Chapter 10 Shido vs. the cursed spirit king
"Oh impressive. Even without my power inside you, you're still able to wield Raiha pretty well. However, that insignificant blade is no match for my Daku enraiha."
"So you're phantom. Now I can finally take revenge on what you did to my cute little sister! You robbed her of her humanity against her own will. And for that I will crush you into the solid ground and let you experience the pain she had to deal with first hand!" Shido replied infused with rage."
"Shido don't do it" all of a sudden a voice sounded in Shido's ear piece. "Fall back now you're no match for phantom."
"Sorry Kotori but I can't back down now. I'm going"
"Shido don't do it. Please big brother you'll die!" Kotori pleaded with Shido to fall back but no matter how many times she pleaded her older brother, Shido simply apologized and said nothing more now throwing his ear piece away.
"Let's settle this phantom! Let's go Raiha!" Shido clutched both of his hands around the hilt of Raiha and flew straight at the Phantom possessed spirit king.
Shido shone a golden aura surrounding him as he ascended and sliced downwards with his lightning blade. Purple sparks of lightning shot out of the spirit kings blade as he parried shido's sword strike. Retaliating Shido's first strike, the spirit king sliced for the spirit medium's inches away from making contact. Luckily Shido saw through the spirit king's attack evading to the side.
Shido was in disbelief of his currently active reflexes. He was surprised his body just moved on its own. And as he wielded and swung with Raiha, his swordsmanship was getting better by the minute as if it was second nature to him. Shido dropped his sword causing the spirit king to laugh at the pathetic strength of his supposed adversary. However, as the lighting blade dropped further and further to the ground, Shido dropped down grasping the blade again and slicing at the monarch's unguarded abdomen. Which unlike shido's attire wasn't fortified except by his cloth clothing. The strike from Shido's sword should have carved a wound into the king's body however; a black tar appeared over the rip in his skin in a flash it regenerated his skin. However, this didn't hinder Shido's determination to defeat phantom currently in the spirit kings body.
Shido and the spirit king's blades of lightning collided with each other meeting each other blow for blow. Causing shock waves in the sky eviscerating the clouds with their magnificent force. Colours of purple and gold glistened in the sky as both colours clashed with one another. Both flashing aura's rocketed to the solid earth now resuming their conflict on the ground. A surge of powerful purple lightning emerged from the cracks in the ground rushing straight for Tohka. Shido was swift on his feet anticipating the strike countering it with his own lighting ground attack.
"Don't you dare touch her phantom! This is between me and you!" Shido shouted in an aggressive tone charging straight towards the offender. Shido lunged forwards striking the possessed king's sword shattering the blade. All of a sudden, the fragments of the blade electrified piercing straight into Shido's less armoured area's surges of lightning shooting through his body. Shido shouted out in agonising pain as his whole body was electrified.
Tohka looked on at Shido screaming out his name as she watched him suffer. Tears coming out as she was powerless to stop his pain not even able to move her legs. Shido shook off the throbbing pain he was in. Dashing straight behind the spirit king slashing at his back causing a deep wound electrifying phantoms body. The spirit king kicked away Shido giving him space to fall backwards. Shido recovered quickly not letting him escape rushing straight at him at blinding speed collided straight into him like a golden comet. The golden light crashed into the possessed king unleashing a 10 hit lightning combo. And by the king's expression, it seemed this time he finally caused some kind of pain towards him as the spirit king gritted his teeth in irritation. Shido didn't let up firing lightning from his palm. The spirit king jumped up to avoid the lightning but fell right into Shido's trap as he leaped higher and slashed down at the phantom king. Shido's blade pierced the king's defence breaking his guard and causing him great pain.
"Oh ho looks like you're not all talk foolish mortal. However, this is where it ends!" Phantom infused his power with the spirit king further generating an obsidian purple infused death ball. Shido wielded Raiha and began infusing power into it.
"This is the end you inferior human!" Phantom unleashed his mighty death impact attack causing the environment around them to wither and die the plants and grass changing colour. But before the dreaded blast could touch Shido, a purple force field of great size and proportion appeared as Tohka embraced Shido protecting him. The shield she had generated far exceeded all her other attempts when using it miniscule as it absorbed the darkness death ball whole. Looking at Tohka's face he could tell she was in great pain as she exhausted her spiritual power to the lowest amount. If she were use even the tiniest fragment of her power, the consequences could be both fatal and life threatening.
"I'm glad you're okay Shido" Tohka said as she lost her spiritual armour reverting her back to her school uniform attire.
"Tohka why did you do that?" Shido questioned her a tear in his eye as she groaned from the pain.
"Because I wanted to protect the man I care about most in this world" Tohka said as she placed a hand on his cheek.
"You disgusting human! You dare defy the act of god!" the spirit king shouted summoning lighting and hitting tohka straight in the back. Tohka cried out in pain from the lightning hit as it travelled through every nerve in her body.
"Tohka!" Shido was enraged flying straight at phantom as fast as a speeding bullet slicing cleanly through his shoulder. This gave the spirit king enough pain to distract him long enough for Shido to escape from him with Tohka in his arms.
"Tohka are you okay? Speak to me!" Shido shouted in a worried tone. "Shido…" Tohka answered him but in a weakly tone.
"You stay here Tohka i'm going to settle this right now."
"Wait Shido don't go." "Let's get out of here."
"I can't do that Tohka."
"You heard what Kotori said you can't beat him Shido."
"After phantom has hurt you like this, I'm sorry tohka I can't just walk away."
"But." Tohka was interrupted as Shido kissed her stopping her pleas from escaping her mouth.
"Please just wait here Tohka this won't take long." Shido declared as he battle cried rushing back to his current worst enemy. Before Tohka could even attempt to stop Shido, she was absorbed into a beam of light. Moments later she found out she was taken aboard the fraxinus.
"What are you doing I need to help Shido! He's going to be hurt very badly!"
"Tohka there is nothing we can do now we have to trust Shido."
"But he is in trouble!" Tohka replied back in s desperate tone.
"Tohka you know as well as I do, that once Shido says he is going to do something he will do it. Right now Shido is fighting for what he believes in he's fighting for you Tohka." Kotori said as she concentrated on the screen.
Tohka calmed down but couldn't help but worry as she looked at him on the big screen. "That's it phantom! It's just you and me now let's settle this!" Shido charged Raiha wielded in his hand slicing in a circular fashion to try break the spirit king's guard. His movements were far too predictable though allowing the spirit king to launch a brutal counter attack. Shido was stabbed in the arm and punched straight in the gut by the kings other hand. Shido crashed to his knee's the darkness lightning blade still pierced in his arm.
"What's wrong is that all you've got? You're weak and pathetic you don't deserve the power of a spirit. You're nothing more than a poser!" The spirit king ridiculed Shido repeatedly but Shido heard no words coming from his mouth as he focused on unsheathing the sword from his arm.
Pain circulated through his body as he unleashed all of his strength to remove the piercing object. The spirit king's eyes shot open once he saw that Shido had successfully removed the blade and manoeuvred behind him at mind boggling speed despite his injury. On closer observation, the spirit king saw the dark blue flame igniting from his arm once extinguished revealed Shido's arm was completely healed. Shido collided with phantom continuously trying his best to land a hit on the fiend absorbing the pain dealt to him as he pushed onwards in a rage. Shido panted heavily breaking off from the spirit king.
"Damn his power. He's just too strong."
Once again Shido observed the ruby on the blade shine and that familiar voice reawaken in his mind again.
"The reason you are losing to him is your lack of self confidence and certainty you are going to win. The blade that fool wields is a mere inferior replica to the legendary weapon you hold in your hand. Believe in yourself and remember what you're fighting for. Let your feelings shine and summon that power into me and we can vanquish the true darkness!" Raiha commanded as Shido got back into his battle position.
Shido had now calmed down and resumed fighting with technique instead of brute strength.
The spirit king grew irritated throwing another killer death ball towards Shido full of confidence it would end this fight now princess was out of commission.
"Now Shido! Let your power to protect those you care about, crack that pathetic shell of his!" Shido confirmed Raiha's wisdom charging straight into the darkness emitting from the death ball which rapidly closed its distance on him. Slicing upwards with all his strength, Shido tainted the darkness attack with holy sky blue lightning converting all of the evil into good. After this, Shido performed a powerful lighting punch propelling the newly formed holy light orb back towards the spirit king. Without hesitating phantom sliced the orb clean in half with full confidence his power far succeeded Shido's. All of a sudden a bright glow emerged from the sliced orb emitting a blinding luminous after effect with the power of an illuminating star.
"Darn it a trap!" The spirit king shouted. But before he could sense the sneaky swordsman, Shido landed 7 strikes on him in a vigorous and painful combo attack causing an after effect of stinging holy lightning.
"You've got him on the ropes master great work." Raiha stated in a positive tone.
"Thanks but no matter how many times I land a blow, his defence won't give out." Suddenly, Shido's chest glew a high golden radiance.
"I don't believe it master. My sister is responding to you and is requesting you use her also." Raiha said in a shocked voice for nobody was able to reach his sister not even his previous master. Shido refused to be absorbed in his confusion. Shaking his head he reached into the glowing area of his chest pulling out a golden long sword.
"It's been so long since I have seen someone able to wield her. The golden blade of thunder also known sandasutoraiku Thunder strike"
"What is this now you possess two angels?!"
"Didn't you know phantom? Where there is lighting there is also thunder!" after saying this, Shido placed his blades together in a cross formation summoning lighting from above on phantom. Phantom gritted his teeth in aggravation firing purple lighting at Shido but inches from impact, he leaped into the air at terrific speed closing in on the spirit king. Phantom barely reacted in time to block the sword strike but completely forgot about Shido's other angel a huge mistake giving Shido the advantage as he slammed the blade into phantoms gut with the hilt of his sword. This unsuspected blow had a drastic after effect the force of the thunder power inside the sword propelled phantom off sky high where Shido flanked him hitting him with Raiha this time causing phantom to plummet and ricochet off the branches of the tree he fell from. The spirit king charged the motionless Shido slicing viciously towards him. Unfortunately for phantom, that Shido was an after image created with the use of shido's increased tremendous speed.
"Behind you!" Shido reappeared behind the possessed king helpless to evade Shido's surprise onslaught. "Thunder crash attack!" Shido laid right into phantom his lighting speed giving him the opportunity to land a barrage of attacks. First he sliced at the spirit king's abdomen with his blade of lightning then the blade of thunder striking his shoulder. He stabbed into his opponent with both blades unsheathing them from his body by slashing upwards through his flesh. Strike after strike, Shido got faster and faster inflicting serious damage on his foe slicing his swords into him in a circular fashion as if Shido was a jigsaw. Shido eventually became so fast he travelled as a bolt of lightning impaling and cutting every fatal spot. This combo ended with a deadly 50 hit strike sending surges of lighting through him. Phantom panted heavily reaching his limit losing his grip on possessing this trapped soul.
"It's over phantom!" Shido bolted straight towards the defenceless spirit becoming a bolt of lightning once again passing straight through his target swinging both his swords through him in opposite directions. Phantom let out a blood curdling scream as he lost control of his temporary body reverting back to his shadow form escaping with blinding speed vowing he would return again.
Shido dropped to his knee's in exhaustion using up all of his inner spiritual energy he used to keep his new weapons withdrawn which were now disappearing to be stored back in the spiritual space Shido now controlled. Just as Shido was about to call Kotori to retrieve him from his location, Shido noticed a man in front of him in full royal attire.
"Thank you brave warrior, thanks to you my soul as finally free and I can finally move onto the next world. I entrust my power to you so you can one day accomplish my mission in my stead and finish phantom." Shido waved as the spirit king disappeared and as the familiar light enveloped him carrying him in his unconscious state into the fraxinus.