After a good night of rest, the peace of the Kamiki village got disturbed, the next morning, by a scream of panic. Everybody quickly awoke and met with Mr. Mandarin who was running around, covered in sweat.
"Everyone! Everyone! It's-She, that's horrible! How could this happen?!" He screamed nothing that the other could understand.
Alena walked to him and gave hima slap in the face while holding him by his vest. "Calm down, Mr. Mandarin! Just tell us what's going on!"
The old goat took a few deep breaths before talking. "I-It's Kushinada! She left the village to go get some ingredients to prepare sake, this morning. However, she never came back, so I went to check after her and..." He blinked his eyes really fast. "Oh god! Oh god! He got her!..."
Alena looked at him curiously for a moment before suddenly widening her eyes. "Wait! You don't mean...?" Understanding who he was referring to, the black panther quickly let go of the old man and turned toward her friends. "We need to go after Kushinada! NOW!"
She didn't had to ask it twice as the whole group rushed out of the village. Soon, they arrived to the Shiro Plains and they spotted Kushinada laying unconscious underneath a giant bell which they didn't saw the last time they passed in this zone.
"Kushinada! My dear wolf! I'm coming!" Reiya screamed as he rushed toward her. However, Alena suddenly widened her eyes in fear.
"Reiya! Wait!"
Suddenly, a bareer of orange energy appeared around the unconscious wolfess and the bell. The ground started shaking and a platform suddenly started rising from the ground with both on top of it. From this platform came eight dragon heads that each had a different helmet on. The sky turned dark and the same dark presence they felt yesterday, only ten times stronger, came back.
As the bloody red eyes of the eight heads glared at our heroes, a voice was heard: "It is good to see you again after so many decades, my archenemy..." He then realized something. "Wait, you're neither the sun or moon goddess! Who are you?"
Alena glared at him. "I'm their descendant and demigoddess of both sun and moon: Alena! You are Orochi, I suppose?"
The eight heads chuckled. "Glad to see that even the new generation knows about my name... So it is you that has been trying to stop me from spreading my influence over this pathetic country?"
"Yes, and I'm gonna put it to an alt NOW!" The black panther grabbed her paintbrush and tried to use her Power Slash technique, only for it to be blocked by a golden bareer. "What the...?"
"Hey! No fair! He's using an energy bareer! Coward!" Mantis angrily said.
"Too bad for you, but only the sword that killed me 100 years ago can pierce this bareer. I talk about Izagui's and he must be buried with it as we speak. So you have no chance against me..."
Suddenly, a battle cry was heard and Reiya jumped with his big sword in paws. He smashed it against the bareer which broke up, much to the demon's surprise.
"What?! Impossible! How could you...? Who are you?"
The bear simply crossed his arms. "Oh, I shall tell you who I am!" He cleared his throat and lifted his sword. "I am the descendant of Izagui! Behold! Reiya, the greatest warrior who ever lived!" He then pointed his blade toward the demon. "Hear me, vile serpent who would seek to harm a helpless woman! Your time is up! Feel the wrath of my trusty sword!"
Jumping forward, he swung his sword and managed to land a big scar on the face of one of the heads that started to bleed black blood. The monster groaned in pain.
"You shall pay for this!"
"Alright, it's eight of his head against seven of us! We should be fine!" Alena said and took her divine shield.
"Seven? I only see six of you." Orochi pointed out.
It was only then that they realized that Tayama left to hide behind a rock. "I-I just saw a cute flower and though I could pick it!" He said with an innocent smile.
Having enough, Orochi went on the offensive and attacked each of the heroes with one head, seperating them from each other. The final battle started!
Saisuke took a pose while smiling at his enemy. "Hark! The call of the heavens, the earth, the sea... They summon me forth to defeat evil!" He never got to finish his entrance as the dragon head he was facing tried to bite him, forcing him to roll out of the way. "Hey! No respect for charismatic people!" He then released his energy blade from his flute while taking his katana in the other one. "Pillow Talk shall make you pay your disrespect!"
Orochi's head attacked with quick and powerful jets of fire which Saisuke managed to dodge with gracious moves and fought back by giving small but not very damaging cuts against the head.
"My, you have a solid head as I can see!" He remarked.
The head replied by shooting another jet of fire which the chicken dodged by jumping in the air. Deciding to finish this off, he started spinning with his two swords and went to give a deep cut behind Orochi's head which was a weak spot. A lot of blood came out and the head fell off dead.
"Magnificient! I see I did well to read-" The chicken said in victory but got interrupted by Alena.
"Don't reference Attack On You-know-what!"
Meanwhile, Nuijiao was busy avoiding another one of Orochi's head to stay alive. He eventually grabbed a pill from his pocket to eat it. "WALK PILL!" This turned him into a four-legged goat (like a real life one) and he gained in speed, allowing him to avoid the attacks.
Using his speed, he charged into the dragon head which didn't had much effect. "I see, I need more strength." The goat though and took another pill which he ate. "HEAVY PILL!"
This one turned him into a big muscled goat who managed to block Orochi's head as it came to bite him. It was then that Tamaya decided to get in by grabbing a bomb from his pocket which he rubbed on his arm to set it on fire and threw it on the ground. The explosion was followed by a huge red cloud of pepper smoke.
"My eyes! I can't see anything!" Orochi groaned in pain as he closed his crying eyes.
Tamaya took the opportunity to put Chi in his hoove and traced a red circle on the ground which summoned a red bomb which he threw into Orochi's open moth. The bomb explosed along the second head of the demon.
"We did it!" Nuijiao happily said.
"Thanks to me!" Tamaya said with a smile. "My formulas are so awesome!"