Wither

Chapter 14-Arguments

I gulped. No one wanted to hear those four fateful words. It just spelled out the dimension we were in...if you get what I mean. Ember led me outside and I followed, on edge. We were far away from the fortress when she turned around, seething. "I can't even begin to express how angry I am with you right now!" she snarled.

I looked around nervously. "As far as I can tell, I did nothing wrong," I said, hoping my voice wasn't betraying my unease.

She pinched her nose and breathed deeply. I had hoped that she would talk rationally, but instead she whipped her hand away and threw a scalding fireball at me. I was so shocked that I couldn't conjure a shield in time. I managed to dodge. She charged at me, a fiery broadsword suddenly in her hand. I threw up a shield and parried neatly. There was a resounding clang as she swung her broadsword into it. Her leg swept under me gracefully and I lost my balance, falling. I absorbed the impact with a roll and stood back up with an unnecessary flourish of my cloak. "You're on," I growled, hiding all of the pain deep inside me.

*Ember's POV*

I emitted a screech of rage and charged at him again. Sizzle. Sizzle. He conjured a thick, hard dagger and a smaller one and crossed them. My broadsword crashed into the seemingly measly block and dented severely. I threw it into the Netherrack and unsheathed my solid dual swords from school. I held them with comfort. Seto drew his dark oak quarterstaff and glared at me. I shot forward with deadly accuracy and swung. He dodged and stabbed his quarterstaff. I ducked, rolled and came up in front of him. Sizzle. Sizzle. I smashed the hilt into his head. I couldn't bear to do anything else. He crumpled to the ground, almost bringing me down too. I dodged his quarterstaff and walked away. Sizzle. Sizzle.

I swiped the sparky tears off of my face. I looked at his limp form and only sobbed harder. "I'm a jerk," I cried to myself. "A petty, stupid jerk."

*Seto's POV*

~ I came to, my head throbbing. I clutched it and groaned. Ember whipped around, her face tearstained. There were light black trails along her face where fiery tears fell. I got up, a gesture that was remarkably painful, and walked over to her. I caressed her face and, much to my surprise, she leaned into my touch. "Hey," I whispered. "I missed you."

"Me too," she smiled. It was radiant, more so than the lava surrounding it. More than her fire, flickering in and out of existence. But less than my love for her. She grabbed my face and we kissed gently. A spark literally flew out of nowhere and I hugged her close, my lips still on hers. We embraced for a moment and let go, smiling at one another. It was good. We were good.

(A/N Sappy chappy for the PenguinPoof6 . I apologize for anyone else. Go read her book or I will kill you all. She is crying right now, consisting of whining and running her fingers down her face in teary gestures. This is her now(no joke I'm on the bus): Yo this be Poof. I'm calling you to say my manager wants you to read my books, and so do I. I am sad. Please. I beg you. I have 20 followers, and 10 are people I know, 3 are random people, and 7 are Ash. Yes, 7. Please I beg you. Goodbye. #ChildrenInTheMines Wuz13000 )

We walked back, hands clasped. Ember wiped the scorch marks off of her face, but couldn't seem to do the same to her smile. When we came into the fort, they saw our radiant grins and, for a moment, looked confused. Then Poof looked up and grinned. "Are you guys back together?"

Ember nodded, grinning. Jet was aghast and Romani looked confused. "What do you mean back together?"

"Well, you see, on our epic adventure to defeat Notch, they were kinda all kissy and stuff," Sora explained devilishly. Jet's expression of distraught grew even more horrified, as he was not included in this journey. Romani nodded knowingly.