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Chapter Fifteen:

Battle of the Guardians

((chaos))

"Heh..." Uichi grinned. "So you have the Zohar. You'll never match my skills Yeshua!"

"Match your skills? Your skills have been tainted with the malice in your heart over these centuries! They've been transformed into attacks not even worthy of being called "Guardian Skills"!"

"Oh yeah? We'll see what you think... after I obliterate you with the emulators!" she charged up a giant ball of gold.

I chuckled. "You can't beat me... not with your emulators. You see, I know the emulators weakness."

"What? You lie Yeshua! The emulators don't have a weakness!"

"Yes they do..." I took pleasure in her fear. "You weren't trusted with it. Now, let me tell you... the power of the twelve original emulators can add up to the power of the Zohar. But the 12 emulators are nothing without the thirteenth emulator. The one Jr. so tentatively named Marienkind. See, the thirteenth emulator, joins the power of all the other emulators together, giving you your so called almighty power. But without it, the emulators become useless!"

"Oh no..." Uichi muttered. "So all you have to do..."

"Is cut the link to Marienkind!" Jr. cried out. "Quick, we have to attack the links!"

"You won't be able to get through my barrier!" she instantly put up a barrier.

"Sure, it'll protect you from them, but will it protect you from me?" revealing the gigantic aura ball I had been charging up since I came in contact with the Zohar, I shot it at her. Uichi had no time to react. She focused her barrier on my attack, which didn't dissipate. Just like I wanted it to... "Quick!" I yelled out at the others. "Cut a link! It doesn't matter which one, just cut one! She'll get weaker!"

"You got it!" Jr. yelled back. "Gaignan!"

"Right with you!" he said, walking up next to Jr. They both used the same attack Albedo used earlier, concentrating their beams on one link. In no time, the link broke, and Uichi's barrier shattered. My attack disappeared, but the barrier was gone, so it was worth it.

"Great!" I yelled out, rapid-firing a bunch of mini auras at Uichi. "Just keep it up until you hit Marienkind!"

I kept up my attack, and all Uichi could do was evade. She knew that any attack she threw at me now would be useless, due to the immense power of the Zohar. She couldn't bring up a barrier either, or it'd be shattered. She was right where I wanted here.

The other's cut the links greatly. Shion couldn't do anything, but that was fine. She helped me enough. Jin repeated Shion's strategy with Kos-Mos cutting down another link. Jr. and Gaignan shot down one more link with their combined attack. Momo cut down a link with some well placed arrows, and Ziggy burned one off with his traditional fire Ether. I took a chance, and aimed an attack for a link. It hit the spot. The perfect spot, actually. It hit Marienkind.

"No!" Uichi cried out, and the emulators floated around, without giving her any power at all. She flew around, but they wouldn't reconnect.

"It's no use Uichi!" I spat. "They only connect to a Guardian once in a lifetime. Good luck getting them to link with you. I on the other hand..." I flew around her, collecting all the emulators. "Haven't linked with them yet."

Holding my arm above me, I gathered a massive amount of energy with minium charging time. I could see the fear appear in her face. "You recognize this attack Uichi?" I cried out. "Do you?"

"It's the attack..." was all she could say. Her eyes were transfixed on the golden aura attack I had created in my hand.

"It's the attack you used to destroy our planet!" I shouted at her. "And with the Zohar, it's twice as powerful!"

"Please... Yeshua, have mercy..." she said, shaking.

"Mercy? You want mercy? What about my family? What about my friends? When they asked for mercy, seeing the armageddon attack come down to the planet?" tears were falling down my face like a river and I allowed them, continuing to assault Uichi with my memories. "Did you show them mercy? What about those poor others, who were blasted out, and were destined to starve to death in space? With wounds beyond healing? Did you show them any mercy?" I yelled.

"No..." she whispered.

"I didn't think so!" I spat out. "Why would you deserve mercy? After what you did? After what you tried to do! We're Guardians, Uichi! We were born to protect the star clusters, not to seek power over them!"

"I... I'm sorry Yeshua..." her face looked... almost half sincere.

"Tell that to all the other Guardians in the afterlife. Sorry isn't good enough for me." I hurled the giant aura bomb at Uichi. She instantly put up a barrier, but I knew it would be shattered in seconds. In those precious seconds, I heard Shion give an order.

"Kos-Mos! Barrier!"

"Shion, I don't believe my barrier can withstand this-"

"Just do it Kos-Mos!" her barrier came up right before Uichi's barrier broke. Thankfully, it surrounded me too. I could feel the shockwave push me back, even through Kos-Mos' barrier. There was a bright light, a deafening explosion, and that was it. A gaping hole was left in the wall, and a lone black feather was all that remained of Uichi.

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A/N: Uichi's DEAD! i loved that part with chaos... "Mercy? You want mercy? What about my family? What about my friends? When they asked for mercy, seeing the armageddon attack come down to the planet? Did you show them mercy?" just loved it. so much... emotion. at least.. in my mind there's a lot of emotion. well... OMG! next chapter is the LAST CHPATER! and it's HORRIBLE! but yea... lol. review and whtnot. next up... the epilouge.