"Triskix isn't very patient..." I thought as I stood inside the little box he had trapped my opponent and I in.
"Hahahahaha. Finally!" Rayix laughed. I snapped back to my senses and looked at her. "I get to play! Now, what game will it be?"
"What?" I asked, not really sure what she meant.
"Chess? Or maybe something more based on luck..." I noticed that wind had begun to blow around her as she was deciding.
"Chess. Luck is worthless." she said. Blades appeared in her hands as the wind picked her up and she prepared for an attack. "Well? Care to begin? If not, I'll be White."
Was she serious? Was she really going to fight like she was playing a game?
"Okay, I'll go first then." She dived at me, holding her blades out towards me. I managed to dodge them with only a small tear on my sleeve, but a forceful gust of wind rushed by afterwards like an aftershock. It almost blew me away, but I kept my balance and tried to find where Rayix had dissappeared to.
"Your turn." I heard her say. I turned around and hurled an ice shard at her, but she knocked it away like it was nothing. "My turn again." Suddenly, she came at me. Same technique.
"Eep!" I called out as one of the blades cut my arm a little. I turned my head quickly to be sure not to loose sight of her and threw another ice shard at her. But again, she knocked it away as though it was nothing. Another blast of wind blew past and this time I was knocked back against the wall.
"What do I do...? I'm too weak... I don't know any powerful attacks that can beat her..." I thought frantically as she came at me again. I was trapped against the wall. I didn't know any techniques that could stop her. Suddenly, everything flashed and went dark in a split second.
"...i kNoW..." a small voice echoed in my head.
"This is really the best you could do!? Too easy!" called Rayix as she was about to land the final blow. Ice quickly froze up from the ground into the air and wrapped around her, freezing her in place.
"W-what?" she said as she tried to break free. Xyris slowly stood up with her head tilted down. When she was standing upright, she raised her head and looked at Rayix. Her eyes were dull and she looked as if she had been completely rid of emotion.
"Now... we shall begin..."
"nOW... wE sHaLL bEgiN..."
Xyris's voice spoke in sync with another voice. A small voice, that sounded like a little girl's. Rayix smashed the ice around her with her blades, freeing herself, then quickly tried to land a critical blow to Xyris. But Xyris's eyes suddenly widened and turned full red as she hit Rayix with a ball of ice, knocking her back to the middle of the arena. Giant shards of ice began to burst up through the ground heading towards Rayix, but she jumped out of the way and remained unharmed.
"hEhEE..." a small giggle echoed in the arena, but it didn't come from Xyris or Rayix. Xyris's expression didn't change, but Rayix looked around trying to find who had laughed, while still keeping an eye on her opponent.
"uSHirO nO sHouMEn dARe...?" the small voice sang the last words of the song Kagome Kagome. Rayix turned around nervously as a small figure with glass eyes was seen behind her.
~Xyris
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Xyris: Kagome Kagome,
Kago no naka no tori wa, Itsu itsu deyaru? Yoake to ban ni.
Tsuru to kame ga subetta, Ushiro no shoumen dare? *singing Kagome Kagome*
Haven: For anyone who doesn't speak japanese (like me) or doesn't know the translation of this song, here it is:
Kagome, Kagome,
When does the bird inside the cage comes out? At dawns and evenings.
Who is in front of the back where a crane and turtle slipped and fell?
When the voice sang Ushiro no shoumen dare? it translates as Who is in front of the back?. Kinda creepy to hear a little doll sing about being behind you. ^^;
