Me: last time was a cliffy! So read on fast and have fun! Oh and one last thing could you tell me what you like best Tory's PoV or the Normal PoV? This chapter is going to be in the normal pov again, but I like both and can't really make up my mind… so please help me decide :)
To Devil Huntress: yea I know the first chapters are a bit hard to read trough (eheheh sweat drop) and I kinda didn't see the whole SK series (downloading it as we speak;) anyway that's why most where out of character, but in the later chapters that changes ;D I'll try to add more depth, although, I think I succeeded in that from chapter 10 to were I'm now (don't know that for sure, I don't really know what you see as more depth. Tell me please?) I hope you decide to read further ;)
Angels Attack!
"YOU!" Tory said in a low voice looking up at what she first thought was a statue. A man with blonde hair and glasses came from behind it, looking at bit annoyed at her.
"Watch out where you're going little girl." He said looking down on her.
Little, LITTLE! Oh I oughtta…
"Marco her Furyoku level is high, maybe she can join us." A voice said from inside the tin can.
Uh oh, I have to get outta here, before they find out I'm with Hao. Dang, I'm no match for them at this moment. What to do? I can make a run for it…
"Uh, sorry for bumping into your –er- statue, but I have to go now…I'm kinda late for…something uh, yea bye!" she greeted and just as she was about to walk away Marco spoke.
"Our leader wants us to join our team. We know you are a shaman."
"NO! Iron Maiden Jeanne, that girl is a filthy follower of Hao!" a familiar voice said.
Huh! Lyserg, when did he joined them? And more importantly, HOW long have I been out! If I guess right, it has to be at least…gulp…four to five DAYS!
The door of the iron maiden opened and revealed Jeanne, the leader of the XLAWS. Tory knew from Jessica's notes that this was the group that wanted to destroy Hao, but now she feared that they might also wanted to destroy her now. She never did like the XLAWS and she was sorry that Lyserg still joined them, even after her little out burst at the Path of Fear.
"Lyserg, I'm sorry you joined them. I know you hate Hao and I don't blame you, but hatred only leads to more hatred." She said trying to buy time.
"I knew you had no justice Tory; you revealed your true self in the Path. Loving the Devil, disgusting!" Lyserg exclaimed pointing his gun at her. The other angels followed his lead.
Tory stopped backing off and was now starring at the ground. He betrayed me! He told them I'm with Hao; God, he probably also told them I'm not from here. I've no other choice I have to fight them.
"Sigh, oh well, I guess I have no choice then. I never did like you XLAWS. I mean you're taking orders from a statue, it's obvious Jeanne only comes out when she feels like it and your shouting angels from a freaking gun! Who are they; the XLAWS! For God's sake get a LIFE!" she challenged.
"DON'T USE GODS NAME IN VAIN!" Lyserg shouted.
"XLAWS ATTACK!"
She quickly jumped out of the way, but now found herself surrounded by eight huge robot looking angels. "Destiny, Emerald, Jessica Oversoul into the star beads! DEJ!" a giant silver colored wolf appeared, with shining violet armor and the flaming blue wings of Blue Flame.
"Angels attack!" yelled Marco as he raised his gun.
"Protective shield!" a transparent violet orb surrounded Tory now and was holding off the attacks of the angels. "Mistress I don't how much longer we can hold them down." DEJ said closing her eyes each time one of the angels made an impact at the shield.
"Please, DEJ, hold on if they break through we're done for it." She said kneeling down on her spirit's back. It was obvious the shield wouldn't last any longer; not with eight spirits attacking it.
I can't possibly fight them…I said I didn't want anymore killings to happen. But I guess being two weeks out…a lot has happened.
"STAR IMPACT!" she yelled and DEJ fired a bright beam at one of the angels making a door way to get out.
"She's escaping!" Mina yelled.
"Not if I can help it." Lyserg said pointing his gun at the back of DEJ. He shot and the huge angel Zuriel appear behind Tory.
She saw it just in time and jumped off her spirit. Luckily they didn't fly to high so she landed not too hard on the ground.
"Hey watch it! Sigh, I don't know why I just don't kill you guys. I'm too damn nice for my own good." She whispered to herself wiping away the dust from her clothes.
"Even if you have the power that matches Hao's, you're still outnumbered." Lyserg said.
Again she was surrounded by all XLAWS. And again they pointed their guns at her, making sure this time she wouldn't run away. "So, now you decide to kill me? Just like that?" Tory asked. Her eyes were scanning the area for possible escaping routes, but she was totally surrounded by them.
"Oh well, I really think I have to fight my way out of this." She sighed more to herself when she found out there was no running out of this.
"XLAWS…" Marco started.
"Azure Army, hear my voice and come to me…" Tory whispered holding up her beads. The star beads started to glow and grew longer.
"ATTACK!"
"Army protect me!"
A loud explosion was heard and the XLAWS waited till the dust was away. "Did we get her?" Lyserg was the first one who broke the silence.
"Not quite…it was a close one though." Tory laughed. She was standing in the middle of her beads that were now azure colored and spinning around her.
"Anyway, I've got thing to do so if you don't mind…I'm going now." She waved them good bye, but she didn't even had the chance to think of teleporting, for they had already regrouped and fired their angels. Only this time it had no effect.
"Nani? Still not giving up? I have to admit you're quite stubborn, in a good way." Tory smiled and walked further.
"We won't let you get away, evil demon!" Marco yelled giving the other angels the sign to attack. They fired again and again Tory was surrounded by them.
"I have no need to fight you, but by the looks of it you won't let me go peacefully…" she raised her hand and the beads grew even more. Now the angels were standing in it as well. "I'm not planning to spill more precious furyoku on you guys, so I'll make it quick…see you when you fight Hao."
She transported herself out of the beads before they could attack her. Outside of the circle of cradles Tory once again raised both of her hands. "Beads of Stars, Azure Army hear me now! Tighter and tighter they grow, crush the-!" suddenly her eye caught something else something dangerous very dangerous…
The iron maiden was opening. "Jeanne, I see you finally decided to join the fight!" she teased, wile her beads were spinning very fast around the other XLAWS.
"We need all of our strength to fight against Hao…" Jeanne responded calmly. "Shamash." Her spirit appeared in front of Tory.
Uh oh, this CAN'T be good…I put half of my furyoku in that last spell! Tory thought nervous.
"Uh, hi Shamash –Damn you're even uglier then the Spirit of Fire- nice weather, ey?"
She backed off a little as the spirit prepared itself for an attack. "Shamash, now!" Jeanne gave the sign to attack and so it did. Tory was fired back, hitting a wall very hard. "Grr, Emerald, Keeper of Souls!" she yelled once she had stand up.
Her serpent spirit appeared next to her and flew towards Shamash. He hit Emerald with an attack even stronger then the keeper of souls. "Emerald! Oh no!" Tory cried. My furyoku is dropping fast and if I break the spell that is holding the other angels, I'll be dead meat. On the other hand if I try to trap Jeanne inside of it I might be able to teleport back…
"It is risky, but I have no choice…" she whispered looking to the ground. "Tory what are you planning to do?" Jessica asked concerned. "You'll see…-I hope this works- Star Beads grow longer!"
"WHAT! Girl, ya crazy? How much longer can they grow, without you dying from it!" Destiny shrieked. Tory ignored the warnings from her spirits and kept focusing on the growing beads. Her aura started to glow azure colored.
"I put all my furyoku in this last attack…TWO MILLION BEADS OF STARS! All Azure spirits go in the cradles!" immediately the beads stopped spinning and grew to their maximum length. She quickly made a five star in the air, which started to glow azure as well.
Jeanne looked surprised at first, but then saw that her angels were free from the beads. "Marco you think you can handle it from here?" she asked. "Yes, Jeanne-sama." She smiled and returned in the iron maiden.
It was a trap! She only waited for me to let the rest free…but how did she- LYSERG! I can't seal her if she's in the Iron Maiden and I don't know if I have enough strength left to deal with the rest of them or to teleport back.
"Nice work Lyserg. Using the info Yoh gave you about me…very clever. I never intended to kill anyone…or hurt them. But my last furyoku shall not be a waste!" she shouted and the beads started to spin again; this time so fast you could only see a glowing circle around Tory.
"XLAWS ATTACK!"
"CELESTIAL IMPE-!"
Before she could finish her attack the point of Zuriel's sword, Lyserg's angel, broke through the shield of the spinning beads. The end was now pointing out of Tory's left shoulder; it didn't hit her heart by inches. The Star beads shrunk back to the size of 21 cradles and the Azure Army disappeared out of it. "I'm…sorry…Hao…" she gasped before falling on the ground.
"NOOOO! You can't die here! Please Tory wake up…" Jessica cried, trying to wake her up but it was useless. She couldn't touch her.
"Lyserg why didn't you used the giant oversoul?" Mina asked curious.
"I-I don't know…I'm sorry…-what have I done!-" he almost whispered.
"You did a great job, Lyserg-san. Marco will finish it. " Jeanne spoke from inside her box.
Marco nodded and walked towards the wounded girl. He stood right in front of her and pointed his gun at Tory's heart. She barely managed to open her eyes, when she saw Marco. "Eheh, off killing the…demon? Hmmn, H-Hao isn't really evil…please understand…that." She gasped.
"Says a filthy demon." Said Marco and he prepared to pull the trigger.
"TORY!"
"TORY-SAMA!"
"TORY-CHAN!"
Her spirits cried. She managed to smile weakly and closed her eyes again.
I guess this really is the end for me…Hao…please forgive me. I'm not able to save you anymore. I'm sorry… "Hao…"
"DIE!" Marco pulled the trigger; Jessica looked in horror at the fate of her best friend. Emerald and Destiny cried her name and then…
"Killing my followers isn't a good thing."
"HAO!" all XLAWS aimed their guns at him.
"Now, now, no need to get angry. I only came for her; don't want my most precious follower to get killed." Hao smirked. The SoF appeared behind him and created a circle of fire.
"Hao! XLAWS ATTA-!" Marco lunged.
He was too late, for they had already teleported. Just in time. I wonder why he came for her, though. He didn't came back for that Ashil guy. Maybe he does…naaaah! Lyserg thought.
Hao's camp:
"Lay down here."
"T-thanks…Hao" she smiled weakly as he put her down on his bed. There was blood everywhere; her clothes, the bed sheets, his poncho and even on the ground.
He smiled and walked out of the tent, only to come back after a few seconds with some bandage and a worried Opacho. "Tory-san what happened? Opacho should have gone with her." The little boy blamed himself.
"Tory wouldn't have let you stay in the fight Opacho. Heheh, she probably would have found a way to teleport you back if you were there." Jessica said sad. She was sitting at the head of the bed.
"How are you planning to cover that wound in bandage without letting it get infected?" Destiny demanded to know.
"It went right through her, so I guess some shamanic powers and wrapping it up in bandage will do the trick." Hao sat down to her left side and Opacho kneeled beside Jessica.
"By 'using shamanic powers' you don't actually mean you're going to close the wound by burning it?" Emerald asked suspicious.
Tory's eyes flew open and she was now starring in horror to Hao. Tell me she's joking. You don't actually plan on doing THAT? She thought, this time using Hao's gift to read minds in her advantage.
"Don't worry it won't hurt too much…I should know." He removed the upper part of Tory's dress and placed his hand on the still bleeding gap. Her eyes widened as an intense heat came from him hand; she felt how the gap was closing and was somehow healing itself.
Why did I ever fight those stupid XLAWS! Who fights a group that takes order from a girl that thinks she's god; in a freaking statue! Shouting angels from a gun, who makes up that stuff? Man, I'm not gonna fight for a wile that's for sure.
"You don't have to fight anymore. It won't take much longer before the shaman fights end. Then we go to the holy ground and make the Great Spirit itself our main spirit." He smirked as he wrapped the bandage on her shoulder.
"Gasp, n-no, you can't go! I-i-i-it isn't save. I don't want you to get hurt…or worse." She whispered.
"Why don't you tell me what you fear? Because your job at protecting me isn't really working, but we already knew that. Like I said before; it's just like when we were young, I watch over you as you got yourself in trouble." Hao said as he finished bringing on the bandage.
"I can't tell you…I have to change this world to get home, but I almost failed at every great event. Nothing changed! And…I just don't want you to get hurt –I love you too much, to lose you- please don't go! I won't be able to help." She mumbled softly.
He raised an eyebrow at her and sighed "At least give me a hint, maybe it won't happen then."
She shrugged a little before saying, "Make sure you don't lose your cool and…friendship isn't as weak as you think it is, don't underestimate it!"
"Friendship such a weak human habit…, but I'll watch your words." He added.
She smiled happily. Maybe, just maybe I CAN change the ending. I'm part of this world now and I won't allow it to disappear. The ending is near and the final battle will be the one that decides all!
"Final Battle?" Hao suddenly asked. She didn't even notice he already stood by the tent's exit.
"You'll see, you'll see…"
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Me: again a long chappie :D sorry for the change of POV in the last two chapters I really don't know if I should write in Tory's or the normal POV T.T anyway I'll try to update again tomorrow and thanks for the info about Opacho! ;)
Please review and Ja Ne!