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"The Ultimatum"
Yugo followed the path that Corey took earlier so he finds out where he ended up and hopefully he wasn't dead. Alice and Uriko both followed Yugo, "We can't be far from where Corey stopped." said Yugo who knew he was close. He looked around the area, until he found a opening where a door was not too long ago then he saw Reiji and Corey staring each other down; "Hang on there, I found him." said Yugo. "Are we just going to watch?" Uriko said trying to be quite, "Yes. We have to, this is Corey's problem not yours." said Alice talking to Uriko who didn't just watch. The two zoanthropes both stared each other down, "Well?" asked Reiji "Well what?" Corey replied back, "Aren't you going to admit the truth; that you killed my father when you were five or no. Because your mother's life is on the line." explained Reiji. "Listen I don't understand what I did. Because let me remember that I never killed him, yeah I was at Tylon when I was five but I escaped." said Corey. Reiji's eyes turned red "See! You're still denying the truth again! Do you want me to kill you right now and this fucking world a better place!" yelled Reiji he was getting upset. "Maybe you have to refresh my memory, I was five when this happened." said Corey who was struggling to remember himself, he barely remembered when he was taken.
Reiji sighed, "Okay my father worked at Tylon here in America, and when you arrived there he knew that you needed help to escape from that prison. That day when you left he was there to make sure that you made out of there safely but you were scared you didn't know who was friendly and who the enemy was. When you confronted my father-" he stopped for a second, taking in a deep breath. "You went to your beast form and killed him." he was finished his story and after hearing that Corey was thinking about that, "Wait how do you know about this?" Corey asked "A colleague of my father told me, he too was helping some of the children escape Tylon." he answered. He stood there still looking down at the ground he felt really guilty, "Wow. I'm really sorry dude; I never really meant to kill anyone. I don't know what I could do to make that up for you" said Corey who looked up at Reiji, "I mean, I would never ever hurt anybody but maybe that's because I was foolish. I'm sorry Reiji, I'm sorry that I killed your father." said Corey apologizing. Reiji lost for words, he never expected this to happen; now he had an opportunity to kill Corey, he heard what needed to hear after all those years of waiting have giving Reiji a chance to rid of him. "Thank you Corey for doing that. I've been waiting to hear that for the longest time and I know that you would feel the same way if you were in the same situation." Reiji said. Corey smiled he actually felt glad to help Reiji get some closure finally; Reiji put out his hand for Corey to shake showing a truce between once enemies. "I'm glad to be on the same page as you now Reiji." said Corey who didn't foresee the battle that was about to begin. Reiji had a smile on his face, "Me too friend, me too." Reiji said as he in a split second twisted around Corey putting Corey in a tight arm bar. "AH! DAMN IT REIJI!" yelled Corey who was double crossed, Reiji had a dark smile on his face again; "Never trust your enemies." Yugo, Alice and Uriko only could watch, they didn't want to intervene the fight. Corey's mom could only watch as well; Corey was wincing in pain, "Hurts don't it?" Reiji asked, Corey couldn't respond he was in too much pain from being in the arm bar.
"Go-to-hell, asshole." said Corey who finally was able to control his breathing, Reiji kept smiling. "After all these years I've been finally given the chance to kill you." he said sounding victorious; "Another thing is that, you won't be able to transform while I have you." he kept talking. Corey laughed at that, "You keep forgetting something." Corey said "What would be that?" Reiji asked, "I can do this!" he said as he broke out of the arm bar in one quick movement, catching Reiji off guard. "I maybe been in only a few of Ryan's classes but I surely remember how to get out an arm bar." explained Corey, which only pissed Reiji even more. "That's ok. That was only a warm up. Behold my true power!" he said as he got into stance; he began to concentrate his zoanthrope energy and focused on transforming. Wings began to burst out of his back, his head became more crow like his eyes turned red his arms turned to claws and feet became sharp and deadly talons after a few moments his beast form was complete; Reiji was no longer a small problem for Corey but this became a much bigger problem now as Corey only looked at the crow zoanthrope. "Oh no." said Yugo, he kept looking at Reiji; he wasn't fearing for his life, he had the same feeling when he fought Victor but it was much stronger than it was the last time.
"You don't scare me. I'm ready to take you down." Corey said whose voice changed into a more serious tone like he was waiting for this moment his entire life. Reiji who only laughed, which sounded more like a crow's caw than a laugh; Reiji rushed Corey, he grabbed him and threw him hard onto the ground causing Corey to be knocked out cold. "Corey!" his mom yelled in shock. He coughed up blood; he was able to taste it, the blood tasted good to Corey for some odd reason. Reiji went back to his human self, he was ready to gloat; "Well, well, well it looks like you really weren't going to beat. Oh well that's a shame I was hoping for a real fight not this." said Reiji was kicking Corey around for a couple of seconds. He stood there, stiff and lifeless; he was deep in his thoughts. 'Come on Corey. This is not your old self, you just let Reiji beat you and now he's going to kill you and you're mom' he thought to himself. Images filled his head of his life, his mom, Yugo, Alice and Uriko; he remembered something that Uriko say a while ago, "It's ok Corey we all fail. But it don't matter how many times we fail we still find a way to pick ourselves up. I was in your shoes not too long ago, I gave up too but all you need is a reminder. Remember who you want to save; just try to think how great it would be to get your mom again." that did. He opened his eyes; Reiji wasn't paying any attention that his foe has awoken he just talking, "Corey will be ready to be taken to Japan ASAP." said Reiji talking to Shenlong who was on a flight to Los Angeles to see Reiji's handy work. Rage and adrenalin was building up inside Corey; he felt his wolf form taking shape, "Reiji-" he said weakly as Corey got up, he felt the wolf form taking shape. His hands became weapons, his eyes were yellow, brown and gray fur were covering his body; he felt his chest expanding to compensate the wolf body, the fangs started growing and after a few moments the transformation caught Reiji's attention.
His transformation was complete as Corey howled; Reiji smiled, "That's more like it." he said. He went back into his crow form setting himself into his fighting stance and Corey did the same as the two zoanthropes began to fight. Reiji began to struck first but missed Corey who was now faster and stronger than before and was able to read Reiji's moves; Corey answered the strike with a flurry of punches with a few cutting into Reiji's body. Blood from Reiji began to drip onto the floor, Corey wasn't satisfied he kept striking beating the crow zoanthrope all over the place with Reiji who couldn't get a single strike on Corey. Reiji was struggling with Corey's pace, 'He's much faster than I anticipated. Don't worry he'll tire out.' he thought to himself. "Wow, is it me or is Corey faster than Reiji?" asked Yugo, "I'm not sure, I never seen a zoanthrope be this fast and still be that agile." Alice said who was well surprised, "I think he's got a lot of adrenalin mixed with that rage." Yugo said. Corey kept putting up a hell of a fight on Reiji, he was still struggling; he was getting beaten so badly that he couldn't hold himself up in the air. 'He's hasn't fallen yet.' he thought to himself, in fact Reiji was getting tired from getting his ass kicked by a new guy. Corey kept blocking, dodging a lot of Reiji's strikes then coming back with his own hitting Reiji and scratching him up pretty well; Reiji finally began to tire out to the point where Corey hit him with a heavy strike with his wolf claws leaving a nasty scratch on Reiji's chest, the blood splattered everywhere especially on Corey. Reiji was knocked out cold, half awake and half asleep, he was barely alive; Yugo, Alice and Uriko jumped in, Corey began to advance towards his defeated foe who once was trying to kill Corey.
Reiji looked up at Corey, who was still in his wolf form his yellow looked right back Reiji; "Well congratulations, you did it. Go ahead kill me I know you've been waiting." said Reiji who sounded defeated, Corey kept looking at him he wasn't going to kill him and he had better idea. Corey went back to his human self, "No I'm not going to kill Reiji, I'm not going to let you die here either." said Corey, everyone was lost for words; "What are going to do to me?" Reiji asked, "Well, think about what you've done. You need to rethink your way of thinking, do something for yourself and not for the needs of others." Reiji sat there zoning out, while he was thinking; "Corey. I'm very impressed with you over these past couple of weeks. Almost ready to leave?" said Yugo. "Hang on their bro." said Corey smiling as unlatched his mom from the chair that has been holding her down for days now; doing so she hugged her son crying in joy, "I'm so happy for you Corey, you've grown up so fast. I'm so proud that you are my son and that I will always love you; never forget it." she said while the other zoanthropes enjoying the moment as well joining a group hug; Corey felt like this was a part of his new family. They all stood there for what seemed forever until they left the warehouse with the sun beginning to rise.
However on the phone was Shenlong who heard most of the conversation, his plane landed at LAX five minutes ago who tried to get in contact with Reiji who left the warehouse. "Can't rely on anybody these days you gotta do things yourself." he said angrily. He kept walking through the airport trying to find his contact with Tylon here in the states, "There you are about time you should up. Everything has hit the fan Shenlong. Reiji is M.I.A and my son got away." said Stan who too was frustrated, "That's alright we'll get him soon enough. It's all a matter of time; I assume Reiji fell for your cover?" the tiger zoanthrope asked, "Yes, yes he did he never had a clue that I was your second contact." Stan smugly laughing; "What are you doing here in America if I don't mind asking?" he asked, there was a grin on Shenlong's face "You'll see. I've got big plans in the works." he said laughing while leaving LAX.
YEAH I FINISHED IT! It took awhile but I'm glad I got this done; it's been a long time coming for this story. I hope that whoever reads this will enjoy it. the epilogue will be coming shortly.