Friday, August 13, 2004

   The second part.
Here is the second part of my short story fanfic!

--- A Lady's Wrath (continued.)
"Now it begins!" said Elric, as his six swords floated beside him, acting as a shield.

"Clever trick, but it takes more than that to stop me!" Ruby said. With that, Ruby giggled, formed a pink rose bud in her hands.

"How will you counter this, Elric?" asked Ruby, grinning. Then, she blew at the rose bud, causing its outer petals to fly off and a pink dust to scatter. As more and more of the pink dust were scattered, the foggier and foggier the air became.

"What is this Ruby?!" yelled Elric nervously, trying to clear the pink fog.

"Nothing... hahahahahahaha!" laughed Ruby, which is slowly approaching Elric hiding in the fog. Being the conjurer of this technique, she could easily see through the thick fog, but to any one else, it is a thick blanket of pinkness that obscure their vision.

Circling from a safe distance, Ruby began to struck out with her whip. Just as it was about to strike its target, Elric unsheathed his own silver sword to parry Ruby's blow while the other six swords scrambled to protect its master.

"Not bad for someone to be under my Rosey Dream technique. But it's gonna take more than that!" Ruby said.

"Time for me go on the offensive!" said Elric, "Golden Sand!" At that command, his six swords dived underground. Then the six swords sprung up from the ground, releasing a shower of gold coloured sand. Ruby noticed that when the sand touched her, it glowed a magnificent yellow.

"What is this?!" exclaimed Ruby surprised. The golden sand was glowing so much that Elric was able to detect her position.

"My little trick. If I cannot see you normally, then I shall change that! Now that I can see you, this is gonna be fun!" said Elric triumphantly. He began to dash towards the glowing figure, his sword ready to strick. Just as he was about to strike Ruby, she sidestepped and splitted into five other figures.

"WHAT?! WHAT IS THIS?!" whispered Elric, now panicking. He frantically looked around at the six figure that has surrounded him.

"Hehehehehehe... I'm not that easy to be defeated." snickered Ruby. Then all Ruby and her duplicates began to slowing circle Elric, sending him into even more panic.

"This won't do... COME BACK!" said Elric, as his swords came back to his side. Sweat began to build on his forehead, slowly dripping onto the ground below. He struggled to think up an idea, as his swords revolved around him, each blade pointing outwards, ready to strike.

"Come on now, this is getting me bored..." grumbled Ruby.

"Fine then! Autumn Flutter!" commanded Elric. The six swords then began to fly towards the six Ruby's, moving like if real swordsmen were wielding them. But the swords were of no match for Ruby's agility, as she dodged each strike.

Elric stood in the middle of the fighting, still struggling for an idea. After a while, he realized that his six swords were of no match, and recalled them avoiding further use of energy to command them.

Then to his amazment, the six Ruby clones divided, into twelve. Each of them bared their nails and leaped at Elric. The six swords were only able to cut down six of them, and six remained ready to strike Elric.

"DAMN!" yelled Elric. He swung his silver sword with all the energy he had left, and amazingly cut all six of the ruby clones! But something was not right, he felt like if he was just cutting through air. Then the pink fog lifted, revealing that the six figures he just cut down was just a mirage.

"WHAT?! WHERE ARE YOU RUBY?!" scream Elric, his face now red with anger.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What a fool! That is definitely a sight to remember!" said Ruby.

"WHERE ARE YOU?!" yelled Elric, now shaking in anger.

"Why I'm up here!" said Ruby, standing at the top of the building. She leapt down, ready to finish off the fight. The six swords attempted to fly at her, but Elric called them back. She landed, and said, "Wasn't my Deep Red Illusion great?"

"You shall not decieve me again Ruby!" growled Elric, fighting to keep his anger down.

"Oh really?" mocked Ruby,"But enough talk! Have at you!" With her last word spoken, she started to run at Elric.

"My pleasure!" replied Elric. He pointed his sword at Ruby, and the six swords flew at her. Just when it looked like if the swords were about his impale Ruby, she vanished in a swirl of leaves.

Elric recalled his swords as he looked around for Ruby. Behind him, Ruby summoned a storm of leaves, and began to circle around Elric. Elric once again sent forth his six swords, but was ensnared by thick vines that sprung from the ground.

"Spirits of the forever green come to me.
Aid me in the my victory before thee!" chanted Ruby. At that instant, vines began to sprout everywhere. All the vines started for Elric, but his six swords broke free and halted the advance of the vines.

Elric began to chant something under his breath, and soon, his six golden swords grew double its size, and destroyed all the vines, leaving Ruby exposed.

Ruby panicked, as the six swords flew at her. Ruby tried to run, but the six swords now easily caught up to her, and knocked her down. The swords then circled around her neck and tightened, acting like a shackle.

Elric walked over to the defeated Ruby... To be continued.
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Stay tuned tomorrow for the final part!
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