Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I don't own Claymore, but I do love it.

Hello again! A little bit about this Flora chick: Flora is an awakened being I made up, that was in the group of 24 Claymore that went to the north. She turned into an awakened being and returned for human's guts...!

I made her up, but I think there was a Flora, and I'm screwing her up and her number (correct me if I'm wrong, please). Well, here's the story, unless you want me to apologize for any mistakes again…? If they're any, tell me. I want this to be as perfect as possible. And any other comments. I'd love to hear (read) them.

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"Flora?" Karen cried. "But she was killed five years ago. In the north."

"She must have came out here, after turning into an Awakened One." I said, staring at the Awakened Being.

"Number 3? Damn it." Karen hissed. She looked around with a look on her face like she just remembered something important. "Where's Ginny?"

I gasped. I hadn't seen Ginny. I looked for her Yoma energy. I couldn't feel anything from her. Her Yoma energy was gone. So, Flora got to her already, without Karen or I realizing it. The damn woman was powerful when she was Claymore. This is going to be an interesting fight.

I spun my sword around, glaring at Flora. "Ready?"

"Yep." Karen sighed, raising her sword. And we both charged at the monster. It rose its tails up defensively. Karen jabbed it with her sword. She had great accuracy. And she could jab ten times in a second. Five seconds with her and you're dead. My ability wasn't as cool. I spun my sword around in front of me, making a bladed shielded. It sucks for the ones reaching out for me.

The monster Flora had lost three of her tails, but being a defensive type, she was already growing them back. Closer up to her I could see her Yoma dog body was taller then I was. Flora looked at me with her normal looking face. The only difference was her long hair was gone.

She swung her large paw at me. That was a stupid mistake. I spun my sword around as her claw came down on me. I sliced a huge hole in it, nearly cutting it off. Karen jumped in front of me. Three seconds later Flora went flying, her chest ripped up and bloody. I started spinning my sword with one hand. I pulled the spinning hand back and tossed it forward.

The sword spun across Flora's chest, drawing even more blood. Me sword spun back to me. I snatched it out of the air and smiled at Karen.

"Let's finish her." I smiled.

And slowly a long tentacle was sticking out of my back. I gasped softly; I didn't see it coming. Then I was dragged along the ground towards Flora. Karen raced after me, but was stopped by four of Flora's tails. Two more wrapped around my arms. Flora didn't have seven tails? What the hell was going on?

Karen destroyed the tails holding her back. She ran over and cut the tails that were pulling me. My chest wound got bigger, and started bleeding a lot. I put my hand on my chest and focused my Yoma powers on healing myself.

"You ok?" Karen asked.

"Give me a second." I muttered, feeling the skin pull itself back together. When the wound was bearable, I stopped healing it. I wasn't going to exceed my Yoma power yet. I got up and ran with Karen towards the monster. Its tails attacked us again. We both dodged, jumping around but keeping our balance. There were more then seven tails. Like 15 or 16 tails were attacking us. Karen jumped in the middle of the mayhem.

She started jabbing at the tails. All of them were down before I could say anything. I gasped when I looked at Flora. She sat on the cliff's edge, smiling a devious smile. Her tails came back to her. She stuck them all into the ground under her. I gasped again when I realized what she was doing.

"Karen, run!" I screamed.

BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM…

The tails exploded out of the ground from under us. They were larger, and bladed at the end. It was like every time they were cut off they grew bigger and stronger. A blade sliced my back, sliced my stomach, scratched my face… and I couldn't tell where they were coming from.

I saw Ginny's head flying through the air. Gasped, and for a moment I was caught off guard. A tail through my chest again, and a tail through my leg. Karen gasped. She was doing fine with dodging, but needed a partner. She leaped around the tails that tried to cut her through as well.

"No! Get back!" I cried. "Save you –,"

My left arm went flying. I gasped as it hit the ground. Blood splashed through the stump that used to be my arm. My grip on my sword weakened. I was thrown into the air. The Flora herself jumped up and smiled at me.

"An arm for an arm?" She smiled, referring to her damaged paw. I gasped when she kicked me. I sailed over the side of the cliff, down into the cold, rushing water.

Continued…

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Ah! Rachel, you're going to die! Does this remind you of Clare's fight, when she got both her arms and legs cut off? Sorry, but that fight was so awesome I couldn't help but copy it. Don't worry, no more copying from me… after one more little thing happens. But I promise an awesome ending.