She

by Tyria

Chapter 4:Rainia

It's the author again, yawning her brains out cuz she had insomnia last
night and so is fully concious before noon. Quarter to nine. Probably a sign
that I go back to school soon. *Sigh* I'm not gonna say much. ~This~ Means
the word is spoken psychicly, or somethin' like that....*Yawn*. Enjoy!

We all release slight grunts of pain as the aftermath of Tobia's attack
slams us into the trees. Sage and Tyria are sent flying right out of the
clearing!

Tobia spins her staff around and it srhinks back down. Her eyes glow
suddenly, but it fades. "I've got something to show you, boy. Lightning
clash split!!"

Her staff shoots back out as she attacks me with a strange parody of Sage's
sure-kill. "Rainia!"

A huge snowy white wolf with white feathered wings swoops down. "Yes, my
mistress?" Replies a machine from the wolf.

"You go make sure Kimiko has done her job, her transmitter is no longer
registering."

The wolf nods and then takes to flight. Tobia turns to us, "Don't worry, my
friend Rainia will take care of them quickly. You will not have that
option."

She turns to Rowen,who has been hurt the least so far. "Shake with
Terror!!" Her staff extends and Rowen is wrapped to a tree from metal
chaines which shoot out of the ground.

I can hardly believe it! I'm kissing Tyria! Lady Tyria Stryke, the most
beautiful woman in this dimension or any other, at least as far as I'm
concerned, is kissing me!

And this time, it's for real. Last time she kissed me, it was to save my
life. This time, she's kissing me just to kiss me!

I gently stroke her curly orange hair. This is wonderful, better than I'd
ever imagined it to be.

And trust me, I've imagined it more than once. I probably couldn't count
how many times. Just too many. I've been imagining it since the first day I
saw her, standing there, dripping wet on Mia's roof, than fighting off the
symbiot. I've liked her ever since then.

It's hard to believe she almost died a few minutes ago. I almost lost her
before I truly found her.

She murmmers something unintelligent against my lips. This is the greatest
thing that's ever happened to me in my life. I feel like I'm in heaven.

I don't know what came over me when I first put my arm around her waist.
judging from past experiences, that would have been ruled as suicide, but
instead, she smiled.

I couldn't believe it. Hell, I still can't believe it. I feel like I'm in a
dream and I never want to wake up.

I can only think of one way this could be better, and that would be if we
were alone. But we're not.

~Damn straight!~ Death exclaims.

Tyria mrummers slightly, ~Uh, nothing.~ Sendo says, probably to Tyria.

My blood goes cold as I remember two things. Tobia is still out there,
trying to kill Tyria, and, even worse, I'm cheating as we speak. With
Tyria's warm smile, I completely forgot about Daly, my girlfriend.

I pull away quickly. Tyria looks up at me, looking just the slightest bit
hurt, not like I can blame her. Myself, I'm feeling guilty.

"Sage, what's wrong?"

"Nothing"

"Sage, don't lie."

I sigh. "It's just that that Tobia chick is still after you. I'm worried, we shouldn't stay here."

~If that wasn't a lame cover up, I'd almost be impressed with your ability
to remember the crises at hand.~ Kimiko remarks.

She brushes the back of her left hand across my cheek. "That's not all of
it, is it?"

~Whereas, her use of intelligence is quite commendable, considering...~

"SHUT UP ALL READY!"Tyria blinks up at me, wide-eyed. She looks even more
hurt than before. She slides out of my embrace.

She turns and gently touches Kimiko's wings. Kimiko spreads her wings and
folds them back down against her sides. Tyria whispers, "Sorry, Sage" Then
starts walking away from me.

"Wait, Tyria!" I rush forward and stop her from walking any further by
putting my hand on her shoulder. She turns her head to look at me. "Tyria,
I..."

~This is all your fault, Kimiko.~

~I'm not the one who yelled at her after pushing her away.~ Kimiko replies
hotly.

~Not don't you get mad too.~

"No, it's okay, Sage. I understand. that was really sudden of me. You don't
have to say anything. I won't tell Daly.

"What?" I blink at her.

~Like I was saying, her intelligence is commendable considering she fell
for an idiot like you.~

"I remembered, and I'm sorry I made you cheat. I completely forgot, and am
sincerely sorry." She lifts my hand off her shoulder. "Now let's go find
Tobia."

~And able to remember the crises at hand. You have much better taste than
her.~

"Tyria, that's..."

"It's all right, Sage, I won't tell a soul, though I'm afraid there are two
who all ready know. We don't have to worry anout them telling ayone either."

~Who's there to tell?~ Sendo adds.

"So let's just drop the subject, we have work to do."

~She's too upset to listen to you, I think.~

~Yep. Nope.~

"Huh?" Tyria and I both say at once.

~Uh, oh. The yep was for Mortal-Sage and the nope was for Mortal-Tyria.
Sorry 'bout that.~

Kimiko growls ferociously. I turn in shock and Tyria jumps, almost afraid.

~Kimiko! Leave Tyria alone! Haven't you done enough?~

~Rainia is here.~

"Who's Rainia?"

"Sage, behind...!"

I turn and feel a sudden sharp pain in my right ribcage. I feel myself
falling to the ground, the pain threatening to over take me in my weakened
state.

As I hit the gorund, I see sharp fangs glistening. Just as the jaw is about
to close, two silver claws hold the mouth open.

"I don't think so!" Tyria states boldly. How can Tyria be in control and
have Sendo's coils out at the same time?

The answer strikes me suddenly. Tyria's not just in control of herself, but
Death as well.

The white wolf suddenly opens a pair of feathered wings. I stand up
shakily, my head spinning. I'm still too weak from healing Tyria, and my
side throbs with pain.

This isn't good. I'm an easy target and Tyria can't spend all her time
protecting me.

Kimiko spreads her wings and lands on the other side of the wolf.~Wrong,
Halo, you are _no_ target.~

A device similar to the I destroyed on Kimiko translates the wolf's furious
growls, "Traitor!"

Rainia spins around with fluid grace and clamps onto the dinosaur's leg. I
see red stain Kimiko's white scales. She continues to nip at Rainia as Tyria
transforms.

Once in full armor, she draws her sais, middle prongs still short, and
jumps into the fray.

Because of Kimiko's size, Kimiko and Tyria can't both attack the wolf at
the same time. The wolf fends them of one-by-one.

they draw Rainia across the clearing and away from me. Rainia finally gets
lucky and sends Kimiko flying with a head-butt to the gut.

Rainia then pounces on Tyria, bringing her to the ground. With Rainia's
translator, Sendo cannot use her coils, and Rainia is too heavy for them to
lift...

Aren't I evil? Face it , that was the meanest place ever to end a
chapter... God, I'm still yawning! Oh, a few words,
ICKYTICKYICKYICKYICKY!!!!! Ok, all better. Special thanks to Raleena for
helping me out with the rough for this one, she did a lot of stuff I
wouldn't have been able to write otherwise. C&C always appreciated, and
flames too. After all, if I don't know how I suck, I can't get better. Ta!
Tyria