Tai: YES!! I actually finished this chapter in a month! And i lost all my readers last chapter...

Genis: That's what you get for inconsistancy.

Tai: What, is that even the rigth word for it?

Genis: Uhm, anyway... you takle too long to post this up some times and readers gave up on it.

Tai: Wah!

Presea: I'm going to push this button again.

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Chapter 13

Colette opened her eyes. She felt dizzy; she put her hand on her head. She slowly got up and looked around. She was outside Lloyd's House. It had stopped raining, Colette looked around, and she saw Raine, Regal and Mettal off to the side and knocked out. Then as she remembered what had happened she quickly turned and looked for Zelos. She saw him lying on the ground where she had chased him too. She frowned; she saw no blood anywhere around Zelos. Then she spotted the dagger lying a few feet from her, it was broken. The blade was bent and cracked, but it was clean of blood. She stood and walked over to Zelos, he was breathing! Colette's anger burned, she slapped him so hard his head turned and hit the ground.

"What was that for?" Zelos asked groaning, he started rubbing his cheek, where Colette's hand left a mark.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU DIE?!" Colette screamed and punched Zelos so hard he flew a couple feet.

"Ouch!! What the heck is your problem Colette?" Zelos said starting to get up.

"Yea what the heck is your problem?" A voice from behind her said. Zelos, who had just opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the voice, froze.

"Are you blind, or are you just plain stupid?" The voice spoke again. Colette turned around to face whatever it was. She shrieked as she saw what it was. It looked like a best from Hell, It was a dark creature engulfed in black shadows that hung in the air like mist. Its eyes were a crimson red and they burned like a great fire.

"You…" Zelos said with dark eyes. "I remember you…"

"What?" Colette said with a bit of shock.

"He… possessed me…" Zelos said his eyes burning with anger and fear.

"What?!?!" Colette said again still shocked.

"Oh shut your mouth." The beast said. "Zelos proved useful enough and now that Lloyd is dead all that I require is the blade…" Zelos looked at the sword which was clenched in his hand now. "So, will you give it up freely or do you wish to fight for it?"

"Screw you; I'd die before I'd just hand over something like this…" Zelos said rising from the ground.

"Very well then, very well…" The beast drew a blade of blue flame from its side.

"Stand back Colette…" Zelos said pointing the Eternal Sword at the beast.

"Yes, stand back…" the beast said, then raised his hand and with a swinging motion, made her fly backwards. She landed next to Lloyd, and she fainted.

Zelos yelled at the beast as he swung at him, the beast countered and flung Zelos back. Zelos flew to the side and lunged at the beast. Zelos broke the beasts guard but was sent flying back as it punched him. Zelos was a bit stunned but shook his head and readied himself for an attack. This time the beast lunged forward, Zelos swung his sword in front of him and their swords clashed. They stood in a sword lock neither about to give up, Zelos began to sweat and the beast overcame the clash and Zelos fell back a few feet. He leaped up as the beast swung his blade, which passed below him as he leaped. He could feel the heat from the blade as it cam back for a second swipe, Zelos did a dive roll off to the side to avoid it. He turned around and swung his sword straight down upon the beast, but the beast swung its sword around and caught it with his own blade. Then the beast kicked Zelos from the lock.

"You seem to be a skilled fighter." The beast said. "But how long can you endure?" Then he thrust his sword at Zelos, who knocked it away with his own blade. Zelos then thrust his sword forward and it scraped the beast's side as it leaped to the side. The beast growled.

"Heh, will I even need to endure when fighting someone as unskilled as you?" Zelos said chuckling.

"Sike!" the beast yelled and thrust his sword at Zelos. The blade went through Zelos' stomach. Zelos flinched, his eye twitched. The beast drew his blade from Zelos' stomach. Zelos coughed up blood and fell to his knees.

"'Pride comes before the fall'… typical" the beast said stepping toward Zelos.

"REVITALIZE!" a voice yelled from behind Zelos. A circle appeared around Zelos and he was healed. Raine stood behind him with her staff held up. "Now go and finish him off!" she yelled. Colette blinked and looked around.

"Thanks," Zelos coughed. "But I'm too weak…"

"Oh shut up!" Raine yelled. "You may have lost before but you can win this time!"

"Ah, shut up!" the beast scoffed, "False hope… you're pitiful." The beast flew at Zelos and knocked the sword from his hand; it flew and stuck in the ground next to Colette who was standing now.

"It was you…" Colette said look at the beast with dark eyes. "You killed my…" Colette's eyes watered up. "My… best friend…"

"Yes..." the beast said.

"He… could have killed you…" Colette said.

"But he's dead now, isn't he…" the beast smirked and kicked Zelos off to the side.

Colette muttered something and then she held up her chakram before her.

"What? You wouldn't do that, even for him…" the beast said staring with narrowed eyes.

"Oh, but I would…"

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The man hesitated not a second and threw the dagger at Rhuan. Just as it approached Rhuan it stopped as if it had hit an invisible barrier and bounced off. The man froze kind of shocked. Rhuan turned around and glanced at the dagger. Then literally flew where the man stood frozen. He pulled him out into the light.

"Hm, it's you." Rhuan said with an unimpressed look, and then flung the man back against the wall. 'Would you like to try that little stunt again?"

"I might, but you cheat." The man said then picked himself up from the ground. Rhuan snorted and choked back a laugh.

"I'll have you know that there is no such thing as cheating in a game with no rules." Rhuan said. "In fact this is no game so it's impossible to cheat anyway."

"Fine then, let me rephrase myself." The man said. "I might, but you're too scared to go without that auto defend field you've got about yourself."

"Hmm, is that so?" Rhuan said with an amused look. "Well… I am a bit bored right now and in need of some excitement." Rhuan bent down and picked up the dagger from the floor. "So… Yuan… let the battle begin!" Rhuan whirled around and flung the dagger at Yuan who caught it between his fingers and smiled.

"So be it…" Yuan said and drew a blade from his side. Rhuan smiled held his hands out in front of him and out of nowhere made a blade appear. Yuan began to circle and Rhuan followed his lead. Yuan stopped and flew at Rhuan slice his sword in an up down direction. Rhuan caught the attack with his blade then kicked Yuan off. Yuan hit a wall and kicked off of it as Rhuan came at him. Their swords clashed and again Rhuan threw Yuan from the lock. Yuan jumped off the wall and swung his sword at Rhuan with such strength he broke the lock and Rhuan leaped back to avoid Yuan's cross strike.

"Look's like you've still got a fight in you, eh?" Yuan said smirking.

"Heh, so it would seem." Rhuan said and flew at Yuan with a forward stab. Yuan jumped off to the side and slashed at Rhuan who swung his sword in time to knock Yuan's away.

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Kratos was still chuckling from his joke and Mithos looked a little annoyed.

"Oh, come on! You know it was funny!" Kratos laughed back at Mithos.

"Ah, whatever…" Mithos sighed with a blank expression, Kratos grinned.

"Look!" Kratos said to Mithos as he saw some sort of building hidden in the trees.

"Huh?" Mithos said and looked where Kratos had started pointing. Suddenly the roof exploded and a blue haired man was flying through the air. He landed on the side of the roof trying to keep his balance, he was a little bloody. Another man hopped upon the side of the roof, he held his blade out and the blue haired man did the same.

"Hey isn't that…" Kratos began.

"…Yuan!" Mithos finished. Yuan and the other man flew at each other swinging their swords. "I've got to go help him out Kratos, you go on ahead. I'll catch up!"

"Yes, of course." Kratos said then flew off waving goodbye. Mithos flew towards the building where Yuan was.

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Balls of light circled Colette and a magic circle appeared beneath her, and a second one under Lloyd's dead body.

"Giving up myself to save another, a friend…" Colette said with teary eyes. "SACRIFICE!" Colette's body froze; a flash of light came from her. She fell to the ground and the circle beneath her faded. The circle beneath Lloyd began glowing brightly, balls of light came from it and a great light flashed from inside Lloyd. Lloyd's stomach moved up and down, he was breathing. His eyes opened, he saw the beast and the Eternal sword stuck in the ground before him.

Tai: It's a shame that all those readers i started out with have discontinued this fanfic.

Genis: Yea, it's really getting good!

Tai: Yeah, and there are only 2 chapters left!!!!

Lloyd: No way!!

Tai: I know, but for my next fic, my Zelda side will shine and i will be persistent with it so i won't have a decline in readers!

Genis: If it's actually popular to start out with that is.

Tai: Shut up...

(battle room)

Mithos: Check!

Zelos: NOOOO!! Uh... Uncheck!

Mithos: Check

Sheena: Just give it up Zelos, you lost.

Zelos: Never! Uncheck!

Mithos: Checkmate!

Zelos: Uncheckmate!

Mithos: You can't do that!

Zelos: Oh yeah?

Kratos: He's right, you can't.

Zelos: Oh... DARN!

Tai: Bwa ha ha! Zelos do you even know how to play chess?

Zelos: Oh, so that's what chess is...

Yuan: I'M CRASHING DA PARTY!!!

All: GASP! ISH YUAN!!