Friendly Rivalry

Chapter 11

firefox369

-----Normal POV----

"So, you've finally decided to come, back, huh, Durham?" Creed asked, glancing at the gunman in front of him. "Would you mind telling me where you've been?" Durham held his arm in pan, wincing. He didn't seem to want to answer at all. "Perhaps I should force it out of you?"

"A woman" Durham began. Creed remained emotionless, his pupil-less eyes staring into Durham's.

"A woman?"

"S-saya" he stuttered, "a woman named Saya, she told me to tell you that she was still alive and that-"

"Saya. You must be mistaken, I killed her long ago" Creed interrupted.

"She told me to tell you that she was back from hell and- URK!" A thin line formed in the center of his body before he gushed out blood and fell to the floor, dead. Creed's eyes widened in amusement before a sadistic grin formed on his face.

"Saya, the poor girl, I wonder if she found a new puppy for me to obliterate" he chuckled before putting his sword away and turning around. "We should give her a welcoming party to greet her on her escape from hell."

"What kind of girl is she, in order to escape from the depths hell?"

"Sharden, you sound uncertain about my plans" Creed mused, lifting his glass of wine to his lips and taking a sip.

"No normal human can escape from death." Creed glanced at him, smirk broadening into a full-out smile.

"Which is why we need to give her a party, ne? The poor, poor, girl. Alone for so long... I wonder how she's doing after two years. Does she even care about the puppy anymore, I wonder?"

"Puppy?" Kirisaki asked.

"Yes, the poor demon. Never even reached the age of one hundred before I killed him" Creed sighed, faking sympathy. His expression quickly turned dark, though, and he sneered. "We should began the preparations for her, then, shouldn't we? After all, we don't know when she'll show herself."

-----Train------

"Train, you okay? you've been out of it lately." I snapped out of my daydreaming and realised that I had been glaring a hole through the street's pavement. I immediately stopped and looked up at Sven.

"Huh? Of, yeah, I'm fine" I replied, ignoring the look of uncertainty on his face, and lowered my gaze to glare at the pavement once again, squeezing the bullet shell in my hand.

"Sure you are, what's bothering you? Still that Apostle of the Stars? What's his name, Durham? You usually wouldn't worry over something like that."

"No."

"Then what?"

I tossed the shell at him. "What gun is this from?" I inquired.

"Looks like it's from a Beretta 93R but I could be mistaken. Why?"

"Saya. That model was her favorite gun, she absolutely loved it. I found it the other day when I heard some gunshots in the forest and went back to check it out. No one was there, obviously, but Durham's mask was turned to dust."

"And that's what's bothering you?" he asked and I hesitated before nodding.

"Part of it."

"And what's the other part?" he inquired and I sighed, draining half the milk from the glass in front of me. I really didn't want to talk about it, but I decided to inform him this time.

"When I was still a Time Guardian for Chronos, all the numbers recieved credit for missions that they never completed. Thousands, no, at least hundreds of thousands of the missions that were given to the numbers were never accomplished by us, but we were given credit anyways. Wilgar eventually told us what was going on and called us in to an 'emergency meeting' in which he explained everything, and told us to a room number in the building that was banned to everyon except him. When we entered we found a girl."

"A girl."

I nodded. "A girl and a wolf. The girl had wierd attributes, her canine teeth were longer than usual, she had violet eyes, the most realistic growls you would be able to hear from a human, and an affinity with animals. The girl was an amazing fighter, could've killed me in two seconds, but she didn't and told me to improve, so I did."

"Huh. The Black Cat was beaten by a girl?"

"She had the roman numeral fourteen tattooed on to her left thigh, Sven. She was a Time Guardian, but she was founded before me."

"But that would mean that Wilgar completely skipped XIII and went straight to XIV."

"I think he done it on purpose and that Wilgar had never intended to show her to us from the start. He was using her."

"So, what happened to this 'girl'?"

"She ran away. No ads were posted, though, because no one would be able to catch her. Any sweepers that tried would be dead before they even realised she was in front of them." I took the bullet shell back from Sven and played with it. "She used a Beretta 93R, too, but she was also a master in all other weaponry. Name a weapon and she knew a hundred ways to kill a person with it. I'm sure that if you asked, she would have showed you how, too."

"She's that dangerous?"

"Yes, but I'll have to end the conversation here because" I stood up and pulled out Hades, turning around and aiming it at a man behind me, "we have an unwanted stalker."

"You truly are Train Heartnet, aren't you?" the man mused and I scowled.

"Who are you and what the hell do you want?"

----Kagome----

A huge castle loomed in front of me and I just stood there, disgust on my face. Creed really needed to find a different palce to hav a welcoming party, this was so... cliche. He could have invited me somehwere else, but a castle? All the evil, disgusting people fight in huge gothic castles. I mean, there was Dracula, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, Kurei from Flame of Recca, Suzaku and the others in Yu Yu Hakusho, Ganandorf from Zelda, Adel from Final Fantasy VIII, etc., etc., etc... Yeah, he reeaaallllyyy needed to change things up a tiiinnnyyy bit. But he had called me here, right? So I guess I had no choice but to enter if I wanted to get rid of him for good, which I really wanted to do.

I sighed and shoved the front doors open, letting them shut behind me. Huh, no greeting? I felt so degraded. I wasn't even worth a 'hello' anymore? I scowled and made my way up the staircase in front of me, truly upset (not). I eventually stopped in front of one of the only actual doors in the castle and stepped inside, too bored out of my mind to check for traps or possible ambushes. They couldn't kill me no matter how hard they tried. My feet led me in to the center of the room and I sighed, dropping my head in annoyance.

"You invite me here and you don't even give me a proper welcome? I'm crushed" I stated monotonously, knowing that Creed was right behind me.

"So, you really are alive" a voice mused and I sighed again, turning around to face him.

"To your displeasure, I'm sure."

"No, this is really a treat."

More presences filled the room and I pulled out my guns, one in each hand, not even looking as I shot at them all. When my guns finally ran out of bullets was when I finally stopped shooting, and I smirked when I felt that they were all still alive.

"You have some very interesting followers, Creed" I commented, dropping the Uzis and stuffing my hands in my pockets, a little cold. "Don't you have heating in here? It's quite chilly, or maybe its because of that stupid wind user you've got there."

"You've turned into an interesting young lady, haven't you? How old are you now?"

"None of your business."

"But I'm curious."

"Nineteen" I finally replied, albeit extremely boredly. I hunched my shoulders when the wind grew worse and I concentrated my energy into my pointer finger, aiming it at the wind kid. The point of my finger glowed menacingly, the energy threatening to burst at any moment. "Enough with the wind, already, kiddo. I'd stop right now if I were you, just so I wouldn't get knocked out by a stupid ball of energy."

"As if that tiny thing could hurt me."

"Want to find out?" I snarled, glaring at him.

"Sure, why not!" he taunted.

"Leon, shut up before I kill you" Creed growled, "You're starting to get intolerable."

"Yes, Creed" Leon grumbled and I smirked.

"Ha, can't go against him, huh?" I teased, "pathetic."

"Then why are you here?"

"To kill him, obviously" I spat, turning to look at Creed again. "So, shall we get this started?"

"I do believe we have a guest" he stated as a woman entered the room. "Ah, yes, Rinslet Walker."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Are you going to fight me or not?" I snapped and he snapped his fingers. The bandaged up guy came charging at me and I easilly dodged him, along with his tiny little insects. The insect came flying at me and I created a barrier, making them all disintegrate the moment they touched it. The other people tried to reach me with their powers of Tao, and I felt a pressure on the barrier, but I added more power to it and the pressure quickly faded.

"Come on, Creed, you have to be able to do better than that" I scoffed and he turned to face me.

"Leon, Sharden, Maro, it's time for you to greet our other guests from the Chronos organization, don't you think?"

"Don't ignore me you sadistic freak!" I shouted and he looked at me, pulling out a sword with no blade. So that was his 'power of Tao', huh? Well, I could do that too, and I didn't need to drink the stupid liquid in order to do it. He swung it at me and I pulled out a sword of my own, blocking it with ease. He smirked, amused.

"This'll be fun" he chuckled and my eyes glazed over a tiny bit as I left my emotions behind and went completely in to 'battle mode'. If he wanted a challenge, I'd give him a stupid challenge. He began to lunge but suddenly stopped, standing up straight again. I dodged a random attack from behind when I felt a woman suddenly appear there. 'Gate'. Who needed that stupid thing when you could teleport? I teleported behind her the next time she appeared and grabbed her neck, shoving her against the wall.

"That's getting really damn annoying" I informed, scowling, and I created a barrier as another attack from behind was tried. I created energy in my finger and aimed it in a direction where a menacing presence was coming from. The energy burst and it hit the 'Decay' guy, knocking him out. Creed's laughter filled the air and I let the woman go, turning to look at him.

"What the hell is so funny? I demanded and he laughed more. He had gone insane. Yep. He had gone insane.

"You are truly something" he laughed before turning around. "I would love to fight you but I've got some Time guardians to dispose of."

"Such as?"

"Not your little kitty, I assure you."

"Shall we assign another time in which I will have the chance to destroy you and rip you apart limb by limb?" I growled through my clenched teeth and he sneered.

"I'll send word to you."

"You better" I growled before teleporting out of the place just in time to see Train running inside. "The liar, the 'Kitty' is too here!"

A girl was lying outside and I couldn't help but feel curious. The man beside her mumbled 'Eve' and my eyes widened in shock. The gunner had hurt a girl! A child! Ohhhh, Creed wasn't going to get away with that.

"Screw waiting for him to send for me, I'm killing him right now!" I snarled, teleporting back into the castle and tracking him down. He had sent a guy to find Train and fight Train by injuring a little girl!!!!!! That moron! Weakling! Coward!

"Train!" Creed exclaimed and I looked up to see Train looking out from one of the other ledges across from me. "Oh, yes, and Saya. I'm so glad to see that you've come back so soon."

"Saya?" Train mumbled before looking up at me. His eyes bulged and I jumped down from the ledge and in front of Creed, not injured in the slightest as I ignored Train. Train could wait.

"You sent a man to harm a child in order to get to Train?" I growled, eyes squinting in anger.

"Ahh, so that's how Durham got Train looking for him" Creed thought out loud and I forced out a fake sounding snarl, baring my canines that were illusioned to look normal for now.

"You coward." The woman from before appeared behind me and I scowled, placing up a barrier just in time to block her attack. "Give it up, lady" I stated coldly, grabbing her arm and throwing her to the floor, "You're a hundred years too early if you want to fight me."

"You've gotten better since I last saw you" Creed finally commented.

"No, I wasn't trying last time."

"But I killed you."

"No you didn't. If you killed me then I wouldn't be here right now."

"Saya...?" Train mumbled from above and I looked at him. Creed's 'Imagine Blade' changed and he slashed at me. I stood there and grabbed it, not minding the fact that it was trying to bite my hand off. Not like it could hurt me anyways.

"Begone, stupid demon" I grumbled, purifying it back to the first level of the blade. "Annoying." I looked at the people behind me. "Take the girl and run" I commanded but they just stood there, looking at me. "Did you not here me you morons?! Take the girl and get out of here!"

"Nanomachines? No... can't be Tao, either..." a man mumbled and I turned to see him taking down notes.

"What the hell are you mumbling about?" I snapped and Creed slashed at me again. I dodged, swearing under my breath. "Three against one? That's unfair!" I whined playfully, enjoying this. I hadn't had a challenge like this since two years ago. If this could be called a challenge. I teleported behind him and pulled out a dagger, slashing him. He dodged so I didn't completely cut him in half, but I got an arm. He smirked before pressing something. The entire castle began to shake and I once again swore under my breath, taking the two closest people and teleporting them out to a safe distance, dropping them, then telepoting back inside to repeat the process with the two remaining, and, lastly, with Train. A car drove up to us and i saw the man from before, along with the girl, step out.

"Saya" Train mumbled, still in a slight state of shock. "You... you died, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Guess I've got some explaining to do, huh?" I laughed nervously and the other numbers nodded, knwoing exactly who I was. I sighed.