Chapter 4: The Demon

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"And the way that jerk treats me," Lunatic grumbled as he placed another mine in a hole. His sack was almost empty now, he had no idea why Ranger had packed so many mines.

"Looney!"

He looked up to see MisstressofDawn and Airnaruto running towards him, carrying Nukid between them.

"Where are X and the jerk?" Lunatic asked.

At that moment their came a mighty roar and they all turned to see a massive bloody demon rising into the air.

"My guess is back there," Ainaruto deadpanned.

"Shucks," Looney muttered.

-FAF-

Ranger and X stared at Avergol as the massive daemon toward over them flexing his muscles.

"I live again," Avergol rumbled.

"Got any plans?" Ranger whispered to X.

"Go at him with full force and if that don't work pray to whatever higher power there is to save us?" X muttered.

"Works for me," Ranger replied.

Avergol seemed to notice them at last.

"Insignificant gnats," he said. "Grovel before I, Avergol, and I may let you live to see me dominate this world of mortals."

"I'm afraid we must humbly decline your request," Ranger replied. "Because we are about to release a giant can of f*ck you."

X drew out his Zanpackuto while Ranger level Ddriag s Caul.

"Final Twilight from!" Ranger proclaimed and flames roared along the length of his blade whilst his clothes bleached themselves silver.

"Fade, Caballero Abismo!" X proclaimed and black Hollow energy rushed forth down his blade from its tip until it began to spread over him.

"Twilight Mastery!" Ranger added and now he was engulfed in a silver mist.

"Segunda Etapa," X added as well.

The Transformations ended to reveal Ranger, now hooded with intricate black and silver armor and his cloak now split down the middle. X meanwhile had assumed his Ressureccion: Segunda Etapa form which was rather humanoid for a Hollow, his blade flashing between black and white.

Avergol laughed.

"A Twilight Warrior and an Espada?" He mocked. "That might be enough to slay some of my lesser kin but against I you are but novices playing at war! I was there when Lucifer rebelled against God and we assailed the gates of Heaven!"

"Blow it out your ass," X growled.

"If you insist," Avergol replied raising his hands.

Then forth rushed countless lesser demons; Scarecrows, Prides, and other denizens of hell charged forth to battle.

In two flashes Ranger and X were among them slashing and hacking with blinding speed! Black blood and ichor rushed around them as their swords slide through bodies as easily as hot knives through butter.

Avergol laughed.

"You think to overwhelm my host?" He demanded. "I shall..."

"Cero Oscuras Instantáneo!"

"Twilight Firgra!"

Streams black energy shot forth from X while a massive concentrated blast of Twilight Energy roared forth from Ranger! The two attacks seemed to fuse with the Cero being guided by the Twilight power! Off shots of the Cero obliterated surrounding demons clearing the way to Avergol before both blasts struck him straight on in the face! The Daemon roared in agony as X and Ranger landed lightly on the ground.

"Did we get him?" X asked, his voice echoing.

When the smoke cleared however Avergol stood still, one of his eyes had been pulped by the twin blasts.

"You just had to jinx it," Ranger muttered.

"Whelps!" Avergol roared as black Ichor dripped from his ruined ocular organ. "You shall suffer for that!"

"You got enough strength for more of those?" Ranger asked.

"Not many," X admitted.

"Kage Bushin No Jutsu!"

Out of practically nowhere hundreds of Ultima form Lunatics came flying over Ranger and X with their Chakrams ready, a massive hairy wolf like beast charged past them towards Avergol, and last of all Airnaruto came up behind them with a kunai in each hand.

"Sorry we're a little late," the latter said going into a combat stance.

"Better late than never," Ranger muttered. "Where's Nukid?"

"Back there," Airnaruto replied jerking his thumb over his shoulder. "He woke up when Misstress Relocated his legs. He's pissed."

"YOU FRIGING ASSHOLES!" Nukid screamed.

"You're welcome," Ranger called.

"So we're going with the old overwhelm the enemy with insane amounts of fire power?" Airnaruto asked.

"Yep," X replied.

"Fun," Airnaruto said with a smile.

"Insolent fools!" Avergol roared swinging his blade at the mass of Looney's. As he struck them however they exploded violently. The rest landed on him and exploded into hurricanes of flames and shrapnel.

"Hello there," Ranger said as the Looney's exploded. "Suicide Fictor clones."

"I hear they get seventy two virgins," X joked.

"Seriously?" Airnaruto asked. "Fanatical Muslim jokes."

"Silence!" Ranger proclaimed. "I kill you!"

With that the charged back into the battle, Ranger hurled the Dragon's Maw into Avergol's shoulder. A flash later Ranger had his hands wrapped around the hilt. He yanked the blade out and then slashed into the demon again. Dawn was jumping around Avergol slashing with her claws leaving bloody gashes. Airnaruto threw his knives at the Avergol's ankles before forcing them both in deeper with a pair of Rasengans. A second later both knives exploded, having been wrapped in explosive tags. X sent Cero's flying everywhere doing horrific damage.

But Avergol seemed to hardly care for their attacks. He swatted at them like flies, swung his sword about destroying Lunatic clones, but truly didn't seem to care no matter how they harmed him.

"This bores me," he said swatting Dawn out of his face as she tried to go for his eyes. "If you have no true challenge for me then I shall simply obliterate you all here and..."

Then Ranger was up right in front of his face with his bow drawn and a silver shaft of Twilight energy set to the string.

"Twilight," he said pulling the string back to his cheek. Dozens, if not hundreds of silver figures burst into existence around him, each with a drawn bow with a shaft of Twilight energy ready to be loosed. "Tempest."

Then he released the string and his one arrow exploded into thirty more! The other archers loosed their own shoots and they to burst into thirty more! The rain of Twilight Blasts hammered Avergol in the face, exploding with every impact. Avergol lost his balance and toppled back crushing the mounds of corpses Ranger had made in the attack.

"Oh yeah!" Ranger laughed. "How do ya like that ya bastard?"

He landed amongst the other authors, panting heavily.

"Why didn't you use that at the start?" Lunatic asked.

"Was hoping I wouldn't have to," Ranger answered. "That attack burns through my strength real fast."

"That do it?" Airnaruto asked.

X groaned.

"You just had to jinx it," he growled.

Then Avergol began to laugh. The earth rumbled with each of his chuckles.

"That ain't good," Ranger muttered.

"So," Avergol growled. "You do have some strength eh? I suppose I should show you mine in exchange."

"Defiantly not good," X muttered.

Avergol pushed himself onto his elbows, his face a mass of holes and craters. "Be honored," he proclaimed. "I have not taken this form since the War in Heaven!"

Then he drove his claws into his own chest and ripped his chest open.

"Okay that's new," Airnaruto said raising an eyebrow.

Then Avergol's body collapsed into an ocean of blood that surged towards them like a tsunami!

"Ah shit!" Ranger yelled taking a step back to run.

Then the blood turned on itself and began to mass together into a perfect sphere. All of the bodies of the dead were gone from the field and there was no stain of gore upon it, all of it had massed into the sphere.

"Don't just stand there!" X cried out, drawing his pistols. "Blast that thing!"

They unleashed a torrent of fire upon the sphere; Ranger with his bow, X with his guns, Airnaruto with knives and Shuriken, and Lunatic chucking his chakarams. Dawn had no ranged weapon on her and was thus forced to stay back. But all of their efforts did nothing to harm the sphere. Indeed in the midst of their onslaught it solidified into an egg like structure that shrugged off every attack they threw at it.

Then a crack appeared on its surface.

A sickle kopesh sword burst through the crack and the shell of blood fell away revealing Avergol, with jet black hair and eyes, more humanoid now wearing what looked to be living Shadows around his waist, covering his nether regions. Two massive bat like wings jutted from his back and he wrapped them about himself like a cape.

"Now the true battle begins," Avergol said with the smooth sophistication of a serpent.