a peaceful night

[napeir]

" yes i'm sure, you showed up showing little problems to stand adn fight, then i took off, and he stood there looking at me" he went over again.
He stared into the trees that he had came in from, he wondered, was there two Melikis.

[tariku]

Tariku thought about this. 'This is very weird.' She stared into the darkness, wondering. When suddenly, she gave a short scream. There, beyond the fire, walking casually as he pleased, was Meliki. She looked back at Napeir. There was the wounded Meliki and, looking back, there he was again. Except his fine clothes were in one piece and he wasn't hurt and bandaged.
"Well, caught on, did we, barbarian? Had to have the beautiful lady here and my double help you think clearly." He walked over the fire as if it were nothing. The wounded Meliki struggled to get up, but he winced and groaned loudly.

[napeir]

Napeir stared in confusion as the other Meliki walked into the clearing, glancing back to make sure that the other was still there, he was, so where did this one come from.
" MELIKI, so who was the one i was fighting" napeir yelled.

[tariku]

The Meliki standing, smugly smiling at their shocked faces, made a small dainty wave at Napeir.
"That would be me, Kitty cat. That," he pointed at the wounded Meliki,
"is a copy of me. Very real, just," he sneered at him and gave him a kick in the side,
"weaker," he hissed in disgust. He turned to Napeir with a smile, beaming.
"Quite clever, isn't it?"

[napeir]

Napeir just let out a deep breath.
" why do all these freaking people keep showing up" he yelled, pulling out shurikens.
Napeir threw the shurikens at Meliki, adn almost right after that, lunging himself at him.

A small grey cat stepped out of the bushes, shaking a leaf from its head. Stepping forward it scented the air, and took off running. It crossed around trees and over sticks, untill entering a clearing. It stared in fury as it spoted Meliki, with napeir lunging at him. it charged forward, clinging to Melikis leg as soon as Napeir was about to make contact.

[tariku]

Meliki prepared for Napeir as he flew at him, but once again, the cat attacked him without him knowing. So, he was slammed to the ground, a mad cat on his leg and a mad mage on him. Instantly, dark claws grew and he began to slash at Napeir.

Tariku took a step towards the fighting pair, but the wounded Meliki grabbed her ankle.
"Don't. You'll get hurt, even killed. That Meliki is the true one. When he's in this situation, he'll kill anyone." Tariku looked at him then at the fighting pair, torn.
"We should move back, come on." He tried to get up, but he was struggling. Tariku helped him up, and taking his arm, they began to back into the darkness.

Once back some feet, Meliki lean against a tree.
"Meliki," Tariku said.
"Please, just call me.......I don't know.......AUGH!" He grabbed his side. Tariku touched his arm, and looking at his side, she said in a whisper.
"Marein? How about that?" He looked at her, and nodded. She checked his bandages and looked back at Napeir and Meliki.

[napeir]

Napeir felt Melikis sharpe claws slash into him, but he would not let him go any further, he wanted Tariku, he might even hurt her. When he tought of that, nothing could pain him more then losing her. so he let his hands grow into claws and he slashed at Meliki, aiming for his neck!
" you will not take her!" He yelled.

[tariku]

Meliki stepped back from the attack and sent an upper cut slash, aiming for Napeir's stomach to his neck.
"I beg to differ, HEATHEN!!"

She did not like how this was turning out. Completely torn from helping someone wounded and saving her love, she took a step.
"NO!!" Marein grabbed her arm. "You'll be killed in the process."
Tariku glared at him, but didn't say anything.
"Explain something to me, you're his copy?" Marein nodded.
"Then how are you....not as evil as him?" Marein shook his head.
"It would take a long time to answer that. You have to understand some principles." Tariku forced him behind a tree, out of sight of the fight and sat him down.
"Start now."

[napeir]

Napeir saw the attack and brought his arm up to block it, Meliki's claws went right through his arm, Napeir landed on the base of the tree gasping for air.
" tell me meliki, do u really like death and such so much, hmm, that you would kill for tariku" Napeir yelled.
He felt the blood pouring out of his arm, it was a big gash and he would not be standing for long if it kept bleeding like it did.
"What i'd do for one of my higher ups now" he told himself.
But the chance to get one of his higher ups was very slim, this was a fight he can't just rush into anymore. He riped off a peice of his shirt and tied it around his arm.
"Ok Meliki, i think i understand now, you know my moves before they happen, don't you" Napeir yelled standing up.

[tariku]

Meliki evily chuckled.
"Even a blind man can easily sense your next move! I do not need the Sight to know when, where, and how you will strike." He walked slowly towards napeir, a claw unsheathing the thin blade. He tested it. It didn't make a sound.
"This Blade is sharp enough to cut the air around us, and everything else." He rested the point on the ground.
"And to answer your previous questions, yes, I enjoy Death, watching it, especially when I am the cause. I will take your lady even if an army was in my way. Fighting and killing or no fighting and killing, I will have her." He bent down til he and Napeir were eye to eye.
"You think something as precious as her would stay in the grasp of a lowly magic man?" He laughed lightly.

Marein sighed.
"We have no time. But, if you take me with you, I'll help Napeir right nowand tell you both later, when we are safe. Deal?"
Tariku looked around the tree at Napeir, wounded annd cornered. She looked back at Marein and nodded.

[napeir]

Napeir watched Meliki as he pulled off the sheath to a claw. He didn't know what to do, he had to find a way to save himself, and Tariku. His blood was pouring out, it wasn't natural and he knew he sholdn't be alive. But he wanted to live, and he had to, he wanted to be with tariku. Napeir watched Meliki closely, there had to be a way around him. Everything froze, Meliki, the wind, nothing moved. The bushes moved and he turned ready to fight, but all that was there was a cat, Megilan, he was standing there staring at him.
"Do not fear me napeir, i am your guardian, I watch over you"
"What, i'm wouldn't be scared of you Megilan"
"I am not Megilan, i am a sprit of Megilan"
"So your dead" Napeir said shocked.
"No, cats have nine lives remember"
"oh, yeah"
"Do you wish to win Napeir" he asked him.
"Of corse, i must protect Tariku" Napeir said.
"Then you must become a demon" Megilan said.
"What, Why" Napeir yelled.
" to beat a demon, you must be a demon, you're protecting someone you love, you can win, but"
"But"Napeir said.
" But, for every five minutes your in that form, you will lose a month from your life"
"What, gah, why must everything have a cost"
"Because you must give to get"
"Fine, but i only want it for a bit"
"Done" Megilan said
After saying that, Megilan vanished, everything was still frozen though. He grasped his arm, but no blood was there, the wounds were gone. Napeir stared blankly around, What was going on, he wanted to know.
"Napeir"Megilans voice said
"Megilan where are you"
"I am inside you napeir, im giving you the power of time, for this battle, but non others"
"Your WHAT" Napeir heard what he said and was dumb-founded.
"Use it to confuse Meliki"
"right"
Napeir moved aorund to the back of Meliki.
"now how to i turn this off and on" Napeir asked.
"you must picture things as normal, its very simple, and when you want it on, just picture nothign moving"
Napeir caught it in his mind, Meliki was walking toward where he had been, his blade unsheathed. The wind started blowing through the bushes, he was behind Meliki and wanted to strike, but he had to think about his moves first.
"Meliki, what are you doing over there" Napeir asked.
But something still bugged him, what did Megilan mean about becoming a demon, and if he did, when.