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Audra Kaiba Advent ID 001: Here ya go, one chapter fresh off the printing presses, careful, the ink is still drying.
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Roxy strutted forward into a new swarm of Oni. They had regained some recruits.
'Pathetic fools. I've made my decision.'
She pulled out her guns and quickly rapid fired at the group, they dropped like flies and she grinned cynically. She heard a whoosh behind her even though it was pouring rain and spun her sword around. She looked up and saw Carmen counter with Soul's Bane and a fearsome look on her face.
"What are you doing here?"
Roxy shouted over the weather. She jumped as a fist came smashing down at the spot she was just standing and pulled out her materia.
"Thundaga!"
At least 4 Oni dropped to the ground and she smirked gleefully. She hadn't told Yazoo but the reason she was down here was to kill. It was her obsession, to take all her hate, emotions, everything out. Carmen killed off a few more with elegant stroke of her sword and then the Oni backed off realizing that even though they weren't outnumbered they were certainly overpowered.
Roxy sat down at the base of one of the trees in the valley. Her hair plastered to her face and she gripped her sword. Carmen trudged up to her.
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm going to look for him Carm."
Carmen glared at Roxy and grabbed her arm tightly pulling her up.
"What the fuck are you insane?!"
"I can tell you I'm definitely not sane without him."
"You were fucking fine before he walked into your life! Move forward not backwards don't you think he wouldn't want you wasting your time thinking about him when he left!"
Carmen said as she shook Roxy as if it would knock the sense back into her friend.
"I'm not happy Carmen. Don't you want me happy?"
Carmen stopped shaking her and her shoulders lowered dejectedly.
"Yes but there's got to be another way. This isn't happiness. Brooding over a love that left is not happiness."
Roxy narrowed her eyes and pushed herself out of Carmen's grip. She scowled and looked her in the eyes.
"You know where he went don't you?"
"I..."
"Tell me now!"
Roxy shouted as she gripped onto Carmen's shoulders. Carmen sighed then glared at her friend and pushed her away.
"That's classified information. Forget about him already."
"I can't."
Roxanne said as she stared at the ground, back to her emotionlessly self.
"He's in his own realm. He left you for more 'Lucrecia brooding' don't be stupid."
Carmen said harshly, trying to get Roxy to change her mind. She didn't want her friend to get hurt by him again no matter the reasons he left. So what if it was to protect her life? He shouldn't have left like that.
"I'm still going. Thank you for informing of his whereabouts."
"Dammit Roxy don't play rebel with me! I'm fucking serious if I have to drag you back to the Slayers headquarters and lock you up."
"I'll escape. You know I always do."
Carmen growled and punched Roxy in the face. Roxy fell backwards from the momentum and sat up, wiping the blood off her mouth. She looked up at Carmen with the same emotionless eyes and Carmen knew nothing she could say would perturb her from her goal.
'Fine then I'll just have to beat the shit out of her until she'll listen.'
Carmen pulled on Roxy's arm and kneed her in the stomach. But Roxy just stood there as if she wasn't in any pain, her limbs laid limp at her side and Carmen just clenched her hands into fists. She was getting pise off.
"What. The. Fuck. Do. I .Have. to. Do. To. Get. You. To. Listen?"
Carmen shouted between punches, each time hitting Roxy in the face and beat the shit out of her. Roxy took the hits and let Carmen use her as a punching bag. Finally when she was done with the violence, she turned towards her bruised friend.
"You fucking annoy me you know that?"
Carmen walked away; leaving Roxy slumped at the base of the tree in the pouring rain. Roxy finally spoke after Carmen had left the area.
"Vincent I'm coming to get you."
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Carmen let out a snarl of fury as she swung a foot over her motorcycle, before speeding away to the opposite end of the field. She slowed, when she came across a bunch of Oni standing there. Surprisingly, Yuzaki and Kuza were standing there amongst them. She stopped, before stepping off her bike as Yuzaki's cold voice wavered out.
"One should wear a helmet when at that speed."
"You never do." Came Carmen's reply.
"I understand you are going to that other place. Gaia was it called that?"
"Correct. If my friend Roxy is going there, so will I. I figure if I can't talk her out of it, then I have to make sure she is safe."
"I doubt beating her to near unconsciousness would be talking her out of it."
"So you saw that..."
"Obviously, but that aside. If you are going to that place, then the soldiers of the organization called DEEPGROUND would recognize you, with face and name. It is best you adopt a pseudonym."
"Well... I suppose we haven't thought of that... But it would be for the best."
"Don't forget to hide your face. Also, your Slayer robe would be out of place. Figure out the fashions, and decide on that."
"Arigato, Yuzaki-dono." The Slayer bowed, before looking at the spot they were standing around.
"This is the spot isn't it?" Kuza asked, glancing at Carmen, who jumped, since she had entered her thoughts once more.
"Yes. This is where Katherine perished. After the battle with your previous leader-"
"Kaibutsu" Yuzuki interrupted.
"Sorry?"
"Kaibutsu. That's his name."
"Heh...Kinda fitting really. Translated, it means Monster." The girl had a ghost of a smile on her face.
"Well...Think about what we said about the fake names." The Oni watched Carmen, before smiling as they flew away.
Carmen sighed, she was now left to her thoughts. She looked down quietly at the ground, where Katherine breathed her last. She thought back to the night before that, as a tear trickled down her cheek
Flashback, three years ago
A purple haired woman sat in a desk, and was currently scribbling away. She appeared to be in her mid twenties. In a desk parallel to the woman, a fifteen year old girl with a large bandage on her cheek, was inclined in her own chair and was throwing a ball made of masking tape up and down. But the girl always caught it, though the sound of tape hitting flesh got irritating after a while.
"Damn it Carmen, stop it." The woman snapped as she glared at her partner.
"But there's nothing to do. I finished my homework. You're just writing in your log, and Rango isn't picking you up for your date in another hour."
"Well, Can't you do something more quiet, like read?"
"Well, I could do that, but considering that I just came here from school, and I have no recreational books at the moment that is quite impossible."
"Fine." The gold eyed individual slammed her book closed, before glaring coldly at Carmen, who was smirking. "You did that on purpose!!"
"Nya Nyaaaah." The girl stuck her tongue out as she let her chair fall back down, her black plaid kilt flipping up for a few seconds. She let out a sigh as she straightened her black silk tie, before glancing at the other. "Hey, when is the next time Rango trains me? He said that after my cheek heals, but..." the girl sighed as she placed a hand on the bandage. "That was about a month ago, and my teachers think I should visit the hospital."
"It's an Oni inflicted wound. It has the Oni poison in it, so I doubt it will never heal properly. For now, just relax."
"Well, I highly doubt that I will. All I've done since I got here was fight nineteen battles, but other than that, I sit here with absolutely nothing to do!!"
"You've been keeping track?"
"Yup..." The girl let out a sigh, before looking out the window of their office, which was on the twentieth floor. "I wish my friends were Slayers as well."
"No, that wouldn't be a good thing. Friends are distractions on the battlefield, and," Katherine sighed, as she looked at Carmen with weary eyes, "If they died protecting you, how would you feel?"
"...Point taken..." the teen sighed. "But knowing them, if they found out, then they would either tell me to leave or let them help."
"Which is why You won't tell them. Besides," Katherine smiled at the younger slayer, "Carmen, you are my best friend. Both on the battlefield, and off."
Carmen's eyes widened, as she looked at Katherine as though she had grown a third head. Soon, Carmen grinned back. "Right back at Ya, Kat."
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Roxy had packed her things with her and was now talking to Yuffie and Yazoo. They were equal packs and it didn't take an idiot to realize the situation. They must've been coming with her too, to find the gunslinger.
Roxy chose Yuffie because she was one of her best friends and Yuffie was an awesome ninja and would have no trouble keeping up. She also asked if she could come along to give Vincent a good hard kick in the arse for obvious reasons.
Yazoo had practically shouted at Roxy and almost said the same things Carmen has said to her, minus the violence. He refused to let her go without him.
So now they were looking around for Cait Sith so he could take them back to the realm of Gaia.
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Carmen snapped out of her stupor, which consisted of her remembering each and every battle she and Katherine fought together in. She looked up at the dark sky.
Katherine...
"Oy, Lass!" came a voice, to which Carmen turned, her sword up, but relaxed when she saw Red and Cait Sith.
"Oh...Hello you two." Carmen smiled, as she looked at Nanaki, who smiled back.
"We heard you attacked Roxanne."
"Lemmie guess. Shouldn't have done that." The girl sighed, to which the lion nodded.
"One shouldn't resort to violence to solve problems."
"But relax Lass!" Cait began, but Carmen interrupted.
"If Roxy is going, So am I. But I need to do something really quick"
The girl turned, before digging into the ground where Katherine died. She knelt down, praying quietly, before digging quietly with her gloved hands into the spot. Soon, she reached a small steel triangular shard buried. She picked it up, watching it coldly, before putting it in her pocket.
"Lass? What was that?"
"A shard of the Oni leader's sword… I'm bringing it to remember Katherine."
With that, she stood up and headed back to her bike.
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Roxy: ...
Carmen: Daah! this chapter is alot shorter!! sorry!! but please review soon!! I now go to bed.