The Trio
Ramon: The sequel of To the end, but a little based on Naga and her family.
Sunny: The Slayers and all its characters don't belong to us, not even the story about the Seilune family; it belongs to Hajime Kanzaka and Rui Arazumi. We are just fans who like to make fan fics.
Maliska: only Air Jay and Kiko belong to us.
Alandra: we hope that you people can enjoy this new fic.
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Chapter 18
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Six days passed since Naga and Air Jay faced Orland, and during that time Aviar has sent many soldiers to find and capture the Trio, none of them succeeded and many have end up dead in the hands of the Trio. Many other soldiers decided to abandon the island to break away from the wrap of Aviar and escape the madness of the Trio, in these last two days they haven't received any attack from the soldiers which was why Naga ordered some of the rebels to spy what it is left of the Aviar Army.
Right now Air Jay, Naga and Kiko are walking directly to the camp of the rebels because Ashley has summoned them for an important reunion.
Air Jay points his looks to Naga, ever since that day when they fought Orland she has been giving nothing but the silent treatment; even with all the, so called fights, against the soldiers she hardly even communicates with him, it is like she is mad at him or something. Air Jay does not know why but he does not like this one bit. What's wrong with Naga?
Naga avoided eye contact with Air Jay at all cost, after what he said the other day to Arn, she feels more hate for him then ever before, it almost feels like she was betrayed again. All the pain that she has been keeping inside, all the misery, all the angst, all the sadness she has is all because of the man who's right behind him. I never regretted for all the things that I have done. These words have been haunting Naga for these last days, it makes her remember the tragic death of her mother, bring her nightmares. She's been avoiding Air Jay all this time because the mere sight of his face brings back more disturbing memories.
A few miles away they already saw Ashley waiting for them.
"So what's wrong?" Naga asked when she was just three feet away from Ashley.
"We need to talk, it is very urgent." Ashley responded as she led the Trio back to camp.
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When they arrived to the camp they noticed all the rebels of the island there with a determinate look.
"So what's the big deal here?" Air Jay demanded. "What is it so important to wakes us up so early in the morning? It better be good!"
"It is." Vitty assured. "We went to the Aviar Armies camp like you people ordered us…."
"And we discovered that their forces are minimal!" Jam finished.
"Minimal?" Naga asked.
"Yes, it seems they are just fifty or sixty the most. Most of those soldiers are tire and weakened."
"With all the beating that you and Air Jay gave them, their spirits are practically broken, even when you two defeated all the twelve top leaders." Ashley said, a little revolted. Ever since they agreed to let Air Jay and Nag be their temporary leaders they have been destroying all the soldiers of the Aviar Army but have done nothing to free all the island people that are the prisoners of the same Army. Ashley has seen all the amazing things that Naga and Air Jay can do but they could at least use their powers to free the island
"OHOOHOHOHOHO!!" Naga laughed. "It took some time but our plan has succeeded."
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" Ashley asked confused, and she's not the only one, all the rebels had confused look on their faces.
"Why do you think that we never let you guys fight the Aviar Army?" Air Jay asked with a smirk. "We wanted to meet their leaders, to disturb them to make them mad, so mad that they would stupidly send their entire army after us."
"That way we would finish them off and reduce their forces so that it can be easy to destroy them for good."
Ashley gasped. "Wait a minute….was that your plans all this time? To revise the enemy, to upset them so that they could waist their forces on attempts of revenge, deteriorating them so that we can defeat them easily?"
"Bingo!" Naga responded. "And now you guys have the advantage in the numbers!"
Every one cheered, for the first time they are seeing the light after so long in living under the rules of the Aviar Army.
"Now I start to understand why you guys never wanted to invade their camp in the first place and wanted to meet Aviar and upset him so much." Ashley said.
"But how did you guys know that Aviar would send his army after you two?" Vitty asked.
"I know the type. He thinks he's so strong that he believes that he's always right and when his pride was destroyed he used all the means necessary to catch us." Air Jay responded. "His own pride cost him his loss!"
"So that means that the time is now?" Ashley asked, very determinate. "It is today that we are going to free our people from the claws of the Aviar Army?"
Naga nodded and looks back to the Rebels. "Grab your gears, you guys! Today is the promising day!"
All the rebels saluted Naga and when to their tents to grab their weapons.
Emily walks to Air Jay and Naga with a face full of hope. "So… you guys are going to bring my Mama and Papa back?"
Air Jay and Naga did not respond, who knows if the kid's family is alive, they just gave her an assuring smile.
"One way or another, you and family will be in peace again." Naga said to the little girl, and Emily smiled at her.
Arn simply watched them, with a grin in his face. "This might be good. Maybe I can have my revenge on Air Jay today.
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The Trio and all the rebels are on the pot of the cliff where they can catch a good view of what's left of the camp of the Aviar Army.
"All the soldiers are walking around, their defenses a mere shadow of what they use to be." Ashley said, looking to the camp with her binoculars. "So where do we start first."
"Naga, Kiko and I will go to the caves to find the Unknown Crystal" Air Jay said.
"We shall probably get the attention of many of the soldiers." Naga said as she passes a map to Ashley. "Also getting the attention of the Soldiers that are guarding the people of the island. When they attention is driven away you and your rebels are free to release the prisoners and attack the soldiers!"
"That is a good idea but you guys are forgetting that the Prisoners are probably weak because of the horrible condition they have been enduring these last mounts." Ashley reminded.
"It doesn't matter, you guys will have more advantage and that will break the trust of the armed forces."
"Alright, let's get this show on the road!" Air Jay said a little impatient. "I want to get this over with!"
"Alright, calm down!" Naga replied then turns to Ashley. "As soon as you guys see our signal, you go free your people."
"What signal is that?"
"Don't worry; you'll know when you see it."
Ashley sweat drooped. "I think I do."
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As soon as the Trio was away from the rebels, they walked directly to the camp of the Aviar Army, all three in silence.
"It's about time we finish this joke once and for all and get that damn crystal for good!" Air Jay said excitedly to Naga, but she did not respond him. This is driving Air Jay insane, Naga is the first one who ever talked to Air Jay like if he was a normal person and now she does even say anything? Air Jay sure misses her replies and jokes, even her insane laugh. Air Jay could not take it anymore and steps right in front of Naga. "Just what is your problem?"
"What are you talking about?" Naga snapped.
"Why are you not talking to me? You just act like if I have done something horrible to you! Acting like if I am your enemy!"
Because you are my enemy, you fool! Naga screamed in her mind. "If I act like this then I'll act like this if I want! I am Naga the Serpent! You don't like it then that's your damn problem! So now I would like you to shut up and let me pass!" she demanded as she pushed Air Jay out of the way.
"Naga!" Air Jay shouted when Naga had her back at him. "I know that have been traveling together for just a few days but I can tell that something is bothering you, really bad."
"You think you know me?" that was Naga's only reply.
"No I don't…… but if something is bothering you can tell me……I'll listen." Air Jay said, for the very first time in his life he spooked in a soft voice. "We are partners after all."
Naga turn to him with angry glares, she can not believe she is hearing that from the same man who she once trusted and who killed her mother. She then walks back to him and grabs him by his collar. "We are just temporary partners! Because when this is finished only one of us will use that crystal to defeat Lina! After we find out how to activate it we will become enemies! You got that?" she shouted right at Air Jay's face and let him go to carry on with her way.
For the first time in his life Air Jay is speechless, in fact he feels quite lost.
Kiko on the other hand is very mystified with Naga sudden change of feelings, why is she treating Air Jay like this? Something must have happen, but what? Right now they have a big mission ahead of them, they are going to finish the Aviar Army once and for all.
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Aviar stands in the middle of his chambers with a calm face but with a dangerous dark aura surrounding him, his anger consuming him. He had everything planed out; he started by coming to this island, find the magical crystal, consume its power, and conquer the world, but a couple stands in his way in the most devastating and arrogant way, humiliating him and his troops and worst of all defeating his twelve top leaders. In these last days he's been forcing his slaves to dig for the crystal and at the same time he has sent almost every one of his troops to find Air Jay and Naga but with no results.
Suddenly Aviar feels a pain in his hearts and lands on one knee with a hand covering his mouth, and then he saw the blood in his hand. "Curses……I don't have that much time! I need that crystal as soon as possible!"
"Supreme Commander Aviar!!!" a soldier cried as he entered Aviar's chambers without asking permission.
"What do you want? What is the meaning of this?"
"Its Air Jay and Naga! They are invading our camp and they are approaching the giant hole where the digging is being held!"
"What!?!?" Aviar shouted very loud, so loud that it made the soldier fly to the air and crashing against the wall. "They finally decided to attack me! Curses, my forces are minimal, they won't be enough to stop Air jay and Naga to reach the Crystal and worst of all the digging is practically complete, we have found the Crystal inside a temple but with a strong magical seal stopping us to get the darn Crystal. No matter, they won't have the crystal, I shall deal with them myself this time. I have waited a long time for this moment and I going to discipline them for all the disgrace they have put me in to!"
"You seem very confident!" Orland said as he appears right behind Aviar. "Not one of your twelve leaders was a challenge for The Trio, what makes you think that you have a chance against them?"
"You are a fool, Orland!" Aviar replied. "The last time I saw them I was so close of finishing them myself when they cowardly escaped! I can overwhelm them myself and I will have their heads!"
Orland replied with a chuckle. "You wasted most of your troops in ridiculous attempts on catching them with out thinking about the cost. I can sure say that the Trio has made you so mad that you completely forgot about your goal about abut finding the Crystal. You are completely obsessed in destroying the Trio!"
"Maybe but they discomfited me long enough, the enough to destroy my pride. I will obliterate them and I will annihilate every one who stands in my way! Including you Orland!" Avair said, and then he left the room to fight the Trio.
Orland just laughed at Aviar's threat. "You are the real fool here Aviar. Your life is ending because of your power and you think you can defeat Air Jay and Naga? I will let them finish you first and then I will dispose of them myself. Only I will have the ultimate triumph in this story. Poor insignificant Aviar, you're so full of hate that you don't even realized that the Aviar Army is already dead, it has been finished ever since you gave into your anger for The Trio. A terrible waist, but necessary to achieve my goals."
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After getting rid of all the Soldiers that were in their way, the Trio walked by the gigantic hole in the middle of the camp.
"Man, this hole is colossal." Air Jay commented. "And it is very profound."
"That's true." Naga said. "It is indeed deep. I believe that the village people that were forced to dig this hole are very tire after being force to dig this hole all this time, I don't think they will be able to fight the soldiers of the Aviar Army. But no matter, after the beating we gave these last soldiers I bet that most of them ran away."
"So let's rock this joint and get that damn Crystal!" Air Jay said as he picks up Kiko and forms wings of fire on his back. "Lets do it!" and he flies down the hole.
"Sometimes he's so impatient." Naga said as she follows Air Jay by using a raywing.
After twenty minutes of flying down the hole, the bottom is nowhere to be found.
"Damn it! How long do we still have to fly down? I'm getting sick and tire of all this!" Air Jay growled.
Naga ignored that growl. She starts to wonder who could have hid the crystal in this island, so deeply underground. Who ever she or he did it, it must have been for an important reason to do it, normally a sorcerer constructs a very deep underground laboratory to avoid getting attention from unwanted guests or to hide something very important from the rest of the world, but who ever hid the Crystal in here sure had a hard work to do it. But Naga now realizes something, why is it that who ever hide the Unknown Crystal never used its power? Why did he hide it from the rest of the world? Why was he or she afraid of?
Naga thought were interrupted when Air Jay called her. "Yo Naga, look down there! I see a temple!" he points as they finally reach the bottom on the hole
"That must be the place! The Aviar army did all the dirty work for us on finding the Crystal, now let's go get it!" Naga ran directly to the temple but she stopped when she saw a figure coming out of it. "Who goes there?"
"I am delighted that you came, you wretched punks!" Aviar said as he finally came out of the temple. "I would not want you to miss your demise."
"How did you get here so fats?" Air Jay asked.
"You fools have no conception of my powers, but it does not matter anyway because you are going to go to meet your maker!"
"Why? Do you have the crystal?" Naga asked in a calm but worry tone.
"Sadly no. the Crystal is inside the temple, in a chamber that it is protected by a magic seal, making impossible for me to get it!"
"Oh really?" Air Jay asked with a grin as he walks next to Naga. "Naga can you break the spell in that chambers and get the crystal?"
"I don't know what type a spell it is but I think I can do it!" Naga responded in a confident voice. "After all I am the great Naga the Serpent!"
"Cool!" Air Jay said as he took two steps forward to Aviar. "Then go in and break the seal, I will deal with Aviar myself!"
Naga smirked then looks back at Aviar. "Sounds like a fine plan, just be sure you meet me when you beat this clown!" after saying that Naga ran into the temple and Aviar didn't made any move to stop her.
"What a gracious sacrifice." Aviar stated. "You let your girlfriend live a little more but she will die after I am done with you!"
Air Jay chuckled sinisterly. "The one thing I am not it's gracious and don't get illusions jack, you won't beat the All mighty Air Jay! Me and my girl still want our rematch with Lina and it won't be dweeb like you who's going to stop us!"
"You insignificant fool! You really think that you can defeat me? I am not an irrelevant like Phill!"
"Will you stop acting like a stinking old hag and get on with the fighting?"
Aviar takes off his cape and grabs his gigantic red sword. "The stinking old lady is not afraid of a flea like you! Prepare to die!"
"You first. ESTRELA!!!!" Air Jay throws a star of fire to Aviar. But in the very moment that the Star of fire hits Aviar's sword it completely evaporated.
"It seems that your attack have no effect on my mighty sword!" Aviar taunted and points his sword at Air Jay, releasing dozen of blasts.
Air Jay stayed in his place and accepts all the hits, making some cuts, bruises and some holes in his body.
Kiko simply made a force field around himself so that he would not be hit by the blasts.
Air Jay's body is full of holes but he keeps a big smirk on his face. Later all his bruises starts to burn and after a few seconds later all the fire around Air Jay's bruises starts to vanish and all his wounds are completely gone.
"Amazing, all your wounds are gone." Aviar said with a calm voice. "You really do have the powers of the phoenix in you Air Jay."
"Yes everyone knows that."
"No matter how many times a person can cut you even cut out your limbs you can always use your phoenix powers to revive your body, but that category matters to me not. Let me remind you that thanks to this blade I hold in my hands I have all the powers of Zanafer, the only dark lord who was an equal match to the king of all Mazokus, Shabrimingo, all that power now belongs to me, an infinite and graceful power that a mere mortal would only dream of having. And it is not a accursed punk like your self that will stand in my way!"
Air Jay just laughed at Aviar's comments. "You are so full of it, man. You may have the power of Zanafer but you are too weak to beat me!"
Aviar simply growled at Air Jay's insult. "You miserable fool! You still dare to mock me?"
"I am not mocking. Why should I waist my energy killing you when the power of Zanafer can do that for me?"
"What?"
To be continued……
Sunny: what did Air jay meant by that?
Ramon: who knows? All I know that the final battle between the Aviar Army and The Trio is on the way.
Maliska: please read and review.