Thursday, June 25, 2009

Chapter 18:

Music and alarms went off all through the demon realm. The citizens came out of their homes to see what was going on.

"Attention all! We hold this party parade for WE, the Lords of the Lands are in a good mood. All are invited. Feel free to party all night!!" Roswell announced over his palace loudspeaker

Roswell looked at the other lords with a cheesey smile on his face.

"Roswell you idiot! What are you up to??!" Shear said moving his hair from his face

"I am holding a parade! I....I..I!!!! ME!! DEFEATED NARA!!!" Roswell said

(all sighs)

"Can you even call that a victory? He was inside of a false body..." Kogamaru said

"SILENCE!! A WIN IS A WIN!!" Roswell yelled

"But seriously, any and all information about Nara and the rest is to stay between us and our Lieutenants. There are still those who support them although...as far as anyone knows, Ta, Sessaru, Shin, and Nara are dead. If anyone finds out the truth, they are to be killed immediately." Shear said

"O..Of course." Roswell said

"Now. I am returning to the Northern Lands. How is you experiments coming along?" Shear asked putting on his cloak

"Perfect. The Cell Extraction is proceeding nicely. So far they have been NO successful test subjects. Twenty minutes after the cells have been injected, the subjects spontaneously combust." Roswell explained

"Do hurry. After the eztraction, destroy those bodies. I have a bad feeling about this...." Shear said

"Oh? Is the Almighty Shear afraid??" Roswell said laughing

"You fool!! Do you know the situation we are in!!!! The four most powerful demons in demon history have awakened after a 750 year sleep. Trapped in human bodies and now thanks to your rash actions now know we are keeping their real bodies. Despite our strength now, we are still centuries from reaching 10% of their power." Shear said

Roswell punched the ground hard enou to send a shockwave through the ground that could be felt by the citizen OUTSIDE the castle

"Don't you EVER assume Nara is stronger than I am!! Nara is a cake walk for me! If any of the other want to challenge me let them feel free!" Roswell said

Shear laughs

"You fool. Whatever. Just be sure you don't fuck this up you troll. Not only is your hide on the line but ALL of ours is. After all...this WAS your idea." Shear said and vanished

Roswell growled

// Outside the door, a demon dressed in a black hear everything

"The mistresses will be pleased....I must report to her immediately!!" she said

"Who are you!!" someone said behind her

She quickly ran his way while he was in a state of shock, jumped on his head, twisted her legs breaking his neck in the process. The female demon quickly made her way out of the castle and into the many masses partying in the city

Kogamaru walked out of the room and saw the dead guard lying on the ground

"We......have a problem...." he said

In a house, a young female demon sat on her balcony watching the parade from afar. She drank on a blue drink of some sort

"You may speak." she said

Suddenly the female spy demon appeared

"My lady. I have urgent news!!" she said

"Go on. No need to be so formal here. Stand up." she said

She stands

"Miss Kareen. I know you said to stay away from the castle but I had to go, this parade suddenly? It was just too suspicious!" she said

"What! I have told you several times not to bother with that place! It is no longer the way it use to be...you fool!" she said

(Kareen sighs)

The demons walks off hurt

"So.....what exactly did you find out?" Kareen asked

"Nothing to important ma'am. Just that Nara, Ta, Shin, and Sessaru are alive." she said

Kareen dropped her drink shattering it on the ground

"Are you serious??!" She asked

"Yes...but if you are gonna go, you have to move now. I slipped up at the castle and I am sure that you will be the first one Lord Roswell comes to see since you are Nara's......" she started

"I know! I know....first....Millie...go round up Lust, Aurora, and Silmeria. Tell them the news and to meet me here a little after midnight. I will handle Roswell. Now go!!" Kareen said and immediately Millie left

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Shortly after midnight, Millie returned with Lust, Aurora, and Silmeria

"Its been a while since we have all been together. Welcome you all." Kareen said

The three girls was shocked to see a large bruise on her cheek.

"Worry not. Its not as bad as it looks. Roswell just got a little frustrated with me." Kareen said spitting out blood

"So. They're really alive?" Why haven't they came back to contact us?" Silmeria asked

"They can't..after the lords found out they were back, they sealed this world off. They currently don't have the power to return." Kareen said

(Silence)

"Thats all gonna change...won't it girls? I assume that they gave you girls half their powers as well just in case things got tough." Kareen asked

"Yeah. Nara suggested that they did since they had more enemies than friends." Lust said

"Yeah. I remember him telling Sessaru, "Always plan ahead. Foes are always, ALWAYS thinking of ways to take you out. Here in this world, we are your only friends."

"Nara was indeed smart in coming up with the idea. But I always thought that they stored their powers with us because their powers were waying heavy on the entire demon realm." Aurora said

"Maybe..." Silmeria asked

"Is there anyway for us to get to the other side?" Kareen asked

"Yes. Roswell is sending more scouts out in a few hours. We tailgate them." Millie said

"Good....." Kareen said rubbing the bruise on her face

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Nara, Ta, Amelia, Steven, and Ashen sat in Ashen's house quiet. It had been a week now since the defeat. No one had said a word.

"Oh cheer up you guys. Its just a loss" Amelia said

Ta smashed the table with his fist

"HEY!! MY TABLE!" Ashen said

(Silence)

"You guys are just out of practice." Ashen said

Ta got up ready to attack

"I..Its true! You guys have been asleep for 750 years! Things have changed. Its no wonder you all lost." Ashen said

"You piece of shit!!" Ta said before Nara stopped him

"He has a point. He seems to be very knowledgable....go on....." Nara said staring into Ashen's eyes.

Ashen began to feel uneasy. Here, history's most powerful demons are listening to him....complimenting him.

"Its like.......a RPG. You have to gain levels to become stronger!" Ashen said out of nervousness

(Amelia and Steven do a anime fall)

"Is he serious!!!" Steven asked

"A.......RPG?" Nara asked

"Yes. A video game. In these games, you fight stong foes like you guys just did but in order to become stonger, you fight stonger foes and gain experience." Ashen said

"They're gonna kill him...." Amelia said

"Hmm.....show me." Nara said

(Amelia and Steven do another anime fall)

Ashen shows Nara and Ta what he meant by putting in a video game. They seemed to get the message

"Not bad Ashen. This is very valuable information." Nara said

"(He complimented me...!)" Ashen said happily

"But who are we gonna gain experience from?" Ta asked

"Thats simple." Ashen said

"It is? Do tell Ashen!" Ta said eagerly

"(Ta...the powerhouse of the four.....at my very whim! This is too cool!)" Ashen said.

"Fight amongst yourselves. Just spar. You don't wanna hurt each other. Just keep your bodies toned for battle!" Ashen said

"You know Ashen. You're not too bad. I like this idea. Who will be first to spar Ashen?" Nara asked

"M...Me?" Ashen asked

"You came up with this idea. Have a little confidence in yourself. You kinda remind me of Sessaru when he was younger." Nara said

"You wanna repeat that?" Sessaru said

"Oh.....Sessaru....I forgot you were here." Nara said with a smile

"Me and you......" Sessaru said

"Oh? Very well....lets go." Nara said smiling

Ta, Amelia, Steven, Ashen and Nara walked to a empty playground.

"This is good enough. Lets go little Sessaru." Nara said

Sessaru walked up to Nara and backed off about 10 feet

"(Hey....you seem a little nervous)" Ashen said

"(A little...)" Sessaru said

"(Oh!! The mighty Sessaru nervous? Can't blame you. This is Nara we are talking about...)" Ashen said

"(That and.......I have NEVER fought or sparred with this guy.)" Sessaru said

"(WHAT!!!)" Ashen said

"Oh Sessaru....I do believe this is the first time we have fought.....Interesting......" Nara said as his demonic aura began to rise to such a level where the sky suddenly grew dark

"(H....H..He does know that you are a comrade right?! This is just practice!!! Not the final boss fight!!)" Ashen said frightened

Sessaru remained silent

"Hey......isn't Nara taking this too far!!" Amelia asked

She looked over at Ta and he was as stiff as stone from fear

("This isn't good.....Now that I think about it....I haven't fought him either..)" Ta said

"Feel free to help Ta." Nara said

"Don't even think about it! " Sessaru said

"This old fart just crossed the line!!"

"Old fart? Youngsters now these days...." Nara said and in a flash, he rushed at Sessaru and roundhouse kicked Sessaru in the face send him rolling on the ground

Amelia and Steven were still looking at where Nara WAS til Ta tapped them and pointed to where he was now.

"So fast..." Steven said

Sessaru hopped back to his feet.

"(Aren't you suppose to be the fastest of the four!! Hey!!)" Ashen yelled

"You son of a bitch......that hurt...." Sessaru said

"(Just a bit more.....If what Ashen said is true then according to that game.....this outta gimme TONS of experience!)" Nara said

"(HEY!!! SESSARU!)" Ashen yelled but then began to fell faint

"(Not again...Ses......saru......)" Ashen said

Thunder started and winds picked up.

"Nara....Prepare yourself!" Sessaru said as he looked at Nara with his blank eyes. The color of like misty blood.

"Yup...still a child." Nara said but looked up and Sessaru was coming down at him. Nara dodged out the way as Sessaru came down with his claws, slashing the ground on impact.

Nara returned with a mule kick. Sessaru caught his legs and flung him toward Ta. As he flew back, Nara threw a small blade of pure demonic energy at Sessaru. Sessaru caught the blade and threw it back. Nara simple flipped over it and landed to his feet.

"Not...." Nara said as he looked and noticed Sessaru there til suddenly a foot landed right across Nara face. Nara stumbled backwards and was greeted with a flying roundhouse kick that sent him into the swings.

"Whoa! This is awesome!!" Steven said getting into.

Ta and Amelia had a bad feeling

Nara sat it the swing letting the pain soak in.

"Sessaru...you're getting out of hand again..(looks at him) Where's the sword I gave you?" Nara asked

"(What? Nara gave Sessaru the Surtanryu?)" Nara asked

(silence)

Nara laughs

"Seriously. Where is it? I gave it to you to avoid problems like this remember?"

"Nara? What do you mean?" Ta asked

"I gave the Surtanryu to Sessaru to keep this problem in check but it only works IF its with him. That way "that" oesn't happen again." Nara explained

"That? ........You mean......" Ta asked

"Yup. The Northern Massacre

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Shear sat in his library in the Northern Lands looking up something....

"Eyes of misty blood.....where have i........" he said to himself til he found a picture.

"Bingo......."