Author's notes: Very short fight in this chapter but guess what is in the next chapter? Yes the Lords of the greater fiends make their appearance in this fanfic but I needed a filler here and this idiot was the perfect choice for that purpose. Anyway more Hayate in this chapter too.
Disclaimer: I do not own Ninja Gaiden, Team Ninja, Dead or Alive, and Tecmo
Chapter 10: The Fanatic Returns Only to Die Once More
Ryu heard a laughter outside of the next room and knew that the fanatic Dagrai Dai had returned once more. Upon entering the room Ryu saw the religious freak was already in his demon form ready to kill. Ryu pulled out his dragon sword glowing with immense spiritual power surging through the mystical metal. "You never learn do you? I had to kill you once and now I have to do it once more...stay dead damnit!" Ryu said as he rushed towards the fool. Dagrai Dai shot his tentacles into the ground trying to impale the super ninja, but Ryu was ready as he dodged around the sharp projectiles. Knowing what to look for when the ground split open as the projectiles shot up Ryu was able to dodge out of the way as the tentacles broke through. Dagrai Dai was get worried the super ninja was not going to be stopped by his feeble assault, and he knew he was going to die once more. Once Ryu reached him he began slashing the pathetic demon and watching as the projectiles were ejecting from the ground so the demon could move, by the time he had retracted all of the tentacles he had already received massive amounts of damage. So it was no hard task for Ryu to pursue the fleeing fanatic. He received a grazing cut on his cheek from one of the tentacles that shot out from Dagrai Dai in futile effort to extend his life. This of course was a failure because when Ryu caught up to him he started to slash the fanatic until he moved no more. "That was far too easy...Or am I becoming a monster that loves killing? No I am not the same I only fight to end the conflicts...But do I enjoy this? I hate these questions that have no answers in sight" Ryu thought as he gazed upon his own handiwork. Knowing that the toughest fiends yet to come were just ahead he took a drink from his spirit of life elixir and mentally prepared himself for the extremely daunting task ahead of him. Before he took his next step voices rose up around him.
The first voice said, "We told you our power was absolute you should of listened" Ryu recognized the voice as Zedonius. "We failed to kill you once we will not fail again" this time the voice was Alexei's. "The storm we will bring to you will rip you apart" the wolf-like growling voice of Volf was easy to identify. "I will rip into tiny pieces you insnipid insolent human" Ryu could hear the fury in Elizébet's voice. "We will have a rematch between honored enemies" Ryu at least heard respect in Genshin's voice. Then the voices disappeared instead Ryu felt the ground tremble beneath his feet, and he knew without having to go confirm it that the long anticipated battles were coming, the lords of the greater fiends had returned. Besides that Ryu also knew they were quite pissed at him. "Will this be the end finally, or is there more after the arch-fiend Vazdah?" Ryu asked to what seemed like the ceiling, but in truth he did not expect any answer. The Dragon Sword started to glow on it's own from Ryu's back and the cursed blade of the arch-fiend also started to glow. Unsheathing both of the blades and griping them firmly Ryu headed on downward to confront his last challenge, but hopefully not the end of his life.
Up on the surface Hayate was cutting down another fiend as it foolishly tried to attack him. He was getting worried about his best friend down below, because the fiends were getting stronger up here. If the fiends up here were so strong what was his friend facing down below? This thought almost sent him towards the hole himself, but then he reminded himself that if there was a problem Ryu would take care of it, he did it once he could do it again. Hayate also told himself that the first sign he got that Ryu was in danger he would be running as fast as he could down that tunnel. "Only time will tell what has happened already but damn do I hate waiting" Hayate said as he sent another fiend into the eternal sleep it was avoiding.