Author's Note
Li: Hi, readers. OMG, over 500 hits! (wipes away tear) Thank you soooo much! I'd give you all cookies, but I don't know who you are.
Voice of Reason: That's because no one has left a review.
Li: Quit ruining my moment! Anyway, here we are at the last chapter of Untainted. I'm going to warn you now. 1) My fight scenes suck. Please don't hurt me. 2) I really hate Alex. If you are going to be offended by the method of his death, or his death in general, please skip that part. I don't want my first real review to be a flame.
Roy: I'm sure it'll be fine. Alex-haters, unite! (puts on We-Hate-Alex t-shirt and grins)
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Chapter Ten: The Power of Sun and Moon
Aria freed Tori, and they both hurried back to join the group. All of them got ready.
Alerai pulled Aria aside. "We cannot use our Psynergy, unless it becomes necessary." he told her. "We don't want to hurt them by accident."
Aria looked angry, but agreed. The others called on their powers. Vincent stood back, holding Alexei.
"Ragnarok!" Tori shouted.
"Storm Ray!" the twins yelled.
"Fireball!" Saturan and Jasmine cried.
"Diamond Berg!" Piers roared. The Psynergy interacted with itself, spinning the attacks into one. A fiery, electrically charged sword hit Alex dead-on, and the chunk of ice Piers summoned followed up to crush him.
"There's no way he could still be standing." Saturan said.
"Really?" Alex said, stepping out of the shattered ice. "Obviously you don't know me too well. Or the full power of Alchemy."
"Try the weapon unleashes." Piers said. "Light Surge!"
"Rising Dragon!"
"Purgatory!"
"Acheron's Grief!"
"Legend!"
"Radiant Fire!"
Alerai's voice joined the others. "Megiddo!"
Aria's as well. "Eclipse!" she cried, raising the Lunai Blade. These hit Alex dead-on as well, but still did nothing.
"He can't be all powerful, he just can't!" Lehran wailed.
Alerai looked at Aria. She nodded. Alerai looked back at the group. "Get back. We'll get him." He and Aria walked forward. Alex laughed mockingly.
"You think that you two alone can beat me?"
Alerai and Aria stared at him. "You can block their attacks, because their powers have root in Alchemy." Alerai said.
"But we are different. We are special. And we are not part of Alchemy." Aria told the former Mercury Adept.
"Our powers cannot be blocked by you."
"This is for everything you've done to us; every time you hurt us, tortured us, or just made us feel afraid..."
They looked at each other. "Best attacks."
"Celestium!"
"Solarium!"
A column of red and gold fire burst from Alerai, and a silver-white fire burst from Aria. They combined together, and sped towards Alex. Just before impact, they noted, Alex looked afraid.
The Mercury Adept staggered, falling to his knees on the warm marble roof. Alerai put the Sol Blade on one of his shoulders. Aria put the Lunai Blade on his other shoulder, and held up the Tisiphone Edge. "This is the end, Alex."
Piers embraced Lehran and turned away, knowing what the twins were going to do. Tori held Alexei, averting his eyes. The others all looked away as well.
The twins each put one hand on the hilt of the Tisiphone Edge.
"You shouldn't have tortured us. If you had been nicer, we would have trusted you and told you what you wanted. Then you might be smiling in victory right now." Alerai hissed at him.
"This is for every hurt you inflicted on us. I hope you rot in hell." Aria whispered vehemently. They took deep breaths, and drove the blade home.
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"Ahh, sweet revenge." Alerai said. The group was back in Prox, in a tiny abandoned house just outside of town. "I might become a bard. I feel like singing."
"Was what we did right?" Aria asked. "He deserved it, but..."
"Let's put it this way." Piers told her. "He's already cheated death once. We've just ensured he can never do it again."
"Especially after we chucked his body off the rift!" Saturan said. "Being thrown over Gaia Falls was the only fitting burial for a traitor like him."
"Saturan!" Jasmine cried, appalled. He looked at her sheepishly.
"That was unnecessarily violent." Vincent commented. Saturan glanced at their dark-haired companion, annoyed.
"I think we can all agree on one thing, though." Lief said. Everyone flashed him a questioning glance. He grinned, and looked at Lehran.
"Saturos and Menardi, Karst and Agatio... They would be really proud of us right now." she said. "Maybe even our parents."
"I'm proud of you." Piers said. "You faced down someone that even us, the original Saviors, were afraid to fight." To himself, he added, "Yes, Felix, you were scared of Alex, and I know it."
"Thanks, Piers." Tori said. "That means a lot."
"Come on!" Jasmine demanded. "Let's go back to the inn. This place is cold!"
At the inn, they all went to bed to catch a night's sleep. They were returning to Lemuria the following day, and everyone wanted to be refreshed to go. It was worth it, though.
Piers had sent a letter to the others, telling them that he was coming to pick them up on the boat. When the group reached Lemuria, Piers left the children and went to Goldenia to get his friends. They marveled at how little he had changed over the years. And so, in Lemuria, the whole group was reunited. The parents were proud, as Piers had known they would be, and Isaac and Mia were happy that Tori had found a girlfriend. Mia explained about Alex coming to the house and knocking her out so that he could kidnap Alexei, which cleared up the mystery of how Alex had captured her. Piers... neglected to mention to Sheba that he was courting her daughter, thinking it better to wait and explain later. Everyone was perfectly content.
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Voice of Reason: Wow, Li. Your fight scenes really do suck!
Li: Shut up. So? Did you love it? Hate it? Please review and tell me. There's still an epilogue in the works, so that will be coming soon. Oh... Has anyone found the Lunai Blade in the game yet? I saved before I went to kill the Doom Dragon, went and killed Star Magician, Sentinel, Valukar, and Dullahan, then went back to Mars Lighthouse. I ran into a giant monster in the room with the Teleport thingy to the roof. It was called a celesti, and when I killed it, it dropped the Lunai Blade. I think it was a secret miniboss or something. Go find it; it's cool!
