Chapter Two
Nope, don't own Shadow Hearts
"Careful, it's coming!" warned the handsome Samurai.
Just then, a large creature appeared in front of them. They gazed up, startled. It was a dark, huge spider- like creature. It had eight big golden eyes and eight fury legs, that supported its enormous body, covered with poisonous, painful looking spikes.
"Humans, be gone!" roared the beast.
" D-d-did it just talk!" asked Karin, scared. She had a great fright of spiders and seeing one about 9,84 feet tall seemed like a nightmare to her. However, she didn't obtain an answer, as it seemed obvious that the creature was intelligent an it indeed could talk.
"Um, we're just passing by, so don't bother with us" replied Yuri, whose arm was being crushed by Alice's anxious grasp.
"Don't try to fool me, filthy creatures. You've came to hunt me, haven't you? The great Sabnog! So then, you can have my soul to fuse with, you despised Harmonixers!" shrieked the huge spider, Sabnog. " But I won't give you that chance. I'll tear you all to pieces!" And with that, the monster completely blocked their path, menacingly.
"How does he know about Harmonixers?" wondered Zhuzhen. He glanced at the rest of the party. Everyone seemed lost in their own thoughts. Anastasia was grasping Kurando's arm, while he maintained a defensive position in front of her. Blanca was showing his set of teeth to the monster. The spy, Margarete was pointing her pistol to the creature, while, behind her Karin and Lucia were frozen with fear. Geppetto was holding Cordelia and muttering something, as if trying to comfort the wooden puppet, similar to his dead daughter. Next to him, Halley had his slingshot out, aiming at the creatures eyes. Keith and Joachim were almost undetectable in the dark, as the both of them had turned into their bat forms, silver and golden dust shining in the night. Alice was holding Yuri's arm as if her life depended on it while he wondered who the hell would want to be through the pain of fighting that grotesque thing to fuse with its soul. Hell, even a wind shear would be a better choice than a hairy tarantula: not that he would fuse with one either. As for Roger, he was doing his best to try to hide behind a nearby bush.
"Sorry to disappoint you, ugly, but we don't give a damn about your soul. Now just let us through, or you'll get to know pain." replied Yuri. The monster growled and charged in his direction. Yuri grinned, a light flashed, and a dark winged monster appeared in his place. The monster almost looked human and had strange marks drawn all over his body. It was Dark Seraphim. A light shone at his right: Kurando had also fused, with Tsukiyomi, the gentle moon goddess. The others also prepared for battle: Blanca, Karin, Zhuzhen, Margarete and the vampires were at the front and Lucia, Geppetto, Alice, Halley and Anastasia were at the back to cast offensive and supporting magic. The battle had started. Against all the odds it ended quickly: the creature was incredibly vulnerable to light class attacks and with the powerful spells Tsukiyomi and Alice cast it didn't take much time for the monster to fall. It still put up a good fight against the Harmonixers, spraying them with acid. Just then, Alice and the others cast spells on it, while the ones at the front attacked and the creature immediately gave in and fell.
Both Alice and Anastasia ran for their lovers, that were lying on the floor, and were quickly followed by the others.
"Are you alright?" asked Alice to an acid covered Yuri. "Don't worry, it doesn't hurt much" he tried to comfort her with a fade smile.
"Kurando, are you hurt?" questioned an anxious green eyed girl. "I'm alright Hime. Please, don't be concerned." Answered the samurai, with his body burned by the acid.
Their pain was eased by a healing spell cast by Alice, to whom they thanked.
"This creature… It really hated Harmonixers" pondered Zhuzhen. The others nodded in agreement.
"How'd you know?" asked Yuri. "Well, it seems obvious sonny boy" answered the spy "during the fight it focused its attacks on both you and Kurando, ignoring the rest of us"
"But how did it know you were Harmonixers?" asked Halley. "I guess… It appears that certain monsters can sense the aura of an Harmonixer. At least, that's what mother told me" said Kurando, cleaning his sword with a cloth.
"Well, now that the situation is controlled, we ought to move on to my house, before other weird thingy appears" suggested Roger, who had finally emerged from his hideout, now that the danger was gone.
"Yes, you're right. We should get going." Replied Alice. Everyone agreed and headed towards Roger's house.
"Common Karin." Called Lucia, that had noticed that Karin was still near the creature's corpse. "Are you alright?" Karin opened her mouth to answer, but no sound ever came out – the creature had just opened its eyes, that shone with anger. It threw a poisonous spike towards Karin, who closed her eyes, waiting for the pain. She heard a scream, that surprisingly, wasn't her own. Her eyes flew open and wided when she saw that Yuri had shielded her with his body. The creature finally fell dead with a thud, while Yuri fell on his side. A silence filled the air, with everyone terrified. Then, as she felt her legs again, Karin hurried to Yuri, as did Alice, Kurando, Blanca and Zhuzhen. The others remained frozen, not wanting to believe what had happened. They were certain no one could survive being pierced by a poisonous spike with the seize of a man's arm. Margarete's eyes were filled with tears: this had to be a nightmare. Yuri couldn't possibly be…. "He's alive!" Alice screamed. The others lifted their heads, hopeful. "Yes, he's still alive, somehow. However he must be treated immediately or he won't last long". Replied the Adept. "We have to hurry to Roger's house. Let's go" the charming vampire led the way, followed by his big brother , who carried Yuri. The others followed, except Karin. "Are you alright?" asked the Russian princess.
"Yes, I'm not hurt, but Yuri, he…." Answered a heartbroken Karin, her eyes filled with tears, overwhelmed with guilt. It was her fault he was like this. "Don't worry. He's strong, I know he'll make it." The girl tried to cheer her "He survived that seasickness in Yokohama, remember?" Karin gave a fade smile. "Common, let's go. You want to help him don't you?" And, with that, both women followed the group towards Roger's house.
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