Konichiwa peoples! Ugh, this story is finally getting on my nerves. I wanna hurry up and finish it so I can move on to typing and posting the sequel. But, you know what they say, you can't rush art. (Sigh) Oh well, I'm just gonna have to keep on believing in myself and post as many chapters as I can, and quickly. Not getting homework from school would make it a lot easier. I just barely finished my English and Biology homework which took me like, (looks at clock) four hours to finish! Just two classes of homework and it took me four hours to finish. (Sigh) I thought High School was going to be a blast, but so far, it's just been nothing but work, work, work. Oh well, maybe when I get older and move on to becoming a senior, High School will be more exciting. Okay, I'm just rambling again. Here it is peoples—the nineteenth chapter! Hope y'all enjoy it! (Winks)

Chris flew away from Slade's lair as fast as she could, not looking back until she was at least a mile away from it.

She stopped; out of breath and panting a little. She wiped her forehead. "Man. How could I have been so stupid! I should've known something like this was going to happen!" She yelled kicking and punching the air in anger.

She gave out a pitiful sigh when she was finally done unleashing her anger on the defenseless air.

"You're the tetherball in this game Chris. Like a tetherball, you're going to go through life's circle of life feeling like you're constantly being punched. Not doing anything about it, in this case, not studying and bringing up your grades is going to be like an endless game of tetherball. You'll keep on getting punched and you'll never make it around that pole. In this case, you'll never make it in life."

Chris looked down at the ground in anger; clenching her fist tightly as she rose her head. "It's time for this game of tetherball—to come to an end."

And with that said, Chris flew back towards Slade's lair only to get hit in the chest by a purple ray. Chris fell towards the ground, but then picked herself back up. She flew back in the air and saw Slade's apprentices floating right in front of her ready to fight.

"All right Chris, no more fun and games." Sasuke told her; balls of electricity sparkling in his hands. (Shuichi's all sparkly! Hehe, sorry, I had to say that.)

"We may have acted like we were you're friends in the past, but that was all part of the plan so that you could trust us." Envy told her; her hands glowing blood red.

"From now on, we're going to act like you're worst enemies." Super Nova told her while holding her giant sword in her hands.

Chris glared at the apprentices; her hands tightly balled into fist.

"Slade wants you on his side whether you like it or not Chris." Dark Angel told her, sounding calm and yet very evilly. "Now, are we going to do this the easy way, or the hard way?"

Chris gave Dark Angel a sly smile as she hid her right hand behind her back waiting for a plasma ray to develop. "Here's my answer." She told her as she threw the green plasma ray at Dark Angel. Dark Angel gasped and quickly brought her hand in front of her stopping the green plasma ray with her levitation powers.

She glared at Chris. "All right, we'll do this the hard way!"

And with that said, Dark Angel threw the green plasma ray at Chris while she and the rest of her team attacked her.

Chris dodged her green plasma ray and saw Envy coming at her first. She quickly changed see-through so that she wouldn't touch her and started throwing as many plasma rays at her could at her.

Envy tried dodging all the plasma rays that came her way, but was hit with a couple. Chris then changed solid again and charged after Envy giving her a hard uppercut and then twirling around, kicking her hard in the ribs. She was down.

Super Nova then came charging after her, screaming like a barbarian with her sword in the air. When the sword came down, Chris quickly grabbed it and kicked Super Nova in the stomach. Super Nova was hit, but shook off the pain quickly, glaring at Chris.

The sword then changed into a Bo as she got a hold of the arrow that was already placed in the middle of it. She brought the arrow back as it glowed a bright red and then released it.

The arrow went speeding towards Chris as the tip started to catch on fire. Chris gasped and tried turning see-through once again, but the arrow came too fast; piercing through her shoulder.

Chris cried in pain, becoming almost too weak too fly. She got a hold of the arrow and got it out of her shoulder letting the blood seep through her black shirt. She then looked up and saw Super Nova charging after her once again, hitting her with her balled up fist which smacked right in her face.

"Had enough?" Super Nova asked evilly; an evil grin spread across her face.

Chris stopped in her tracks trying to shake off the pain; little drops of blood flying, coming from out of her mouth. She glared at Super Nova and spit out the last bit of blood in her mouth as she clenched her fist and charged towards Super Nova.

Super Nova stood her ground raising her sword as it glowed a dark blue, changing into six thin needles. (You know, like the ones Haku from Naruto has)

Chris still kept on charging after Super Nova with her fist clenched tightly about to punch her, but Super Nova threw the thin needles towards Chris. Chris then quickly changed see-through, but only for a while since the pressure points Super Nova hit were still making her a little weak.

Chris got hit with two needles but was still able to charge after Super Nova, giving her a windmill kick and then a jab in the stomach which made her make a horrible gagging noise as she coughed up saliva and a little bit of blood.

A loud barbaric yell coming from Sasuke ringed in Chris' ears. She turned around and got smacked in the face by Sasuke's fist. She then got hit two more times and high-kicked in the stomach making her fly in the air. Sasuke then got in back of her and gave out a small evil laugh.

"Give it up, you'll never win loser." Sasuke whispered in her ear.

Chris gave a determined smile. "Don't get too cocky Sasuke; I still got a little bit of strength left in me."
Chris then quickly turned and punched Sasuke in the face, but Sasuke got a hold of her arm and kicked her in the chin. She went flying higher in the air once again as Sasuke got in back of her one last time. He then placed his hand on her back pushing her to the left and then kicking her with his right foot. He then turned around so that his chest was facing the ground, punching Chris in the stomach.

Chris gasped loudly; the punch taking her breath away.

"Get back here!" Sasuke yelled punching her in the chest once again. "I'm not done yet!" He then turned around once again so that he was on her right once again kicking her hard in the stomach. "Lions Barrage!"

Chris hit the ocean her and the apprentices were fighting above almost drowning after having her breath taken away three times. She then opened her eyes and quickly shot her head out of the water gasping desperately for breath.

She then felt herself floating up in the air and saw that Dark Angel had her hand facing towards her. She glared at Chris angrily, closing her palm choking Chris mentally with her powers.

"Good work Dark Angel." Super Nova complimented. "Now let's hurry up and take her to Slade's lair."

Dark Angel was silent, still choking Chris with her powers giving an evil grin at the sight of her suffocating.

"Okay Dark Angel—you can stop now." Envy told her, Super Nova and Sasuke's eyes fixed on her and looking back at the suffocating Chris.

Chris then gave out an earsplitting scream, her back bending a little backwards where you could hear a small crack.

"Dark Angel! Stop!" Super Nova yelled pushing Dark Angel to the side. Chris stopped screaming in pain as her eyes fluttered closed and she went crashing towards the water unconscious. Envy quickly flew towards Chris and caught her in her arms before she hit the water.

Dark Angel opened her eyes, glaring at her younger sister. "What the hell was that for?"

"What were you doing? Slade told us to bring Chris back alive!" Super Nova yelled.

Dark Angel gave her a death glare and shot a purple ray right in her stomach. Super Nova cried in pain as she crashed towards the water only to be caught in Sasuke's arms.

"To hell with Slade." Dark Angel growled looking down at Chris. She raised her hand which made Chris float out of Envy's arms and float right in front of her. "You don't know how much you're going to pay."

"APPRENTICE!STOP!"

Dark Angel cried in pain as she backed away holding her head tightly.

"W-what are you doing?"

"I TOLD YOU TO BRING THE TARGET BACK ALIVE! WHAT IN GOD'S NAME ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO KILL HER!"

Dark Angel cried and screamed, grasping her head tightly and tucking it between her knees feeling like she had both a migraine and a massive headache all put together in a horrible, terrible, awful pain.

"Dark Angel!" Sasuke yelled charging to her side. He held her in his arms as she screamed an ear-splitting scream, tears rolling down her cheeks. "Dark Angel! Can you hear me? What's wrong?"

All Dark Angel did, was scream.

Chris' eyes then shot open as she saw Sasuke holding his leader in his arms and Super Nova and Envy rushing to her side.

"What's wrong with her?" Super Nova asked.

"I don't know." Sasuke said in a worried tone as though he were seeing an own member of his family dying.

"Here, give her some room." Envy ordered spreading her arms out.

Chris looked up at the commotion and saw Dark Angel crying and wailing in pain. She wanted to fly up there and see what was wrong; see if there was anything she could do, but she had to use this chance to escape before they take her back to Slade's lair.

She turned back and heading towards Titans Tower, turning her head and catching one last glimpse of the suffocating Dark Angel. She felt miserable.

"I'm sorry."

Chris then flew off, trying not to listen to Dark Angel's shrieks of pain and suffering but just couldn't get the crying out of her mind. Tears fell down her eyes when the crying finally stopped ringing in her mind.

(Sniff) Wow, so much action and drama. I feel so sorry for Dark Angel. Well, there you have it. The nineteenth chapter. Now on to posting the twentieth chapter. Wow, twenty chapters! That's the most I've ever written—ever! My writing must really be improving. Well, I better hurry up and post this chapter, I got to watch that Final Fantasy Seven movie Melissa let me borrow before I have to go to bed. Thank you Melissa! You're a true friend. (Smiles) Well, catch y'all later. Peace out!