Chapter 44:

Ean's Rampage

Ane And His Seames


Eina and Sid were eying Ean who was smirking as he watched Eina and then Sid. "Who to kill first?" he inquired; holding his chin. Eina frowned.

"You gotta snap out of it!" she yelled.

"Snap out of it? If I do that; this great power will fade to exist." Ean replied forming fire around his arms and punching them together.

"This is a sticky situation." Sid remarked.

"Yeah; trust me...I know." Eina whispered. Ean shot at them.

Ean was falling back and some wood shattered in front of him and a huge tree spat from the ground; entangling him. It instantly scorched away though and the boy was casually falling over. "My attacks are useless." Eina remarked as Ean calmly floated to his feet. He yawned.

"I'm bored." he teased; poking his head.

"Tsk." Sid remarked as he raised one hand. His shadow appeared behind Ean and slashed. Blood sprayed from the fusion's back and then steam followed; burning away the shadow. "This guy!" Sid yelled frowning to then spit blood.

"Don't strain yourself." Eina warned. Ean began to laugh.

"Is that all you two can do?" he asked; smirking to then continue laughing. Ean summoned Ene's ninja staff, swung it up, summoned Ane's swords and stuck them into the staff which absorbed the sword. Ean's new weapon was some type of halberd; a blade on each end. It set aflame as he spun it in the air. He smirked and slashed fire in a straight line like a blade across the area. Eina flung Sid away.

"Crap." she thought.

Eina lay on the ground; water covering her. The ground split in half and lava poured from it beneath the girl who then hopped far back. "This girl sure has endurance." Ean remarked; turning to Lana who weakly stood; panting.

"Please...stop...this." she said. Ean sighed.

"So persistent." he said; charging the girl.

"Ane!" Lana screamed. Ean's face contorted and he thrusted himself back forcefully to then roll to his feet.

"The hell?" he thought with a frown. He grinded his teeth. "You'll be a problem." he remarked as he appeared behind Lana and kicked her away. A shadow tied Ean down.

"Shadow Bind!" Sid yelled from the far back of Ean. The shadow dragged Ean to the ground and the fusion lay in the ground silently; eyes shielded.

"Lana!" Eina warned as Lana began waltzing towards Ean.

"You two please...snap out of it." Lana began to see the shadow burn away and Ean shoot at her and punch. The girl got flung back and water spat from the ground at Ean who then fell onto a huge rock. "It's useless." Lana said from above Ean. He laughed.

"I congratulate you all." he said as he seemed to vanish into flames. The real Ean stood a good distance away.

"That was a clone!?" Sid yelled. Ean chuckled and walked towards the teens. Lana backed up.

"Ene...Ane..." she whispered.

"They're ain't here." Ean growled smirking despicably.

Ean eyed the teens calmly as he approached and a clone appeared to his right and then to his left. The clones then charged. "Lava tsunami!" they yelled puking lava which formed into a huge wave; covering Lana, Eina and Sid.

"We're dead." Sid thought; clenching his teeth.

"Lana!" Eina yelled. Lana nodded and hopped to her friend.

"Combo Attack: Afforestation!" the two girls yelled as Eina spat a seed that Lana then spat water at. A huge tree spat from the ground; flinging the teens up to safety before the wave of lava hit. The wave scorched away the tree in seconds though and the teens jumped into the air. 

"We can't go back on the ground here for sure." Eina remarked.

"Yeah." Lana replied as the trio flew away.

"Running away!?" one of Ean's clones yelled as he appeared besides them. He spun and kicked Lana away to then grab Sid and send the boy and Eina through a hill. Eina seemed to slingshot back and punch Ean's clone and the clone vanished into flames; slightly burning the girl's hand and clothes. Eina then flew to the hill.

Lana weakly stood to see Ean casually walking to her. "Which Ean are you?" she asked. Ean smiled.

"Feel honored for I am the original." he answered.

"Tsk." Lana said as she jumped back onto a tree.

"What's the matter?" Ean inquired; clasping his hands. Lana dived forward as lava hands clasped the area she was originally. The impact thrusted the girl forward and Ean kicked her in the stomach. Spit flung from her mouth.

"I'll be forced to..." she thought before Ean flipped and slammed her into the ground.

"This is the end!" he exclaimed; raising his fist that was now purely flames. Water blasted Ean way and Lana hopped back into the forest. The water turned to smoke and Ean landed on his two feet. "How boring." he remarked; raising a hand. "Fire Style: Fireball Barrage!" he shouted as fireballs blasted from his palm like a shotgun.

"This isn't good." Lana thought as she merely managed to glimpse at the approaching light. She continued running and arrived above a stream which she then dove into and rose her hands quickly. The water spat her into the air. "I...barely survived that." she thought; panting. Eina grabbed Lana and shot aside as a huge area of flames soared across the sky from the ground. The girls landed on the hills from before that was now a wasteland where Sid was sitting on a rock. His shadow ended Ean's other clone at the moment with a slash and Sid turned his attention to his companions.

"You two okay?" he asked.

"They don't look okay." the shadow joked; chuckling before vanishing. Ean landed on the only hill left; aura blasting across the wasteland.

"ENOUGH!' he yelled furiously; causing explosions to blast the girls to him. He caught them both by the throats and began strangling them remorselessly. The girls kicked him continuously but to no avail. Trees and water spat at Ean from all directions but they either burnt or evaporated before or on contact.

"I have to save them." Sid thought as he rose but his body failed and he spat blood. "What horrible timing." he thought; falling onto the ground.

"Hmph!" Ean yelled as he pelted Lana away forcefully. Lisa caught the girl.

"You okay?" Lisa asked.

"Li...sa?" Lana asked weakly.

"Lisa, eh?" Ean inquired as he clenched Eina's neck tighter. The girl's eyes rolled up.

"Sis; I might have to use that." Lana said; smiling sadly.

"Lana...you know..." Lisa began.

"I have no choice." Lana said; raising her shirt to reveal a seal.

"Oh?" Ean asked; raising an eyebrow before pelting away Eina.

"Release!" Lana yelled; turning the seal.

"Tsk." Lisa thought as she jumped back, dashed to Eina and then Sid to then jump further away from Lana and Ean. An ice blue aura emitted from Lana who was now on her knees; eyes full white.

"This aura...is bone chilling." Sid remarked. "And familiar." his older self whispered. Lisa watched the unconscious Eina.

"As soon as I arrived too." she thought; frowning.