Here's where lots of fights begin, and where it becomes really serious. Enjoy!
Bobby lunged for Spader, the blade pointing at his face. Bobby took the sword, and moved it to the left, preparing to make this kill quick and easy. Spader noticed this, and raised up his arm just as Bobby swung. Unfortunately, Spader's arm didn't make a very good shield and the blade had impact with his arm. It was a deep cut, and blood dripped from the wound as Bobby stepped backwards. Spader let the cut bleed, and drew a small knife from his belt. This didn't intimidate Bobby though.
"Bobby!" Spader yelled, advancing closer to his ex-friend. "What is up with this? This isn't you!" Spader pointed the knife at Bobby's face. "Why are you doing this?"
"You shouldn't be talking," Bobby hissed. "You're the one that betrayed me and joined up with Saint Raux, who wants to destroy all of the territories!"
"No he doesn't! He helped us! And, look at him now! It's true he's trying to destroy the territories because he's working for Saint Dane!" Spader lunged for the Traveler, slashing the knife at his arm. "I won't let you get away with destroying the territories!" Spader yelled with a swing of the knife. Bobby blocked the attack with his sword as a new figure entered the room.
"Well hello," came a male voice. Two figured entered the room, both wearing identical black hooded cloaks. The second figure was a female, with black hair and cold eyes. "I see our newest fighter has already started this fight, so shall we also, Yuri?" he said to the female.
"I think we should, Xarax." Yuri replied.
"Oh my," Cid said, gawking. "I think I'm in love!"
"I hope your talking about the Yuri chick," Serenity said. Cid nodded, as Yuri lunged for him pointing a sword at his face. He jumped backwards, pulled out a gun, and shot constant bullets at his newfound love. Because, for Cid, now that his old memories had mixed with his new ones, winning this fight triumphed over love. Just for the moment, at least. Yuri managed to dodge all of the bullets, and Cid continued to fire rapid bullets. One managed to hit the young girl in the leg. She fell from the air, and landed roughly on the ground.
"Yuri!" Xarax yelled, walking over to the fallen girl. Her face was cut from the fall, and her arm had been hit by the bullet. Blood steadily trickled from the wound, and she whispered inaudible words to Xarax.
"Why are we just watching this?" whispered Serenity to Cid. Cid shrugged as Serenity pulled out a sword. She ran over to where Xarax was kneeled over tending to Yuri's wounds and stabbed him in the back. Xarax cringed, and started to bleed. Serenity pulled the sword out of his back swiftly and placed it back on the sheath in her belt.
"You…little…bitch," Xarax said as he stood up and drew a dagger from his boots. Serenity didn't even move, for she knew that the Saint was wounded and he wouldn't be half as strong as normal. She pointed the bloody sword at the man, as the red liquid stained the cloak. He continued progressing towards Serenity, and when she saw the look of craziness in her eyes she began to sweat. Her brown hair stuck to her forehead as she sweated bullets. That knife looked almost like…almost like it would kill her with one swift cut. She watched, as the blade grew longer and longer, looking more devious every time it moved.
"Serenity!" Patrick yelled, pushing her out of harms way. "He's just trying to fool you! That blade isn't moving!"
"Wha?" Serenity said, snapping out of the trance and realizing that the blade was as small as before. "Thank you, Patrick." Serenity said, staring up at the librarians face. "I can take him on, now." She released herself from Patrick's grip, and walked closer to Xarax. "You think you're pretty smart, trying to trick me don't cha? Well, it didn't work; prepare to die." She raised the sword over her head, and brought it down swiftly, leaving a nasty cut straight down Xarax's chest. The blood starting dripping, and Xarax collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest and clenching his teeth in pain. "You wanna give up?" Serenity said with a grin. She still hadn't been touched by the blade.
"You are going to die." Xarax said, rising from the ground. "Even if it's the last thing I do, I vow to kill you." He jumped towards Serenity, who jumped backwards to dodge the attack. Xarax's attacks were slow, and after he failed to hit Serenity he clutched his chest in pain. The blood flow was getting faster, and Serenity knew it wouldn't be long before he died.
"Xarax…" Yuri said from the ground. "Goodbye."
"Yuri! You cannot die! I won't allow it!" Xarax cried. Yuri smiled weakly.
"I'm not dying, you are." she watched as the loss of so much blood finally caught up with him. He stared around the room, and began to fall to the ground.
"Damn….it…" the cloaked Saint said. "This can't…end…now…" he moaned, and closed his eyes. "I will avenge you." Xarax spoke his last words, and his body laid limp on the ground.
"Now that he's gone," Yuri said, rising from the ground. "The real fight can begin. I never showed Xarax my true power. The fool wasn't deserving. To think he thought I loved him." Yuri laughed, as she pulled out a long staff. She twirled the staff clockwise in her hands, and Serenity watched as two freakishly huge blades appeared on both sides of the staff. The blades were stained with blood, and weren't the least bit dull. Serenity stood rooted to the spot, scared of the blades, the weapon, and most of all, the fighter.
"I'll take her on, Serenity." Cid said, walking up beside her. "Don't worry, I'll be fine." He gave her a weak smile and pushed her aside gently.
"So I'll be facing the one and only Cid," Yuri said. She placed her weapon on the floor, and walked closer to Cid. "Why don't you return to Ibara, Cid? You'll have me, and there's no way that Saint Dane is going to lose this fight…" She placed two fingers under Cid's chin and pushed his head up. She then leaned in and placed a kiss on his lips. "Want more, Cid?" she said playfully. Cid blushed, and didn't reply. "If you do, drop your weapons and stop fighting me."
"You're..juh-just trying to wuh-weaken me," stammered Cid. He raised his weapons, and pointed them in the girls face.
"Fine, Cid," Yuri said, walking backwards to her weapon. She picked it up, and glared at him. "Deny love. Don't blame me when you die." She jumped in the air, and lunged for Cid, one of the blades pointed as his face. "DIE!" she said, and swung the staff at full force.
The blade went deep into Cid's chest, and even a small part of his arm, ripping Cid's clothes and sending a barrage of pain through his body. He started to bleed, but ignored the pain and bleeding and managed to shoot a few bullets at the girl, who was running around the room at amazing speeds. She was almost invisible. Cid could barely even see the outline of her body.
"Want to give up?" Yuri's voice seemed to be coming from all around Cid. Cid turned, but couldn't see anything. He suddenly felt bursts of pain from everywhere on his body.
"What the hell…" he said. He shot a few bullets, but none seemed to hit Yuri at all. Cid began to pace as he felt Yuri move around him. He closed his eyes, and began to focus. He stood with his eyes closed for a moment, and opened his eyes exactly as Yuri swung the knife for his head. Cid dropped his gun and caught the blade in his hands, and watched the blood drip. "You're not going to win," he said. He raised his other hand, still equipped with the gun, and pulled the trigger. A barrage of bullets spilled from the gun, but the girl didn't even flinch. She undid the belt of the black cloak and let it fall to the floor. Underneath was…a regular black long sleeved shirt and black pants and shoes.
"This is the strongest material ever made in the world. Soft as hell, but truly it's stronger than any armor made before it." She chuckled. "I'd like to see you defeat me now, Cid." Cid panted. He was losing blood quickly. He sighed, and walked forward.
"I will not admit defeat," he said, pushing a strand of black hair out of his eyes. Cid pulled a new gun out of his boot, and clutched it tightly. "Ready to die?" He put his sweaty hands on the trigger, and pointed both weapons at his love. "Seeya." Cid suddenly disappeared. He appeared again, only behind Yuri's back. He grabbed her shoulders, and pulled away the top of her shirt, revealing her neck. He pressed the barrel of the gun to her neck, and prepared to fire. "Told you…that you would…die," Cid said. His finger pressed against the trigger, but he found his fingers trembling.
I can't kill her, he thought. I just can't…
"Can't bring yourself to kill me, huh Cid?" Yuri said with a grin. "That's okay. Lots of wimps cannot defeat me without some unneeded show of skin." She chuckled, and whipped around so she saw eye-to-eye with Cid. She traced a finger over his cheek and smiled. "I like you, Cid. Give up. I'll help you recover. Saint Dane will help."
"No." Cid replied coolly. "I won't give into your temptations!" The lack of blood finally hit Cid, and he crumpled to the floor. The world spun out of control, and everything turned pitch black.
Spader recoiled from the attack, and jumped backwards. Bobby also stepped backwards, and started to run back towards Spader.
I need a better weapon…thought Spader. And fast. Spader dodged Bobby's attack as he continued to think. An idea suddenly hit him. Spader ran up to Bobby, and kicked him in the shin. Bobby didn't flinch, but that's not what Spader wanted. As Bobby looked at Spader, Spader used his knife to cut Bobby in the arm. The blood started to spill, and Bobby glared at Spader.
"You managed to cut me. Good job." He gripped his sword handle harder in pain. "Now it's time I hit you." He raised the sword over his head, and ran closer to Spader, who had moved a great distance away.
"Bobby stop!" Spader yelled in desperation. "You can't do this! You'll just be killing more Travelers! Is this what Courtney would want?"
Those six words managed to stop Bobby in his tracks. After a long pause and awkward silence, Bobby started to laugh. A wicked smile formed on his face.
"Courtney? Hahah, I don't know! Why don't we ask her in person!"
What the hell is he talking about? wondered Spader. Had Bobby finally gone really crazy? Spader watched as Bobby removed the black glove from his right hand. The glove fell to the floor, and Bobby raised his palm so that it faced Spader. A familiar looking circle, with many triangles and other strange designs everywhere was burned into his hand. Spader gawked as the circle went from a burn to a glowing light purple color. "What the hell…?" Spader said as the circle began to glow brighter and brighter. Spader suddenly realized what it was from. He remembered a few years ago, Bobby had showed him an anime, the name he couldn't remember. The main character, whose name was Edward, had significant knowledge of circles like this and was able to draw them excellently.
Bobby grinned, and the glowing colors exploded, and there was a burst of bright white light. Another circle appeared on the floor, and there was another explosion of light. A few minutes later, there was a distant sound of a scream and smoke appeared in the room. The circle was still on the ground, along with a body. The body was wearing a white silk dress. Her brown hair was draped over her shoulders, and her eyes closed.
Lying on the ground was Courtney Chetwynde, in the flesh.
A/N: Wow. That was really fun to write! I wonder if I should raise the rating of this….nah. I'll keep it tame, people! For some of you people, this update came very quickly. For others, it didn't. I'm going to New York tomorrow for about a week, so I figured since I won't be updating for a small period of time, I'd better get chapter eleven done. And if you don't remember Xarax and Yuri, check back to Chapter Seven to refresh your memory. Now, to thank the reviewers named: PotatoPuff, Inu.Rox, Believer07747, and the newly added Uchiha Pendragon! You guys rock! Till next chapter!