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Chapter 37: The Defeat of Both Rivals

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Nova's POV

Inwardly, I was dying to just go over there and hug it out with Kanda. But I knew I couldn't. There were other important matters at the moment. Such as removing Avon from the face of the Earth and bringing back Victoria. So, only settling for his gaze, I cherished it for as long as I could until he broke it off, turning around to continue his battle. The fighting all around me resumed, jolting me back to the fact that Avon was pointing the tip of her sword at me. Smirking at her deadly glare, I clenched my fists as I took a deep breath.

Cross will be so incredibly pissed when he finds out. But he's the one who said I could use it when it came to a situation like this. Either way, he's gonna be mad because I'm using it.

"I'll finish you with this..." I muttered under my breath as I lifted my hand to grab hold of my eyepatch. All the while, I held Avon's gaze steadily. Tugging on the eyepatch, it untied easily, coming loose into my hand. Letting it fall from my grip, I opened my right eye as I summoned my scythe in my left hand. Already sensing the cold fire within me, I tightened my grip on the staff of my scythe. I glanced over to Kanda's battle to see the man who had done this to me, on par against Kanda.

My eyes narrowing in anger, I figured I would let Kanda pay him back for everything he's done. Now I only set my sights on Avon. Falling into an offensive stance, I activated my Second Form. Feeling the pain in my gut slightly increasing, I froze for a split second when I felt my heart pulse in pain. Through these moments of hesitation, a shadow cast over my face, Avon heading straight for me. I barely lifted my arm up to stop her sword before her hand caught around my throat again, sending me into the wall.

"What was that? What were you going to use against me? This measly little technique?" She growled in front of me, baring her teeth. I gritted my teeth as her hand tightened around my throat, pushing me further into the wall. Touching the wall with shaky fingertips, I sunk into the shadows instantly, feeling Avon's hand disappear from my throat.

"Huh?!" The Shigai cried out in surprise as her hand came in contact with solid concrete. Moving to the middle of the room, I pulled up out of the floor on one knee as I tried to catch my breath. Quickly getting to my feet, I roared as Avon whirled around to meet the blade of my scythe. Sparks flying, she shoved me back into the air, immediately bursting off of the ground to meet with me.

Moving the staff of my scythe in front of me, I pushed downward as Avon's red sword clashed with it. Pushing her away, I landed on the floor smoothly and swung my scythe to the side. Pulling my arm forward, I sent a shadow of dark fire mixed with purple sparks straight to Avon. Seeing her deflect it with her blade, I launched myself for an attack, using the smoke as cover. Hooking the blade of the scythe around her body, I lashed out with a fist, landing a series of hits. Seeing her not able to retaliate, I pulled my scythe back and slammed my foot hard into her stomach, sending her back.

"Ugh! You're so-" Her words were cut off as the body of Level 3 crashed into her out of nowhere. Turning my head, I met Lavi's relieved gaze. Flashing him a smile, he grinned before returning to his own fight. Dodging the thrown Level 3, I straightened up as Avon picked herself up off of the ground, growling.

"Dammit Nova, you're screwed." She breathlessly said as she discarded her red sword, her eyes glowing a bright orange. She let out a howl of laughter as a cyclone of fire encircled her. Covering my face from the intensity of its heat, I wasn't able to see the huge claw that lunged for me. Feeling myself lifted up into the air, I let out a cry of pain as I felt myself getting clenched in its hand.

As the cyclone of fire disappeared, what stood before me was a look alike of her true form, ten feet tall and looming with fire. Instead of her sword, she had sharp, deadly claws. Bringing me closer to her face, she let out a hearty laugh before throwing me into the air. Recovering in mid-air, I fell to the ground just as another spike of pain wracked my body. Falling to my knees, my shoulders shook as I coughed hard into my hand. Feeling something liquid splatter into the palm of my hand, I knew that wasn't a good sign. I'd have to stop this soon. I still need to face the Earl.

Clenching my scythe in my hands, I launched myself into the air once more, using the momentum to gain more speed. Bringing my scythe forward, I sliced through the claw that tried to stop me, purple sparks running along the part I had cut through. Landing on a part of her arm, I jumped off to slice through the other claw's fingers. Whirling around in the middle of the air, my feet hit the ground as I shot myself at her again. Alternating attacks between my katanas to slash of her arms, and my machine gun to blast her legs off, I materialized my scythe in its Second Form as I pulled my arms back.

"Eat this!" I screamed as I sunk the blade of my scythe across her true form's head, blazing heat smacking me straight in the face. Hearing her roar in anger, I shoved my scythe even further in until I made a clean cut. Jumping back, I saw the part I slashed and watched as it slowly melted into lava. The other half of her face was in flames, her deformed claws trying to search for the rest of its head.

"What did you do to me!?" Avon cried out in a morphed voice that was in pain. I gasped for breath as I shifted back to my first form of my scythe. My right eye was throbbing painfully already.

"I told you I'd finish you! You can't take this world, Avon!" I exclaimed as shoved aside the pain growing inside me. The ten foot Shigai in front of me roared in outrage, moving her head side to side in an attempt to look for me.

"Where are you?! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!"

"You're done, Avon! It's over!"

"No it's not! I've got the Master by my side! He'll lead us all to victory! We don't need puny humans like you!" Avon roared as steam rose from where her legs once were. I widened my eyes in surprise when I saw her legs trying to regenerate quickly. It only took moments before she was up on her feet again. What puzzled me was why she didn't bother to do the same for her arms. Instead she was running towards me in an unstoppable rage, her monsterous voice shaking the entire room.

Gritting my teeth, I scrambled on to my feet and leaped up into the air. Taking out my machine gun, I moved into its Second Form and aimed it straight at her incoming figure. Only in the air for a few more moments, I let out a yell as I fired the beam just as she slammed into me. Crashing into the wall behind the both of us, I pushed my hands against her burning body to try and stop her from flattening me. Not even caring about the burns, I winced as Avon screamed into the air, her voice no longer morphed.

Suddenly the wall behind us collapsed from her Shigai weight, causing me to plummet to the ground with her. Falling on to the floor first, I spotted the hole I made in her chest as she slowly towered over me. Rolling out of the way, her true form slammed on to the floor with a loud 'boom', the fire from her body slowly extinguishing. Gaping in awe at the long battle that just finished, I watched as Avon's true form began to erode away, her real body appearing from the dispating flesh.

"Ugh..." the Shigai groaned as she slowly moved her arms in an effort to sit up. Seeing that she had no more strength, I stood up and approached her, catching her pride filled gaze.

"Avon," I trailed off as she coughed up a round of blood.

"Heh, what feeling sorry for me? Don't...Just know that when you face the Master...you'll be...finished." Avon whispered to me, the light in her eyes slowly dying as they closed. Soon her breathing stopped.

I bent down to turn her body over when it suddenly began to glow with bright red fire. Seperating from Victoria's body, it hovered above her to form into a vague figure of Avon before disappearing into the air. Waiting for a moment, I sighed in relief when I could no longer sense her malicious presence and glanced down at Victoria. Will she come back? Setting her body gently on to the floor, I leaned over her to check her breathing when I heard a whoosh behind me. Whirling around, I saw Cross heading over to me in a pissed off manner. I smirked inwardly at the thought of how long he had to stay in between those two walls of fire.

As he reached us, I turned back to Victoria and bent down to check if she was breathing. Once confirming that she was simply unconscious, I sat back up only to suddenly feel another painful pang inside me. Eyes widened with pain, I brought my hand up to my mouth as I felt the sudden urge to cough. I felt a hand awkwardly pat my back as I coughed up whatever was inside me. Tasting blood in my mouth, I pulled my hand away to see red liquid mixed with black. Staring at it, I knew that whatever Tyki Mikk had put inside of me was killing me at this very instant.

"Idiot," A hand smacked me hard in the back of the head, making me cry out in pain as I turned to my mentor. "You should've finished sooner." He berated as his strawberry gaze met my own.

"I know. Sorry you stayed in that fire for too long." I quietly replied as I wiped the blood from my hand on to my shorts. Cross huffed beside me before standing up, his General jacket clinking.

"Deactivate your Innocence and stay here. Watch over the girl. I'll go to the other side and deal with the rest of them." He ordered as he was about to make his way over to the huge hole in the wall. Before he could go, I grabbed the sleeve of his jacket in a death grip, stopping him.

"No way you're leaving me here, Cross." I retorted as I moved to pull Victoria on to my back. Getting up on to my feet, I wrapped my arms around her legs and met my mentor's piercing gaze. He stared at me in silence, his lips pressing into a firm line.

"Your right eye. It's getting worse." He mentioned as he fished a bandage out of the pocket of his coat. He surprised me when he moved forward and wrapped the one bandage around my right eye, tying it at the back of my head.

"Yeah, I can already tell." I replied as he pulled away and headed towards the wall, his hand already inside his coat for his Innocence. As he stepped through the hole in the wall, I followed, sticking close to him as the sounds of the other battles filled my ears.

I spotted Kanda and Tyki battling it out to the death as they appeared from place to place, their blades clashing. Kanda seemed to be in rough shape. As if sensing my worry for him, Cross turned his head and met my gaze.

"We take care of them first." He pointed towards the group of Level 3's attacking my friends. "Then him." His thumb jerked towards the Noah that was fighting Kanda. I mulled over it for a second before nodding at his offer.

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Lenalee's POV

I froze for a second when what seemed like the true form of Avon barreled into the opposite wall with Nova in the middle. Was she going to be alright? Deciding that she could handle herself, I flipped through the air and slammed the heel of my Innocence into one of the Level 3's heads. Hearing him scream in pain, I backflipped off of him and landed on the ground only to lash my foot out straight into his stomach. Sending him flying into the air, I shot after him with my Level 2 form, moving at the speed of sound. Appearing above him, I grabbed his arm and threw him up into the air. Before I could follow up with my attack, Lavi's hammer shot out of nowhere and smacked the Level 3 into the ground. Hovering in the air, I gave my teammate a wave of thanks before leaping into the air to dodge an attack.

As I made a move to eliminate the thousand eyed akuma, I heard a gunshot and soon enough, the Level 3's head exploded into bits. Floating there in shock, I looked past the exploded parts to see General Cross aiming his Innocence at the spot where the akuma just was. Breaking out into a grin, I caught Nova's curious expression from behind the General. Letting out a chuckle, I approached the two and landed on the ground, immediately pulling in Nova for a hug.

"You're alright! We've missed you so much Nova!" I greeted as I pulled away from her, meeting her relieved silver eyed gaze. I noticed that her right eye was wrapped with a bandage. The look she gave me told me the questions would have to wait for later. I noted that she was carrying Victoria on her back, Avon no longer seeming to inhabit her body.

"Young lady, stay with her." General Cross suddenly ordered as he shot off into the battle, already reloading his revolver Innocence. I turned to Nova again to see her gently setting down Victoria. From the way she was carrying herself, Nova looked like she was trying hard not to succumb to something.

"Are you alright, Nova?" I softly inquired as I put a hand on her shoulder. Seeing her sigh, I knew that she wasn't. She turned her head to me with a bright smile.

"I'll be fine, Lenalee. Why don't we try to help out Kanda?" Nova suggested as her gaze worriedly slid over to the Noah and the samurai. I smiled at her cute actions but shook my head to her offer.

"He can handle himself. You know that well enough." I replied as I heard approaching footsteps coming from behind. Before Nova could get the chance to respond, a pair of arms latched themselves around her shoulders as Lavi pulled her in for a tight hug.

"Nova~! You're alive!" He greeted with a bright grin on his face as he pulled back, beaming. His emerald eye glinted brightly at the discovery of the person we've been searching for.

"I guess I am. Who else is in here?" Nova softly inquired as her gaze moved over to the dwindling Level 3's that Cross and the others continued to take out.

"Allen and General Klaud are the only ones left in the field. I'm sure that Cross and the both of them will finish everything off. When he took care of my side, he practically threw me over here~" Lavi explained with a hand behind his head.

"Ah..." Nova trailed off, catching everyone's attention. Her gaze was lowered to her hands as a small frown appeared on her lips.

"Something wrong?" I inquired curiously as I peered down at her.

"Kanda...we should really help him out." She softly uttered as she slowly got up to her feet. Exchanging glances with Lavi, we both nodded as we agreed to her request.

"Alright, we'll go help him out, but maybe you should stay here. You look a bit tuckered out." Lavi suggested before activating his Innocence. I followed suit as I leaped up into the air.

"Alright then." She replied as she sat back down next to Victoria. Following Lavi's lead, we both headed for the battle between Kanda and Tyki.

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Kanda's POV

I could only focus on finally defeating this monster. But my injuries were getting worse and I knew it. As the Noah and I clashed from place to place, the bleeding of the cuts only increased. Clenching my jaw, I landed two attacks at the same time across his chest, forming an 'x'. Sliding back from the strike, I panted as I felt the tattoo extend its shape across my chest. Meeting Tyki's gaze, I saw that he had an impressed look in his eyes.

"I...underestimated her." He quietly said with a grin. He straightened up as the wounds I inflicted upon him healed once more, making me start from the beginning.

"I didn't think she'd escape death itself." Tyki continued on as his grin transformed into a smirk. I smirked at the thought of finally speaking to Nova again.

"Don't think you can." I retorted as I appeared in front of him, my katanas coming in for a blow. With a spark, Tyki raised his head as his combat blade pushed back against my glowing katanas.

"The same goes for you." He replied with a sneer as another blade materialized into his right hand. Already sensing him coming in for the blow, I pulled one arm back to block the blade. Realizing that I would run out of time before I totally exhausted myself, I jumped away from him and slid against the ground, my shoes squeaking. Breathing deeply, I activated one of the higher forms of my Innocence.

My second katana disappearing, I gripped the hilt of Mugen tightly as I shot towards the Noah of Pleasure like a bullet. Vanishing from his sight, I appeared all around him, constantly delivering attacks and slashes to his flesh. As I continued doing this, I noticed that the one thing he solely tried to protect was his head. Hm. If I cut off his head, then maybe he'll finally die. Mulling over the thought, I decided to give it a shot as I came into close combat with him.

Evading his quick paced slashes, I ducked and slammed my elbow into his gut. As he doubled over, I caught him before he could run and delivered an uppercut before I lashed my foot out straight into his ribcage. Sending him flying into the concrete wall, I appeared in front of him, my blade already coming in for the kill. Before Mugen could even land a scratch on his neck, I froze when I felt something sharp in the middle of my chest. Glancing down, I saw Tyki's blade half sunk into my chest. As soon as he pulled the blade out, I leaped away from him, pressing my hand against the wound as blood trickled down the side of my chin.

"Haha...ugh," Tyki quietly said as he stepped out of the wall, a hand coming up to his wide eyed face. I watched as his usual grin slowly changed into a sinister smile, one that I had seen before. When he changed into that knight looking beast.

"No...don't...change now..." He muttered to himself as he clenched his fists. Was he not in control of his own self?

"Dammit...Oi." Tyki called out as his yellow eyed gaze met my own.

"Ever since the last time I fought you and Nova, a monster inside me has been wanting to go crazy. Thanks to this fight we've been having...it's wanted nothing more than to come out and play. Looks like I'll have to let it go. If you beat in this form, I won't come back. So...nice fighting with ya..." He trailed off as the bright look in his yellow eyes darkened. His hand slowly fell away from his face limply, a shadow casting over his eyes.

"Oi," I called out as I held Mugen tightly. Only coming in with silence, I knew that the other Tyki would be coming soon. As if on cue, the Tease that were scattered on the walls all flocked towards the silent Tyki, encircling him in a cyclone. When it dispersed, the Tyki with black armor and black streaks stood there. He stayed silent for a moment before raising his head to the ceiling to let out an ear splitting roar.

Wincing as my ears reacted to the sound, I shook my head as I kept my sights on the other Tyki. Now was my chance to finally beat the crap out of this guy. Falling into another offensive stance, I pushed aside the pain and launched myself at the Noah. Dodging his attacks from the black streaks, I exploded off of the ground and swung Mugen, aiming for his head. Only sinking my blade half into his neck, I scowled as I pulled away before anything else could hit me.

"Hey! Kanda!" I turned my head to see Lenalee and Lavi come down from the air, a smile on both of their faces.

"Can't you see I'm in the middle of something?" I growled as I prepared to launch myself again. Lavi put out a hand to stop me, his mouth already moving.

"Nova said we should come over and help out. Can we help in any way?" He asked as his emerald eyed gaze slid over to the other Tyki. I thought about it, trying to form some kind of plan in my head. After a while, one came up.

"Fine. You can help. But we need to do this in one quick shot. I need you to distract him so I can get a clean cut at his neck. Those black streaks come after those who get close to him. Can you do it?" I raised an eyebrow as I watched their expressions change.

"Of course! You just do what you need to!" Lenalee chimed in with a small smile as she gave me a nod. I glanced over at Lavi to see him nod as well.

"Good," I replied as I turned to face the other Tyki. The others took a moment before launching themselves into the air to get close to the other Tyki.

As I watched, my plan went smoothly, the black streaks lashing out in an attempt to pierce the two exorcists flying in the air. Falling into an offensive stance, I took a breath as I prepared myself. Using the power of my tattoo, I felt my wounds begin to close up slightly, easing the pain a bit. After a few moments, I exploded off of the ground and shot straight towards the monster. Appearing in front of him, I blocked a heavy punch at the same time of my other arm swinging for its neck. Feeling it cut half in, I gritted my teeth as I used all of my strength to push Mugen to its limit. Cutting through the monster's flesh cleanly, I jumped back, signaling for the others to do the same.

We observed as the head I severed off of the monster fall forward and on to the ground. What shocked me in the next moments was how it still screamed in agony when its head wasn't even connected to its body anymore. In the few seconds of screaming, a bright light emitted from the monster's body before exploding into black shadows. After a moment, we all realized that the long battle was over.

"Hah, good job Kanda," Lavi said after a moment, his tone relieved.

"Hm," I simply replied in reponse as I turned around to see our entire team safe and sound, with the addition of three new people.

"Come on guys! Let's go see Nova!" Lenalee excitedly said as she ran over to the rest of group. Lavi and I followed suit, approaching the chattering team.

"I'm glad to see that you're unharmed, Nova." General Klaud greeted as she gave the young exorcist a hug.

"It's good to see you all again." Nova quietly said as she met all of our gazes, stopping when she met my own.

"So you handled Avon all on your own?" Allen inquired as he met her gaze curiously. Beaming her usual smile, Nova nodded in response. Before she could say anything else, Cross suddenly stepped forward.

"Kid, how are you feeling?" He concernedly inquired, surprising everyone. This was a side we've never seen before. Nova replied like it seemed normal.

"I can tolerate the pain so far." She replied as her hand rose up to touch her right eye.

"What's wrong with her?" I asked, saying the question everyone else was thinking. Nova's gaze met my own silently, an unspoken conversation between us. There was pain in the eye that I looked at.

"Something was planted inside her during her last battle with that Noah you just fought. It's been hurting her since we began training." Cross offered an explanation as I met his gaze in surprise. She's been in pain this entire time?

"I think...it's spread a lot more now." Nova added on as she clenched her fists. Not able to stop myself, I moved forward and wrapped my arms around her, not caring if I drew attention to myself. We've been too long apart. She froze for a second against me before relaxing, burying her face into my shoulder.

"It's good to see you again, Kanda." She quietly mumbled into my ear, a small smile on her lips.

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OH GOOD LORD. THAT'S A LONG CHAPTER. SO. MUCH. ACTION. Nova's POV is by far the longest with the most action. xD

I only got to fit in three POV's before it even reached 3,000 words. Oh my gosh. That's the most action filled chapter that I've ever written in my life. :O AND IT'S ALL FOR YOU GUYS.

*cue the exploding fireworks and falling confetti*

But. Kanda and Nova are finally, FINALLY back. :)

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Tell me which epic moment you liked! There were a ton in there, I know. Also, I have no idea what update day I should have my updates on. Any ideas? I usually do it on Thursday, but sometimes it just veers off to a random day like Saturday or per say today, Monday. Drop me some of your opinions!

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