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.

18. Chapter 18

Chapter 18: New Paths to Undertake

The rest of the night seemed to pass by decently for everyone else. But Kara tossed and turned most of the night her body was still sore and aching. But at least she was able to get several hours of sleep at least. Kara however awoke the Sunday morning long before the others she slowly got up out of bed and walked to her closet. Kara searched around for some clothes to wear for the day she picked out a pink and lavender shirt with three large pink buttons on it, green shorts, a red belt, gold bracelets, white stockings, and pink boots with dark green trims.

Deciding to do something different for a change Kara didn't bother to pick out any panties to wear. For the day she seemed to be taking Haley's example for the first time in her life. Yet wondered how the material of her shorts would feel against her peach. Maybe it'd be better to wear a skirt instead but Kara didn't want to wear one today. She then walked out of her closet and wondered what to do next she needed to use the bathroom. But wondered if either the maids or Marie was up early. Would they notice that Kara was using one of the spare bathrooms that might cause a problem.

So Kara decided on using Lilly's bathroom she used some small amount of magic and teleported, Inside of Lilly's bathroom where she placed her clothes upon the counter. Locked the door behind her and went about her tasks.

As the next day dawned, Holly was the first to wake up. The reason behind this was probably a combination of Haley's usual night-time troubles and her rapidly increasing urge to emulate what she probably did while sleeping as well, considering how her nightwear was as sodden as the rest of the bed. She often wondered how heavy a sleeper Haley was to not wake up even after soaking everything. Nonetheless, what's done is done and there's nothing she can do about it. She considered letting go right there and then as the bed was already soaked so no one would be any wiser if it was accidental or deliberate. Another thing which made her consider this was the fact that, whenever she tried to move, she could barely hold it any more so, if she tried to get up and go like she was meant to, then she'd likely make more of a mess and end up with the same result. Before committing herself to either choice, Holly ran through a quick pro/con session in her mind.

'Pros: She could stay in a nice warm bed (for a little while) and also ease the pain in her bladder, She wouldn't risk waking or hurting Haley unintentionally, Haley was surprisingly soft and huggable (despite being sodden), She wouldn't risk the chance of running into her while heading to the toilet and being leered over due to her current circumstance, She could barely move without feeling like it will all gush out of her so it would be more contained if she did it here.

'Cons: The bed was soaking wet and couldn't possibly be slept in any longer, The odour of the bed was rather bad, She'd be running right into her trap if she even considered using something other than a toilet for what she wanted to do, Doing it will probably lead into a vicious cycle and potentially wake Haley as well...'

And, the biggest downside of all: Deliberating like this was making it even harder to keep it under control. Now Holly felt like any slight movement will make her burst and drench the bed.

"Just do it here. The bed's getting cleaned anyway." A sleepy voice told Holly before she felt the warmth of the bed rekindle and get slightly wetter. "I won't tell anyone and no one needs to know."

Obviously, Haley had done what Holly was considering doing and it ended up with her losing control and going anyway. The stimulation from Haley's release had broke the last boundary which Holly had set herself and caused her dam to inevitably burst, drenching what dryness remained on the bed while simultaneously ending the suffering of her bladder.

"Better?" Haley asked Holly.

"Yes and no." Holly simply replied. "Anyway, when I've stopped, let's get up. We can't sleep in any more now."

After around half a minute more of staying in bed while Holly's overfull bladder emptied itself, the girls got up and began to head towards the bathroom to remove the sodden clothes which were sticking to them and freshen themselves up. Holly had to help Haley walk but, eventually they both reached the bathroom and began to start their day like normal.

Kara then stripped off her clothes and walked over to the shower. She turned on the water letting the water warm up before she stepped into the shower. Once the water was nice enough Kara walked in enjoying the water touching her body. She rose her arms and looked at the markings wondering just what they might mean. Could the reason they were around be because of her contract with Holly or could it be something else. She shook her head before starting to soap her body down using it all over her body. As she washed between her legs for a brief moment she thought of Lilly touching her there. Shaking her head Kara brought the shower head between her legs and did a few lewd things with her fingers for a few minutes. Before she finished up and washed her hair then stepped out of the shower.

Kara dried herself off and then dressed she took a couple of moments to walk. Around feeling the material of her shorts rubbing against her peach felt rather strange and erotic. She just hoped that the rest of the day would go smoothly maybe if things went right she could show. Haley what she was doing but first she knew that she needed to at least try and make things up with Holly. But Kara was unsure of where to start just thinking about Holly and Haley at that moment. Gave Kara a rather strange idea remembering her talk with Haley about what Lilly often did. Kara decided to try it out herself by taking a pair of underwear Lilly had taken from her own closet. Kara stepped into the shadows and soon flowed to Lilly's closet. Once inside Kara searched around for a light switch turning it on. She had to be quick as she didn't want Lilly to notice what she was doing if she woke up now.

Kara went to the section where Lilly kept the underwear of both twins knowing which pair she wanted to take. That being the lime green panties that Haley had worn and yellow panties that Holly had worn. Taking those she placed them in her left pocket then looked over at Lilly's own underwear and took a couple pairs of her own. Before turning off the light and forming back into her own room where she went into her own closet and placed the underwear. Among her own clothes hiding them from sight and hoping she got away with what she had just done. Then walked out of her closet and sat down on her bed.

As she sat down and thought back to earlier after her shower. She couldn't help but feel turned on now at least her shorts were dry for right now.

"How, does Haley do this all the time?" Kara asked herself.

Ravenclaw Manor

Within his study Kale was once more going over the plans for the attack in a day's time. When he soon heard his private phone ring. He reached over and picked it up and soon answered who was calling him.

"Hello?" Kale asked.

The voice on the other end only spoke a few words.

"I'll take the job" the voice responded.

The line then went dead and Kale knew that it was the person who he had sent a request to earlier. He couldn't help but smile soon everything would fall into place.

The twins' usual routine had to be changed somewhat to accommodate Haley's current condition. Haley could barely stand by herself so Holly had to have her seated on a bath stool and shower her that way. She didn't really care about her current overwhelming desire to take a shower before Haley as she believed that Haley was much more important than herself at the moment. Haley continued to look in the mirror by the side of the shower while Holly took the showerhead and began to gently wash her.

"Something's up, isn't it?" Haley suddenly asked out of nowhere, which took Holly by surprise a little.

"What makes to say that?" Holly asked, trying to steer clear of the subject.

"I can see it all over you. You're trying to hide something from me, aren't you?"

"I'm not."

"Don't lie. You know I can see everything so clearly on you. You had a fight with Kara, didn't you?"

Haley hit the nail right on the head with that comment. Holly eventually gave up her feigned innocence and explained herself.

"So she said a few bad words and did a few bad things while I was fighting with Him?" Haley clarified.

"Yeah." Holly simply answered as she toweled down Haley's back before moving over to her front to shower there.

"You know what she's like. She probably didn't mean any of it and just said it as a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing."

"That might be right. Why are you so fixated on it?"

"Just am. I'll talk to her and see if I'm right."

"No! You're in no condition to do that!"

"I am. Who else is going to do it? I know you're not."

"She started it so it's only fair she apologies first!"

"That's not how I saw it..."

Holly gave up on talking Haley out of it. When she set her mind to something, there was no stopping her.

"This makes a change." Haley changed the subject randomly again. "Normally, I'll be the one doing this to you. It's kind of funny how things change."

"The talking or the washing?" Holly asked, unsure of the sudden change.

"This whole 'taking care of another' thing."

"It's the least I can do. You've been the one taking care of me for far longer."

"For all my life, you've been the one who always took care of me, despite being a few minutes younger than me. Like, back in our old school, when 'that' happened. You were the one who stood up for me, got beaten up for me and nearly expelled for me. All I did was sit in the background and cry. I was so weak back then and I still am now.

"Before I got these powers, you were always the one who protected me and took care of me when Lilly wasn't around. I've been nothing but a burden to you both and I hate that. I want to change. I want to get more brave, get stronger and be able to stand on my own two feet without anyone's help.

"And, again, today, you're going to be the one who sets me on the right path with making up with Kara. I know that you're going to try your best to convince me to do it as soon as possible but some things can't be rushed. I know that I was kind of in the wrong as well with it all and that's why I have a feeling that she won't listen to me until you've talked to her.

"That's why, right now, when you can't help me even if you wanted to due to reasons outside your control, I want to start getting stronger. I want to be able to protect you if you ever end up like this again. I don't want to be the one who just cries at everything to try and solve it. I want to be able to do things for myself. Even when I do make up with Kara, I'd probably be nothing but dead weight to her. Another thing for her to protect. I don't want to ever feel powerless again. I want to change. Sure, I know it won't be easy for me and I may need everyone's help while I'm going for it but, eventually, my goal will be reached and I can repay everyone for protecting me while I was weak. Please, don't let me face this alone..."

After pouring out her feelings while showering Haley, Holly couldn't take the pressure of it anymore and ended up crying in Haley's arms.

"I know you'll be able to do it all. Just take it one step at a time. You don't get nothing unless you work for it. Like, for now, I think you should at least try and face Kara again. That'll set you on the right path. I'll be here for you. And so will Lilly. And, even though you may not believe me, Kara as well. We'll all be supporting you." Haley comforted Holly. "So, just let me talk to her first. Then go and work your magic. I'm sure it'll work out in the end."

After a heartfelt time bonding in the shower, Holly and Haley were all clean and ready to start the day. They'd already informed the Maids of what had happened last evening. Haley took the crutch which was offered to her and began her task of allowing Holly and Kara to make up. She went to Kara's room, the one which she believed was assigned to her when she first started staying in the Manor, and knocked on her door.

"Hey, it's just me. Can we talk for a bit?" Haley called through the door.

Kara was busy sitting upon her bed she felt rather alone and bored. Thoughts went through her mind of her talk with Lilly the night before, of how she'd be able to at least talk and make up with Holly. Then she thought about Haley she had not seen her since she left the coliseum and wondered how she was doing. Worst of all the words that she had nearly said to Lilly about being the one who may have caused the dark powers within Haley to awaken. That was what was really on her mind right now he chain of thought was broken when she heard a knock on the door. Followed by hearing Haley's voice she wondered just what Haley would want?

"Sure, hold on a minute" Kara called back.

She got up and walked over to the door and opened it. When she saw Haley and looked her over Kara couldn't help be feel that this was her fault some how. She moved away and Haley walked into the room Kara went over and got a chair for her to sit on before. Sitting back on her bed then looked at Haley again.

"So, how are you feeling?" Kara asked.

She looked at the ground for a while not liking seeing Haley looking the way she did. Soon Kara gathered some courage then spoke again.

"I don't know how you cope with not wearing any underwear all the time or most of the time. But it feels strange I'm just not used to it look here" Kara told her, She unbuttoned her shorts and pulled down on side to show Haley she wasn't wearing any panties. Before buttoning her shorts and pulling them up again. "Maybe I should have chosen to wear a skirt today instead of shorts I can't help be feel aroused when the material rubs between my legs" Kara admitted while blushing.

She looked down at the floor again then back at Haley.

"There's something I need to tell you, you might not like what you're about to hear. But I need to get this off my chest, remember the fight you had with Holly a few weeks ago. Then during the battle Haley started to act rather strange to you? That was my doing I had cast a spell on her which then lead to you becoming rather angry and then the dark powers within you awakening." Kara tells her.

Kara looked at the floor once more.

"I blame myself for what I've done all the pain and hardships that you've had to go through. As of late I feel terrible for what I've done I fear that I may have placed you on a dark path similar to one. That I myself had to go through sometimes I wonder if there will ever come a day where I see you falling under the control of those powers and end up harming someone whom you love" Kara says.

"All I seem to do is cause everyone hardships I tried to kill Lilly, I done nothing but make Holly's life nothing but hell with everything I've done to her. I've tried to turn her against both you and Lilly, made her do things she didn't want to do. Then there's you and me doing this to you I'm suppose to be a friend to you and one day a sister. I wish I could take back everything I've done" Kara told her.

Kara then thought for a long time about something.

"Is there anything I can do to make it up to you I can try see if you can get healed. At least enough to move around on your own without help, I maybe can spend time with you we could try and we can try and get Lilly's diary, or we can play Mario kart again or go on a dream date together in our dreams"

"I'm so sorry for what I did seeing you like this hurts me more than anything" Kara says.

Kara opened the door and let Haley in. This was a good start for her plan but will she be able to pull it off?

"Not great, but, at least it's better than it was yesterday." Haley answered. "Holly's having to help me a bit with everything so I'm not too pleased about it all."

Before Haley managed to get started on her main reason for seeing Kara, the whole topic took a slight derail with Kara's randomness. She'd tried to do what Haley does but wasn't getting very far with it.

"To be honest, I don't know either." Haley admitted. "I've never really thought about it before. I tend to wear skirts when I do it as the underwear is easy to remove that way and you can really feel the freedom down there as there's nothing covering it up."

After the slight change of topic, Haley tried to get back on it again.

"Anyway, that's not the reason I'm here. I'm here for-" Haley was cut of by Kara.

Kara went into a long ramble which was more than likely important but Haley just couldn't keep up with it all. She changed topics too quickly and poured everything out in one go. All she caught of it was something to do with her Dark powers and her sisters but she couldn't follow any of it. Eventually, Haley managed to get a word in when Kara stopped to apologize for something, which Haley had no idea of.

"Oooookaaaaayyy..." Haley said with a slightly dazed expression. "I didn't get any of that but, anyway, I thought I said I wanted to talk?"

Finally, now that she had a chance to speak, Haley didn't want to miss it.

"What I'm here for is what happened yesterday between you and Holly. I read it off her when she was helping me with a shower. You and her had a fight, didn't you?" Haley began. "To be honest, if I was in a fighting condition, I'll more than likely go off on one and challenge you to a fight for repayment. Not only did you upset Holly, but you also harmed Lilly and hurled abuse at the both of them. I'm not here to lecture you on what's already happened. I'm here to start things off to set you both back on track, at Holly's request. She's too shy and stubborn to take the first step herself so I said I'd do it for her."

After a slight pause to let that sink in, Haley continued.

"If there's one thing that I've learned from all of this, it's that you never truly know someone unless you face them in a one-on-one match. I'm here to propose the option that you and Holly go at it in a friendly bout. I believe that this will allow you both to vent off your anger at one another in a situation where it's meant to happen. Of course, you won't truly be harming one another. I'll ask Lilly if she can make the rules similar to that of the fight at school. Holly will probably agree to it as well so I don't see what you could lose. Plus, it'll give you a clear taste of what she's capable of when she puts her mind to something." Haley suggested. "She also told me that she wants to get stronger so this will offer the perfect chance for that as well."

"I'll help you anyway I can if you'd like" Kara offered. She then got up from her bed and took Haley's advice she went into her closet and picked out a short black silk skirt. She put the skirt on after taking off her shorts and then returned to her bed. Haley then didn't seem to understand what Kara had said at first.

"I'll explain it again later, and yes you did say you wanted to talk but never said what it is you wanted to talk about." Kara told her.

Haley then spoke about knowing about the fight that both her and Holly had had. Before going on about saying she'd take the first step in setting this back on the right path between both girls.

"Yes, we did indeed have a fight, I only did those things because no one would tell. Me what was going on as I was confused Holly even went as far as to attack me with Radiant Blast. A spell I've as of late had been able to cast myself." Kara told her.

She let that sink in before speaking once again.

"If you are still up for a battle once your better we can go at it ok?" Kara asked.

Haley then proposed that both Holly and herself have a one-on-one match. Kara after hearing that while up for the idea apart of her was worrying about herself. Her powers were still out of whack and she wasn't sure what would happen in this upcoming match.

"Okay, I agree to Holly's request plus it would be nice to see what she is truly capable of" Kara pointed out. She then talked towards the door of her room and opened the door. "I guess we better go tell her the news" Kara replied. She waited for Haley and soon both girls started toward the twins room. During the walk Kara spoke once more about two things.

"I'd like you to pay close attention to what I'm capable of when I use my own dark powers. Plus I'm not sure if you remember this but a while ago you said that we could. Both search through Lilly's things together can we still do that once you're all better? Kara asked. She let everything sink in as the pair reached the twins door. Kara then knocked upon the door before speaking up.

"It's me Kara can I come in?" Kara asked.

Thankfully, Kara agreed to the proposition offered and they both headed back to break the news to Holly.

"Yours are slightly different from mine, if what Holly told me is anything to go by." Haley answered. "I'll see if there are any similarities in the combat and go by that."

Kara reminded Haley of their agreement to search for Lilly's things.

"If you're so set on it, I guess we could do that." Haley sighed. She mainly did it to mess with Lilly but she believed Kara to have other motives.

When Kara knocked on the door and announced herself, there was no reply from the other side, almost like Holly was not in the room. After waiting for a few moments, Haley decided to knock on the door as well.

"You can't just hide in your room. You wanted me to do this so the least you can do is work off of it. Besides, I thought you told me I needed rest? Standing around out here isn't going to give me that, you know?" Haley called through.

After Haley's announcement, the lock to the room's door clicked open as Holly pulled open the door. Haley headed in first as Holly stared at Kara icily.

Kara had a feeling that Holly still didn't want to see her as she waited outside. The twins room with Haley so to pass the time she spoke with Haley.

"Just, how much did she tell you about them?" Kara asked.

She heard Haley sigh which meant that she didn't want to go through with the idea. "We, don't have to do it we could always do something else. Maybe we could play Mario Kart again instead or have a ice cream eating contest where we each eat a bowl as fast as we can and whoever. Get's brain freeze first loses the contest" Kara told Haley.

Soon Kara saw the door open and Haley walked in she gave Holly her own icy glare. Once inside their room she turned to face Holly.

"I'll make this fairly quick I've agreed to do battle with you. All I need to know from you is how do you want this to go down like what are your rules?" Kara asked.

She then waited for Holly to answer her.

"I guess we need to let Lilly know about this as well" Kara says.

She then moved towards the door of the room but one last time turned to face Holly. "I want you to come at me with everything that you've got treat this battle like our last one in front of my old house." Kara told her.

Kara explained the reason she'd come to see Holly. It would appear that Haley's gotten her into quite the mess by proposing a combat between the pair.

"I'll tell you my rules when we've got an unbiased judge with us." Holly simply replied. "Any explanation before that would be a wasted effort."

Once the agreement had been cleared, Kara began to head out of the room.

"Do you think I'll be holding back? What do you take me for?!" Holly answered accusingly. "You'd better give it you all as well and not pull any unfair tricks like you normally do."

The friction between the pair could almost be felt by all present. When Kara had left the room and Holly had got herself ready for the coming battle, Haley headed over to Lilly's room to wake her up and explain the situation to her as well.

Around half an hour later, the quartet were gathered at their decided battleground. Lilly had been fully briefed on everything that was going on and was about to declare the rules of the conflict.

"..along with those rules, I'd like each of us to add another rule in to make this as fair as possible. We'll start with Holly and end with Kara." Lilly explained.

"My rule would be that Kara would be banned from using any darkness magic. Just being close to that corruption may set Haley off again. As I've prevented a main form of her combat abilities, I will make myself exempt from using any form of buff magic to even the playing field." Holly added in.

"No subterfuge!" Haley cut in. "I don't want to see anything like going invisible, creating duplicates or negating damage with copies."

"To ensure that no one gets too badly hurt, I will allow any combatant to withdraw when they feel like they've reached their limit. I don't want to be taking care of another person alongside Haley." Lilly suggested.

Kara waited around for the rules to be explained but nothing was given out yet. As Holly wanted Lilly to be the one to explain them,

"Someone who is a crying baby" Kara pointed out.

Kara who was then out of the room at this point walked outside of the manor. Once in the backyard of the place Kara used her magic to create the battleground for both her and Holly. The area that Kara created was a large a vast open grassy field. Several rolling hills were off to both the left and right hand side of where Kara stood. Here and there were several small pine trees which could be used as either a place to hide behind or as a small defensive place. In the very middle of the grassy field lay stone ruins of some unknown race. These ruins were mainly small destroyed buildings. In the sky above Kara it was grey and overcast it looked like it would soon start to rain any minute, Next to Kara was a small couch she had created with her own magic. For where Lilly and Haley could sit upon she cast a shield over it to protect it from the elements.

Once Kara was finished with creating the arena she was sweating. But Kara shook this off herself as she needed to see this through to the end, She wasn't going to lose to Holly not at all the three other girls soon arrived Lilly explained the rules then each girl was to add a rule. Holly's rule while it did sound just as Kara didn't want something happening to Haley couldn't help but also find it unfair.

"To make it more of a level playing field I want Holly banned from casting any sort of healing magic. Upon herself as I find that totally unfair." Kara says.

She found the other rules to be fair and just.

Kara then walked away from the girls she cast her magic upon herself. She then changed into her battle outfit. Kara's skin becomes deathly pale, and her eyes gain small black pupils, as her hair becomes ashen white, her hair is adorned with black head pieces on both sides of her head. She also gains red markings across her arms. Kara's outfit consists of a short black trench coat with white fur trim. Upon the area's around her breasts covering her hands are black gloves with contain a purple gem upon the top part of the hand. White fur is also located just around her under arms. These gems contain magical power of both wind and darkness. In the middle of the coat is a small pink bow followed with a small pink locket. Inside of this locket is a picture of Lilly, Haley and Holly, Covering her crotch is a small pair of white frilly panties on the top part is a small red outline. Kara then wears two pairs of black-thighs with some white fur located around the top parts of her thighs. Her entire outside if made from strong magic. Her small black shoes have a purple gem in the middle of the shoe which allows her to move at much faster speeds. Around Kara's waist is her sword belt where her sword is located.

'Whenever you're ready Holly you get the first move" Kara says.

Kara's addition to the rules was banning Holly from using Healing magic, which was actually kind of pointless as it won't work on shields. Nonetheless, it was now decided and agreed on so the rules cannot be changed.

After Kara had changed into her battle outfit, Holly decided to follow suite. She was engulfed in a pillar of white light which lasted for a few seconds before fading and revealing her battle outfit.

Holly was now kitted out in an armour set which can only be likened to a Valkyrie. Around her neck she had a silver and white heart-shaped charm with pure white angel wings expanding from the back of it, like the charm at the end of her blade, Redemption. Her shoulders were barely covered with pure silver shoulderguards embedded with Sapphires in the centre of the pair. Her back was covered with a flowing silver and white cape which touched the ground behind her. The cape was embroidered with the same pattern as her necklace. A large sapphire rested in the centre of the heart pattern. Her torso was covered with a full-plate silver breast guard. The breast guard was accentuated by a sapphire blue vine pattern curving across it. Her stomach was covered by a pale blue clerical shirt. On her arms were a pair of silver armguards extending from the chest armour, which were also adorned by the vine pattern of the breast guard. They stop just short of the wrists, like the sleeves of the clerical shirt under them. Her wrists were adorned with a pair of small silver bracelets, which carried an angel wing mirror pattern extending away from her body. In the middle of each bracelet was a small sapphire gem. Her hands were covered with full-plate silver gauntlets, which were tight fitting. Her waist was covered with a glowing silver belt around a pale blue mini-skirt. The buckle on the belt matches the running heart motif of her armour. The belt was surely magical in some sense but it remained an enigma for now. Holly had no leg armour on until half-way up her calves, which was were her tight-fitting silver full-plate boots began. The boots seemed to continue and end the vine pattern which began with her chest armour. The vine lengths end at the tip of her toes to branch out into snow-drop shaped bulbs. The centre of the tip of her boots were adorned with sapphires.

After her armour was complete, Holly summoned up her weapon. However, something was definitely happening to Redemption as it was glowing with a faint white light. Holly had yet to notice it. Kara had offered for Holly to make the first move.

"If you insist." Holly simply answered as she stared at Kara. Her eyes flashed for a brief moment before returning to normal.

Holly appeared to make no other move than pointing the tip of Redemption at Kara. A second later, a piercing beam of white light blasted forth from her blade directly towards Kara.

Kara watched as Holly went through a transformation of her own. She had to admit that it did look nice on her but that but now wasn't the time to admire it. The time right now was to fight and Kara could see that when then Holly summoned forth her weapon Kara decided to match her. Reaching down and pulled her own blade from its sheath.

Dark Repulser is aqua-colored. Its grip is a darker color than the rest of the blade and is completely straight. It leads up to a hilt that is exactly perpendicular to the grip and is designed to look like a pair of conjoined dagger blades. At the center of the guard is a large aquamarine gem. The blade itself is a deep aqua color, the base of the blade has a light-aqua attachment that causes the blade to have a natural indentation when one traces its length due to the angle that the attachment bends at.

Once it was free Kara noticed that Holly's weapon was glowing. She wasn't sure why of this and ignored it but a moment later a white beam blasted from its tip right at her. Kara moved to the side and avoided the beam she then pointed her own blade at Holly. "Fresh Wolf" Kara says with a swing of her sword, Kara creates a gust of wind, shaped like two white wolves to attack and sent them at Holly.

"Did it ever pop into your mind that when you ran off on your own. Leaving me not knowing where you were or what happened to you that I would be feeling really worried" Kara yelled at Holly.

Kara drew her weapon and sent a pair of wolves towards Holly whom, knowing that she had activated something on Kara, just stood her ground and let the attack strike her. Just as the wolves reached her, the effect of her Backbiter kicked off and sent the attack back at Kara. The wolves changed their course and went racing back to strike at Kara instead.

"If I told you why you wouldn't understand!" Holly countered. "Don't try and act like it was my fault that it happened! You're just too clingy! Can't family matters stay between family members when you're around?!"

Holly started at Kara again and activated her gaze effect.

Seeing as how her previous attempt at ranged had failed, Holly decided to take things a littler closer. Charging alongside the wolves, Holly dashed towards Kara and attempted a thrust attack to the right of where the wolves were running.

"I should rightfully be blaming you for Haley's condition! You're the one who corrupted her with your foul energies!" Holly shouted at Kara.

Kara smiled as she had cast her attack upon Holly just mere moments ago. Yet a look of surprise came upon her face as right when the attack reached Holly. They changed direction and headed back towards herself. "What, the hell what did you do to me!" Kara snapped. As the wolves closed in Kara could see that Holly was charging towards her with her weapon aimed forward she moved towards her left side the avoided the right-sided wolf but the left one struck Kara on her chest. Knocking her to the ground and sliding along on the damp glass. Kara had also avoided Holly's sword attack as well. Once Kara slowly got to her feet. A small shock went through her body causing her to stagger for a few seconds.

"What was that just now?" Kara thought.

Shaking her head Kara looked back at Holly.

"You, could have tried!" Kara yelled back. "This is your fault, you say I'm too clingy take a look at yourself you always hide behind others!" Kara added. She didn't respond to Holly's last part she only nodded her head meaning that Holly was read about family problems staying between family.

"Wind Blade" Kara shoots multiple blades of wind that attack the designated target. There were about four total and headed for Holly.

Yet when Holly blamed Kara for for having caused Haley's current condition. That caused her to snap and scream in rage.

"How, dare you blame me for that! and yet it was you who caused Haley's dark powers to awaken. When you refused to take the battle you had with her seriously and started messing around" Kara countered.

Missing on her charge towards Kara did not really bother Holly that much as she knew that she'd weakened Kara's weapon. She wondered how long it would take Kara to realise that.

"Divine Justice." Holly answered with a smile in regards to Kara's exclamation.

Due to the current slippery condition of the battlefield, Holly slipped a little after her charge and stumbled slightly before regaining her footing, only to be struck in the back by Kara's wind blades. Holly yelped in surprise as the collision of the blades unbalanced her and sent her falling onto the floor. The backdraft of the fall caused Holly's skirt to fly up a little a reveal a pair of pale blue butterfly print panties to whomever was behind her at the time. Strangely, Holly's shield seemed a little different to Kara's. One obvious difference was that it prevent the strikes from actually hitting her body. They were stopped by a blue barrier about 30cm away from her body. The faint flicker of a silhouette no more than a foot tall could be seen at the centre of the barrier's origin point.

Holly tried to push herself up but was sent prone again by the sudden shock of the shield. This was unusual...

"A shock?! Why?" Holly asked herself mentally.

Not wanting to stay prone, Holly, again, pushed herself to her feet and turned to face Kara again.

"No longer will I remain a cowardly crybaby." Holly boldly stated. "Today, the old me dies and the new me is reborn!"

The faint glowing of Redemption now changed to a pulsating glow and the space between pulsations was lessened.

After having cast her last attack upon Holly something seemed to be wrong with Kara. She was short on breath the last attack couldn't have drained her of magic that much could it? Kara was facing Holly once more she smiled as Holly stumbled and then was hit by her attack. Causing her to fall to the floor giving Kara the perfect few of Holly's panties a blush. Formed upon her face not wanting to miss this chance. Kara dashed forwards towards Holly she slipped and slided a few times before. Regaining her footing as she got closer to Holly and within range.

She started to bring her weapon forward when she suddenly felt it turn. Much heavier than it normally was Kara had to use her other hand to hold on her blade when she suddenly seemed to cry out in pain and stop in her attack on Holly as she felt severe pain race through both of her arms this caused Kara to drop her blade onto the ground.

"Not now" Kara screamed.

She screamed again in pain a fresh wave of sweat covered her face.

Thankfully, due to her earlier action, Holly managed to withdraw from the strike radius of Kara's blade while she swung. However, she was not expecting the other action from Kara. Strangely, Kara stopped before she managed to reach Holly and cried out in pain for some unknown reason. This only infuriated Holly further.

"Posing a wound again to make me go easy on you?!" Holly angrily asked as she performed a full withdraw to put some distance between her and her opponent. "Honestly, you never change."

Once she believed she was far enough away from Kara, Holly readied her action to attempt to dodge and strike if Kara came close to her.

The pain in Kara lasted for about a minute longer and soon went away. Yet Holly then seemed to speak to her angrily once more about what had just happened to her. "That wasn't posing that was real, I'm surprised you never picked up on it as I was hiding from you all day yesterday" Kara pointed out.

Kara needed a way to end this battle soon as things. She placed her weapon back in its sheath and started to call upon the wind. Soon a gentle breeze begins to blow across the field Kara first uses the wind to play with Holly's skirt as a means of distracting her for what she is about to do. Remembering of the times she had flown Haley around Kara decided to try that trick on Holly. Knowing the effect it would have if it works on her.

Pointing both hands at Holly Kara closes her eyes and starts to use the wind to lift. To try and left Holly off the ground if she is able to, Kara next will use the very wind to fly Holly around the arena.

"Prepare to lose this fight!" Kara yelled.

"You expect me to pay attention to every little thing you do?" Holly asked in surprise. "I'm not a damn stalker! Of course I wouldn't notice it!"

Despite Kara's attempt at distracting Holly with the wind, she remained resolute and didn't care if her skirt was fluttering around or not. She continued to focus on Kara intently to try and gauge what she was trying to do. Her Arcane Sight kicked in and she knew exactly what Kara was trying to do. She quickly dived to the right and out of the affected area to prevent herself from being flown around helplessly and forced to withdraw.

"Nice try!" Holly chuckled. "I know exactly what you're trying to do!"

"I think you'll find that it's you who's going to lose this fight!" Holly retorted as she raised Redemption into the air. The rapid pulsations of the blade were all blending into one so it seemed like the blade was permanently glowing brightly. "Sanctuary!"

A bright beam of white light shot out of the blade and towards the sky. Seconds later, the field was being assaulted at random intervals, centred on where Kara was, by blinding beams of white light. Around five beams all fell, covering nearly all forms of escape for Kara.

"Not, everything but it would have been nice" Kara tells her,

Kara could see that Holly had dived to the side to avoid being lifted off the ground. She watched as Holly's blade was rose into the air then a white beam shot out into the sky. Seconds later, five beams fell straight at her Kara looked around for a means to escape. But she was unable as they were all covering most of her means of escaping them.

"Asfal" is a defensive magic ability where the user uses wind magic to create a wall of wind. Kara called forth the very wind itself to start blowing even stronger around her body and in front of her. As the winds raged on the field of battle the first of the beams struck the wind barrier. Followed by a second one striking it as well. Kara fought to maintain the barrier just as the last three struck her head on front the sides and behind her. Kara cried out in pain and was flung backwards sliding of the wet grass until she came to a stop.

Kara lay upon the ground for a short time. Her battle outfit was cut and torn in places revealing parts of her breasts burn marks covered her arms and legs from where. The beams of light had struck her body slowly Kara caught to her feet.

"Is that the best you got you weak, whiny peeing bitch!" Kara taunted Holly.

Soon the rain began to fall upon the pair in a small drops that soon turned into medium sized after a few minutes.

"Shatter the Earth! Hear the roar of the Wind God that reduces everything to a cloud of dust! Pa'ir Al-Hazard" Kara summons a tremendous tornado that ensnares an opponent in its center and shatters the opponent with its extreme wind power.

Kara pointed her hands at Holly and cast her attack.

Three of the five beams hit Kara. This was a good outcome. Suddenly, Redemption appeared to go out of control for a moment and forcibly thrust itself into the ground. This sudden change took Holly by surprise as a beam of light burst out of the ground where Redemption struck. A small silhouetted figure began to materialize in front of Redemption before also being engulfed by the light of the beam. Words formed in the heads of all present.

"The contract has been finalised. I shall serve you now, Light of Dawn."

The explosion from the impact seemed to engulf Holly for a moment before another change came over her armour. It appeared mostly the same except for a few minor additions.

Floating just slightly above Holly's head was a silver tiara with a large sapphire in the centre of it. Her shoulderguards now had a small vertical halo a few centimetres behind them. These halos were embedded with Sapphires. Around 5 centimetres away from her cape was another large vertical Halo which extended just slightly shorter than the length of Holly's person. In the gap between the the Halo and the cape were a pair of pure white angel wings which seemed to be attached to Holly's body. Her gauntlets now had the same heart motif as her cape, with the sapphire in the centre of the gauntlets. Holly's belt now radiated an aura of magic but it's effect was stopped by the rules in action.

Redemption appeared to be affected by the biggest change. It was no longer a shortsword now. Instead, it was a quarterstaff. The base design and materials it was made from remained but it now appeared that the charm and the hilt of the old blade had fused together to create a large decoration at the top of the quarterstaff. The white love heart is now the centrepiece of the top with the pure white angel wings extending from it. The design appears to be for more than just aesthetic detail, though. When Holly took the quarterstaff in hand and turned it with her wrist so the tip was pointing downwards and the shaft was behind her back, the true purpose behind the decoration was made apparent. It's purpose was to be like a mock blade at the top of the quarterstaff so it could be used for both striking and slashing. In Holly's off hand appeared a large white shield. It was clearly made from the same material as the staff. Its shape resembled the running heart motif of her entire kit so it was a love heart shaped shield. The centre of the shield also had a sapphire embedded into it.

At Holly's feet was the small one foot tall silhouette. However, it had now taken physical shape. This small creature was a spitting image of most Valkyries in mythology. She had pure white back length hair and orange eyes. On her head she has a tiara which looks exactly like Holly's. She also has a pair of earrings which follow the same motif as Redemption. On her chest she's wearing a silver and gold bodysuit with detached sleeves. Her hands are covered by silver and gold gauntlets. Around her waist she has a silver and gold belt with an angel wing pattern extending from it and touching the floor behind her. This pattern serves as a kind of makeshift skirt. Her legs are covered, from the knee down, in silver and gold plated greaves ending in a pair of sabatons following the same style. She has a silver shortsword in her right hand and a gold heart-shaped shield in her left.

Due to the change, Holly was unable to react to the tornado, which was now near enough engulfing her. She raised her new shield to try and defend against the worst of it but that was probably not enough. The new chibi-Valkyrie quickly dived in front of Holly and raised her shield. A huge Golden half-sphere engulfed the pair and reduced most of the impact of the tornado but it still hit Holly. The chibi-Valkyrie appeared to not react at all. Once the shield was up, it dispelled the remainder of the tornado, leaving a heavily buffeted Holly half-standing-half-kneeling in her previous position. She began to push herself back to her feet with the aid of her new companion. It was clear that she was straining to get up but she didn't appear to be making any noise or rebuke to Kara's insult. This was strange compared to the running insult battle which was going alongside the combat.

Once Holly was back on her feet, she stared Kara down before placing her shield in front of her and dashing towards Kara, using her new wings, to perform a hovering shield bash attack.

On the sidelines, viewing the battle, Chanki came out just as Holly began to activate her awakening. He appeared to have a new wing-shaped marking on the underside of his neck.

"Interesting..." He quietly mumbled to himself.

Kara was now panting even more than before that last attack had drained her. Quite a bit of magical power she could feel the faint aches and pains starting to work their way across her body. She ignored it only to watch in confusion at first as she saw what Holly's blade do. She watched the blinding light appear then heard a voice inside of her head.

"She's finally done it" Kara thought.

She then watched as Holly went through a transformation her armor seemed to change as did. That of her own weapon which then became a quarterstaff she liked these new sets of clothing upon Holly. She was surprised see a companion appear around Holly and now knew things were about to get serious she was done playing her small childish games and decided to show Holly her own. Soon the wind began to blow much stronger than before.

"Wisdom sails with wind and time" Kara says.

The very wind started to blow stronger and stronger around Kara and soon she was engulfed by the wind. After a few seconds the wind started to clear and Kara had gone through her own change. Kara has a lean figure of exquisite beauty, a faerie vision of perfection of limb and carriage. Milky white skin, like polished alabaster. Kara's hair becomes black as a raven's feathers with a very slight white tone added and lengthens to her knees while her bangs and side parts before the ears also lengthen. In her hair is a 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. Her eyes glowed with a pale yellow light from within, and her pupils were tiny points of blackness in pools of luminescence. Two small earrings with small white sapphires are attached to her ears.

Kara is usually seen in a form consisting of a black bikini-esque outfit with parts of white. The bikini top is black and white in colour and covers her small breasts quite well. She wears a pair of black and white bikini panties that are made of silk. Around her neck is a small necklace made out of pure black onyx. Behind her back are a pair of four large black raven-like wings with small white feathers.

The armor on upon both of Kara's arms are much like the armor on her legs. The color is black and made up of ancient magic and obsidian and the armor covers all of her arms with ancient runes placed upon them. At the elbow joint there is a pair of spikes that stick out four inches. Her gauntlets are black and have a symbol of a raven on the back side of the hand and a dragon upon the inside of the palm the tip of each fingertip has been shaped into points so they can be used in melee combat. Between each knuckle of the gauntlet there are one inch spikes that have a slight tint of white in them. Her boots contain ancient runes and symbols to increase her speed and movement.

As Kara looked upon Holly she smiled for a moment then spoke to her.

"Show, me what you can truly do!" Kara told her.

She then flapped her own wings and took to the skies to avoid Holly's charge attack. She flew around a short while and landed. Back where she currently was but was hovering a foot off the ground. Then turned around to face Holly she then cast a spell on herself.

"Enlighten" Kara called out, this spell Increases her intelligence and wisdom.

She now decided to totally change tactics against Holly she took her blade from its sheath. Once more and point the tip towards Holly's right leg "Moon Fang" Kara calls out before she fires a concentrated energy blast from the tip of the blade in the shape of a crescent moon. Next she cast a second attack "Blade Wind" Kara calls out once more. Her sword glows white then shoots off wind in as sharp as blades to cut its enemy to shreds. She fired off five blades of wind towards her leg as well.

Kara activated her Awakening mode as well and began to fire off some spells at Holly, who was quickly recovering from her failed Shield bash. She managed to use the updraft created by her charge to perform a loop in the air and rotate herself so she was facing Kara again. Not wanting to take the full brunt of the various projectiles which were hurtling towards her, Holly curled herself up into a ball in midair and her wings began to expand before wrapping themselves around her until her whole body was engulfed in them. They then started to rapidly rotate clockwise before creating a shell around themselves. Once the missiles hit the wing-shield, they were reflected off in various directions. Once they'd all been reflected, the wings stopped spinning and opened themselves up to reveal a grinning Holly.

Holly extended her quarterstaff and pointed the tip towards Kara. The large halo behind Holly then moved around to the front of her and at the tip of the quarterstaff. Following their larger counterpart, the smaller halos behind her shoulderguards did the same but stopped inside the larger halo to create a mock Yin-Yang shape. The large halo then began to slowly rotate clockwise with the smaller ones inside doing the same so the shape remained. After a few moments, a symbol appeared at the very tip of the rotating halo. The symbol remained stationary at the peak. Seconds later, another matching symbol appeared at a 30 degree angle to the first, like the hands of a clock. After that one, a third appeared at a 30 degree angle to the second. This was definitely counting down something. With each symbol appearance, the rotating of the halo got slightly faster. The chibi-Valkyrie was standing guard over Holly for the whole time.

Chanki was watching Holly's latest companion intently, almost like he was trying to determine what she was and how she came into being.

Holly managed to evade her attacks which meant that Kara would have to try. Something totally different with her she wanted to admit that she was proud of Holly for doing so well. But she wasn't sure if Holly would respond to it as she remembered a moment ago Holly. Had not responded to her earlier insult maybe she had just chosen to ignore it or something.

"I'm proud of you" Kara admitted to Holly.

Deciding to give in and let her know she then gazed down at the small companion. Beside Holly and thought of something "if I may be so bold to ask but what is your name I'm Kara Ravenclaw?" Kara asked.

She then cast her gaze towards both Lilly and Haley who were down on the ground. "What do you two think of this fight?" she asked. Before a couple of other thoughts drifted into her mind about what had happened to her at the coliseum during Haley's battle.

"I wish to discuss this with you all once this battle is finished when Haley was fighting. And using her dark powers I felt stirring in my own dark powers where they wished to be used" Kara sent the girls.

Kara then returned her attention back to Holly only to see her point her quarterstaff at her. Followed the halos around her to move forward Kara knew what this meant Holly was about to cast, A large spell upon her how she wished she could just give in and use just one dark based attack. It'd be the perfect counter to whatever Holly was planning to cast. But knew that she was banned from casting anything. So instead Kara decided to try something else first she pulled her blade from its sheath once more then pointed it at Holly. Second she called upon the wind around Holly to start to blow faster and faster she wasn't using this as a means to blow Holly around again. She directed the wind currently blowing towards the quarterstaff in her hand sending the wind to try and blow it out of her hand.

She then pointed the blade at Holly Kara then cast her next spell where she starts, To condense stray magical energy in the area into a large sphere, and three small spheres. She pointed her blade at the largest sphere and smiled at Holly. Lastly Kara thought of something she had not done in a long while and smiled at the perverted thought.

At Kara's compliment to her power, Holly smiled a little in response.

Despite Kara's attempt to contact the Chibi-Valkyrie, it continued to stand guard and ignore her. Whether it did not understand the human language or just chose to remain silent was still a mystery.

"It's a little boring as it's not really going anywhere. Holly's little friend was possibly the only unexpected thing which happened." Haley answered.

"I think you should focus more on the fight at hand rather than the opinions of the spectators." Lilly replied.

Kara sent something to all the people present. Once the battle was over, then she'll see if it managed to reach all of them.

Kara attempted to take an action but Holly's powers cut off all relays between the muscles in her arms and the neurological messages being sent to them. Her body just wouldn't act as she wanted it to, leaving Holly free to take actions without rebuke.

Seeing as how the threat of an attack was neutralised for now, Holly put all her focus into charging up the halos with power, adding another three marks to the circle. It was now half complete and will soon be ready to fire.

Kara gave Holly her own smile in return and was abit disappointing that Holly's spirit ally. Didn't say anything back to her so Kara went on to ignore it for the time being. She even went with Lilly's advice and returned her attention to the battle. Kara had just nearly finished gathering energy for her own attack when her body suddenly refused to move anymore. Kara then seemed to fall from the sky and land upon the ground with a thud. Her attack she had been about to cast vanished altogether.

Kara wanted to scream out in rage but she was unable to even speak. The only good thing about this was where she landed Kara had the picture perfect view of Holly's panties. Of what she saw and all however as much as she liked the view on the inside Kara was raging she didn't want the battle to end like this she wanted to go out fighting.

"This isn't fair" Kara cried in her mind.

Even though she still was unable to move Kara kept trying but had no such luck.

"Damn it, Holly damn it to hell" Kara screamed in her mind.

As she lay there her thoughts seemed to drift to earlier before the battle. Where her eyes had seen all three girls nude and to make it even better both Lilly and Haley were still naked. This seemed like the best early birthday present Kara could ever ask for. Now if only one of the girl's would have an accident that'd make things even better.

Kara appeared to not even try to interrupt the effect of Holly's gaze ability. This lack of resistance made her believe that Kara was giving up.

As an action was yet to be taken by Kara, Holly put all her focus into charging the Halos again, adding another three symbols to the circle. Only three more remained before the spell was complete. Things were looking in her favour.

"Get up and fight!" Haley yelled at Kara. "Don't just lie there and wait for it to be over! You've got to strike while you can!"

Kara was still unable to move her body as she watched Holly. Further gathered power for her latest spell she didn't like the looks of it. She tried to move again and again but still was unable too so Kara gave up. Until she heard Haley's voice calling out she seemed to be yelling at her to move or at least get up.

"Alright, alright" Kara called out.

She started to try and move once again and soon found she was able to move her body. Slowing Kara got to her feet only to see her armour begin to rust. She looked upon it as she saw the cracks forming and it turning a dull reddish-brown color. Kara swore as her anger got the better of her she looked at Holly.

Kara thought quickly she had to find a way to distract Holly. So that she herself could cast her own attack she thought of one spell that might work on Holly and soon cast the spell.

"Confuse" Kara called out.

She then started to move her arms around which seemed to be moving at a much. Slower speed this wasn't working out for her she needed to regain her own advantage and cast a spell. That would end the fight if it truly worked.

"Aerial Burial" Kara yelled a technique created using Air Magic as a base. By manipulating the surrounding air currents in such a way with her magical power, she causes them to rotate at massive speeds.

Having the battle in her favour allowed Holly to be a little more aggressive while charging her ability. She sensed a spell effect being sent off from Kara towards her and attempted to negate the effect. She could have counterspelled it but that wouldn't have been as effective in this situation.

Kara also appeared to be pulling out all she had in light of the current situation. This action just made Holly more confident as she saw it as a sign of desperation. They had both agreed to go all out but this was just putting a whole new spin on the term. For now, Holly decided to only charge it by a little as she'd need the freedom to move and fight more than ever right now. The turbulence of the air currents made it harder to navigate for Holly.

Movement was even more tricky now that the air was spiralling at extremely high speeds. Holly nearly failed to maintain control over her own flight, meaning that she couldn't attempt to move to safety. She'd just have to take the brunt of the wind and hope for the best. Visibility was also taking a strike from the wind currents which made her next action harder to target.

She couldn't see where Kara was so she hoped to aim a little bit above her and around 10ft forward as she conjured a flame sphere.

Due to not being able to see where Kara was, Holly couldn't attempt her usual tactic. After all had been done, she'd only managed to add a single symbol to her charge, leaving two left before she could release the attack.

Kara's spell failed to have any effect on Holly what's so ever this made her angry. She still needed to find some sort of way to distract Holly so that her spell. Would have the effect she wanted it to have as this spell was rather tricky.

Kara seemed to lose track of Holly but she still knew where she was. As she was able to feel where Holly was by sensing her on the air currents, Which were blowing wildly around her this had no effect on Kara. She then felt as Holly was casting a spell she knew she had to dodge it but was unable to. The spell Kara was casting on Holly had a fatal flaw.

The winds around Holly were starting to create an extremely dense sphere of wind which blocks off any oxygen from the outside, and makes it very difficult to break from the inside. It should be noted however, it's impossible to keep this spell active for long periods of time, due to it being taxing on her reserves and she cannot move while using this spell.

Kara then felt the flame sphere strike her and she cried out in pain. As she felt the flame burn her skin she just hoped that she would have enough strength to finish, Her spell as she already felt her magical powers starting to leave her body. Plus she wasn't a fan of casting her current spell on Holly normally this was meant to kill a person but Kara was using as a way. So, that all Holly would do is black out for a little while once the fight was over she'd be back to her old self.

Going back on her perverted thought from before Kara sent a small blade of wind. At Holly's underwear hoping to cut through them much like she did when she first met the twins.

The circulating air around Holly was becoming more and more dense. She could feel herself becoming short of breath. Hoping to try and hold on for just a little longer to allow her spell to take effect, Holly started to work on limiting her own oxygen intake and keeping herself from suffocating.

Holly managed to keep herself from losing too much oxygen as she tried to spot Kara again.

Again, the whipping and churning of the winds prevented her from tracking Kara, so, as she noticed that her last spell had made contact, Holly aimed a little to the right, around five feet or where her last spell had hit, and put the remainder of her power into charging up the halos before firing them off. She believed that the cone and cylinder of the power would at least scathe Kara a little, if not hit her head on. Before firing, she had to make sure she could remain aloft otherwise her attack would definitely miss.

Despite the howling and whooshing of the maelstrom winds, Holly felt like she was flying on the calmest breeze ever. She didn't even notice the speed of the wind against her flight. She felt like she knew, for sure, that her attack would hit home.

After all the symbols lit up, the battlefield fell silent for a moment. The halos aligned in the Yin/Yang shape they started at. The silence of the battlefield remained until it was suddenly broken by the eruption of a cacophony of laser-like sounds as an enormous beam of sapphire and white light burst forth from the halos in front of Holly. They began spinning again and the cylindrical light began to split into the two separate colours before making a double-helix like shape. It was easily ten feet in diameter. It burst through the tumultuous winds, momentarily dazzling all the spectators, and brought back a brief beam of sunlight from outside. The beam stayed constant for around three seconds before slowly shrinking in size and trickling out, like the last rays of an evening sunset.

Due to the sheer force and power which the beam demanded, Holly began to falter and fall slightly before regaining her flight. It took a whole lot out of her so she hoped that the battle was over as she knew she probably couldn't take a single hit right now. The halos returned to their original places before her outfit returned to its previous appearance and she began to slowly float back down to the ground.

The sphere of air that was keeping Holly caged seemed to slowly begin to fail. As small gaps began to appear at random spots meaning that openings were appearing and Holly. Would be able to escape Kara cursed at this as she was feeling the effects of her own powers. That were rapidly draining away themselves soon Holly would be free and able to attack her. Which meant that Kara would be wide open to attack even the winds were starting to lose their strength. Kara could still feel the rapid increase in growing power that was in the air above her.

As she looked up into the air she only stared in wonder as giant beam. Shot down from the sky it tore through the winds coming right at her. Kara was scared she didn't have the power to block against this which meant there was only two ways left. And she wasn't going to do one of those so she'd have to dodge it but could she.

Kara tried to run and dodge the incoming beam of energy she only got a few feet away. Before the beam slammed into the area where Kara was located. She screamed out in pain her scream was so awful to hear it was filled with such pain and suffering that the other girl's present wondered if was even human. The scream was the one and sound of when Kara saw the body of her dead Mother. She felt her skin start to blacken and burn Kara started crying at the pain. Fresh tears fell from her cheeks yet she still screamed. She didn't want to say that she would quiet she could endure this pain she just needed to get through this attack.

However as Kara cried and screamed in pain she finally managed to avoid. The worst of the beam and fell to her side. The entire right side of her armour had been completely destroyed her beautiful skin was blackened with blood and burns and her right arm and leg. Were covered in blackness she fell on her right knee and screamed in sheer pain. The look on her face was one of pain and sheer anger she wanted nothing more than to give into the darkness and break the rule she had promised not to use. But she felt herself starting to slip just a simple taste of that power would help turn the tide in this fight. But Kara was still powerless and couldn't use any of her powers at all.

However the look on her face seemed to fade as she watched as Holly. Floated down to the ground she still wouldn't give up this fight even though she was no longer able to move. The right side of her body all that much due to the pain and the burns on her skin. Her clothes vanished and returned to its previous appearance.

"You, surprise me I was nearly done there but it seems like we are both no longer. In shape to keep up with this battle what do you say in calling it a tie?" Kara asked.

After the carnage of Ragnarok, Kara decided to call it tie. Holly wasn't pleased with this outcome but, after weighing up her current fighting condition against a prolonged fight, all she could see was her losing. Better to tie than to lose so, with slight hesitation, Holly raised her right hand in a sign of surrender and her clothes returned to what they were, which was a sleeveless grey formal dress with a white blouse on under it.

After the conclusion was decided, Haley and Lilly came over from their spectator seats. Strangely, Chanki still remained around Lilly's neck.

"I accept that this battle ended in a draw." Lilly announced before signalling the end of the fight. "It was pretty close to start with before Kara gained the advantage by creating her typhoon weather."

"You were awesome, Sis!" Haley joyfully congratulated Holly, who was just starting to push herself up from the ground. "I didn't know you had it in you to pull off a laser beam blast like that."

"That was pretty surprising, but I'm more concerned about that little rodent-like thing by her feet." Chaki cut in as he indicated the Chibi Valkyrie with a point of his nose.

The Valkyrie didn't appear to be too keen on Chanki. She raised her sword and pointed it towards him with a distasteful look on her face.

"Actually, I was about to get to that." Lilly agreed. "Anyway, let's get back inside where we can talk about this more privately."

Kara's own clothes return to what they had been before the fight. She was just glad that the fight was finally over as her entire body ached all over. As she saw the others come over she said nothing for a short while finally noticing that Chanki was around Lilly's neck. "I didn't really want to cast that spell but I was desperate" Kara told the others. She then looked over at Holly and did something which seemed kind. She gave Holly a small hug then let her go before going back to where she was.

"I'm very proud of you, you amazed me in this battle today" Kara said.

She started towards the main house then stumbled a little before regaining her footing. She looked back at Lilly and Haley. "Did you guys ever come up with an answer to my earlier question about how I was affected a little by Haley's dark powers in her last battle?" Kara asked.

The trio soon made its way inside the house.

Due to her current condition, Holly couldn't do much to avoid being set upon by Kara. Despite what had happened, she decided to let Kara have her way for a moment and gave into the hug. She placed her head on Kara's shoulder during the hug as a sign of appreciation.

The group headed back inside. Haley was a little put off by Holly's silence since her transformation to Awakened mode but decided to wait for an appropriate time to press the matter.

"Still working on that one. I'm not sure what to think about it." Lilly answered Kara.

"Maybe you just wanted to join the fight so badly that your powers wanted it too?" Haley suggested.

Chanki appeared to show some interest in the conversation but kept it well hidden.

Once inside, the discussion began. Questions were asked but Holly had no response. Eventually, she gave in and decided to fall on her backup plan. She didn't want them to worry about her. She began to make a few gestures with her hands but Lilly was oblivious to what they meant. Haley, on the other hand, gasped in shock.

"What?! How?!" Haley asked, worried for Holly's health. Holly gestured back.

"What's wrong?" Lilly questioned, still in the dark about everything.

"It would appear that our little friend here has lost her ability to speak." Chanki cut in. "It happened around the time she triggered that change and her little friend appeared."

At this revelation, all eyes fell on the Valkyrie by Holly's feet. The Valkyrie ignored all but Chanki, and stared back at him.

Holly tapped her foot twice to get attention back on her before signing something else to Haley.

"Something to write with? Sorry, but I've got nothing." Haley replied before checking her pockets once more. "Wait, will this do?" She asked as she pulled a small white piece of chalk. Holly smiled in thanks and took the offered chalk before heading back outside again to the garden. The group followed. Holly stopped on a large piece of pathway and began writing something with the chalk. It was a little hard to read due to the nature of chalk but it was still legible.

'Don't blame Remi. It's not her fault I've lost my voice.' The writing read. Haley and Lilly took 'Remi' to be the name of the Valkyrie. Holly wrote some more. 'I think I'm just a little tired. It'll come back soon.'

During the hug that Kara had with Holly she felt her place her head. Against her shoulder this made Kara feel warm inside and she wanted to keep the hug lasting longer. But due to the tension between the pair Kara was the one who had pulled back first she looked at Holly, Then seemed to quickly look away.

Her earlier question two both girls had finally been answered. Lilly was unsure on what to make of it and Haley thought Kara had wanted to join in. Kara thought over what had been said and silence hung over the pair for a while.

"It could be but I'm not really sure of what to make of it unless it were to happen again. If I were to see Haley fight a battle maybe then I might get a better understanding." Kara pointed out,

Kara had then asked a question to Holly yet for some reason it went unanswered, The same could be said for both Lilly and Haley's question's to Holly as well. She wasn't sure just what was going on but it seemed Haley was the one to pick up on things. Holly seemed to have lost her voice for some strange reason.

"Yet it didn't happen too me was does this mean?" Kara asked.

She started to feel down as she began to think that somehow this was part her fault.

Kara didn't say anything for a time she looked at Holly. "Maybe that's for the best maybe some rest will help" Kara says. She seemed to begin to back away from the group as a means of wanting to be alone.

Much was left to debate when the revelation of why Holly was silent came into question. Chanki seemed to accuse Remi, the small Valkyrie who was still in a defensive position near Holly, but Holly said that Remi wasn't to blame at all.

"I think the rodent has pulled some trick in exchange for her appearance and the girl's boost in power." Chanki answered in response to Kara.

"But Holly says that she's not to blame." Haley countered. "Are you saying she's lying?!"

"The girl may be the embodiment of truth but, sometimes, even the absolute truth can be bent by perception."

"This is getting us nowhere!" Lilly cut in. "We'll have to ask her for her own version of this problem."

Lilly and Haley were clearly worried for Holly's health. She fell ill quite often but never was it this bad. Had she, perhaps, been pushing herself too far lately and this was the cost? Holly didn't want all the in-fighting between anyone at the moment. She trusted Remi's voice, which was still present in her mind, and believed that she was not at fault. Remi, clearly put off by Chanki's arrogance and blame-placing, just wanted to run him through with her sword but Holly had forbidden that. Instead, she stayed on guard until the argument escalated when Kara retreated. She'd taken a vow of silence when she agreed to help Holly but it seemed like she'd have to break this vow, much to her own displeasure. Vow breaking to a knight is nothing more than going back on all they stand for but this was for the well-being of her mistress. A small pillar of light cloaked Remi before it began to steadily grow. A few moments later, a voice echoed throughout the patio space.

"That is enough! Cease this conflict!" The voice demanded. It sounded like a child had just entered the area and demanded attention but it also carried the wisdom which could only be achieved through age.

At the sound of the new vocals in the area, all their attention was turned to the light pillar which slowly dissipated to reveal a slightly bigger, yet still rather small, girl wearing Valkyrie armour. The voice clearly originated from this newest addition.

"So, the rodent has a voice after all." Chanki taunted the girl. "Come to plead innocent? No one will believe you."

"Silence, demon! You have no right to taint the title of Valkyrie in that manner!" The girl shot back.

"I may do as I please, child!"

Chanki was cloaked in a red mist which slowly originated from the markings on his body, which had just begun to glow.

"You are willing to use something like that with your own mistress right next to you? Some guardian you are!" Remi retorted.

Realising that it was probably not the best course of action at this present moment in time, Chanki began to reign in his power and the mist dissipated along with the markings returning to their normal dormant state.

"I will deal with you later." Chanki quietly threatened.

Kara only half heard what Chanki had to say on the outside she was still moving away. From the group of girls and creatures while on the inside she was blaming herself. For what had happened to Holly as she was the one who had agreed to fight her. In the first place and this was just another thing she had done wrong as of late. Soon Kara arrived at the door to the room and watched for now as things happened.

Everyone appeared to be arguing amongst themselves and with her own silence. Kara wasn't helping matters either she then turned away from the group and reached out and placed, A hand upon the door knob as a means of turning it. But something was holding her back and she wasn't sure of what it was giving in. She turned away from the door and walked over and sat down not paying attention as Remi finally spoke up for the first time.

As she sat down upon the couch she just sat in silence and still didn't pay attention. Until Chanki cloaked himself in a red mist she wasn't sure what was about to happen.

"Why did this half to happen why couldn't she just be normal again" Kara said quietly to herself. None of the others were able to hear her.

She looked at the group again Chanki had made the mist around him vanish. Yet there was still tension in the air she finally turned her gaze to Remi and spoke up. For the first time since she had sat down she thought of something to say.

"Is there anything I can to help I do feel that it's partly my fault that Holly is like this. Since I did agree to battle her this morning?" Kara asked.

Once the argument between guardians had defused, Kara finally rejoined the conversation.

"You are not to blame, either." Remi confirmed to Kara. "It was also my Mistress's decision to participate in that bout. I am afraid that, even with the level of power you possess, you will not be able to help that much."

Haley didn't like the tone of Remi, or the fact that she claimed there was nothing which anyone could do to help Holly.

"So, are you saying that we just have to sit here and wait for something to happen?!" Haley accusingly asked Remi, who merely kept her cool composure with her reply.

"Regrettably, no one present can help cure my Mistress. I can sense that this is no ordinary affliction which plagues her. It is of magic origin but I cannot place where it came from or who placed this seal on her." Remi answered. She held her gaze on Haley, who looked a little confused at the terms Remi was using. For a moment, Remi briefly gazed back at Holly and nodded her head to her before turning back to Haley and putting it in more understandable terms, according to Holly. "You may say that a 'Silence' spell has been placed on her." Haley seemed to understand now.

"In short, somebody's cursed my sister." Lilly condensed the conversation.

"That 'somebody' being the one who says that nothing can be done about it." Chanki interrupted. Remi stared Chanki down before turning away from him.

While the mystery behind Holly's lost voice still had yet to be solved, Lilly trusted Remi's judgement and proposed that they let it work itself out while they formulate a plan to counter it.

"For now, all we can do is keep close watch over Holly and her latest friend. Hopefully, by studying the effects and checking if there are any other signs of the Curse's origin, we'll be able to work something out." Lilly suggested. "Any objections?"

Kara slowly looked around at all the girls. Then her gaze shifted over to Remi who began to speak to her.

"That's too bad" Kara finally said after some silence passed between everyone.

So, she zoned out once again when Haley started to argue but then things were. Pointed out and made easier to understand but Kara had gotten up and right after Chanki had finished speaking. Kara was already at the door and left the room leaving the others alone.

Even though she wasn't to blame Kara still blamed herself. She just needed some alone time to further think about things and help in clearing her head. She walked slowly to her room and opened the door then closed it behind her before taking a seat on her bed.

"Why, does this keep happening to me I couldn't help Haley when, She needed it and now I can't help Holly what next is something going to happen to Lilly and again I won't be able to do anything?" Kara asked herself.

"No complaints here. I'll report all I notice." Haley responded to the suggestion.

"It is my duty to stay by my Mistress's side." Remi stated. "If I leave her I will be breaking my oath."

Once the group all seemed in agreement and were about to head back indoors, Holly stopped in her tracks for a moment and looked at the roof of the mansion near the balconies.

"A concealment and a teleport spell?!" Remi suddenly exclaimed. "Everyone, prepare for a confrontation!"

After rallying the members present, Remi drew her Sword and placed herself between Holly and the space in question.

"Six total intruders, one bears a strong magical signature." Remi added on.

Once everyone was prepared for a confrontation and guarding the two most prone members, nothing seemed to come as of yet.

Five minutes prior to the intrusion of Sera Manor...

In a very familiar office room, Charon was seated at the main table opposite to a large elaborate white leather chair.

"How goes your network, Niece?" Charon asked his current meeting partner.

"There were a few compromises along the channels but they're all sorted out now. Someone tipped them off with a little 'incentive' better than mine, for some reason." Charon's niece replied. her voice carried the high pitch of youth but it was clear that it was developing into a more mature sounding tone.

"With minimal bloodshed, I presume?"

The girl seated opposite Charon sighed a little.

"Of course, Uncle, I'm not a barbarian. However, they won't be betraying me again. I've dissolved the channel they were on and made an example of them to the rest of my network. Morale has probably never been higher." She added with a giggle.

"How you deal with your subordinates aside, the reason I called you here is because I am in need of your 'talents'."

"Who's on the hit-list this time?"

Charon's niece moved in her seat a little and leaned on the arm of the large leather chair. From this angle, only her right arm and the back of her head were visible. Her skin was slightly tanned, like she'd been away in a sunny location for a reasonable while. Her pale brown hair bared some electric blue streaks leading off into a pair of neatly tied short twintails on the sides of her head.

"It's more of a collective this time." Charon continued. "I want you to use your network to gather some information for me on these individuals."

Charon placed a few cards on the table between his niece and himself. The girl leaned forward a little and analysed the displayed cards.

"Just a few kids?! You're seriously abusing my services this time!" She angrily complained.

"I'm lead to believe that they'll soon be more than 'just a few kids'. One has already showed signs of becoming more powerful."

The girl grumbled a little before giving in to the argument.

"I think I've seen these somewhere before. I've a feeling I know there location as well. Can I scout them out myself?"

"Do what you believe needs to be done. Just don't cause them harm or give yourself away too much."

The girl just giggled and collected the cards spread on the table.

"I'll be back before you know it." She happily answered as she got up from the chair. A moment later she was engulfed in a column of blue light for a second before disappearing out of the office.

"I have a feeling she'll make this more complicated than it needs to be. Isn't that right, Kiki?" Charon sighed with a shake of his head before returning to his work.

At the time of Sera Manor Invasion...

Kiki teleported to the roof of the Sera Manor and quickly cloaked herself. She could see her targets in the courtyard beneath her.

"One's missing and we've a new addition? Why didn't Uncle tell me of this?" Kiki mumbled. "No matter, two of the core targets are down there."

A second after Kiki's arrival, five more units teleported in and dotted themselves in advantageous locations around the Sera Manor.

"There's my backup if I need it."

Wanting to find the last important unit which she was hunting, Kiki closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Using the crystals she'd set around her network routes, she managed to pinpoint the energy signature she was looking for. The sickly black line extended into the Mansion and headed towards a particular room. There was a faint trace of green in the line but it was drowning in the black.

"Found you." Kiki giggled as she disappeared from her current location.

Kiki arrived in the room she was searching for, still hidden from sight. The oily black line converged into a girl seated on a bed. Knowing her target was in sight, Kiki dropped her stealth by flexing her left ring finger. Once the ward faded, a small topaz ring appeared on the finger.

"Kara Ravenclaw. Ex-heir to the Ravenclaw estates. Disowned by her own father for neglecting the taint in her soul and consorting with the Sera family." Kiki listed as she slowly walked closer to Kara. "You're a useless weakling who can't even fight your own battles. No wonder he disowned you."

Once the stealth had fully dissipated, Kiki was standing in front of Kara.

She was around fourteen years of age but still far from blooming out where it should be obvious. She was around 5ft tall and had a nice slender build but curved slightly at the hips and waist. From just her outward appearance, she'd look no older than a pre-teen. She was wearing an unzipped pink short-sleeved jacket over a orange shirt with a flowing Japanese script on in the traditional writing style. The script read "裁判官、陪審員、死刑執行", which roughly translated as "Judge, Jury, Executioner". On her legs she was wearing a pair of orange spats which hugged her upper thighs, groin and rear tightly but not enough to be too suggestive. On her feet she had a pair of pink running shoes paired with sky blue frilled socks.

Over her eyes she was wearing a pair of pink rimmed glasses. However, they did not look like prescription glasses. They had a faint aura of power emanating from them. She was also wearing a pair of turquoise stud earrings on her ears which also thrummed with power. On both hands, she had an array of rings dotted around her index, her ring and her little fingers. There were around six rings in total, each with a different gemstone in.

"So, any reason you're moping in your room? Oh, I know. You, yet again, failed to protect someone close to you and are brooding over it. Am I right?" Kiki finished with a mocking giggle.

Kara was still lost in thought over what had been happening to her as of late. She disliked that she couldn't protect the ones she cared out. As it was eating her up on the inside as she felt sorry for herself when she could protect Haley. Then when Holly lost her voice from their last battle this hurt her even more. She had vowed to protect Holly from any sort of harm but she had failed in that regard. That only left Lilly who at the moment nothing had happened to yet but who knew what the future held.

Kara was unaware of the magical signals that were appearing around manor. She then heard a voice speaking out to her from somewhere. Within her room this seemed to draw her attention as she listened to the voice speak they seemed to know a lot about her. From her father disowning her, to the darkness within her heart to even staying with Lilly and the twins.

"Who, are you show yourself?" Kara snapped in anger.

But the voice then hit a nerve by calling her a weakling this seemed to hit home. A faint trace of dark power was beginning to build within Kara. "Weak, weak how dare you call me weak!: Kara screamed as this wasn't really the time or place to be saying that sort of thing to her. With her current state of mind Kara's anger was beginning to build and the darkness within her was starting to grow. At the moment it was kept in check but Lilly and the others would most likely notice the change that was coming over Kara. Plus what sort of effect would this have on Haley as she was the one Kara seemed closest to when it came to the taint of darkness. Haley's image flashed in Kara's mind for a brief moment as she tried to lessen the anger building within her.

it was right then when a young girl appeared before Kara from out of the shadows. Kara had never seen this girl before but at getting a closer look at her. Kara could feel a strange power coming off of the girl and yet something else she couldn't put her finger on.

"What does it matter to you what I do?" Kara asked in such a way that there was the faint taint. Of darkness within her voice meaning she didn't want to be messed with right now. Yet when Kiki mentioned that Kara had failed to protect someone she couldn't help but think of Holly. This made her even madder as the darkness within her was growing. But from the way Kiki was giggling at her in such a mocking way Kara lost it.

"How dare you, how dare you MOCK ME!: Kara screamed dark black energy started to build up. And swirl around Kara's form as she sher features started to change in front of Kiki. Her skin became milky white, like polished alabaster. Kara's hair becomes black as a raven's feathers with a very slight white tone added and lengthens to her knees while her bangs and side parts before the ears also lengthen. In her hair is a jewelled crown or circlet, its rubies seeming to twinkle beneath the dark tresses like hungry eyes. Her 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. Her eyes glow with a pale yellow light from within, and her pupils were tiny points of blackness in pools of luminescence. Two small earrings with small white sapphires are attached to her ears.

Kara was beginning to take on the features of her awakening form. Yet she had not fully changed into it as of yet. Cracks started to form on the glass of the windows of her room. As Kara was fighting to either give into her rage at Kiki or holding herself back.

Kiki just watched Kara go off on one regarding the taunts and jibes. Her info seemed to add up completely.

"Not only are you short in life importance, you're also short in temper." Kiki continued to taunt Kara. "Anyway, I'll be in the courtyard seeing my other targets. Catch me if you can! Ciao!"

Kiki smiled to Kara as she disappeared in a column of blue light.

In the courtyard...

The girls left outside were still on high alert. If Remi's senses were like Holly's when it comes to energy signatures then there were about to come across a formidable target. A sudden surge of power came from within the Manor. It fitted Kara's energy signature perfectly.

"A decoy?!" Lilly gasped in surprise as she began to retreat into the Manor before she heard Haley shout at her to stop. They were ambushed so she couldn't risk anything. Lilly quickly turned to see five red dots trailed on the non-moving group members. "Laser sights?! SNIPERS!"

"Right on the buzzer you are." An unfamiliar voice chimed in. "Five of them. One for each person present, when she comes out of hiding, that is."

"Show yourself!" Lilly ordered the condescending voice. A second later, Kiki was standing in between Lilly and the others.

"Happy now?" Kiki asked.

"Explain yourself!"

"I'm nothing more than a Judge sent to sentence the damned to the hell they deserve."

Kiki seemed to taunt Kara once more and she was just about to lash out. At her when she suddenly left the room leaving Kara alone. Not wanting her prey to escape her Kara vanished in a form of black light. Kara appeared in the middle of the courtyard she looked around for where Kiki might be hiding.

"Show yourself!: Kara screamed.

More of the dark power was gathering within Kara. She still looked the same and had not given into her awakening mode yet. But the darkness within her was building stronger I the second as her anger grew. Black evil energy was swirling around Kara's body when she seemed to catch sight of the other's however Kara looked over at spotted Haley first. She seemed to be okay but Kara didn't know with how she was now on how it would effect Haley.

"Get her out of here" Kara called out to Lilly when she finally seemed to regain just a tiny bit of control over herself.

She then heard Kiki's voice and she appeared once more. Kara catching sight of her almost seemed to lose it once more.

"There you are" Kara yelled.

More of darkness within her seemed to be floating to the surface as she screamed out in rage.

Now that all the pieces had gathered, Kiki was ready to start her fun. Kara was quickly losing hold of herself so she'd have to be quick.

"I wouldn't advise you to try to strike me." Kiki warned Kara as all five laser sights pointed at her. "Move from where you are without my permission and you'll be nothing more than Swiss cheese.

Now that she had an audience, Kiki was ready to perform.

"A certain influential person has requested that I gather some information on you. So far I know: You have a Demon Prince with you," Kiki pointed to Chanki. "though he doesn't look much at the moment. A spirit guardian," she pointed to Remi. "Two tainted demons who need to be exorcised," she pointed at both Kara and Haley, "though one looks left for dead at the moment. A vile half breed," She pointed to Lilly, "And a sweet innocent mute who's also tainted." She finally pointed to Holly. "As I am the Judge, Jury and Executioner, it's my role to purge the taint from this world. However, I'll let you swim for a bit."

Kiki took in all the expressions of anger and surprise from the gathered crowd, loving every second of it.

"I'm not one to dispense punishment so readily. I propose a chance for you to redeem yourselves, A debate headed by yours truly for the side of justice, and that seething mass of putrid energy over there." She indicated Kara. "for the side of 'Innocence'. I'll explain the rules here to save some time later."

"We start with a court of 100 empowered individuals like ourselves as the Jury. To win favour, we each pitch a reason why we want our side to win and counter the opponent's argument. You're all familiar with debates, aren't you? It's, in simple terms which you morons will understand, a debate. We try to convince the Jury to side with our argument. The first person to have all people on their side wins, alternatively, the first person to not be able to provide a counter within two minutes, loses. After the debate, we'll have a game. Normally, I'll let the winner decide the game but, as I'll be the winner, I'll let the loser decide this time because I'm that kind. The game can be anything at all but it must follow this simple rule: We cannot cause lasting harm to the opponent. However, if the debate ends in a stalemate and the Jury is undecided, we'll go for a battle of Champions. In this situation, killing can and normally does happen. Each side picks someone to represent them before the Jury in case something like this happens. Normally, you can't select yourself as the Champion but I'll allow you to do that this time," Kiki turned and pointed to Kara. "Kara. You'll be my opponent in the Debate. If you back out, I automatically win. If you can't choose a champion, I automatically win. Capisce?"

Kara was still battling with herself as she wanted nothing more than to fully. Give into the darkness and go rushing at Kiki with all that she had. But just as she was about to Kara was warned against using any sort of action would result. In the others being attacked this seemed to make Kara regain her balance but only for a moment.

"Leave them out of this!" Kara yelled at her.

Kiki then began to speak about the others and Kara listened she started to feel. Herself slipping again and looked over at Haley. Kara wondered just how Haley was feeling and a tear slid down her eye she was breaking yet another promise.

Kara again wanted to go off on Kiki but said nothing. Before she went on to explain herself further but then Kara made a request. "Please let Haley leave this place?" Kara asked. Before Kiki further explained herself and her actions.

It seemed that Kiki wanted to do some sort of debate. When Kara was called a putrid mass she screamed in rage. She hated this and the darkness grew stronger within her. Kara listened to what what was being said about the debate and how they had to argue back and forth to see who can be on the other's side. Whoever wins was to be able to pick some form of game that they could play which seemed to be in the form of a battle. This didn't sit well with Kara as she had just had one with Holly not more the 10 minutes ago. She was in no condition to fight someone else since she still couldn't use her magic.

"Fine I agree to be your opponent but if you hurt anyone of them you will pay dearly" Kara threatened Kiki. As she then thought over who she wanted her champion to be. Part of her wanted it to be Holly but she couldn't bring herself to put Holly in danger so called decided to pick Haley.

"I pick Haley to be my champion"

"You'll make a cripple fight for you?! You really are something else!" Kiki chuckled. "I knew that I was right when I said you couldn't fight your own battles. All this disgusting power and you're too chicken to use it."

"Think logically, Haley can't fight in her condition and Holly and yourself are too weak from your current battle. I'm the only one healthy enough to fight." Lilly cut in. "Send me in as your champion! After all, the champion fight only happens if the court stalemates."

"The half-breed's right." Kiki agreed. "She's the only one healthy enough to fight. However, if you do eventually gather the courage to send yourself forward to fight for your right to be an outcast, I can wait that long. We don't have to start it now you know. I can send us to the place and you can think of an argument to use for the time it takes you to recover."

Remi sensed an effect go off which originated from Kiki. The area of effect of the effect was the whole group and the actual effect was...

"Dammit!" Remi quietly cursed to herself. "She's trapped us." Holly turned towards Remi and nodded in agreement. She's influenced them...

"Time's a ticking!" Kiki giggled. "Last chance to choose a Champion. Will it be the half-breed? Or do we wait and you fight your own battles for once?"

Again Kiki taunted Kara and she screamed out in a rage. Took a step forward towards Kiki she was beginning to shake she didn't know how much longer. She could hold onto her current mindset she looked over at Lilly when she spoke to her. While Lilly was indeed right about Haley not being able to fight Kara had forgotten that as she was far too angry right now and it was messing with her mind set. Kara looked at her she didn't know what to do while Lilly was the only one who could fight Kara for a brief moment was reminded of her past failures she thought about what she had said to herself about something happening to Lilly. If that happened then she would have failed all three of them and she didn't want that.

"I choose myself" Kara told her.

She knew that Lilly would be mad at her for her choice on picking herself. "I know you don't like this choice Lilly but you don't know how I'm currently feeling. I've seen things happen to both you and your sisters and I was never able to do anything to help. I want to do this on my own with my own power" Kara told her.

After the intentional probing, Kiki got the result she wanted. It was all going to plan, so far.

"So you've got some backbone after all. That's cute. Don't want your girlfriends getting hurt?" Kiki mocked. "Now that the preliminaries are done, let's get on with our little game, shall we? It's been roughly 15 minutes since your fight so, by my calculations, it'll be another 15 minutes until you can fight again. Just enough time to debate."

"If that's your choice then I can't argue." Lilly begrudgingly agreed. "Teach her smart-mouth a lesson, will you?"

"On with the show!" Kiki declared as she raised her right hand index finger into the air. A symbol similar to a magical circle appeared beneath the group and all people present, including Chanki and Remi, were transported to what could only be likened to a court room.

There was a large rectangular seating arrangement beneath two raised balconies. Roughly 100 people were seated in the centre of the rectangle. Kara and her group were transported to the left hand balcony, which was just like a box seat in a theatre or Opera House. A slightly raised pedestal was just before the edge of the balcony, which overlooked the central rectangle. This must be where the debater stands. A slightly smaller pedestal was to its immediate right. The section for the champion, maybe? On the opposing side of the courtroom, Kiki confidently stood in the debater's section. Despite her being so far away, the reverberation of the courtroom made it sound like she was right next to the others when she spoke.

"Okay, when you're ready, you may cast the first argument. Please, make it worthwhile." Kiki informed Kara. "The topic is: Should I give you girls a stay of execution or not and why?"

"Is all you're good at is taunting people you coward!" Kara snapped.

She turned away from Kiki and looked over at Lilly.

"I'll try but if something happens to me promise you will protect them" Kara told Lilly. Before the show was to begin soon Kara found herself inside of a large theatre. With about 100 people seated around the room she say as the pedestal's were formed and walked over to the one nearest to her she stood there not really knowing what to say to everyone. She tried to think of something to say that could turn the outcome into her favor.

"No you shouldn't just because some of us are tainted or have done terrible things in the past. Doesn't mean we should die I myself have committed terrible crimes I've killed innocent people, have tried to harm those I care about. But also people can change for the better if given the chance before I met these girl's I was alone all I had in my life was anger and darkness. I listened to everything my father wanted me to do. But once I met Lilly and the other's I started to chance sure I was still trying to harm them at the time. But over time I was given a chance to change for the better I vowed to a person named Charon. That I would protect Holly over here with my life" Kara said to the gathered crowd.

There was silence before she spoke up again.

"if someone is to die than it should be me these three girls have done nothing wrong. They are innocent so please spare them" Kara said.

There was a murmur in the court. Five people moved over to Kara's side but ten moved to Kiki's.

"So, basically, you're a danger to yourself and everyone around you. Consider the following: You killed tons of people because you threw a little temper tantrum when your mother died. That's what the vile taint in you does. People can't change what they're born to be. I, myself, am born to be an angel of justice to dispense punishment on you hellish monstrosities. Take exhibit B, for example, that little cripple behind you. She's gone over to hell's doorstep and just look what became of her. She's a broken down waste of a life. The girl who's leering at me behind you and to the left, Lilly, she's also got darkness inside of her and she's ruthlessly slaughtered all who stood before her for great power. She's even made a pact with a Demon Prince just to gain enough power to save the devilish children in her family. You're all heretics who deserve nothing more than death."

The court perked up again and ten more people moved to Kiki's side. However, due to how Kiki belittled Haley, she lost five supporters out of sympathy. Their reason: "She's just a kid, you can't blame her and belittle her like that. It's not her fault!"

Kara watched as some people moved to her side of the room. While others moved to Kiki's which had more people than Kara's side. She then listened to what Kiki had to say about herself and about Haley she was not liking the way she was speaking about her friend.

"Tell, me something if you had lost your mother what would you have done? The only reason I am tainted as you say is because my father. Always kept pushing me and pushing me he wanted me to become cold as ice. I remember that my father would always beat me down both physically and emotionally. Everyday he would do that to me and soon I became what he wanted. I didn't have a choice in the matter" Kara told her.

Kiki then began to put down Haley in front of her. This made Kara madder as she listened to the belittling she felt herself start to slip again but regained control.

"Haley is only currently like this because she was pushed into a fight. Because he was accusing Haley and Lilly for things they didn't do cuz they can use dark powers. But she's not a waste of life Haley is a fun and cute girl, she makes me laugh, she has happened me through tough times. It was her who was the first person who learned about my fear of blood when I was. Having a panic attack during our mock battle I like Haley from the bottom of my heart. Why because she reminds me so much of me I've wished at times that Haley was my little sister. If you were to spend even one hour with her you'd come to learn that she isn't a waste of life" Kara tells the crowd.

She turned to face Haley.

"I love you" Kara says.

She looked back at Kiki as she spoke about Lilly this time she thought of what over to say for Lilly.

"She only made a pact with the Demon Prince because she wanted to bring her sisters. Back to life they mean the world to her I bet you would have done the same thing if you were. I remember reading a little saying she wrote in a room that I'd rather not visit again. 'Die, bastard ferret, let my sisters live in peace, stop making me your tool of death!, burn in the hells you come from, leave me in peace die, die, die' Lilly only did that to protect them. And you want to know the price she paid just to bring them back?" Kara says.

She closed her eyes and remembered what Haly had told her "Lilly forgive me" Kara thought.

"You know how Lilly said the price he took from her to revive us was her ability to procreate. He shrunk himself down and crawled up her flower to her o...ovar...ovaries? Yeah, them. He crawled up her passage to her ovaries and scratched them to shreds. She can't have children now. The blood all over the place is the testament to his actions. Think about it, a six year old girl having a demon ferret crawl up her kitty cat and shred her thingies. Pretty bad, right? That's not the end of it all, though. The date on the picture, the 29th of July, was the day he did this to her. We died a week before then. That is nearly three weeks before her seventh birthday. Pretty neat birthday present, right?"

"Do you honestly think that was truly fair for Lilly to have gone through just to get her sister's back? but I also learned more when Haley showed me a room and I tell you the same thing she told me." Kara said,

"I found this place when I went pee one night. The plumbers were working on the bathroom in our wing of the mansion so we had to borrow Lilly's. After I went toilet, I heard crying coming from down the hallway. I knew it wasn't a ghost as it sounded just like Lilly. I followed the noise and came across this room here. I didn't do anything in it for a while but I eventually found the courage when I was off sick one day to search for the key. I know where Lilly hides her stuff so it was easy." Haley explained. "This room here is her 'Safe Haven' when Chanki's demands get too severe. She comes in here and prays for mine and Holly's safety nearly every week. She doesn't believe in any God but she'll gratefully pray for our safety even if she gets ignored because of her actions. Despite how much that seems like blasphemy, Lilly still does it. She begs for forgiveness for her actions and even offers eternal servitude to the Gods in exchange for our protection. Not once has her prayers been answered by any God but that one there."

Kara then went on to quote more. As she told everyone how Haley had pointed to the statuette of Amaterasu.

"That one's the only one who listens to her. Several times I can feel the presence of a white dog around me when something's going to go wrong. I normally follow the direction of it and come out safe. Plus, whenever I'm ill, I keep seeing a small white dog lying at the bottom of my bed. Holly's also reported similar sightings as well."

"Even I saw Amaterasu the first time was when I said I'd give me life to protect these girls. I saw her again when Holly gave her life to save me from my father. She helped me bring Holly back to life she's like their guardian angel. So before you say that Lilly deserves to die for what she did try to picture your having to do the very same-thing that she had to do" Kara pointed out.

After some thought, Kara put forth her counter argument. Despite her slightly lacking vocalization of it, it was still a powerful argument which moved most of the audience present.

Even before Kiki got to speak, she'd already lost the ten she'd influenced prior to the argument. More and more of her followers were leaving her after the moving argument about sacrifice, love and faith put across by Kara. Nearly all the neutrals were beginning to move over to Kara's side as she rotated her argument.

"Not bad..." Kiki quietly commented, quivering a bit with a mixture of rage at losing those she'd thought would remain loyal and a slight trace of sadness and empathy. She couldn't lose. She won't lose.

"You think a little bit of a sob story will move me?" Kiki questioned as she began to quickly come up with a response. "Not going to happen."

"It was her own fault for letting her emotions get the better of her. Under no circumstances should a person willingly make a pact with a Demon Prince. It's in a Demon's nature to be deceitful. Nonetheless, she was, is, and always will be, a stupid kid who only cares about herself and her sisters. How do you know she wasn't lying and trying to convert you to her foul ways? All of what you saw could easily be recreated with stage props and fake blood. Have you actually seen what she claims to be torn? You can't trust the words of some corrupt kids who would willingly give themselves away to darkness just for a second chance at life. The reason the Gods didn't answer her prayers was because she's no better than the big S himself. Why would any self-respecting God help devilspawn? The one who did answer is nothing more than a part of the Animal Pantheon in Eastern Culture. Nothing more than a beast who's been given God Status by some misguided country bumpkins."

"You keep trying to suggest that I'd be so easily tricked into doing what they did had I been in their situations. Let me clear that up for you, you know nothing about me. We only just formally met no more than a few minutes ago and you're already acting like you can read me like a book. I'm not so fickle that I could be tempted by Demons and throw away all I stand for just because I lost something. You're all weak willed cowards who can't survive unless you cling to one another like barnacles do to the bottom of ships. Your co-dependency will be your downfall."

Kiki's last statement seemed more aimed at Kara than at the jury for supporters.

"Tell me this, how would you feel if I turned all you know and love against you?"

Kiki's counter was pretty convincing but only a few moved to her side from the neutral section.

Her statement had some effect but it wasn't what would be called good. Mostly it was just words out of other people's mouths more than her own. But it helped some not in the way she would have liked. Kara then turned to face her and thought of a moment of what to say before Kiki began to response.

"What does it matter to you?" Kara asked.

Before Kiki began speaking again Kara for a brief moment while still. In control wondered just how Haley was doing being this close to her must of at least had some effect on her. Turning away she looked towards Haley "how are you feeling?" she asked.

Kara then listened to what was said by Kiki and tried to think of her own statement. Which would help her win this stupid thing.

"That, I don't truly know but why would I want to be converted again. When I had already made my own deals with Beltran? I have seen the scar on her lower chest that alone should be enough. But why would I want to see something like that would you? Maybe as a means of saying that not all God's care about themselves maybe the god in a past life as a mortal went through what Lilly had went through and understanding that decided to help her out?" Kara spoke first.

"Because I bet that you would be easily tricked into doing the same thing. But seeing as you didn't answer what I asked it appears to me that you would indeed do the same thing. I don't want to know anything about you, you came in here taunting me and then harming those I care about. Your nothing but a weak little girl who knows nothing of what all four of us have gone through" Kara added.

Kara thought over Kiki's last question.

"I've already been in that situation before. It would be nothing more as another large problem I'd have to deal with I could careless what my father thinks of me. Yet seeing these three girls hating me once more would at first hurt and make me feel sad. But given time I'd try everything I could to make them change their minds and if I kept being shot down. I'd just keep on trying my best because I don't want to be alone in my life I've been alone too much as of late and I can't take it anymore" Kara told her and the group.

She walked around the her area for a few moments.

"Tell me, how was your life growing up did you have any hardships, lose anyone close to you, have no friends what so ever?" Kara asked.

In a small room surrounded by nothing but candles and darkness a young Pyra sat. She sat before two things one was a computer and the other was a single katana that. Sat in its sheath right next to the computer what Pyra was doing was contacting the higher ups. Who were in charge or the ranked matches Pyra in her message to them asked if her match against Kara Ravenclaw. Could happen the following day instead of the following weekend. Because something important came up within her family and she was no longer able to use that day as she'd have to leave town for a few days time. Pyra sent the message and waited several minutes later she got her response. Saying that it was ok for the match to be moved to Monday but next time try to stick to the right date. They also told her that they'd let Kara know of the change in plans and then wished Pyra a good day.

Inside of Kara's room her phone began to go off. Seeing as how no one was there to pick it up a message was soon placed upon it detailing the changes that were made to the ranked match with Pyra.

Before Kara threw her counter, she questioned Haley on her physical condition.

"Aside from all the visible wounds, quite fine, actually. There's a little irritating stinging pain in my chest but it's nothing worth worrying about." Haley answered.

Kara countered Kiki's argument. It wasn't as effective as her last, despite the better verbalization of it. Only five neutrals joined her side.

"You clearly haven't been listening to me, or are you too dense to pick up on indirect answers placed in a point? Regarding you question as to if I would do the same thing as your so-called 'friends' did, I clearly answered that a few moments ago using these words: 'I'm not so fickle that I could be tempted by Demons and throw away all I stand for because I lost something.'. That was the answer to your pointless question." Kiki pointed out before her counter began.

"For proof, you half-wit. P-r-o-o-f. Despite what it may be, it's still evidence which can be used to support your case. As for the scar, that could easily be done with makeup. I'm not saying I want to look up her privates, but it still may be used as valid proof. To further explain my belief that God's wouldn't help her, I say this. There are no Gods. Gods are excuses for people who lack the will and conviction to act alone and take whatever repercussions come their way. They're imaginary solutions to people's problems. For example, some huge leap in science happens to save a person's life. People who don't believe that humanity can achieve such an import feat would easily throw that down as a 'miracle of God'. People who actually have the brain cells to know that humanity is limitless in their potential will easily see that it was made possible by the hard work and dedication of the scientists and the medical workers who administered it. Only weaklings believe in Gods.

"Using my own words against me, are you? You're just showing you juvenile nature even more. Again, you know nothing about me. Therefore, that point is irrelevant and you have already expressed your desire to not learn about me as well. For the sanity of the people present, keep your stupid outbursts to yourself."

Kara's answer to Kiki's last question was just what she wanted it to be.

"So you're saying that it wouldn't affect you much? Are you really sure about that?" Kiki questioned with a slight malevolent smile. "i'll give you a moment to think again. How would you feel if I turned all you know and love against you?"

"Anyway, to answer you question, I had no need of the burden of friendship. Everybody was a pawn to my King status. All I had to do was request something and they'd bend over backwards for me. Hardships are for the uneducated masses. I was far above their meager level. Closeness is a relative term which I won't bother to go into detail with. As I previously iterated, everyone was a pawn to me. They were as close as a low-ranking peon could get."

Pointing out Kara's question flaw before she threw her own question down won Kiki the respect of the studious members of the Jury. Her questioning of Deities and their presences won her the support of the anti-theist members present. Her oration of the argument even won her back the support of the people she'd previously influenced. Overall, Kara had allowed her to get a massive leap on the argument.

Holly could sense something emanating from Kiki's balcony. It didn't feel like it was of any level she'd ever experienced before. According to her reading of Kiki previously, she shouldn't be able to sum up this much power to even block out and overload Arcane Sight. What could be feeding her so much power? She tugged at Kara's clothes to get her attention before sending something over Telepathy. The reception of the mind-link was a lot worse than normal but it was still enough to relay her concern.

"Be careful. She's planning something. Consider your actions and responses carefully before you leap forward." Holly sent to Kara over a static heavy signal.

Listening in on the argument, Chanki was growing tired of Kara's failing assault against the publicity powerhouse who was Kiki. He had a way of turning things in Kara's favor but his help wouldn't come cheap.

"You're so useless at this sort of thing. Is combat all you can do? I've a way of turning the tide in your favor, if you would require my aid. However, all I'll ask in return is one favor. A favor for a favor is a fair exchange, is it not?" Chanki informed Kara. "So, what will it be?"

Haley seemed ok, for the most part but there was a small pain in her chest. Kara started to worry about this small things like that usually led to much bigger things down the road. She turned away before Kiki began her counter statement and tuned towards Haley again. "Maybe it would be better if you were to leave I don't want harm coming to you because of something that might happen to me" Kara tells her. She looked back towards Kiki and listened to everything that was said by her and tried to think of a means to counter it.

It seemed she jumped the gun and had tried things a little too quickly. Looking as some of the members joined Kiki's side made Kara angry. "This is a damn waste of time" Kara snapped before Kiki began once more.

"Isn't that going just a little bit too far why would I clearly want to see something like that. The scar is just enough proof without having to go digging something up like that. So, what you're trying to tell me is that what Lilly saw was nothing more was just some imaginary thing kinda like imaginary friends?" Kara said. She wasn't sure how to answer the rest of Kiki's question because she did point things out which seemed truthful. She felt her anger raising and wanted nothing more than to go over and beat the crap out of her.

"She isn't weak she far stronger than you give her credit for. Juvenile look at yourself you think you're all high and mighty there you go again saying I know nothing about you. I do know that you nothing but a weak and helpless brat who has to use hired help to get your point across. Why don't we end this here and now and I'll show you just how weak you are" Kara threatened her.

Kara listened to Kiki's next statement and shook her head.

"I didn't say that stupid it would affect me it always has when I had to go through situations like that. You say that friendship is nothing more than a burden to you, I pity you I truly do to say that everyone is but a pawn to you does that mean your parents are pawns to. That you will cast aside once you get the chance?" Kara tried to counter.

She looked around and saw more members moving towards Kiki's side. "Damn it all" Kara snapped as she watched them move about. She was about to answer Kiki's question when she felt Holly tug at her clothes turning she looked down at her unsure of just what she wanted. Before hearing Holly speak into her mind.

"Is there anyway you can point out what she's trying to do?" Kara sent back. The same way the Holly had sent to her. She then heard Chanki speak up to her which surprised her some and she turned to face him.

"What, does this even matter to you in the first place? Oh, so you're just coming out of the blue and giving me a favor for a favor?" Kara asked. She tried to think of how to respond to Chanki's offer it did sound tempting and she would be able to get through this crap easily with whatever he was planning but Holly's warning did about how to respond and to think about what she wanted. Made her doubt herself and she shook her head.

"I refuse I don't need anything from you so, stay out of this!" Kara warned him. Then turned back to Kiki.

"I refuse to answer your question as I have already answered it plus I refuse to take part in this shit any longer I am done with it all" Kara says.

"I don't want to leave you. Anyway, even if I wanted to, I doubt I could." Haley answered matter-of-factly.

Holly tried to figure out what power Kiki was using.

"It's mind affecting, that's all I know. I can't pinpoint what power it is, though. Be careful." Holly sent back to Kara.

Kiki observed something coming from Kara's balcony.

Kiki smiled to herself a little at what she'd just discovered. They were trying to probe what she was doing but were failing miserably. Arcane Sight is a potent ability but it is pretty much useless with the additions she's added to her gear.

Kara's counter won her no favor. The Jury were still pretty undecided and Kara's counter sounded more like an argument than a political debate.

"I can tell your simple mind is getting a little overworked due to thinking too much. I know you want to rip me a new one, but that's not possible at present. Instead, as the remaining court is undecided, let's move on to our battle of champions." Kiki suggested.

Kara's adamant dismissal of Chanki's offer was all he needed.

"I wish you the best of luck, then. Try not to die too early. The court needs some entertainment." Chanki answered before he disappeared back into Spirit form.

Kiki raised her left arm and moved it in a sideways sweeping motion. The middle of the court, where all the seats and Jury were, disappeared and all that was left was the open area where they were. Just enough space for a battlefield. The complete Jury were now seated outside the court in the audience's seats. Both parties balconies lit up and slowly dissipated in light, leaving both groups slowly floating down to the court on opposite ends.

"Send your champion forth. I'll give you time to prepare yourself." Kiki ordered Kara. "When you're fully prepared, I'll send mine forth."

The aura which Holly was sensing was much stronger now but, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't tell what it was which was going to happen. All she knew was that it was bad news.

"Are you sure you want to fight? Can't you just concede and end this in a draw? I'm sure she'll understand." Holly cautioned Kara, slightly worried about what might happen next. "Mind affecting is a broad school and we don't really want to risk it now, do we?"

Haley stated that she didn't want to leave. Which she wouldn't have been able to do even if she wanted to. "I understand that but I'm worried, we don't know the lasting effects of how much this will affect you. But if anything changes even if it's just a small twitch let me know ok?" Kara asked. As she tried to start to calm down for Haley's sake then turned back to Holly.

"I take it some how she's using this mind affecting thing to her own advantage?" Kara sent to Holly.

She then turned back to Kiki and listened to what was said to her.

"Well you've finally made a wise choice now why don't you come over here and I'll kick your ass six ways from sunday" Kara offered.

Kiki waved her arm and now both girls had a large enough battlefield. To move about and fight in if things went the way they were going. Holly then spoke to her again while Kiki told her to bring forth her champion.

As Kara decided on what to do. She knew that if she fought the likelihood of something worse. Happening to Haley would come to affect yet if she didn't fight then. Would things really work out like Holly said they might.

Kara wanted to argue with Holly that she wasn't sure that Kiki would understand. That she would try something with this mind affecting things she was using. But still the thought of Haley flashed in her mind and she stepped forwards towards Kiki.

"As, much as I'd like to rip you a new one I don't think in the long run that it will do. Any good to Haley as I'm sure whatever's happening between us will get worse. So, I surrender you win you little tramp"

"As expected, you're all talk." Kiki scoffed. "I was expecting you to put up at least some of a fight, for your girlfriend's sake. Didn't you want to show off in front of her? Anyway, you've just signed your own and their death warrants. No backing out now, unless, you do actually want to fight? I'm expecting that, if you don't want to fight, you have no interest in the Game either."

"I always knew you were nothing but talk, you sick bitch. Your taint runs deeper than the Nine Hells. I know your twisted relationship with the minors behind you. I have eyes and ears all over this town and even into some of the backwater hovels which you most obviously crawled out from. You are one sick and twisted bitch. Crossing all boundaries of morals, decorum and social taboos, you have taken part in heinous acts of carnal desire with nine year old kids! Just what the hell is wrong with you?! You've filed for them to be your adopted sister's, haven't you?! Not only are you committing 'that', you're also committing another social taboo. Incest. I-N-C-E-S-T! Just how disgusting is your mind?! Maybe if I take out you and you alone, I may be able to salvage what little you've left of their innocence and set them on the path to redemption. Without your putrid mind suffocating them, maybe they won't be so corrupt themselves? I dread to think what you'll do with the little mute when you get your filthy hands on her! Your mind is so fucked up that you make a psychopathic inbred look like a Saint. Take heed of my words, next time we meet, I'll set your sick mind straight. I'll send you to the Devil himself to be his little Bitch! Let's see how you like being fucked!"

After Kiki's rant at Kara, she was about to activate the Digi-Gear she had which would teleport them all out of this courtroom. The mind affecting aura still remained around the Courtroom but it was slowly dissipating. There was still enough power left to activate it, though.

Kara had regained control over her emotions. Which for the best was actually a good thing for the moment as she listened to the first part of Kiki's rant.

"Show, off why would I need to do that what to prove a point that I'm better than you? I pity you actually all you are is talk, and you're trying to provoke me into doing something that would make you happy" Kara says with a shake of her head while it was true she wanted to fight Kiki. She was only holding herself back due to what would happen to Haley if she lost control during the fight but things were about to change.

When Kara listened to the next part of Kiki's rant everything changed, Her entire attitude changed Kiki just seemed to drill into her about everything she had done with the girls. While it was true she had given into her carnal desires with Haley. As both girls had had sex though Kara back then had thought she was having sex with Lilly. She had really enjoyed the time she had spent with Haley/Lilly even the dream sex with Lilly was something Kara secretly desired to do again. But Kara's own carnal desires seemed to be for Haley as they had shared the most of anything. Between the three girls she had done things no normal sister would have done yet the perverted part of Kara wanted more of it.

Yet when Kiki spoke about Holly a black taint seemed to slowly. Begin to form around her very body there were things indeed that Kara truly wanted to do with Holly. But she held herself back from those desires. The black taint of darkness was slowly building around Kara in both strength and power. "H-How, dare you say that about ME!" Kara snapped. As she was slowly starting to lose control over her emotions. With the little control she had left she turned towards Lilly "Ge-get Haley out of here I don't care how you do it just get her out of here" Kara snapped. She then turned back to Kiki and before things went further bad she sent something to Haley.

"I'm sorry" Kara sent.

"I'll rip out your still beating HEART!" Kara screamed. A surge of raw dark magic exploded out from Kara As her body began to undergo a change with the raw dark magic surging out of control it changed Kara's very appearance Kara has a lean figure of exquisite beauty, a faerie vision of perfection of limb and carriage. With milky white skin, like polished alabaster. Kara's hair becomes black as a raven's feathers with a very slight white tone added and lengthens to her knees while her bangs and side parts before the ears also lengthen. In her hair is a jewelled crown or circlet, its rubies seeming to twinkle beneath the dark tresses like hungry eyes. Her 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. Her eyes glow with a pale yellow light from within, and her pupils were tiny points of blackness in pools of luminescence. Two small earrings with small white sapphires are attached to her ears.

She seemed to take on the outlook of her awakening mode. But she had not fully changed into it yet her appearance had changed. Next she changed into her battle outfit as more and more of the dark magic bound to her began to form around her being. Kara had finally lost full control over herself if one were to look at the dark magic coming off of her. They'd wet themselves while she had lost control once before. That time was a pale comparison to this as this power of dark magic Kara had not unleashed upon anyone since the night she had killed her mother's killers. More and more raw, dark, twisted, evil magic flowed out of Kara and seemed to lash out at everything around her.

"Shadow Orochi" Kara cast she started to shape her shadow into multiple snakes to attack and bite their opponent. Which just happened to be Kiki whom she pointed her hand towards sending the snakes on their way.

Kiki's final bait had the effect she wanted it to. Everything was perfect. Now, to break down the final boundary which prevented Kara from being actively hunted by everyone. Justice will be served.

Kiki cancelled the teleport, sending only Lilly, Haley and Remi out of the Courtroom, and held what power was left of the mind affecting aura which still remained when she noticed Kara getting ready to kill.

"Hook, line and sinker." Kiki chimed to herself with a malicious grin on her face. "Dance, puppet, dance!"

Before the aura was activated, Holly was able to send one last message to Kara.

"Stop! Don't do this!" Holly practically screamed to Kara in her mind. However, it was too late.

The mind affecting aura was activated when Kiki threw her right hand down to the side, simultaneously activating a Digi-Gear on her right forefinger. A small handgun appeared in her right hand. However, it didn't seem to have a cartridge to hold bullets at all. It looked like a dud children's cap-gun.

The mind affecting hit Holly and she quickly transformed into her new battle outfit, teleported in front of Kiki, and put up a barrier to block the attack from Kara. She then stared down Kara with a soulless gaze, her eyes devoid of life. Nothing of the original Holly remained on the outside, yet, Kara could still feel Holly where this impostor stood.

"Now the fun begins for real!" Kiki laughed to herself. "See the little mute? She's your girlfriend, isn't she? Now her body's my slave. Domination Is a bitch, isn't it? Inside her head, your girlfriend still remains and she can see all she's doing but she's powerless to do anything about it! So, when I'm getting her to strike you down, she knows she's doing it. The last thing she'll see, when I'm done with you, is how she killed her girlfriend. If, however, this useless tool dies at your hands, the last thing she'll see is the one, whom she called her love, striking her down in cold blood! What a Romeo and Juliet scenario! Shakespeare will be crying in his grave when he sees how I've twisted his creation to my own desires! You try and kill me and your girlfriend will protect me. Now, do you still want to kill me? What'll it be, Devilspawn?"

Kara couldn't hear the message that Holly had sent to her as she was already, Too far under the control of the darkness within her However for just the briefest of moments Kara faltered as she saw Holly suddenly transform into her battle outfit. Appear in front of Kiki and block the attack sent straight at her.

"H-Holly?" Kara asked in a shaking voice.

Before she was once more under the control of the darkest part of her. As Kiki explained things out with what was happening with Holly. Kara could only screamed out in pure utter rage the ground beneath her feet started to break apart as the whole courtroom started to shake wildly. Small pieces of the ground started to float up into the air as Kara finally spoke once more.

"I shall bathe in your sweet crimson blood as I torture the life out of you and once I'm finished I shall piss on your corpse" Kara giggled with sheer delight as her giggle was filled with utter craziness.

"Darkness Bomb" Kara cast she creates a sphere-like bomb made from dark energy and charges at the enemy at close range. The bomb creates a huge wave of pressure, that throws the target away. She charged towards Kiki and once she got within range of her she launched her attack against her.

Seeing the attack coming and knowing exactly what school it was from and what effect it had, Holly reacted with a simple dual teleport to the other end of the arena. Once both Kiki and herself were safe, Holly motioned something and a faint shimmer was seen in three evenly spaced places between Kara and herself before it disappeared. After her spell was complete, Holly simply did a beckoning taunt towards Kara, motioning for her to come closer.

"Your moves are so predictable it's laughable. Even a brain-dead servant can see what you're doing and react to it with plenty of time to spare!" Kiki taunted. "Are you really nothing more than a slave to your own madness?!"

Inside the prison of her own mind, Holly could do nothing but watch the battle unfold. If Kara did fall for whatever trap that her body had set for her, she would be seriously harmed. Just seeing how Kara was going at her without remorse just made Holly even more terrified. The girl she once knew no longer remained. All that was left was a bloodthirsty savage bent on killing all she encountered. Had this been Kara's original intention all along? To force a reduction in her and her sisters' guards so she could easily pick them off one by one and claim the top spot on the ranking leaderboards? It would make sense seeing as how her family wanted nothing more than to see the Seras dead and gone.

Kara had missed out on another attack which she let out a scream of frustration. Seeing as both Kiki and Holly had teleported to avoid the attack. She was about to go through with another attack when Kara saw a faint shimmer in three separate areas between her and Holly. This made her stop for a brief moment but once Holly did a taunt against her. This made her dash forward in anger she only got a few steps forward when she suddenly stopped. She ignored Kiki's comments and seemed like Kara was standing there doing nothing for some reason?

Inside her own mind, Kara was having a different outcome. Her mind was in a state of denial and turmoil everything that Kiki had said to Kara had been true. All of her desires for the girl's had been hidden away. They only seemed to come out at random times when engaging in an act of carnal desire with one of the girl's. Yet as Kara watched as the images flesh through her mind she wasn't sure on what was now going to come from this in the future. But the turmoil part of her mind was that she was attacking Holly without remorse. She didn't want to do this but she had no control over herself when she gave into the darkness like this.

But Kara knew she at least had to try and regain control over her body. So, as she fought over her innermost feelings and desires. Kara started to move again the darker part won the small battle.

In her mind Kara knew what attack was soon to come. Again she tried to regain control over her body. "I-I don't want this" Kara screamed in her mind. As she was unable to regain control her darker half was winning the battle of control. She was about to give up when she remembered Chanki he had offered her help earlier yet she turned it down maybe if she called out to him he would appear. "Starlight Breaker" the darker half of her cast to cast the spell, Kara condenses stray magical energy in the area into a large sphere, and three small spheres then strikes it with her blade to release the energy as a powerful beam. Which she shot at Kiki.

"Chanki show yourself?" Kara called out in her mind.

Kara was acting kind of strange for a moment as she began to dash towards the others, only to stop after a few feet, wait a bit and then move again. She was nearing the first section which shimmered moments ago, no more than a few feet away from it. After another delay, Kara soon went back to her old pattern and began to shoot a beam.

The beam was launched but it exploded a mere few feet away from Kara, pretty much on top of the first shimmer location. A large prismatic wall, around twenty feet tall, twenty feet wide and five feet deep, took the brunt of the beam and shuddered a little before returning to its invisible state.

Using the momentary lull of combat and the added defense of the walls, Holly decided it was time to power herself up. She did a few hand gestures and her body flashed a few times.

A faint light descended behind Holly and quickly disappeared, leaving nothing more than a black trail moving towards Kara. Moments later, Chanki appeared, in spirit form, on Kara's right shoulder.

"Having second thoughts, are we? What do you require?" Chanki asked in a slightly condescending tone.

Her latest attack only met with failure as it slammed into a large prismatic wall. They seemed to appear from the shimmering location right near her. The wall seemed to take the full impact but soon vanished once the beam had finished firing. Looking around Kara spotted the other two shimmering locations. Not knowing what these other two could do she backed off for a moment and stood there for sometime acting strange again as she wasn't making any sort of moment.

Kara soon felt something on her right shoulder. Turning her head she noticed Chanki sitting there he seemed to know she had been having second thoughts. What she was to ask of him would surely end in something bad happening to her. Though would it be as bad as what happened to Lilly only time would tell.

"I-I beg y-you p-please save Holly I know you can do it. I'll do or give you anything you wish I just don't want to harm or even kill her" Kara begged,

Again she started moving watching as Holly's body flashed a few times. Meant she must have done something to herself changing tactics again. Kara tried a different sort of attack "Leaching" Kara said this spell allows the caster to leech energy from the shadow of another being. Kara moved towards her right away from the shimming spot where the wall had appeared and saw Holly's shadow which she cast her spell upon.

"The price is the same as before if you want me to save the girl. All I'll ask for is one favor. I'll even let you decide a condition it can't break so it's even more of a fair exchange. Please note that I can call upon this favor whenever I want and you have to oblige or face death. If you want to go through with this, you may state the condition it cannot break and, afterwards, you must swear to uphold the contract. You may feel a little pain as the contract is finalized but it will soon pass." Chanki explained again.

Kara tried to cast another spell but it fizzled out around fifteen feet in front of her as it collided with the second shimmer space.

"You do realize that they are Walls of Force, do you not?" Chanki cut in. "Judging by Holly's magical aptitude, they are at least the width of this battlefield, which is around twenty feet. I notice that you blew one up not too long ago. You can charge right through them but I wouldn't recommend it as it will hurt quite a bit. They are basically a Magician's savior against high damage dealing targets. They block all spells as well. I thought you would have figured that out as she isn't casting any offensive spells either. They do have a short duration, however."

As combat was yet to become a threat, Holly decided to increase her power some more.

Chanki again offered the same price as before but she had to choose the condition. Yet he could call upon it at anytime and if she didn't uphold the contract Kara could die from the outcome. She thought things over for a time she was trying to think of something but she wasn't sure what kind of condition that she'd want to name as everything he asked for from what she knew always came at a price. She then thought of Lilly and Haley what would think of if they ever found out what she had done let alone Holly. She felt tears coming to her eyes as she thought over something and knew that she would regret it somewhere in the future.

"I ask that you return Holly to the way she was before Kiki here took control of her. In exchange I offer myself to be your humble slave who will do whatever you ask or desire of me. If you wish me to kill someone I shall, if you wish for me to leave the girls I shall, if you want me to be your assassin and take Lilly's place I will, I shall uphold this contract with you" Kara says as she started to cry softly in her mind.

Kara then saw as her spell fizzled out against the second shimming spot. Then Chanki spoke up about what sort of spell Holly was using charging through them wouldn't work. Plus she seemed to not be using any offensive spells either. So, instead Kara did nothing just remained standing there.

Kara agreed to the contract with little to no resistance. She even went as far as to be extremely vague with her own conditions.

"Perfect." Chanki quietly said to himself as a grin appear on his ferret face.

"With you agreement, I hereby finalize the Geas, using the conditions you set. You shall do one favor for me, which I can call upon at any time and, in exchange, you ask for nothing in return? That is odd. Nonetheless, the contract is now complete." Chanki quickly hurried along the remainder of the formalities before a red mist started to seep from the markings on his body. The mist dissipated towards the back of Kara's neck to re-condense at the base of her neck, just above her spine. A burning pain emanated from this spot as a fiery red logo appeared where the mist seeped. When the brand was complete, the pain subsided.

"Now then, I shall reclaim what we lost. She's too important and powerful to be left with an unskilled master like that girl." Chanki continued. "It may take me a while as I have to manually overwrite the dominate."

Holly was about to further increase her power when she felt a sharp pain cut through her head. She grabbed her head in pain and staggered on the spot a little.

Holly managed to shake the worst of the pain away.

"What the hell?! You can't steal my tool!" Kiki angrily shouted. "Go stop them!"

Abiding by Kiki's orders, Holly dashed forward at full speed, crashing through the first wall of force.

The first wall proved to be quite simple to break through. She nimbly dodged the worst of the shatter damage and managed to resist the magical implosion from the wall breaking, making it out with nothing more than a small scratch which didn't even bleed. It didn't seem to slow Holly down any. Now she came onto the second wall.

After the second wall broke, Holly tried to avoid the worst of the shatter but still got cut quite a bit. She had a few minor cuts on her which bled a little and her outfit was slightly shredded but it was nothing serious. She still looked mostly healthy, if a little out of breath from the sudden sprint. The magical implosion proved little trouble again.

Once she was clear of the walls, she dived, weapon first, towards Kara and attempted a returning horizontal slash, first to the right, then to the left on the return.

It was soon agreed upon as Kara listened to what was said she was still crying. On the inside as she had a feeling that the first favor. Chanki would call upon was for her to leave the girl's this scared her and she was about to speak up. But it was already too late soon it was complete and a mist formed around her neck. Kara suddenly grabbed her neck as a sharp burning pain took shape there. But soon it was gone and Kara wondered if what she had done was truly the right thing to do.

Seeing as Holly grabbed her head in pain Kara knew that what she asked for was starting. To take effect though it seemed Holly was still under Kiki's control. As she dashed forwards through the walls she managed to avoid the worst of the implosions with nothing more than small cuts and a slightly shredded outfit. Kara knew that it was now her turn to gain control over her body. As her dark half enjoyed seeing the blood upon her.

As Holly came at her in attempts to do a double slash. Kara moved backwards and was able to avoid the first slash. She dodged Holly's second attack by jumping back further to avoid anymore damage.

Her darker have started to call upon the wind which began to blow wildly around her. "Bone Gale" Kara gathers the wind between her hands then shoots two tornadoes at its target, which reaps the enemy. Kara at that time decided to make her move she was able to regain control over herself for a few moments. Which Kara used to cancel out one of the tornadoes but soon fell under control of her dark half again.

After the failure of her first attacks hitting, Holly had to quickly change her tactics. The pain still remained in her mind.

Holly managed to keep her mind off the pain and continue her assault. She quickly disengaged from combat with a backwards jump.

She managed to maneuver her body in such a way that she could avoid all attacks against her while vaulting backwards. Once she was around 10 feet away from Kara, she began to gesture something in the air. In an instant, a spear of light appeared in her free hand. She then threw this spear towards Kara.

After throwing the spear, a large storm of wind and bone came hurtling towards Holly. She tried to jump out of the way to avoid the storm.

She managed to avoid the worst of the whirlwind but she still took a fraction of the damage.

Seeing as how the battle was quickly going against her favor, Kiki began to ready her teleport at the other end of the arena. Kara must have pulled out some Vile trick to overcome the purity of her Dominate. She'd have to do a little more research into Kara when she gets out of here. Starting with her connection to the Seras. Surveillance crystals were already set up around most of the Manor by her Sniper Contingent. She'd bought enough time.

Kara kept her gaze fixed on Holly the entire time. But was also fighting inside her mind with her light half who was still trying to regain control over herself. Yet while the winds were still blowing around her. Then seeing as Holly moved away and created a spear of light in her hand Kara knew she needed to form some sort of defense or at least move away from the spear. That was soon thrown right at her Kara got ready to move.

Jumping backwards Kara managed to avoid a straight on impact. With the spear of light striking her yet she wasn't so lucky with the resulting explosion. She was soon engulfed within it and screamed in pain as she felt the light magic burn her body. Burn marks formed all over her body and she stood on shaky feet. That last attack of Holly's hurt like hell this was when Kara once more tried to regain control over herself. She was able to finally regain control over herself again which this time was a lot better as she was finally aware fully of the battle.

She felt the pain of the burn marks and the damage the last attack had done. Knowing she only had several moments before her dark half would regain control again Kara cast a spell. "Asfal" is a defensive magic ability where the user uses wind magic to create a wall of wind. The winds blowing around the area began to quickly blow around Kara forming a barrier around herself.

The cyclone came into contact with Holly and buffeted her about a bit. Once the cyclone blew over her, her clothes were pretty ragged but the armor was still in one piece, as it was made from a strong metal. She also had numerous cuts on her but it was, overall, not a very serious problem.

"Get ready, the spell's fading!" Chanki warned Kara. "Grab her quickly so I can get us out of here!"

True to his word, Chanki had managed to overwrite the Dominate on Holly. Shortly after getting struck by the gale, the emptiness faded from Holly's eyes and was now replaced by the life which used to be in them. Losing all will to fight, Holly fell to her knees, her gaze still fixed on Kara. A new emotion had taken over the usual light in her eyes. Fear. If Kara complied with Chanki's orders, they'd be teleported back to the Sera Manor Courtyard.

Kiki was a far distance away from the Courtroom when the Dominate was overwritten. She'd called back her Sniper contingent and went to give her report to Charon.

With the wall of wind still blowing around her Kara tried one last time. To regain full control over her body knowing that if her dark half kept things going. Something would seriously happen to Holly which Kara didn't want to happen. As she didn't know what sort of outcome would come from a full on battle other than someone's death.

With sheer will and luck Kara was able to regain control and banish her dark side. Right as she heard Chanki tell her the spell was fading and that she needed to grab Holly. But as she moved closer to her Kara could see that the light. Had returned to Holly's eyes but she saw noticed another emotion in them. She could see the Fear in Holly's eyes and just seeing this made Kara step back for a moment. But only for a moment she grabbed Holly in her arms and they were teleported back into the courtyard. There Kara let go of Holly and backed away from her she didn't like seeing the look in her eyes.

Then looking over at Lilly and Haley she wasn't sure on what to do. No one seemed yet to know about her deal she had made with Chanki. They'd find out in time but conflicting thoughts ran through her mind about what Kiki had said to her. About being a sick bitch and taking part in heinous acts of carnal desire with them. While she knew she had never done anything of the sort with Holly other than trying to get her to wet herself. Haley was another matter and thinking of all the acts she had done with Haley confused her. Yet one thing that confused her the most was when Kiki had mentioned doing 'that' with them. She had never done anything of the sort Kara only knew that she had done so with Lilly once in a dream and once in the school's nursing area. As Kara thought back to that moment she remembered waking up next to a nude Haley.

But Haley had told her that she had moved around in her sleep and somehow had. Taken off Haley's clothes and her own by accident could there have been much more that had happened. During that time that she didn't know about was Haley and Lilly who was also there hiding something from her. As she stared upon Haley the look in her eyes was one of sadness and desire, One from wanting nothing more but to give into her carnal desire for Haley. But yet another one of knowing that everything she had done with Haley was wrong. She was confused by the whole thing and most important of all was what were Haley's thoughts on everything they had done?

"C-can I speak to H-Haley alone for a while?" Kara asked.

Kara and Holly were teleported back to the Courtyard of the Sera Manor. Everybody still appeared to be on high alert. Kara only managed to ask a single question before Remi dashed between Kara and Holly and pointed the tip of her blade at Kara's throat.

"Leave this place, Daemon Thrall, lest I cut you down where you stand!" Remi demanded of Kara, gently pushing the tip of the blade into her throat, just enough for a bead of blood to slink down the blade's shaft.

Holly just hid behind Remi and quickly ran back to the safety of Lilly when she had the chance.

"Still as bloodthirsty as ever, I see, Valkyrie." Chanki chuckled as he peered around from behind Kara. "Killing my servant will get you nowhere and you stand no chance against me in your current state. You lack the critical link between yourself and your 'Mistress' to even dream of 'cutting me down'." The word 'Mistress' and the final three words of the sentence were delivered with overt sarcasm.

"Silence, hellspawn!" Remi shouted at Chanki before pointing the blade at him and beginning to cast a spell.

Chanki just chuckled at the display, opened his mouth a fraction, and exhaled a pulsating ball of blood red daemonic energy towards Remi. The ball shot out of his mouth like a bullet and collided with Remi, blasting her backwards around twenty feet as a scream of pain came from her. She crashed to the ground and bounced a few more feet before lying there, motionless but still breathing. The pain was shared with Holly, who curled up into a ball, clutching at the place where the blast had hit Remi and trembled with suppressed pain.

"Like I said. You're too weak to even face me. That was no more than a fraction of my power." Chanki taunted.

Holly ran over to Remi to check if she was in need of instant aid. Remi's armor had disintegrated into a set of basic Children's clothes, which consisted of a sky blue blouse, with white frilly trimmings around the neck and sleeves, a blue mid-thigh length skirt, pale blue socks with a frill, like the ones on the blouse, around the hem of the socks, and black dolly shoes. She didn't look a thing like her Valkyrie self at present. She looked more like a defenseless child.

Knowing the full story from Remi and Holly's shared bond, Lilly cautiously approached Kara, indicating for Haley to stay as far back as she could. When she was a safe distance away but still close enough to communicate, Lilly returned Kara's earlier question.

"I don't think I need to answer that. It's obvious what the answer would be by just reviewing what happened mere seconds ago. Remi told me everything. She could see through Holly's eyes. She put it down to a 'bond' which she didn't explain well." Lilly began. Faint pale-white flames could be seen flickering off her. "So tell me, why did you try to kill my sister?" From just the tone of her voice, it was clear that it was taking all her better judgement to not transform and and slice Kara to pieces before she even got a chance to react.

As Kara awaited an answer she was suddenly caught off guard. When Remi appeared before her placing the tip of her blade against her neck. She could feel its tip poke into her neck drawing a thin line of blood which traveled down the length of the blade.

"What's the meaning of this?" Kara asked in a surprised tone.

Seeing as she got no answer it was Chanki who spoke next having appeared. Right behind her she spoke of Kara being his 'servant' while this was indeed true. Kara just looked away from the others knowing that many questions would. Be asked about what he meant by that word she could only watch as Remi tried to cast a spell but Chanki cast her down seeing Holly curl up into a ball in pain made her want to run over to her. But instead she stayed where she was watching the events take place before her. This hurt Kara emotionally but what hurt just the same was Lilly making Haley back away from her. She reached out a hand towards Haley and was about to say her name when Lilly spoke up again.

Seeing the anger in Lilly's eyes she wasn't sure on what sort of answer she could. Give that wouldn't result in her being cut down then and there.

"Then you already know everything, as everything that happened just like Remi told you. Everything Kiki said about me is true 'I'm a sick bitch'. You heard it all I don't know what you will no think of my for those things. But I couldn't let it slide on what she said about me go unchecked I lost it and tried to attack. Kiki after fully losing control over my darker half but she had used some sort of spell to place Holly under her control. So, each time I attacked Kiki Holly would be there to block the attack or defend Kiki" Kara told them.

She let the words sink in before speaking again.

"I wasn't sure on what to do while my darker half was in full control. I tried countless times to regain control over myself but failed. So, I ended up doing something that I'm sure to regret I called on Chanki in my mind for help. I asked if he could break Kiki's control on Holly he said he would do so but there was a price. I offered myself up to be his slave anything he says I have no choice but to carry it out" Kara spoke again.

There was a short break before Kara spoke a final time.

"I'm now Chanki's servant and if you still wish to cut me down. Then I won't stop you but let me ask you a question if you were in my shoes and faced Holly what would you have done?" Kara asked.

Kara explained her reasoning behind her actions. Lilly listened closely, still silently seething with suppressed anger, until Kara had finished.

"So, you're telling me that it wasn't you, but the Darkness inside of you who tried to kill Holly?" Lilly asked rhetorically before answering. "LIKE HELL THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED!"

It was just the same excuse as what had already been used countless times before to explain this emotional rollercoaster of a girl. 'It wasn't me, it was the darkness!'. Lilly was having none of those lies any more.

"Do you take me for a half-wit?! What the hell kind of reasoning is that?! You're just screwed in the head in more ways than one, you insane bitch! I won't let you fuck with me like that again! Suppose it was the darkness inside of you which made you act that way, what're the chances that that stuff won't go down again when either of my sisters are asleep or otherwise unable to react and I'm not around to defend them? You're a certifiable danger zone for anyone who's dumb enough to trust the stupid reasoning you give. Now, get the hell out of my house before I finish the job which Kiki started!" Lilly angrily demanded. "If I see you back here again, I won't hesitate to kill you!"

"You asked me what I would have done in that situation. The answer's simple. I would have just defended and not gone for her at all. If she beat me down before coming back to her senses, then that's just what would happen. Holly's not like you. She won't kill in cold blood, even if she was being controlled. Mind control can only work if it does not defy the person's moral standing or puts them in any personal danger. If that happens then it just fails. In truth, I know you wanted to kill her, like you always have since we first met. I was a fool to even trust you."

Lilly didn't even seem to believe her even after telling the truth. On the matter's that took place she just seemed to yell at her and Kara. Took all this in without saying a word at first "Even after telling the truth you still don't believe me so, what's the point if I say it's the Darkness inside of me or not" Kara said softly.

Yet even after speaking Lilly still chewed her out. "What, you expect me to lie to you I told you the truth. I'm not trying to fuck with you everything is true. Now, why in the hell would I do that not once have I ever tried to kill them while asleep or even when I was alone. With them like on my date with Holly or when she and I talked alone in the hospital I never laid a hand on her." When heard she was now kicked out of the house she wanted to speak up on the matter. But seeing the fires blazing in Lilly's eyes she choose not to.

"Well, it didn't fail she was controlled and would have tried to kill me even if I had did as. You said you would have done things change Lilly you should know that" Kara replied. She walked into the manor and to her room where she packed her clothes into a suitcase. Then returned outside a few minutes later with it. She walked by the girls without saying goodbye and walked away out of the Sera's life forever once she was off the grounds she floated into the air. Then flew towards the one and only place left where she might find a place to stay and flew towards the area where Charon told her to go in-case she needed to see him.

Arriving there Kara landed on the ground and walked up to the spot and called out. "It's me Kara can I please stay here for a while I have no where else to go or anyone else to turn to?" Kara asked.