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Disclaimer: Well...I'd certainly accept Spirited Away if it was wrapped with a bright red ribbon under the Christmas tree...
War on My World
Chapter 7: An Ice Heart Won't Ever Melt; Part 2
"Um...Leona?" Chihiro asked in her head. 'Just stay calm, Chihiro. Stay calm..' Chihiro ordered herself. Nothing was going wrong...yet.
Yes? But first, may I know who you are?
"You have a twin sister, Chihiro. I'm her." Chihiro said inside her mind once again.
Really? Wait, aren't you that Princess of Gate?
"That's right."
I'm not a Princess! But it would explain a lot...
"That's what I thought, too. Whatever you do, don't let-wait, what do you mean, it would explain a lot?" Chihiro asked.
Well, one minute we're in the Valley of the Wind, and then the Toulmakians make me angry, so this white and gray portally thing shows up, and I get shoved into it! Now it's snowing everywhere. The Princess says we're in this place called 'Glacier'. I hear the plans are to take down the castle. I don't know why I told you this. I just have a feeling you're in that castle.
"Thanks, Leona! CARMAAAAINE! HAKUUUU!" Chihiro shouted, getting out of bed despite how much herbody ached her. They were gonna storm the castle! Immediately the two sad males were inside the room.
"Yes, Chihiro?" They both said, not skipping a beat.
"The castle...the Toulmakians are gonna tear it down!" Chihiro stammered. They both looked at her with an incredulous look on their faces.
"Chihiro, why think this all of a sudden? There's no way the Toulmakians could be here!" Haku said, frowning. Chihiro shook her head.
"I contacted Leona, and she said-"
"You contacted Leona? Chihiro, you said you wouldn't!" Carmiane said, letting out a sigh of aggravation.
"I didn't mean to! I just hoped she was safe, and well, we kinda talked for awhile! Plus, I'm not any different!" Chihiro argued back.
"That's not the point. Now you'll think it's safe and talk to her again and again. As your older brother, I forbid you to contact Leona unless we get things straightened out!" Carmaine said. Chihiro pouted.
"Fine." She said, then added, "What are we going to do about the Toulmakians raiding the castle?"
"I'll get Nausicaä and Asbel, and you can get Daryl and Laura. Chihiro, you stay in bed." Haku ordered, as he and Carmaine left the room.
"Um, wait!" Chihiro shouted, Haku returning to the room.
"Yes, Chihiro?" He asked. It was amazing. He never seemed to be on the short end of patience.
"Your condition from turning to different forms...is fixed?" Chihiro asked, slightly confused. How could such a condition like that disappear withing a few minutes.
"Yes. Laura has amazing healing powers. It took some time, but I got fixed. Now, Chihiro, you should stay in bed. I don't want you to strain yourself too hard." Haku said, leaving the room once more.
"I can do stuff, too!" Chihiro said to herself, leaving the room and following Haku. "Haku, wait up!" She shouted. Haku turned around.
"Chihiro! Are you sure you're in a good condition?" He asked. Chihiro nodded. Her aches have seemed to be washed away...
"I'm fine! Now, let's go find Nausicaä and Asbel!" Chihiro said happily. Haku frowned.
"Are you sure you want to come? After we get them there'll be no time to hide. You might get hurt." Haku said. Chihiro nodded.
"I can risk it."Chihiro said. "So don't worry about it-Oh, look! There they are!" She noticed the two Royalties. Haku walked to them, Chihiro following behind.
"The Toulmekians are about to attack. What should we do?" Haku asked, after he informed them of their situation.
"I have a plan, just in case something like this ever happened..." Nausicaä said, and informed them of the plan, just as Carmaine and friends joined them.
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"Wow! I should've thought of that! That's brilliant, Nausicaä!" Asbel said. Nausicaä nodded, and smiled.
"Thanks! Now let's go out there!" She said, as the group went outside, Carmaine, Asbel, and Haku stayed inside. Kushana and a bunch of tanks and Toulmekian soldiers. Kushana was standing on top of a tank with her hands firmly grasped around Leona's shoulders. Chihiro smiled when she saw Leona.
"Leona! Hey!" Chihiro yelled, waving madly to Leona, and running over to her. No one seemed to notice that, just for a moment, while she was waving, her hand held the peace sign. Only a moment, though.
"Ready?" Nausicaä asked. Laura and Daryl nodded. Daryl placed his hand on Laura's shoulder and they both disappeared. When Chihiro got over to the other side, she grabbed Leona's hand excitedly, and tugged her away from Kushana's grip. Kushana looked at the girls, smiling. Now she had both of the Princesses of Gate.
"Charge!" Kushana shouted. The tanks started forward, and Chihiro jumped off a tank, dragging Leona with her. Just as they were about to get run over from tanks, Chihiro shouted:
"NOW!" A big explosion occurred in the tank that was about to run them over, but the girls got saved as they were teleported back in front of the castle.
"Wow, how'd you do that?" Leona asked, amazed.
"I teleported you guys out of there, and Laura caused the explosion." Daryl explained. "But the real fireworks are gonna start." Nausicaä looked to the top of one of the castle towers and saluted. Haku, in his dragon form, swooped down and started scorching the soldiers.
"Let me in, you idiots!" Kushana shouted, not wanting to be burned. The Toulmekians refused to let her in, for fear they themselves would get burned. Kushana growled. Impudent little...she smashed her metal fist into the top of the tank, and made a hole which she went into. "Now move aside!" She ordered as she started commanding the tank. The scared soldiers moved to the back of the tank, watching the furious Princess go to work.
As soon as Haku had burned a good portion of the tanks(but not destroying them. It takes a lot to destroy tanks) he flew back to the other and shifted back into his human form.
"You were amazing, Haku!" Chihiro said. Haku smiled.
"It was nothing." He said. Leona looked at Haku and then at Chihiro, and then back at Haku. She knew the connection between them.
"I wish I had a dragon as a boyfriend." Leona said cutely, wondering what their reactions would be. Chihiro's jaw dropped as she stuttered out words that made no sense, but Haku didn't seem to be paying attention as he signaled something to the castle.
"Alright everyone, into the castle!" Laura said, the whole gang going inside, except for Chihiro. When a shot from a remaining shoulder whizzed by her ear, she came back to her senses and ran inside the castle. Immediately cannonballs from the castle walls shot out, destroying a many tanks and what-not. They could all hear Kushana's shout to retreat, and the cannonballs and everything stopped.
"Victory!" Chihiro shouted happily.
"Not victory, but we certainly won the battle. Not the whole war." Daryl said.
"They'll be coming back. I know so. I know of their plans." Leona said.
"Care to share?" Asbel asked. He and Carmaine had come down from the higher floor where they could shoot cannons from after Kushana issued a retreat. Leona nodded.
"The Toulmakians knew that I was a Princess of Gate, but they knew that I also had a twin sister. So, by using my Gate powers, we were able to come to this world." Leona said.
"But how were they able to tell that Chihiro was in this world?" Nausicaä asked. Leona shrugged.
"Princess Kushana said so. If you're asking me how, you're asking the wrong person." Leona said. Laura, Daryl and Carmaine looked at each other.
"Gray." They confirmed. Leona placed a hand on her cheek in a thoughtful manner.
"You mean that guy with the silver hair and the seriously creepy laugh? His name is Gray?" Leona asked. The trio nodded. Leona shuddered.
"So this Gray person told Kushana what I was and I had a twin sister and this is where they would find Chihiro, and the rest of the details. I'm a good eavesdropper, well, I didn't do it on purpose... So, anyway, they were planning a surprise attack when Chihiro contacted me. So I immediately told Chihiro. I didn't know she was the other Princess of Gate at that time, so I told her of their plans, just in case she pertained to any of the information." Leona explained.
"I heard them say that if they happened to fail they would come back until they got both Princesses of Gate." Leona added, then finished.
"We should go to another world so they don't find us." Asbel suggested.
"That's not possible. You see, you know the situation inside the castle, right?" Laura asked, looking around. She had to tell them, so they'd be well aware.
"No..."Answered mostly everyone.
"Well, there's a killer inside the castle." She said. Everyone gasped.
"Who?" Asbel asked, looking suspiciously at the group. Laura sighed sadly.
"My twin brother." She said, as she told everyone what she had told Chihiro only moments ago.
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"Unbelievable." Was all Nausicaä could say. The others were too stunned to utter one word. Laura nodded.
"But it's true. I want to travel with you guys- but I doubt Lawrence would let me, or anyone else leave the castle." Laura said.
"Then who did we go outside just a couple of minutes ago?" Chihiro asked.
"I knocked him out. I don't know when he's gonna wake up again, but when he does, we better be on a look-out." Laura said.
"Yeah, so...what are we gonna do while we wait for the killer to awaken?" Asbel asked. He wasn't gonna be deprived of all the fun he had up until now because of some stupid unconscious guy. Carmaine fished out a deck of cards from NOWHERE, and had a sly grin on his face.
"Anyone up for poker?" He asked.
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After playing poker for three hours, everyone was out of money, besides from Chihiro and Leona, who were both rolling in dough. Well, Haku had decided not to play. I guess he was the only real smart one out of the group. Or, maybe it was that he didn't suffer from boredom as easily as the others.
"I can't believe my kid sisters beat me..." Carmaine said, giving up.
"Anyone up for another round? I go could on all day!" Leona chirped, smiling sweetly.
"I don't have anymore money on me. Even if I did, I wouldn't want to risk it after losing 30 dollars total to you two." Asbel said, groaning. Nausicaä smiled brightly, and patted Asbel on the back.
"How about a nice game of War?" She suggested. Everyone shrugged. They were game for the idea.
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"Agh! I can't believe it! This is MY deck that I rigged personally, and yet you two win every single flippin' match! Why, Kami? WHY?" Carmaine demanded, almost crying. Everyone stared at Carmaine.
"Wait, you rigged the deck and still lost? Wow, that's sad-I mean, just goes to show you, Carmaine, cheaters never prosper!" Asbel said. Haku smiled.
"I guess you girls have a talent for cards, right?" He asked. Chihiro and Leona nodded.
"I don't know if the 'ability' we possess will be useful in real life, though." Chihiro said. Leona nodded in agreement.
"Well, you never know! Someone could take something you hold dear, and the only way to get it back is by a poker game. It could happen." Carmaine said. Laura smacked him in the top of his head.
"You read too much manga for your own good." She muttered. Carmaine stood up and placed his hands on his hips.
"And who doesn't?" He asked. Everyone proceeded to raise their hands.
"Overruled." Daryl said. Carmaine huffed, and sat down, crossing his arms.
"Whatever. You guys are just oh-so jealous of my creative imagination." Carmaine said.
"Oh, yeah. We are oh-so jealous of your inflated brain." Daryl said, causing the others to break out into a fit of hysterical laughter.
"That is so not funny! You're going down, buddy!" Carmaine said, getting out his rapiers. A golden scythe appeared in Daryl's hand.
"Oh yeah? Bring it!" Daryl shouted.
"Ten bucks on Carmaine." Chihiro said.
"Ten bucks on Daryl." Leona said.
"Ten bucks says that I don't care." Everyone glared at Asbel, who was ruining the mood.
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"Geez, they've been fighting for, like, an hour. Just give up, one of ya!" Chihiro shouted.
"Never!" Came the response.
"Has Lawrence awakened yet?" Haku asked Laura. Laura shook her head.
"I don't sense his presence, though I think he'll be up soon." She said. Haku nodded.
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"Hah! Daryl won! You owe me ten bucks, sista!" Leona said in a gangsta tone.
"Fine..."Chihiro mumbled, handing her sister ten dollars, mixed up of the different worlds' currencies.
"Guys...he's awake now." Laura whispered in a horrified tone.
"Should we go find him, or should we wait until he comes to us?" Haku asked.
"We'll wait...he'll be here in no time." Laura said. As if on cue, a blue-haired male-version of Laura stepped out into the shadows.
"Hello, sister. May I play with your friends for a little while?" Lawrence asked sweetly. Laura gulped.
"I think we're going to have to...kill him." She said.
"How can you say that? Before you sounded so hopeful!" Chihiro shouted at her. Laura shrugged.
"It won't help if he's only nice to me. Besides, what if wereto go to theevil side? Please, just take him out. It'll be easier for all of us." Laura said, closing her eyes, waiting for a terrible sight.
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"So they're going to kill him, are they? Wonderful. I'll just resurrect him and have another person on my side." The enigmatic Gray mused. "Perfect. Things are going better than I hoped."
Yeps! Heh, the next chapter will be a little angsty and gorey...I dunno if Is hould change the rating, no one says bad words or anything. Well, review before poker pwns you!
Oh, and, the poker and fight scenes were just so the word count would go up. That's all. Nothing really pertaining to the story...that much.