Monday, June 22, 2009

Chapter 17:

Roswell smiles at Nara as Nara pieces everything together.

"I must admit for a pathetic demon as you, who can barely figure out the simplest problems, this was well planned out. You sent that scientist to my body knowing full well I was nestled deep in his soul resting. Then to have it be a meager fake that was so well produced that it even fooled me. (claps lightly)" Nara says.

"To have the most famous demon applause me it is truly amazing.... Wait...." Roswell says thinking.

"Very good you figured out my belittling comment." Nara says and lunges forward. His foot catches just under Roswell's chin sending him into the trees behind him.

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"Oooooooh! DAMN!!!" Kogamaru and Shear say together.

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Sessaru slides on his back into a tree and a branch falls onto him.

"You have truly gone soft in that human body." Jade says, "I haven't even broke a sweat yet."

"Damn it! Ashen you need to quit interfering. I am sorry about the flashbacks but now is not the time to show compassion. If you keep it up then we both die." Sessaru scolds him.

"Sorry but those images of all those people..." Ashen replies.

"...." Sessaru says trying to hold back the images but fails. His eyes turn bright red and all the sound disappears.

"Commander, what's going on? The birds. They have stopped chirping." Emerald says.

Jade looks around and Sessaru takes advantage.

"Huh?" Emerald says and looks down at his chest.

"What's wrong? Having heart problems? Allow me to look and see what's wrong." Sessaru says pulling his heart out and showing it to him.

Emerald collapses and Jade glares at him.

"How could you? He was like a son to you. We all are and you killed him like he was nothing." Jade says angrily.

"Refresh my memory. You're mission is to kill me, right?" Sessaru asks menacingly.

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Ta sits down on the back of one the dead spiders.

"Now that was a workout." He says panting and stretching. He looks around at the 46 dead spiders and 31 dead bats.

"Not to bad. You two had better return home. We'll take it from here." Ta says to Amelia and Steven.

The two of them run back to Ashen's house.

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Roswell reattaches his jaw and glares at Nara.

"Still up to those dirty tricks. Such a terrible way to fight." Roswell says.

"Like you have room to talk look at what you did to me, dumbass." Nara snaps back and raises his arm up to show the flesh falling from the bone.

Roswell tackles Nara and bashes his head into the ground. Nara grabs Roswell's arm and crushes one of his bones before his own arm falls off.

"Damn." Nara says.

"Gotta keep it together if you want to win this." Roswell adds as he elbows Nara in the face.

"If this body takes too much more damage I won't survive." Nara says to himself.

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"That's the way! Finish him, Roswell." Shear cheers.

"Damn it, Nara! Beat his ass! I don't wanna do that bastard's laundry!" Kogamaru shouts at the screen.

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Jade and Sessaru exchange blow for blow while Diamon and Nomaid cheer from the sideline looking for an opening.

Diamon finds one and makes his move. Suddenly he is yanked to the ground by his collar. Nomaid tries to look but a shin connects with his neck snapping it like a twig. Ta stands there smiling.

"You two should be more aware of your surroundings." Ta says picking up Diamon by the head. He struggles trying to crush it.

"Damn human body." He says and gives up.

"SNAP!!" Diamon twitches once then goes limp.

"WHAT THE HELL? WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?" Jade shouts punching Sessaru into a car.

"Oh, sorry. Were these friends of yours?" Ta asks.

"You bastard. You will pay for that." Jade says walking over to Ta.

Ta is standing there panting as he Jade gets closer. His vision is getting blurry and his muscles are sore.

"Shit. This body is failing. At this rate I am going to lose consciousness." Ta says then completely blacks out. Just before he completely loses it a sharp searing pain rips through his body. Ta falls to the ground with a sword sticking out of his stomach.

"Now back to you." Jade says and roundhouse kicks Sessaru in the jaw.

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Nara and Roswell are both standing there panting. Nara has lost his entire right arm and a lot of flesh has fallen off his chest, back and left arm. Even some of the flesh on his face has come off.

"Even in this state you still are having troubles. Do you see why I didn't pick you. I am literally falling to pieces and still beating you." Nara says laughing.

"How can this be? You are falling apart and haven't passed out from loss of blood." Roswell asks.

"Due to the simple fact that there is no blood. You plan has one simple flaw." Nara answers. He sees a shadow and looks up. The three bats are floating there holding the device.

"Enjoying the show? You will be next." Nara says and throws his right arm at the device.

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"What the hell? How did he know we were watching?" Shear asks.

"It's Nara. Looks like the wager is over. Neither of us won." Kogamaru says.

"What?" Shear says confused.

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Roswell tackles Nara and both of them crash through a wall and the building collapses onto them.

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Amelia and Steven arrive at Ashen's house.

"What is wrong with you? Why didn't you try and save me?" Amelia asks in a very pissed tone.

"I tried to but my body wouldn't move." Steven replies.

A loud noise is heard upstairs making both of them jump.

Steven swallows hard and heads upstairs to check it out. He follows the sounds straight to Nara's room. He opens the door and it is pitch black. An eerie light is coming from under the bed.

Steven slowly makes his way to the bed and crouches down. He looks under and sees a book is the source of the light and sound.

"That's Nara's book. Why is it here? It should be with him." Amelia says and reaches for it. The book lunges at her hand and Steven pushes her away landing on top of her.

"I wouldn't touch it if I were you. There is something not right about that book." Steven says looking into her eyes.

She turns bright red and pushes him off of her. "He needs it though. If I remember right this is his weapon." Amelia replies looking away from him.
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"I will admit I was surprised that you could actually summon your sword. It really came in handy." Jade says motioning towards Ta.

Sessaru's katana is sticking out of Ta's stomach.

"Damn. I knew this human body wouldn't be able to withstand it." Sessaru says looking down at his burned hand. Both, Jade and Sessaru are reaching their limits.

"Your pathetic life ends now!" Jade says and rushes over. He delivers a knee to gut and the wind is driven out of Sessaru's lungs. Sessaru falls to the ground motionless.

"Just as I thought. I was far superior to you. My abilities were far greater then yours ever were." Jade says standing over Sessaru's body.

Blood drips from Jade's nose and he puts his hand to his face. Suddenly he falls to his knees and pukes. He looks in a mirror and sees a deep cut that goes from his right temple diagonally to the left side of his chin. Other cuts appear on his body.

"Impossible." Jade says and vanishes.

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Roswell emerges from the rubble first and is in bad shape. His left arm is completely broken and a couple ribs are sticking through his armor.

Nara slowly crawls out and gets to his feet. He stands there wobbling. More flesh has fallen off and most of his bones are broken.

"Why won't you stay down?" Roswell says breathing heavily.

"...." Nara replies as his bottom jaw falls off. He rolls his eyes and his left eye falls out.

Roswell picks up a downed telephone pole and smacks Nara with it. Nara hits the edge of the building and slides across the ground. Pieces of him are left behind where he slid across the ground.

"Finally. I have beaten the greatest demon of all time!" Roswell says and raises his arms up to the sky before disappearing.

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Shin follows the horned demon to a large warehouse.

"You're telling me that "it's" here?" Shin says.

"Yes. This is a secret holding facility. Everything is stored below ground." The demon replies.

"If it is so secret, why is there no security?" Shino asks.

"They are all inside the warehouse. Now come on." The demon says leading Shin to a door.

The two of them head inside the dark warehouse. Suddenly the lights come on and hundreds of demons surround Shin. The demon that lead Shin there slips into the large crowd. Instinctively Shin takes his sword stance and reaches for his sword.

"Damn it." Shin says.

"I apologize for deceiving you like that Lord Shin but a better offer has arisen and I had to take it. Don't hold it against me." The demon guide says.

"I will see to it that you won't make it out of here alive you backstabbing bastard." Shin says and picks up a lead pipe that's about 2 feet long.

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Shingi sat there in the darkness of his room and waited for the demon to check in.

"Milord, everything is going according to your plan. (in the background the sounds of demons dying can be heard. Also several demons flying through he air.) Within the hour The Great Shin shall fall." The demon says with a laugh.

"That is great news, Lieutenant Commander. Keep me posted." Shingi says.

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The demons have circled around Shin and are attacking from all sides.

Shin sidesteps one and slices him with the pipe then in the same swing decapitates another one.

"How does it feel to die at the hands of a 7 year old?" Shin asks stabbing a demon through the chest. He makes to the demon guide and stands over him.

"Call your Lord." Shin says sternly.

The demon does as instructed and as soon as Shingi gets a picture on his screen. The pipe comes through the front of the demon's head. Splattering some blood on the screen.

After an hour of non-stop fighting Shin stands in a room of dead demon bodies and more demons have replaced the fallen ones.

Shin stands there panting, his pipe is bent and soaked in blood. All the demons attack at once and Shin takes out several before a large hand is sticking out the front of his chest with his own beating heart.

"See you all in hell." Shin says before his eyes go lifeless.

Shingi sits back in his chair staring at the image of Shin hanging there lifeless.

"How the mighty have fallen." Shingi says and walks away.

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Jade returns first and limps into his room. He looks at himself in front of his mirror. He removes his broken armor and tattered shirt. On his stomach is a perfect imprint of Sessaru's fist.

"!!!!" Jade says.

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Roswell returns and is greeted by Kogamaru and Shear.

"Well, it appears I won." Shear says.

Kogamaru hangs his head and shakes it in disappointment.

"Damn you Nara." He says.

As Roswell walks by, Kogamaru notices something sticking out of Roswell's back.

"How did it go?" Shear asks.

"Quite well. He was stubborn but he eventually crumbled under my superior might." Roswell replies before grunting in pain.

Kogamaru is standing there with Nara's right arm. The three of them stand there looking at the arm.

"That annoying prick!" Roswell says being the first to notice that Nara's hand is flipping them off.
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Steven and Amelia arrive back at the fight only to find them everywhere.

"Ashen? Sessaru?" Amelia says looking around.

In a wagon being towed by Steven's bike, the book starts jumping around again. Steven rides it over in the direction its jumping towards and spots Nara's mutilated and mangled body.

"Oh God..." Steven says and pukes at the sight.

"Did you find one?" Amelia asks.

"Yeah, I think its Nara." Steven replies and unties the book carefully.
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In a middle school across town a young girl is sitting in the nurse's room clutching her chest. Next to her is a long item wrapped up in a heavy cloth. The nurse hands her a cup of water and Shin's reflection shines back momentarily.

"Looks like the bait was taken." She says and drinks the water.