto you see it for yourself. I shook my head and walked into the hollowed out remains of the complex. I had to go inside. Something was calling me to the inside of this place and I'd be a fool to ignore it........or perhaps a fool to follow it. A man in a yellow helmet passed by holding a clipboard.

"Ya might wanna hurry up in 'dere buddy, this here building is due to be demolished in about 30 minutes or so." I nodded to let him know I heard him and turned back to the task at hand.

I steeled myself as I followed my instincts and entered.

Looking at the inside of the building was a sight you couldn't even imagine. It was extremely cold and little was left to hide the buildings insides from those outside. There were a few remaining hallways and even partial stirs, but nothing I would use to elevate me to the next floor. The lobby of the building was wide open, nothing left to shelter it from mother nature's works. I walked further in, towards that of what appeared to once be a main hallway. I walked in, examining my surroundings as I went. Planks of wood dripped water from above. I winced slightly as one particularly cold drop hit my neck.. The only sound that could be heard was the constant dripping of water and creaking of the wet wood beneath my feet.

As I continued one thing was for certain. This place did not look like fire had ever touched it. How could anyone in their right minds believe this was the result of fire? In pure logic this scenario didn't add up. But unfortunately due to insubordinate forces out of our control, the world is no longer logic based. It hasn't been for a while. As I walked further into the wreckage I felt that I should head back. I could find no more answer within these ruined walls. It appeared as if the whole building had been flooded. The chill in the air was noted as well.

As I walked back I passed a hallway with voices coming from within.

"Hello?" The whispers continued. I scowled to myself and headed down the hallway, the voices becoming louder. I looked around wondering who would be playing around in a deserted building such as this. Maybe it was the souls of those that perished within this building, trying to reach me. I could bring peace to them if so. I now find myself on another mission: to bring calm to those trapped here. I soon found a dead end not to far from an elevator and hole leading up to the next floor. I searched for the door to the stairwell and found it equally damaged, unsafe. All common sense screamed at me to turn back. There was no way I could make it up this stairwell in it's current condition. I found myself trekking up those steps anyway, filled with a certain determination that would lead me to do something stupid, yet meaningful. I made it up the stairs, the temperature dropping further and further as I continued to make my way. I made it to about the twentieth step when my foot fell through, causing my breath to catch in my throat, as I nearly went down I grabbed onto the ledges of the next step, wincing as I felt splinters dig into my skin. In the end, no good amount of effort would've saved me, for the whole stairwell clasped, taking me with it.

I fell with the damp pieces of wood, falling further and firther but not finding the breath to cry out. The temperature continued to drop and I could almost see my breath freeze in the air when I finally did exail, ina last attempt to save myself from suffocating from the drop. After what seemed like eternity I felt myself hit the floor, landing on the pieces of the would be stairwell, with a sickening crack that had me thinking I might've broke something. Turns out it was just a piece of wood breaking beneath me.

It was dark. And it smelled. Like rain. Like damp wood rotting rain. I sat up, cursing for the un teeth time as a splinter dug into my palm. I also noticed I was wet.Very wet. I lifted my arm and flung some of the water off my sleeve, shivering at the cold. My body shook as if unsure of movement, for fear of another fall or mishap. I pushed myself to get up and sighed in relief when I found nothing amiss in my bone structure or health. A scratch here or there but nothing too serious. IF I continued to stay down here I'd probably freeze to death.

I wondred idly what part of the building this was and looked around, noticingI was in an elevator. A very OLD elevator. I stared up at the hole through which I had fallen and winced as a drop of water fell in my eye.

"You'd think that with all this frivolous use of technology they'd atleast take the time to make a decent elevator." I snorted and then fell as the elevator suddenly jerked, as if taking me up.

"Hey!" I got up and pressed at the buttons, which only blinked at me in response. I stumbled and nearly tripped over another piece of wood, trying to catch my balance as the elevator shook violently. What kinda operation is this place running? I used the wall to support myself deciding that it'd be best if I just stayed in one place until I got out of this thing. If I ever got out of this thing.

(X)(x)(X)

To my great and utter relief the elevator had indeed opened. When it did a gust of wind flew in, bringing a few flurries of snow. This in itself was strange and not to mention the whispers. AS I stepped out the elevator I could see a few apparitions drift ot the side and watch me as I passed by. I'm pretty sure they thought I couldn't see them. Well wouldn't they be surprised.

I continued to follow the whispers and noticed a slight frost formed over the walls and corners of the hallway. This was incredibly irritating. Hearing these voices was leading me to believe that I was insane, which I most certainly am not. I was here to complete a task and that is what I would do. This floor was like a winter wonderland. Ice spread over the walls and lfurries of snow flew about. It was almost enchanting.

I soon found myself at the end of a hallway looking at a wall completely made of ice, it's center glowing. Auras floated towards it, being consumed by that center as they were being fed off of.

Like Duo had said........

Ice.....

I touched my hand to the wall, recognizing the cold matter by the numbness that instantly took over my hand. Can I walk through it? What's on the other side? I stepped back and pressed my hand against it, knowing that whatever was on the other side of this ice barrier couldn't be anything good. The signs became clearer the more I thought about it. This had to be the work of apparitions. And what was worse, rogue apparitions.

"This should only take a minute." I felt the intensity build in the palm pressed against the ice. when I heard footsteps behind me and cursed as something shot past me and shattered the wall from my grip The auras scattered, screaming loudly as they fled this way and that. I whipped around into fighting stance wondering what could possibly happen to me now, in this supposedly abandoned apartment.

I focused my vision and quickly found what I was looking for. She was trying her best to be invisible and was actually doing a good job of it but I had spotted her. You have to remember that my abilities are beyond that of a mortals.

"I can already see you." I said triumphantly and was pleased to see her show herself.

She was about my height. Her hair was swept back into a tight bun, a strand hanging loosely in front of her face. She stood in her shooting stance and she swept the loose strand behind her ear coyly. She narrowed her eyes at me before widening them as if in surprise and smiling.

"Why Chang Wufei! Speak of the devil!" Her tone was mocking as she showed no signs of lowering her weapon. She put her hands on her hips and lifted one in an affronted gesture.

"Why Wufei, don't you recognize me?" I continued to stand there, dumbfounded before realization struck me.

"Meiran?" She snorted as her features fell into a wicked smirk. I stood there, stunned at my former childhood friend.

Meiran's features had matured into that of a woman's over the last decade or so. In fact she was beautiful, even if it was in a dangerous way. She had filled out and I could clearly see her lithe curves being hugged by the black leather she was adorned in. Her skin was creamy and pale, like porcelain and I imagined that her father would've been proud of knowing that such a beautiful creature was his daughter, if he had lived anyway.

"Take a picture, darling, it last longer." Meiran wore an expression of pure smugness, seeming pleased at the possibility of having me against the ropes. I intended to prove her wrong.

"Nataku's the name. Double A Extrordinaire!" She laughed coldly at the scowl on my face. How dare she use Nataku's name to move through the ranks of the evil syndicate of which she had become part of? I hissed this at her through clenched teeth and she simply laughed before using her gunning hand to fire a shot at the ceiling effortlessly. The shot lit up the hallway and I cursed slightly as the auras and apparitions shrieked and chattered excitedly. Some cursed and mumbled, none having the courage to actually assault Meiran though. She was after all, a double A. They feared her. Meiran simply rolled her eyes once again, it seems like a favorite habit she picked up, and stood indifferent to their indignance.

Meiran, the fallen angel........

Meiran had been my childhood friend, she was all I could ever ask for in a companion. She was witty and was an equal match for me in sparring and other competitive skills I practiced as a young boy, growing up in our small village. Meiran had disappeared during an attack on our village- one I had died in. My soul had been taken to that of our heavenly father and I have worked for him ever since. I had expected to meet Meiran up there but.....

"OK! I'm tired of standing here watching you gawk at me! I wanna fight Chang!" I chuckled and shook my head. She quirked an eyebrow at me.

"You think this is funny?" She then smirked.

"We'll see how funny it is when I knock you to hell and BACK!" She then lunged at me, letting her firearm dissolve into light around her. For a moment I couldn't see her through the light and grew alert, my eyes darting around the hallway. The souls and apparitions screamed as they were sucked into the mass of light swirling around her and then when she reappeared she was right in front of me, holding two twin sabers, the size of a dagger. They had the handles of a rapier and seemed to be detachable. (1)

She grinned with malice as she launched herself into the air and prepared to strike me. She was glowing a faint green aura and seemed almost demonic in appear fell towards me, her thick black hair streaming out of it's previous position behind her head.

"Prepare to die CHANG!" I for the life of me couldn't understand why she was doing this. I threw myself to the right and gritted my teeth as a blade grazed my skin in her passing. My arm was instantly burning and the metallic scent of blood filled the air. I gripped my arm as I heard her slide and settle behind me, her wicked laughter ringing along with that of the apparitions shielding her. I turned around to face her, trying to ignore the nausea taking over me as well as the heat engulfing my body. She made a clucking sound and shook her head, her eyes gleamed with the same malice her grin held presently. She rushed at me again, swinging the bladed appendage and missing as I leapt away from each swing following the first. SHe remained pleased, filled with enough stamina for the both of us. AS I backed into a corner I spun away from her, and smirked as I heard the blade imbed itself in the wall. Meiran pulled it out, without so much as a grunt and continued her assault. She disappeared and I was on instant alert, watching all around me. I could hear her laughter break through the murmurs of the apparitions and ducked to the floor as I felt her make a swipe for my throat. She propelled herself from the ceiling when she noticed I had fallen to the floor and sat on top of me, closing her left hand around my throat and cutting my skin with her nails. She laughed coldly as she squeezed harder, cutting off my air little by little. I struggled refusing to let her choke me to death and letout as cry as I finally succeeded in moving enough to elbow her in the stomach causing her to weez before throwing herself off of me. She hissed as she held her stomach, glaring daggers at me.

I smiled in slight triumph before noticing that I was bleeding where she had 'grazed' me earlier. TUrns out it was more than just a graze. I tried to stand up but fell to my knees as pain throbbed throughout my body.

"You don't look to good, what's the matter Fei' bebi?" meiran had recovered and was now fixing her hair back into order as she looked at me, un sypathetic to whatever life threatening situation she had put me in. I groaned as my body only grew hotter.

"Poison........" I rasped out, not believing it myself. She spun the blades in her grip, flipping one into the air playfully.

"Yup, you figured it out, hon. That blade was so poisoned." She said sweetly, well as sweet as you can possibly get when talking to someone your hell bent on killing. She walked casually still holding the sabers in her grasp. She twirled them as she gazed at me with a feral look, as a tiger might stalk his human prey.

"Your probably wondering why I'm doing this." She said wistfully as she paced across the narrow hallway, vacantly.

"Do you remember the attack on our village? How I disappeared?" She seemed to wait for a response but seemed to notice I wasn't in the best of shape to give one. She chuckled to herself as she scuffed her boot on the floor.

"Of course you do......."

A young boy ran through the village a blaze, cutting down enemies as he went. Sweat dripped from his brow as he navigated the inferno that had once been his village. All around him the screams of the wounded sounded along with the determined grunts and cries of battle. His brother, his sisters all fought valiantly around him, but he only wished to find one person.

"MEIRAN!" He panted as rolled out of the way of the burning embers of a now fallen tree. He struggled to lift himself up and ignore the panic coursing through his veins. His eyes darted around as he heard another cry of a fallen villager. All around him creatures of darkness warred with his brethren. He clenched his fist as anger boiled up inside of him. Why was this happening?

"Shizuka!" He pulled out his katana fiercely as he cut down a Succubus who had struck his sister (2). The girl nursed her now injured knee and tried to give him a reassuring smile despite her pain.

"Shizuka..." She waved him off.

"It's just my knee, don't worry I can fend them off with magic if I must stay immobile....." He was scared for her. He felt he should stay and protect her. Shizuka gave him a stern look.

"Meiran ran off into the forest, go find her brother....." He hesitated. He really did desire to go save Meiran but he couldn't just leave Shizuka like this.

"But Shizuka, you are injured, I can't....." She shook her head, casting short reddened locks this way and that.

"Go WUFEI!" He saw the fierce look in her eyes and ran, ran just wanting to get as far away from this place as he could, ran ignoring the screams behind him, ran not looking back.....

He ignored the thorns and branches as they cut and struck him. Gnats and mosquitoes clung to his skin, the sweat working as a bond. The air was thick with blood and death, the heat suffocated him and he choked on the smoke clouding the air. He called into the thick night hoping that someone would hear him, anyone. The moon shone red above him, letting all know that the night would be filled with bloodshed.

He was given a renewed sense of vigor as he heard something rustle in the deep forest behind him. He continued running, sensing that another one of those things was coming after him. Shizuka would tell him to be strong, to not give up. Kenji would say that he had the blood of a warrior and the heart of nobility. Shiro would tell him that he was smart, that he could get out of this somehow. But where were those people now? They were dead. That's where. The boy shook his head, flailing the katana in his grasp wildly as tears came to his eyes. But on top of it all..........

Where was his best friend and comrade in arms........... where was Meiran........

"Meiran!" He then stumbled over a stump that rose out of earth's surface. He was frightened beyond belief as his face hit the hard under brush of the forest. He wanted to just cry and give up. Whatever had been behind him would surely catch him now. He sat up and scrubbed at his eyes fiercely. It wouldn't do him well to cry. He tried to scratch at the dirt and grime that clung to his face, making a decision: He would navigate through this forest, he would find Meiran and they would both survive. He was a warrior just as his father was. The boy got up and turned around to face the unknown approaching him. Amber eyes showed through the darkness but before he could lift his weapon, pain lanced throughout his chest and he fell, finding it hard to breathe. The amber eyes seemed to shine wickedly as they were accompanied by a toothy grin. The boys eyes shifted to the dirt beneath him as they forest seemed to grow farther and farther way. He wanted to get up and fight, he didn't want to die this way. HE wanted to be able to do what all had said he could, he couldn't be defeated by this beast, this demon..... He struggled to get back up but hit the ground again as the pain continued to throb within him, threatening to tear him apart. He stared off into the dense bush of the forest for a last few moments. He apologized to all he had loved during his life. He was sorry. He said a last prayer to the Enlightened One and the pain dissipated, freeing his soul as darkness then descended upon him.....

I always found it odd how one could remember the moment they died even in another life. I wondered what Meiran was. Was this her soul I was speaking to? A soul forever damned to serve under darkness?

Meiran smiled sadly before fixing me with a cold look.

"You died that night Wufei........ and so did I." She paused and looked down at the floor as if she was hearing the words for the first time.

"Our village died that night and you want to know why? Because we were weak." She shook her head and then snarled.

"WE were weak as a whole." I needed to keep her talking, not only for my sake but I had to learn what had happened to her. Why she was attacking me. Why she was who she was now.

"Meiran I still don't understand why you're doing this! You're wrong! Our village was strong to their last moment, they-" She suddenly stepped up to me and smacked me hard across the face, her eyes hateful and brimming with hatred. I could hardly feel the sting of my cheek as my body began to numb from the poison.

"NO! Our village couldn't be strong because we were being fed off of by weaklings like you!" Meiran was insane. That was the only explanation for this behavior. Who was she to tell me that I was weak? She was kidding herself. And someone had been allowing her to do so for the last few decades.

"Who are you to tell me I'm weak, when even now you're letting darkness eat away at your heart, depending on it to win your battles. Poisoning your blade? What happened to the salvation of YOUR soul?" I felt the feeling return to me as the healing took it's affect. Meiran was giving me more than enough time.

"Oh Wufei......" She shook her head in a pitying gesture, laughter bubbling into a harsh cackle that seemed so unlike the Meiran I knew.

"The salvation of my soul isn't the issue darling..............it's your survival....." She muttered darkly before resuming fighter's stance and rushing at me, prepared to take my head in the process. Her fist glowed an eerie green along with the weapons she wielded. She rushed at me determinedly before bringing her left arm back and across her chest and the right across going the opposite direction. I calculated that she was preparing to make a clean slice from both directions that would sever my head right under the base of the chin. If she didn't succeed in beheading me, all it would take is the slightest break of the skin by that blade to kill me. I wouldn't be able to ward off the poison if it took it's course through the veins in my throat. As she neared I finished my calculations and prepared to put them into action, my arm was healed but I kept my hand in place so as to not tip her off. She quickened her sprint and launched herself at me, flying through the air like an arrow on hawk's wings. I smirked as she poised her blades, confident that she would get her desired hit. Well she was going to be very disappointed. Right before she was about to touch me I bent back on my knees and propelled my body upwards, catching her around the waist with my legs and pinning her beneath me. Due to the angle my knees were tucked beneath me as I sat upon her back, my own back facing her. She remained still for a few seconds before the initial shock wore off and she growled low in her throat.

"You'll regret that Chang." She managed to level out the weight I used to pin her beneath me and rolled over so I was sitting on her stomach. I could feel her poise herself to stab me in the back and pushed myself over her, barely missing the blades meant for my heart, and flipping back onto my feet. She tumbled back a few feet before spreading her hands out to flip onto her feet. She stood with her back facing me, hands and weapons poised at her side, before turning around. Her expression seemed somewhat impressed, if not a bit irritated. I smirked and fell into first fighting stance.

"Like old times, eh, Chang?" She tried to remain casual but I could tell she was seething inside. I noticed something that had stood out to me before as much as they stood out now.

"How did your eyes become gray?" She sliced the air in front of her, snorting.

"Forget that!" She leapt towards the ceiling towards the center of where we stood and used it to gain momentum as she flew at me, cutting the sky with a sheer war cry. She hit the ground in front of me and disappeared. I looked around, sweat forming on my brow, as I grew nervous of her whereabouts.

"Peek-a-Boo." I spun around to see her smirk and dropped to the ground placing a well aimed kick at her ankles, she jumped up and fell upon my back, bringing her arm around my neck and the blade to rest against my throat. Her breath tickled my ear as she smiled against my cheek.

"Your rusty Wufei, I mean I was hoping this would be a bit more interesting. You've retained your mage abilities but lack the combat skills. SO sad." I felt her relax slightly, assuming I wouldn't make a move.

"I see you no longer hold compassion for me and I in turn will show the same towards you." I knocked my weight into her, causing her arm to flail out and tumbled back to sit at her head, positioning her own weapon at her throat, seeing as I had grabbed it while tumbling back. I stared down into the stormy gray eyes, filled with defiance and couldn't help the question that came out my mouth, therefore contradicting my earlier statement.

"Meiran, what's wrong with you? I want answers damnit." I scowled above her as she simply rolled her eyes and smiled sweetly, as if there was no poison laced blade against her throat. Her smugness disturbed me greatly.

"You'd be better off asking a pig to recite his ABC's" She spat, her smile now strained. I pressed the blade further against my throat.

"Wufei face it. You don't have the guts to be ruthless." I grimaced. I knew that. She knew that. I felt my grip loosen slightly and faltered a bit as I continued staring down into gray eyes, irises ringed with black. Kill her..... I widened my eyes at the voice. Merian seemed to have heard it too for she darted her eyes around the room. Before I could say anything the blade in my hand lit up and burned before lighting ablaze. I flung it out my hand and stared around the room. Meiran got up and swung her blades back letting the light engulf her and bring back her fire arm. She walked to where the frozen wall was and studied it's remains as they started to melt.

"Dante." She spun around and launched a blue streamed shot at the ceiling causing a voice to rumble through the air.

"You should stay out of this. MY business is with Metrian!" Meiran wrinkled her nose not liking Dante's (whoever he was) tone of voice.

"WEll you may speak with him.... after I capture you accordingly!" She took another shot and missed right before being snagged by a mysterious ring of fire, binding her and therefore causing her to screech indignantly. Meiran was never known for screeching.

"You should know better than to attack a double A! Metrian will hear of this." Meiran struggled for a while before bursting out of the fire band and raising her fire arm. I heard what seemed to be a snort before a giant ball of fire shot at Meiran through mid air, she stepped aside and looked back at where the meteor shot lit up the other end of the hallway, exploding and raining tiny bits of stone this way and that. She took a small blue spear out and loaded it into the gun, a stern look on her face.

"You're out of order. Not only are you AWOL but you've proven the rumors true. You will die." She stated grimly before launching the shot into the air, letting a giant sphere take up the hallway, causing the apparitions to shriek and rumble. The hallway glowed blue as the sphere shrunk trapping all previously unseen inside it. Out of the many ice apparitions one red fire apparition appeared among them shouting angrily. The sphere closed up and fell to the floor, with a small 'thunk'. I stared at it, not even paying any interest to the black boot that come to stand next to it. A small porcelain hand grasped it and lifted it up, my eyes followed it to Meiran pleased face staring into it, mocking all inside. Her eyes looked up at me from behind the crystal looking sphere.

"Told you I was the best." She smirked. I started to reply when a crash sounded not to far from us. I was instantly reminded of the due demolition. Meiran looked up and fastened the sphere to her belt.

"Well Wufei we'll have to finish this another day." She smiled with false sweetness before raising her palm and blowing a whole through the ceiling. She gave a two fingered salute.

"Later." She then leapt up through her self made exit and disappeared, leaving me a thousand questions and little time to escape the building before this mortal body died in it's destruction.

I ran down the hallway, looking for any possible way of escape.

/What is with you....Merian?/

(X)(x)(X)

(1) Think of the weapon Talim from Soul Calibur 2 uses.

(2) With Wufei's village flashback all of those people are not literally his brothers and sisters, but I was thinking that Wufei's village would be so small and family like that they referred to themselves as brother and sister.

Note: Sorry for such a lame chapter people. You'd think with taking such a long time and all this thing would be another work by Jan Austen herself ya know? But sadly the idea well was running dry no matter how deep I dug. But I'm kinda proud with the dynamics in a way. Anyway until next time. Review- like I need to remind you right?