Chapter 20 - Bethany/Tori

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**Bethany**

<We're getting Tori Back> Sayuri and I said at the same time. My green eyes glowed on the outside, and I stormed over to an open area.

"EARL!" I screamed, "I DARE YOU TO OPEN THE GATES TO THE ARK! I FRICKIN DARE YOU! NO ONE TAKES THE MOST PRECIOUS PERSON IN MY LIFE AWAY FROM ME WITHOUT CONSEQUENSES! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S A TRAP! I KNOW IT'S A TRAP, BUT NOTHING CAN STOP ME!" Sayuri joined me for most of it.

"Hehehe, if that's what you want ♥!" His voice appeared and the purple gate to the Ark opened itself.

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**Tori**

I heard familiar screaming. Her voice was filled with rage.

"EARL!" Bethany and another voice screamed, "I DARE YOU TO OPEN THE GATES TO THE ARK! I FRICKIN DARE YOU! NO ONE TAKES THE MOST PRECIOUS PERSON IN MY LIFE AWAY FROM ME WITHOUT CONSEQUENSES! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S A TRAP! I KNOW IT'S A TRAP, BUT NOTHING CAN STOP ME!" 

"Hehehe, if that's what you want ♥!" The Earl grinned and with a flick of his hand, a portal appeared, and a scary form of Bethany emerged.

The Millennium Earl clearly wasn't expecting to see an enraged "so-green-it's-almost-black" eyed girl with green and brown hair, claws extended with green blood flowing through them, ready to fight it out.

"Close the gate." Her voice was steely calm.

"Oh♥? Why♥?" The Earl questioned.

"I don't want Allen involved." She continued to stare at the Earl.

"Why not♥?" The Earl ...grinned....

"There's something special about Allen that you would love to know, but no one but me and Tori knows at this time." Bethany was just plain SCARY.

"How do you know?" Millennie raised a fat eyebrow.

"It's like I read it out of a book." Her words were almost identical to the ones that I'd said a few times myself, "And this particular story hasn't moved along that far."

:Tori, her Innocence is special!: 

I know that! 

:It's more special than you think:

What do you mean? 

:There's something resonating from it. I'm not sure what it is, but it feels... reassuring.: 

I didn't hear anything else from her, so I ignored my Innocence and listened to Bethany's and Millennie's conversation.

"...mine." Bethany glared at the Earl.

"The only way you're getting them back is if you surrender yourself. Then, they get released and you stay♥." The Earl explained his thoughts.

"There is no way in heck that I would ever do that." Bethany's voice was steel. Suddenly, her eyes rolled back. I felt mine do the same, and our Innocences resonated from eachother, taking over our bodies. 

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**Beth's POV**

<Tori's Innocence is going to do the exact same thing, okay?> 

Seems legit. 

My eyes rolled to the back of my head and Sayuri took over my body. Tori's Innocence, who didn't have a name yet, took over Tori. We were now like the Innocences were, only a part of the mind. That also meant....

Tori? 

Beth?! Is that you?! 

Yeeeeeess.... Our Innocences just took over our bodies to fight the Earl while we rest and come up with a battle plan, okay? 

Why did you come after me?! 

That's what best friends are for. 

Beth, its a trap! 

And its one I plan on jumping over. 

Then what is your plan?

~"~

"Bethany! Go back!" Sayuri yelled aloud, and I regained control of my body as Tori's Innocence called, "Regain control!"

I didn't waste time in starting the plan.

"Tori, now!" I screamed, and Tori responded with a, "VINE WEB!"

I ran up to Lavi's cage and tapped on the glass with my claw. It shattered instantly and Lavi fell onto the ground.

"D'ya think you can help?" Now this was the moment of truth. Without Lavi's help, this plan would never work.

"Yeah, definitely!" Lavi gave me an attempt at a seductive smile, and I simply rolled my eyes. 

"Okay. I need you to bring out your firey snake as a distraction. The Earl'll probably not think that's our attack, but I'll go in and by then, he'll be trapped in Tori's web." I told him.

"Sounds cool. Let's go!" Lavi said.

~"~

"You thought this through quite well, little Bethany♥," The Earl was wrapped in a web of vines and a lava-snake-orb, "But are you sure you can defeat me♥?" 

"No, I'm not. But I DO know that you never closed the Ark," I grinned evilly, and turned to my friends, "So get out."

Tori and Lavi nodded, and Lavi went through the Ark's portal. Tori started to enter, but turned to me, asking, "Are you coming?"

I just smiled sadly. Her eyes widened.

"BETHANY!" She screamed, "ARE YOU ACTUALLY EXPECTING ME TO LEAVE YOU?!"

"Yes," I replied softly, "I am."

Her eyes went even wider, and she pulled herself out of the portal, "No."

"Please don't make this harder for me!" I cried.

"We either leave together or fight together. There's no way I'm leaving now if you're staying, " Tori replied in a firm voice.

"Tori! Please! We both know that I'm the strongest Exorcist alive." Her words left me in shock.

For a moment, I just stood there with my mouth hanging open. I knew she wasn't bragging, she really was the strongest Exorcist. And not just among the ones that are alive, but even among those are dead. She overpowers the Generals and Great Generals by a longshot, and I can tell from the way she fights. Bethany might just be the strongest...

"But I'm the second strongest Exorcist alive!" 

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 Yay~! I just love~ writing cliffhangers!

But I'm extremely tired from writing so much, I've written a ton of chapters in a single day. It was tiring... And the only reason that I've been posting so much is because before I even POSTED the first chapter, I'd written up to like chapter 16 or something... So Imma need time to write more :D So plz be patient.

So...

This is Flaming_Rose, signing out.

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