Author: Hello readers. Nothing much to say, just thanks for the reviews and Happy Holidays. So Fefnir had his battle, so who's next? Well, read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own MMZ. Capcom owns that. I do own Dex, Max, Sam, Zeus and the other two Silhouettes. I also own the Red Revolver gang (except for Axl).
The Hottest Stars Burn Blue
"You've got to be kidding me."
Harpuia sat across from the waiting room table looking at Zero, trying to comprehend Zero's description of the battle against Zeus. Zero was still resting to heal the wounds, but he could still talk and walk. When he got back, most of his mechanical nerves were ultra sensitive after the violent electric shocks during the battle. When Cerveau and Rocinolle were repairing the nerves, which they do by opening up the skin and fixing the nerves, if Zero felt the air pass when Cerveau or Rocinolle, he would yelp, or sometimes even laugh because it tickled so much. Most of the Resistance members who walked by were always wondering who was laughing.
Now the nerves were finally fixed, but Zero was a bit edgy. If Harpuia made so much as a sudden move, Zero would be surprised or jump right out of his chair. The Guardian was still trying to get the idea in his head that Fefnir fought so well. He never doubted Fefnir's abilities; it was just he never thought Fefnir was capable of attacks like what he's heard. Or even having that Fefnir-Bot 5. Harpuia always wondered why Fefnir spent so much time in the local factory. He always assumed Fefnir would be on duty or playing videogames while Leviathan wasn't around.
Speaking of whom, Leviathan had gotten around base very well. At least, well with all of the male reploids. She had their attention with a tight vice grip, and anytime she wanted it she would yank their leash and they would come running. The females, however, were as jealous as their green envy would allow them. They never stood up to her though, mainly because she was capable of battle and the female 'ploids were not. This was one of Leviathan's edges, as well as the curves she had while others did not (or the curves were a bit bigger than most).
Harpuia had the exact it opposite attention with all the males. The females, however, would be cooing about his looks when he was there and when he wasn't there. This took their minds of the mindless males who gawked at Leviathan. They had something to coo at, and Harpuia was oblivious to this. Of course, this made them coo even more. It was so strange that opposite sides of a war can interact somewhat peacefully. Perhaps they met the terms of the truce, but even Zero didn't think they'd be this comfortable.
Zero, however, was not in much comfort ever since the Guardians came. Max would always start complaining to Zero about why the Guardians treated the Resistance like their own, referring mostly to Harpuia, who would walk in and out of the Command Room like it was okay. And it was, but Max didn't want to believe it. The other problem was Leviathan, who would always find time to eye Zero and gesture flirtatiously at him. And every time she did so, it was always around Ciel. Not very relieving, especially when Ciel got really mad and puffed up her cheeks pink like she had two strawberries as cheeks. Zero would never say that to Ciel, or else he would have a large strawberry cheek pulsating on one side.
He never admitted he liked Leviathan's gestures, although he never admitted he didn't like it either. It was sort of a guilty pleasure seeing Ciel getting jealous over him, and at the same time Leviathan focusing her attention onto him. If only he could do the same. After the dream, he could hardly look at her straight in the eye without imagining her nude. The hormones in him were jumping jellybeans. He never saw Ciel arousing, but only as a person to protect. That could be the reason why he never thought of her the way he thought of Leviathan. Yet still, he likes the way Ciel looks very cute and comforting. If there were ever a triangle as acute as this, the Zero/Ciel/Leviathan triangle would be the most interesting.
Harpuia noticed Zero spacing out. He always he a way of knowing what Zero was thinking or trying to say with his body. They both never found it odd, mainly because they had gotten used to it now. Of course, it was never hard to tell when Zero was thinking about Leviathan or Ciel. It might as well be written across his face. Harpuia found this amusing, however.
"Levi has one hell of a body, huh?" Harpuia smirked, trying to pique Zero's interest.
"Yep." Zero nodded.
It took him about three seconds to figure out what he had just said.
"I mean…damn." Zero snapped his fingers.
Harpuia laughed. "Try to focus would you, Zero?" Harpuia always had things being handed to him, always being kept busy. Whether it was Neo Arcadia or Zero or Reploforce, he was always busy. He never had time to think about pure leisure time, unless it was for training. Even then, the training was just for beating Zero. Now that he mentioned it, he did try to imagine Leviathan naked, since Zero was. He never really saw her that way; it was either nagging or more nagging. The Emerald Guardian finally noticed after teasing Zero that Leviathan had a built body. He admitted that. Now he could also see why Leviathan was so alluring to other reploids males. He wouldn't admit to himself that he was one of them, but he knew she was "okay looking."
Now it was Zero's turn to notice Harpuia spacing out. He was also blushing a shade of vermilion as well.
"Now who's focusing?" Zero crossed his arms.
"I'm thinking of an attack strategy." Harpuia said rather too quickly.
Change of scene
"This is fun!" Alouette giggled.
"You almost got it. Now, when you walk like that, flip your hair back like this." Leviathan flipped her hair with her left hand, loosening up her firmness and also shaking her head for emphasis. Alouette tried after her, and she did it perfectly.
"Wonderful. You'll demand attention with that." Leviathan smiled and patted her head.
"You really think so?" Alouette looked up at Leviathan curiously.
"I know so."
"What are you teaching her?" Zero leaned against the wall of the room since the doors were open.
"Fighting techniques to damage a male's pressure point. What me to demonstrate?" Leviathan tilted her head.
"No thanks." Zero crossed his arms.
"Oh, what's that necklace you're wearing?" Alouette stared at the sapphire jewel on Leviathan's necklace.
"It's called 'The Tears of Sát'u,' who was a powerful water goddess. People say that these sapphire jewels were her actual tears, which were colder than the coldest ice. Although if you touch them, they aren't cold."
Alouette was in awe as she rubbed the jewels. It seemed like one big jewel when put together, but they were two separate pieces. They both were embedded onto the small necklace plate.
"Why is it two pieces?" Alouette wondered.
"I suppose it broke, but it still looks good. Wouldn't you agree, Zero?" Leviathan twirled around like a model on a catwalk.
"Fabulous. Now for the money shot!" He made a camera with his fingers and clicked.
Alouette found this amusing and laughed.
"Can I wear it?" She patted her hands together.
Leviathan looked at her necklace. "When I don't need it anymore, yes you can. Don't worry, that time will come soon."
Alouette jumped up and down, content and excited at the same time.
"Whoops! I forgot I needed to see Ciel! Bye, Leviathan! Bye Zero!" She ran out of the room quickly, leaving Zero and Leviathan alone.
"She's a cutie." Leviathan smiled and looked at Zero. "Wouldn't you agree?"
Zero noticed her voice was more playful with Alouette. Now that she left, her voice was more calm, but less playful.
"Yep." Zero kept his composure as well, but he wondered why the sudden change in tone.
"By the way, how was Fefnir after the battle?"
"Well, he successfully managed a fake death. At least, he fooled me for a while. Right now I bet he's getting some treatment, but there are still two more of those guys left."
"From what I heard, the gargantuan you fought was a…rat?"
"Well, he had a rat's face. It was hard to fight him seriously. He still packed quite a punch, though." Zero rubbed his back gently with one hand, wincing a little bit. The pain was still there from Zeus' attack.
Leviathan walked towards Zero slowly. With each step she took, her voice grew into a whisper.
"Can you resist temptation Zero?"
"Depends what kind of temptation."
Leviathan smiled as she got closer and closer to Zero. "I'm talking about wanting to do something, even though you know it's wrong. Do you do it anyways?"
"Like what?"
"Let's say you want to get closer to a certain someone on an opposite side." Her face was about five inches away from Zero's. "Even though you know it's bad, would you do it?"
Zero remembered that before he wanted to know Iris better, but she was on Reploforce. That didn't stop him, however. Was this the same situation?
"Maybe."
Now their lips were about half an inch away from each other.
"I know a perfect example of that kind of temptation." Her voice was a soft whisper.
Zero felt himself inch a little closer.
Leviathan pulled her whole body back and spoke with her regular voice again.
"The kind I'm talking about is trying to fight those Reploforce guys in your condition right now. You're getting better soon so don't rush it. Tempting, isn't it?" She walked out of the room. Before she left, she gave Zero an alluring look and left.
Not the kind of temptation Zero was thinking, but she did have one thing right. He needed rest, and tomorrow they would start. He headed to his room and fell on his bed. He looked at the clock. It read 4:32 PM.
Change of scene
"I dun belleve dat Zoos got beat!" The short figure paced left and right in front of the medium figure. The two had just realized one of their comrades had fallen to Zero and one of the Guardians. The short was incredulous about the entire thing. Zeus had been one of the strongest they've known. The short one seems to think so, and was also thinking aloud. The medium one, however, kept to herself and feigned attention to the short one. She herself was shocked that Zeus had lost, but more sad than shocked. Zeus was the only one she could relate with. Now that he was gone, she couldn't talk to anybody. At least, anybody who was worth the time.
She had enough of the short one, and she hadn't even talked to him yet. "Just go to a Temple. We'll take care of the rest."
The short one nodded and walked away. Now the medium figure was alone. She noticed she stood by the very same gate that Zeus had made a small dent on. She rubbed it gently.
"When it's over…it's over." She walked away.
Change of scene
Zero woke up 24 hours later. Aside from being in a stasis capsule, he had never slept like that before! He got into his battle armor and put his helmet on. Right when he got out of bed, he was wide-awake. He didn't notice how fast he was changing. The Legendary Maverick Hunter walked out of his room and headed for the Command Room. Leviathan was leaning on the wall outside of the hall.
"Ready to go?"
"Woke up ready." Zero smirked.
They both stepped near the doors and they slid open. Most of the Resistance was seeing Zero and Leviathan out, especially the male reploids. As they walked to the center, Leviathan caught a glimpse of Ciel. She always had fun with her, using Zero to constantly tick her off. Today was no exception. Leviathan locked her arm around Zero's and flustered flirtatiously.
"Oh Zero darling! Please protect me from those big bad boys!" Leviathan tilted her head towards Zero.
"Er…sure." Zero didn't know what Leviathan was doing, but Ciel sure as hell did. She puffed up her cheeks and they grew bright red (think Jigglypuff). Leviathan saw this and she had an even more devious plan.
As they arrived at the center, the Operators quickly briefed them and the alarm went off. Right before they were about to be teleported, Leviathan embraced Zero. She tapped his butt gently.
"What a Legendary Maverick Hunting butt!"
Ciel was about to lunge for Leviathan right there had they not disappear in a bright flash of light.
Change of scene
"What was that for?" Zero looked at Leviathan suspiciously while trying to hide his vermilion cheeks. He was unsuccessful.
Leviathan blinked at Zero innocuously. "What do you mean?"
Zero sighed. "Never mind. Let's go."
They both stood before the pool of water. They were inside the Temple of Ice. The walls were laced with ice while the pillars were frozen solid. Despite this, the water was not frozen. It was probably borderline freezing temperature, but the cold water wasn't going to affect Zero or Leviathan. Quite frankly, Leviathan liked it freezing cold.
"Ladies first." Zero gestured for Leviathan to dive first.
Leviathan dived in gracefully. Zero followed after her and dived in regularly.
There was much more room to swim in than Zero thought. There were spike traps, but Leviathan and Zero easily avoided them. However, there were hardly any enemies. This immediately piqued Zero's suspicion. Where are the enemies?
Surely enough, his answer came. Leviathan shot her hand out. "Stop!"
Zero stopped and looked at her. "What?"
Suddenly, holes opened from the ground and many harpoons shot out. They all were aimed towards Zero and Leviathan. The Legendary Maverick Hunter drew his Triple Rod out and spun it around him. It sliced away any harpoons that came into range. Oddly enough, none of the harpoons were aimed for Leviathan. After the harpoon attack stopped, two Ice Serpents burst out from the ground and headed for Zero. He was about to blast them away with his Z-buster, but Leviathan motioned for them to stop.
The serpents stopped completely and instead headed towards Leviathan. They smiled while she petted them.
"They're yours?" Zero crossed his arms.
"Yep. I must say, though, I was saving that trap for you personally. Oh well." She smiled like it was a practical joke. In a way, it was. More or less a joke, that is. Leviathan ordered for the serpents to give them a ride. However, Leviathan only wanted to ride one. One went back into the hole while the other stayed. They both hopped onto the serpent and off it went. Zero had to ride backseat while Leviathan had front. Of course, there was nothing else for Zero to hold on except for Leviathan. So, he had to hold onto her or else he'd get thrown off.
"You're ruining my concentration. Slide your hands lower so I can maneuver more."
Zero slid his hands lower, now holding onto her hips.
"Slide your hands between my legs. That'll have a better grip."
He slid his hands in until he was touching her thighs. That was quite a provocative position, and he didn't understand why the grip would be better there. Then he realized, it would actually be worse.
The serpent swam up into a tunnel. The force of the shift in direction threw Zero off of the serpent, since he was only holding onto Leviathan's thighs. He fell off and was about to get left behind. Before he reached the end of the serpent, he took out his Recoil Rod. He stabbed the Recoil Rod into the tail of the serpent and held on for his dear life. The serpent didn't seem to mind, but Leviathan looked back and giggled at Zero. He fell for yet another little "trap."
The serpent finally reached his destination. Leviathan and Zero jumped off, now standing right before the door that lead to the second Reploforce Guardian. Leviathan petted the serpent and off it went. So now they were about to go right inside.
"Ladies first." Zero gestured for Leviathan to go first.
"Right." Leviathan gestured for Zero to go first.
They both ended up going in at the same time. The door slid open and inside was just a room full of more water. Was the Reploforce Guardian an aquatic fighter?
They both swam inside and saw a figure in a black cloak stand in the center of the room. It was the Reploforce Guardian.
Leviathan and Zero immediately drew their weapons.
The figure in the black cloak snapped his fingers and lit a small flame on his index finger. The flame had no chance to survive in cold water, but it did. It burned as if it were burning around air. The doors behind Leviathan and Zero closed, sealing off a way out. The figure cradled the flame in the palm of his hand, and it grew bigger. It kept growing until he cupped it with both hands. When he released his hands, the flame engulfed the entire room and evaporated all of the water. Because of the water, Zero and Leviathan were not burned, but now they were fighting on land once more.
The flame also burned off the cloak.
The reploid stood short, about up to Zero's chest. He wore an odd design for armor. The helmet he wore looked like a metallic beanie, and the chest plate he wore fitted his upper body, including his arms. The Reploforce sign was on the left-hand corner, and he wore rings with an orange-red jewel on the center. He wore them on all four fingers in each hand, and even the thumbs had one. The armor for his lower body resembled pants that were sagged low. The armor was flexible as if it were regular cloth.
Reploforce Red-hot Wankstah
Flair
"So ju da bizatches dat beat Zoos? Ima fry your asses! Da name's Flair, and now it's time tuh die!"
Flair raised his hands in the air and the ground shook. The ground around them crumbled and fell into a deep pool of lava. It rose until it barely was on level with the ground the three were standing on. The small island they had was about only about several yards. There was still room to maneuver, but not that much. Leviathan wiped the sweat off of her forehead. It was not advantageous to her being surrounded by molten lava and with the room temperature rising rapidly.
A pillar of lava came up from the ground and covered Flair with lava. The armor he wore began to glow, and his body became enveloped with fiery-red aura. It was his Inflammatory Body. Now things were really heating up.
"So, ju Ze-ruh, huh? Ima beat ju down right now! But fuhst…" Flair crossed his arms over his thighs and smiled. A gold tooth glinted inside his mouth as a pillar of lava rose from under Leviathan and pushed her into the pool of lava outside of the little island.
"Leviathan!" Zero ran over to try to save her, but it was too late. She drowned under the pool of lava.
"Shit!" Zero pounded the ground under him, his fist burning a little bit form the hot ground.
"Now it's one-on-one fo'!" Flair crossed his arms and smirked triumphantly.
Leviathan…I'm so sorry. The Enraged Maverick Hunter clenched his fist and glared at Flair. "You're going to pay for that."
He equipped the Thunder Chip and transformed into Active Form. He drew his Z-saber and stood in a defensive position.
"Let's go."
Flair nodded as the His Inflammatory Body grew larger and he made his hands into fists. The jewels on his rings glowed a red light. Then little sparks of fire came shooting out of the rings. Zero ran away from them, each one missing their mark. Flair stopped shooting when Zero got closer. The Maverick Hunter slashed vertically. The Wankstah simply sidestepped and avoided the entire attack. Before Zero could combo off of the attack, he felt his armor melting. He realized that if he got too close he would burn up. Flair was too hot to attack at melee range.
Flair, however, was mostly melee-minded. He dashed towards Zero and started to throw punches. Each time a fist went flying by, Zero dodged it, but he felt the heat wave pass him by every time. It was getting too hot. Flair noticed this, and Zero was slowing down. The Wankstah feigned another punch at Zero and lead with a swift right kick. The kick wasn't that strong, but it was burning hot. When it made contact with Zero's shin, most of the armor he wore there began to melt. Before Zero could yell in pain, Flair leaped up high and backhanded Zero in the face with his left hand. The rings also hit Zero in the face, causing major scorch marks. The Blond Bomber fell to the ground.
Flair was going to kick Zero again, but before he could, Zero dashed right through Flair. The Maverick Hunter used his new "Shadow Dash" technique. The Wankstah was perplexed and turned around. He turned right into the barrel of Zero's Z-buster. Since he had the Thunder Chip in, Zero shot a fully charged Spark Shot and it blew up in Flair's face. The force of the blast blew him several feet away, since he was light, being short and all. Zero kept charging even after the attack.
Flair slowly got up from the ground, wiping the dirt off of his lip. The Inflammatory Body grew larger now, serving as an aura-shield. He crossed his arms and used the "Wankstah Gestuh." A pillar of lava came up from under him. He jumped onto the pillar and it shot towards Zero. Flair was surfing on the pillar. As he did, he shot more sparks from his rings. Zero fired his charged Spark Shot at the sparks of fire. The shot hit one of the fire sparks, and then the attack continued to hit all the other ones. When the pillar was about to hit him, Zero jumped and drew his Z-saber. He was going to slash Flair while he was surfing on the pillar of lava, but Flair anticipated this.
The Wankstah flipped Zero off and the ring he wore on his middle finger shot out a large fireball. It hit Zero, and sent him reeling into the air. When he fell down, Zero was near the edge of the lava. One inch more and he would have fallen into the lava. The Legendary Maverick Hunter almost forgot about Flair and the pillar of lava. He rolled to the side just before the pillar came crashing down next to him.
Zero kept dashing out of the way so the lava wouldn't touch him. Unfortunately, that attack melted the ground that was in that area, so now the little island grew smaller. Flair had jumped off of the pillar before it hit Zero. This time, he shot two streams of fire out of his palms. Zero saw the line margin between the two streams and ran into it. As he ran, he charged up his Recoil Rod. Flair brought the two streams even closer, and they were closing in on Zero. The Legendary Maverick Hunter timed the charged Recoil Rod attack and aimed it for the ground. The force of the attack shot Zero straight up and out of the attack.
In mid-air Zero shot his Chain Rod at Flair. It missed him, but it stabbed onto the ground. It was Zero's intention. He retracted the Chain Rod and he went straight for Flair. Before the Wankstah could move, Zero came flying towards Flair and kicked him in the face. The momentum from the Chain Rod retraction strengthened the force of his kick, but it was still hot. However, Zero could bear it.
Flair went flying away. He rolled and tumbled along the ground and fell into the pool of lava.
Zero fell to the ground on his knees. He was getting tired. "Is it over already?"
The ground shook once again. The lava came sprouting out and Flair jumped out. He somersaulted in mid-air and landed perfectly on his feet. The Inflammatory Body was restored, but Flair looked extremely pissed.
"Now ju gonna die! No mo' playin 'round!" He yelled and the entire room shook. The Inflammatory Body grew even larger. He clapped his hands together and formed a ball of fire between the palms of his hands. It grew larger and larger.
Zero charged up his Z-saber and dashed towards Flair. He was going to attack head-on.
Flair had finished charging his attack and released it. The "Bustin' Ball of Fire" flew way too fast for Zero to avoid, and it hit him. This caused a massive explosion and it melted the ground in that area. However, Zero survived by using Defense Form before the attack could hit him. He just kept right on dashing and eventually came into range with Flair. He had a fully charged saber, so he struck Flair with splash of Thunder elemental energy. This neutralized the Inflammatory Body, so now nothing protected him.
Zero used his right hand and grabbed The Wankstah's head. With a burst of electric energy, Zero used Zeus' attack, the "Electric Grip." Thousands of jolts of electricity electrocuted Flair, driving his nerves crazy. He took much damage from this attack, but Zero wasn't done. He threw Flair into the air. He changed into Active Form. With the added jump boost from the Active Form, he leaped up high into the air (really high) and grabbed Flair in mid-air. He quickly changed into Power Form and held Flair's body along his back. He turned upside-down and came falling back down.
That was also Zeus' attack, the "Thunder Buster." Zero slammed Flair into the ground. Since the Inflammatory Body wasn't there, Flair felt the full force of that attack. The armor he wore wasn't very thick, so his back was shattered.
Zero stood up, dusting off the dirt on his armor. There was no way Flair would be able to fight now. The fight was over.
"Leviathan, you've been avenged." Zero turned away and turned on his communicator. "Trans me back."
"Okay, just a sec." The Operators were going to trans him back, but they stopped. "Zero! There is a large enemy reading coming next to you! Look out!"
"Did you think I would be defeated that easily?"
Zero turned around. Flair was standing upright, but his voice changed. The accent was gone, but the voice sounded like it belonged to…
"The Phoenix will return, and he has!" A large aura of fire surrounded Flair's body in the form of a phoenix. "I, Phoenix Magnion, will destroy you, Zero!" The flame aura grew larger and Magnion bellowed with his voice. "I suppose you're wondering how I survived. Well, let's just say I'm a safety precaution if this little midget was retired."
Zero still had no idea how Phoenix Magnion survived (in spirit), but he was going to end this once and for all. Unfortunately, he was a bit languid after the Thunder Buster attack, and after taking damage from Flair. Now he had to deal with Phoenix Magnion using Flair's body.
Magnion wasted no time and flew after Zero. He was trying to bombard Zero with his "Phoenix Aura," but Zero rolled to the side just in time to barely avoid the attack. Magnion turned around and lifted one wing up.
"Flame Arrows!" Five arrows of fire shot out of the Phoenix Aura and headed straight for Zero.
The Legendary Maverick Hunter was able to jump over three, but two of the arrows hit his chest, melting the armor he had left. He collapsed on his knees. Zero only had a little bit of energy left, perhaps only enough to sustain Phoenix.
Magnion charged at Zero again using the "Phoenix Array" attack. He separated into fiery feathers. The feathers fluttered around Zero, trapping him inside a closed area. Then, the feathers came together once more and Magnion retook his form. Then he smacked Zero with one of his wings from the Phoenix Aura.
The attack completely melted some of Zero's armor, but luckily didn't go to his skin. However, he hardly had any armor left to protect himself the next time. He tumbled along the ground and stopped at the edge near the pool of lava. He struggled to get up.
"You're weak. I might as well finish you off right now." Flair's body began to glow a yellow luster. Phoenix Magnion increased the size of his Phoenix Aura. He completely disappeared, leaving no trace left.
Zero looked left and right looking for him. However, he didn't see him. Then he realized what attack Magnion was planning. Instinctively, he turned around and horizontally slashed with his Z-saber. Unfortunately, he just slashed air. After his attack, Magnion appeared right in front of his face and slapped him up in the air with one of his wings.
"Rising Phoenix!"
The Blond Bomber was helpless in mid-air, too weak and too burned out to fight back. Magnion flew up and used Flair's body to bombard Zero in mid-air. The Phoenix Aura burned Zero severely in the back, and Magnion kept right on flying until he slammed Zero into the ceiling.
Phoenix Magnion used Flair's arms to grab hold of Zero after the attack. Flame bodies sprouted out of Phoenix's Phoenix Aura. One body of Vile came out and few towards Zero. It made contact with Zero and burned him. Then, another flame body came out. It was a flame body of Dynamo, and it also collided with Zero. Then two flame bodies of Colonel and Sigma tackled Zero. When they all had attacked Zero, Magnion flew down into the ground, attempting to slam Zero deep into the ground and bury him under the pool of lava. You could have blinked and missed Magnion fly down. He slammed Zero into the ground and kept right on going after the ground had been penetrated. He kept flying until the lava buried them both.
Flair's body was almost all melted away, but Magnion flew up out of the lava just in time. He stayed up in the air, watching the lava flood in over the ground, melting almost everything. Now there was no land left; everything under Magnion was filled with lava.
"I have finally beaten Zero!" Phoenix Magnion shot flames out of his wings from his Phoenix Aura to celebrate. However, the celebration was too early.
A blue light shot out of the lava and parted it away. All the way down to the bottom, Zero stood, forcing the lava away. He was glowing with a cool blue aura, and he was not melted away.
"What! How are you able to still be standing?" Magnion was outraged.
The Maverick hunter himself didn't know how he survived, but he felt something poking at his butt. He reached into his thong (lack of better term) and pulled out a piece of a sapphire jewel. It was one piece of the Tears of Sát'u. Zero wondered how it got in there, but then he remembered. Leviathan had "tapped" his butt before they went, so she must have slipped in a piece of the jewel in for protection against fire. There was only one piece, so the other one must have been with…
A blast of blue light parted the lava away and cooled it into rock. Next to Zero, Leviathan stood leaning on her trident, patting her mouth and yawning.
"I was wondering when you would use it. I thought I was stuck in this pit for good."
Now the two pieces glowed a blue light. Leviathan couldn't fully activate hers until Zero activated his piece, so the piece that Leviathan had been only for protection, at least until Zero used his.
"Hand me your piece. I'm going to end this." Leviathan held out her hand.
Zero wasn't going to argue. He was completely worn out now, so he figured Leviathan had a plan to win. He threw the piece at her. She caught it and smirked.
"Let me show you who's really the hot one." Leviathan winked at Zero before putting the pieces together. They formed back into one whole sapphire jewel, and Leviathan placed them back into the necklace. She then burst with blue energy enveloping her entire body. He cooled off nearly all of the lava under Magnion.
"Foolish wench! I burn the hottest!" Magnion flared up and charged towards Leviathan.
The Bold Beauty twirled her trident and leaped towards Magnion.
They both were about to collide until Leviathan ducked in mid-air. Flair's body missed completely and Leviathan was unaffected by the fire of the Phoenix Aura. Magnion sailed over her. She used her quick reflexes and stabbed the sharp point of her trident into Flair's crotch.
"It this were my body, that would hurt very much right now" Magnion said and changed direction in mid-air also. He flapped his wings together and tried to hit Leviathan.
She easily avoided each attack in mid-air, as if she were floating in water. Each time Magnion attacked, his Phoenix Aura diminished little by little. Zero was shivering, clutching his arms. It was getting very cold.
Leviathan kicked Flair's face and his head went flying off. Magnion went flying into a wall. The Aura was melting ice that covered the wall, but the Aura was getting colder. Now headless, Magnion used whatever was left of Flair's body to continue attacking. He shot Flame Arrows out of his wing, but they slowly burned out before reaching Leviathan.
"Oh the weather inside is frightful," Leviathan twirled her trident above her head and the wind started to pick up.
"But it looks oh so delightful," Now the cooled rock turned into ice. It broke off and started to fly around the room, riding on a giant tornado Leviathan was creating.
"And since there's no place for you to go," Now the entire room was shaking. It got so cold that Zero could feel his body freeze.
"Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!" A blast of blue energy blinded Zero as the entire room froze for a minute. Zero fell unconscious.
Change of scene
Ciel put a blanket over herself. She was in her lab, polishing her system up with a few more tweaks. It was getting a little cold.
"I wonder why it's a little chilly?"
Change of scene
"Wake up Zero."
Zero opened his eyes slowly. When they were fully opened, he found himself frozen in a kneeling position. He was frozen completely in ice, but some shards covered his entire body. He looked at the ground under him and saw that it was snow. Soft, slush snow. Then he looked up, and saw that it was snowing. Inside a room!
Leviathan stood and looked at Zero as if he were a sculpture. Then she averted her eyes to another sculpture.
What was left of Flair's body was frozen inside a huge sculpture of ice. The ice sculpture was actually Phoenix Magnion's Phoenix Aura, frozen. The Aura wasn't that large now. Leviathan walked over to it and scoffed.
"Only the hottest stars burn blue." Leviathan twirled her trident and sliced the sculpture. It took a couple of seconds for the attack to sink in and then the sculpture fell apart.
"Well, that was fun." Leviathan then brought her attention back to Zero, who was frozen on a kneeling position. Leviathan walked over to him and pointed her trident at him.
"How interesting. The Legendary Maverick Hunter at my feet, frozen and waiting to be killed. I can kill you right now, while I have the chance." She pulled the trident back and rested it on her shoulder. "But that's no fun."
If Zero were able to move his lips, he would have sighed with relief.
Leviathan crouched down and leveled with Zero. She gazed into his eyes.
"Remember Zero…" Her face drew closer to Zero's. Her lips were almost touching his.
"Your life belongs to me, and only me. Don't let anyone else take it away from you. But me." She slowly drew her lips closer and closer to Zero's, her eyes closed. Zero could already feel himself melting the ice from all the heat he was feeling right now.
Just before their kiss, Zero disappeared in a bright flash of light. Leviathan opened her eyes and looked around. She had missed her chance.
"Almost got him." The Bold Beauty leaned against her trident and enjoyed the falling snow.
Author: Another chapter done. Just in time for winter as well! Happy Holidays!