"No way....You're....But how?" Cecilia was shocked. What stood before her was her own self. 

"What's the matter? Never seen yourself in a mirror before? You look it's the first time you have seen yourself." Fake Xilia said.

"How is this possible?" Xilia asked when something caught her attention. "!!!That's...Viper Stinger! How did you? Give it back!!!" Xilia demanded.

"What? This? If you want it, fight for it. Show me that you are really worthy of wielding me." 

"Fine! I will!! ...Wait....Me?" Xilia was confused. 

"Yes. Me." 

"You're...Viper Stinger?! How? Why? Why do you look like me?!" Xilia asked. 

"Oi..Oi...Surely you wouldn't think that I could let you wield me if you are weak? Even a poor man needs decent clothes to present himself in a grand event to make him look like a rich person." Viper Stinger explained. 

"But...Why? I should have shown and proved my worth when I could wield you with ease yesterday." Xilia said. 

"Fool. I merely lent you my power to test if you could actually wield me. To think that you could survive 10% of my power. It's impressive yet not impressive."

"What do you mean? Impressive yet not impressive??" 

"You really are a fool. How can you expect me to let you wield me? Nevermind. Enough words. I will crush you instead of wasting my breath." 

"Wha-Wait!!! Why must I fight you? Do I really have to go through this to earn your trust and power?" Viper Stinger swung her sword at Xilia, cutting her off. 

"Damn it. You sure are noisy. I ALREADY SAID ENOUGH WORDS!!!!!!"

Viper Stinger swung a few more slashes at Xilia and Xilia dodged them all. "Pant...Pant....Fine. I'll fight you but before that.....What am I going to use? You can't expect me to use my bare hands to fight against a sword." Xilia said.

"You really are a fool." Viper Stinger clicked her fingers. The darkness around them turned into an armoury with lots of swords and weapons. "Wha-What's this?! Where are we?" Xilia panicked. 

"We're at an armoury. Not at, more like is in my space of an armoury."

"Space?" 

"It means that this armoury is my imagination. It is not a real armoury but the swords here sure are real. Now pick any one of those swords and prove to me that you are worthy of wielding me." Viper Stinger demanded. 

"If you say so. Just to let you know, I don't plan on going down that easily. Here I come. Hiya!!!!" Xilia sharpened her focus at Viper Stinger.

"Heh...Those eyes. I like them. Let's dance. Ha!!!!" *Ping* *Ping* *Plang* *Plang* They clashed swords with each other. "Huh?! What's this?! M-My sword is breaking!" Xilia exclaimed.

"Oh. I forgot to tell you. The weapons here break after 10 hits, regardless whether you block or land a hit on the enemy. Hahahahahaha! This is what I call a challenge. If you can defeat me with those weapons, you shall earn my trust and I will grant you full access to my power." Viper Stinger said.

"No way! That's ridiculous! There's no way I can defeat you with these fragile swords! Even if I did damage you, I shouldn't be able to win you because my swords break by the time I hit you." Xilia retorted.

"....I have heard enough. Time to carry on this battle! Ha!!!" 

"Woah! *Plang* Hey! I'm not ready yet! Don't be that unfair!" Xilia shouted.

"The world is unfair. Deal with it." 

Viper Stinger lunged her sword at Xilia again. Xilia blocked the attack and her sword broke. She drew another one and started attacking Viper Stinger. "I will win!! No. I MUST WIN!!! For my own sake, FOR MY OWN REVENGE!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!" Xilia drew another sword and charged at Viper Stinger. "Naive. Did you think you could defeat me even if you attacked with 2 instead of 1? Don't push your luck, girl!! Hm?! *Cut*x3 *Drip* *Drip* Heh...So you are getting serious now. Those eyes... I like them." Viper Stinger said. 

Xilia's eyes turned even more deadlier than usual and she had curve markings appearing on her arms and face. 

"Hm? What's wrong? Can't talk anymore? Such a pity. Well, it was good at you managed to even hit me with those puny little swords. As your reward, I shall end your life right now! Execution!!" Viper Stinger shouted.

*Ping* "!!!!!!!!What?!?! Impossible!!" Xilia had stopped the attack, which had knocked out Huge the last time, with two fingers. 

"I'll say two things. No. 1: Don't assume that I can't talk when I don't talk for a while.No.2: You have to sharpen your blade. It's not sharp enough to serve my cause." Xilia said with a smirk. 

"Heh....That attitude. That smirk. My my. Awakened another mode within yourself now, haven't you? Well, let me say 1 thing too. YOU HAVE ANGERED ME TO A WHOLE NEW SCALE!!!! DIE!!!!!!" Viper Stinger pulled her sword back and did 2 backwards somersaults. With fiery eyes, Viper Stinger said: "Way of the devil: Ikutsunayamiboshi!" Viper Stinger charged at Xilia, sword burning with flames that of hell. "Heh. Too slow." Xilia got into an assault stance, swords out in front of her. "Way of the fallen: Gravition!" *PING~~~~~~~~* They each landed with their swords in front of each other. 

"Ho...It seems that you are indeed worthy of wielding me, child of despair,Cecilia....*Cough* *Splat!*" Viper Stinger dropped her sword and fainted. Xilia had landed a very powerful X-like attack at Viper Stinger at the speed of light. 

"I thank you for this battle. I have learnt greatly from this. To honour you, I shall wield you and bring glory to the kingdom of Lizeria!!" Xilia said, as her marks disappeared from her arms and face. 

She then walked over to Viper Stinger, whom now had reverted back to her original sword form, and picked her up. As she picked Viper Stinger up, a bright light shined and Xilia openes her eyes to see Joe and the group crowding around her. 

"What the- What happened? Why are all of you casting worried looks at me?" Xilia asked. 

"Well, that's because you were screaming in pain and then suddenly you had strange markings appearing on your arms and face. And then you grabbed my shirt really tight and here you are." Joe explained. 

"I see. Joe, I think I might have done it. I have tamed Viper Stinger and I can tap on her power as and when I like." Xilia said excitedly. 

"There's definitely something different about Xilia now. It seems that she really had grown powerful in a day of coma." Huge said.

"A day?! I was in a coma for a whole day?! No way!!" Xilia could not believe what she heard. 

"Hey, look on the bright side. You're here now right? It all doesn't matter now. What matters is that you are alright now." Whirl said with a warm smile. 

"Anyway, missy. Since you said you might have tamed Viper Stinger, why don't we test that out now? I'll take you on." Specter said.

"Fine. I'll show you that I can." Xilia retorted. 

"Erm, you're surely not gonna fight me like that right?" 

"Hmm, I believe so. It's been a while since I have entered this mode but to be safe, I'll do it. Grodin, Freya, please." Specter ordered.

"Got it." They replied. 

They created the armour made of ice and rock for Specter. 

"Mode change: Electro Corleno." 

Marks of lightning appeared on Specter's face and arms. His eyes became sharper. "Now, get into your form and fight." Specter ordered.

"Right. Mode change: Queen Cobra!" 

The markings that appeared on Xilia earlier reappeared and her eyes were also sharper than in Xilia mode. 

"You ready?" 

"You're talking to a senior, missy. Why the hell am I not? Here I come." Specter disappeared and reappeared in front of Xilia, hammer in hand, ready to attack.

"Naive." Xilia drew Viper Stinger and blocked the hammer attack. 

"You're the one." Specter said with a smirk. A short sword materialised in his hand and he swung it at Xilia. 

"Interesting." Xilia said. *Clang* *Ping* "!! Oh, I see." Specter's sword flew to the ground a few metres away and it disappeared. Xilia had another sword in her hand. One that looked like Silica's* dagger but slightly longer. 

"You're wide open!! Spinning strike!!" Xilia started spinning with her short blade followed by Viper Stinger. 

"Woah!! That was close. Looks like you were not kidding when you said you tamed her. Very well, I shall get serious. Actually, let me end this. Final Stance: Electro Spinning Totem Strike!!" Specter's hammer and short sword merged together to form a hammer with a sharp point emerging from the center of the hammer. 

"Same here. Way of the Fallen: Gravition!!" Xilia used Viper Stinger and her other short dagger and attacked in a X-like formation, blades engulfed in purple hell flames. 

*BBBOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!* A huge explosion occurred and two figures covered in smoke dropped respectively in opposite directions. 

"Heh. Your strength bestows me...... You have indeed grown stronger..... Keep this up, Cecilia.....*Cough!* *Faints*" Specter had a hole in the ice-rock armour and he fainted from the impact of the attack. 

"You're not bad yourself...... Specter....." Cecilia too had a hole in the armour and fainted from the impact of the attack.

"Both of you!! Quick,Whirl use your water power to heal them up and bring them back to their quarters to rest!" Joe ordered. 

"Right away!! Water Swallow: Healing Purge!!" Whirl summoned 2 swallows and they each went to Specter and Cecilia to heal them while transporting them back to Dust Mite.
With this, Cecilia is now a step closer to exacting revenge on her father, the Majesty.
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Sorry for the delay. I know haven't updated this story for a long time and it's because of my exams. Although it's my holidays now, I still have plenty of homework to be done. So I hope you continue to support me. Give this story a vote and spread the news to your friends if you liked it! Thank you:)

Today, 16/11/2015, I decided to end this chapter by presenting to you the second op of Akame ga Kill. I hope you will enjoy it:).