Chapter Eleven. Demon Assassin in the Form of a Grandfather

James, Kento, Amaya, Josephine and Cye followed Ash to the house.

"Do you think she's in the house?" Cye asked.

"Who Brandy?" Ash looked at the Torrent bearer in confusion.

"Of course."

"I was thinking Ruby is waiting somewhere in this house." James explained, "Which is why I came with you guys."

"Anything is possible in this town as you might know James." Ash replied.

"We better head inside your place." Josephine suggested.

"Good idea." Ash nodded.

The group entered inside the house to hear Brandy talking to someone.

"We need to get into sub armor." James told the Ronins and Lady Ronin Guardians in his group. Then he, Kento, Cye, Josephine and Amaya all entered into their sub armors. Then they walked further to discover Brandy talking to an elderly man with grayish white hair wearing a demin jacket, black shirt, jeans and brown boots.

"Is that the Six Million Dollar man?!" Kento exclaimed.

"That's my pop Brock Williams, or what looks like him anyway." Ash told Kento before demanding the person who looks like Brock, " What do you think you're doing?"

"Oh uh," "Brock" answered, "Enjoying my couch now that I swept off all your nasty chips and s."

Then "Brock" looked at Brandy and asked, "How about we watch it again? That will bring a smile on your face."

Brandy chuckled and nodded as the two were watching Ash's commercial.

"If I'm not mistaken," James whispered to Kento and Cye, "that might be a demon assassin Ruby created in the form of that man."

"You could be right." Kento whispered back.

"I'm serious buddy." Ash spoke to the man who looked like his father as "Brock" ignored Ash and continued to talk to Brandy for some supposed grandfather-granddaughter bonding.

"You actually put this on TV?" Brandy asked Ash.

"What's wrong with..." Ash stopped himself before getting to "Brock" to talk to him, "Forget that. What the hell are you doing in my house, creep-o?"

"Enjoying the company of the granddaughter I never knew I had." "Brock" calmly answered.

"Brandy, you know your grandpa's dead, right?" Ash asked.

"I knew it!" James exclaimed.

"Am not." "Brock" objected.

"Is too."

"Nope."

"What's your problem?" Brandy glanced at Ash, "He's fine."

"I wouldn't say that." James crossed his arms and sighed.

"Forget them," the so called "Brock" told Brandy, "They got demon on the brain."

"Your grandpa was run over by the Delta." Ash told everyone in the room, especially Brandy.

"That's how he died." Cye said to Kento.

"Yep." Kento nodded.

"Yeah," Brandy told Ash, "he told me about the accident. It's amazing he survived."

"Survived?" Ash exclaimed, "His head was squashed like a fucking watermelon!"

"It'll keep more than that shitty rent a wreck to keep me down." "Brock" said.

Brandy stood up and was face to face with her father, "Can you please stop, okay? This is the first time that I have felt even close to normal since I met you."

"Yeah, quit being such an asshole." "Brock" quipped, "let us enjoy our family time. Come here sweetness. Thread'er up again."

"You know something!" Kento exclaimed in anger, "I believe that you are so full of shit!"

"Pretty much sums it." Ash muttered under his breath.

"Kento!" Amaya exclaimed before looking at Brandy, who was back on the couch, "Look, you should really think this over. I understand that you want to believe that your grandfather is actually alive but you may have to face the possibility that this is not what it seems to be."

"Hey Dad," Ash looked at his so called father, "Can we have a chat?"

"Oh, that boy is such a buzzkill." "Brock" groaned before joining Ash and the Ronin group in the kitchen.

Immediately, "Brock" opened the fridge as Ash stood close by and James along with Kento, Josephine, Cye and Amaya all stood together, intending to protect Ash, "Well, let's see here, he's got some beer, Pop-Tarts, and an old corn dog. Damn boy. Don't you keep any real food around here?"

"What's your game, gramps?" Ash demanded.

"Yeah," James added, "We know that you are not the real Brock Williams."

"Far cry from the Six Million Dollar Man too!" Kento crossed his arms.

"You best to give it up!" Josephine demanded.

"Why does everything got to be a drama with you guys?" "Brock" retorted, "That cutie pie's counselor asked me to drop in on her, that's all."

"Bull Shit!" Kento shouted.

"Kento, enough with the language!" Amaya shouted in response.

"What she said." "Brock" told Kento.

"This does not concern you." James snapped at the demon form of Brock, "And it's your buddy Ruby, right?"

"Yeah ol Sasquatch." Demon Brock answered, "That fine looking slice of evil pulled me right from the dirt. Now it is my job to eliminate you so that the world will be swallowed into darkness."

"I knew it!" James shouted before armoring up himself, "Everyone gear up! It's a demon assassin! Armor of the Eliminator! Tao Chin!"

"Armor of Torrent! Tao Shin!"

"Armor of Hardrock! Tao Gi!"

"We know what to do." Josephine said.

"Symbol of Trust, shine forth and envelope me in the Lady Ronin Armor of Torrent, Shin!"

"Symbol of Justice, shine forth and envelope me in the Lady Ronin Armor of Hardrock, Gi!"

The five were completely armored up.

"So what are you fools?" Demon Brock asked as his eyes shone black, "Online Roleplayers?"

"You shut up and fight us!" Kento shouted.

"Yeah!" James exclaimed, "You're gonna have to get through all of us if you want Ash eliminated!"

In response, Demon Brock threw a can of beans at an arriving Brandy's head, which knocked her out in the process.

"Oh boy." Ash said.

"What a dick move!" Kento exclaimed.

"Don't worry about Brandy," Demon Brock told the group, "I'll give her a shoulder to cry on."

Demon Brock tossed Ash across the kitchen counter and then prepared to burn Ash's face on the stove, "I like my kids cooked medium rare."

"Oh no you don't!" Cye exclaimed as he kicked down Demon Brock, freeing Ash from the heat of the stove.

"Why is a stove even on?" Josephine asked.

Ash was now able to get the upper hand against Demon Brock and managed to press his face against the burning stove, "And I love the smell of old man in the morning!"

James, Cye and Kento took the front fight against Demon Brock while Josephine and Amaya took the back fight against him while protecting Ash.

"We better be careful." Amaya told the group.

"She's right," Ash added, "Careful not to destroy my house!"

"You mean MY house!" Demon Brock shouted.

"Ah, shut up!" James shouted.

Eventually, Demon Brock knocked down the group and prepared to finish off Ash as he was close to completing his mission for Ruby.

"Looks like Ruby will be pleased with this." Demon Brock smirked.

"No you don't!" James got out his sword and attacked Demon Brock, "Power Sword Strike!"

He beheaded the demon as Ash got his chainsaw at his hand and then he looked at James in surprise, "Wow."

"Now you know how us Ronin Warriors are." Kento said.

"In a nutshell." Ash replied.

"Uh, guys." Josephine pointed at Brandy who had came to and arrived at the scene in time to get some of the blood splattered on her.

"Oh boy." James quipped.

"The good news is I can explain." Ash told Brandy.

"I wish you were the one that was dead." Brandy snapped coldly.

"For your information, he wasn't the one that killed this demon!" James exclaimed, "I was!"

"Leave me alone!" Brandy yelled at the group before storming out of the house, "All of you!"

"James couldn't have killed him for real," Ash shouted, "He was already dead!"

"I swear to God!" Kento shouted in fury, "that girl is getting on my last damn nerves!"

"Kento!" Amaya exclaimed.

"I gotta go." James said.

"Where are you going?" Ash asked.

"First I'm gonna check on Mia and Twyla," James answered, "And then I'm gonna go find Ruby and try to finish her myself."

"Good luck with that." Ash replied before James left Ash's house.