Chapter 16 Angels and Chains
Angel flew into air and open her wings to unleash a storm of paper arrows. "Zell! Cover us till we use our blood moon technique!" yelled Maiev. "copy!". Zell counter the arrows with his own storm of throwing stars. Maiev toss the moon orb above her and both sister became their wild selves. Zell was running out of stars till Mia jump in front and blasted all the arrows with her powerful howl. Angel quickly turn and spotted Maiev behind her and tried to slash her but Angel block it with her paper wings. As this happen, Mia jump on Angel and bit her in the chest. Angel scream in pain and began to spin. Mia was forces to let go and slam into her sister. Zell ran pass them and threw his paper bombs but he was surprise to see them hovering in mid-air. "fool! I can control paper remember!". "crap…" said Zell as the paper bombs flew over to him and blew up. Zell came jumping out of the smoke and fell to his knees. Mia dash right pass him and tackle into Angel. Angel wings grab her and started to squeeze her. Just then Maiev appear above Angel and drop kick her in the head which made her let go of Mia. As Mia was free, she started to claw away on Angel chest. She quickly counter by head butting Mia in the face. Zell caught her before she hit the ground. Maiev was about to attack her but Angel blown her away. Angel then use her paper spears and threw it. Mia stood up and howl again to block all the paper spears. Angel landed and took out a emerald. "no more holding back! Lets end this!". in a flash, Angel body became paper and in the middle was her emerald. Maiev and Zell ran to her and attack but Angel summon a tornado of paper and both of them was toss into air. Helpless in the air, Angel stab them with two spears but Zell and Maiev body became trees stumps. "what!". Zell jump out from underground and hit her emerald with his throwing stars. As she fell back, Mia and Maiev was behind her and use their howl blast on her. Angel body was scatter and only the emerald mean. "did we get her?" said Mia as she walk up to the emerald. "Mia! No!" yelled Zell as he push her away. Just then papers surround Zell and his body was cover. "Zell!" yelled both sisters. Zell fell to his knees and soon he couldn't breath. Soon Angel face appear on the papers. "to kill me, you must kill your friend! Can you…". to Mia and Maiev horror, Zell took out his knife and stab his stomach where Angel face was and soon the emerald appear above Zell. "now!". Mia and Maiev jump to the emerald and slash it. Angel papers fell to the ground and blew away in the wind. Soon as the emerald disappear, the barrier became lighter. Mia and her sister ran to Zell side and found he was bleeding very fast. "sis!". "I'm on it!". Maiev place her hand on Zell knife wound and it started to heal slowly. "M-Mia…if I don't…". "shut up! Your going to be-". "I love you…" said Zell as he blush. "…you do…" blush Mia. "yeah…". Mia kiss Zell on the lips. They soon broke the kiss as Maiev cough. "…your fine". Zell and Mia look down and saw that the knife wound was heal. "…okay" said the both of them as they return kissing which made Maiev sigh.
Rouge use her hip drop on Chain but it had little effect on him as his chains armor protected him. Shade tried to use her leech blade but Chain grab the blades and scatter them. As she fell back, Jet and Storm who are on board pass her and tackle Chain. As they hit him, they grab the chains and drag him across the forest. Chain slam his chains into ground and he stop moving which cause Jet and Storm to be pulled from their boards. Chain then grab both of them and toss them into a tree. After that Rouge use her charm ray on Chain which cause him to be confuse. this allow Shade and Rouge to attack him without being counter. After being best up, Chain recover from his confusing and step back. "…looks like I got to use this!" spoke Chain as he took out a emerald. In a flash, million of chains came shooting out of the ground and surround Chain. The gang did their best to dodge each chain but was getting badly whip. Suddenly Storm had a idea which made everyone say "WHAT!". Chain watch as they ran in a row. The chain started to attack them again but this time it was different. Storm was in the front and took the damage for everyone. When they got in range, Storm jump out of the way when Rouge kick Jet and Shade over to Chain. Shade block the attacks for Jet when took out his fan/sword and slice right through Chain. "…your strong…hope that your friends are the same…when they face Nazo…" said Chain as disappear. The gang watch as the barrier became even more light.
End of chapter 16