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(Whoops I thought he was now on the ground)

"Lets hope it doesn't come to that." Darren said as he took an orangle gel out of his bag and ate it to restore some of his mana. His gun attacks took alot out of his so he made sure to keep a few on hand.

Zelos was running along with Sheena and the others.
Well this is just fantastic....what do we do, now?

Rhone flew to catch up with Kratos. Once at his speed, Rhone looks at the Seraph with a worried expression.
Is there any plan for when we reach Chiaro?

Schwarz caught up to the others quicker then he thought, He took a spot next to the others, "Well we can't exactly do anything from here, we need a diversion of some-"

Oro dropped from the sky right by Kratos and landed next to Chairo in a crouched position, "Hello Chairo. How's the 'psychotic episode' holding up? Sorry for this but," Oro summoned his swallow and he brought his other hand to the ground, "Cross bolts: Ground assault." Beams of light shot from the cracks in the rubble, all aimed at the disgruntled being.

Raine sweatdropped, "I thought you were always the happy go lucky battle freak?"

"... So did I."

"...I see. However, that being is surging with a most intense power of light. I imagine that's going to be quite the barrier to penetrate," Kratos replied, "I suppose that might work if you are successful." With that, he began to make his descent.

The force of the beams from Oro's attack tossed Chiaro up into the air, but she was relatively unharmed since they were of her element. She flapped her wings to keep herself afloat where she was thrown.

"TREACHERY IS A MOST UNFORGIVABLE CRIME. THE TRAITOR MUST BE LOCATED AND EXECUTED. DO NOT INTERFERE!" she roared back as she glared down at Oro, the red glow of her eyes intensifying.

Sheena and the others arrived at this moment, with Kratos landing alongside them.

Raising her axe above her head and channeling light mana into it, Chiaro plummeted feetfirst. "SHINING DEVASTATION!" She slammed her axe down once she touched ground; the light mana displacing itself into the earth and violently blasting chunks of stone and earth into random directions through the air. The ground also quaked from her force.

Finding themselves in danger from the falling debris, Sheena frantically called up one of her Summons. "Wh-whoa! Servant of Mother Earth, Gnome, protect us!" The mole-like Summon Spirit appeared over the group and raised his shovel above his head, glowing with a brownish aura. He created a force field around them with a gravity-manipulating power that diverted the debris from landing on them.

"Playing it rough, huh little miss? Well take this! HYAAH!" X3 Gnome used his shovel to bat a particularly large stone toward Chiaro...which landed right on top of her, seeming to crush her to the ground.

Sheena's eyes widened in fear. "Gn...Gnome! That's not what we're going for! We're not trying to destroy her! She's our friend!"

Gnome shot a skeptical expression over at Sheena. "...Reeeeeally now? This berserk-o lady? You have straaange taste in friends, human. O_o Don't worry, kiddo, that ain't the last of 'er." Then, he vanished.

All of a sudden, the stone that apparently crushed Chiaro began to fracture, white light pouring from the cracks. A brightly glowing figure arose after the rock had crumbled down---Chiaro putting in effect her Starburst Aureola technique. As the glow died down, Chiaro shouted, "URGH! I'VE WASTED ENOUGH TIME WITH YOU FOOLS! THE TRAITOR IS STRAYING EVEN FARTHER FROM MY REACH!" And with that, she turned away, preparing to kick off back up into the sky.

((I'm leaving it at that for someone to do something that might hold her down. xd ))

((Wow, that's like...symbolic or something. Rhone = Demonic figure. Chiaro = Angelic figure. Piercing through the hands and feet = stigmata. surprised rofl

*cough* My mind notices strange things. >.> Back on track now...))

"URGH! UNHAND ME, INFIDEL!" Chiaro raged, trying to struggle free from Zelos' hold, which immobilized her wings as well. Finding that ineffective, she flung her upper body forward so sharply that she threw off Zelos and sent him flying toward the side of a large boulder nearby. Still, Rhone was connected to her, the wounds making her wince a bit. "FOOLS...WHY ARE YOU ALL SO BENT ON KEEPING ME FROM DELIVERING JUSTICE?! STARBURST AUREOLA." Chiaro's body began to glow blindingly bright again, feeling intensely hot to the touch.

Within the mindspace, Azriel was still in Oscuro's arms, looking deathly pale and slightly transparent. Her own appearance was fully tinted black, signifying that her form was about to regress back into a shadow essence now that her host's life was starting to deplete. She could see what was happening, and could feel the dark energy Rhone was trying to feed into her body. It appeared in the mindspace as a dark mist, but it was thin, and only became even thinner when Chiaro flared up her Starburst Aureola technique.

"Damn it, that isn't enough..."

Before shielding her eyes, Sheena had caught a glimpse of what Rhone was trying to do. "Ugh...Rhone's gonna need a boost! I would summon Shadow, but I'm low on energy after summoning Origin and Gnome...damn it..." She didn't have any energy-replenishing gels on her person either.

Kratos could only stand his ground, bringing his forearm to eye level to protect his sight as well. His repertoire consisted of many elements, but darkness wasn't among them. He knew trying to help with his spells would only interfere and disrupt Rhone's darkness-aligned hold on Chiaro.

((Y'know...I had it planned out to where Sheena could summon Shadow, but I feel guilty for leaving Lee with almost nothing to do. xp sweatdrop ))

Beginning to feel discomfort, Chiaro began to squirm, grunting fiercely and loudly. The mist was also enveloping her body, softening the intensity of her glow.

Kratos lowered his arm from eye level and approached the berserk light-being, stopping by her side. There clearly was still rage in her voice, so he attempted to appeal to her with words. "Is 'delivering your justice' so important that you would throw away the life of your host?" he questioned sternly.

Sheena approached as well, stopping at the side opposite Kratos. She began to speak pleadingly and earnestly, "Yeah...Chiaro, please...stop. We know what's happening to Azriel. We don't want to lose her. Don't you and Oscuro feel the same?"

Chiaro's grunting and struggling ceased, but the glow did not yet die down.

Oscuro could see the dark mist becoming thicker and filling the mindspace now. It was giving her the strength to better exercise her influence. The regression of her form halted as well, the color beginning to return. "Thank you...thanks, you guys..." she uttered out in deep gratitude, even though no one (save for Schwarz, maybe) could really hear her. "That ain't exactly how it works, though...believe you me, I would be pummeling Chiaro right now, but she isn't on this plane with us. But this grants enough clarity for her to hear me..." Drawing a foot out from beneath her and pushing herself up from her kneeling position, she stood, Azriel still in her arms.

"That's what I've been screaming out to you all this time, you arrogant jerkass!!! Look at her...LOOK AT HER!!!"

Chiaro flinched, not only from Oscuro's yelling, but from finally seeing Azriel's condition within her mind's eye. Her image becoming transparent...meant that her life was beginning to fade away...

"...Azriel..."

The light-being's rage vanished at the stark realization. She shut her eyes tightly, her brow creasing and her teeth gritting, forming a regretful expression. As the glow of her body at last began to die down, her form transformed back into that of Azriel's. Once that was over...she fell forward, flat on her face, completely unconscious. Rhone's "mini-harpoons" were still attached to her body, the wounds pouring out blood into her absorbent clothes.

"If it was just wound this would be easy but, massive amounts of mana, it will take a little more time." Raine began to heal Azriel the best she could. Oro was now standing beside his brother's body, which was now almost an empty shell. Schwarz's mind was elsewhere.

"Well, too bad you couldn't pummel her... yet." The cloud of mist in Azriel's mind space began to take shape, it's color changed from black to silver, and a wolf was formed,"Well that went better then expected, how is Azriel doing?"

Rhone bends down, gently picks Azriel up, and carefully places her over his shoulder.
I suggest we go back to Zelos' place. With all honesty, the beds there are more comfortable than the ones in an inn..perhaps that will let Azriel recover faster. Also, while there I can use some of the ingredients Zelos keeps handy to create a salve to help Azriel's mana recover faster. I'm sure Zelos could use a rest too.

Right on cue, Zelos staggers forward holding onto his back.
Yeah....that crazy angel chick really did a number on me...
He staggers a bit more forward before throwing his arm around Sheena's shoulders.
I'm so glad you volunteered to help me walk, hunny. ^_^
Rhone facepalms with his free hand and begins walking down the pathway of the mountain.
Let's go...