She

by Tyria

Chapter 5: Deception

Watashu wa Otaku. Hey, everyone! I am a dreamer, here is my song. I'm in a rather philosophical mood today. This may or may not be the last chapter. I'm not sure. It's a fifty-fifty chance, really. Well, I stopped the last chapter at an evil place, so I'll just continue. Enjoy!

Rainia leans down to stare directly into Tyria's eyes. "Symbiot, you shall die!"

Tyria takes control again to say. "Fine, then you will have no need to kill my friends. I gladly sacrifice myself for those I care for."

"Tyria!"

"Shut up Sage!" Do it, Rainia. End it. If you have the guts." Tyria challenges.

~Mortal-Sage, stop her! She's serious!~ Sendo cries out.

I move towards Tyria, but Rainia knocks me away, with her wings so as not to release Tyria.

Sendo states sadly. ~Mortal-Sage, she says goodbye. I can't believe I'm going to die! Uh, the last line was from me.~

God, after all this, how can she still have a sense of humor!

"You care enough to do that? Why? What could these beings possibly mean to you, mortal?"

Rainia hesitates a moment longer. Then, I close my eyes as I see Rainia lunge down. I expect to hear a cry of pain, but instead I hear only a strange crackeling noise.

I open my eyes to see Rainia spit out the remains off her translator. Tyria's eyes are wide.

Rainia creeps over to Kimiko. Tyria makes no attempt to stop her. Rainia's tail is between her legs and her head and ears are drooped, like a dog who has been severely scolded.

Kimiko's muscles tense as Rainia draws near. Rainia lightly licks Kimiko's wound clean.

~What is happening?~ Kimiko asks of me.

~I... don't know.~ "Tyria, are you ok?"

"I'm... all right, I think." She sits up and looks at me. I walk over and Rainia pads along behind me.

"Need a hand up?"

"If you promise not to fall this time."

"I promise." I help her up and, true to my promise, I do not fall.

"Are your ribs ok? I though I heard a crack..."

"Some are probably broken. I'll just heal them before I go to bed tonight.

"Is Kimiko all right?"

~My pride is hurt a bit, but I'm otherwise fine.~

"She's fine."

"Rainia says Tobia will soon become suspici!ous of their translators being broken. She suggests we trick Tobia."

"Rainia says... How does she think we should do that?" Tyria explains.

~Wolf-for-brains had a good idea. Has the world come to an end?!~ Kimiko exclaims.

Tobia continues her onslaught. I struggle against the chains that hold me, but I can't escape. Everyone is badly injured, I'm the only one still fight-worthy, but I can't get away from this damn tree!

I notice to dark shadows, gradually increasing in size. Tobia notices too. "Excellent. Now, the fun truly begins!" She squints up in the air. "Why have they not destroyed the boy?"

I watch as the first form comes into veiw, It is a Veloceraptor, with huge dragon-like wings. It is holding an unconcious Lady Stryke in it's hind legs.
Blood stained the white scales from numerous cuts and gashes. Tyria is also similarily injured.

Next follows the second form. It is a large, snowy wolf with feathered wings. I notice that many feathers are missing and its fur is dyed red in places.

It has Sage and is carrying him by the back of his under-armor. Sage is injured and unconcious.

Both the monsters land. Sage has a large gash across his one cheek.

"Kimiko, Rainia, why is he still alive!"

The creatures do nothing but stare at her. Tobia's eyes widen at some unknown realisation. "Ah, so I see now. No wonder they survived so long."
The two nightmare creatures back away from their victims. Tobia stalks over and leans down, peering right into Tyria's unconsious face. "I relish each symbiot I've ever destroyed. I remember each face. And now, you die, for what your species did to my world!"

Tobia spins the staff which grows large again. SHe brings it up to her face as she looks staright ahead. She tosses the rod straight into the tree next to my head. "You watch, be my witness, and see what happens to your pretty young friend!"

Claws suddenly spurt from he! r fingers and toes. She leans down to cut Tyria's throat when Tyria opens her eyes and stabs one of the star swords nto Tobia's side. "Sssage, get up! Rrrainia...!"

The wolf leaps forward and pounces on Tobia. Sage stands up, and levels his sword. the velociraptor spreads it's wings threateningly and steps forward.

Tobia breaks away and jumps up to a low brach of another tree. She stands, perfectly balanced, and wraps her tail around a different branch for stability.

"I don't have the patience for this. fry! Fury of Wildfire!" She brings her claws up into the air. A blazing inferno knocks all opposition to the ground and propells tyria several feet away from Sage and the animals.

Tobia pounces from her vantage point and lands with one knee in Tyria's chest. Tyria doesn't even cry out. Her eyes look straight into Tobia's as the two colapse to the ground. "Tobia, lisssten! Kill me but not Tyrrria!"

"Symbiot, you are dillusional. That is not possible."

"No! The boy in the light blue arrrmorrr! He can do it, he can!"

"You, the one in the Green Armor. Bring the one in light blue here!"

"No way!" Sage exclaims.

"Do it now or the girl dies!"

Sage's eyes open wide and without any further arguements, he goes over to Cye and brings him over. Tobia demands, "What is his name?"

"Cye. His name is Cye."

"Cye," Cye looks up dazzedly at her. Tobia puts her arms around him and pushes Sage away, "You would be a great asset to me."

"I... don't...think...so..."

"Oh, come now." She brings one hand to the chest plate of Cye's armor. She holds him upright with her other arm. "What is survival compared to this creature? She has caused you nothing but trouble."

Sage turns away. He looks almost sick. I can't blame him though, This is disgusting! At least Sage _can_ turn away.

"Leave... me... be..."

"Listen, you come with me or you die. How hard a decision is that? But, coming with ! me may not be without joy." She wraps her tail around his waist so as to have both her arms free. She keeps her left hand on his chest but uses her right hand to remove Cye's helmet. He was trying to get away but was to weak. "None of your friends can give you this."

She kisses him on the lips, pressing herself tight against him. The worst part is that it actually looks like he's enjoying it. "So, how did you find that?"

"I liked it a lot, and I think that just maybe I will join you."

"Good then. I'll now heal you, after all, it wouldn't do for my partner to be injured."

She extends her claws again and makes all the claw tips touch. She creates an enrgy ball and presses it against Cye's forehead. Ew! How could he _do_ thatI can actually see his injuries being healed. I think I know what's happening...

As soon as he is fully healed, he punches her in the face with all his renewed strength. Tobia is knocked to the ground. She spits out a tooth that looks like it belongs to a cougar.

She shoots out her claws and talons in fury. "Wind bolt pierce!"

I can only watch as her repleca of my attack shoots out towards Cye. "Super wave smasher!"

The two sure-kills colide but Tobia's takes precedence. Cye is sent flying back.

Sage has sneaked around the tow warriors to make his way back over to Tyria. He seems very tired, I wonder what happened to him?

He starts to help Tyria up but Tobia's tail wraps around his neck. She lifts him up and tosses him away. She stalks over to Tyria. Sage and Cye are both back up.

She turns, "this is the last time youinsignificant boys shall interfere!" She begins to glow, light blue, of course. Her staff lights on fire, scorching the entire left side of my face, probably to third degree burns.

It flies out of the tree and into her hand. Still with the eerie glow about her, she turns to the Warrior of wisdom and the Warrior of Trust. "Ultra Tsunami blast!"

White wate! r surrounds them in a funnel. The water absorbs into the soil, and Sage and Cye are down.

I notice that sometime during the excitement, Sendo had slipped from Tyria. SHe forms her 'body' with four silver arms with claws for hands and talons for feet.

Tobia turns and glares in shock at the symbiot. "Silver?! Why are you silver!?!"

Tyria translates what Death tells her. "I am a mature symbiot."

"Mature symbiots devide imediatly, it is their nature."

"Use your mind. How long have I been mature?"

Tobia's eyes widen. "Over a week... but...?"

"These mortals are my friends. I'll not have my offspring destroying them in mindless battle. I will never reproduce and I will die when my host dies. I live as a mortal."

"Then.. you can.. I mean..." The female alien sighs. She begins walking towards the tree. Death twists her neck around backwards to watch.

Tobia climbs the trees using her many claws. SHe reaches me and cuts through the chains holding me back. I jump to the ground and she foolows me. She turns to face me.

She presses her claws together. She creates and energy ball and pushes it against my forehead. My face feels warm. When the warmth fades, I can no longer feel the burn.

Tobia foolows the same healing procedure on Ryo, than Kento, Cye, Sage, Tyria, the wolf and the dinosaur.

Death merges once again to Tyria.

Tobia picks up the tooth she had lost earlier, and makes a hole through it with a tool she takes from one of the pouches. The replaces the rod and pulls out a strand of her hair. She strings the hair through the hole and ties a knot at the ends.

She walks over to Tyria. "Symbiot, you pose no threat to these beings or any other, so you shall be allowed to live. I am sorry to have caused so much trouble." She places the make-shift necklace around Tyria's neck. The alien looks down. "I shall leave, and continue to destroy those of your species who have not seen the light.

She puts her staff into it's pouch and retracts all her claws. Tobia pulls a fine, pink powder out of a diferent pouch and tosses it into the air. The air shimmers and Tobia disappears.

The wolf-thing howls as the dinosaur lowers her head almost sadly. Sage strokes the neck of the Raptor and Tyria scratches behind the ear of the wolf. The wolf stops howling, but her tail and ears droop.

"Ok, what's going on?" I ask.

"This is Rainia." Tyria replies simply.

"And this is Kimiko. Don't worry, Ro. They're friends." The raptor raises her head a bit and nods. The wolf lies down and rests it's head on Tyria's lap.

"Um, how about you explain it a bit better than that?" Ryo suggests.

Tyria looks up and admits, "Can't. We don't understand it much better ourselves." Sage starts laughing. Tyria looks up at him, almost unsurprised. "You jsut have to ignore her sometimes."

"Is she always like this?"

"You haven't seen her _cranky_." Sgae almost chokes on his laughter, and then Tyria joins in. "That was... worse than normal."

"Could you two _please_ explain what's going on?" Ryo walks over to them.

"Some things are better left unanswered." Ryo shakes his head impatiently.

"Lamp." Tyria says softly. Sage breaks out laughing again.

"Ok, we have bigger problems than the fact that Tyria and Sage have gone psychic. Or insane, whichever. Eventually people are going to notice a wolf with wings and a freakin' dinosaur!"

Rainia lifts up her head. Rainia and Kimiko look at each other. They both begin to glow white.

Tyria yelps and jumps up, venturing closer to Ryo and Sage. The glowing form of each creature shrinks, especially Kimiko's.

When the glowing stops, Rainia's large lupine form has been replaced by a black husky with a white area on it's friendly dog face. Kimiko's form is replaced by an unbelievably tiny iguana.

"Oh my..."

Sage kneels down to get a better look at the tin!y lizard Kimiko had become. "Pocket sized."

"That's so cool." Tyria states as Sage picks up the iguana, who crawls up his arm to lie on his shoulder.Rainia stands up onto her hind legs and licks Tyria's left cheek. "Ick."

"Guess that solves that problem. Can we eat now?"

Since my apartment is on the way to Mt. Dojo, I let Sage walk with me. Rainia runs around our feet, enjoing the nice walk. We are walking down backroads so as to avoid anyone who knows me by my alias Salina.

"Tyria," I look at him, "Earlier, I wasn't yelling at you, I was telling Kimiko to shut up. She was really getting on my nerves."

"Oh. Thanks for telling me." I look back to where I'm going. He grabs my shoulder and turns me to face him. Rainia keeps walking a while until she realizes we stopped.

"Tyria, I... Listen. I'd rather go out with you than a million Daly's."

~Aw.... How cute!~ Sendo says sarcastically.

"What?" I blink up at him, completely ignoring Death. His one visable eye stares right back into mine.

"If I break up with Daly, then would you go out with me?"

I feel my eyes widen, "You can't do that! I'd feel so guilty!"

"I've all ready gone out with her three times before, she doesn't care."

"What?"

"You don't even _want_ to know her logic behind that." He states calmly.

"Well..."

"Please Tyria? I want to be with you so much!"

I feel like kissing him, to feel his soft lips against mine agian. To feel his warm eyes watching over me, his...

~Ok, that's enough.~ The symbiot states simply.

...Gentle hands stroking my hair, his warm body against...

~EW! Stop fricken thinkig about that!~

I blush. Very, _very_, VERY red. Rainia is lying on the ground with her forepaws over her eyes.

Sage laughs quietly, gently, then states softly, "I take it either you thought of a way to kill me so disgusting that is grossed out even the great Death herself, or..." My face is quickly beginning to look like an apple. A big red apple. With orange hair. He gently draws his right hand down my cheeck. "Or, I think the answer is yes."

Ok, all at once everybody.... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW! Ok, I have that outta my system now. Once again, thanks to Raleena for writing the rough to some of the parts I had trouble with. She's my personal trouble shooter. Weel, as always, C&C welcome. Ta!

Tyria

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