Hello, minna! This is officially the LAST chapter for Revenge! Thanks for those who read and supported me throughout the course of this creation, even though I myself thought it sucked. Thanks for those who liked it! Thank you a million times infinity!
Jaa, I don't own…okay?
"Yuji?" Shana asked, looking around, trying to figure out where she was. Normally, the darkness would've rendered it impossible to determine where anybody was. But the semi-darkness of the place only gave Shana the exact location of where she was.
"Megami! Why have you pulled me in again? I have control over my body now! Let me go!" Shana yelled.
Amidst the near pitch blackness of her surroundings, Shana could feel a pair of eyes looking right at her. Soon they revealed themselves, only showing that those eyes were of course, blood red and were the Megami's.
"So what if you have control over your body now? It's only temporary! And, the sooner I gain control over it again, I shall be able to finish the spell! Wahahahahahah!" she replied, moving closer towards Shana.
"Oh yeah? Well, I will defeat you! And, you will never take control over my body and finish that spell of yours! Once I defeat you, the spell will reverse, and I shall gain control over my body permanently!" Shana yelled back.
"Well…we'll see who wins then, little Flame Haze. I challenge you to a battle! Then we shall see who wins everything!" the Megami decided, showing herself fully and shedding light onto the dark abyss on which they were on.
Shana charged at the Megami. She couldn't lose. She couldn't afford to. She needed to win. For her, for the sake of Xanadu, and for Yuji. She needed to get back to him. There was still Yuji's unanswered question that she had to settle.
"Yuji…I will get back to you, I promise." Shana whispered, loud enough so only she could hear.
"What was that, little Flame Haze? I suggest you don't make any promises. I highly doubt that you can fulfil any of them." The Megami said, rushing forward to meet Shana and her oncoming attack.
Suddenly swords appeared in both of their hands. They were identical, both katanas, and both held the same power the other one had. The fight using weapons was an even one, the entire battle would be decided on skill and strength, and nobody would have advantages over weapons.
Metal clanged upon metal. Shana pushed her sword onwards, struggling to block the Megami's massive strength. She pushed, knocking the Megami off balance and sending her hurling downwards. Shana waited for her to come up. She knew it wouldn't be that easy to defeat her.
After mere seconds of waiting, she finally resurfaced, sword first aimed directly at Shana's chest. She dodged, but barely, oh so barely, and if she didn't she would definitely have died. She jumped backwards to avoid the attack, then just as quickly rushed forward again, her sword aimed at the Megami's arms. The sword connected, leaving a gash upon the Megami's upper left arm. The injury forced her to use just one hand in grasping the sword, but it barely made a difference. The strength in her attacks was still overwhelming.
She struck out at Shana again, but Shana rapidly blocked the sword with her own. She struggled to maintain her grip, and luckily managed to hold on. She spun around to lose contact with her opponent, and when she faced the Megami again her sword came into contact with her waist. It left a deep wound.
Shana smirked. The Megami had obtained two big injuries already, and she remained unscathed. She thought of everyone that she was defending. This was all for them. All of it was so everyone could live on happily, including her and Yuji, together. She was determined to defeat the Megami, and that was clearly what she was doing now.
"This is not yet over." The Megami said just before striking Shana. Shana, unprepared, was unable to avoid the attack, getting hit on the head. She winced in pain and blood ran down, soaking her face and staining her vision with spots and swirls of red. She held on, however. Wounds like this wouldn't slow her down. She got injured all the time. This…
"This is nothing! I will still defeat you!" Shana yelled, attempting to stand back up.
She stood up soon, and rushed to attack the Megami again. The Megami rushed to meet her attack with her sword, but had clearly misjudged the strength of Shana's attack. With the force of her own sword and Shana's meeting each other and resounding in her sword, the metal clanged and broke, ripping right at the handle, leaving the Megami defenseless against Shana.
Albeit the swordless-ness, she still managed to avoid Shana's sword attacks and injure her with hand to hand combat attacks. It didn't really do much effect, however, and the hand to hand combat was still slightly useless due to Shana's sword. Thanks to it, every attack the Megami attempted to land on Shana was countered with cuts and slices to whichever limb she used to strike.
"Sure you don't want to give up yet? You can still leave now, while you're still conscious, you know." Shana asked the Megami.
"No way! I am not leaving this body! I'd make sure I've fulfilled my plan by then!" the Megami responded, attempting to get the sword separated from Shana.
"What are you trying to do?" Shana asked, noticing that the Megami was only aiming for the hand which held her sword.
Oh, I get it, Shana thought, she's trying to make me lose my sword. Well, let's see how she reacts to this. Let's make it a bit fairer for her.
Feeling a bit too overconfident, Shana dropped her sword. Not that far away from her, but far enough. The Megami stood there, stunned. And thanks to this, she wasn't able to intercept Shana's oncoming flurry of punches, sending her flying a few feet away.
She tried to stand up, but as soon as she did Shana came popping out, as if from nowhere, to greet her with an array of kicks.
"How's that for hand to hand combat, huh?" Shana asked, unsure if the Megami could still hear her amidst her constant screams and yelps of pain.
She fell farther away, and Shana rushed towards her, now grasping her sword. When the Megami attempted to sit upright again, she met her with the sword held like a knife.
"Well, what do you say? Do you want to leave now, or do I force you out of here?" Shana asked.
"Never." The Megami whispered.
"So be it. Goodbye, Megami. I hope I never get to see you again." Shana said before delivering the final blow.
The sword came into contact with her abdomen, spurting out a lot of blood. The blood faded almost immediately. The entire figure of the Megami glowed now, emitting a silver glow. She started to fade along with the glow, being blown away by invisible wind like dust.
"Maybe…maybe that boy was right. I guess…my ideas were wrong. I shouldn't have decided on doing this. Little Flame Haze, would you mind telling the boy that? Tell him, I realize that what I did was wrong…and that what he said…about love and being there for the one you love…tell him all of that was true. And tell him…"
She never managed to finish the sentence. She faded away, along with the silver dust and the glow. Shana was hurled back to reality, where she met Yuji's frantic-filled eyes.
"Shana!" he said before embracing her.
"Yuji!" she said, returning the feelings Yuji had shown with saying her name.
"So…I assume the Megami is gone now, right?" he asked.
"Yes…and she asked me to tell you this. She told me, what you said about love…that was all true, and she was wrong." Shana said.
"Oh…I see." Yuji replied.
"Uhm..Yuji…I wanted to tell you something…about what you said earlier? I wanted to say…yes." Shana said, looking up at Yuji.
Yuji smiled and kissed her gladly, delighted by the word she just said.
"Thank you…thank you Shana. I promise…I'll protect you always…always…and forever."
Okay, that's the end of it! Wait till tomorrow for my special epilogue chapter, written by my romantic-y side! Yay! Wait till then! Jaaa!