Spain: Crumbling Towers

Candy looked to her friends with their newly formed innocence, "The innocence was not destroyed my friends." Ureshii's voice found it's way through Candy's mouth as he spoke to the other exorcists. "It has mingled with your innocence and made it stronger." Kanashii's mocking voice replaced Ureshii's proud one, "We shall defeat these worthless punks together!" Candy, Kanashii and Ureshii said in unison. Candy grabbed the rim of her hat and pulled the cane through it, it ended up next to the noah who did not notice the cane lurking behind her. When Candy pulled her arm to her chest, the cane whipped to her, which made the noah trip. Candy giggled as she leaned onto the cane. "Sorry, I just needed to do that." She said between giggles.

Collin's eyes did not waver from the level three's position. "Candy. White. As you are now, you two would be better suited to fight the Noah. Leave this akuma to me." he said hoarsely

Feu stood in front of Collin gripping his skull cracked from the explosion. "A one on one fight to the death. How foolish of you. In your state you won't last long."

"I agree with you." he replied, "So if you don't mind let us make this quick." Collin widened his stance and hefted Glutton to his side getting ready to strike.

"I shall grant your wish EXORCIST!!" Feu shreiked lunging at it's opponent. Collin swung the over-sized morning star at the akuma who caught it with it's hand. The impact caused cracks to run up the akuma's armor. "You're stronger than i thought to be able to crack my armor." Feu noted. Before Collin could pull back his innocence for another strike the akuma landed a powerful kick on the exorcist's shoulder. A pentacle shaped portion of Collin's already singed shirt disintegrated and the skin under it instantly turned black as if terribly burned. The akuma followed it up with a quick jab to the stomach and then a hard punch to the exorcist's face knocking the exorcist on the ground. A black pentacle appeared on Collin's stomach and face causing one of his eyes to be rendered temporarily unuseable.

"You useless exorcist. You're no match for a level three." feu cackled approaching the downed exorcist. "I could let my brands slowly burn you to death but i promised you i would end this quickly." Feu stood over Collin reveling in the thought of what he was about to do. "DISMISS!" Collin yelled suddenly propelling Feu away from Collin and through the wall of a building with a silvery barrier. The dark marks on collin's shoulder, stomach and face peeled off like fabric and shot out from the barrier leaving pentacle shaped burns behind. Glutton slowly lifted Collin back to his feet as if by levitation.

Feu emerged from the wall, it's chest armor now covered in cracks. "You filth! You vermin! You Pest!" Feu spat, "You will pay for breaking my armor!!" As feu rushed at Collin, the exorcist raised his innocence above his head and brought it down on top of the enraged akuma. Glutton's anti-dark matter barrier shot out from it upon impact sending waves of force rattling through the akuma's body causing it to shatter violently.

With a sigh Collin set his weapon down beside him and let himself fall backwards. He gazed up at the sky smiling and said "The rest is up to you two." before closing his eyes and passing out.

"COLLIN!!" White shouted, rushing forward to check on the unconscious exorcist. "That...that was amazing..." White yelped when she felt the strength of the Noah, a sudden anger seeping out.

Best make this quick, or his sacrifice for our brethren may be in vain, Champion said. White nodded. She stood up, pointing the great lance at Babylon.

"You...You'll regret this...Candy, which one do you want?" White asked, Grey's anger overpowering White's somber tone.

Candy watched the feud between the level three and collin and smiled, "White, I shall defeat this small noah." She pointed to Babylon, "You will do better against this taller one, your armor and weapon can sheild you from her attacks." She pointed to Alys.
"I'm counting on you Champion." Kanashii, Ureshii and Candy said in unison as she winked and ran towards the noah who was standing about 100 meters away from her, which she crossed in seconds. When she found herself face to face with the smaller noah, she put the crook of her cane around her neck and spoke one word, "disintegrate."

"You heard her, Champion," White said. "Let's get this over with." She turned sharply to face the taller Noah and charged. She jumped forward, great lance poised to strike. She jabbed it forward, only to be stopped by that same, orange substance from before. White gaped. She was soon flung back by electricity, the Noah looking pleased by her endeavor.

"Before we fight," White coughed, "It's common courtesy to give your name!" She charged again, preparing for a downward swing.

((sorry I have to say this but please don't godmod me cus that's not how Alys's powers work>:C))

Alys stood behind watching the fight droll on. "I'm so bored!" She cried as she played with her smoke. She saw the young exorcist run toward her and she flicked the smoke in her direction as she inspected her nails. "Please, I beg of you, let me live... etc..." She said in a mocking voice as she turned to face the exorcist. She blocked the swing with the sword she held in her belt loop. "Oh please save the theatrics, But I like your guts... my name is Alys." She smiled as she held her hand toward the exorcist and frowned when she didn't grab her hand. Her flames lit up her sword and crawled down the exorcists staff, which burned her hand. "How rude, my dear..." she stopped and rested her head on her hand, "Please introduce yourself, I shall wait for you to get yourself together. I like a clean fight so please take your time." She did not see anything wrong with this young girl, she might be her sworn enemy but frankly, she did not care for The Earl's will whatsoever. She inspected the exorcist as she scratched her head. "You are interesting aren't you? I love what you've done with your staff..." She stroked the sharp edge of the staff and flinched when she felt the power radiating off the weapon. "So, this is your innocence?" She inspected the staff with interest.

((My bad. I read up on them, but was kind of confused. No harm done.))

White struggled with the weapon, trying to not drop Champion despite the burns on her hands. She pressed on, in attempts to break the block, but jumped back. White spat on the ground, ripping her cape off. She ripped parts of it off to quickly wrap her hands up.

"I am White Mahogany," she started. "I am also Grey Mahogany...You're a Noah...and I have to kill you..." With a steeled resolve, she got into another fighting stance.

And I am Champion,White's innocence said.

"I don't want to fight," White whispered, but charged anyway.

((Yep, yep))

"I see, that is unfortunate." Alys said as she jumped out of the exorcists way "Yet I wonder how this works, I have no interest in killing you. I am quite new to this." She told the exorcist as she played with the water that swirled around her fingers. She splashed the exorcist with some of it to agitate her. "Champion is an interesting name for innocence... what does it mean my enemy?" She wondered as a whirlpool of water flew towards the exorcist and stole the staff from her hands. "Is this Champion, does it brake? Can I brake it?" She asked the exorcist as she looked at the weapon in wonder.

"It means 'Defender'," White said. "And to break it, you have to KILL ME!!" Despite the water getting into her eyes, White tackled the Noah to the ground, hands gripping tight to the great lance and yanking it out of the Naoh's grip. White held it high above her head, ready to slam it down. Yet...one look at the Noah and she was viciously reminded of her mother...of the demon she became...

"I...I..."

White closed her eyes tight, and brought the great lance down.

Babylon watched the show infront of her starring the three exorcists. She was slightly bugged by the cutesy girl making some fuss about the innocence she clearly destoryed still living inside themselves or some dogooder mumbo jumbo. She tuned it out after awhile.

Her sudden trip up by the pain in the butt girl sent her black flames surrounding her again. She managed to hold back her frustration long enough to see the outcome of the level 3 vs. Collin and was thoroughly pleased with the outcome. But was immediatly displeased when he passed out afterwards. She pouted as she looked over the unconsious body. " Great...right when he proves himself not completly useless he disproves it. Oh well it was fun regardless"

Babylon was broken from her thoughts when she sensed another exorcist's innocence coming closer. She activated her defense just in time for her whole body to become black smoke. She phased through the cane that had been aimed at her and the exorcist holding it. 

"You should be more polite like your bipolar friend. It's very cowardly to attack when your enemy isn't looking" she stated and backed away and rematerialized. She eyed the girl for a moment before sighing. " I shouldn't have to bother with this. I already did my job anyway. Oh well Alys-chan probley wants to fight so I'll satisfy you for a bit till either she gets done or  my boy toy wakes up" she said and decided to get the job done quickly by using her own weapon. "Say hello to Xaphan! " she called out and her black flames gathered into a large Ax shape before dispersing to reveal a medieval Ax twice her size which she twirled with ease. "Go ahead and make the first move"     

 

Candy stared at the noah in front of her and grinned sweetly as a large tattoo of a moon formed on the noahs neck. "I am surprised by the outcome of that attack, To tell you the truth, I just got these powers..." She watched as the moon tattoo grew on the noah's body. "This reduces your will and drains your energy, This tattoo is not perminant, yet you will feel the difference of your power when you move." Kanashii's voice trickled out of Candy's mouth in a mocking tone. "Well there you have it I guess!" Candy said, shrugging.

"I am sorry, enemy, that I have to do this." She flipped White over onto her back and plugged her nose, She felt a mix of sadness and excitement as she trickled electricuded water down the helpless exorcist's throat. She was confused by her mixed emotions, she never thought she would ever feel grief and excitement over hurting an enemy.

"Why did you give up your chance to pierce me I wonder?" She asked while she poured more deadly water down the exorcist's throat. "Do you feel sadness over hurting me? Or do I remind you of a hurtful past?"

Alys tore off a piece of cape to wipe water off the exorcist's face. "You are like my sister." She declared, "You piss me off and I want to hurt you, yet I don't want to..." She thought about what she said and shook her head. She was angry at the thought of her sister therefor instead of water trickling down the struggling exorcists throat, a stream of fire filled her mouth and overflowed to scortch her face.Alys's eyes burned red with passion as she strangled the exorcist with her rope of fire.

White screamed in agony, her body thrashing about. Though there was perfect unification between her and Grey, Grey forced their hand to come up, gripping the Noah's face tightly as well.

"I don't discuss my past with anyone," "they" breathed out. The pain was still there, and Champion was screaming, but with newfound strength from Grey, White pushed forward to slam the Noah on the ground. She forgot about the rope of fire around her neck, so instead of the desired results, she clamped up as the fire choked her. Immense pain traveled up, and in one last desperate attempt she brought her knee up to hit the Noah in the abdomen.

"I--I won't die..." White breathed out. "I can't die...Ugh..."

"You...pack quite... a punch my dear." Alys said through gasps of pain. She got up and brushed herself off. "My poor cape," She looked up at the exorcist who was struggling in pain. "So, your other personality is Grey I presume, Maybe I could fight him seriously. My dear, I am sorry to say that you are very weak." She pulled on the string of fire so that she and White were nose to nose. "May I see your personality, Grey?" she asked as she lifted White's chin so she could look into her eyes. She saw the pain in White's eyes and whinced, "I cannot take this much longer my young enemy, you leave a mark on me. I have not felt a sensation such as this before." She felt a sting of sadness as White struggled to survive the pain Aly's was giving her.

White coughed weakly, and the dull brown eye flickered into red. A vicious snarl escaped her lips, and the end of the great lance flew past the Noah's face. Grey gave a sneer of satisfaction at the blood before he tackled the Noah. He repeatedly slammed the Noah's head in the ground despite the pain in his face.

"THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR HURTING WHITE! I WON'T STOP WHERE SHE DID!!" Grey shouted.

Before her opponent could say more, she squeezed the exorcist's chest and resleased a ball of orange goop, which crawled up the exorcists neck to trickle down his throat, paralyzing him. Alys got up from her akward position and rubbed where the exorcist bruised her body, "You misunderstand me exorcist, I do not want to hurt your little friend." she touched the exorcist's feet and let the orange substance flow under his shoes, to keep him where he was standing. She then touched his lips with the orange substance so he would keep his mouth shut. "I am sorry, I must flee. We shall finish this battle the next time we encounter each other." She glanced at Babylon who was looking impatient as she fought the small exorcist. Her body transformed into her human state as she walked toward her sister. "My dear sister, I am quite bored with my battle." She told her sibling as she slipped on her glasses, which she needed when she was in her human form. "That exorcist interests me no longer." she glanced at the exorcist named grey as he stood helpless in his paralyzed state.

Alys gasped in pain as a large bruise formed on the back of her head. The two noahs managed to steal away from the battle when they called in more level threes, to keep the exorcists busy. Alys and babylon were now walking side by side through a large desert that was once a town named Madrid. "I am sorry sister, I got a bit carried away." she managed to say through her gasps of pain. She was rubbing her head where the exorcist repeativly slammed her head into the soft sand. "I'm just happy that it wasn't cement." She groaned.

(hey Alys I'm not gonna make a deal about it right now and I'm just gonna work with ur post but it's kinda god modding to make my character leave the area)  

Babylon blinked in a confused manner at the girl's explanation. She touched her neck self consciously before taking an experimental step back. She realized that Xaphan seemed harder to carry than usual as well as that her body seemed a bit strained. She sent her opponent an annoyed glared before switching back to her careless attitude after flinging the large ax over her shoulder. "Oh well, I don't need my full strength to take care of you girly" she stated and with a heavy heave, threw Xaphan full speed at the girl. Dispite the weopon's size it flew at a very fast speed with precision aimed right at the girl. It would be difficult for her to dodge and even if she did Xaphan was built like a boomerang and would return for another strike.

After her attack landed she noticed the return of her sister and, though reluctant, left with her. She was a tad worried she might be hurt and her worries were proved true when she saw the dark bruise on her sister's head. "oh Alys-chan maybe you should head home to the ark and relax. I'll join you soon. I just wanna finish things with the exorcists" she explained and after placing a loving kiss on her sister's forehead, ran off to return to where she was before.

Once she arrived she watched the exorcists for a moment longer before calling off all the Akuma. "ok exorcists chill. I've done my job and destroyed the innocence and now I'm no longer interested in fighting so let's just..." the Noah trailed off as she remembered the fainted boy and rolled her eyes before walking over and nudging him with her foot. "Wake up boy toy! Be a man and get over your little injuries"

(Whoops my bad... happens without me noticing ;D)
Alys stuck her hand in her pocket and walked off groaning, she hated when exorcists get carried away. "Ok, but finish up quick... that tattoo looks kinda harsh." She pointed out and walked off.

Candy grabbed the rim of her hat and pulled herself through, she dissapeared from the area where instead of a small exorcist, there was a large ax. When Candy pulled herself out of her top hat about fifteen meters away, she whinced as blood started to pour out of a large cut in her arm. She ignored the pain as she stepped into her top again, where she ended up beside the noah who was disturbing the unconcious Collin. "Don't touch him." She muttered as she held her cane up to the noah's head.

Collin was leaning against a wall in a narrow alley playing familiar tune on the harmonica. A man sat across the alleyway playing his guitar with Collin. His face was hidden behind the brim of his hat and the hands playing the guitar were pale in the light. 'You seem so familiar.' collin thought, 'Who are you?'

As he asked his question, the scene blurred and faded into nothingness. He could hear voices and he stirred slightly. He opened his unburned eye to see that Babylon girl standing over him. He still gripped the handle of his large weapon in his hand. Collin managed to get himself into a sitting position and noticed a strangely dressed Candy standing behind Babylon looking as if she were about to attack the Noah.

"Stand down Candy dear. It's alright." he said scratching the back of his head. He looked around at the scene and saw white on the ground. "It would be best to go help white. I'll be fine."

"Now, Babylon." he yawned, "did you need to tell me something? Or are you here to torture me some more?" the exorcist gazed at her warily waiting for a response.

Babylon kept a constant annoyed gaze on her opponent from earlier, Candy from what she heard Collin address her as, letting a smirk form on her features when she saw the the bloody gash that Xaphan had successfully made. Once Collin sent her away her attention was set back on the boy. She smiled at his impression that she might wanna torture him again. "Though the offer is very appealing we'll have to put that off for another time, cutie" she teased before taking a seat in front of him. "I just wanna leave this encounter on good terms. From what's happened today it may not seem like it but I don't hate you exorcists or wanna fight you on a regular basis. I just think you're pathetic, almost in the same league as the Earl but without my hatred included." There was a small silence as the Noah realized something. "Maybe I went a LITTLE to far with the whole "torture" thing. But hey, I was bored, and you're interesting, plus it's not like I killed you or anything" she tried in attempt to defend her actions but found them only sounding odder by the minute. "ANYWAY....I can't say the same for my other siblings but I don't want you or the others to consider me an enemy. I was only following orders and that's rare for me anyway" she explained before pushing herself to stand up. "I hate the Earl as much, if not more than you guys do. Just be lucky you don't have to live with him" she said with a sincerely kind smile and offered a hand to help Collin up.

Her attention then fell on the other two females. "Hey I'm sorry for any physical or um.....mental anguish me or my sister or the Akuma may have given you. We get a bit carried away sometimes but we had no intent of killing you. So I'll introduce myself properly now" she stated and bowed politely towards the two. "My name is Babylon Lilima, The Noah of Passion"

Grey made a muffled noise, obviously pissed. The armor slowly went away and the great lance faded back into its tattered rag. Grey attempted to speak again, groaning in disgust at the parilization.

I WILL KILL YOU FOR THIS!! LET ME OUT!! He fumed, squirming violently in attempt to at least regain control of his body. CHAMPION!!

Hey, I can only do so much. This is up to you...Babylon...the Noah of Passion...she will pay! Especially for bringing that good for nothing SNAKE AKUMA bacl as well...

Umm...guys, let's just focus on getting out, White mumbled. Grey started struggling again.

Candy stared at Collin, reluctant to stand down, but she did anyway. "Ok Collin, I'll be here if you need assistance though, just know that." She told her friend as she poked the noah with the end of her cane and quickly jumped into her hat.


Candy stared at the noah and grinned, "Hey I'm pretty much known to make friends with anyone!" she shrugged and curtsied to the noah, "Even though we're enemies... It's good to know you hate the Earl too." She glanced at Grey who was giving The noah of passion a striking glare. "Oh... did I say something wrong? Am I not supposed to say this?" She sincerly wondered as she rested her finger on her bottom lip.

No, you didn't say anything, that's awesome, just GET ME OUT!! Grey shouted, coming out more as irate muffles. With some strength, he managed to shout, "HELP! STUCK! PLEASE!! OR SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY!!"

That's Grey for you... White sighed. She couldn't help but laugh though at how...muffled Grey's words were.

What people might have heard: "h'lp!shtuck!flease!*Intelligible words*"

Champion just giggled.

Candy realized Grey's cry for help and ran to help him. "Oh goodness Grey! What did you get yourself into!" she said while poking the hard orange stuff that was gluing him down.