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((AND NOW! What you've all been waiting for for over 3 long depressing-never-ending months! May I have the pleasure of presenting RENE!!!!!!!

*APPLAUSE, CHEERS, CROWD STARTS JUMPING UP AND DOWN AND ACCIDENTALLY FALLING OFF THE BLEACHERS*

Thankyou thankyou. Yes I know you all love me. ^.~))

"STOOOOOP!*

A strained cry shot with echos through the long corridor that led out into the the raging battle arena. If there had not been as much comotion striking about outside one would be able to hear the rythmic footsteps of tall ebony boots knocking against the dust covered cement floor. Desperate sharp breaths fell into pattern with the steps. At last a tall thin sillouette was within the last reaches of the corridor's shadows.

"Stop stop.....stop."

The words faded into the storm, one after another. Emerald eyes gazed forward. A mixture of tears, pleading and stubborness reflected within them. The creature emerged from the shadows into the dark lightless areana. The cracks of lightning slide light across her delecate face. Rene stared hopelessly at the war before her.

All at once, they came. Driven by a single, carnal purpose of seeing their prey a bloody red splotch with his insides within easy access of bloodthirsty beaks, the night black ravens dove at Ky, a funnel of death spiraling down upon him. From within the soul container, elder Ky watched in horror.

"He'll never be able to dodge them all! Even with Furaiken to aid me I couldn't defeat these birds without taking severe damage. There's no way he'll be able to survive this."

From somewhere behind him, Kin put a reassuring hand on elder Ky's shoulder.

"Don't worry, he may be a jerk, but if there's one thing Ky's good at, it's surviving.

Ky watched quietly as the wave of birds decended, but as they neared, he couldn't help but smile.

"Now the fun begins..."

((Music! Copy and paste this into your address bar: http://www.angelfire.com/gundam/xxrageofangelsxx/Enigma.mp3 ))

The birds had Ky surrounded, and, in their dive, were only seconds from tearing him to pieces. At the last possible instant, Ky leapt high into the air, hammering through the roof of birds that were in his way, placing himself in midair above the spout of the funnel. The birds reacted instantly, but they were too close, moving too fast. They collided into each other with deadly force. Those further away veered skyward, completely ignoring their fallen brethren. The rose up, a black pillar reaching out, directly under Ky. And this was exactly where he wanted them. It was time to reveal his trump card.

Kurai was right when he said katars were limited in their range. He had thought Ky had compensated for this weakness by relying on kunai. He was wrong. With a brilliant flash, the purple gem at the base of the blades lit up. The katar blades each split lengthwise down the center, and shifted ever so slightly back and to the sides, creating a small passageway between the blades.... the barrel of the gun, for at the end of the passageway lay a small energy crystal, designed to fire out razor sharp arrows of purple energy, designed to slice through any flesh and bone that may be in their path. This, was the trump card.

At the peak of his ascent, Ky flipped, his legs now locked together high above his head, as he began falling straight down, headfirst, towards the blood red eyes of his would be killers. He began to spin, the same moved he had used when this fight had began on that beach not so long ago, but this time the danger lay not in the katars, but in what came out of the katars. Hundreds of purple arrows rained down like daggers, slicing trhough the core of the black pillar. Blood fell from the sky as the birds were cut apart by the arrows. Still spinning and firing, Ky plummeted straight into the pillar. The surviving ravens clawed and teared at him as he passed, but the vacuum his spin generated kept most of them off balance. Nevertheless, blood began seeping into Ky's clothes and onto his skin. Still he fell, never relenting his hail of arrows. Black forms flew past him so fast that he felt as if he were looking at nothing more than a squirming, black, chaotic mess. Somewhere inside his mind, Ky's instincts told him he was nearing the ground. In one deft motion, Ky flipped himself again, and grabbed the eternal sword from its sheath. With a powerful thrust, Ky drove it into the ground, unleashing a powerful cyclone of razor sharp winds that cut apart everything within a seven foot radius of Ky. Knowing that wouldn't slow the birds a bit, Ky immediately pulled the sword from the ground and slashed in an arbitrary direction, sending a blast of wind in that direction. It was enough to clear a tunnel through the black mess of birds, and Ky darted through.

Once free from the birds, Ky continued to run. He could not see them in the fading light, but he knew they were coming after him. He could hear the beat of a thousand wings, thundering after him. Ky was breathing heavily. The eternal sword was meant for use by fairies, whose magical stamina was far greater than that of a humans. Even such a small use of the swords power had drained Ky of most of his energy. His eyes dashed around the colliseum. His body couldn't keep running forever, he needed a new strategy. Ky's gaze settled on the many pillars that surrounded the arena floor and an idea hit him. Although each individual bird may be maneuverable and agile, but as a mass, they would be slow to change direction. Ky ran for the pillars, weaving in and out of them, jumping up, kicking off, changing direction as quickly as he could. The birds tried to follow, but where caught in the flow of the pack and could not change direction quickly enough. Sickening thuds sounded as splotches of red formed all over the pillars. Making a pass next to the birds, Ky took a quick glance to see how many were left. There were still hundreds of them. Things were looking grim, Ky was exhausted and there were still enough ravens to rip him to shreds. What would he do now? What was there he could do? Here he was wasting all of his energy while Kurai just stood there and enjoyed the show. Well then, Ky thought darkly, why not take the show to him?

Breaking away from the blood stained columns, Ky charged directly at Kurai. From the look in the other's eyes, this was clearly a move he did not anticipate.

"I wonder if your little pets will attack their master" Ky challenged as his katars shot out with a hiss and he lunged straight at Kurai's throat.

"YOU!!"

The words rummbled out with the thunder of the storm. Instantly the drenched girl knew that the words were not her brother's. Fear replicated even more so and spread throughout her. She stood in by the bleachers, staring at the hidious site taking place.

The demonic violet glow of the gun zipped over the stadium's ground. Within a second a whole section of the bleachers and all of the entrance in which Rene had been was demolished. The fireball of light rippled out and enormous debris hurled in every direction. There would have been no place of shelter or protection for someone in that explosion.

******

"You're both jerks."

A figure elevated from the dirt in the distance not far from the ancient Kurai and the posioned Ky. Rene's body had not ceased its convoltions. Her few words sethed with annoyance and hate.

"If you two dont stop fighting and release your prisioners I'm going to kill you."

As her words came forth her hands curled into fists. Her arms slowly rose and as if connected to them two mounds of earth bubbled up on oppisate sides of her.

"YOU HEAR ME?!!"

The arena spewed forth those two bubbles and from them shot colums of earth. Soon the entire arena was like a pot of water, the ground wavered as it rose, colapsed and stuck out fountains of vines, thick poles of various rocks and mountains of earth.

((I have no idea what the hell happened in Rene's post so I'm just gonna ignore it. ^-^ ;; And yes kiddies, there is powerplaying in this post. Don't copy it. It's bad for your health.))

Pain rocketed through Ky's head, his temples feeling as if they were about to explode. But he would not scream. He never gave his enemies that satisfaction. Ky clenched his teeth, every ounce of his will struggling to surpress the ever rising cry of agony. This was bad. Kurai had Ky by the head and was slowly crushing his skull. Ky's attempt to use Kurai's ravens against him had failed. The use of the Eternal Sword had left Ky depleted of strength and weak. Ky couldn't shoot Kurai because doing so would kill his 'rival' as well. The devil seemed to hold the advantage at every turn.

But appearances were often decieving. Every man, devil, or animal on the planet was made up of two primary aspects: the body and psyche. Although the psyche was often overlooked, both were equally important to survival. And both were equally damaging. One of the things that made Ky formidable was that he knew how to attack both.

"What are you waiting for?" Ky's voice hissed from between clenched teeth. "Kill me." With an effort, Ky opened one eyeand looked into Kurai's insane eyes. His lips curled into a taunting smile. "Kill me and all your waiting will be for nothing. You can't fight your little obsession if he has no body to use." Ky could see the frustration in devil Kurai's eyes and he felt Kurai's grip tighten, sending shockwaves through Ky's head. Ky's vision was starting to blur. His consciousness was slipping. But in spite of all that, his smile broadened. It was working. His words wear eating away at the devil's mind. Slowly, Ky raised his katar and pointed it at his own head. "Fine, if you won't do it, I'll do it myself." The blades opened. The crackle of purple energy gathering at the base seemed to laugh mockingly. The light grew as the katar prepared to discharge. All the while, Ky's eyes bore down into Kurai's, as if challenging Kurai to stop him.

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Be smiled evilly, Well choose an arena, you're younger.

Alright already...I choose...Alchemist Junkyard! said Ligah, smiling, it would be easy for her werewolf form there. But Be had another idea, it would be easy for her too, especially her shadow form, what with all the hiding places. That's ok with me, leeeeeeet's start! The arena began changing into the junkyard, and they were there.

(Jhonson's baby cologne? Where'd that come from?And Shadow's not exactly the "person's shadow")
But strangely enough, Ligah's grip began to sink into Be's arm, after a while Be disappeared. Ligah continued sniffing for Be, no luck though. Something dark grey whizzed past her, the form a jaguar became clear to Ligah, Just how many forms does this girl have? A slithering voice entered her head, Only three...