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Closed X: The step into other worlds

Raiquen blinked. This was getting out of control, and he felt helpless to stop anything before anyone got hurt. So he simply went to the other side of the tower, mostly attempting to avoid Yakko and the others.
 
"Yeah I wanna tussle!" Kirita shouted, whipping out the pocketknife she had been given. She didn't NEED to be able to use it properly for THIS.
 
Dot's eyes grew wide, but she began to pounce on Kirita, doing whatever she could do.

Sephii sat away from the battle.

"I don't want any of them to get hurt." she mumbled.
 
Kirita threw a punch at the little creature, an angry gleam in her eyes. But, in the back of her mind she knew this was stupid and Raiquen would never choose this tiny thing over her.
 
Raiquen slowly withdrew his sword, watching the battle with a mysterious gleam in his eyes. If this got deadly, he'd step in. He knew it eventually would, so he might as well prepare for such. But something distracted him for a moment, and he turned his head. A shadow moved in the corner of his eye, but he soon focused back on the battle, thinking it was Yakko being his crazy self.
 
Kirita paused a minute.
"Wait. Why are we doing this?" she asked bewilderedly, backing off and putting the knife back into her pocket.
 
Raiquen let out a breath, and he realized that he'd been unknowingly holding it in. He sheathed the sword, then looked at all of them, before stopping on Sephii. Not directly, but rather above her. A shadow stood behind Sephii, which seemed to be staring right at her.
"Sephii..." Raiquen moaned. Yakko noticed the shadow, and walked-or rather, bounced-up to it and blinked.
"Whatcha doing on top of our tower? It's mighty-" He cut off as the shadow grabbed Yakko and threw him towards Raiquen, who caught him barely. The impact nearly threw both of them off the tower.
"That...wasn't very nice..." Yakko said, obviously disoriented.
 
"Rai... What is that thing...?" Kirita asked nervously, before whipping out the knife again. Of course, still not knowing how to use it, she highly doubted that tiny blade would have any effect. Where was that girl when she needed her, even telepathically?
 
"I don't know..." Raiquen muttered. Slowly, he walked towards the figure, but stopped when it also started walking towards him. It didn't stop, and even as it got close it didn't have any distinct features. Before he had time to withdraw his blade, the shadow walked straight through him. Immediately he felt a cold chill, and his vision became blurred.
"Oh..." He moaned, as the shadow walked towards Kirita.
 
Kirita's entire body tensed up. The shadow was walking toward her and she was now in panic mode. She nervously raised the tiny knife, knowing it would do no good.
What do I do, what do I do?!
Normally I'd say relax, but based on the amount of fear I sense from you, that's not going to happen. A voice muttered in the back of her mind.
Wha-?!
Tell me what's going on.
Sh-shadow thing... Too scared to move... Kirita's whole body was shaking, and she glanced frantically around. What was this thing?
 
Raiquen regained enough sense to see the shadow thing in plain view. He dashed towards it, sword outstretched. When he felt it hit something and shadows swirl around his face, he knew that he'd cut whatever it was violently. But then he saw Kirita, and he immediately sidestepped her, falling off the edge of the tower. Raiquen barely managed to grab the edge, and he saw the shadow reform again. Too tired to hoist himself up, all he could do now was watch the shadow move closer to Kirita.
 
Shadow thing? Is it more like a person or an indiscernible blob? The familiar voice asked in Kirita's mind.
The first one... Oh God it's getting closer... Rai just attacked it, but it reformed and he nearly fell off the edge of this tower... Kirita tried to back away, but her muscles would not allow it and she fell over onto her back instead. The knife remained in her hand, but she didn't notice the blade get a bit longer as she tensed further. Soon, the feeling growing in her stomach grew too great, and she screamed in terror.
 
Sephii ran towards the shadow, scythe in hand. She started slashing at it.

"Oh whyyyyy?" she cried.
 
The shadow kept reforming despite Sephii's slashes. It continued to walk towards Kirita. Raiquen managed to finally get half his body up back onto the tower, but could spare no more energy. Slowly, he lifted his sword, and threw it directly at the shadow's head. Blinking once, he saw the shadow dissipate completely. His energy left him, and he lost his grip on the tower. Raiquen felt the bliss of a falling sensation before everything went black.
 
Kirita's muscles loosened up as the shadow dissipated, and her vision cleared up just in time to see Raiquen fall off of the tower.
"No... NOOOOO!!!" She screamed, immediately diving after him. Helplessly grabbing where his wrist had once been, it was too late.
What... What just happened?!
The shadow's gone... He saved me... Then he fell off...
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?!! Go to him!!
I can't even get down from here!!
...Oh...
After that, Kirita broke down. Her body collapsed, and she started sobbing uncontrollably.
"Too late... I'm too late..."
 
Yakko blinked, regaining his composure. In a flash, he was looking down from the edge where Raiquen had fallen.
"Um. I don't see whoever fell. He would still be falling, wouldn't he? Hm. Spooky."
 
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