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*Shia walked into and joined Zidane in the sidelines*

...Wow. I've never seen Marth like this. He looks so... different. Is this really what his demon side is?

*Nari clashed her dagger together, sending sparks into the air. By uttering an anicent word, the daggers glowed and raised a shield infornt of her, just in time to protect her from the lightningbolts. The inpact was however greater than Nari had anticipated, and pushed her back, knocking her off the cloud of air. She fell hard on the ground and the shield collapsed as she dropped one of the daggers*

*Nari was pushed back by Marths wind, and the dagger she had dropped was further away from her now. She picked herself up and on shaking legs she drew blood from her left palm with the Dragon dagger she help in her right hand. A ball of fire emergen in her left hand, and without much time to aim, Nari threw the ball at Marth. With out seeing if if hit him or now, she dashed away from him to give herself some time to heal up. She was hurting all over, and knew she couldn't continue much longer. And if the fight were to be over so soon, she wouldn't have been any help at all to Marth. From her position behind a tree, she once again began chanting a heling pell*

*Without interuption, Nari finished the healing spell and a veil of light purple energy surrounded her. seeping into her wounds and closing them, wwashed away the bruises and took the pain away. Atleast the most of it, as Nari wasn't the best healer. She was somewhat whole again, and dared to take a peek out from her hiding place. She gasped as she saw Marth lying motionless on the ground, now returned to the form she knew*

"Marth?"

*She got to her feet and moved towards him, but stopped. it could just be a trick.... but on the other hand, it it wasn't, her friend needed help. As she hesitated, she saw his wounds closing slowly, and she let out a sigh of relief. Good, he was healing up*

*Nari took a few step forward as she was worried about him. The blood he caughed up made her frown, and after a few seconds of nervous hesitation, she took the final steps towards him. She lightly touched his twitching body and once again began chanting the healing spell. She frowned and concentrated as the spell consumed much of her energy. The blue jewel in her forehead glimmered and small drops of sweat formed on her forehead*

I hope he isn't fooling me, she thought to herself. If this is just a trick and he'll bounce up and srike me... I'm doomed.

*The annoying voice in the back of her head snickered: Stupid! He's gonna get you! Can't you see this is just a trick? For crying out loud, he's a half demon! You couldn't possibly have hurt him THAT much!

Quiet, she thought as she chanted. I'm concentrating.

*Naris muscles tensed for a brief moment when Marth grasped her hand, but she soon relaxed and managed to give him a reasuring smile*

"No...." she said. "No, you are not in heaven."

*She let out a sigh and almost collapsed. Casting two major healing spells in only a matter of minutes had almost drained all her energy, and she felt weak. She looked at Marth with a curious look on her face*

"How...." she looked for words. "How did I beat you? For that is what I did, isn't it? But.... how? How is that possible?"

"But I thought.... didn't you say you could control fire?"

*she rubbed her nose, blushing slightly over the praise*

"I'm not strong...." she said silently. "I.... I was just lucky I guess...."

*Nari blushed uncontrollably(sp?) by his compliment and took the hand he offered. Once up on her feet, she looked away, trying to find an excuse to do anything, and not just standing there*

"M-my dagger...." she stuttered, trying to keep her voice still. "Where... uhm..."

What is the matter? the evil voice in her head teased as she scanned the ground. It was just a simple compliment, nothing to get so worked up over.

But.... she thought, trying to argue with the voice. Noone has ever give me such a compliment before....