Sapphire Vixen

Sun: Hi! I forgot to tell you that I'd be updating today, too. Sorry about that. Oh, and thank you all for reviewing, it makes me feel all fuzzy inside. Thanks for taking time to read my story and reviewing.

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ghostymangarocker- actually he scribbled on it. And yes, in the same week. I get to ne free- er, I mean get out of school on june 16. Yay, another drawer. - i'm so happy that you like this story! Thank you so much for reviewing!

Odango Forever- I'm so sorry that yours died too. I just can't take it when someone or any of my pets close to medie. Glad you liked the Ray and Saph part. Thank you so much for reviewing! Oh, update Proving Myself To You! I'm halfway dying here! T.T

bladebreakers- You'll find out why she's here in this chapter, so hold on. Thank you for reviewing!

FallenTruth- - I tend to stop breathing too. Especially when people tickle me. Which everybody for some reason find funny because I squeak. T.T Thank you for reviewing!

Shadw- No! Not die! I want you to read my awful ending. Tee-hee. Thank you too,for reviewing!

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Sapphire: So...am I going to die, or not?

Sun: Everybody hold on to your pants, and find out for yourself!

Chapter 16: Trip to the Fair and the Crystal Blade Part 3

Sapphire nodded too, and started walking back to her room with a small smile.

Kai shut his door and leaned on it, a small smile on his face.

When she shut her bedroom door, she walked to the balcony again, and leaned against the iron bars. She shivered again as she felt the cold wind.

"Well...hello, Sapphire."

Sapphire turned around. Emerald smirked at her. Sapphire's eyes widened.

"What- how...how did you get in here?"

"Let's just say that somebody has to get new home security alarm systems..." she said.

"But...how-"

"Master Fei. You know how good he is with all that junk...so, ta-da."

Sapphire growled, "Get out."

"What? Afraid?" she stepped closer to Sapphire. "Why don't we put his new invention through a small test? I won't hurt you...much."

"You're the one who'll be hurt, Emerald, if you don't leave now."

"I was right. You are afraid." she examined her fingers. "I'm not here for you, anyways. Well, sort of. I guess i'll have to get you out of the way first."

Emerald's nails suddenly grew 1 foot long. Sapphire gasped.

Emerald smirked. Then she ran towards Sapphire, and dug her claws in her stomach. Sapphire's eyes widened as she felt the pain surge through her body.

"Who's the one hurt now?" Emerald whispered mockingly in Sapphire's ear.

She groaned and closed her eyes, as Emerald's smirk grew. Emerald took out her nails out of Sapphire, and she fell to the floor face fowards.

"Heh heh. Guess I'm not really a clone anymore..."

And then she darted out of the room, and headed towards Kai's...

All the lights were turned off, and everything was dark. The only thing seen was a pair of dark, cold eyes glowing in the dark.

She opened the door to Kai's room. She smirked as she saw him still awake, staring out the window, in the dark.. He turned around curiously.

"Sapphire?"

Her smirk grew. She slammed him against the wall. His eyes widened.

"Sapphire? Are you...okay-"

Emerald placed a small kiss on his lips. He reddened, his eyes half closed, gazing at her. She smirked.

Then somebody opened the door. Sapphire turned on the lights, and they stared at her. A drop of blood traveled from the corner of her mouth to her neck. Her gown was wet with blood.

"Sapphire?" Kai said, and his eyes darted back to the girl in front of him. His eyes widened. His eyes widened at her dark green eyes. She stepped away from him.

"Hmm...too bad. I thought I had killed you already."

"Sapphire, I can-"

"Kai, actually, I'm kind of afraid of you. If this is how you react to a clone, i'm scared of your reaction to plastic...which has much more higher value than her!" she yelled, and pounced on Emerald. They fell to the floor, and Sapphire easily pinned Emerald down to the ground.

"She's not reallly...real, you know." Sapphire said looking up at Kai. His eyes widened.

"Master Fei will make me real." Emerald said underneath her.

"I'm looking forward to that. Maybe you'll actually feel pain."

Emerald laughed, and pushed Sapphire away, throwing her towards the window. She crashed into the window, shattered the glass, and fell onto the grass outside. There was a small thud.

"Sapphire!"

Emerald smirked, and jumped out of the window. Then Hilary, Tyson and Ray barged into the room, Riza behind them.

"What is happening? What's with the window?" Hilary asked, panting.

Kai looked out the window, and saw Sapphire sprawled on the ground below. Emerald kicked her in the stomach. Sappphire groaned, her stomach covered with blood. She stood, and tackled Emerald down to the ground.

Kai ran out of the room, then outside. When he got there, Emerald had dug her claws into her chest. Sapphire screamed in pain. Emerald took her black nails out again.

Emerald smirked as Sapphire fell to the floor.

"Sapphire!"

She coughed up blood and stood, only to sink to her knees. Emerald panted, and sank to her knees also.

They glared at each other, both panting heavily. Emerald smirked as Sapphire wobbled.

Kai ran towards her. Emerald noticed, and yelled out, "Blade!"

Her left arm disappeared, only to be replaced by a sharp, long, metal blade. She stood, and stabbed Sapphire in the heart. Sapphire screamed, and Hilary, Tyson, and Riza gasped.

"Mistress!"

"Sapphire!" Kai yelled out once more. Emerald took her blade out of her, the metal glinting in the moonlight, Sapphire's blood dripping off it's sharp edge.

Sapphire wobbled, and fell face forwards on the grass.

"Oh, I almost forgot..."

Emerald bent down and took a small strand of Sapphire's silver-gold hair. Emerald laughed.

"Oops. Got too carried away. I actually came here for you, lucky Blue-haired." she approached Kai, walking slowly. "Give me Dranzer. I know you have her, so hand it over."

"No."

"Really? Well, I guess I don't have any other choice..." she bent down and wiped Sapphire's blood on the grass. The metal shined clean again. "Why doesn't anybody choose the easy, non-murdering way...?"

Kai stepped back. Kai took out his launcher, and Dranzer. He aimed his blade. Emerald's eyes grew wide. He pulled on the ripcord.

His blade spinned towards her metal blade, and it broke. Emerald gasped. Dranzer landed on the concrete near the doorsteps, still spinning.

She groaned, and stared at her useless blade on the grass. She smiled. "Really, you think that you've gotten away with it?" her arm appeared again. "I'll have Master Fei fix me, then I'll-"

Emerald's eyes widened. Her metal blade had gone straight through her chest. She collapsed on the ground, face down. Sapphire stood behind her, holding Emerald's broken blade. Her hand bled.

She tossed the blade to the side. Her gown was even more wet with her blood. There was a hole in her chest, and blood poured out of it, onto the grass. She panted heavily.

Kai stared at her. "Sapphire? How..."

"That could have easily killed a human. I'm not all human, remember? And I won't allow myself to die, not yet. I still have something to do." she said, glaring down at Emerald's limp robot-like body.

Sapphire's wings appeared, and her wounds started to close. The deep red stains on the grass disappeared.

"That wasn't my weak spot anyways." she said, as the blood on her mouth and neck vanished.

"And that wasn't mine, either." Emerald said from the ground. She slowly stood. "What and idiot you lot are." In the opening in her chest, wires spilled out, and metal was seen. The opening in her chest started to fix itself.

Sapphire smiled. "You can regenerate." she said, as the new skin appeared on the opening.

"Very good, Sapphire. We'll end this in a tie." In one jump, she landed on the roof. "But don't worry, we'll meet again." she yelled down at them. "And I'll come back for Dranzer, lucky Blue-haired." she added, giving Kai a sideways smirk before jumping away and disappearing.

Kai turned back to Sapphire, who had her hand on her chest, where her heart was. It still hadn't healed yet, because Emerald's blade was thick. She groaned in pain as it slowly started to heal.

"Mistress...you've lost a lot of blood..." Riza said, as she hurriedly walked down the doorsteps.

Kai ran over to Sapphire, and she fell in his arms.

"I'll be okay, Kai." she said, leaning on his chest, and closing her eyes. Riza kneeled next to them.

"Mistress..." she said, crying. Sapphire opened her eyes.

"I'm okay, Riza. I just need...lots of food and a long nap." Sapphire said, irritated. Riza looked up.

"Alright...alright then."

Somewhere far away...

"I only completeted part of my mission. It looks like my 'advantage'," she lifted her hands, using air quotes. "worked for nothing, you idiot."

"Damn. Do you have the hair?"

"Not even a'thank you', you bastard?" Emerald said, holding out a strand of one of Sapphire's sliver-gold hair.

"Shut up and give me the hair." Fei said, snatching away the long strand.

"What are you going to use it for, anyways, Master Fei?" she said, examining her long black nails covered with blood.

"You'll see..."

Back at Sapphire's house...

Kai picked her up, and carried her. His shirt had started to stain with her blood, but it soon vanished as the wound in her chest started to close. She closed her eyes, scowling.

Dranzer was still spinning.

"Cooo...?"

Sapphire smiled. "Kai?"

"What?"

"May I hold Dranzer?"

Kai stared down at her. He crouched down at the floor, and sat Sapphire on the ground. It stopped spinning as he picked it up.

He examined it for a moment, then handed it to Sapphire. She cupped her hands, and he placed it in her small hands. She closed her eyes and held Dranzer close to her chest.

When they got to her room, Kai placed her down on her bed.

Riza spent some time wrapping up the wounds that hadn't healed yet, and handed a plate of food for her. She finished it all in two minutes.

Riza left her room, shooing away Hilary, Tyson, and Ray from the room. Kai started to leave the room.

"Kai, can I borrow Dranzer for the rest of the night? I promise to keep her safe."

He looked back at her. Kai nodded as he closed the door. She made sure that he had locked the door, then she stood again, and walked outside. She crept to the room at the end of the hall, and opened the door. The door creaked open.

She stared at the glass cabinet and at the crystal silver-blue blade inside. She walked over to the glass door. She closed her eyes, and her wings appeared on her back. The glass started to glow.

She reached for her blade. Her hand went right through the glass. Her hands curled around her blade. She slowly took out her hand, still holding the blade.

She smiled as it shined brightly. Then she ran back to her room, forgetting to close the door to the secret room at the end of the hall. But somebody else closed it.

Riza smiled. "Hopefully, the end to this is near."

Sapphire closed her door, and jumped into her bed. She lay on her stomach. She held out Kai's blade in her right hand, and hers in her left hand.

She smiled as Dranzer's bit-chip and her blade emitted a small glow. She removed Dranzer's chip from Kai's blue blade and placed it on hers. It made a small and soft click. She felt Kai's blade disappear in her hand. Her blade was engulfed by a burst of white light, and it transformed.

When the light faded, her blade had the same appearance as Kai's blue blade.

She stood again, walked out to her balcony, and held out her blade with Dranzer.

"I can't believe i'm doing this." she muttered. She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.

Her blade began to shine brightly, and it slowly started to spin. Suddenly it stopped shining, and started to hover over her hand, and it span faster. The center started to glow, and she tossed towards the ground. It wobbled a bit, but kept spinning.

The scarlet and gold phoenix appeared.

"It's nice to see you again, Dranzer."

"Coo..."

Author's Note-

Sun: Don't worry...it will all come close together soon.

Sapphire: We'll be updating the thursday of next week.

Sun: What do you mean 'we'? I'm the one working this fiction, you are just entertainment!

Sapphire: Entertainment? Fine. Let's see if the reviewers see me kill you for entertainment!

Sun: Pfft. Just do a tap dance or something.

(Sapphire growls dangerously)

Sun: Yeah, well, here's you preview!

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"Sapphire, I want you tell me everything you've been hiding from us. Right now."

She shook her head.

"You're burying yourself. And by not telling us, you are digging the hole deeper. How can we help you if you don't tell us what is wrong?"

"I...can't. It's- I can do this myself. I don't need help!"

"You say you want to be alone. But when you are, you suffer even more. I know that you don't really want to be alone. You want someone there. You need somebody there."

She sank to her knees on the floor. She slowly sat back, hugging her knees.

"Why is it so hard to say?"

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Sapphire:I sound so whiny!

Sun: You are whiny.

Sapphire: I had enough of you! (tackles Sun)

Peanuts: Squeh, squeak! (Please review, thank you!)