Then the battle began.
Meir and Akemi were fighting one another with head-on beam attacks at first, deflecting or canceling out the others' attack. Then they charged their arms and feet, as they fought hand-to-hand combat, flipping and dodging left to right, up and down, and even a matrix dodge a few times when one would try to round-house kick the other. The hand-to-hand combat took awhile, since they were both very quick, and were either dodging or taking the blows but never stopping their movements. When they ended up fist to fist, trying to push the other back, they both jumped back, while Meir back flipped and Akemi twirled back.
Next, they started using their elemental powers against one another in a medium-ranged fight; Meir with Water, Shadow, Sound, and Wind, and Akemi with Lightning, Fire, Earth, and Ice. They kept using their elements against one another, as Meir stood in midair to fight, while Akemi stood on the ground. It was a pretty chaotic battle since they were using multiple elements at one time, but eventually both of them started to get tired.
"How long Akemi? How long can you fight me?!" Meir called down to her, as he stood suspended in midair with wind swirling around the bottom half of his body.
Akemi was breathing a little heavy, as she looked up at Meir and replied,
"For as long as you can!"
Meir flew down lower with the wind around him, as he stood in front of Akemi above the ground.
"Can't you see my dear? We are basically evenly matched. Why fight when we can just stop right here? I gave you the choice... but I know it can not be... and I won't force you darling, I would never do that... Cause eventually, that will be your only choice after I change everything," Meir said, as he laughed.
Akemi looked at Meir as he laughed, and her expression became sad as she realized that he wasn't going to heed her words. Then her expression became more determined and enraged, as she started to glow golden, and she knew what she had to do... her last resort.
Akemi's eyes started to glow vivid green, as the rest of her body became golden and golden wings formed on her back. She quickly grasped Meir by his collar with a vice-grip, as Meir looked at her in shock and surprise while holding onto her hands, which nearly burned his.
"I have given you enough chances through our talk and through this battle, but I see that you still will not listen or give up."
Akemi furrowed her eyebrows and added,
"So now I must resort to my last resort..."
Meir arched an eyebrow, and then Akemi said,
"I will seal you where you won't hurt anyone anymore. I will keep you locked away until you see the light! To the depths we go!"
Akemi started to glow brighter, as Meir tried to pull out of her hold while saying,
"You wouldn't! You wouldn't do that! You know what will happen! You know what will happen to you!"
"Yes, I know... but I'm doing this for you," Akemi said with a small smile, as Meir looked at her in surprise and sadness.
"Leeet's... GOOOO!" Akemi shouted, as she started flying upward and forward, while pushing Meir in front of her.
It was with such an amazing speed that she did this, that Lloyd and Raven had a hard time keeping up.
"RAAAAHHH!" Akemi shouted, as she continued flying through the air while still pushing Meir in front of her.
After awhile of traveling, Akemi came to a stop while holding Meir's collar with one hand, and shooting a green beam of light down into a body of water below them with her other hand. In that moment when Akemi was looking down, Meir held onto her hand that was holding his collar with one hand, while concentrating a pink/purple, black ball into his other hand. He threw the ball away, as it flew across the water to land, and fell into a dark crater in the ground.
Then Akemi turned to Meir, as she held him with both hands and said, softly,
"I didn't want to do this to you Meir... it's the only way to protect you and everyone else. But no matter what..."
"I will always love you," Meir finished her sentence, as they gazed into each others' eyes for a few seconds.
"Don't do this to yourself Akemi. Please," Meir nearly pleaded.
Akemi smiled as one tear rolled down her cheek, and she said,
"Goodbye Meir."
As Akemi immediately flew downward towards the water, Meir screamed, "NOOOOOOO!"
After diving into the water, passed the sand, and passed the mountains of dirt and rock, Akemi sealed Meir into the depths of the undersea ground. A large beam of golden and green light shot upward from the seal in the ground towards the sky, as it slowly faded inward until it disappeared.
Lloyd and Raven were in a state of surprise, as they watched the beam of light fade until it was gone.
"She sacrificed herself to seal him underground," Raven said, sadly, as Lloyd nodded.
"She was a true ninja," Lloyd said.
Then a lone blue wave came and swept over the whole land, as Lloyd and Raven watched the whole area turn all blue. As the blue faded away, Lloyd and Raven noticed that they were inside the temple.
They saw that the leaders stood side-by-side near the center of the room, while the Temple guards stood aligned to the walls, and Garen and Elder Vidur stood near the stand along with Midori and Akeno, who stood more to the right side. However, Garen was holding the Purple Ninja's orb with a scroll that was found with it, while Elder Vidur was speaking to everyone in the room. There was also a Scribe and a Scroll artist who stood behind the stand on chairs with tables to write and draw on.
"My dear friends. Today was a dark day in Aeroplane. Not only had our beloved Purple Ninja become overtaken by grief and rage, but our beloved Green Ninja had risked her life to stop him, and save us all. We will miss both of our Ninja protectors because they weren't just our guardians... they were our friends, our brethren, our family... and because of this great respect that I have for our two ninja, I ask that their names not be written or drawn in the scrolls. Let the future generations who see the scrolls know them as we did... heroes, and friends. No details should be necessary about each of them... they have been through enough," Elder Vidur said, and the Scribe and Scroll artist agreed, as they formed the scrolls.
"Now, I wish to also address something that Akemi requested us to do after she confronted Meir... Darkness..." Elder Vidur said, as Garen walked a few steps forward and presented the Purple Ninja's orb.
"Akemi wanted the Purple Ninja's orb to be hidden at all times. She suspected that, if she had to seal Meir, that if he broke out and was still Darkness, that he would seek the next Purple ninja. Now, we all know that they created the orbs so that when they couldn't protect the world, the orbs will choose the next Purple and Green Ninja and bestow upon them a share in their powers so that they could rise up... but Akemi suspected that Darkness may try to turn the next Purple ninja to the dark side. She implored us to hide the Purple Ninja's orb, so that when the next Purple ninja is to be chosen, that they will be safe from Darkness," Elder Vidur said.
"What about the Green Ninja's orb?" Lerato asked.
"She told us to keep it in it's place, and to not worry about it no matter what," Elder Vidur replied.
The leaders looked towards one another, questionably, but they decided to roll with it.
"Now I wish to ask if any one of you, even the Temple guards, would want to take the responsibility of hiding and protecting the Purple Ninja's orb and passing it down until the next Purple ninja is found?" Elder Vidur asked.
The Leaders and Temple guards looked towards one another, as they were deciding on this. Then one temple guard, who wore all black with a black hood covering her eyes, stepped forward and starting walking towards Elder Vidur and Garen. Some of her black hair came down from the sides of her hood and neck, and she wore a dark blue belt.
She stood before them and said, "I will guard the Purple Ninja orb for life."
Garen's eyes widened, as he recognized her voice being Jetta's. Elder Vidur also recognized her voice and asked,
"Are you really willing to take on such a responsibility Jetta?"
Jetta firmly nodded, as Garen walked closer to her to hand over the orb.
"Will you be okay Jetta?" Garen whispered.
"I'll be okay Garen. I'll be leaving Aeroplane anyway," Jetta whispered back.
Elder Vidur was able to hear them whispering, as Garen gasped and asked,
"Why?"
"It'sss my time to go. It wasss nice being with all of you. I may come back to visssit some day," Jetta whispered, as her serpent tongue became visible, which made Garen's eyes widen.
"So Yahto is truly gone..." Elder Vidur whispered, as Jetta turned towards him and nodded.
As Jetta turned to go, with the Purple Ninja's orb and the scroll, Garen turned to Elder Vidur and asked,
"You knew about Yahto?"
"Yes. I've known about the existence of the Black Mambian, and that they prefer to keep their serpent forms secret. But I'm sure that Jetta wouldn't mind, especially after what happened," Elder Vidur replied, and Garen nodded.
As Jetta walked out the door, while everyone else stood inside, she walked a few feet away from the front door and then she stood still. Lloyd and Raven followed her out the door, as they noticed that it was night outside. Jetta looked down at the purple orb in her hands and clutched it close after wrapping it in a black cloth from her pocket. She looked upward at the moon, that stood about forty five degrees upward, as the wind picked up and her hood fell back. Then she said,
"I will take the resssponssibility of a Black Mambian, assss I will alssso take the resssponssibility of the former Black Mambian'sss sson. I will not let you down: Yahto, Meir, and my dear friend Akemi... for I will be..."
The wind blew her bangs away from her face, as her glowing blue eyes were revealed, and she said,
"The Black Mambian."
Jetta pulled her hood over her face, as she quickly walked away to leave Aeroplane.
"That's why your dad had the pearl, and why the Viporeans named it the 'Viporeon Pearl,'" Lloyd said.
"I wonder if my dad knew. I mean, he probably does... which could explain why he let the Viporeons guard it," Raven said.
"And the Black Mambian... When a Black Mambian dies..." Lloyd said, and Raven finished,
"The next chosen one becomes the new Black Mambian."
Then a translucent blue wave crossed over everything, as it disappeared.
Why did writing this chapter make my eyes water a little?
Whhhhhyyyyyy?!