Well, here it is. The first chapter to the final story of my "Defenders of the Night" Series. It somewhat saddens me that soon this series will be over but at the same time I'm glad because it has been a long time in the making. I won't say anything more because I want to accidentally give anymore hints that I may already have. But before I end this, I have to do the exclaimer. I don't own digimon.
Final Confrontation
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966
Chapter 1:
Befallen Darkness
On any other day the Takenaka Corporation would be filled with employees who would be hard at work. Today would be the exception as the only ones walking about were the men from the corporation's tactical squads. Throughout the main entrance they stood heavily armed, ready for whatever was to come.
That something came when smashing through the glass door was a small circular object. It rolled across the floor until it made a stop in the center of the room. Once it stopped rolling some of the squad members went to examine the item. When they got closer they quickly realized that the item was none other than grenade. Unfortunately they discovery came too late as the grenade went off, killing all those who were close to the explosion.
Mass confusion soon came over all those inside as they were unable to collect themselves. Things wouldn't get any better as the clouds of smoke that were created by the explosion made it impossible to see. That proved to be the downfall as during the confusion the remaining squad members were dealt with almost effortlessly. When the smoke finally started to disappear it revealed who was responsible for what transpired.
"Well, that takes care of the possible distractions." remarked Daisuke. As he said this he couldn't help but feel some pity for the people that they killed. Even though it was something that he wished to be avoided but knew that there was no way around it. Things would've just gotten more complicated if they didn't do something to incapacitate them. "Now there's nothing standing between us and the higher ups. Where do we go from here Ken?"
The man in question didn't answer immediately as he pulled out a large rolled up piece of paper. Putting it on the ground Ken unrolled the paper to reveal that it was a diagram of the Takenaka Corporation. "From the plans that we got from Iori, we need to take the elevator three floors down and that'll take us to where the ritual is to take place." That sounded reasonable to all of them.
Going to the elevator that needed to be taken they got in but James took notice of something. "Uh, Ken. How are we going to go down? There's no button that goes down further than the lobby."
When asked that question, Ken didn't seem all that concern with coming up with an answer. "Don't worry. That's already been taken cared of." To make his statement became clearer he started to press some of the elevator buttons in a certain pattern. When he was done another button appeared above the other ones. After it appeared Ken pressed it, resulting in the elevator doors to begin its descent downward.
"To help prevent someone from getting this far the higher ups installed a somewhat prevention system." answered Ken to the unasked question. "The only way that this elevator would go down here is by doing a certain sequence of button pressing to activate the actual button that'll take us to our desired destination. Unfortunately by taking this route it's most likely that they now know that we're here."
Soon the elevator came to a stop, meaning tha tit was time to become completely serious. Fully expecting an attack of some sort they were caught somewhat by surprise when they saw that there was no sigh of resistance what so ever. "What's going on here?" asked Miyako. "Surely the higher ups must have an idea that something is going on, so why haven't they done anything to stop us?"
"Maybe we got lucky and they haven't realized that we've gotten this far." guessed Mimi. Mere moments later a small fireball came at them that barely miss from hitting its target. "Then again I could be wrong."
"Damn. I missed." remarked the person who did the surprise attack. "My aim must be off." The source of the voice was form higher up member Samuel Bentson. "Oh well, I'll just have to make up for it by making your deaths more painful."
"Like hell that's going to happen." retorted a very enraged Daisuke. "You're going to pay for deceiving us for so long." He was about to go after Samuel but was stopped when Ken grabbed his arm. "Why did you stop me?"
"I did it because you're losing sight of why we came here." That response did the trick as Daisuke managed to calm himself down. "If we lose our composure it'll lead to our defeat. For now we need to focus on the opponent before us to progress further."
"As if I'll allow that to happen." exclaimed Samuel Bentson. "None of you are going to stop me let alone the plan that's already in motion." Benston took great pleasure when he saw the shocked looks on the faces of his opposition. "That's right. As we speak me and the other higher ups' plan is on its way. I estimate that within two hours the plan will be completed and there's nothing you can do to stop it."
"Like hell there isn't!" shouted the once again angry Daisuke. "There's no way I'm going to go in for an attack but like last time he was stopped by Ken. "Why are you stopping me this time? Now isn't the time to do nothing. Can't you see that?"
"Of course I can." Ken replied calmly. "But you're missing the big picture. Bentson's is one of the people that we need to stop and if we all go against him it'll be to their advantage as it'll give us less time to stop what they're planning." Once again Daisuke was able to see the reason behind his friend's words. "That's why you should get going."
"What are you talking about? There's no way that I'm running away." By his tone it was clear that there was nothing that would change his mind.
"I didn't mean it that way. I meant that you go ahead while I hold Bentson back." No one expected that and it showed as all of them had shocked expressions on their faces. "Believe me, I'm not all that excited about this idea than any of you but we have to face the facts. You have a better chance at dealing with what's ahead than any of us Daisuke and that's why you and the others should get going." Despite his request no one showed any sighs of going."
Finally with some reluctance, Daisuke and the others started to move. "Fine, we'll do as you ask." commented Daisuke. He obviously didn't like the idea anymore than his friends but managed to hold back any of the issues that he felt. "Just make sure that you don't get yourself killed." Still reluctant to do so, Daisuke headed off in the direction that he was informed to go with the others not that far behind.
Being thankful that his friends did as he asked, Ken was about to go on the attack until he noticed that he wasn't alone. "What are you guys doing here? I told you to go."
"As if I would leave you at a time like this." informed Miyako. "After finally getting together with you there's no way that I'm going to abandon you now. You mean too much to me Ken that I wouldn't be able to leave you if I tried. So please, allow me to stay by your side."
Unable to find the words to make an argument, Ken simply turned back to his opposition. "Do what you want. Just don't die on me all right?" All he got from Miyako was a nod of the head.
"Uh, excuse me." spoke Samuel who was getting annoyed for being ignored for so long. "As sickening sweet as that was you're failing to recognize something. No matter what you try your chances of defeating me are nonexistent."
"That's pretty big talk." mocked Miyako but prepared to fight if necessary. "It's especially big talk seeing as how it looks as though you couldn't handle yourself if you were in a fight."
When Samuel heard that he slowly allowed a devious smile to come across his face. "That would probably be the case. However, there is an old saying." Raising his right arm up Samuel aimed the palm of his hand at his two opponents. Suddenly, a fireball that was similar to the one that was used before appeared.
Ken and Miyako wouldn't have much time to think about what they were witnessing as the ball of fire was launch towards them. Fortunately for them they were able to get out of harm's way as the fireball exploded against a near by wall. "Appearances can be deceiving."
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"Do you think that they'll be all right?"
"Honestly I don't know James." answered Daisuke. Currently he and his friends were running down a large corridor, hoping to reach their desired destination. "There are a lot of things that could happen to shift the advantage to either side."
"I don't care what you say." exclaimed a very vocal Mimi. "No matter what comes their way Ken and Miyako will deal with it accordingly." Those words helped to ease everyone's concern even if it was only a little.
"Not to sound insensitive or anything but now isn't the time to be worried about those two." muttered Serenity. What she said resulted in her receiving some heated stares, the most intense coming from Mimi. "If we concern fully for them it'll make us lose focus on what we must do." Reluctantly all of them had to agree with what was said. "All we can do is hope that they manage to stay alive and that we meet again."
Serenity's words helped to remind them of how serious the situation was. The point would be driven further when they arrived in an area that was strangely different than any of the rooms that they've seen since getting there. It also resembled a dungeon of sorts. None of them knew what to make of it or why such a place would be there. Their questions would be answered however as moment later two concealed doors opened and revealed five vampires emerging form each doorway. Soon the heroes were surrounded by ten vamps that appeared to be set on taking them out.
"We shouldn't be surprise that something like this would happen." mumbled Daisuke not taking his eyes off of the enemy. "How do you purpose that we deal with hits? Two vamps for each of us then take out the ones that remain?"
There would be a response but one that wasn't expected. Suddenly one of the vampires burst into dust. The reason being was an arrow that was shot into the bloodsucker's heart. "Daisuke, both you and Serenity should get going." said Mimi. She already had another arrow ready to be fired if necessary.
"What are you talking about Mimi?" questioned a confused Daisuke. "There's no way that we're going to leave you here to fight alone."
"Who said anything about her fighting alone?" That came from James who seemed to be just as determined as Mimi was. "She's going to have her husband with her." That didn't seem to ease the concern that Daisuke was feeling and even though she wouldn't admit it, Serenity wasn't really for leaving. "Listen you two. We all know that the two of you have a better shot at stopping what they're trying to do. We'd just be in the way if we went with you."
Even if James did make some strong points there was still reluctance from the Motomiya family members. "You just have to trust us." elaborated Mimi. "We can handle this. So just get going before it's too late."
Finally that seemed to get through to the two Motomiyas as they started to go. Before leaving though, Daisuke shared a look with his two friends. The look was in someway wishing his two friends good luck. Soon there was just the newly married couple against the vampires who were getting closer to them. "Any regrets?" Mimi asked James as their backs were pressed against one another to prevent an attack from behind.
"None what so ever." In each of James' hands were two wooden stakes. "I'm a part of a fight that can determine fate of the world and doing it along side of the woman that I love. What's there to regret?" Turning his sights from his opposition he looked glanced over from the corner of his eye to his wife. "Do you think that this could be considered as a couple's activity?"
"I'm not sure." laughed Mimi lightly. "It doesn't sound like something that your ordinary couple would do. But we're not an ordinary couple to begin with." Quickly the two of them shared a kiss before getting back to the matter at hand. "Make sure that you keep yourself alive. I don't wish to become a widow so soon." The only response that she got from James was a nod of understanding. With that the married couple went into action, determined to do everything in their power to be there at the end.
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"Come on, keep moving." spoke Daisuke. The two of them had been running nonstop since leaving Mimi and James behind. "We're almost there. We got to keep going."
"I know that already. You don't have to tell me twice." grumbled Serenity. While she may had her focus on what was to come it didn't stop her from voicing what she thought. "I've told you this before. You can't allow your worry about the safety of the others to cloud your thinking. If you do it'll leave you open to attack.
Seemingly to help prove his daughter's words four shurikens were sent flying at them. Fortunately both of them were able to get out of harm's way but just barely. "So you avoided my attack." stated the attacker. Even though they couldn't see the person both Daisuke and Serenity knew who it was.
Their suspicions would be confirmed as emerging from the shadows was someone that both of them knew quite well. The person was another higher up member. To be more precise, it was Katara. "I didn't want things to end too quickly before I can have my fun." She furthered her statement by allowing a twisted little smile to come over her face.
"Great. This is all we need now." muttered Daisuke. He clearly wasn't in the mood to deal with this situation. "Shouldn't be all that surprise though. As I recall you always preferred to do sneak attacks while you were training me. Maybe it was because you're not that confident in your abilities to fight some face to face.
That little jab did the trick as the smile that was on Katara's face vanished and was replaced with a scowl. "That's what you think?" By the tone that was behind her voice it sounded like she was issuing a challenge. That would be confirmed when she reached behind her and pulled out a Japanese sword. "Do you care to back up that claim?"
"Gladly." Daisuke was about ot draw his weapon but stopped when Serenity placed a hand in front of him. "Why are you stopping me? We don't have time to waste by standing around."
"I know that." remarked Serenity who didn't take her eyes off of the woman in front of them. "You're right in saying that we can't waste time. But that's exactly what we'd be doing if we stuck around and fought with Katara." Slowly Serenity brought out her own Japanese sword and had it placed in front of her. "That's why I'll fight her while you go on ahead."
Daisuke couldn't believe what his daughter said as it was something that he never expected. "You can't be serious. There's no way that I'm going to run while-" Whatever he was going to say next was left unsaid as he caught the look of seriousness on Serenity's face. Daisuke hadn't seen her with such a look in a long time. If he recalled correctly the last time he saw that look on her face was when she first came after him to kill him.
"Please, just go." Serenity almost pleaded. "This is something that I need to do on my own." Despite her pleas Daisuke still appeared reluctant to leave. "So I ask you again, go and leave this to me…father."
Finally it appeared as though that got through to Daisuke as he hurried off. But as he left, Serenity was still able to hear his parting words. "Be careful. I would like my daughter to see her future brother or sister when this is over." Unable to stop herself she allowed a small smile to come out.
"You're a confident one aren't you?" spoke Katara who surprisingly hadn't tried to attack yet. "Do you really think that it was wise to tell your father to leave?" Serenity merely kept silent. "It's not like you actually thing that you can beat me. Your own mother."
"You're not my mother." Serenity established with resolve. "My real mother had her life taken away by your damn corporation." Without realizing it, Serenity was tightening her hold on her sword. "That is why I'm going to be the one to put stop to you. Once and for all."
Instead of becoming angry, Katara actually seemed amused by the threat. "Is that so?" As she spoke she walked over until she was only a few feet away from Serenity. "Let's find out shall we?" All she got for an answer was when their swords violently collided with one another.
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"Please be okay." That train of thought repeatedly went through Daisuke's head as he ran down the long corridor. "Please be okay you guys until I get back to you." He wouldn't have the opportunity to think about it any further as he finally reached the end of the corridor and was shocked by what he saw. "Dear God, no. It can't be."
Right before Daisuke was a humungous room that was about the size of a sports stadium. However, that wasn't what shook the ensouled vampire to the bone. "It's just like how it was in my premonition." Indeed, the room was exactly like the one that he saw in that possible world. The recalling of that event was something that Daisuke rather not do. He especially didn't want to remember how things ended in that vision.
"What do you think of the décor?" inquired a voice that Daisuke knew all too well. His line of thinking would be proven correct as standing in the balconies was the lead higher up member, Byron Satori. "If you ask me it lacks certain flair but it has its good points."
"Yeah, it does." Daisuke responded, never taking his eyes off of Byron. "It's a good place for you to die." To further his declaration he allowed his collapsible sword to come out. "Let's quit with the small talk and get down to business. So, are you going to come down or do I have to get you myself?"
For a moment it appeared that Byron actually frown at Daisuke's demand. It would quickly disappear and be replaced with a neutral expression. "My, such a brash attitude. You really need to relax a bit." As he spoke the higher up member was making his way down the steps. "You do after all have a little under an hour before the ceremony begins. Until then why don't we just sit back and chat?" Finally reaching the floor, Byron could see that Daisuke was in no mood to talk. "Fine then, if that's what you wish. Let's us begin."
Silently agreeing, Daisuke readied himself to attack but reframed from rushing in. "I need to think through this carefully. If I go in head on without thinking it may lead to my demise. With the exception of his ability to change his body to another person I don't know anything else about him. I guess I'll just have to be careful while confronting him."
Cautiously the ensouled vampire started to attack, trying to strike with his sword. Unfortunately all of his attempts were proving to be futile as Byron was avoiding them all by moving just enough to allow the attack to miss him. In the times that he did attack Byron would deliver quick but powerful blows that even if you were able to come up with a block it still had quite an impact. When they broke away it appeared that Daisuke was in the worst shape of the two.
"Don't tell me that's all you got." commented Byron who was just as compose as he was when the fight started. "I at least hoped that you would've been more of been of a challenge."
Wiping away the trail of blood that was coming from the corner of his mouth, Daisuke locked his sights of the lead higher up. Even though he may have still been slightly shaken up he seemed to be ready for more. "Trust me, there's more to me than you realize. But rest a sure; you'll witness what I mean first hand." With that the two resumed their fight.
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"Things don't look good do they?" muttered Ken.
"Gee, what gave you that idea?" retorted a very annoyed Miyako. "Perhaps it was the fact that we're getting our asses handed to us." Though it was phrased crudely it perfectly stated their situation.
After the others left both Ken and Miyako knew that the fight would be a difficult one but would certainly come out victorious. However, with the unexpected surprise of Samuel's new ability they weren't so sure anymore. Currently both of them were ducking behind two large pillars to avoid the continuous assault of fireballs.
"Quite impressive isn't it?" Samuel seemingly gloated. "You're probably wondering how I'm able to do such a thing." There was no response but it didn't stop the higher up member from continuing with his story. "Even with our plan soon becoming a reality I figured that it would be wise to have all my bases covered. It was pretty simple really. Just some blending with some fire type demons and you see the results."
"It's something fitting that you chose to be associated with fire if you ask me." remarked Miyako as she remained hidden by the pillar. "After all, you'll be rotting in the flames of hell when you're killed." With that said she came out from behind the pillar and went straight at Samuel with her sword in position for an attack. Caught momentarily off guard by a sudden move, Samuel wasn't able to put up any type of defense.
In one fluid motion Miyako's sword slashed across her adversary's neck, resulting in a horizontal gash to appear. While such a move would lead to certain victory, that wouldn't be the case here. Instead of blood coming out of the neck wound, there was a burst of flames so intense that it would probably have incinerated Miiyako if she wasn't pulled to safety by Ken.
"Damn. That was a close one. Thanks for the save, Ken." When there was no reply, Miyako looked to her side and saw that Ken was clutching his left arm. She tried to see what was wrong but he moved his body so that she couldn't. It wasn't until after a few more tries that she finally saw the extent of the injury. "Oh my God, Ken."
By what could be seen more than half of Ken's left arm had suffered severe burns. "Don't worry." Ken tried to ease her worry. "It looks worse than it actually is." He would move his arm in an attempt to prove his claim but he would grimace in pain after only moving it a bit.
"It hurts doesn't it?" chuckled Samuel. The wound in his neck was still there, however the flames were also still pouring out from it. "Trust me; the pain that you're feeling now is only the beginning."
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"That's four down." exclaimed an exhausted James. The reason for it being that him and Mimi fighting against ten vampires, that were sent to deal with them and their comrades. While the two of them could handle such a situation there was circumstances that was making things difficult. The main one being that where they were fighting was too confining that it was hard to maneuver around. "They keep on coming."
"That's shouldn't be that much of a surprise." remarked Mimi. She also was exhausted from their recent activity. "It's what they were supposed to do after all." Ducking to avoid an oncoming swing she backed up until her back was against James'. "How are you holding up?"
"I'm fine." James quickly answered. Like with his partner he avoided an attempted strike and delivered a kick to create some space between him and the attacking vampire.
"You're lying." Her statement would be confirmed as she pointed to the nasty gash that James had on his forehead. The wound was so bad that the blood was flowing close to his eyes. He would occasionally wipe the blood away but it would just be replaced by more blood. "That injury of yours is becoming a hindrance for you."
"I could say the same for you." What James was talking about was the large gash that Mimi had on her right forearm. The injury was so severe that it was difficult for her to pull the bowstring back enough to shoot her arrows. "You can hardly use your weapon to fight." Both of them were quickly reaching their limit and there were still many more vampires to deal with. "There are six vamps left. Between us that's three for each of us. Do you think that you can handle your share?"
Mimi would respond to her husband by rearing her bow back with an arrow ready to be fired. "I could ask you the same thing." By the slight smile on her face James knew that she wasn't trying to be cruel with her words. "Just be sure to deal with your three and I'll take care of mine." Nothing else was said as the two charged back into action.
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"I must say that I'm impress." remarked a disgruntled Katara who was breathing heavily. "Even though it pains me to admit it."
Like with the female higher up member, Serenity was taking several deep breaths. "Trust me, the feeling is mutual. You're far better than I thought you'd be." As if instinctively, she tightened the hold on the hilt of her sword. "That'll just makes it all the better when I put an end to you."
Instead of becoming upset, Katara actually appears to be amused. "We'll just see about that." Much like her estrange daughter she gripped her sword tighter. "But when it is all said and done you'll be dead. Just like Rowan."
Serenity immediately responded to that last remark. She attacked with a relentless assault of sword slashes and kicks. Although it looked impressive none of Serenity's attacks were hitting their mark as Katara continually avoided every attempted strike. For some unknown reason, Katara had yet to retaliate with any attack of her own. That would soon change however.
"I've grown tired of this. It's time to put an end to it." By Katara saying that with an eerie calm voice you wouldn't expect her to attack like she did. Within a blink of an eye she covered the distance between her and Serenity. The sudden move caught her opponent off guard which proved to be a big problem. In even faster speed that was already shown, the higher up delivered a rapid succession of sword strikes.
When it was done Katara was on her feet while the same couldn't be said about her estrange daughter. Right after her mother completed her attack all of the wounds that were a result of it showed themselves. They seem to be severe enough that Serenity collapsed with blood dripped to the ground. "Do you see now? You truly never had a chance in defeating me." All Katara got as a response was Serenity glaring at her with absolute defiance.
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"This is not good." That thought was a major understatement as Daisuke glared hotly at the man that he was going up against. "He doesn't even look beat up." Those thoughts were not that far from the truth as while Daisuke was battered and bruised Byron didn't even look winded. The higher up member actually look like he was never involved in a fight.
The difference in their conditions wouldn't go unnoticed by Byron as a twisted little smirk came over his face. "This must be hard for you." he taunted as he looked upon his vampire adversary. "Knowing that despite all the struggles and battles were for nothing. Even with the sacrifices of those around of those around you were pointless. Especially the one who gave up his life, Takeru Takashi." A noticeable flinch came from Daisuke when that name was said. "I would dare say that if Takeru was still alive he would agree with me in saying that you never really stood a chance in stopping me, let alone our grand plan."
Suddenly, Daisuke charged forward and with great force slammed Byron against the wall. He would soon follow it up by placing his collapsible sword across his throat. "Is that what you think?" Daisuke literally challenge the higher up to answer.
"That's what I think." Byron replied casually. He would even smile smugly to the person who had his life in his hands. "In fact…" All of a sudden Byron's body began to change and when he was done Daisuke couldn't believe who he looked like now. "…I know so." informed the person that resembled Takeru.
The move was so unexpected that the ensouled vampire actually released his hold and slowly began to back away. "This isn't funny. How dare you make yourself look like my dead friend?"
The now Takeru looking Byron acted as though he had no idea what Daisuke was saying. "What do you mean, Daisuke? It's me, Takeru."
"That won't work on me." Daisuke quickly established. Of course, it was easier said than done. Even though he knew that the person in front of him wasn't his departed friend Takeru he couldn't help but get that ill feeling of having to fight him. Also, sounding like Takeru didn't make things any easier. "I'm not going to fall for this trick twice. Remember, you did something like this before by pretending to be my former fiancée, Alexis."
"I don't know what you mean Daisuke." Byron/Takeru spoke in absolute innocence. "I'm just here to tell you the truth."
"I'm warning you." spoke Daisuke with an edge to his voice. "Stop this charade before you regret it."
Despite the obvious warning, Byron/Takeru continued with his taunts. "I'm here to tell you that Byron Satori and the higher up are telling you the truth. All the struggles and sacrifices that we did were for nothing. What they're doing is the right thing." Becoming confident in his disguise, the higher up slowly started to walk over to him. "So be smart and don't get in their way."
For a while it looked as though Daisuke was actually was going to give in as he showed no sigh of arguing against those words. That would suddenly change when he delivered a hard punch to the face of Byron/Takeru. The punch was so strong that it knocked him back against the wall. Not allowing him the chance to recover, Daisuke held the dazed adversary in place. "I warned you to stop it and now you're going to pay for it." He punctuated his statement by punching him in the face once again.
Quickly regained his composure, Byron/Takeru set his sights on the ensouled vampire. "Now is that anyway to treat a friend?" His response would be a simple one as Daisuke punched him again. Mere moments after being hit the higher up changed forms. "Then what about a daughter?" No longer was the pretending to be Takeru but Daisuke's daughter, Serenity.
Much like the previous incident, Daisuke allowed his fists to do the answering as he delivered a blow to the gut. Doubling over do to the blow the higher up member tried to regain his composure only to be pulled back up and when that happen Byron had once again transformed his body. Despite not getting a clear view of who he transformed to Daisuke was on the verge of driving the point of his sword into the person's skull. That would change however as he stopped his sword from Byron's head as he caught sight of who his adversary turned into.
"Why are you doing this Daisuke?" asked Byron in his new appearance. He was now standing in front of the vampire as someone who he held dear, that being Hikari Yagami. "What have I done that would make you want to kill me?"
Much like with what happen when he saw Takeru, Daisuke became hesitant to attack. He knew for a fact that the person in front of him was Byron in disguise he couldn't shake off the feeling of not wanting to attack someone who looked exactly like the woman that he loved. "Just when I thought that you couldn't stoop any lower you went ahead and do this." Daisuke's growing anger would show itself as his face went vamp. "You just gave me more of a reason to kill you."
In response, Byron/Hikari gave him a bewildered and innocent look. "But why would you want to kill me? I thought you loved me."
That was all it took for Daisuke to go on the attack. He was fully prepared to end it quickly and thus put n end to this whole mess. However, wanting to and doing it were two entirely different things as when he was within arms reach of him the higher up grabbed his arm and slammed him against the wall. Quickly following it up he took hold of Daisuke's sword and stabbed the ensouled vampire in the right shoulder. There was enough force behind the blow that the sword went through the back and embedded itself in the wall. Unable to hold it in Daisuke let out a yell of anguish.
"Ow, now that must hurt like hell." mocked Byron who had returned to his original form. "To be stabbed with your very own weapon. It probably hurts almost as bad as the actually wound."
"Not as bad as having to listen to your nonstop yammering." Daisuke immediately shot back as he tried to pull the sword from his shoulder. Unfortunately he was unable to do so as he couldn't get himself unstuck from the wall. "Damn it. The fight must've taken more out of me than I thought." He would continue to struggle only for it to become futile. His attempts didn't go unnoticed as Byron became even cockier.
"It's pointless in trying to fight us. You may have gotten a victory here and there over us but they were merely minor setbacks to our grand scheme." Daisuke would respond in a simple yet affective way as he spat a large wad of spit at Byron's face. Wiping the saliva away he stared at the immobile vampire with a level stare. "Do you actually think that you and your friends are going to come out of this alive? Most likely they've all been taken cared of."
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"Now that was exhilarating." muttered Samuel Bentson to himself. He was standing in the room that he had been fighting and looked a bit battered and bruised. Currently he was allowing the gash that was on his neck to heal itself. Soon the wound had completely closed.
"That fight proved to be more difficult than I originally thought it'd be. But the ending was just as predicted." Samuel started to make his leave of the area that was destroyed by the flames and amongst the destruction were the charred remains of his two adversaries.
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"Good God, no!" What happened before him was something that James never wanted to see. Right before his eyes he saw his wife having her throat practically ripped out by one of the few remaining vampires. Quickly dusting the vamp that he was fighting he rushed over to the fallen body of Mimi. "Stay with me Mimi." He immediately pressed a hand on her wound in the hopes of lessening the seriousness of it. "Please say something to me."
Slowly Mimi set her sights on her husband. Despite the pain that she must've been feeling she still managed to give him a smile. "Hey there. How's it going?" She clearly was trying lightened the situation a bit. "Tell me, how bad is it?" Mimi was of course asking about eh wound to her neck.
"Don't worry about it. It's nothing more than a scratch." Glancing over to the wound James saw that his words were actually the complete opposite of how her condition truly was as the blood from her wound had already covered his hand.
"You're lying." stated Mimi as she saw through the lie. "I already know that I don't have much time left." Almost as if to prove what she was saying she momentarily had trouble breathing. "It's a shame that it had to end this way. Before it's too late, there's something that I wish to tell you." Mimi's end was coming but she was determined to say what she wanted to say.
"In my whole life I've never been happier than when I was with you. You've always been there for me when I you and for that I'll always be thankful." James wanted to say that she was going to be fine but those words would be a lie as they both knew that the end was near. "Don't be sad. I know that one day we'll be together again."
Unable to allow the opportunity to pass him, James shared one final kiss with his wife. As they kiss he felt Mimi go limp, signaling that she was no longer alive. Slowly he laid her lifeless body on the ground. "Goodbye, my love."
Unfortunately for James he was so focus on his now dead wife that he didn't notice that one of the remaining vampires coming from behind. In one fluid motion the vamp had his arms wrapped on either side of his head and with a quick twist James' neck was snapped. With his life not on the verge of ending his body began to fall. "I guess we'll be meeting each other sooner than later." That would be his last thought as the body of the no longer living James collapsed on top of the dead body of Mimi.
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"I must say that I'm deeply disappointed." In front of Katara was an extremely beaten up Serenity. The two had been going at it nonstop since they started and it showed. For the only female higher up member had sustained some cuts here and there she appeared to still be in good condition. The same couldn't be said for Serenity as she was on one knee and breathing heavily. On the ground beneath her were small pools of blood that was coming from the various cuts that she had sustained. "I would've expected my daughter to last longer than this."
"Don't you dare call me that!" Pushing herself back to her feet, Serenity swung her sword in the hopes that it would end the fight. Those hopes went out the window as Katara sidestepped the attempted and retaliated with one of her own that resulted in another cut being added to the others that Serenity already had. "Maybe you were right at wanting to be known as Rowan's Steven's daughter. Seeing as how, you're just as pathetic as she was."
Once again the verbal jab set Serenity off as she went after Katara once again. Fueled by a combination of anger and adrenaline she was managing to put up a better fight than her previous attempt. But it was for not as the higher up still had the upper hand. After doing nothing more than blocking Katara went ahead and put an end to it.
Dodging another attempted strike she maneuvered herself to the point that she thrust her sword backward into the stomach of Serenity. There was enough strength behind the blow that a small part of the sword was sticking out through her back. With a heavy yank Katara removed the sword from her adversary.
No longer having a sword inside of her there was nothing holding Serenity up as she fell to her hands and knees. Soon there was another pool of blood being created except it was much larger than the others as a large amount of the blood was escaping from her most recent wound. "You're going to go to hell. You know that?" Serenity managed to say. Blood had build up in her mouth and she was able to spit it out but it was quickly replaced with more blood.
"Someday I may go to hell." commented Katara as she examined her sword. Suddenly, that very same sword was plunged into the back of Serenity's neck and out through the front. "But it won't be by your hands." With a somewhat twisted smirk, Katara gave her sword a slight twist before removing it from the now lifeless body of her estrange daughter. Wiping the blood from the blade the female higher up walked away and not once looked back.
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"I highly expect that you're the last one of your group that's still alive. Well, technically speaking that is." The lead higher up didn't know how true his words were as nearly the whole resistance against them was wiped out. Only one remained and that one was the ensouled vampire, Daisuke Motomiya. He was still stuck in the wall due to his very own sword being stabbed through his shoulder.
"You don't know that." He disputed the suggestion, not wanting to believe it but deep down Daisuke had a sinking feeling that it was true. "No matter what happens here tonight all of this will come to an end." He would further show his seriousness by allowing his face to go vamp and with raw determination he finally freed himself from his sword. Despite the pain that he was now feeling due to his shoulder wound, Daisuke stood poised ready to attack with his sword firmly in his hands.
Like his adversary, Byron became completely serious. "Now that's something that we can agree on." As if some sort of imaginary signal went off, the two of them went after one another without holding anything back. Each of them managed to land sufficient attacks on each other but they paid no mind to them as they continued with their attacks.
"This is becoming pointless." Daisuke thought as he avoided Byron's attempted sword swings. "If this keeps up we'll end up killing one another. I need to deliver a finishing move before it's too late. All I need to do is wait for the right opening to attack." After avoiding a few more attacks he found his opportunity.
With all the strength that he could muster, Daisuke charged at the shape shifting higher up with the full intention of ending the man's life. That however would be all in vain as the attack was stopped when Byron grabbed his sword. He would follow it by twisting the sword around and drove it straight through Daisuke's un-beating heart.
Time seemingly slowed down as Daisuke realized what just happen. Bit by bit parts of his body began to turn into dust. Soon all that remained was his head but despite that he still gave Byron a defiant stare to the very end.
"Apparently you had quite a bit of trouble on your end, Satori." From behind Byron came his fellow higher up member Samuel Bentson. Like with his partner he too was worse for the ware, the most noticeable sign of it was the faint scar that Samuel had across his throat. "It looks like the both of us had a harder time with our assignments than originally expected."
"That makes the three of us." added a third person who was entering scene. The person was the final member of their group, Katara. "I also have gotten word from what remained of our vampire group that the two other people have also been taken cared of." She was of course talking about James and Mimi.
"That's good to know." informed Byron with a slight smugness in his voice. "Now with those bothersome disturbances out of the way let's get back to business." Walking to the stairs the higher ups headed for the balcony and along the way they kicked over the dust pile that were the remains of Daisuke Motomiya.
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With nothing longer standing in their way, the higher ups succeeded with their plan to infuse themselves with the powerful demons ever known. Once that was done they used their new found abilities on the world.
Unprepared for such a thing the people of the world were unable to come up with a defense to protect them. After they made their presence felt Hikari and the Motomiya family fled from Kyoto while they could. Immediately they went somewhere that would give them help as well as protection they went to England and joined with Taichi, Sora and those associated with the watcher's council.
Unfortunately even with every active slayer and all of their vase resources it was not enough to stop the three super powered higher ups. Without much effort all of the opposition was wiped out. The last one that was left was Hikari who they took great pleasure in taking her life and unknowingly the baby that was growing inside of her.
Having nothing left that could stand in their way, the higher ups swept their evil throughout the world, touching all those who were in reach. Truly they managed to let their darkness befall the world.
I know what you must be wondering. You're wondering how I could end this chapter like I did. The reason is quite simple. Just because Daisuke and his group are the good guys it doesn't mean that victory is guaranteed.
Now, before you think of sending me any angry reviews, let me say something. This was only one of the endings for the series. What I mean is that there was two endings that I could've gone with and I couldn't help but do both of them. As for the second version of the ending, it'll be uploaded to read within two days. So, until then, see ya.