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Chapter 17:
Battle of a Sacred Space
The Cliff of Dreams had a purple sky running above it, and beautiful water
crashed into it some feet below. Even though Derris-Kharlan was in space, it
much like the new world in some regards. Three Summon Spirits disappeared, their
job done, Sheena thinking of what to say.
“I am Sheena.” the female Summoner said, “I ask thou to grant me thy strength so
I may find out whom owns this voice that invades my head.” Sheena was trying
very hard to sound like a Summoner. She stood up straight, and any moment when
she slumped down, she would immediately regain posture.
“Keep your pact. Now, show me your power…in a battle!” the Summon Spirit of
Universes said.
“ I shall.” Sheena agreed, but then Zelos interrupted her.
“Sheena, you know that technique to summon a Sprit and still fight?”
“Yes?” Sheena half-asked half-answered.
“Well, is it possible to summon two Spirits at once? Or more? Or do that but
also use your fighting technique?”
Sheena then looked at him with wonder. Another philosophic thing! A real
conversation! Weird! She then said, “I’ll try it, just keep him away from me
when we start.”
Zelos nodded as Universa said, “We shall fight now. Is that good? “
“Yes.” Sheena replied, getting out her katana. Zelos got out his Last Fencer and
the battle ensued.
Zelos started off using a Magic Lens, and Sheena began to Summon Astra, Cresenta,
and Sola, all at the same time. With hope, she knew it would work out. After
summoning and successfully fighting with Celsius’ power alongside her, she felt
confident in her abilities. She knew she could do this. Zelos went up to
Universa, slashing like a madman. All of a sudden, Universa began to cast an
uninterruptible spell ,so Zelos cast one of his own. He went very fast in doing
so and yelled, “Damn, I must be a genius! Absolute!” Ice spiked up from the
ground and blue air froze, drying the oxygen around the Summon Spirit. The magic
circle below Sheena stretched across a wide area, and held tremendous power.
The spell finally released, “Mistress of Stars, Warrior of the Moon, Defender of
the Sun, I summon you all! Astra, Cresenta, Sola, attack my enemy with your
power! Mystic Technique, Space Prism!”
A black pyramid closed upon Universa. A third of it broke off, then another
third, then another. Blue, yellow, and purple spheres swirled around the enemy,
then crashed into it, causing three explosions of the same colors. After this,
Astra, Cresenta, and Sola attacked with their own version of a Sword Rain. There
were many slashes of weapons, and the Summon Spirits disappeared. When the move
finally finished, so did Universa’s Spell.
“Asteroid Rain! The Summon Spirit yelled.
Yellow flames covered brown rocks as they came down from above. Sheena used
Guardian Seal to reduce the damage, but this failed and she was tossed aside.
After the asteroids stopped their shower, Sheena cast a new spell, Revitalize
Seal. An azure field filled with magic circles consisting of many colors. Small
sparks of mana floated by the two as the circle’s power grew stronger. Zelos and
Sheena felt much better as healing power flowed through their bodies when the
circle disappeared. The Gleaming Knight used Whitehot Pyre on Universa, and a
white fireball fell upon the Summon Spirit. Sheena used a Pineapple Gel on
herself, and much of her mana was restored. Zelos started a Unison Attack,
beginning with Lunar Pyre and then Sheena used Frozen Earth. A model of the moon
appeared and broke when an opal colored flaming sphere crashed into it. Then
stalagmites crashed up from the ground and hit Universa. The earth became a
tundra soon after, Universa suddenly being struck by many icicles. The attack
finished off with a huge ice spike stabbing into the enemy. Then, the attacks
combined to formed Eternal Sphere. A white sphere enclosed Universa, and then
became frozen. White fireballs swirled around it, illuminating the bottom of
the cliff a tiny bit. The flaming spheres smashed into the sphere, which
exploded, shards of ice flying everywhere. Universa began to attack almost
everywhere, his sword seemingly flying across the air. Sheena braced herself,
but her guard was broken by Universa, coming up behind her in a matter of
seconds. Zelos ran over to defend her, but he also got caught in the flurry of
attacks. The sword did not seem to stop at all. It twisted and turned and flew
in every place it could. Then, Zelos’ Derris Emblem glowed. A golden covering
surrounded Zelos’ blade, making it very colossal. Zelos began to fight back,
keeping Universa at bay. Sheena cast Revitalize Seal, and the battle was looking
up. Then, the covering went away. Sheena used a Magic Lens; Universa’s health
was only halfway gone! This wasn’t working. The female Summoner took drastic
actions. She began to hold in a lot of power and focus. The magic circle below
could not be interrupted and changed colors rapidly.
“You’ll never make it” the voice echoed in her head.
“Why don’t you just stop?”
“Shutup.” Sheena mentally replied.
“Stop. Stop it. You won’t make it. Stop trying. Just go and die.”
“SHUTUP!”
“You can’t make it. Just stop. Do not continue. You won’t make it anyway. Quit
this fantasy.”
“Shut it. Be quiet. I CAN do this. You will NOT stop me.”
The magic circle changed colors hastily. Sheena cringed, her mana draining at a
rapid rate.
“Sheena Fujibayashi is a stupid, idiotic, bi-”
“ARGH! Leave me alone!”
Sheena then yelled, in actual reality, “Celsius, Gnome, Volt, Efereet, Maxwell,
Origin, Luna, Aska, Shadow, Sylph, Astra, Cresenta, Sola, come to my aid. May
you all attack at once. Elemental Cleanser!”
Spikes of ice ravaged the ground. Stalagmites came up from random places,
finishing of with a split earth under the enemy, rocks flying up to hit it. Four
giant bolts stabbed into the ground in different places. Then, a very titanious
bolt stabbed in the center of them. Sparks danced around it and traveled into
Universa’s body. To finish of this move, the five bolts struck the Summon
Spirit one by one, and then disappeared. Flames then burned Universa, embers
randomly turning into knives to stab the enemy. Meteors came down and struck
Universa. Then, three thunderballs struck the Summon Spirit of Universes. Then
light smashed on the foe, stunning it. To use this to advantage, Aska came down
and struck the enemy with his feathers, then disappeared. Then a dark mist came
up and almost suffocated the enemy, and then Sylphs came up and attacked,
followed by Astra’s scythe, Cresenta’s katana, and Sola’s sword. The attack
finished off with fireworks, one for each element. Sheena collapsed after the
attack was over mana completely drained. Zelos used a Miracle Gel, then three
Pineapple Gels. Unversa kneeled over, but then began to attack with his blade.
Sheena leaped over him and attacked from behind, and then used a new spell,
which strangely took no time to cast. The spell was called Thunder Rose, an
attack in which a gold and blue saffron appeared, and shocked the enemy
inwardly. Universa admitted defeat.
“You are very powerful. I grant you my strength.”
Sheena breathed a sigh of relief and held her hand to her chest. She smiled at
Zelos. The noise of Sheena’s of Sheena’s mental voice was heard, but in the real
world.
“Ahahahaha…” the voice laughed aloud, “Sheena Fujibayashi…”
Sheena and Zelos turned around.
“Kuchinawa!?!?”
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