by Yvonne Mon 9 Feb 2015 - 10:17
Raven flinched seeing Frederick being thrown to the side with a punch of Ikaros. She drew back, the sound of dried leaves crumbling under her feet rising as the silver haired girl took a few steps back from the tall black haired man she had once barely escaped from. In eight years, this was the first time Raven shook like a leaf in fear. As she slipped to the ground, her hands came up to wrap around herself, her head dropping. The sound of Ikaros’ footsteps increased as he closed the distance between them. His smirk grew wider, he leaned in and his hands grew closer to her neck. But just as it got very close, a red magic circle formed around Raven that threw Ikaros back a few feet. As the demon crow crashed back into a boulder, destroying it, a red sphere had developed around Raven, an ancient symbol slowly forming on it.
“Raven Heart,” Ikaros muttered under his breath, watching Raven stand up with her eyes completely blank. The last time he saw that look on her face, she had killed off the entire demon crow race. He stepped back, knowing clearly well that this would turn into the same battle they had a long time ago.
Controlled by the powers of Raven Heart, Raven was already charging at Ikaros, a red aura forming around her fists as she tried to punch him with her right hand first. But he dodged to the right and dodged again when her left fist came up. It continued for a while with Raven throwing punches at him and him avoiding it till her right knee came up to his gut, making him throw his head forward with his mouth wide open. A rather distorted sound of pain escaped him and he found himself on the ground.
Ikaros forced himself to back off before going back to Raven with a black tornado forming around him. Raven too had a black tornado around herself and they began hitting each other with several wind based magic attack. Raven summoned crows to her aid and raven dolls to attack Ikaros while Ikaros summoned his Black Jewel, the sword a high level demon had given him to kill Raven and gain Raven Heart. It dealt more damage to Raven than anything else and as the fight went on, Raven’s body was scarred with many wounds, each wound burning into her skin and making her weaker and weaker by the minute.
She didn’t back away or stop fighting. On that day that she still regrets, Raven had been broken beyond repair when she found herself in the middle of all those corpses. Some of them were her friends, her acquaintances and teachers. But she had killed them all off except for Ikaros who managed to escape her with the help of Black Jewel. They had fought much harder that day while flying above a slowly disappearing world. On that night where the red moon marred the sky, Raven had fought Ikaros till she almost died.
She summoned a big crow in front of her, 10ft tall with heavy armor on him. “Guardian of the kingdom of Crows, rising from the depths of hell, hear my words,” she had chanted as she sent him towards Ikaros. Kuroe who was simply staying to the side transformed to his original form as well to aid his friend in her battle. Though, he did almost nothing to Ikaros and was sent back with heavy damage done to him. Asgroth, the raven guardian engaged in battle with Ikaros, Raven beside him as she too attacked Ikaros with her raven magic. She ignored Ikaros’ comment about how Raven could never draw the true potential of Raven Heart. There was one fact that Ikaros was missing. Raven Heart could never be used by anyone other than her. She was the reincarnation of Kraehe and as her reincarnation, Raven was the only one capable of using Raven Heart. Anyone else attempting to use this power would have their own heart destroyed and the pieces would scatter all across the different worlds.
Ikaros came back up in a few seconds, however, and he was charging up another attack. A black gust of wind came towards her but with inhuman speed, Raven managed to dodge it, throwing her own black gust of wind at him. Ikaros avoided it with ease as well and then closed the gap between them once again, punching Raven back a few feet. However, she too recovered from it quick and was facing Ikaros seriously. In a few minutes, those two had flew off, hitting each other with various attacks as glows of black color were seen coloring the sky.
An hour later, Raven was the first to crash down onto a boulder near Frederick as Ikaros followed, clearly injured and tired from the fight. He was going to finish what he wanted to for a long time. As Raven lied on the ground, her energy almost gone, she remembered something. The spell that she had used that night to kill everyone. In her state, she knew she wouldn’t be able to draw its full power out. But Raven Heart was working on it’s complete power and with a last bit of energy, she knew she could pull it off….just enough to send Ikaros back to their world.
When Ikaros’ hands neared Raven’s heart, something burst forward from the symbol that appeared on her chest. It engulfed Ikaros in darkness and everything around Raven started to crumble. Dark spheres started to form here and there till a dark sphere formed right above Ikaros who was screaming in pain. He disappeared in it while Raven lied still on the ground with her eyes half closed and her lips forming words which no one could understand. Raven Heart had protected her and as it got desperate, had forced Ikaros back into their world. A few minutes after, the symbol on her chest slowly disappeared along with the black marks that had appeared on her body over the course of their fight. She was now heavily wounded and blood stained her clothes and body alike. Everything slowly turned black for the silver haired girl as Kuroe watched the girl, tears running down his black eyes. It could be the last time he saw his friend or that was what he thought till he found himself getting carried away by Asgrowth who had appeared behind him.
OOC: Alright....this is a very summarized post (and not a very good one) xD but uhm I couldn't explain everything and well....Raven wouldn't show the same power she did in this post afterwards because her power actually came from the seal that appeared on her heart. It disappeared on the end of the thread and about Kuroe, well I'll be changing my pet or rather upgrading him soon. So that will be a matter to deal with later o-o Thank you