Evangeline's POV: Geh…where is that she-devil. I wondered, as I walked through the greatly enlarged campsite. "Boya! Get over here!" I barked at Negi who had just walked out of his tent, with Asuna in tow.
"Huh…Oh Eva- oops I mean Master. You called?" He answered walking up to me. His face was one of cautious attention. Behind him Asuna glared at me in disdain.
"So what are you doing now? Taking your little girlfriend out for a walk is it? I asked leaning toward him. Grinning, I watched as his face took on a beet red color.
"Leave Negi-chan, alone!" *SMACK* "OW! What was that for you little brat! I should suck you dry right now!" I snarled, lunging forward hands outstretched ready to snatch Asuna, and finish her off. I was suddenly interrupted however, by the feel of razor sharp steel against my throat.
"May I ask why you were trying to drain an innocent child, Dark Evangel?" Lyn appeared next to me, her voice deathly soft, hiding a festering rage within. Glaring angrily at her, I jumped back and raised my hands in preparation to strike.
"Lic Lac Li La Lilac! Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of obscurum!Phasmatis of glacies!Exorior plactum meus hostilis! Lilac!" A missile of compressed wind, darkness and ice hurtled outward toward Lyn. Without warning Negi appeared in front of Lyn and took the hit, letting out a short scream of pain.
"Negi!" Lyn shouted, catching the boy before he hit the ground. Glaring up at me, she let out an enraged yell and started toward me sword raised ready to cut me down.
"Lilac!" I barked releasing the same spell. It struck Lyn full on the chest and sent her flying backward. Getting to her knees, Lyn glared angrily at me, tears of anger and hate flowing down her cheeks. I matched her stare, only to notice that her eyes were unfocused, as if she was seeing right past me.
"No… please don't-don't die on me…NO don't g-go…Mother…F-father…please. Her eyes refocused on me slightly before going out of focus again. "You…Y-YOU T-TRAITOR! I H-HATE YOU!"
Slumping her shoulders, she pushed herself up and stood tall facing me, with the same faraway expression on her face. "ADEAT" Her massive sword reappeared in her hand.
Looking up at her my mouth fell open. Lyn was sheathed in an ancient and dark energy that had manifested itself in the form of a black dragon with its wings outstretched behind her. The dragon's limbs were merged with her arms and legs. Her clothing had also changed; she now wore a suit of solid black armor, with a chain-mail skirt that extended to ¾ thigh length. Her hair had turned stark white, and her eyes where entirely black with purple fires glowing behind them. Instead of her sword, her hands had elongated and she now had claws on each finger that stretched 6-inches in length.
She charged at me, bolts of black lightning curling of her leaving the scent of burnt ozone hanging in the air.
"Lic Lac Li La Lilac! Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of obscurum!Phasmatis of glacies!Exorior plactum meus hostilis! Lilac!" The spell refracted off her to no avail. I had barely enough time to dodge, before she lashed out with her talons, black fires trailing off them.
"Lic Lac Li La Lilac! Phasmatis of ventus! Phasmatis of obscurum!Vorago Vesica! Phasmatis of glacies!Gelidus amnis! Lilac!" A jagged arc of ice came down and struck Lyn freezing her solid, quickly followed by a jagged arc of dark energy. The arc struck and shattered both the ice and Lyn. Smirking I turned my back and touched down on the ground. When I landed, I was blasted of my feet by the same jagged arc of dark energy that I had destroyed Lyn with, only stronger.
"How…how are you still alive!?" I asked incredulously, staring at Lyn who stood before me the same as she was before she was frozen.
"Shadow-dance." She hissed striding toward me. "Shadow…AAGGHH!!" I screamed as Lyn's hand shot out and struck me in the chest, right below the heart. Looking down in horror, I saw that Lyn's arm had pierced through my chest up to the elbow, and was alight with black flames, flames that ate away at my very essence.
Coughing up blood, I felt myself being lifted off the ground. I watched in agony as Lyn drew her free hand back, and retracted her claws, Lightning sparked along her hand and she thrust it forward palm out. "AAIIEE!!" I screamed as I was launched backward onto a nearby tree. Sliding down, the trunk, I blacked out.
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Setsuna's POV: Hearing a scream I rushed out of my tent fearing the worse. "Ojou-sama!" I shouted, panicked. "Ojou-sama!" I called out again.
"Over here Se-chan!" Konoka called out waving her hand to get my attention. I quickly dashed over to her side.
" I heard screaming, I thought…" I said, my fear subsiding. "What the…!?" I exclaimed, as I saw Evangeline go flying through the air toward us. With a loud crack she slammed into a tree, and slid down, unconscious.
"Evangeline-san!" I shouted rushing over to her. *Gasp* looking at the extent of her injuries, I knew she was barely clinging to life. *HHISS* Turning on my heel, I gasped in shock for the second time as I saw Lyn striding toward me. However this was not the Lyn I was familiar with. This one had stark white hair and entirely black eyes that lacked pupils. She was also wearing a black plate and chain mail suit of armor. Behind her a pair of glowing black bat wings spread out behind her. Along with that, the head and neck of a black dragon curled over hers.
Drawing my nodachi, I positioned myself between Evangeline and Ojou-sama. "Leave this place monster.' I intoned, holding my blade outward in a defensive position. The creature still continued its inexorable march towards me and when it got within 15 feet of me, it growled a warning. Still I held my ground and never moved my eyes from the brute.
With the barest flicker of movement, the beast suddenly charged. "Hyakuretsu Oukajan!" Swinging my nodachi in a wide circular arc "Zankuusen!" Before bringing it around for a diagonal cut across the creatures face. The blows only managed to seemingly irritate the beast.
With a quick flick of the wrist, the creature knocked my sword out of the way and raked its claws against my face. "OOWW!" I yelled stumbling off to the side as the creature's claws scored parallel grooves across my right cheek. Whirling around I lunged at the beast. "Zantetsusen!" My nodachi bit deep into the creature's side, with a sharp roar, it rounded on me again. Again it tried to claw me, but this time I was better prepared for the attack and quickly jumped up to avoid its scything claws. "Zanganken!" bringing my sword down in a vertical slice. *CLANG* gasping in shock, I saw that the creature had blocked the attack with little effort.
*SMACK* I again found myself careening backward. "Oomph!" I grunted getting back to my feet, I had to duck down as the creature swung a sharp right hook where my head had been, moments before. *CRACK* Looking up I saw that the creature's claws had become embedded in the trunk of the tree.
"Hyaa!!" Jumping up I swung downward with all my strength. *CRACK…SHINK* "AAGGHH!" I crashed onto the ground, nodachi sliding uselessly away from me. "Urgh…damn it!" I cursed at my injury. Pushing myself up to my knees, I vomited an alarming amount of blood.
Off to my right, I heard Ojou-sama yell my name. I can't let that beast reach either Ojou-sama or Eva-chan. Pushing myself unsteadily to my feet, with one arm wrapped around my stomach, I picked up my nodachi and pointed it at the creature. "You shall not pass!" I barked. "Zanganken!" A vertical slash directly in front of the beast caught its attention, and forced it to jump back.
Hissing, the creature turned on me again, talons extended. I quickly blocked-or tried to block the creatures incoming attack. However I was not strong enough to stop the blow entirely and only managed to turn it aside. The next blow went under my guard and struck me solidly in my injured stomach. *THUD* I crashed onto the ground, and vomited up even more blood.
"LEAVE SE-CHAN ALONE, YOU MONSTER!" I heard as the creature bore down on me. Something, or someone appeared in my vision. Ojou-sama had positioned herself in front of the creature. I tried to raise my head to talk, but I was too weak and dazed from blood-loss to do anything. However, I could see that the monster had stopped, and from its stance seemed to be studying Ojou-sama with an expression of feral curiosity. It shuddered, and the black flames disappeared. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was an unconscious Lyn collapsing and being caught by Ojou-sama.