Chapter 6 - Win
~ The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. ~
Sun-tzu
After a second, Jasdero asked, "Did we win, hii~?"
Debitto scoffed, throwing his arms over his head, gun in hand. He yawned loudly and said, "Of course we did! How could we possibly lose to-"
Debitto froze mid-sentence as Lero came flying out of the mist. The poor umbrella seemed to have been thrown straight out of it, stopping his own flight near the ceiling.
A large, malicious grin spread across the pumpkin's face as he looked at the twins. "You two are in for it now-lero!"
The two stared nervously back at the mist, aiming their guns near the center of it. They really weren't sure what to expect.
"If you two were smart," Wisely shouted from the sidelines, "You'd give up now!"
"No way!" the two shouted stubbornly. They were both shaking, guns banging into each other with every other wrong jerk. Now the two were definitely scared.
Suddenly, out of the mist leaped…
…a large black panther.
"Lulu Bell?" the Noahs shouted in shock. None of this made any sense. Analicia was the only one on the battlefield at the start of the fight, so how is it that the Noah of Lust had managed to-
"Yes?"
Everyone turned to look at Lulu Bell, who was still holding onto the right arm of the Earl.
So, the question was…if Lulu Bell was with the other Noahs…then who was-?
The Noah's thoughts were interrupted by a shrill scream. The cat, oblivious and/or uncaring to the Noahs confusion, had continued its attack, running at the twins. Claws fully extended and fangs exposed, it leaped at the two. The twins, still confused, panicked and were forced to jump away from each other in order to avoid having their heads ripped off.
The cat, unable to stop its jump, landed all four paws on the wall. The panther then, in one fluid motion, bunched up its hind legs and leaped off of the wall. It flew through the air towards Lero. As it went across the room, it changed. The paws elongated, claws shrinking; black fur became fabric and hair, then skin; narrowed, golden eyes widened, becoming rounded.
The ex-panther reached out and grabbed onto the wooden handle. Black slippered feet landed and skidded to a stop. The being turned around, golden eyes narrowing mockingly from several feet off the ground at the teen Noahs.
"Was that really your best?" Analicia asked, smirking at the two as she stood on…air…holding Lero to her side again.
"H-how did-?" Debitto stuttered, completely confused as to what just happened.
"She can transform…" Lulu murmured appreciatively.
"…And she can Choose…" Tyki continued, completely mystified by the girl's actions.
"…And so much more," Wisely finished, smirking in satisfaction. He'd actually found himself enjoying this fight.
Debitto shook his head, shaking off his nerves, and glared at the girl, quickly finding his old anger again.
"Jaz…" the black haired teen said, looking at his twin.
Jasdero looked up and smirked, knowing his twin's thoughts already.
The two aimed at Analicia again and shouted, "Loading…Red Bullet: Blazing Red Planet!"
A large ball of flame erupted from their guns, becoming bigger as it moved. It flew right at Analicia…
…And then went right through her.
The twins gaped at the 15th Noah.
Analicia put a hand to her mouth and yawned loudly. "This really is all you've got, isn't it?" she sighed heavily, "That's too bad. I was hoping this would at least be a decent fight."
The two, desperate, pointed their guns at her again.
She raised an eyebrow at the two, eyes twinkling, and said with a knowing smirk "You're going to try another Red Bullet."
As the twins gaped at her again, the other Noahs turned to look questioningly at Wisely. He glanced around at the group and shrugged his shoulders. "She's right. That is what they were thinking. And before you say it, yes, she can read minds."
"Fine," Debitto said, glaring at the girl, "Let's try that Jaz."
Jasdero turned to his brother, a grin spreading across his sown shut mouth. "Ok!"
The two pointed their guns at each other's head, preparing to shoot and combine their forms into that of Jasdevi.
Analicia shook her head at their actions. "Yeah, I don't think so," she stated bluntly. She lifted her left hand, and moved her fingers in a motion reminiscent to that of a crawling spider.
The twins felt themselves freeze and unwillingly drop their guns as their hands were forced open. The two felt like they'd become puppets as their bodies moved on their own to face the smirking brunette. Analicia flicked her wrist and Debitto and Jasdero went flying backwards. They simultaneously hit the wall and crumpled to the ground, groaning in pain as they fell to the floor.
"Body manipulation…" Tyki mumbled, keeping a silent count.
"Finish them Ana-chan~!" Road shouted, completely ignoring her uncle.
Analicia giggled evilly as she began walking down to the twins as if she was on a staircase. Her smirk turned into a vicious grin as she approached the groaning Debitto.
"Ready to give up?" she asked, standing before the teen.
Debitto coughed and narrowed his eyes at her, "Never!"
Analicia sighed and rolled her eyes. She held out the umbrella to her side. A dark violet glowing mist raced up from her hand across Lero. When the mist was finished, the umbrella was gone and in its place was a long, black broadsword with a white cross going up the middle.
"The Earl's sword…" Lulu Bell murmured, sounding slightly surprised.
Analicia gave a heavy sigh. "This is for your own good."
She swung the sword around towards Debitto. Debitto cringed, waiting for the blow. At the last second, the sword stopped. Analicia turned the sword on its side so that the flat and was directed at the teen's head.
Then she whacked him hard on the head with the flat side of the sword.
Debitto groaned in pain as he passed out, a small bump already forming on his head.
Analicia smirked at her victory and then turned to the other one, Jasdero.
Jasdero was crouching against the wall, tears forming at the corners of his eyes. He was holding a bump on his head that had come from being thrown against the wall. He looked fearfully between his now-unconscious brother and the 15th. The girl approached the scared Noah and crouched down to his eyelevel.
Her face softened as she gave him a kind smile. "You didn't really want to fight me, did you Jasdero? You were only following your stupid brother, right?"
She already knew the answer to her own question before she even asked. Jasdero's eyes widened as he processed what she just said. He then slowly nodded his head, careful not to move a lot to keep his head from pounding.
Analicia raised her hand still holding the sword and the purple mist flew back down it to her hand, turning the sword back into its original form. She let go of Lero, allowing for the umbrella to float around of its own free will.
She patted Jasdero lightly on the head, doing her best to avoid the bump. "It's alright, Jasdero. Debitto's fine. He'll be up in a couple of hours. And…I'm sorry for hurting you. I really did try to go easy on you. So…smile, ok?"
Jasdero blinked once in confusion and then, grasping the meaning of her words, immediately perked up. Analicia blinked once at his sudden change and was even more surprised when the blond gave her a tackle-hug almost identical to Road's.
"Yay! Ana-chan's nice now! Hii-hii~!" he shouted.
Analicia brought herself out of her dazed state and smiled down at Jasdero. "I'll try to be nicer to you, ok?"
Jasdero smiled and let go of her. He gave her a pleading look and asked, "Debi too?"
The girl smirked, patted his head and stood. She reached a hand out and helped Jasdero stand up.
"Not a chance."
Analicia looked over to her new "family" when she heard the sound of clapping. The Earl and Wisely were the ones clapping, the Earl with his usual wide grin and Wisely giving her one of his trade-mark smirks. Road was jumping up and down, twirling around and chanting, "She won~! She won~!" Lulu Bell gave her a nod of approval, a small smile on her face. Tyki was now busily trying to get his brother off of him. Cyril had apparently broken down in tears after seeing that Analicia was ok and was still crying for joy on his brother's shoulder…much to Tyki's displeasure.
Analicia gave her naturally innocent smile and walked over to them, leaving Jasdero to fuss over his twin. She looked to Lero, who was still next to her, and a worried expression crept onto her face.
"You alright Lero? You weren't hurt or anything, were you?"
"No, no-lero! I'm perfectly fine Mistress-lero!" Lero said hurriedly, darting around like a demented bumblebee.
Analicia felt a large pair of hands on her shoulders as a merry voice said, "You did very well, my dear!"
Analicia smiled up at the Earl. "Thank you, Earl."
"Welcome to the family, Analicia, the Noah of Life."
After the battle, everyone decided, mostly when Analicia gave a rather cute yawn, that it would be a good idea if they got some sleep. The Earl went off with Lero to continue with his "job." Analicia still wasn't quite sure what that was. She mentally added that to the list of things that she needed to ask them about. Lulu Bell, Cyril and Wisely went off to their own rooms not long after.
This left Road and Tyki to escort Analicia to her room. Analicia was grateful to them for the escort, as she soon realized that…whatever or wherever she was staying was very large, with many of the hallways almost identical. Road smirked when she told her this and said her that, if she ever got lost, she could always just ask one of the maids to show her back to her room.
'Wow…maids, weapons, a dream world…this place really does have everything…'
The three of them kept up polite conversation until they reached her room. At which point, the two Noahs bid her goodnight, with Road giving her a hug and Tyki a gentlemanly bow. Analicia curtsied back and went into her own room, closing the door gently behind her.
She sat on the bed and brought her knees up, hugging them tightly to her chest. She mentally went over everything that had happened today…and boy, was it a lot. Her entire life had changed.
And, strangely enough, she was perfectly happy with it. Road and Jasdero were adorable. The Earl was nice. Lero had taken to her quickly. Lulu Bell seemed to like her. Wisely found her interesting. Tyki was charming. Cyril was…odd, but still kind. And Debitto was obnoxious, but she'd hopefully beaten some of that out of him.
She yawned loudly in the ever-present silence of the night. Only a small bit of light actually managed to enter her room through the curtains. Everything was very peaceful…
Analicia fell over onto her side, keeping herself curled-up on the bed. She closed her eyes, a smile on her face as she drifted off.
It was funny though, for a second, just before she fell asleep…Analicia could've sworn she heard a piano softly playing in the distance.
But she must've just imagined that…right?
Chapter 6 - End
Yay! I finally posted!
...I think i made a lot of my readers mad after the last chapter...well, soory...but you've gotta admit that it was a pretty good cliffy! ;)
Ok, and i'd just like to make one thing clear...I do not hate Debitto...despite popular belief...I just think his ego could be knocked down a peg or two...
-Sigh- Anyway, I'll try to get the next chapter up by next week, but don't hold me to that! My overall goal for this story is to be up to double digits at least before the end of summer.
If you liked it, review! :)
If you didn't...then I'm really confused as to why you're still here (seriously, it's chapter 6 now people!).