Sorry about the long wait people, but here is the chapter that you've all waited for! Oh and also, quick note, Hebi speaks with a hiss so his 's's are extened, anyway enjoy!
Chapter 10: Confrontations
Zell charged at Dora Gon and slashed at her with his katanas, but the blades only grazed past her scales. "What? Why didn't that work?" Zell wondered as he jumped away from the dragon-girl.
"Fool! My scales can easily block any of your attacks," Dora Gon said as she charged at Zell. The wolf-kid dodged her slashing claw and tried to carve off her head, unfortunately he got punched in his side and sent flying from it. Dora Gon reappeared and delivered a downward kick that caused Zell to crash into the roof of the building.
Zell crawled out of the crater he made and quickly slowed down time in order to escape her, but suddenly he found himself staring right at the dragon-girl and kicked near the railing.
"Y-You can control time?" he asked with shock.
"Yep, but I'm better than you," Dora Gon stated and charged once more.
Takashi and Hebi clashed as the others watched, Takashi's eyes having a look that the others never saw before, while Hebi was grinning and chuckling like a madman. Kasumi tried to escape the snake's hold on her, but she couldn't as it tightened its grip on her and the others. She then bit the snake, causing it to hiss and loosen her hold, allowing her to get her wakisashi and slash it, freeing her. She then quickly threw of her kimono, revealing her ninja outfit under it, then sliced off the other snakes holding everyone else.
"Fumiko, you're…" Shinji began.
"I'll explain everything later, but you got to get everyone out of here, I'm going to help Takashi," Kasumi said as she ran to the two fighting teens. Shinji, Kenichi and Daichi nodded and went with the other students to get everyone away while Takashi and Kasumi attacked Hebi.
"You fucking bitch! You killed my sssssssnakessssss!" Hebi hissed at Kasumi as the kunoichi attacked him.
"You endangered innocent people, you're nothing more than a monster," Kasumi stated. She was about to go in for an attack, but Takashi stopped her.
"No…this is my fight Kasumi…I wanna end this myself…" Takashi said sternly to her. Kasumi was going to protest but saw the look in Takashi's eyes, he had a look that scared her, he was serious about killing Hebi and getting revenge.
Kasumi nodded and stepped back, allowing Takashi to continue his battle. The two men then fought once more, Takashi using his fire Nippon against the snakes that Hebi launched at him. The shadows flickered with images of snakes hissing and poised for attack while Takashi slicing them to pieces.
"Whoa…is…is this Takashi?" Daichi asked with shock and awe as they watched the battle.
"Yes, Takashi has been holding in his anger and rage against the man who wronged his family years ago…but…if he keeps this up he might be lost in his own rage and self-destruct," Kasumi said, a hint of worry in her tone.
Watching the two men fight, the others had realized what she meant by that. Takashi's face clearly had the look of someone hell-bent at killing, while Hebi looked like a madman on a killing spree. The best term for him would have to be 'sociopath'. The two men kept at it, Takashi's raging flames burning the snakes away like they were nothing.
Takashi quickly slashed at Hebi, but the snake man dodged it, however the attack did carve off the snake attached to his arm. Using this to his advantage, Takashi quickly slashed upward, slicing off the arm of Hebi, causing a hiss-like scream to come from him as his arm fell to the ground, writhing as if a real snake in pain.
Takashi held the bloodied in his hand and had his other hand on the ground, in a pose similar to the Cyborg Ninja in Metal Gear Solid.
"Show off…" Shinji muttered, with Kasumi grinning a bit.
"It ends now…" Takashi stated and closed his eyes, exhaling slowly, then opened his eyes, showing them to be glowing gold, like a neon sign. Suddenly the flames in the torches rose up more as a pair of wings made of fire appeared on Takashi's back, his hands and feet also were on fire, but his clothes didn't seemed to get burned by the flames.
Hebi saw this and quickly turned to break out into a run, but in an instant Takashi had gone and slashed him across the chest, spilling blood all over. Takashi made a motion with his katana, sending off the blood from the weapon, and sheathed the sword. Hebi was on the ground, blood all over him, apparently dead, with a large slash on his chest from Takashi.
Speaking of Takashi, the flame wings and his glowing eyes, as well as the fire on his hands and feet, died down and soon he was back to normal. Takashi's eyes however seemed to be slightly empty, either from the exhaustion of the new form he got, or from killing Hebi, it was unsure.
While that fight was going on, Zell was busy fighting off Dora Gon, but her ability to manipulate time, which Zell had discovered that she was better at controlling it, he was pretty beat up from it. Zell spat out some blood, leaving a metallic taste in his mouth as he did, from the punch Dora Gon gave him.
"Damn it…I can't believe I'm going to have to use this form…to kick her ass," Zell stated softly as he had his arms in an x-formation. Soon his forearms and legs began to shift into wolf claws and feet, soon he became a werewolf-like creature but black and red colored fur.
"Oh, I'm so scared of the wolf-freak, not!" Dora Gon said arrogantly and charged at him. Zell growled and soon used his time powers to slow down time and appeared behind her, slashing on her back with his claws. Dora Gon yelled in pain as she stumbled onto the ground, bleeding from her back. She quickly used her time powers to accelerate the healing of the wound as it soon became a scar on her back.
Growling, the dragon woman flew at Zell and punched him in the gut, only for the werewolf to catch the fist with both his hands. Dora Gon smirked and prepared to punch him with her free arm, however she felt two kunai knives lodge in her arm and then a kick by something I purple before she skidded near the edge of the building.
"A-Ayane!" Zell said when he saw the familiar Tengu in her regular ninja outfit.
"And you said you'd be back in a few hours!" Ayane yelled as she slapped Zell upside the head. Zell whimpered from that slap, but he sighed and shook his head.
"Had to deal with a little problem," Zell said, gesturing to the dragon woman as she got up.
"Is she the same as you?" Ayane asked him as she readied her kodachi.
"Unfortunately…seems like Donovan didn't end the program with me…" Zell stated.
"Heh, two wolves huh? Seems fitting," Dora Gon smirked as she charged at them again. The two ninja got ready and as soon as Dora Gon went after Ayane, she grabbed her hand and sung her over, then kicked her in the gut and jumped back. Dora Gon got up and ran to Zell, who proceeded to punch and kick her stomach repeatedly and then finished by drop-kicking her into the building across the one they were on the roof of.
"Maybe I went a bit too hard on her…" Zell said when he saw the hole the attack made.
"You think?" Ayane yelled.
Takashi stared at Hebi's body, not paying attention to anything else, to Kasumi, his eyes were conflicted with some deep thoughts, to the others, he looked like he had no emotion at all.
"Takashi?" Kasumi asked as she went towards him cautiously. "Taka-kun, are you ok?" she put a hand on his shoulder gently. The teen smirked and soon chuckled, which soon grew into a laugh, like that of a maniac, or as Shinji muttered, a 'Kira moment' to best describe this laugh.
"Finally!" Takashi yelled, "I finally got him! After 5 years, I got him!" He then raised his arms to the heavens and twirled in a circle, "Ya hear that dad, I won!" he laughed. Kasumi watched Takashi, now concerned for Takashi's health and mentality from this. Takashi looked at Hebi's body for a few minutes, silent, just watching him.
"Kasumi…this..this doesn't feel right…" he said in a soft tone, like someone who just came to a realization.
"Takashi…" she began.
"And I don't mean killing Hebi…I meant…was why was he holding back?" Takashi wondered aloud.
"Huh?" pretty much everyone asked.
"This can't be the man who put my father in a coma…unless he was just…" Takashi's eyes widened and he quickly pushed Kasumi out of the way. Kasumi fell on her rear but the sudden push was dampened when she saw Takashi getting stabbed by a long black object and him spitting up blood.
"Takashi!" whether it was Kasumi, or Takashi's friends and classmates who yelled out his name, it was irrelevant. Hebi slowly rose, smirking as the long object shifted into a snake and bit Takashi's side, causing him to cry out in pain.
"SSSSSSilly Kaido, you can't beat me with jussssssst that little trick, Donovan gave me sssssssome powerssssss and as a ressssssult I can't be killed jusssssst by normal meanssssss," Hebi said as he licked off the blood off Takashi's cheek, causing the teen to shiver.
"You…you fucking…" Takashi growled as the snake slithered around his neck and began to tighten its hold on him.
"Now…join your dear family…in hell" Hebi hissed with laughter as his fangs showed, preparing to bite Takashi's neck. A kunai knife that cut off the serpent's tongue stopped him and forced the snake out of Takashi, causing him to fall to the ground, a hand trying to support himself, as Kasumi and the other ran to him.
"Who daressss?" Hebi hissed. Suddenly a man clad all in black ninja attire with a katana on his back appeared, holding another kunai knife and threw it at Hebi, who dodged it this time.
"Demon of DOATEC, stay away from these children!" Ryu said as he readied himself to fight.
"Hayabussssa! I guesssssss thissssss meanssssss Mugen Tensssssshi really isssss sssssserioussssss about thissss, alright then," Hebi hissed as he prepared to summon more snakes.
"Enough…" a disembodied voice echoed.
"Oh sssshit…" Hebi whimpered.
"Hebi…Dora Gon…we're pulling out, now!" the voice ordered.
"Y-Yesss sssir!" Hebi hissed and soon shifted into the form of a snake and slithered away. Ryu was going to go after him, however the violent coughing and the sound of blood splattering onto the ground forced him not to follow Hebi. Ryu turned to look at Takashi, who now was foaming at the mouth and coughing up blood and foam from the poison as it was seeping through his system.
"Damn, was I too late?" he wondered aloud as he checked Takashi's pulse. His pulse was erratic and his veins were visible even from under his skin.
"Damn it, we got to get an antidote ready and fast, he won't make it without it…" Ryu stated.
"Say what?" Shinji hollered when Ryu picked up Takashi.
"Go home, speak nothing of what you saw, and don't try to get involved in this," Ryu said before he and Kasumi disappeared in an instant, leaving the teens alone.
With Takashi now poisoned by Hebi, will he survive, and what of Kasumi now that her secret is revealed? Stay tune dto learn the answers on the next chapter!