Chapter 17: One Night to Remember--Part III--Interruptions for Eddy and Corina
(Back in One Part of Chapter 14…)
And before Corina could do or say anything, Eddy leaned in towards her face and gave her a long, kiss on her lips. Corina widened her eyes and blushed even more while he continued his kiss. And when he finally separated from her, you could see both of them blushing as red as a tomato.
"So, Corina?" Eddy started to ask with his usual, slightly boastful attitude, "What did ya think of--?!"
Before Eddy could finish her sentence, Corina replied to him with a kiss of her own, making Eddy stop his sentence short. Eddy blushed like the color of a beet while she continued to kiss him. And when Corina finally separated from him, she muttered, "I love you too, Eddy…"
(And now, onto Chapter 17…)
It was a few minutes since they made their first kiss to each other. The two of them kept gazing up at the stars above them; Eddy's left hand grasped tightly with Corina's right hand. It all and well for them… until a certain voice ruined the moment.
"Ah, what a beautiful night tonight," stated a sinister voice behind them as Eddy and Corina swiveled around to see Ray on the top step of the stairs behind them, "Too bad that I have to interrupt it."
"What do you want?!" Eddy demanded from the white haired teen as he and Corina got up from where they sat on the bottom of the stone steps of the school.
"Hmm, let me see…" the teen started to say, "I am here to introduce my real name, and to tell you why I'm here," he then produced a long katana from out of thin air, "My real name is Raiki, and I'm here for the Mint Lorikeet."
Eddy made a glare to the teen named Raiki, "Over my dead body!" he shouted as he stood in front of Corina, who made a worried face to him.
"Hmph, fine; that can be arranged," Raiki said as he got into a battle position, "Be prepared to say goodbye, Topaz Knight."
Eddy gritted his teeth as he and Corina saw Raiki step forward, preparing to make his move. But then, something unexpected happens as Raiki made his move… Eddy was pushed out of the way of Raiki's katana as he heard a loud, painful gasp from Corina.
Eddy quickly swerved towards Corina see her standing there in his place; the katana pierced straight through her deep right shoulder. You could see tears streaming from her eyes in unbearable pain as Raiki then extracted his blade from her shoulder. Her body collapsed to the ground after the blade was removed.
"C-Corina!" Eddy shouted as he came by her side in a heartbeat.
Corina's face was now growing pale from the loss of blood as she gazed up to see Eddy above her, "E-Eddy -- I-I'm so… sorry," she started to wheeze out, "I-I wanted you… t-to be safe -- f-forever…" her eyes then closed as her face grew even paler than before; a warm smile was now on her face. Her breaths were getting shorter and shorter in length.
"Corina…" Eddy muttered as she then stopped breathing altogether, "Please don't go; n-not now…"
There was a moment of silence before someone made a laugh at the scene; it was Raiki.
"That was better than I'd expected!" he stated while he continued to laugh, "This sure was a good perform--"
"Shut up!" Ed growled as he stood up from where he kneeled and faced Raiki. He was clenching his fist so hard; they were turning to a ghostly shade of white. His head was lowered down in sadness with tears escaping from his now narrowed eyes.
"Ha! You think crying over it will help?" Raiki stated as he made a smirk, "I'll bring her back for you; but not in a way you'll remember her."
It was when he said that that Eddy turned his attention back towards Corina's body; it was being dragged into a portal of darkness, "Corina!!" Eddy shouted as she disappeared completely. That's when he fell to his knees in hopelessness; she was gone.
"I'll se ya around, Topaz," Raiki said as he then disappeared into a portal of darkness himself, leaving behind a broken-hearted Eddy…
Oh good lord, when will this end?! D: ... Actually, it ends after this chapter... for a while. 83 Enough of the death drama now. ):