.::A Soul Returning From Hell Chapter 4::.
"Impossible… This is just… impossible!" Natsumi screamed. It was just impossible. How did all of them forget Haruna in just three years?
"Natsumi! Calm down!" Aki grabbed the red-head's shoulders and shook her. "What is wrong with you today?" she asked, really worried about her best friend.
"Me? There's nothing wrong with me! It's you people who have problems!" Natsumi shot back, still not being able to believe that none of them remembered Haruna.
The said girl stood silently in the background, with Sain on her right and Desuta on her left. The angel and demon seemed to be quite speechless – constantly glancing at each other and raising their eyebrows behind Haruna's back.
Sakuma stood up, a look of disapproval on his face. "Natsumi… Are you sure you're not having a delusion? Or is this Haruna an imaginary friend of yours when you were little?" he took a step closer to the girls. His sentence may make it look like he was joking, but his tone was dead serious.
Natsumi shook her head. "You don't unders-"
But she was unable to finish her sentence when the screeching of a monster reached them – the Zaea only a few feet away from the group. It was red, like the first one – only twice in size, making it almost as big as their school's building.
The girls screamed from terror, aside from Natsumi, who was too shocked to do anything. She just stared at the beast's bloodshot eyes.
Fudou and Sakuma were frozen like statues. Fuyuka held onto her boyfriend's arm, trembling like an earthquake.
"What… is that…?" Sakuma wondered out loud, taking a step back and deciding whether he should run or not. He felt like he shouldn't – especially when the said monster has its eyes set onto him. It was in any wild being's nature to chase anything that was running away from it – common hunting sense.
"The end of the world," a voice whispered from behind Sakuma and the teen immediately recognized it as Sain's. He turned around, and saw the angel yielding his black sword yet again. His sword and eyes were glowing bright red – as if he was a lion, ready to pounce onto its prey.
"Has come to us," Desuta whispered next – thin strands of black thread shooting out of fingers. His body started to glow a dark shade of blue – and so did his eyes. He looked rather calmer than the blood-lusting Sain.
"To destroy them," Haruna raised up both of her hands into the sky, and it shimmered as two samurai swords appeared above both of her hands. When the swords were in her grasps; her arms started to glow bright orange and when she opened her eyes – they were orange in colour, just like when Natsumi first met her in the cafeteria.
"We… must." The trio said together.
And then all Sakuma could see was blood.
Sain lunged forward, almost as fast as an arrow. His eyes were dead set on the Zaea. He never missed a prey, but he didn't care. He would still give this damned fucking Zaea the torture it deserves.
Something seemed to be chasing Sain from behind on the ground. It was black in colour, and it was also gaining speed – closing the distance between itself and Sain. But instead of attacking Sain – the latter didn't even notice the thing was behind him – it gained speed and grabbed onto the Zaea's leg.
The red monster screeched as it recognised the trio. It was killed by them once – the Zaea was definitely not going to let the group kill it again.
The monster's bloodshot eyes traced the long line the black thing attached to its feet had created and saw that Desuta had been the source. It screeched, zeroing in on Desuta. It took a step forward, wanting to rip Desuta's mortal body into pieces; wanting to eat and taste his demonic body.
Oh, but it has forgotten the blood-lusting Sain. And due to that, Sain was now right in front of it. If it had paid more attention to the not-so-angelic angel, it would have been able to fight him off.
Too bad.
Sain sliced through the Zaea's claw-like hand. Blood spurted out as the clawed-hand dropped to the ground. More screams filled the air. Sain gritted his teeth and turned around. "Is the barrier up?" he shouted to Desuta, who grinned and nodded. "Good," replied the angel and faced the Zaea again. But his eyes widened at the sight. The Zaea's clawed-hand was growing back. Instant realization hit him. He took a step back and scanned the area, looking for Haruna – who usually comes in at the last minute to finish the monsters off.
"Haruka!" he shouted the girl's new name and she immediately appeared next to him, wielding both of her swords.
"What's wrong?" she asked, her eyes locked onto the Zaea's eyes.
"It's the same one we killed 3 months ago." Sain said simply – loud enough for Desuta to hear too.
Haruna's and Desuta's eyes widened.
"Fuck…"
"Shit…"
"Desuta, grab more of his limbs!" ordered Sain, and Desuta obeyed. More black-things shot out of his fingers and raced towards the Zaea, grabbing the rest of the monster's arms and leg.
Haruna ran to the Zaea's other side. She couldn't believe it. This Zaea had been able to hide from them undetected for 3 fucking months!
"Haruka! Get ready!" Sain shouted from the Zaea's other side. Even though Sain couldn't see her, he had this gut feeling she was already ready even before he told her to do so.
The angel tapped his sword onto the ground, and it immediately shifted forms into a canon. The Zaea screeched at this. It needed to break free from Desuta's ties. It had died like this. They killed it this same way. It didn't want to go through all of it again – even though knowing the fact that it would resurrect itself sooner or later.
The other normal teens could only stare at a distance from fear. Neither of them dared to say a word. But they were amazed by how fast Sain changed from a whining cry-baby to a leader. Was he their leader? The group of humans weren't sure.
They swore just a second ago, the Zaea had been casually screeching – hunting for food. And now, it was a battleground. Sakuma glanced at his watch. It had barely been five minutes since the Zaea had stared at him with its terrifying eyes.
Sain took aim at the monster's limbs. He wanted to blow those arms and legs. Incinerate them, even.
And he did just so.
The angel pulled the trigger and a long streak of blue fire shot through the sky, melting the Zaea's limbs one by one. The monster screamed in agonizing pain and used all of its powers to stop the pain.
Haruna's samurai swords shone a bright orange, as if it was on fire. She had made her way to the monster's back – and she knew it was her time to strike. The girl ran forward and jumped into the sky. She took advantage of gravity, and sliced the head of the Zaea as if it was no more than a piece of paper.
As expected, the Zaea had repeated the same mistake it did 3 months ago. Ignoring one of them and focusing on only Sain or Desuta. It had also forgotten to strengthen the muscles in its head, instead of using its powers for its aching limbs.
The monster turned into sand, much to the humans' confusion.
Fudou tried to say something, but he was cut off when Desuta's body dropped to the ground
All of them gasped. "Desuta!"
End of Chapter
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