Okay, I tried to work and do better on the fight scene this chapter, as well as some focus on Sherry's feelings~

Some feed back would be adored c:

Weeks started to pass by like mere days. Minutes found a way to merge into hours, and as those hours stacked, months began to form. It was funny how easily you could lose track of not only time, but the essence of how time passes as well.

It was almost as if some days ran by so fast- I barely kept track of them, which others seemed to drag on and on; today happened to be a day like that.

We had run into so many ancient mamodo's, I had lost count how many books we had burnt. It seemed like every corner we turned there was a weak, pathetic mamodo to crush.

No wonder they didn't last a minute in the previous battle- they were as powerful as the dirt beneath my feet. Even if I didn't have Brago, I was sure I could defeat them on my own.

And so here we were again, looking through the odd castle that was located in the middle of nowhere, faced with a mamodo. He was cloaked in some funky red, dress-like thing, and his partner was the same as all of the rest.

Broken. Lifeless. He wasn't even human anymore. His skin was pale white, not much better than mine though, but at least I had vital signs. I could barely see this guy's chest moving up and down; a zombie back from the dead.

I didn't have much time to think of it, because before I even realized what was happening he was shooting a spell out at us. A large metal chain of sorts erupted from his hand, flying straight towards us in the cramped little hallway. Brago raised his hand slowly.

"Ion Gravirei," I said rather calmly, the gravity ripping down the corridor and crushing the chain into the earth. I heard another spell being called out as some metal pillars crashed through the ground, forming a wall for our gravity attack to crash into.

As soon as the pillars were down though, spiked metal balls were being hurled at us. I was growing agitated with his strategy of hit and run and decided to just end this now.

"Enough!" The book began to glow brighter than before as the balls ricochet off the walls and towards us.

"Dioga Gravidon!" I called out as the large gravity sphere filled up the entire hallway and launched forward, hearing a scream as it demolished everything within its path until a scream was heard and a large crater was evident at the end of the hallway.

I 'hmphed' and shut the book with clear annoyance, beginning to walk down the hallway with Brago. All of these mamodo were nothing but wastes of time, and I was getting so fed up with it.

I was surprised when we reached the end of the hallway. I walked into a large, pillared room that had a blinding white light that coruscated all throughout the dome-shaped chamber. We walked in slowly, examining how there didn't seem to be an exit's on the other side of the room.

And then the wall behind us closed up. I looked behind me, glaring at the wall before looking back into the room and re-opening our book.

"Get ready Brago," I said in a quiet whisper. I saw him nod out of the corner of my eye, his slender, dark figure taking a minor stop in front of me.

And then it was like we were being attacked from all directions. Green lasers shot from all over, heading straight for us. There was about four or six of them, crossing their paths as they moved from golden stars that hovered directly above us.

Brago and I darted in different directions, three stars going after each of us. I found myself leaping and rolling on the ground to avoid them, my breath picking up speed as I tried my best to keep away from them.

My eyes flickered to Brago to make sure he was okay, noticing he was and looking back to my own stars. Unfortunately for me that little flicker of my eyes left me open, and I barely had time to dodge a star, getting singed on the shoulder and arm from it.

A yelp escaped me as it hit, causing me to back up against the wall and grab the side of my shoulder. I was hissing and breathing heavier, seeing Brago dart back to the wall and give me a look.

I was confused, until he motioned towards the stars. When I looked up, they were hovering…aimlessly. They couldn't tell we were against the wall; they couldn't attack us here. Brago began to move towards me, slowly at first, before realizing they really couldn't see us. He made it to me in a matter of moments, speaking softly.

"Are you okay to keep fighting?" I nodded to him. Even though I was in pain, I would keep going. I opened up the book.

"I won't be a burden." I saw him nod before looking around.

"How are they being controlled? I see no caster around, nor a mamodo." I voiced my thoughts out loud, my eyes searching for anything at all.

That's when it clicked.

"Brago…the ground." I saw him look at me strangely before his eyes peered down at the ground. When he finally understood what I meant, his eyes widened a fraction of an inch. His head nodded an approval to me before he aimed his hand down towards the center of the floor.

"Gigano Reis!" I called out as the sphered crashed into the ground, creating a large hole in it. I stepped forward, a large, even more binding light illuminating from the crater. I shielded my eyes as a figure hovered out and into the open. He laughed a gentle, almost childish laugh before landing in front of us.

"I'm surprised you fools figured it out. Good job." He gave a sarcastic round of applause and I grinned wickedly back at him.

"Your kindergarten tricks didn't faze us a bit." I saw him match my grin, causing my expression to go into a simple glare.

"And yet you're already injured." I growled at him, stepping forward before Brago's hand kept me back.

"Stay calm, Sherry." I nodded to him before narrowing my eyes at the opponent.

"I am Pamoon, one of the four heavenly mamodo. The fact that you have stumbled upon this room shows me that you are indeed very powerful, and I will have fun playing with yo-"

I cut him off, his rambling annoying me.

"Where is Zophis? If you show us to him, we promise to leave you in one piece." I saw him scowl back at me.

"If you can defeat me, you may stand a chance against Zophis, so why don't we test it out, no? Lance!" He put his right arm out directly at us, and his left arm rested above it. His book owner didn't say anything as his book began to glow a bright yellow.

"Farga!" The spells began to circle around and head straight for us once more. I smiled, our book glowing.

"We won't be that easy. Bidom Gravirei!" Our larger and more expansive version of gravirei was let out, crashing into the stars and pushing them down to the ground. The attack even caused a hindrance for Pamoon, landing on him and crushing him into the ground minorly. I heard him growl and call out to Lance, who wasn't affected by the spell at all, being out of its range.

"Orugo Farzeruk!" I watched as his stars slid across the floor and flew onto him like a magnet. He began to radiate a bright yellow light, and then stood straight up.

Impossible! He was able to resist the bidom gravirei that well? I growled as he smiled devilishly at us, beginning to walk, and then run, towards Brago. I quickly took a few steps back and calling out a new spell.

"Amu Gravinagur!" This was Brago's newest spell, and I grinned. His arms began to glow with intense gravitational power as he lunged for Pamoon. They clashed in the middle of the room; fist on fist, the walls and ground took a quake as both were forced back.

I could see the aura of the attacks smashing into everything around us, causing small lacerations and wounds within the very fabric of the castle.

Brago was moving again after that. He was flying towards Pamoon who was only returning his strength. They kept clashing until Brago flew into the air. Pamoon chased after him, which was his mistake.

I saw Brago grin as he leaned a punch directly at Pamoon, who blocked with his forearm; big mistake.

The gravity smashed against him and caused Pamoon's armor to crack a small, small amount- but it was enough to knock him off guard, the gravity force from the attack sending him plummeting into the ground. There was a large crater in the ground where he had fallen, and my book stopped glowing just as Brago dropped to the ground.

One thing I did not count on? The stars that had somehow found a way to circle around me- they pinned themselves to me and lifted my body off of the ground, leaving me vulnerable and the book at my side.

Brago saw me just as he landed, and his eyes widen. I didn't think it was so bad at first, I could steal read the spells we needed- I thought this was just to immobilize me.

I was wrong.

When I looked up, a huge 'X' of stars had formed above me, and a laser was creeping slowly down towards me. Sweat dropped down my neck as I saw Pamoon stand up, shakily, smiling and laughing.

"Told you, if you weren't strong enough to beat me, you won't beat Zophis." I growled, a lump forming in my throat. This couldn't be happening. No. Not now. I couldn't lose now.

Not after getting so close to beating Zophis, so close I could taste it…no! I couldn't let this happen!

I don't think I realized I was crying until I looked at Brago. His face was distant, emotionless as he crept towards me slowly. I met eyes with him, and our gazes locked.

He was saying for me to trust him. I did. I trusted him with everything. With my life, with anything.

But…but what did he want me to do? I saw him stare at me harder, and then something came to me mind. My eyes widened as I put his plan together in my head.

Wasting no time, sweating more from the laser above me, I began to call out.

"Berudo Gravirei!" I saw Brago's hand begin to glow as he raced towards me, waving it as another fairly new attack was launched. It was a slice of energy that crushed everything beneath it with intense gravity.

It raced towards me- above me, exactly, and I knew what was going to happen. It flew over my head and I shut my eyes. I felt the smash of the gravity, knocking the wind out of me as my eyes widened towards the floor. The attack clashed with the 'X' above me, sending it in another direction as I was basically thrown out of the stars and towards the ground.

I waited to feel myself smash into the stone cold ground, clutching the book to my chest to keep it safe…but I never felt it. Instead I felt myself being cradled in a pair of arms and leaping into the air and out of the gravity. I began to breathe heavier and gasped for air lightly as I was set on my feet.

"Sherry," I opened my eyes to see Brago staring at me. I nodded my head to tell him he was okay, before his own orbs turned to glare at Pamoon who was laughing.

"You'll regret that." I heard Brago's voice, cold and deep, just how I always liked it.

"Aw, how romantic! Please don't serenade me into giving up! Pathetic, Lance." I saw his book begin to glow as he pointed his arms towards us again.

"Demu Faruga!"His stars formed into a large wall of lasers that began to move towards us.

"Enough of this." I said, opening up the book and glaring heavily at him. I turned the pages multiple times, finding the spell I wanted.

"Oruga Reis!" I called out, Brago's hands moving forwards as the spiraling beam was launched out towards them. It crashed through their low level attack and hurdled towards them.

"Fashield!" His stars raced to create the shield in front of him that clashed with our attack, causing an explosion of dust. I couldn't see much for a moment until the same blinding white light from before was clouding my vision.

"Enough of this! I've had it with you two! This next attack will end you, sorry, but you won't get to fight your precious Zophis after all." I snorted.

"That's what you think." I saw him glare at me, hovering high in the air with his partner, Lance, surrounded by a bright yellow light.

"Lance, let's end this now." He put his hands forward, hearing his partner call out.

"Pentalum Faruga!" I watched as a large, five headed flying creature was brought fourth out of the stars. I glared at the wicked, ugly thing.

"This is the end!" Pamoon yelled at as he hurled the creature at as. I growled, calling out one of our strongest spells to clash with the demon.

"Dioga Gravidon!" The large, multi-colored sphere launched straight ahead and smashed into the heads of the thing, stopping it in its tracks.

"Child's play!" I heard Pamoon's voice as the heads began to merge together, and before I knew it, the five heads were now one and it was…it was eating the dioga gravidon. I growled, deciding this was now or never. I flipped to our strongest gravity spell, the book glowing immensely as the dioga gravidon was eaten, weakening the creature as it headed for us.

"Baber Gravidon!" I called out the spell as Brago's smashed his hands down onto the ground, gravity overtaking the entire room in front of us. I poured all of my emotion into this last attack- everything I had and everything I ever will have.

I kept thinking of life without Brago. I kept thinking of the way I would have to go around, living as if nothing was wrong, living a lie I wouldn't be able to deal with. My eyes closed as water poured out of them, my voice escalating as I felt the gravity smash through everything.

The thought of losing Brago made my body quake, but it drove me to win. The thought of feeling him slip through my fingers, never getting to see him again, hear him again; I felt my knees shake as I feel to the ground, the book faced down and continuing to glow as I yelled and the attacks clashed.

Eventually things began to settle down, my screams quieted and the glowing of the book faded. There was smoke all around me, and I couldn't tell left from right. My body was shaking, but the book was in-tact, and that gave me hope.

Eventually I gathered enough strength within myself to stand up. I was shaky, and when I tried to speak up for Brago, nothing came out. I fumbled forward a little bit and reached out- nothing.

I began to breathe harder and faster, waiting for the smoke to clear. It was as if it took years for it all to disappear. My heart was aching and my body was shaking, and finally when I could see, I gasped in a heavy breath.

Brago was standing there, his shoulders moving up and down as he breathed. I stumbled forward, falling onto his back carefully. The book was still in my hand until I found the strength to stand up, bringing it to my chest. I faltered next to Brago, not being able to see his eyes, I spoke up softly.

"Did we…did we…?" I didn't even finish the sentence before he nodded and stood up straight. I closed the book and nestled it closely under my arm before turning around.

"Let's go home." Brago didn't say anything; he just simply turned around and began walking with me.

It was time to leave.

I just wanted to be home. I wanted to be cuddled up in my bed and sleeping.

I had taken a quick shower and gotten ready for bed with haste, but when I walked into my room, I was shocked to find the bathroom door closed, and Brago's boots and cloak resting on the ledge by the window.

I smiled lightly- Brago needed a hot shower. I walked over to my bed and sat down, cradling the book in my lap. I smiled down at it. It was a smile I imagined to be composed of unthoughtful sadness.

But before I could think much into the matter, the door opened and I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Brago, are y-"

I cut myself off when I looked over, seeing Brago walk out of the bathroom with nothing but his pants on. My cheeks blushed a red as I looked away, losing my thought as I stared at the book once more.

"Hmm?" I heard him proctor for me to finish my sentence, but I didn't; I raised my hand and flicked it around, as if to tell him to just forget it.

I was surprised to feel the bed sink a little bit, my head peeking over my shoulder to see Brago sitting like I was, his back towards me. I felt a ping of unexplainable guilt ring through me before a small, weak sigh made its way through my mouth.

I crawled onto the bed and sat behind Brago on my knees, resting my forehead against his shoulder.

"I'm sorry." I didn't know what I was apologizing for, but I said it quietly. Brago didn't respond, so I assumed he wasn't really mad at me.

I began to move closer, trying to slide my arms around him, but both my hands were stopped and placed back at my side.

"Sherry," Brago spoke with a hint of finality in his voice that made me nod and just rest my hands against his back. I felt his body begin to waver before he moved down into a laying position, his head on the pillow.

I was debating what to do at the moment. I should probably just get up and leave. I should probably just let him rest here, but I didn't want to.

I let my own body lower until I was lying down, placing my back against Brago's and curling up into myself a little. I felt the back of my feet move between his and I smiled a little bit brighter than I had all day.

I brought the book up against my chest and curled up into it, trying to soak in every little essence of Brago I could obtain from it.

And then the rhythmic nature of Brago's breathing lulled me into a deep, soothing sleep.

And it was a sleep I didn't want to wake up out of.

Okay, let me know if I did better with this chapter?

Please && thank you?

Love,

Bryan~ c: