Well, this is the last chapter for this bit, mainly because this volume was about the Kuruto/Shido arc, not the spirit who I have yet to mention, can you guess who? Anyway, she's the one for this next arc, I'll start my new story soon though, so keep checking my profile if you like my style of writing, I guess?
Chapter 10: Return
Shido threw Tohka and Origami forward "Hold onto something!" he yelled.
Before he had the chance to grab something, he was launched out of the ship as it de-pressurised.
"Shido! Shido!" he heard Tohka yell, Origami apparently hadn't noticed.
Outside the Fraxinus - 5 minutes before
"No sign of the spirit, captain. We've swept the who-"
"What is it?"
"DEM"
"Son of a-"
Ryouko turned around to see a squad of ten people, all wearing CR-Units, flying towards them.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"We're here for the spirit" the DEM wizard replied with no hesitation.
"Well, it's not here"
"Think again" they said, firing a shot to their left, which seemed to hit air.
"Heh?!" the AST wizards behind her were as surprised as their captain, that shot had hit air.
"If you'd let me explain, there's an airship there, it protects the spirits, I'm not allowed to say anything more" the DEM wizard explained briefly, "That spirit we're both looking for is in that airship."
"..."
"Fire at it then, just look for the shimmer in the air, looks a bit like a heat-haze"
She fired at the shimmer that she saw.
The shot exploded, as if it hit something solid.
"All squads, fire at the invisible airship!" the DEM wizard yelled.
Ryouko sighed as the DEM squads started firing.
"Well, we'd better do the same, all squads, fire upon the unidentified airship." She said.
Outside the Fraxinus - Present - Shido
He looked about. 15 wizards were around him.
He then realised that he was flying.
"..." A silence ensued.
It went for what felt like hours, even if it was only a second.
Then they started firing at him.
He launched himself into the air, leaving a trail of light behind him, while shouting out the name of his recently reacquired angel.
"[Uriel]!"
A light blue glowing mark appeared on his hand, it was in the shape of two crossed swords.
Immediately, the dual blades that he had seen Kuruto using yesterday materialised in his hands, though, they didn't seem unfamiliar, in fact it was quite the contrary, it was as if he'd wielded them for years beforehand.
"[Sandalphon]!" he yelled out, another mark appeared, this time on the opposite hand, it was in the shape of a broadsword.
The two one handed swords merged to form one large broadsword, Sandalphon
"Mother f-" two of the AST members shouted, just before they were knocked out of the sky by the wave of energy Shido sent their way.
He then flew down towards the leader of the DEM wizards, at a speed that made him just less than a blur, cut off their thrusters and broke their sword.
And everything stopped, apart from him.
"What the..?" he said, looking around.
Everyone seemed to be frozen.
"Kihihihihihi" he heard a spine chilling laugh come from behind him.
He knew that laugh all too well.
"Kurumi" he muttered.
"My my, little Shido, it seems it was wise to leave you till later"
He turned around, hovering there was Kurumi.
She was as disturbingly beautiful as ever.
"What do you want." he asked.
"Oh my? Did you already forget my objective, Shido?" She replied, a slightly psychotic smile on her face.
"No, I didn't. You wanted to eat me, wasn't it?" he said, talking as if he were talking to an old friend.
"Ah, so you do remember"
"You know, you should pay more attention to your surroundings, Nightmare" came a voice to Shido's left.
Kuruto was standing there, in similar astral dress to Shido, and with [Uriel] wielded instead of Sandalphon.
"Oh? Where did you hear of my little nickname?" Kurumi asked, her smile even wider than it was.
"I fought you a couple of times, 10 years ago? I doubt you'd remember so far back, but I was there" Kuruto answered.
"Ah yes, you, I thought I'd seen that face somewhere before, how'd you stay so young? You are a human, after all."
"I guess the [other world] has the effect that it stops you from ageing, I should be 26, according to all my birth records" Kuruto explained.
"May I ask how you aren't frozen in time aswell?"
"I guess being a spirit helped a bit"
"Then why aren't Tohka, Origami and the others here?"
"Ah, that would be my fault" Shido butted in "Since I sealed their powers they don't exactly have their... protection from these sorts of things"
"My my, how cruel of you Shido" She laughed "How fortunate for me, though"
A rifle and pistol shot up into her hands.
And she summoned her angel.
"[Zafkiel]!" She yelled
"[Uriel]!" Kuruto yelled at the same time.
So, the final chapter of this volume, how was it? Good? Bad? Leave feedback, I'll implement any ideas I think necessary into the next volume(s?).
Anyway, thanks for reading, Mercy Vol. 2 will be out whenever, so check my profile after a few months of waiting and it should be there! (Should, no guarantees).
Anyway, my next story will probably be either a SAO/DAL crossover, or a DAL/RWBY crossover, only time will tell!
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