Meeting of Fate

by Kairos Fateweaver

A role play with a friend, that turned into a story about magical girl's and their fights against each other and the hardships they face.

14. Chapter 14

Chapter 14: A New Path

Yvraine signed her own name in. As she had 20 minutes to wait she watched the finding below. Between other players and the monsters she sat away from the girls. She saw the crowd about 15 minutes later Yvraine's name was called out and it appeared to be her turn. She left the room and walked into the arena she had changed into her battle outfit.

In the arena she was facing off against a large green scaled dragon. The battle at first seemed to go back and forth between both Yvraine and the dragon. Each took a beating but the dragon started to gain the upper hand. Yvraine was forced into a corner and soon called up 'Isha' for help a new power awoke in Yvraine it wasn't her awakened mode but instead the form she used against Lilly.

Yet right as she was about to make her move. The dragon moved towards Yvraine and unleashed and massive form of magic upon her in the form of darkness. The attack engulfed Yvraine in a massive explosion sending her flying back into the arena wall. Her head slammed down again it rather hard. Blood sprayed upon the floor and the dragon finished off Yvraine by tearing her apart. She lost the fight by dying.

Her body was then taken out of the fight and placed into the medical room.

While waiting, Haley's movements on the bench seemed to go through a set routine. She'd first sway around a little before rocking her legs back and forth. After that, she'd than ever shuffle around on the seat or bounce up and down a little. Lilly sighed. She knew that Haley needed the toilet but refused to admit it.

"You should've gone when I took Holly." Lilly scolded Haley.

"I didn't need to go then and I don't now." Haley lied.

"It's obvious you do. You can't sit still!"

"I'm normally like this. I like moving around."

"You're only fooling yourself. No chance now, we're up."

After Yvraine's loss, which the girls didn't know about, they were called up. They all changed into their battle outfits and waited for the summons. Haley was bobbing around while standing there. Lilly knew that she must be bursting to go but it was her own fault.

Yvraine was in rather bad shape she had a rather large gash on the back of her head. She was placed in the special area of the medical area. Several empowered ones were busy trying to heal her. Quick x-rays taken with magic showed that Yvraine had suffered a very bad concussion. Yet as she lay there in bed it seemed that her 'Isha' thing had not worn off at all which seemed rather odd.

"Okay, I give in." Haley quietly said as she quickly shot both of her hands down to her nether regions. "I'm bursting for a pee!"

"Too late, we're up." Lilly coldly answered. "I did warn you."

The arena portcullis opened and Lilly and her sisters filed out. Lilly was clearly used to it all as, despite the crowd's cheers, she didn't bother looking up from the portcullis opposite the entrance they left from. Holly was hiding behind Lilly and Haley was less-than gracefully hobbling along behind with her hands attached to her skirt.

"We now have a returning champion for the rank B monster fights, Lilly Sera, the white flame!" A commentator in the commentary box called out.

"She appears to be bringing along two young girls with her. Is she seriously thinking that those two can stand against what's in Rank B?" Another commentator cut in.

"I don't know. One of the looks petrified and the other looks like she's not bursting from excitement, but something else."

"Seriously, Lilly should've done this alone. They'll only drag her down."

"Stop putting them down. It's all good entertainment."

"I guess you're right. We might need a clean up in the arena before the blood starts getting spilled. I think the girl at the back is leaving a little trail behind her."

The commentators continued their heckling.

"From our last epic fail, I hope these three have more fight in them. Bring on the phase hounds for ROUND 1!" Commentator A introduced the fight as a pack of purple hounds burst forth from the opposite arena gate.

Yvraine still lay in was now healed but wasn't awakening yet. The gash in her head was gone and that was all the others left her alone.

Kara was wondering where the girls were as she was tired of waiting around for them.

A quick survey of the combat revealed that it was six against three. They were outnumbered.

"Is it too late to back out?" Holly asked Lilly as she trembled behind her.

"A little too late, yes." Lilly replied.

"Figures."

A hound dived towards Haley. Lilly only managed to just intercept the dive with a firewall before the hound reached Haley.

"Stay focused!" Lilly scolded.

"It was a little hard before but it's no longer that bad." Haley replied casually as a small puddle appeared under her. "Guess they've just brought their own doom!"

"Maybe we should include an age restriction for these fights? No kiddies allowed." Commentator A insulted the sacred Holly and the now slightly damp Haley.

"Kids will never learn. We'll get things like fake registrations. How do you think they play these MMO games?" Commentator B replied.

"Anyway. They're meant to be killing the hounds, not giving them free drinks. The kid should've gone before she entered. Oh well, the audience loved it."

A huge roar of approval came from the audience when the saw the puddle form under Haley.

"ON WITH THE ACTION!"

"There may be six of them but they're cannon fodder." Lilly told the girls.

After all the slight hesitation at the start, the girls pulled through quite nicely. Haley cut a hound in half in midair as it dived towards Holly and Holly managed to pummel three down with a single arcane explosion. Lilly always included some nice fire flair with her strikes and managed to take the rest down in a single inferno when they got too cocky.

"Wow, they actually pulled through." Commentator A said with surprise.

"Always good to have new blood." Commentator B agreed.

"And new stains besides blood on the floor."

"Truly."

Yvraine woke up a short time later. She looked around at the area and got out of bed. She left the medical area and went back into the waiting room. She walked over to the sign in desk and asked to see the last of ranked matches going on. She was handed a list of all the ranked fighters in the country she looked over the list.

She looked through the names on the list and saw she didn't have enough points for that matter. So she couldn't challenge anyone instead she went to locate one of the girls who had healed her. She found the girl in the bathroom washing her hands. Yvraine went about her business and watched the girl for a short time. As she left the bathroom Yvraine followed behind her and soon left the arena through another portal.

"I don't like those men in that box." Holly quietly said to Lilly as she looked at the commentary box.

"Ignore them. They're paid to heckle." Lilly replied.

"Alright, so I peed myself! So what?!" Haley shouted up to the box. "You know you loved it!"

The audience roared in approval once more. Some even shouted down for an encore.

"Bark's worse than your bite, I'm sure." Commentator A fuelled the fires.

"Oh yeah?! Wanna test that theory? I'll maccare...massacre...mass..." Haley shot back.

"Massacre." Commentator B sighed. "It's 'massacre'. What's your grade in English?"

Haley was really starting to get annoyed at the pair.

"Just you wait..." She growled.

Yvraine still followed the girl for quite sometime. The girl soon noticed Yvraine following her and turned around. She was about to ask why Yvraine was following her before. The area around the girl started to shake and then freeze over. Yvraine hard a rather dark look in her eyes and scythe appeared in her hands. As she gave in she pointed at the girl and the area was engulfed in darkness and blocked off from anything magical knowing what was going on.

Soon a scream was heard and the darkness faded Yvraine was gone. A white rose was left behind and blood covered the sidewalk and walls. The girl had been strung up by dark chains of magic and a large hole was in her chest.

"Turn that anger towards your next opponents because you're going to need it." Commentator A announced. "Here comes the hammer bashing duo, the blue and red Onis!"

"This kind of reminds me of that old arcade game where you had two paddles and had to bounce a ball back and forth in hopes of hitting your opponents goal." Commentator B replied.

"It will be like that but with three balls and a lot more blood."

"I hope this box is bulletproof because I wouldn't want a bludgeoned corpse soaking my new suit in blood."

"Think of all the equipment in here. If this stuff gets wrecked it'll be a pricey repair."

Two giant demons ran through the gate and charged towards the fighting trio. Holly quickly cast a group teleport and they appeared behind the demons.

This fight was actually like ping pong, except that the onis were the ones bouncing back and forth and not the girls. Haley tricked them into blind rampages into walls with her copies before Holly and Lilly laid into them with arcane sabres and explosions. For added flair, Haley dealt the finishing blow by using her Wingblades to make a spear and impale the two into each other before sticking them into the ground like a macabre monument.

"Well, two matches down. Is it beginners luck for the kids or is Lilly so good that she's boosting them?" Commentator A asked.

"It's because we're so awesome!" Haley retaliated.

"Awesome's not a word I'd use to describe your 'grand' entrance." Commentator B shot back with clear sarcasm on the word 'Grand'. "You looked like a new kid on the block who'd taken the wrong turn while searching for a bathroom."

"Why I oughtta- !" Haley shouted.

Yvraine walked back to the arena and went in through a portal again. She joined the arena members and watched as the girls fought their monsters. Her gaze was fixed upon Lilly then Haley and Holly. She enjoyed the humiliation that Haley was going through. She left the arena and went back to the waiting room and signed up for another match.

Kara was tired of waiting and left their house she went to the arena as well thinking that some extra practice would help settle matters. She went into the waiting room and sat down before signing in herself.

Lilly had to restrain Haley as she tried to dive towards the commentary box.

"Put her on a leash! I hope she's not rabid." Commentator A chuckled.

"Rabies is the least of our worries. If the authorities come in here and see a girl with no panties on sitting on top of us then they'll likely lock us up." Commentator B answered.

"Come down and say that to my face, cowards!" Haley shouted up. "I'll slater, salowter, slanter..."

"Slaughter." Commentator B sighed. "Stop trying to sound intelligent with words past your ability to vocalise."

"Watch out, we've got a vocab Nazi over here." Commentator A laughed.

"Just trying to educate the uneducated."

"Ignore them, Haley." Lilly told Haley.

"They're trying to start a fight." Holly added on.

Kara had walked back out into the arena and heard the commentators making fun of Haley. She laughed at what was said. As she shielded herself from being detected by anything magical she used her magic to force up Haley's skirt to flash the crowd. The magic wasn't wind magic but normal magic. She was using her own magic as since she wasn't making herself know or using much else it was nice to see if this would work.

A magic barrier blocked Kara's interference and caused the spell to affect her instead.

"Speaking of uneducated, we've got a nice companion for our little rabid friend here. I think he's a bit too big to fit through the door so he'll have to be beamed in." Commentator A announced. "Make way for our old friend, the Mountain Troll!"

A huge gnarled and knobbly troll appeared in the arena.

"A couple of knocks to the head might actually improve her intelligence." Commentator B added in.

"Or knock her dead." Commentator A shrugged.

"That too."

The mountain troll fight was a long one due to the troll's regenerative capabilities. In the end, Holly dealt the finishing blow with a well timed backbiter when it lashed out at her. The troll's own weapon turned on it and hit it solid in the temple.

"I think she's the twin who got all the intelligence." Commentator A said as he indicated Holly. "What a nice finish!"

"Anyway, I think someone tried to cause a rather funny thing earlier before we brought the troll in. I'm sure I felt the barrier waver a little." Commentator B stated.

"So it wasn't just me. Someone not happy with us?"

"I think it was aimed at Rabies there." Commentator B said as he indicated Haley.

When the spell started to affect her instead she cut off the flow of magic. She left the arena and went back into the waiting hall since her name was called next as after this fight it would be her own.

Haley was now shouting abuse back at the Commentators. She was using language that would make any old lady faint at the sound of it. She used every swear word under the sun to insult these annoying commentators.

"I think all this blood has sent our rabid animal there a little bloodthirsty." Commentator A said.

"Actually, I think she's lost the plot due to all this excitement. Kids shouldn't be doing this." Commentator B replied.

"I think we'd best give them a little break to cool off. We'll put this rank B monster battle on a temporary interval for now. But first, one last show from little miss crazy."

Commentator A cast some form of spell on Haley. Because of the Arena, the spell instantly hit her. Haley was overcome by a strong urge to perform a strip tease in front of all the spectators. Lilly and Holly were locked up in a resilient sphere from Commentator B.

Haley started by flashing her bare lower area a little to bring on the joy, The audience went into a frenzy and cried out in joy at the sight. Haley then slowly started to take off her dress before putting it on the floor and sitting on it with her bare flower over the middle of it. She then smiled and closed her eyes. A couple of seconds later, she started to urinate on her own dress. The audience threw in a load of tips towards Haley and the girl's points skyrocketed into the millions!

"You do know you'll all be going to jail for this, right?" Commentator B asked the audience, who booed and hissed at him. They wanted more.

"They don't care. It's entertainment for them. Sick f****." Commentator A laughed.

"Whatever floats their boat,"

"Or raises their trousers."

After the show, the girls were beamed out of the arena back into the waiting area and Kara was beamed in. The wet patch from Haley's earlier accident was still on the floor to the left of Kara.

"And now we have another returning champion, Kara Ravenclaw!" Commentator A announced as the audience first started off by booing before cheering when they noticed that it was Kara.

"I wonder if she'll give us a show like the Sera girls." Commentator B asked.

"Probably not. Little Miss Crazy was quite the attention hog."

Kara had watched the whole match and strip tease with Haley. She really didn't know what to say as she enjoyed it but she wasn't going to let the girls know that. As that part of her mind was shielded from their probing. She also saw the small wet patch upon the ground that had been from Haley.

She looked around at the cheering audience she she changed into her battle outfit. Flashing the crowd her nudity for a moment. Before she was engulfed within a sphere of chaotic dark magic. Soon the sphere cracked to pieces and Kara seemed to have undergone a chance. She was now wearing a different outfit.

Kara has a lean figure of exquisite beauty, a faerie vision of perfection of limb and carriage. Milky white skin, like polished alabaster, shone from the shadows, broken only by the sharp, bladed blackness of armoured shoulder guards and high leather boots studded with silvery spikes of diamond. The curve of the apparition's legs rose to a chain belt from which clung a brief loin-clout of translucent gossamer threaded with little strings of ruby and gold.

The trim body was bare except for the compact curves of a metal bustier that trapped the swell of firm breasts. Beneath their clawed, blade-like onyx 's face was surrounded by a wild mass of black hair bound by a sort of jewelled crown or circlet, its rubies seeming to twinkle beneath the dark tresses like hungry eyes. The face itself was one of awful beauty, of such perfection of symmetry and aesthetics that it made the soul quiver with shame, desire and repulsion.

As she let the darkness within her awaken fully. A aura of pure darkness was now around her beauteous form. Soon before Kara a monster appeared it was like a big red mountain, easily able to swallow an ogre whole with one snap of its immense jaws. In shape, it was something like a mammoth hog-wolf-spider thing. It had one leg that was a big paw while the other was more like a bunch of twisted scorpion-claws. Its hind legs both ended in hooves and from its back bristled a forest of black horns that quivered and shook like the legs of a crushed spider. Its thick bull-neck and the top of its head were sheathed in plates of bronze barding. A huge nub of bronze jutted over its snout, like the nose-spike of a rhinox.

Kara looked at the monster and giggled with delight in her hands appeared daggers of blackest night.

Back in the lobby, Haley was still naked and sitting on her sodden dress. She'd snapped out of the mind control and was now fuming with rage.

"Those B*******! What the f*** are they trying to pull on me?! I'll f****** bash their s*** filled heads in!" Haley shouted as Lilly held her still in a flame sphere.

It'll take a really long while for Haley to calm down.

"Just what are they teaching kids nowadays?!" Commentator A asked in shock as he saw Kara's outfit. "She looks like a nymphomaniac from a backstreet brothel in that!"

"Well, Crazy Girl from before had no panties on under her dress. I think this is the age of sex-crazed kids." Commentator B added in.

"Seriously, we should put an age restriction on these fights. Everyone here will probably go to prison after these shows."

"Whatever, I doubt they will. Rules don't state that they can't look."

"Well, aside from the slutty attire of this little sex-fiend, it's time we brought in some competition. Get ready for ROUND 1!"

Kara's opponent appeared in front of her.

Kara looked at the large monster before her and giggled once again in sheer delight. With the daggers in hand she charged at the beast getting in close as it swept at her with a clawed hand. She ducked under the blow and then flashed up in front of its face. To slice open its nose sprayed hot wet blood into the air. The blood splashed onto Kara's body and she moaned in delight and jumped backwards.

Landing upon the ground she ran her hand along her skin wiping the blood off and then slowly. Licking it from her fingers. Another moan of ecstasy escaped her mouth the heckling from the commentators wasn't bothering her that much be she wanted to put on a show for the audience. The monster came at her again and tried to stomp on her with a hoof, She dodged the blow yet again then jumped upon its back. Climbing up the forest of black thorns along its back. Once up to its face her daggers flared with chaotic dark magic as she stabbed them into its eyes the monster roared with pain.

Kara jumped off of it and gracefully landed on the ground yet before, With all of her jumping she was flashing the crowd her special treasure as she was pulling a Haley. And was wearing nothing under her outfit yet since was the dark part of Kara. She didn't seem to care all the much with the monster blinded Kara stabbed her blades into the ground and ran her hands over the blood still covered her body she cupped her breasts and moaned once again.

"Oh, the blood it's been so long" Kara purred.

A large ball of darkness had formed in her hands and she then shot in at the beast. In a beam like fashion blasting a hole through its chest.

After the quick decimation, the Commentators were a little shocked at Kara.

"Well, I don't know about you, but I certainly don't want her anywhere near me. I don't want to be castrated. Have you seen those damn claws?!" Commentator A said in horror.

"You're talking crap, mate. I know you're a huge S&M lover!" Commentator B answered.

"S&M, yes, having my thing cut off during a quickie I'm not too fond of."

"Well, now that you put it that way..."

Back in the lobby...

"Can I come out now?" Haley asked Lilly as she was still stuck in the flame sphere.

"No." Lilly answered.

"But I need to pee."

"You can't possibly need to. You just went all over your dress."

"I'm hungry."

"Food can go through it."

"I'm thirsty."

"Drink can go through it."

"I wanna kill those damn b*******."

"No."

Back in the Arena...

"Well, time to bring on the next opponent." Commentator B announced. "Bring on ROUND 2!"

The monster was killed and vanished she heard the commentator's speaking about her. She turned their way. "Neither of you would ever be able to satisfy me bring me a cute young female and I'll put on a real show for you boys" Kara squealed in pleasure. As the daggers went away her thoughts traveled to abusing a female in front of the crowd and she felt herself growing wet.

Since it was still her turn Round 2 soon began with a full blast of flames coming at Kara. She was engulfed in dragon's breath as another dragon appeared. This one was all the colours of the rainbow.

"Yes, Yes, YES more I want More!" Kara howled as she felt the flames burning her body.

The crowd roared their approval of the show down in the arena.

In her hands and large two handed sword appeared. She brought the handle between her legs and straddled it rubbing it up against her peach. Moaning in pleasure she gripped it with two hands. Then charged at the dragon.

"She's off her rocker!" Commentator A shouted in horror.

"So she's into S&M as well?" Commentator B asked in shock.

"Damn! What's wrong with the kids these days!?"

"Crazy and sexually disturbed."

"I-I can't say anything against that. She's just too much of a mentally disturbed individual."

For the first time in their whole career, both Commentators were speechless. Kara had changed from the honour bound fighter she once appeared to be to a crazy, sick, masochistic and sadistic bloodthirsty beast.

Back in the lobby...

"I wanna come out." Haley continued to grumble.

"No." Lilly replied with an exasperated sigh.

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No."

"I'll buy you some ice cream?"

"Tempting offer but still, no!"

"I'll get into bed with you?"

"What're you talking about?!"

"I'll do all your chores for the next month?"

"No, no and NO!"

Holly was just sitting there with her fingers in her ears wishing that Haley would just shut up.

Kara flashed to the dragon and appeared above its head she brought down her blade slicing through its head. Sending blood splashing all over the floor and her. She squealed and moan as the hot blood gushed onto her.

"Oh, God, Yes" Kara screamed.

She climaxed right then and there as the dragon split in half and landed on either side of her. The crowd was speechless as well.

The darkness that was around Kara seemed to vanish and she appeared to be the normal her once more. As the round was over she was beamed back to the waiting room. She saw the other girls still trapped in their little bubble and went over to them.

"Having fun being trapped?" Kara asked.

"Okay...That's enough. This is some triple X rated stuff here." Commentator A finally decided.

"So much for a returning champion. She was more like a sick in the head druggie off the streets." Commentator B agreed.

"Kara's finished for now. We'll be back shortly with the Sera girls. More from Little Miss Crazy and her sisters. Stay tuned for more rabid little girls and increased prison sentences."

The commentators signed off and a short 10 minute interval was called while the arena was cleaned.

A notification ran out through the announcement system stating that Lilly and the girls were up in 10 minutes. Kara went over to them.

"You're the last person I wanna see now!" Haley growled at Kara. "If I weren't in this sphere I'll rip Daddy's little princess a new hole!"

Holly was oblivious to Kara's arrival as she still had her fingers in her ears.

"Having fun slaughtering monsters and getting off to being soaked in their blood?" Lilly asked with venom.

Kara looked over at Haley once she was finished speaking to her, "Big talk coming from the little slut who put on a show for the whole crowd. Too bad I wasn't videoing it on my phone it'd be up on youtube in a matter of moments" Kara told Haley.

She ignored Holly.

"Maybe, but I know you wish it was you on the receiving end of all that wanted to me to be the one to control you" Kara says.

Haley was trying to break through the sphere while shouting obscenities at Kara.

"You're lucky we're in a sanctuary otherwise I won't hesitate to blow you to smithereens." Lilly calmly answered. She then blanked Kara and turned back to her sisters.

"We'll be having a quick toilet break before the next fight. Come along now and, even if you don't feel like you need to, try and go as I don't want a repeat of Round 1." Lilly told her sisters. She shook Holly a little and repeated what she said. Haley was still in her sphere as the trio headed towards the toilets.

Kara heard all of the swears that Haley was saying to her. She walked up to her and kneeled down "I'm sure you will have another wonderful show everyone" Kara said as she knew what to do. However when Lilly blanked her she went over and grabbed her arm stopping her from going towards the toilets.

"You know something I've had it with your damn attitude you're nothing but a stuck up little princess. Who always has to get her way but more along the lines is that you nothing more than a *****" Kara spoke she let go Lilly but slapped her hard across the face.

Then left her alone and walked away.

After the slap, Kara was encased in a glass container after a flash of red light.

"No violence in a sanctuary." A voice sounded from the announcement system. "Locked down for 30 minutes."

The case which Kara was locked in was impervious to all forms of magic and physical violence. Any further violations of the peace policy would result in more severe punishments.

Lilly just ignored Kara as a faint white glow covered the cheek she was slapped on. The glow removed the red mark and numbed the pain.

The girls went into the toilets and Lilly made sure that they had both been before finishing up in there and heading back to the lobby to be called up for her Round 4 match.

Kara was locked within a glass container she didn't seem to care. As Lilly deserved the slap across the face for all the hell she had put her through recently. She looked at the moniters on the wall which showed the arena and the matches to the others in the waiting room. She sat down on the floor and waited.

A few moments after leaving the toilets, Lilly and her sisters were called back into the arena.

"After our momentary break to clean up the messes left behind, we're finally back to our scheduled entertainment." Commentator A began. "Please welcome the Sera Girls!"

The audience went into a frenzy of claps and cheers as the girls appeared in the arena again.

"I wonder if we'll be getting more time added onto our imminent sentences now?" Commentator B asked.

"Probably, the Crazy girl's jailbait if ever I saw some."

"I'm not crazy!" Haley shouted back at them. "Come down here and say that to my face!"

"She's at it again." Commentator A laughed.

"Should we get the tranquilizers out and send her back to the Zoo?" Commentator B taunted.

"Nah, all we need is a can of Red Bull and to wait out the sugar rush."

Haley was about to go crazy at them again when the next beast appeared.

"Anyway, speaking of Bulls, we've got one with quite the set of horns on them at the moment. I don't think this one will give a sugar rush but he might rush something else. Here comes the Minotaur!"

Kara just watched what was going on and was happy that Haley was about to go crazy. All it'd take was a small push.

Lilly was actually quite thankful that they'd thrown a monster in so soon. If Haley was left to her own devices against the Commentators, then she might throw the whole match and they'd lose the millions on them at the moment. The winnings alone should set Lilly for the next two or three ranking matches.

The Minotaur put up one hell of a fight and nearly beat all the girls down. Holly had to tap into her light magic to heal and revive the downed members of her party. After a near loss, the girls managed to pull through.

"Well, they actually managed it." Commentator A said in amazement.

"Don't worry, the final fight will put them down. Lilly's going to lose like normal in this one and without her the other two are walking sacks of monster food." Commentator B replied.

Lilly knew that, if they hadn't changed the fighting order, she'd be at a huge disadvantage in the next fight. She just hoped that it wasn't what she thought it'd be.

Haley shouted more abuse at the commentators and tripped over her own words like normal, which allowed them to 'Vocab Nazi' her again.

"Anyway, Lilly's lost this one. You all know what's next so, let's bring on ROUND 5!" Commentator A introduced the next fight.

The gates opened and the final round of the Rank B monster battle began.

Kara only laughed as Haley was tripped over she tried to search herself to see if she had her phone. On her but she didn't have it which meant that she couldn't film Haley's embarrassment. So the only thing she could do was watch.

To Lilly's horror, they'd kept the same monsters. Three Lightning Elementals were summoned into the arena. Just looking at how their body crackled and sparked was enough to freeze Lilly to the spot. They'd come so far. She was so close to entering the Rank A matches and they had millions riding on her victory in this battle.

"As usual, the coward locks up like normal." Commentator A grumbled.

"She's in for a 'shocking' experience if she doesn't 'bolt' from the battle." Commentator B added in.

"I'm 'shocked' as to how bad the puns we're saying are."

"Like a 'bolt' out of the blue, the puns come 'thundering' down."

The commentators continued their pun battle.

"Lilly?" Holly asked with worry clear in her voice.

"Snap out of it, sis!" Haley called out to her. "Put those b******* in their place! Show them what you're made of!"

Lilly still looked on at the flickering humanoid forms of the lightning elementals, frozen with fear.

As Kara watched the events take place she saw as the lightning elementals were summoned into. The arena she knew what this meant as she knew Lilly was afraid of this type of stuff. Even though she hated Lilly this was going to far.

"Let me out of her" Kara screamed as she started pounding on it with her fists. She tried to call upon the darkness within her. To help her out but her magic was being blocked off. "Put me in there instead of her." Kara called out to anyone that was hearing.

She tried punching the glass with her fists.

"Don't do this to her you ****ing a******s" Kara shouted.

Lilly couldn't move as the elementals advanced towards her and her sisters.

"Come on Lilly, don't do this. You can take them." Holly tried to encourage Lilly.

"Come on! Fight it! Don't let that b**** see you fail!" Haley continued her support.

The elementals started by calling down a bolt of lightning near Lilly. She cried out in fear and her magic power failed her. She was returned back to her defenceless school clothes.

"Lilly!" Both of her sisters called out as they drew their blades.

"We'll take care of this! Stay here!" Holly said as she cast a resilient sphere around Lilly.

"We'll show them!" Haley shouted as she called upon the darkness within her to cloak her blade.

Once Holly had protected Lilly, she called upon her blade and cloaked it in light.

"You b******* are going down after this!" Haley shouted up to the commentary box. "Just you wait!"

Lilly was trapped in the sphere cowering away while her sisters fought on. The sphere allowed her some peace of mind as it blocked out the sounds of the lightning going off so she could at least watch the battle without being too scared but she was still far from being able to fight them. Her sisters were still no match for the elementals. They tried their best but they weren't good enough to beat rank B monsters all by themselves. Haley was already looking a little charred from the amounts of electricity she'd taken and Holly was also looking worse for wear. She was powerless to help them. Despite their mortal wounds, they still fought to save Lilly.

"You think...we'll just...back down?!" Haley asked the commentators.

"If you know what's good for you." Commentator A answered.

"Screw you guys! We're doing this for Lilly!" Holly shouted back.

"Foolish children." Commentator B said with a sigh. "Better call the cleaning crew right now."

Kara was raging on the inside of her glass container she was even cursing the commentators or who ever. Had placed her into the containers her fists were bloody messes. She was crying tears of pain and sadness.

"Let me out of her please!" Kara cried.

Her old friends were taking a beating.

"Beltran!" Kara called she tried to call on her spirit and the darkness within her. Yet nothing happened.

They'd never forgive her for this as it was her fault.

Lilly just watched the carnage which was about to ensue. Her sisters were doomed to lose and she knew it. They'd barely even fought in a real battle where death was apparent so they'd have no idea just how dangerous what they're doing is. She knew they'd die. She wanted to help them but she just couldn't.

"Girls, stop this!" Lilly called out. "Let me go! Run while you can!"

"Never!" Haley shouted back. "We're not just going to watch you die!"

"We can do this, trust us." Holly replied.

"No..." Lilly said as tears started forming in her eyes.

Holly and Haley still fought, despite the odds being against them. Lilly could only watch as the elementals called down one final blast of electricity which engulfed both girls. Lilly could hear their pained screams as they fell to the floor. The electricity still sparking and coursing over their bodies. They were motionless.

"Get up!" Lilly screamed at them. "Don't die!"

No reply. The girls just lay there.

"Down goes Lilly's crew. Downed again by the electric trio. When will she ever learn?" Commentator A stated uncaring.

"I could understand if she took the slack all by herself but why did she have to kill her sisters like that? I'm in my right mind to ask the medical crew to just let them rest in peace and not bother to revive them." Commentator B added in.

"They didn't deserve this. The worst sister of the millennium award goes to Lilly Sera, the most cowardly of all older sisters."

"B*******!" Lilly screamed up to the commentary crew.

Her sisters disintegrated into a shower of light as they were taken out of the arena.

"We'll close the match here. I doubt Lilly has it in her to fight them." Commentator A decided.

Kara screamed with rage and sadness she tried again and again. To get out of the container but she was helpless she watched as both Haley and Holly whom she hated die right before her eyes.

"NOOOOOO" Kara screamed.

She could feel the anger within her building she was screaming in pure blinded rage.

"You think I'm just going to give up after my sisters gave their life for me?!" Lilly screamed back to the crew. She was beyond fear now. Unbridled rage burned inside her with the death of her sisters, for the second time in their short lives. They knew the risks yet the still fought for Lilly and sacrificed themselves for her just so she could prove to the people in the audience that she wasn't a lost cause.

"Die! All of you. JUST DIE!" Lilly screamed out.

The orb shattered, which was a first for a resilient sphere, which was meant to stand against anything, and Lilly was engulfed in a swirling vortex of black and white fire. Chaki appeared on her shoulder.

"Perfect! Let it all out! Let the anger flow through you!" Chanki called out in delight. "Show them the power of the White Flame!"

Lilly went through the same change she did back in her fight with Marici. She'd awakened to the dark and light powers within her.

"This is for my sisters!" Lilly shouted out as a blast of magic destroyed all the cameras and cracked the commentary box.

"Stop the fight! Stop the damn fight!" Commentator A shouted in vain.

"Die!" Lilly screamed as she dived straight for the elementals.

Lilly was truly a force to be reckoned with now. The audience stared on in a mixture of amazement and pure horror. Never before have they seen such power. Nothing worked against Lilly now. She shrugged off the lightning like it was just a shower of rain. Pure hatred fuelled her now. The elementals had to group together at the last minute and make a Lightening Giant to withstand the onslaught but this didn't last for long. The only ones who could see the fight now where the audience and the commentators. Anyone else would just see static as the cameras were bust. Eventually, Lilly killed off the giant and claimed victory over the Rank B monster match.

"Lilly...has won." Commentator B quietly announced. "She's now certified Rank A and the winnings shall be totalled."

After the announcement of her victory, Lilly's power faded and she collapsed on the floor in her school kit.

"Such raw power hidden under an innocent guise." Chanki quietly said. "She'll need a little work on her stamina but she may just cut it." He then disappeared as if he'd never been there in the first place.

The five minutes had passed and Kara was released from the glass container. She was boiling with such rage. She let the darkness consume her she changed into the same form as before. She didn't care what happened to her now.

"BELTRAN!" Kara roared.

Soon Beltran appeared around Kara as she awoke and entered her spirit unison mode. Which seemed to combine with the darkness around her. Kara seemed to vanish out of sight. She flashed around the arena. Until she spotted the Commentators box.

"You *******s" Kara roared.

She sprinted towards them once in range she summoned the daggers to her hands again. She was nearly in reach of the first commentator when an unseen barrier formed around them. Protecting them from harm.

Kara raged at the barrier that was before and her revenge.

Before Kara burst onto the scene, Lilly was teleported away to the medical bay. She was still unconscious but her sisters were recovering nicely. They looked a lot less charred but they were still statically charged.

After Kara's outburst, the commentators cast a spell which sent Kara straight to a prison cell all alone. She was in a pocket dimension with no human contact and no food or water. She'd likely be locked up there for a long time unless she's released with a hefty bail of 2 million CP, the highest amount of CP a person can carry. This amount can only be carried by those in the top 3.

Kara was beamed away from the commentators and locked in the prison cell. She was still was raging at them for all the they had done.

Kale suddenly got a message from the officials in the magic arena. They explained they had a small problem. It seemed that Kara had caused a big deal of trouble and not tried to kill the commentators. Kale listened to what had happened he had the 2 million Cp, needed to release her. He had planned to use to to challenge the number one Ranked fighter very soon. But he gave in he'd have to beat the living shit out of Kara for this though.

The points were deducted from his account and the bail was paid Kara was released from the prison and beamed back home. Where Kale took out his rage upon her and started to beat her up like crazy.

Lilly soon awoke after a nice rest. She'd been asleep for a good three hours in this world but time passes differently. Back in the real world, only three minutes would've passed. Her head felt like lead and her whole body was numb from pain. She looked over to the side of her bed and saw Haley and Holly looking at her with big smiles on their faces. They looked pretty healthy after their run in with 900,000 volts of electricity.

"Lilly, I love you." Haley said with a smile as she hugged Lilly. Lilly felt a huge electric shock course through her body but she loved the contact with her twice-deceased sister.

"You did great." Holly comforted her. "Haley, let go of her please. You know we're still statically charged, right?"

"Oh, sorry." Haley said with a blush a she pulled off Lilly. "Doctors say we have to avoid contact with people and metal for at least another two hours to let the electricity fade."

Lilly just broke down in tears.

"Thank you both. I'm so sorry you had to go through all of that." Lilly sobbed.

Kara was beaten again and again it seemed that Marici was forced into healing. Her everytime she came close to death this last for quite a while. As Kale did everything in his powers to beat the living crap out of Kara as he stood over her bloodied form. He beamed her out of the house placing a form around it that she couldn't return not for a long time at least. Her battered body appeared in the sky in the middle of the town. She fell upon the street with a large impact breaking several ribs she lay in a pool of her own blood.

"Well, at least we won." Holly answered.

"We beat it near death and you just last hitted, kill stealer!" Haley joked.

"You sure did." Lilly laughed back through tears.

Feeling started to return to Lilly and she sat up on the bed.

"Shall we collect our well earned winnings?" Yuki asked.

"You bet we will!" Haley smiled.

The girls went to the lobby and asked at the information desk for their winnings. The information desk said that the numbers were so high that all their cards were capped out so they had at least 2.5 million more in the bank. Lilly's card was capped at 250,000 and the girl's cards were capped at 50,000. The total winnings were around 26 million. Most of it came from Haley's 'performances' and the audience were so moved by what the twins did for Lilly that they just threw in sympathy money for all the pain they had to endure. A lot of the money was spent on repairs after Lilly's outburst but they were still set for a long while.

On the streets, just as Kara's bloodied body hit the ground, a man in a white trenchcoat went over to the near dead Kara. He placed a single finger on her body and all of her wounds healed like nothing had ever happened. The man could sense a lot of power within Kara but he wasn't sure if she was aware of it or not. He'd keep her in mind. He left a single note by Kara's side. The note had a white rose on top of it. After the note was left, the man disappeared into the crowds of the street.

Kara saw through bloodied eyes a man appear before her in a white trenchcoat. He seemed to lean down and place a finger on her body. She screamed as she felt the magical power flow into her body healing the wounds that she had. The man walked away from her and she got up she saw a small white rose and a note upon her. She moved to a side alley and opened the note and started to read it.

The note which Kara was left with was written in a flowing script like calligraphy but it wasn't written in any language which was instantly recognisable. It was written in the language of magic. Once Kara started reading it, it turned out that it was meant only for her eyes so that's why it was written in the language it was. If anyone else tried to read it, they'd either experience severe pain in their eyes or see nothing but gibberish.

The note read:

"Child of Wind, you serve the wrong master. If you wish for a different outlook on your unique abilities, contact me. I will be waiting."

The note was signed by a picture of a white rose. Next to the rose lay a list of coordinates. The co-ordinates appeared to be for a different dimension entirely. A single address lay next to the co-ordinates:

'86, Rose Crescent.'

With their huge winnings, the girls returned to the real world. Lilly would come back after her winnings were all spent to challenge Rank A monster Battles.

Kara read over the note and read what it had to say. As she was alone no one else was bothering her at the moment. So they wouldn't be able to read the letter at all. She or anyone else for that matter had never really heard much about Rank 1 before as he kept to himself. The only person who had met him before was Kale but that was years ago.

As she reread it again it appeared that this person was right she did serve the wrong person even. Though her father trained her he always beat her up and wanted nothing more than to see her give into all the evil. She then saw the single address on the paper.

"I want to try this out" Kara said and she was suddenly beamed away.

The manager could see the look of pure joy in all of the girls.

"Got what you wanted?" The manager asked the girls.

"That and more." Lilly replied happily. "I want out usual, please."

"The price was steep but we came out victorious." Holly said.

"Death isn't so bad." Haley shrugged.

"Matter of opinion, that." Holly replied with a slight shiver.

The girls went to their usual table all happy and joyful. Lilly had her losses back and more and the girls got some decent battle experience and are heralded prodigies in the arena.

Kara was beamed into the pocket dimension of where Rank 1 resided. She appeared in a large sitting room with many white roses on display she saw. The young man sitting on a white sofa she saw the trench coat lying on a chair.

"Um, Hi I'd like to take you up on your offer?" Kara asked.

She didn't know what to really get out of all of this. If it meant that she could get a better understanding. of her powers the darkness, within her and the spirit unison where she can mix it with her darkness powers it would work out.

The girls back in the ice cream store had a mini celebration for their victory which'll likely last until dinner.

The office which Kara appeared in was decked out with a good variety of pristine items. Cream leather sofas lined one wall and a cream leather office chair sat in front of a computer desk. The man from before sat in a white lounge chair in front of a cream table. The table had a vase of white roses in and next to the vase rested a small bowl of sweets.

"So, child of the wind, you've seen how poorly you've been treated, have you not?" The man answered. He looked up from the table and towards Kara.

Over the top of his face he wore a white Opera mask which prevented any form of identification being carried out. He has a crisp white suit on and wore a white rose in his lapel. His hair was neatly cut and pure white. He looked to be in his mid to late twenties but it was hard to determine from the mask he wore.

"You've got a unique ability. One which deserves much fairer treatment than what has been happening. I know your lineage, Ravenclaw heir. Your father lacks knowledge. He does not understand the full extents of your power. He believes that, in order to become stronger, one must give into the darkness."

To punctuate his point, the man created a ball of white light in his right hand. He ran his left hand over the ball and it became pure black.

"What he fails to realise is that darkness can be channelled."

The man then ran his left hand back over the ball and it became half black and half white.

"Do you follow so far?"

Kara looked around the room and took a seat on a small white couch beside the man. "I have its always been like this my father treats me wrong you whenever I do something wrong" Kara told the man,

She listened to more of what he had to say. "What do you mean by unique have you been keeping tabs on me?" Kara asked. As she was following along. "He was the one who wanted me to give into the darkness which I did when my mother died and I killed those three girls" Kara said with shame. She saw the small white ball in his hand.

"You mean I can channel the darkness within me like with my spirit unison or something else?" Kara asked. She saw the black ball appear then saw as it became one of black and white.

"yes, I believe to if I channel the darkness with the light I can become better?"

"No, I have not been watching you. I've a power which allows me to read the history of a willing participant. I can discover what others cannot if they let me. Once you agreed to the note I left, the power activated as you were ported here. I now know just what you've been through, Kara." The man answered. "To save complications, you can call me Charon. Strange name for a person as pale as me, right?"

"I've seen what your friends do. The Three Sera girls." Charon answered. He seemed to have some inclination towards the name 'Sera'. "The energetic twin, Haley, she's a bit like you. Lilly as well has a split soul."

Charon dismissed the ball of light and continued his explanation.

"You may not have seen this but your friend, Lilly, in the arena battle, after her sisters met with a terrible fate, channelled darkness and light under the control of another. You, yourself, can do something similar without becoming a slave to the dark."

"The name is strange but I have heard it before but seemed to have forgotten it as my Father said it years ago and only now remembered it" Kara said. "I will say that I've had a bad time" Kara replied.

She heard Charon mention about Haley and the others. "You mean with the darkness inside of her I want to help train her to better understand but she turned me down"

"I.. I couldn't do anything to save them I was powerless and trapped within a glass container. It's my fault that all this happened to them" Kara told Charon.

"But how can I do that I don't have any light within me unless you mean wind magic?"

"Haley has a good enough teacher as it is. If she trained with you, I'd probably have the both of you sitting here right now." Charon chuckled.

"They're perfectly fine right now. They're just a little statically charged." Charon comforted Kara.

"Without light, there can be no darkness. Search your soul. Remember the orb? The darkness came from the light. Lilly and her sisters are prime examples of my explanation. When Chanki brought them back, he split Lilly's soul in two. The dark half went to Haley and the light half went to Holly. Two beings. One of perfect darkness and another of perfect light came from a single soul."

"I don't know that, I mean I would have trained one of them maybe it we didn't have our fight" Kara said sadly.

Kara closed her eyes and searched her soul through a quiet state. "I remember that orb, but wouldn't I be different in a way I doubt I'll split into a light and dark half like Lilly's sisters but will I be stronger than them as if I can master this. I'd be one soul of light and darkness?" Kara asked.

"If you can channel your darkness, you'll have access to powers like Lilly." Charon continued. "You'll be at a much stronger level as Lilly's powers were split to cater for her sister's revivals."

Charon knew just what Lilly would be like right now.

"With time and effort, you'll befriend them once again. Notice that I am not talking in past tense about their friendship, despite knowing that they're at odds with you right now? If you hurry, you may catch the tail end of a celebration of life and glory. Time passes a little differently here. Think of it like the arena. 1 hour in my domain is like 1 minute in reality. You've got a lot to learn and not much time to learn it in. Will you be as good a student to me as I hope you will?"

"So we will be one and the same" Kara said as Charon mentioned she'd have powers like Lilly's given time.

"But they may not want to see me but I guess I can give it a go" Kara said. She badly wanted to see the girls again. "I promise that I will study as hard as I can but what do you mean that not a lot of time?" Kara asked,

She was then beamed to the ice cream parlor and appeared in front of all three girls.

Kara was sent down to the ice cream parlour. Charon sent her one last message.

"Be yourself. Don't try to be someone you're not. I have a feeling that something is going to happen soon. I've no idea when but I know we've not got much time. If you wish to see me again, just head to the address on the message I gave you and enter the numbers of the co-ordinates into the security lock. Take care, Kara." Charon sent before contact was broken.

Lilly and the girls were a little shocked to see Kara appear out of thin air.

"Oh, hello." Lilly said.

"Yeah...hi." Haley greeted Kara.

"Um, hello." Holly said.

They would've had a right go at Kara had they still not been on a high from their winnings.

Kara got the last message from Charon. "Ok I will be back soon thank you for everything" Kara sent back.

As Kara saw all the girls she first went over and swept up Haley. In a big hug then did the same to Holly and last Lilly. "I'm so sorry for what happened before it was my fault that what happened in the arena happened." Kara spoke.

What she was speaking was the truth.

"I wanted to save you both Holly and Haley I really did it hurt me watching what you guys went through I tried to get out my hands were bloodied messes." Kara added.

"Losing you both hurt me alot I know it was only a game but seeing you two pass away made me feel like I really lost you"

As Kara hugged the twins, she was stuck by some rather powerful electric shocks due to the residual static on them, which still had yet to fade.

Kara poured out random things which none of the girls understood.

"Run that by me again, please. This time, try to make sense." Haley requested.

"Um, what she said." Holly agreed.

"Calm down and speak clearly." Lilly requested.

Kara felt the shocks from both the twins but didn't seem to care about it all that much. "I mean I saw the arena battle you three were having and the last fight I wanted to help out but couldn't since I was trapped in the glass container" Kara said.

"I was unable to do anything and seeing you both pass away even though it was just a arena fight made me feel very sad"

Craziness aside, Kara sounded sincere and Lilly couldn't pick up on any deceptions. Haley was a little put off by a reading she got where Kara was sitting along in a blank black void and seemingly talking to herself but, aside from that, she spoke the truth.

"Wanna join the party?" Haley asked. "We've just hit the big time on CP and we're throwing a huge celebration!"

"I didn't like dying. It was scary and cold and strangely wet." Holly admitted.

"I'd like that very much" Kara spoke. She took the empty seat next to Lilly. Then looked at both twins for a moment. "This might sound like a odd question but has either of you felt anything weird as of late say from around town or just from say magic in general?" Kara asked.

She didn't want to get them scared but she remembered what Charon said and wondered what he meant by it.

Another weird question.

"You been on something?" Haley asked. "That's the second weird thing I've heard from you."

"Nope. Nothing unusual." Holly answered with a slight shake of her head.

"Aside from Chanki acting up a little and begging me to give in, nothing whatsoever." Lilly admitted.

"No, I was told something was going to happen soon but I don't know what it is" Kara told Haley. She looked at Holly. "Interesting" Kara replied.

"I'll just say then keep an eye open"

"You're too paranoid." Haley concluded. "Anyway, let's eat!"

Haley gave up on talking and attack her ice cream.

"You're acting kind of strange." Holly said with a quizzical look.

"What do you mean?" Kara asked.

She watched as Haley ate her ice cream then remembered the game they played the last time they were here.

"Haley I challenge you to that one game we played the last time we were here"

It appeared that Kara was up for the 'Mega-Pop Challenge' again.

"Oh really? Wanna wet your panties again?" Haley asked with a grin. "I'm up for it."

"Holly and I are not taking part." Lilly quickly cut in. "You two can be fools all you want."

"Spoilt Sport." Haley pouted. "Anyway, we'd best pee before we do, just so we're ready."

Haley headed off towards the toilets.

"That girl never learns." The manager sighed. "She'll ruin the leather seats again."

"Bring a bucket and it'll be all sorted." Lilly replied with a shrug.

"This won't end well." Holly quietly whined.

"Hey, wait a minute I'm only challenging you to a fun game I don't want any wetting involved" Kara told Haley. She was telling the truth on that subject it was far too early to try any of that stuff out yet.

"Well, I'm not taking part in the wetting only in the challenge of the game itself"

After returning from the toilets, Haley explained what she meant.

"Remember last time we were here? I don't play it any other way. Still wanna do it?" Haley asked.

"Oh, I forgot to mention." The manager cut in. "Considering Haley's way is popular with a lot of the younger crowds who like tough challenges, the higher ups at the corporation decided to make Haley's way the new way of carrying it out. They believed that, if they could do it any other way, then the free meals will be a wasted amount of money as they'd be easy to get."

Lilly shook her head and Holly whimpered.

"What's the world coming to?" Lilly sighed.

"Bad things." Holly quietly added in.

"Yes I remember the last time we were here" Kara told Haley she was torn between giving up. And wanting to play but she then remembered the words of Charon saying to be herself and she finally agreed. "Ok, I'll do it" Kara says. She then got up from the table and went to the toilets herself and returned later. As the manager was explaining the new rules of who the game was now the norm.

She sat down at the table again. "Um, girl's there's something I need to tell you its about what happened after all three of you were out of it. When I was released from the glass container I tried to kill the commentators for what they did to you three take it anyway you want to I did it because I still cared about you three" Kara told the pair.

Since he was here Kara decided to ask the manager a question she had finally enough CP points. To act on her challenge as she had gotten them from the winning of the two matches from earlier. "Excuse me sir have you heard anything in the news about the Rank 31 fighter like anything about their powers or even a name I wish to challenge them to a match?" Kara asked.

After she spoke those words she at last turned to Lilly. "I'd like to ask you a question you don't have to answer this if you wish not to but I'd like to know something how come you are afraid of lightning?" Kara asked.

Haley smiled happily when Kara agreed to accepting the challenge request.

"Two for the Mega Pop Challenge please!" Haley ordered. The manager just sighed and shook his head as he got the stuff ready.

"Well, you're stupid and crazy for doing that." Lilly answered. "The Arena's under the protection of the Rank 1 Empowered One. He used his winnings throughout all the rank climbing to make the arena a reality. He created it as a place for new Empowered Ones to train. As you've set yourselves at odds with the arena now, you'd better hope you're not 'corrected' by the Rank 1."

Kara asked about the rank 31 fight.

"I'll have to research that one a little. It's been awhile since I've been asked." The manager answered as he returned with the things needed for the challenge.

"We'll start after a little breather. I've still got some ice cream to finish." Haley told Kara when the challenge equipment was brought through.

Lilly was sure she answered this question before.

"Haven't I already told you that?" Lilly asked Kara.

Kara heard what Lilly spoke of and got angry at her. "I did it because I care but would you do it for me if I was in your place instead or what if I was the one getting beat down instead would you guys try and save me?" Kara told her.

Kara looked back at the manager.

"Thank you for that?''

"I'll have to think on that for a bit" Kara spoke.

She looked away from Lilly and got up and started to pace around.

A sudden flash of white light filled the room and everyone except Kara froze in time. Charon's voice echoed in Kara's head.

"Careful." Charon warned. "Fire users have notoriously short tempers. The slightest thing can anger them. Control your anger and they'll be less likely to respond with anger."

Time appeared to reverse backwards for a second or two.

"Decide carefully on your interactions. I will not intervene again." Charon cautioned before time resumed. The previous statement from Kara to Lilly had been erased.

The manager went back to the counter after nodding to Kara.

"Anyway, a lot's happened so I'll tell you again." Lilly started. "Back when I was much younger, a lightening bolt struck down right next to me and nearly killed me." She turned her right side to Kara before pulling down her shirt and vest to reveal a tree-like pattern of darkened skin. "It left this as a reminder."

Kara suddenly saw a flash of white light and then heard Charon's voice in her head. "You seem to know a lot about them could you be the.." Kara's voice trailed off could he really be their father?

She shook her head. "Ok, I will" Kara replied.

"That is very bad, have you ever tried to overcome your fear?" Kara asked.

"Several times and I've always ended up like the girls." Lilly answered. "That's why I was stuck at rank B monster battles for months. Today was just a lucky break."

Haley finished her ice cream.

"Challenge..." Haley began as she picked up an empty king-size cup. "START!"

Haley filled up her first cup with some Lemonade before chugging it down.

"Ahh, I see" Kara replied.

The game began and Kara filled her cup with cherry soda and started to chug it down.

"Your going to lose"

First cup half gone and Haley was still going strong. She took a brief pause for breath and to answer Kara's taunt.

"Try me!" Haley answered just before returning to drinking.

Lilly and Holly were on the sidelines watching all of this lack of self-control.

"We're the only sane ones here." Lilly smiled to Holly.

"Yeah. I guess so." Holly replied.

Kara had chugged the cup down and finished it before Haley did, She was starting to feel the first effects as it went through her. She started to fill her second cup with apple juice.

"I am"

Haley managed to finish her first drink a little way behind Kara. She didn't feel a thing at the moment and she'd started off with a low caffeine content drink. She'll work her way up. Her second choice of beverage was raspberry-ripple ade. This drink was a new one on the list so Haley was risking it a little.

Lilly and Holly just watched the pair throwing caution to the wind and risking a problematic accident.

Kara was about a quarter of the way through her second drink. She looked at Haley and smiled then remembered Charon saying that were a lot alike. "I want to say I'm sorry for throwing our fight from before at school" Kara told her between sips.

The drink tasted like a cheap imitation of the ice cream but it wasn't that bad. It was more like drinking fizzy liquid ice cream. Not that bad.

"Just don't do it again, okay?" Haley replied between mouthfuls.

She went back to drinking her drink and reached the halfway point. She then wondered how the manager's research was coming along she knew it'd take some time but she wanted. To know at least something about this person as it would help her get prepared.

Haley had demolished her second drink. It was really easy to drink. The carbon in it was next to nothing. She still felt no change in her body but she knew that it may just take a little while for the drinks to settle in. She filled up her third drink with Sprite.

Kara finished her second drink and went about getting her third. She tried water this time she was again feeling the affects, But wasn;t going to show what was happening, She thought about cheating to win but that would just anger the girls so she didn't. She started on her third drink.

Haley was a quarter of the way through her Sprite when she felt the first signs that the liquid was starting to hit her bladder. They were weak at the moment but it still caused a little discomfort. Haley's drinking slowed down in response to this.

Kara had drank about a little more of a quarter of her water and she had to stop. For a moment she squirmed around a little feeling the signs of her bladder telling her. She would need to go soon. She wasn't going to lose to Haley and be made a fool she went back to drinking the drink.

Biting back the discomfort, Haley managed to to clear three quarters of her Sprite before it got even more uncomfortable. Seems like the low caffeine contents in the earlier drinks were starting to merge together into a bladder breaking fusion. In a matter of seconds, Haley's problem increased from a minor niggling annoyance to a full on pain-strike. She had to stop drinking as she was sure she'd burst if she didn't. She was now sitting with her legs crossed and she was bouncing up and down a little.

A Little more than halfway through her glass of water. She could see that Haley was starting to bounce up and down on her seat. "Need to pee?" Kara asked. As she went back to drinking the water which just seemed to go right through her. Her poor bladder was filling up rather fast and she wasn't sure how'd she do on the fourth and fifth glasses. She started to tightly cross her legs together,

"Not as badly as you." Haley lied. In truth, she had no idea whether Kara was feeling it as well.

With her own ego taking the lead, Haley chugged down the last quarter of her drink. She regretted it as she was not physically or mentally prepared for it. With a high pitched whimper, Haley quickly jumped off her seat, pulled her panties down and stood over the bucket. Half a second later, a gushing torrent of clear liquid rattled into the bucket.

"I lose." Haley quietly admitted.

On the seat she was on, a small puddle of liquid rested within the indent created by her body.

Kara was finally finished with her third glass and was about to refill for her fourth. When she heard the hissing sound coming from Haley. Then saw as Haley moved over to the bucket and started to go into it.

"I win" Kara mentioned as she quickly got up and headed towards the restroom. A tiny small puddle was on her own seat. As she had started to leak she quickly went into the restroom and sat on a toilet. She released her own stream into the bowl. Feeling glad that she did so next time she'd need to plan in advance.

Once finished she flushed the toilet and washed her hands before rejoining the others,

"I knew it always comes back to bite you later." Lilly lectured the foolish duo when Kara came back.

"I didn't pee myself this time!" Haley insisted.

"But you nearly did. Judging by your usual pattern after these kinds of things, you're probably going to be going twice as much as normal until all the caffeine is out of you."

Haley had no answer, she just hung her head in shame. She stepped forward a little so the bucket was no longer under her and pulled up her damp panties.

"Ah, Kara." The manager called to get her attention. "The rank 31 is a girl named Pyra. The only info available on her is that she's close to a samurai warrior so she'll probably want to fight an honourable battle."

Kara took a seat back where she had sat before she saw as her spot was. Clean must have happened once she was gone in the restroom. "I would have rather this had been just a fun normal game" Kara spoke,

The manager then wanted her attention.

"So, her name is Pyra and she's a type of samurai warrior I wonder what her powers are?" Kara said. As she started to think this over "Can you send her the challenge for me?" She asked. As she got back up. She'd need to get much stronger if she wanted to challenge Pyra and knew just how to do that.

"Thank you sir for everything and girl's I best be going" Kara told them.

"Rules are rules." Lilly shrugged. "You knew what you were getting yourself into so it was an informed choice."

"I'll file a challenge request but it's up to her if she accepts it or not." The Manager explained as he sent the challenge request off to Pyra's agent.

Haley did the walk of shame back to her seat.

"Stop feeling sorry for yourself." Holly told Haley. "It's your own fault."

"Best of luck to you." The manager said with a nod of his head.

"Part of the rules back then was that the loser revealed an embarrassing secret." Haley spoke up as Kara started to leave. "I'm sacred of the dark. I can't sleep alone." Haley admitted. "I liked sleeping with you next to me."

"It's not her fault I was the one who challenged Haley to the game Holly so blame me" Kara said. She then looked back at the Manager. "I just hope that she does" Kara spoke. Suddenly a few moments later a request was sent back to the Manager. Saying that Pyra had agreed to the challenge and would set up the rules and location for the match a little later.

'I liked sleeping next to you as well maybe we can do it again at a later date" Kara told Haley and she went over and gave the girl a hug. Before leaving the ice cream store after the Manager told her of Pyra agreeing Kara knew where she'd be going. She thought of the address and decided to return to Charon.

Haley was comforted by Kara a little when she stood up for her.

Once Kara had left, the girls paid for the ice cream and went back to their own home. They had no idea what came over Kara to cause her to set them at odds with one another but she seemed to be over it.

Kara headed over to where the address was and entered the right numbers into the lock. She was then taking back into Charon's dimension and saw he was sitting in the same area as before. She smiled at Charon and thought over what she was about to say.

"I would like to serve under you if you would let me, I wish to learn what you have offered to teach me I am always confused and worried about what you said maybe be coming. I myself have no idea what it can be but if I can protect the others than I will face it head on" Kara told him.

The girls arrived back at home to find their Mother there. She was in a rather testy mood so they aimed to avoid her unless they had no choice.

Charon listened to Kara's request.

"Before we can begin the more practical application of your power, you need to relearn control. You let your emotions do the talking most of the time, like earlier with Lilly. If I'd have let that slip then you'd have no chance with them." Charon began. "You're familiar with basic training, are you not? Our emotions are the root of our power. That is how Lilly managed to combat her fear and fight back the Elementals in the Arena. Her will to avenge her sister's sacrifices overruled her will to run from the fight. Do you have something you deem to be worth fighting for? If you do, that will help no end in your power's applications."

Kara listened to Charon.

"You seem to know a lot about them?" Kara asked at first as she listened to more of what he said. "Yes I am, I do have something that I wish to fight for what I fight for is to redeem myself for the sins that I've committed in my past when I was first under control of my dark half. I want to set things right" Kara told him.

"Only what you let me know." Charon answered. It seemed to be a sincere answer.

Kara's goal sounded good but it wasn't quite what he was expecting.

"Having that as a goal is acceptable but does it really evoke such a strong emotion in you that it can power you beyond your normal ability?" He asked. He created four cards face-down on the table. He turned all four over. Each card had a picture of each of the girls on. He shuffled the cards around so that Kara was at the top with Lilly.

"Lilly fights for her sister's safety." He started as he moved Holly and Haley's cards to underneath Lilly. "They fight for each other and Lilly." He shuffled the cards again and now both Holly and Haley were in one card and they were above Lilly. "People evoke the strongest emotions in anybody. Who will you fight for?"

He dismissed all the cards except Kara. He then recreated the cards of the three girls.

"I can open up one more ability in you with this choice. Choose carefully." Charon explained. "Pick one of the three. If you choose Lilly, I'll open up access to a mixture of fire and wind powers within you. I'll also give you the ability to create a 'bond' with her which will increase your speed and allow you to do three physical attacks in a single moment for a set period of time based on how close you are with her. In some aspects, she may even take a fatal fire blow for you if you are in a pinch."

"If you create a bond with Haley, you will gain access to Illusion and wind powers. When you bond with her in battle, you will gain the ability to make a number of copies of yourself based on how close you are with her. When you are in a pinch and you're exceptionally close to her, she may create an illusionary guardian for you to fight and heal you while you recover."

"If you create a bond with Holly, you will gain access to Arcane, Truth and Light powers. When you bond with her in battle, you will be able to see through illusions, counter and identify any spell and also emit a radiant blast once every few moments which will damage and knock back any enemy caught in it and heal any ally in the blast radius for a set amount based on how close you are with her. When you are in a pinch and exceptionally close to her, she may give you an angelic blessing which will heal all your wounds and allow you to cheat death once in that encounter."

"So, who will you choose?" Charon asked.

"Then I should let you know more" Kara says.

He would now be able to know about the death of her mother, how she gave into the darkness and killed the three. Empowered ones her feeling for the Sera's and how she felt about her father Kale.

"No I don't believe it can" Kara told him watching as he created the four cards and then explain about what the Sera's fought for before saying who Kara would fight for but she wasn't sure on that answer. Charon went on to explain if Kara picked one of the three to fight four she would gain access to a new set of powers which would work better the stronger her bond for said person was.

Charon explained further just what those powers would be for each of the girls. Kara still wasn't sure on who to pick each girl meant alot to her closing her eyes. She pictured each of the girls inside of her head and thought over everything they had been through with each other. Soon a name formed in her head and then came to her lips.

"Holly, I wish to fight for Holly" Kara told Charon.

She knew how Holly was as she wasn't a fan of fighting for starters but also. She was the total opposite of Kara she wasn't a fan of what she liked or didn't like her much in that matter. But this would be a fresh new start for the both of them. Kara was determined to work hard and I mean hard to make Holly like her or even love her.

Soon, a thought formed in her head it was about Lilly and her fear of lightning, "Is there anyway I can help Lilly overcome her fear of Lightning?" Kara asked.

Meanwhile

At the Chronos Estate a young several came running up to Chronos who was busy sitting in his office, The servant told him that he had important news. Chronos asked what sort of news it was the servant told Chronos that another one of the council members who went by the name of Zera recently came across the Rank 66 user known as Maya Angel's corpse it appeared that she was strung up by dark chains and had a large hole in her chest, It appears that she was killed somehow yet no one knows how this happened or why. Chronos told to the servant to contact the other council members and also they he would be sending out notices to the other Ranked Members.

Soon a note appeared on Lilly's bed which went over about the about what had happened to Maya and that. Announcement would be made soon at the arena and that all Ranked members were required to attend.

One appeared in Charon's, Kale's, Yvraines and Yukina's homes.

Kara decided upon Holly.

"If that is your wish." Charon answered. He dismissed all the cards except Kara's and Holly. He then pushed the two together before a flash of light engulfed both cards. Once the light faded, only one card remained. This card had a picture of both Holly and Kara on. They had their backs to each other at the moment with a thin white line dividing them.

"As your bond grows, this card shall change. When you reach an unbreakable bond, you shall gain access to the most powerful ability of this bond. Treat her well and your power shall grow. Treat her poorly and it shall diminish."

Kara asked about Lilly's fear of lightning.

"I'm afraid that is even beyond my power to correct. The fear can only be removed by the person who has it. There are certain methods you could use but Lilly will likely hate you for them." Charon explained.

Charon appeared to be gazing off into the distance before muttering something.

"Interesting." Charon said to himself. He addressed Kara again. "I'm afraid the Counsel has need of me. I must be taking my leave. When you have mastered basic control, come see me again. If you ever feel like you are losing yourself to the evil inside you, think of your bound and that will be the light to pierce the black haze. Take care."

The room was engulfed in a white light as Kara was ported to the rear of the Sera Mansion.

Kara watched as the other cards disappeared from view leaving only the ones. Of her and Holly he then went on to mention how it will strengthen on how well she treats her or how badly,

"I don't want to try something that will make Lilly hate me I just want to help" Kara asked, But she then heard a muttering before Charon mentioned he was needed by the counsel for something. Kara was then placed near the Sera mansion,

"Well, I guess it's time to begin" Kara thought.

She went up to the door and rang the doorbell.

For some strange reason, Holly found herself thinking of Kara a little. She wondered how she was doing. She was snapped from her thoughts when she heard the doorbell ring. Haley was busy messing around on Lilly's laptop so she went downstairs to see who it was. A maid had already opened the door. Strangely, it was Kara there. Holly knew that her Mother would be really angry if she saw Kara after what Kale had done to her so she was a little worried. She quickly ran down the stairs and took Kara by the hand.

"What were you thinking, ringing the doorbell like that?!" Holly whispered to Kara. "If Mother sees you, she'll flip!"

Holly quickly tried to drag Kara up to her room. It was a little bit dangerous and difficult to do. It was dangerous because she was expecting to see Kara later and she did remember her promise to her regarding her likes so she hadn't been to the toilet since the end of the Arena tournament. She was barely holding it back now and straining to pull Kara wasn't helping. She had to stop a little of the way to prevent any unwanted leaks after she dribbled a little into her swimsuit, which she'd put on especially for this occasion.

"Bathroom first, I'm bursting." Holly quickly changed her mind as she led Kara to the bathroom.

Kara waited around the front door. A maid had opened the door and ask her what she wanted Kara had said she was here to see the Holly. She was mentioned to come inside and soon saw Holly. coming down the stairs. She took her hand and dragged her to her room.

"I..I'm sorry I didn't know any other way to get your attention as I don't have your cell phone numbers. And mine isn't on me" Kara told her.

Yet Holly seemed to change directions at the last moment and head to the bathroom. She could see that Holly had to slow down some. She felt herself growing warm as she thought of watching Holly going to the bathroom.

Holly slowly led Kara into the bathroom before locking the door behind the two. She then went over to the shower cubicle and stood over the drain.

"I did promise to do this for you. It's only right that I do. I've been holding it in since the Arena match ended and I'm close to bursting." Holly explained as she bobbed around on the spot a little. "Watch closely, I can only do this once."

Holly lifted up the skirt of her dress to reveal the bottom of a yellow floral print one-piece. She spread her legs apart over the drain and closed her eyes. After taking a deep breath, she relaxed her pained bladder. A few seconds later, the bottom of her swimsuit started to drip into the drain before a steady yellow stream clattered down. Holly was trembling a little from fear and embarrassment but she knew she had to do this. If she didn't, then she'd be breaking her promise to Kara and cheating herself out of her own word. The stream gradually got larger and louder before trickling down to a few drips. Holly let out an audible sigh of relief as she let her dress fall again. Her swimsuit was still dripping under it.

"There." Holly said as her voice trembled. "True to my word."

Kara stood and watched as Holly went into the shower stall and stood over the drain.

"I remember that but don't you remember I told you didn't have to do this until you were really ready and thought about it for a time?" Kara asked.

Watching as Holly pulled up her dress to reveal the swimsuit she had on underneath it. She watched as a steady yellow stream fell from it and splattered down onto the floor. She could feel her face flushing as she watched Holly wet herself. She looked away for a moment when Holly was nearly done. Then walked over to her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm happy you did this for me but I didn't want to force you into something you didn't want to do unless you truly wanted to" Kara says.

After the show, Holly felt a small rush of excitement. It was brief but she was sure she felt it.

"I was scared but I was also bursting to pee so I think my need to pee made me ignore my fear." Holly tried to explain. "I don't know. I just felt like I had to do something for you suddenly. I did agree to it and I was aware that you wanted me to be ready as well but somehow, I just felt ready when I saw you. I was about to go without this if you hadn't turned up."

Holly didn't know why, but she suddenly felt like she could open up to Kara a little.

"I was like Haley back when I was younger. I was always willing to try new things but since the 'incident', I suddenly became different. I was happy with how I was and scared to try anything new. I think it was because that made me really understand how dangerous things could be. But, when I met you and awakened to this power, I felt like I could challenge the world again and I really wanted to explore my own person some more. I'm not really sure why I feel this way, I just do."

Kara listened to Holly.

"Now that I find hard to believe but it sounds interesting picturing you acting like Haley" Kara says. As she blushed picturing Holly going around not wearing any panties under her skirt. "What sort of 'incident' do you mean when you?" Kara asked. Thinking that might have been when she passed away. "But remember to take this slowly as this is still all new for you" Kara says. As she then thinks of something.

"Holly, would you like to maybe spend tomorrow with me if that's ok with Lilly we could go to the arcade or book store?" Kara asked.

"Twins are normally similar in behaviour if they're identical. It's a little different if they're not." Holly answered. Holly nodded her head at Kara's next question. "I'll take it slowly, it's just that this was pre-decided so I had to stick to it."

Holly's swimsuit stopped dripping into the drain.

"I think that might be allowed but you'll need to text Lily updates, remember?" Holly replied. "Book store's more my thing. Arcade's more for Haley."

Holly left the shower cubicle and took her dress off. She placed her dress on the towel rail.

"I'm going to get out of this wet swimsuit. No peeking, now!" Holly told Kara.

"So, when Haley was younger she acted like how you are now wow" Kara says. She watched as Holly took off her dress.

"I remember it was suppose to start tonight but it's too late now I promise to keep her updated" Kara says.

She turned around so Holly could get undressed,

meanwhile.

In a large room with potted plants sat a table with six chairs around it. In one of them sat Chronos and he was waiting for the others to arrive to begin the meeting.

"Believe it or not, she was actually calmer than she is now." Holly chuckled.

"You can stay round here tonight. You've still got no place to go, right?" Holly answered.

Once Kara had turned around, Holly took off her sodden swimsuit and cleaned herself down before taking her panties out of her dress pocket and putting them back on. Afterwards, she put her dress on and turned back towards Kara.

"All done." Holly announced. "Thanks for not looking."

At the head of the table, in a shower of white rose petals, Charon appeared. He looked over the meeting briefing and saw the full account to the unchallenged murder of the previous rank 66, Maya Angel. The Case file stated that she was hung up with dark chains and was found with a hole in her chest. The actual cause of death is still unknown.

'That'd I'd love to see" Kara says with a giggle. She then turned back around and saw as Holly had finished dressing.

Holly mentioned about staying the night. Kara thought about it and she was right then remembered that this night would have been with Lilly. But remembered that she could get closer with Holly.

"Yeah, I don't" Kara says.

Kale arrived in the room to Charon's right side. In a strong breeze her took a moment to look at Charon. Then at the case file about Maya Angel he looked down at it. Soon Zera appeared in the room in a flash of yellow lightning and took a seat next to Chronos.

"We're all sleeping in Lilly's room tonight. Haley's still scared about what happened yesterday. I don't like sleeping alone so we're all in with Lilly. She's got a big enough bed so I think we can squeeze you in there as well." Holly told Kara.

She picked up her wet swimsuit and squeezed some of the remaining liquid in it out of it. She then placed it in the sink and gave it a quick wash before wringing it out again and washing her hands. Once all that was done, she placed her wet swimsuit into the wash basket.

"Unless you need to pee, I'm all done in here." Holly said as she headed for the bathroom door.

The last two remaining council members appeared. Erthys, the immovable Geomancer, appeared seemingly from the ground itself and Aquan, Lady of the Ocean, appeared in a bubble of water. The council had gathered and the meeting begun.

" 'Cause of death, unknown.' " Charon started. "Seems a little strange to me. How can someone just die like that? Judging by the picture, I'd say the chest wound was done after she was killed and not before. A hole that big would've been hard to make while she was alive. For the chains, I think that's more ritualistic than practical. I think this was more of a ritual killing or a signature for our culprit than just a random way of doing things. If we can find out what the killer's motives were, if they had any, or if anything we've seen can link it to the killer, then we've got our person."

"I'd have to object there." Erthys cut in, his voice stony like his body. "Maybe this was not just a random murder and an actual ranking match which an agent just failed to file? The hole in the chest could have been done to remove the victim's heart to be kept as a trophy."

"That poses another question." Aquan announced. Her voice had the muffling of the ocean in it, like she was speaking underwater. "Why go to all the trouble to chain her up like that if it was just a ranking match? Surely, to conserve power, the killer would dismiss the chains after death."