I'm gonna try to keep uploading these fairly quickly… gotta make up for all that time I was gone… R&R!
'Gigano Sharcrezo' stopped all the spells. The first being the burning lock of hair that was 'Buron Braidon', next Multos' cloning spell 'Dobla', then Jyans' 'Chikelga', Shu's 'Giga Azurio' was blasted through next, but the spell was slowed substantially. Only one of the three mirror shards of Jhouru's 'Hunta Shardar' hit Chrys' spell, which only succeeded in chipping off a sharp point. Finally, Correre's 'Gifiaterr Ikaterr' finished it off. "Wow, they're really strong. Sure we can beat them?" Jyan asked his book owner. Instead, Shu answered.
"Of course we can beat her! There's only one of her, but six of us." Shu answered confidently. The entire group looked at him. That logic hadn't worked in their favor before. Shu laughed nervously, and then retreated into the crowd.
"You may have numbers… but we have something you don't. We have a bond," Anthony started, opening the luminescent blue spell book.
"A bond that can't be broken." He finished, smiling.
"Dioga Oru Sharcrezo!" He shouted. Drained, he fell to his knees. He had put way too much power into the last few spells, and this was no different. The crystals started to form above the twelve of them. Chrys knelt down to him, and helped him up.
"Chikushou!" Jhouru yelled out, knowing that they were the only ones with a defense spell to counter this.
"Waru Miiruk!" He called the spell out, as a dome of mirrors surrounded them.
"Good thinking." Jay commented, looking at the crystals intently. Suddenly, dozens began to descend on the dome. After the first wave of shards rained down, leaving the dome nearly unscathed, the group cheered. But then the next wave came. Cracks started to appear on the dome, the amount of weight on it causing a shockwave to emanate down. The mirror was visibly buckling under the shards. There were only three of the crystal shards left. One fell with tremendous force, creating a large crack in the ceiling. Jhouru squinted in pain.
"How much more do you think you can take?" Alan asked, a bit worried.
"I can take anything." He replied, concentrating on holding the dome shield. The next shard fell with the same amount, just a little right to the spot where the last one hit. Jhouru fell to his knees, his veins popping out. He was really trying to keep that dome up.
"Jhouru!" Chikushou yelled in worry. Immediately after, he tried to hide his worry. Still holding the book open and pouring heart energy into it, he ran to his partner's side.
"Jhouru…" He whispered. The boy sighed and looked up, and angry and determined face giving him a bad greeting.
"Get away!" He shouted at his book owner. Chikushou stepped back in surprise, falling back. The whole group stepped away.
Jhouru kept struggling and grunting. It looked like he was holding the whole weight of the dome on his back. All of the crystal shards still protruded out of the mirror dome, and it looked heavy. The final crystal was about to fall.
"Chikushou…" Jhouru struggled, looking up.
"When this dome breaks, I want you to cast Miiruk, okay?" Jhouru asked his book owner.
"Do you think…" Chikushou began, until Jhouru stopped him.
"You're going to cast Miiruk!" He yelled forcefully. Chikushou nodded, dumbfounded. The final crystal suddenly dropped, landing in the direct middle of all the crystals. Jhouru buckled under the pressure and pain, as the dome broke.
"Chikushou!" He yelled as the crystals and mirror shards started to descend.
"Miiruk!" He cast accordingly. Eleven mirrors appeared on top of the heads of everyone… except Jhouru. The crystals descended on him and everyone else, but the mirrors above the others heads deflected the crystals. Like Lon, Jhouru became pinned to the catacomb floor. To everyone's surprise, he lifted up his arms and legs and shrugged the crystals off him.
"I thought you didn't care…" Jhouru asked his partner. His partner smiled.
"I don't. But this battle is really amusing." He shrugged nonchalantly. Anthony gasped and stepped back.
"How… how can he still get up? Even Lon fell before Dioga Oru Sharcrezo… How can this new guy take it so well?" Anthony asked. Chrys sighed.
"When I sensed them… I thought they were weak… but they seem… mildly determined." Chrys replied in between breaths.
"I guess we have more of a bond then you thought." Alan said, crossing his arms and smiling.
"Alan, could you do something for me?" Jay asked.
"Sure."
"Please, shut up."
"Okay."
"Now, Chrys, do you have enough energy for a stronger spell?" Anthony asked his partner, panting himself.
"Let's save those for later… use a weaker spell." Chrys replied, taking a deep breath and standing up, her light blue hair messy and tired.
"Okay. Harcrezudo!" He cast, the luminescent blue book glowing. Chrys opened her mouth, a blue substance shooting out of it. It covered the feet of almost the entire group.
"What is this?" Shu asked, trying to step out of it.
"It isn't sticky.." Alan replied, lifting his foot easily out of the stuff. Jyan took his finger through the liquid and put it in his mouth. He spat it out.
"It tastes horrible!" He said, spitting most of it out. Josh took up the book and smacked him with it.
"Hey, what was that for?"
"Stop being stupid." Josh replied, annoyed. Jyan crossed his arms, as the liquid began to crystallize. The group was stuck in the crystal formation, and Jyan was having a particularly uncomfortable time.
"Get it out! Get it out!" He lisped, scraping the crystals off his tongue. Josh, however, was unfazed, and crossed his arms in smug happiness.
"I told you to stop being stupid." Josh said. Jyan growled.
"Will you just cast a spell to get this stuff outta my mouth!" He yelled at his book owner.
"Okay, okay…" Josh replied, a smile on his face.
"You didn't have to yell. Chikelga!" He cast, as Jyan opened his mouth, sending a blast of energy at Chrys, tearing through the crystal formations in its way. Chrys took the spell directly, her feet scraping along the catacomb floor. She finally stopped as Jyan's spell vanished.
"I don't care how powerful you are, Mamodos…" Chrys began, determined. She raised her head.
"But Ramon will not win! I will defeat all of you, then I will defeat Ramon!"
"Wait, wait, wait… You're against Ramon?" Jay asked, stepping forward as the Harcrezudo spell had disappeared. He looked back at Multos.
"Did you know this?" He looked back. Multos looked around nervously.
"Hi, Chrys…"
"Multos? Is that you?" She looked at him intently.
"Oh! So I guess you guys are against Ramon too!" She cried happily. Jay looked back angrily at Multos.
"You mean this battle was for nothing?" He shouted at the short Mamodo.
"Well…" Multos shrugged, pausing to find the words.
"You don't have to beat him up. I stayed with Ramon until he pitted me against one of my friends. Now I just want him gone." Chrys said with determination and anger. Anthony, a tall teenager with a broad build, was dumbfounded.
"Huh?" He asked confusedly. Chrys grabbed him.
"I know you guys are hurt from the last few battles you've been in. There's a Doctor I know… well, he's more of a scientist… but he can help you. He's farther up the catacombs a bit." Chrys told them pleasantly. They all followed her. Correre growled happily.
"She means Dr. Curio…" Anna growled. Jay turned to her.
"Who?"
"He's a horrible book keeper. He thinks all the Mamodo are like one of his lab experiments. He puts all sorts of tubes and things in his Mamodo, Sosa. He has no respect." Anna replied, rubbing the head of her dog-like Mamodo. Jay and Alan looked at each other, and trekked on.
Meanwhile…
Hawke and Prima walked into the entrance to the castle. They looked around carefully, not daring to touch the runes around them. They were familiar with the effects, as Multos demonstrated to them a while back. "Luna's gonna be pretty angry when she gets up." Hawke mumbled, trying to break the awkward silence.
"Mmm. There's no telling how far Alan and the rest of the group got. We have to find an alternate way to them." Prima replied, changing the subject. As she finished her sentence, the walls around them began to tremble. Hawke turned with a worried look on his face.
"You didn't touch a rune, did you?" He asked forcefully.
"No… Someone else activated them." Prima retorted, almost angry with Hawke for suspecting her.
"Oh, but she's right. Right, Simon?" A female voice asked from a distance.
"I should know, my hand still burns." Simon, a tall, lanky man with a geeky appearance answered. Out of the shadows, a short Mamodo hopped out.
"I'm Terra," The thing said happily. It was simply a head… not obviously female, more beastly… on a huge hoof.
"I'm here to make sure that this is as far as you get."
Meanwhile…
"Ah, Anthony, I see you've been in a battle." Dr. Curio said to a tired friend. He looked behind him and sweatdropped.
"And I see you've brought friends…" He sighed. He turned, his lab coat ruffling behind him.
"Please, all of you, follow me." He mumbled to the teams behind him. They followed him as he wished.
A lab was situated farther down the catacombs, literally built into the wall. Test tubes, beakers, complex machinery and tables were scattered around the space. 'Oooh's and 'Ahhh's came from the group. Curio smiled. "It's nothing much, just what I needed to start my experiments on the Mamodo creatures. They're very interesting. It seems that the Mamodo have multiple different subspecies, they don't have carbon as a base, but other undiscovered elements instead. It seems that, depending on the base element, the powers differ. My findings will revolutionize human understanding of these creatures." Curio rambled on, pointing to his very uncomfortable Mamodo, Sosa.
"Umm, we're right here, y'know." Alan raised his hand, feeling a little strange thanks to this scientist. Curio was taken aback.
"I'd think that the Mamodo species would be glad to know about their molecular beginnings, but I wouldn't expect you to understand," Curio turned his back to him, inspecting a screen displaying Sosa's vital signs.
"It seems that the heart rate on Mamodo is faster than a normal human's, probably to take the stress of battle. It might also explain their long lives…" Curio mumbled, taking a clipboard of a table and checking something off. Alan seethed, along with the rest of the Mamodo.
"Curio…" Chrys growled. She took a deep breath, calming down.
"I need you to give some medicine to my friends. Especially this one," Chrys pointed to Jhouru.
"I can take it." He stop up straight, and then started to lean and limp again.
"The Mamodo will be okay without my help. I will heal the rest though," Curio retorted.
"Do you have anything for an upset stomach?" Jyan piped up. Josh hit him with the book.
"Okay, okay, I'll stop being stupid!" He told his book owner, stepping back.
"I'll get what all of you need right away. Just give me a minute." Curio waved them off, looking through his assortment of beakers, test tubes and cabinets as the group sat around in a circle.
Meanwhile…
"Ramon. They seem to have recruited Chrysanthemum and Sosa." Bane echoed from within the throne room. The roof of the throne room still had a large hole in it, but that was fine.
"Have Lorelei and Mortisimor finished their battle?" Ramon asked in reply.
"Possibly. Should we send them after them?" Bane questioned, trying to find his master's angle.
"No. We need to separate them… Make them weak. There is a passage just past the sewage system. I'll just force them along and then separate them." Ramon laughed.
"There is also another, the bird Mamodo. Terra is battling him now. Should we give him special treatment?"
"No. Any that manage to escape the main group will eventually run into them. They might even destroy them." Ramon replied.
"Eventually, they will all fall before the awesome power I have gathered." He laughed excitedly, the title of King close enough that it bothered him everyday.
"Yes, sir."
(End of Chapter 16: 86 Mamodo left)
As I've been reading through old chapters, I've come to realize that the characters in this story are a bit 2-D, personality wise. So I'm going to try to focus on personality a little more, especially on OC's. Review, and keep reading!