"Attack!"
Heartearth Dragon roared and fired its attack at Black Mist. They had set up this battle kind of like a duel, both starting out with 4000 Life Points and taking turns attacking. Whoever was knocked out first was the loser. (For the Pokemon fans, this should sound familiar!) The only major difference was that Trap and Spell Cards were banned, as were Special Abilities. Heartearth and Black Mist had both discarded their Overlay Units at the beginning just to be sure it was fair.
As of right now, it seemed neither of them were winning. Even with Heartearth's Dragon Canon Blast successfully hitting Black Mist, it only dulled his Life Points down to 2000, matching his opponent's equally. It seemed that each attack was at the same power.
"Not bad. Not impressive either, however. Now, my turn!" Black Mist's attack came flying right at Heartearth and Kat. The blue and brown-haired girl shrieked as she and the dragon went flying backwards, hitting the ground with a smack. Kat groaned and sat up, staring at Heartearth Dragon. It sat up and howled as their Life Points dropped all the way down to 100.
Man, if we don't get in gear soon, this will be such an epic fail. Kat thought this as Heartearth took the opportunity to attack. Direct hit once again.
And once again, their Life Points were equal.
"Hah! This is grand! In only a few seconds, you will be my little puppet!" Black Mist laughed maniacally. Kat glared. The guy was busy laughing at whatever he thought was so funny. No one ever said that they couldn't attack one another two times in a row, now did they?
Nope. Kat smirked and threw her hand up, then let the words just tumble out of her mouth.
"Heartearth Dragon! Attack with Dragon Canon Blast!"
"WHAT?!"
The laughter stopped altogether as Heartearth roared, sending the attack flying straight at Black Mist. Before he could even react, he was flying high in the air. Seconds after he hit the ground, losing consciousness for a few minutes. Kat squealed in happiness and jumped on Heartearth Dragon as Black Mist's Life Points smacked down to zero.
"Damn, how is that possible?" Black Mist groaned as he reawakened, then growled. Now he remembered that he had no choice but to unlock and return Kat's memories to her. The black being scowled, then stood and transformed into his black Astral form. With a grunt, Black Mist floated over and ripped part of the ground away, taking out one of the glowing orbs that were littered around it. He just rolled his eyes and tossed it at Kat. "Catch."
"Nya!" Kat squealed it as she caught the orb. With a flash, it vanished, and soon she could remember everything. A smile soon crossed Kat's lips. She quickly changed it to a smirk and stared directly at Black Mist. "You do realize now that I can kill you easily, right?"
"Wrong. Kat, you and I both know you hold a very deep secret from everybody. If it were to leak out somehow...well I'm afraid it wouldn't be so good for you, now would it?"
Kat froze now. She found her eye to be twitching at the moment. The blue and brown-haired girl growled and attempted to tackle Black Mist, but dove past on accident. She tumbled to the ground and shook herself off. "Don't you DARE tell them one word."
"Oh don't worry, I wouldn't say a peep! Unless, that is, if you decide to attack. Then I'll just knock it over like you do cans." Before any of them could react, Black Mist had vanished. Kat was not amused by that. She wanted to kill that freak. Deciding there would probably be no second chance, she instead jumped up and pounced on Kite. Never before had she been so happy. Hart just smiled, as did Yuma and Astral.
"C'mon, let's go back home." Hart started to jump up and down as he said this. Astral nodded, and slowly, the scenery faded away. There they all were, back outside Kite and Hart's house once again.
"I'm going in. You guys should come too." Kat motioned with her hand. Yuma, on the contrary, shook his head and raced off with Astral. With a roll of her eyes, the blue and brown-haired girl walked inside, Kite and Hart following right behind. They shut the door, then watched intently as Kat jumped on the couch in her usual childish manner. She smiled up at them.
"I got my memories back. This rocks!"
"I bet." Hart practically yawned it out as he stretched. He grabbed Kat by the wrist, then yanked her up. No words needed to be said to know he wanted to go to sleep with her. After all, it was now 10:00. They glanced at Kite for approval, which they got before they went racing off. Kite just laughed as the pair of rapid footsteps bolted up the stairs.
Even though it would annoy him later, he was glad Kat had her memories back.
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Kat opened her eyes slowly and looked around. She glanced at the clock. 3:22 was printed neatly on it. The blue and brown-haired girl shook her head and sat up, wondering what was keeping her awake at this hour.
She didn't have to wonder long.
There, right next to her, was Hart, trembling in fear from something and whimpering. So that's what had awakened her. Kat gently put a hand on Hart's shoulder, causing the blue-haired boy to jump up in shock. His innocent amber eyes stared at the cat-green ones above him. Before either of them knew it, Hart had pounced on Kat in a hug. At first, she was shocked, but soon she was doing the same back to him.
"Calm down Hart. What's wrong?"
"The thunderstorm outside is freaking me out. I've never actually seen coloured lighting like that."
"Coloured? What colour?"
"Red. Blood red."
Kat froze now. Blood red lightning. She knew where that was from. Shaking it off and deciding not to think about it too heavily, she watched instead as Hart shrieked and pulled the blankets over his head, while thunder went rumbling outside. Kat slowly pulled the blankets back down and stared at him. "What're you doing, Hart?"
"Being scared."
Another rumble of thunder blasted through the area, just as Kat was about to protest. She instead let out her own terrified shriek as the house shook. Both jumped under the covers, shaking.
"I'm scared now too. Let's be scared together!" Kat said, clinging to Hart and nuzzling his hair. He nodded and grabbed her somewhat tightly as another blast of thunder occurred. Soon, Hart had fallen asleep in her arms. Kat smiled, then went back to thinking about the lightning and what Black Mist had said. It was true she was holding onto a secret. One she hoped was never thrust out into the world.
If it was, she'd never be able to look anyone in the eye ever again.
