What A Thief Can't Steal

Destiny Calls

Rose's POV:

Crash!

The Shadow Ball collided with one of Claire's Shadow Balls before it managed to hit its target.

"Stay still you pathetic insects!" Ruse maniacally screamed as she snapped her fingers and launched a barrage of Psychic attacks.

Blade jumped before me and raised his arm as he used Protect to shield me from any attack.

"Uh... Rose... You didn't happen to cause much trouble with me gone, have you?" Claire asked.

"What do you think?" I sarcastically replied as I fired off a Thunderbolt to fend Ruse off.

"Situations such as these are inevitable, sometimes," Blade retorted as he charged forward with a Night Slash.

"And so is your downfall, when you blindly charge your way into battle," Ruse cackled as she gently held up a blue flickering flame with her hand.

As Blade charged forward to attack her, she lobbed the small flame at the ground, allowing her to soundly escape while Blade was being burned.

Will-o-wisp!

I rushed towards Blade, he was burned badly all right. Ruse finished the job with a Shadow Ball from above.

"Ehehe, now I can focus on you, Rose... That burn probably makes Blade a hollow threat as that nasty burn would reduce his physical attacks to rubble," Ruse laughed as she lobbed a Shadow Ball towards me.

The Shadow Ball merely froze over before it hit me. I looked back to see Claire present, trying to assist me.

"Don't worry, Rose! I've got your back covered!" Claire returned.

"Hmm... I forgot about little Miss Froslass over there," Ruse mused as she teleported behind her, "Let's see how you like this!"

"Aaugh!" Claire screamed as she was knocked down by Ruse, who had lobbed a Shadow Ball directly behind her.

Ruse turned towards me. She smiled, now content of having to face me after everyone else was down.

"What is it that you want anyway?" I frowned at her, "If you want money, I have it... So... Just take it and leave us alone!"

"No!" Ruse angrily yelled, "I crave for only one thing now... It is... my unexplainable desire to defeat you! I... am hungry... for VENGEANCE! You have shattered my pride... you shattered it into pieces! I'll regain it... by devouring your pride whole!"

Note to self, touchy psychotic maniacs can be detrimental to one's health.

I merely struck with a swift Thunderbolt in reply to her speech.

"You dare attack while I speak? Fine, allow me to make it clear to you that I am angry... Let us burn that pretty dress of yours, shall we?" she growled.

"Actually, it's not a dress," I sarcastically replied, allowing myself to get hit with Will-o-Wisp, "but you must be very dumb to let that happen."

I slyly grinned as I allowed my Synchronize ability to take over and share the burn I have with Ruse.

"W-what is this?" Ruse gasped.