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Final Dance

((An Invite only area by KuraiGekkou))

An area created from a massive magical spell which depletes all of the users mana and energy. Creating a void in which sucks in the users complete body and anything near it. Kurai used this move to take Joy into the realmn. Now both of them are trapped there forever being both tainted ones. Since JOy is tainted she has the ability to mold the Nightmare realmn to whatever she wants. As well as Kurai can.

Both of them seem to be trapped in it forever now. It would take a huge amount of Light and tainted energy in order to summon even a small window through this realmn.

Joy,like every good cat or neko demon,turned sharply out of instincts seeingt he ground coming closer. She out stretched her arms to created some resitance to try and slow her down,good thing she wore a big dress ((though very tattered from the fight)) so she floated down at a safe rate,like a deflating ballon.

Landing like a balerina on her tippy toes for a split second she looked like so magnicficant dancer, like a teared up doll with scratches and blood stains from bad use,as her long green hair tips rested against the floating rocks surface. She looked up and around at her surrondings,death was everywhere,hiding,wathcing,waiting to snatch up her and her "sweet mocking bird." Like a crack of thunder the simpel truth revealed itself. She was alive,not in best shape. But still alive. A chidlish,carefree look took her face. She coudl hanlde this situation,though unexpected,not in her plans,she has to do it,to get back to Ella.

The long fall had given her a chance to catch a bit of her breath,she guessed she had a few cracked ribs or atleast very bruised. The blood on her skin was starting to dry up,the wind whoosing past her from the fall had quicked up the process,as it started to flake making it look like Joy had darker patches of skin agaisnt her already dark skin.

Her shining,prancing eyes landed on Kurai who sat,like a prince ontop his throne look down on her,she was sued to being looked down on due to her 4'9 height,but Kuria was quite sure of himself,his midn had proubly cleared up just a tad. But not for long.

As Joy brought her hand up to her face, she spread out her legs in a figthing stance,this last stunt was scraping up her last bit of energy. She smirked as her bangs covered up the troubleing look in her eyes,her lips met contact with the red ring on her left ring finger,making a small smacking sound with her lips for effect. ((xd))

Finally you could see Joys eyes,as that manic state took ahold of her face ccne more as wind blew it up as well as her pigtails,her black gothic lolitia dress hugging itself to her body,the tattered hem flapping about making whipping sounds. On the ground a light emitted,a soft glowing in the shape of a large square. Suddenly the ground broke as wind started to hwoosh up,the line cut across the ground speeding up its pace,panting,carving,small squares.Black white squares,and that wasn't all. Like a budding flower,little mable heads started to sprut,then burst like gaints,like msonters from hell.

Yes,Chess peices growing out of the ground as they kept on reaching for the endless murky sky. Joy stepped forward a bit as the king piece teared mercilessly through the floating rock Joy inhabinated,she reached up and took ahold of one of the crosses arms. And was pulled up effortlessly. For 5 more seconds it flew up intill it finally stopped,Joy swung herself to sit on the upside down cross' arm,one leg crossed over the other,that sastifastied grin on her face.

Her eyes reflected the new canvas she had painted.She always liked chess, it was one of her favorite games, also another one of the plenty of games she always defeated Ella in. The sound of giggling bocuned around every,off the chess peices,off the last few remaining floating rocks,the sky itself,soon it turned it banshee laughing as Joy clapped her hands with delight,sweat rolling down her face,the laughing ended as she started to cough up blood,covering her mouth she pulled it back to look at the black body susbtance,then wipped it on the cross. "Ne ne..My sweet mcoking bird. Lets play a game shall we??Kuri-chan lose,he dies,if Joy wins,Kuri-chan dies!! Sounds fun ne ne??Hee hee!!" She watched the knight piece jut out of the ground zooming up,gaining height one of its ears smahsing into Kurais rock,hoping to just tear rigth through him.

Wipping some more sweat from her face,she straightened her back,putting her hands behind her head,kicking out one foot with that smiel on her face,as if she was in total control,everything was in her plans and she would come out on top.oozing with fake confidence,she never liekd showing her weak side even when Ella wasn't around. Her face flinched just slightly when Kurai accused her,he was right. "Kuri-chan should of known what he was getting into..everything he had to offer,everything he held dear is Joys,your mine to kill,no matter the name its just another peice in my game."

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The rain was so defeaning loud as it fell from the dark grey clouds way up above a green haired neko girl. She was soaked to the bone,as her long gothic lolitai dress clung to her fragile and delciate small body. Walking slowly her eyes were a dull green color. The color of rotting leaves,the color of remorse.

One hand grabbed where her heart was,as if she didn't she migth just burst and wither away rigth on the spot. She closed her eyes as raindrops slid across her pained strucken face,or were they tears of a heart borken girl? 'Is this..Is this what Joys been doing for this whoel time..creating this type of pain for..for.. '
Her knees buckeled as her long green hair flyed out before her,the sky shifted,as she fell downwards. She felt so heavy,and she didn't see nay point of going on anymore. Laying on the muddy cold ground,the rain kept on falling steadily. One arm flayed out across from her,the other gripping her heart tightly,the girls dead green eyes looked upwards but not really looking at anything,she didn't see anything,she didn't want to see anything anymore.
The rain made it hard to see the girls face,but really there wasn't any expression anymore. She looked dead,but in a way she was at the momment. Her mouth sligthly set ajar,her eyes lashes hodded her eyes expression,her face was completely emotionless. Her long black dress pooled out around her like one big black lilly pod.

Ria Highs hyper neko,Joy,condemened of every sin she had commited in her long long life. She proubly had commited them all. Killed,stealed,lied,seduced,cursed,fooled, everything. Eveery wrong doing,because she had never been taught rigth from wrong,and the laws of God never did or will apply to her. She had caused pain for thousands,stealing their treasures,chidlren,spouses. She had taken everything they couldn't achieve. All for one person.

'For my precious Ella... ''
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She been doing this for years,she wouldn't hesitate to figth him,she wouldn't pity him,she wouldn't have any sort of feelings for him that would get in the way. She was the devil child,why would she care what she did to peoples hearts,why would she care if she hurt them in ways unimaginable. She convinced herself that it was his fault,not hers. She did the deed,but he wans't there to stop her antics.

Flipping upside down,her knees wrapped around the cross she had been sitting on,her long pigtails hanged,swaying about as Joy swung a bit not minding the blood rushing to her head. She covered her being startled when the Oka temple sprung out of nowhere,guess Kuria had a few toys slipped up his sleeves as well. He also had a more upper hand since he was more knowledgeable in this feild,and it was his void as well,this point nagging at the back of her brian.

Joy licked her lips,letting her arms dropped past her head,as her mind went over what he said,his actions,and trying to plan a few steps ahead of him. "A never ending game??..Joy was never one for Monoply but she guess she has no choice..heh." Clapping her hands over and over again she wagged her tail,giggling as 10 pawns moved,squeezing by the other pieces,circling the ruin Oka temple entirely,they started bashing all at the same time,retreating a few feet,then charging forward with quick speed and attempting to smash the temple and break it into even more ruins, with every clap Joy made they charged forward.

Joy breathed heavily as she flipped back up,siiitng up right leaning against the cross,her legs dangling over the edge. One arm wrapped around her waist tightly the blood was still flowing out quite freely and pride stopped Joy showing her wound to wrap it.

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"See here??When your going for the heart,dig the tip in then pull it upwards so it surly rips the ehart and goes through the shoulder..can you do that,here tyr it?? A crouching Ella,sitting infront of a dead body,looked slitghly upwards at the still very young Joy. The pigtailed neko nodded her head furiously.

Taking the knief into her hands she stabbed into the already dead body,her arms tensing up a bit as she pulled up with no succes. Ella stood up crossing her arms and Joy could feel hair on the back of her neck stand on end,feeling Ellas glare pierce through her. A determiend face took place and she ripped it through the shoulder,blood splattering everywhere as it soon covered most of Joy.

Joy dropped the knief and held up her hands as if testing for rain as blood kept on spraying out intill it soon only leaked in small tricklets. She closed her eyes as Ella watched her getting drenched,such a peculair child standing before her. "You know,if Ella wants..she'll be like God,and drown the whole world,with this red water..." Ella flicked Joy on the forehead,looking down on her with a smug look. "Really??Im expecting you won't hesitate ever.."
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Joy eyesbrows pushed forward trying to figure out what exactly to do. She guess she could judt defend for herself,she can't die here,of course neither can Kurai. This new world of theres,this new prison of theirs,so easily changeable,can be destoryed and reborn. "stop playing around Joy~. Ishoa was better then you, Then again i shouldn't expect much from a gurl neways." After that,no that wasn't the game plan now. Joy smirked,curling a lock of green ahir around her finegr and bringing it up to her lips,that finegr happened to be the one red ring. Her prancing eyes watching the levitating Kurai. Joy can't lose agaisnt him..no..can't use the same tactic,hes too fickle for that..maybe...no..nee waa!!

But as she was trying furiously not to give Kurai an even bigger upper hand,she remakred back at his insults. " Heh..insults Kuri-chan,we aren't in pre-school. Joy dosen't have cooties..really such an immature pet Joy has!!hehehe" Covering her mouth with her handn she started to laugh. But taking this change she spat out some of the blood she had been trying to not cough up.

Wiping it on her back she took a deep breath,her whoosy state of mind was snapped in half as she heard somehting being plummited to pieces. Her eyes wnet as big as saucers,where they hell did that soidler come from??It wasn't one anything from hell,Joy had memorized everything living,including undead,that resided in Hell. She eyed tha temple of ruins,so this was he was getting his power. Cursing herself not getting something like it. She had gotten to cocky with her skills over the past centuries.

Joys eyes raced back and forth, jumping from one chess piece to the other. Pawns were,like in the actual game,too weak. But only skilled players knew the true meaning of pawns,they were sacrfices. She looked around at they're surrondings,how big was it??Far enough for the eye to see or was it an illsuion??Maybe it was jsut as big as the arena where this Kurai and Joy had fought. Licking her lips Joy smirked as she rolled up her sleeves,over the years Joy had become quick thinking but Kurai was really testing her. She wondered how long she was going to last,she couldn't die..she wans't worried about death at the momment. No she was scared losing to him.

She eyed the soilder he msut contain an armies strength in that body and monsterous sword of his,calculating the distance across the chess squares, though she ignored actual chess rules. No rules really applied to Joy but she had always liked an handicap in her dances,made it funier but not this time. " Now now Kuri-chan..how you ever seen a concert??they're quite "jamming"..but wanna know what Joy loves the most??The specail effects!!"

Snapping her fingers the pawns,excluding the one that had been smashed, the tops expldoing,as shatters of the white and black marble blasted way like sharp darts fire consumed the whoel area as the wind effect blew hard Joy had to hold tigthly to the cross base so she wouldn't fall off as the blood stained tatters of her dress gripped her body,even her own splatters of her blood flew past,the strong wind stealing the red liquid from the various gashes and burns on Joys body. Smoke scented the surrodnings,it would be nice if the giant soidler gained some damage but no. When the pawns had exploded((no remains of the pawns were exisent though)) but Joy had been counting on the misty after effects,so her next attack would be hidden,unexpected,undected,and hopefully unstoppable before it was too late.

The black rook piece,ironically moved up. Upwards that is as it went across the air to stop above the soidler.Joy eyes not following it in case Kurai figured out her battle tactic,as all of this happened when the pawns expldoed. Then the large Rook piece fell down intending to crush the shadow soidler flat like a crushed popcan. Joy smirked watching her game finally unfold. But hse knew full well it wouldn't last long,her vision was getting worse,she wanted to lie down but not now,Not yet.

With the hard slam of a body agaisnt a wall Joys deranged smile widened,she was leaning far over the edge,she had never felt so alive,when so close to death. But there was a saftey net here in this place of theirs, which just made everything less fun. The best things about games was the risk of losing,that push you to win even more.

Joy breathed in the rich scent of blood,it was everywhere perfuming the air surrondings them. They had nothing to lose here,but they still fought on,for what though? With a rattle of Kurais chains he regained himself, taking out a few needles from his damaged body. Emotions were swirling by each sound of air escaping the gashes in his body,excitment,anger,glee,antipatcion, swirling about in her tiny body. She had never faced anyone like him before,Kurai really shouldn'r of been walking.He has died one,Joy has died once, so was this wretched place call the after life?Heaven won't take them,Hell dosne't want them, they were caged here by him. Joys knees were shaking a bit from it all,that and the great amount of blood loss.

Then appeared Kurais precious pitchfork,Haru,but when Joy got ready he stuck it in the rooftop of his temple,what was this nonsense?But she knew that they were at the edge,standing,one foot already over the line all they had to do now was take the other step. Joy could feel the end creeping in like a snake,wrapping itself,twisting giving her shivers.She could feel the end. Joy snapped her fingers and grabbed at the air. "Deaths Toy!!" In her grasp appeared her beloved Scyth,for a momment her red ring and the eyes of the skull on her scyth flashed ever so sligthly.Could they feel it too??

Joys eyes like puddles of muddy rain water took in the image of the flying Kurai,his silver hair mixing in with black feathers, blood staining his skin and clothes and hunger in his eyes. Purple flame ligthing up his face,Joy bent down on her knees and pushed off forward,cutting through the air as they both raced towards each other,the gap between them closing in,closer closer,as if the other foot moved to step over the edge, Joy pulled her scyth back preparing to slash down on Kurai,her leg was bent a bit,the other strethced backwards,she looked like a ballerina as her long green locks breezed behind her,cathcing small trickles of her own blood. What was Kurai,the messenger of death,of vengence,or justice? Such anger in his eyes,they were like Ellas.He could drown the world in it all.

Coming down on him,she smirked even when she felt his damn purple flame hitting her side. The force pushing her back,though her scyths blade caught his side ripping it as she kept on falling, Joy spread out her arms her eyes closing enjoying the feel of the wind agaisnt her body, but even that couldn't cool the intense burning sensation on her side. Kurai was falling with her,they had finally jumped over the edge it seemed, and with that as they're two bodys fell, Kurai slowly since his wings cause more resistance agaisnt the wind but they could look at each other still,even Joy didn't think she was going to be seeing this face at the end the first time she had met Kurai,she had different plans for him but man did those blow over. Joy opened her eyes they had a different light in them as a soft smirk on her face,that all knowing smirk. Kurai was the one with real surprises. As Joys chess pieces crumbeled like a building of cards collappsing on themselves. Kurais soilders knes buckeled over as they were just large piles of armour,his temple falling into total ruins,Haru stuck on the peak of the rubble. Their kings have fallen,chess stopped playing when the king piece was taken,and soilders stopped figthing when the king was defeated. Oh the irony also seemed to scent the air.

Finally Joy hit the ground with a large crash,her back arhcing as she spat up blood her eyes widening with pain,her body stiff as her body ached,she then fell back down,her arms spread out,her blood was staining the large floating piece of land she had landed on. Her long green tresses like a patch of grass,though stained with blood too,her black dress rags about her body,her scyth still held in her hand. Soon Kurai followed,having much the same reaction his chains rattling as he rolled over on his back, coughing up blood their blood mixing together ,like one big canvas of bloodshed. Then there was a silence,as Joy watched the murky clouds,even through the pain a calm momment surfaced. There was no moon,but Joy still felt ease watching the clouds,so slow and steady,they didn't have to care where they were drifting off too. The void seemed to relax as well,the sky resemebled a day of rain,but the land that of a battlefield.

Then the silence was broak by a soft laughter,hoarse as a frail bleedy cut up body shaked gently with laughter. She hadn't lost a game ever, she didn't think ti was even possible.Daugthers of the devil didn't lose. But maybe laugther was to cover up dread,she was caged in here forever,entenrity seemed very long at the momment. Joy then took a deep breath as she before coughing up more blood,it trickling across herchin. Her voice was barly above a whisper,she really sounded as old as she really was. As she kept on wathcing the clouds,lying there beside her enemy,her friend,her sweet mocking bird. "Heh..You know Kuri-chan..were the same in alot of ways. Were both so..so caged. For differnet reasons,by different people. But still by our wants,our need,our goals,were so caged that the bars have become..a second skin. ...And we don't want to be let out!! ...for then we can't see the person who has caged us so.." Joys face was stricken, as each word held great meaning but really she had spoken the truth. Kurai had been caged by Mint,his love for her trapped him,limited him. Ella had caged her,manipulated her,used her. But for now they sat in they're blood,looking through their cages bars and onto the cloudy sky.

Joys body felt a few hard objects hit her body,her fuzzy eyesight saw gray little objects fly by,but they seemed slow.Slow like the rolling,breezy,clouds above them. He wasn't going to accecpt her statement,but he let it in Joy knew,like she had from long ago. There weren't many places to run when you were 'caged.' So you just had to take it it,willingly,unwillingy.It was still there,eating away at you like a flame at a vunerable piece of paper. And even after acknowledging that flame,it was still eating away.

Joy also felt it though,when they had been figthing,playing,dancing. There was risk,there was chance,something that had been misisng for all of Joys dances. It gave her andreline she didn't knew existed,just this tug,this buzz pumping through her blood. Joy licked her cracked lips.Ky,..the one Tiffy-chin had fought a long time ago??Just a coincende of names..no. Joys eyes drifted over to her opponent,her prisoner. She really didn't know much about this Kurai,she had tried looking stuff up on him but it was futile. Just who is this man,this mocking bird.. Mystery now was brewing,an odd piece puzzel piece has presented itself,was the fun ever going to end??

And Kurai he wanted more as he started recontruct him again,as if he had some invisble eraser. Joy licked her lips again,tasting a bit of dried blood.She rubbed her tummy,she was hungry and,like a real child,she wanted to take a nap.But also like a real child,she wanted to play more. "Heh..encore!!Encore!!" Hoisting herself up stiffly,leaning against her scyth heavily. Like an old withered man depending on his walking stick to get around. Pain,now pleasure,and more pain.Then a mixture of excitment,as Joy took a few deep breaths. A few of her ribs were cracked from the fall so it was harder to breath. Her eyes were dancing as she took in Kurai in full view,like a cat with a piece of string waving infront of it,she watched intently,hungerily wondering what his next move will be.

Her legs breached as she got herself in her figthing stance,her scyth set out behind her,her hand put infront of her. You could see droplets of blood dripping down from Joy,little of it hitting the ground,like tears falling.A maniac smile on her tanned face. "Joys having the time of her life!!!!!"Her knees bent ready to attack but something stopped her. There was a cracking sound,like the sound of thunder.

The clouds about them started to get dangerously darker,swirling about faster,swifter,like a torando threathning to swallow them up. There was strong gusts of wind looked up,her long hair being whipped about like a green kite in a strong breeze,streamers in the air,threads of silk.Her eyes were curious with flickers of hope. Hope for what?Rescue?Another dance partner?There was a small tricklet of light that piereced through the sky,like something poking a hole through paper. The light cut directly on Joy,catching the brillance of her hair,her scythes blade,reflecting off her eyes and the blood spilt everywhere. Her eyes squitned to see what would happen next,their surrodnings were much darker so the ligth was even more sigficant,as something started parting from the small hole in the sky it was..it was. A Hand,first it was slow,fingers peeking out shyly,struggling,then brust through,a reaching hand. Joy blinked for a few seconds,her scyth wasn't in an alert state,just being held beside her side as she looked up a bit stunned. That hand was like a red sign saying EXIT.

Her head titled backwards a bit with that chidlish look back on her face. She was having a fun time,what she could make of it. But eternity of this seemed tiresome and Joy got bored easily.Her eyes were prancing as she looked at Kurai. "Ne..Joy'll race Kuri-chan there!!Bye Bye!! nyhaaan!!" Gahses,burns,broken bones,internal bleeding. None of that mattered,there was an exit now,an exit that would lead her back in the world,a world that was inhabitated by a very specail person to Joy. So she used that last morsel of strength she had kept in her,leaping hungerily,tripping here and there,then climbing up again like a mad game of snakes and ladders, breaching the top,finally reaching the last floating of land she burst up,hand reaching out intill their fingers finally touched,a feeling of nostalic brewed up.

Joy started to fall down but grasping despertly,her eyes intent,focued,scared,giddy.She was hanging in the air for a few seconds intill finally being pulled up.

She had fallen down the rabbit hole,she had landed in a wonderland of darkness,of pain,of vengence,anger,and a need for thrill. Darkness had taken her hand and dragged her down,but now,now. She had finally reached the end of the game,and there was only the beginning to go back too.

(( crying sorry its not the best post...wahhh its overrrrrr...wahhhhhh)))