Me: Back with another chapter, oh the blood and gore! As now, you are guessing for the fallen ones, right? Time that you learn who the two victims are and deicide their fate. New (well most are old and unmentioned) OCs will join the fight or be mentioned. We shall see who falls...well, yeah. OCs belong to me and Specter (co-hosting here) belongs to Sony...?
Specter:*scratching head, sees that audience is staring* O_O
Me: Who is right now having a flea moment. Enjoy...if you can! BWAHAHAHAHA! And just when a certain love life comes back...at the wrong time!
Chapter 13: Final Battle part 3; Two Fallen, One Hero in the Ring of Fire
" So...who do you think we should deicide who's the next leader?" Cloud questioned the group as Storm felt nervous suddenly. He glances at Topaz, the red female monkey looked determine to reach that goal of taking the throne. He can't blame her for being forgotten by her own clan and wants to be recorgnized. Then again, Topaz hurted alot of people during the way as she even killed him and summoned Wrath." I still think I should take the throne..." Topaz muttered, not caring what the two 'leaders to be', polishing her sword to kill Wrath. Storm looks at Cloud, who was messing with his wolf ears.
Then there were the thoughts of Cloud being the leader of the clan. Storm totally disagreed with that, finding his cousin rather foolish and untrustworthy to have such royal position.* I can never imagine him in a throne...not in a million years.* Storm thought rudely and then frowns.
The position later came to himself. Storm would never try sitting on a throne, royalty was a disgusting taste for his type of luxury. He has better things to do such as beating crime and bringing justice then give orders like a king. Simply, he can't be two different persons at the same time.
The black monkey shakes the thought.
On the other hand, he doesn't want Topaz or Cloud misuse the power for stupid purposes. He can't say no for he has to follow the ritual, cursing in his head that he should have been born later or earlier of the royal year. Then he wouldn't be here, deciding who should sit on the damn throne or none of his friends would fighting the undead army in the first place.
" You always cause trouble for others and it always invovles with your past!" Pyro's words echoed in the monkey's mind, Storm tries shaking those horrible memories and times. Defeating Seth and Lena did involve his birth, his family bloodlines as other crazy adventures he went. For some reason, he is one resolving or learning more about himself. Just like now, he learned about Cloud, Topaz, Dracoe city that once homed the Takahi clan beofre being wiped out by Wrath and...he was a prince. In the case, about to be one if Storm slays Wrath, Dark's father that is lord of all fire demons of Hell, with his sword.
" I...don't know..." Storm answered unsure, finding how limited his chances of killing a huge demon dragon with just a sword." Good luck with that, you three. This will amuse my father alot..." Dark growled bitterly, burning hate in his blood red eyes against Wrath." At least help us in some way," Cloud muttered lowly as Storm couldn't agree anymore with his cousin. Dark can't help him now that he was outside his body, Storm bit his lip with no demonic control for support.
" This is where you are weak. You are relying of letting that demon to solve the problems for you! Storm, if you wish on capture or at least defeat me, you have to learn on beating oppnents of what you have or at least use Dark's power without assistence or mind control! If you can do that either of those, I'm pretty sure you'll get better the next time we meet..." Razor's voice echoed in his head before the immortal Byakko outlaw knocked him out cold, probably going to kill him if Satan hadn't came to rescue Storm. Again and again, Storm tries his best on getting stronger, only to fail when it came to Dark.
Persistly, controlling Dark is like getting your soul to leave your body. In other words, it will only backfire at Storm before gaining back the control of his mind and body. He sighed, the three entered the center interior of the palace. It was large with the eclispe showing through a window many feet above them. The throne was against a wall, almost one yard away which surprised the trio." Why is this room so big?" Storm asked as Cloud narrowed his eyes for a moment, his wolf ears perked and listened.
" So it will become a battlefield when Wrath ever decides to show his face up at us. I mean, hello? We about to fight and try cutting off a head of 30 to 50 feet wide and tall dragon!" the light blue monkey answered his cousin's question as the room darkens a bit, everyone froze." Oh, how right you are, foolish mortal! I can see exactly what is going on here!" Wrath's voice hissed loudly within the room as flames bursted infront of the three and the black jet, demonic dragon stood before them. Dark lets out a hiss and death glare.
" STAY OUT OF THIS, YOU WORTHLESS BRAT! I'LL DEAL WITH YOU LATER!" The dragon snarled and smashed his son to the ground before kocking him away to a wall, knocking Dark out with a bleeding forehead." You cruel beast! How can you treat your son like that? Have you got no treason?" Storm growled, a bit shooken up by the fast attack of his tail as did Topaz and Cloud." That is non of concern for Dark! You have other matters to worry about such as your fate and destiny!" he growled, his voice sounded like he was using telepathy. Storm and the two took out their sacred swords and ready their defenses, only to get a laugh from Wrath.
" What's so funny?" Topaz questioned in suspicion as the dragon layed his blood-red eyes upon the three soon to be royal ones." I find it a bit unfair how the three of you plan on killing me at once. Perhaps if I should make things more intresting to makes this more evenly..." he snickered as they looked at each other, Cloud lowers his blade in curiousity." What kind game are you planning?" he asked, getting a response by flames rasing the ends of the room to create a circle in the rectangular interior. Dark was unharmed by the fire, the circle shrinks only a few feet and stops. Wrath walks through the wall of flames and his head looks below with Storm, Cloud and Topaz trapped inside.
" I will test all of you since there can't be three leaders. The last one who can stay in the Ring of Fire, will be facing me! Fight to the death is the game! If light hearted you are, you can knock each other out of the border. Of course, if you plan on burning yourself, I'll be more satisfied. Let the match begin~!" Wrath howled, his wings spread and the flames rised to ten feet." Wait, what?" Storm spoke astonished, confused, but not enough to block a rock with his sword.
He stared at the direction it was thrown, Topaz looked more then fine to fight the two, doing her selfish ways to get the throne. The police officar didn't want to fight, but after Cloud send a water blast and wash him soaking wet, that ticked Storm off. He then threw lightning bolts at them, switching focus on one to another. Cloud shot back dry ice shards to somehow absorb his attacks and one manage to barely left a gash on his arm, a rip on his coat's sleeve. Storm tries send another bolt, but dodges the flames and rocks form Topaz, finding it hard to fight both at once.
Cloud, on the other hand, felt terrible of fighting against his cousin just when he repayed on not attacking him. He was going against his words and changes his focus on Topaz, the light blue monkey never liked Topaz at all. Sending ice spears from the rage of the remembering that she killed Storm before, Topaz dodged and sliced them with her sword. She now went to full dodge mode for Storm also aided the battle, Topaz was outraged by this teamwork.
Furiously, the monkey summoned a boulder and sent it towards the two. Storm jumps high to dodge, but Cloud was unlucky and got smashed, flying straight towards the walls of flames!
" CLOUD!" Storm cried out as Wrath had a curious look of he was going to burn up, Dark slowly gains conscious. Alarmed, he opens up a large opening for Cloud to not get burned alive by the flames. Wrath was now the one getting mad and swings his tail, the end with a razor sharp blade aiming to kill Dark, but Cloud returned the favor and shoots large, sharp shards that dug into his tail. Wrath lets out a hiss, missing Dark and shakes the blood-covered shards aside." I'm okay, Storm! I'm going back to help Crystal and the others!" Cloud yelled and goes running out the room. Storm looks at the exit he left before blocking another attack. He charges and sends a lightning attack when Topaz jumped, missing and the attack breaks the window, lightning damaged the shield around the palace.
" Now that he's out of the way, let's which one of us deserves the throne!" Topaz hissed and both clashed in battle in the raining shards of glass.
Meanwhile, Cloud continues running back to where they came through, the cursed monkey froze to hear footsteps and his ears stood up in caution. The room shook a bit, sounds of glass shattered from where he left. Then suddely, he was smashed to a wall by an arm made of rocks and makes a whine of when dogs get frighten or hurt. He looks up to see Rock standing there very upset." YOU UNGRATEFUL BRAT! I WILL SHOW NOT TO MESS WITH ME!" the monkey hissed, picking the wolf/dog cursed monkey up and this time smashing through walls to the barrier.
Few hours before chapter 12 began...
Heather sat on a rock far from the battle scene with Callan, Kin and Suzu, the reporter in awe to see how Satan was killing more zombies then the rest." I wonder if Seth is even trying...cause Satan looks rather upset," Heather whispered, trying to concerate on her newspaper article on the outcome of this battle. Kin and Suzu, both wish granting ghost twins, were cheering for Kazumi and Kage, both were in teamwork of slaying zombies.
Suki, on the other hand, was out in the battlefield with the army and actually kicking undead butt." Storm is so going to be pissed at me for letting her fight..." Jasmine muttered, shooting zombies with a shotgun, keeping an eye on the brave twin for Callan made no attemption to help.
" You haven't used your powers for decades yet you haven't lost your touch, Cathern!" Akeno said calmly, shooting arrows of light that took down five zombies a time, Cathy behind her back in her element outfit, her hair tied up and no black rose." I use my powers time to time behind Storm's back until now..." the sunglow monkey hissed, clawing at the dead humans and money with claws of darkness." Yet I wonder if you and Moss are still in that crappy group!" Cathy snarled as she tore off a head.
" No, we left. I don't want to continue doing horrible things behind my son's back! I still don't know why you left," the silver monkey growled, Cathy looks back." Because Chuck gave me another chance to start over! I didn't want to remain like the past and I am blessed with a very honest guy! Storm maybe a monster to others, rants over the stupidiest things and a complete moron, but I still love him!" she answered and both focus back on fighting off the endless mob.
Seth was slashing zombies apart with two electric blades in his hands, Holly fighting along side with Moss and Mamoru assisting them by using the portals in their advantage to attack afar. Satan, was throwing knifes to clear off the ones in front of him before charging at Light. She smirked, created a flash bomb and it exploded, light blinded the blue monkey as did nearby soliders, Seth and Crystal.* Crap! Stupid light!* Crystal cursed in her mind as her vision couldn't clear fast enough and not sure where the zombies could strike.
Then showers of ravens created from darkness blasted off the zombies near blinded soliders. An ice spear instantly killed the large zombie that grabbed Seth, dropping the Raiden leader." I can't believe I have to save your wimpy ass!" a female voice hissed as Seth rubs his eyes to see a female monkey with light blue fur and long light blue hair with silver front fringe and it was in a ponytail. She wore a purple suit with a pink sweater wrapped around her waist, wore long pink fingerless gloves and pink boots, both had the same design. Seth lets out a snarl as Lena gave back the expression." I didn't think so either, you bitch! Be lucky that I'm not going to tear off your fucking head right now..." he growled in hate and both seperated to continue fighting off the zombies.
" You are as reckless in battle as usual..." a voice muttered as Satan sees a monkey in a black army uniform like Satan's, only he had a green armstrap on his left arm, had silver fur and short hair, his eyes muti-colored (one blue and the other amber) and Satan chuckled a bit nervous." I didn't think you would save me, Slate. Where were you, Razor, Granite and Lena?" he asked as Slate used his psychic powers to send a zombie crashing into another.
" Akeno requested us aiding you guys on this battle. Razor...well, we had to bribe your father with skittles and beer to get him to agree. As you didn't know, Wrath is planning to use a solar eclispe to weaken the Light Barrier so the reason we came late was that we were getting the Raiden Clan and Rabi Tribe to surround the borders in case our attempt to keep the zombies in, fails! Solana and Lousia are in charge of them!" he snapped and took out a gun and shot a zombie in the head. Satan fights along with the half-ghost solider, looks to see the sun being blocked.
" I'm so glad you just reported that!" Satan replied, feeling less tensed then before.
" I can't believe I have to save you!" a female monkeywith blond hair with a green bow with a blue heart with a crack on it. She wore a french blue hat, had green eyes with orange fur, shirt and skirt with white knee socks with brown shoes. She holds a paintbrush in her blue mitten hands, it dripped in acid as the zombies were dissolving from the attack. Crystal looked away from the eclispe, looked at Granite." Well keep your grudge for later!" she hissed, the purple monkey shot blue flames and incinerated the undead. Satan was going to try fighting Light one more time when someone called out his name." No...that can't be..." he muttered, looking around the moving mob of zombies and slashing off one that came at him, looking around his surroundings.
" SATAN~!" the voice called out again, he is now sure of exactly yet impossible of who it was. After another shout, the monkey quickly looks up aside where the hill that Heather and the kids where. Standing there was a girl with black hair in ponytails. She wore a yellow-black suit with stars on it (a suit similar to Casi/Charu, therefore she is a virtaul being using a suit, you know what I mean!), a white belt and shoes with the design." Blossom...B-Blossom..." Satan whispered, feeling tears forming in his eyes as Jasmine and Lance were also shocked with Slate." She...she's alive!" Lance stammered as Razor chuckled." Thank me and Lena for bringing her back from being transported in the far islands of the East side of the world..." The Byakko chuckled as Seth chuckled as well, before they went back being serious and fighting the zombies again. Kage sees that his older brother looked so relived that he suddenly gained strength to go back killing more zombies then he usual did.
* I will never understand why he even likes her...* the dark blue monkey thought, the ninja goes back throw stars at a couple or so.
Light watched this scene, a bit bored and stared back at the palace, the barrier showed for it also weaken.* Pyro should hurry up...* the electric element user thought, the yellow monkey soon turned her head quickly to block the knife from Satan." Still trying to pick a fight with me, blue boy?" Light snickered lightly as the blue monkey smirked." I'm just wanting to end all of this now!" he growled and threw knives at her, Light does backflips to dodge the blades. Satan quickly threw more, Light then blasts electricity that sends them falling to the ground. Mizuki later appears in the fight, slicing the zombies into pieces from her strings of discord attack.
Few minutes of fighting off the undead, everyone was getting exhuasted and they still kept coming." Getting tired?" Light sneered as Satan backs off, but both froze from a rumble. Everyone turned to the palace, a very powerful blue lightning attack broke from some part of the roof window. It was so powerful that when it made contact to the shield around the palace, it caused giant visible cracks to form.
" Storm is really getting fired up in there!" Heather whispered, writing this down in her story. Blossom comes by, she looks at the sight." From my scans, the barrier is too weak to handle another attack...hold on," she said and narrowes her eyes." Something about to crash that wall in about...now..."
BAM!
Before Crystal could notice, she sees Cloud smashed out of the palace wall. He was bleeding on his forehead and bruised a bit, Crystal surprised to see that he has wolf ears and a tail.* Chihuahua?* she thought as Rock appears, full rage and picks up the injured cursed rebel, Razor stops fighting aside Seth and both looked at this scene." This is the end for you!" the monkey hissed and Crystal's eyes widen for a moment.
" CLOUD, NO!" the purple monkey cried out as the rock arm smashs Cloud right into the barrier! (A?N: Realize that few chapters before that Akeno said the barrier will 'incinerate' anything or anyone making contact with the barrier. Due to Cloud about to get 'his unwanted fate', the scenes that are about to proceed will not be very pretty)
The light blue monkey was sent flying and landing on the ground for the barrier got shattered by the attack. Cloud laid there, third degree burns on right side of his body from arm to leg, paralyzed. Crystal tries running towards her injuried boyfriend, everything suddenly felt like time slowed down. Satan watched this and also tries moving, but he just stood there, his mind undetermined on what he should do.
She glances to see Satan distracted by the scene of Cloud, unaware that Light was right behind him.
She tried calling out, but no sound came out and Razor also tried calling out his name, resulting the same problem." SATAN!" Kage cried out, the only person who actually made the call, Satan turns around too late.
SHINK! Stab!
Everything stopped for a moment, Jasmine covered her mouth." Oh god..." she whispered as Lance bit his lip. Satan stood there, blood coming from the edge of his mouth, he looks down to see a the blade stabbed right through his gut to out his back. He looks up at Light, grimaced a bit as the monkey had that smirk.
" You'll regret doing that..." Satan growled weakly as Light kept her cool expression." Say your prayers, Satan!" she snickered, takes the sword out very fast to cause pain before slashed right across where she stabbed, knocking Satan off balance to fall on the ground. Light was about ready to finish off heavily bleeding monkey, Razor appears behind her back in pure rage and she turns around." You...I will not forgive you for what you did to my son!" he hissed, black feathered wings appeared on his back, grabbed Light's neck and both disappeared.
" Where...did they go?" Kazumi asked, everyone feeling ambiscious except for Seth and Lena. Both stared directly above them, the Byakko reappears and drops Light, fourty-feet in air. She tries knocking him out of the sky by sending lightning bolts at the brown monkey.
Razor then created dark energy shards that rained at the monkey, absorbing the electricity from the strong gravity emitting from the shards. Because of that, Light was pulled upwards by the force and met her fate, being sliced into pieces." Ew..." Moss groaned in disgust as the gang below watched guts, blood and other ripped organs raining down with the shards.
Blossom manages to sneak past through the crowd of the undead, stopping in front of Satan." Oh, Satan..." she whispered, frighten for his wound was very disgusting. It ripped right through his red button shirt, fur and skin that you can see a bit of his insides, which the blue monkey tries covering it with his arms." God dammit! It hurts!" he hissed in agony, crying and his face paling a bit for he was losing alot of blood. Kage and Razor (who came back down, the wings are now gone) came by his side, the Byakko immortal studied the wound for a quick moment.
" He's going to be fine. We need to get him back to the fortess as soon as possible!" a voice snapped as they turned to see a female monkey with dark orange fur and hair with blue eyes. The demon wore a black side cap with a moon and sun symbol on opposite sides, a brown jacket with a pink-red dress underneath with brown boots.
" What are you doing here, Opal?" Kage hissed as he hadn't forgotten what she done to nearly sabotaging his and Satan's brothership." I have to repay my thanks for you two resealing Edana back in the center core of the underworld. So, I deicided that I would repay at a time like this, saving his life. Of course, you guys do realize that if I fail and that I'm a demon, Satan will go straight to Hell even with no sins, right?" she said as Razor grimaced a bit, gazed at Satan, who looked in alot of pain and the negative outcome didn't help either if Opal fails.
" Oh...alright...please..." Razor whispered, tilting his hat to cover his expression and they carefully picked up the blue monkey and Opal teleported them back to the fortress.
Crystal, on the other hand when that happened, goes back towards Cloud. Rock, blinded by his anger, used the giant arm of rocks and knocks the purple monkey to the ground, few inches away from Cloud.
" Crystal..." the light blue monkey groaned weakly, keeping his best to stay awake for he felt rather numb and uses his left arm to drag himself to the unconscious monkey.
During that scene, Storm was now being pushed back by Topaz towards the walls of flames. The black monkey sends lightning kicks, Topaz dodged them all and makes a cut across Storm's left leg." GAH!" Storm lets out a cry of pain, hops back to the left, blood running down his knee. Wrath watched rather pleased with the violence as Dark stood there, not able to help Storm.
" Aw...isn't that sweet...you wanna die with your girlfriend?" Rock cooed in a mocking tone, both rock arms merged together to form a sharp pointed boulder, it was floating right above the two.." Not on my watch!" Kazumi hissed and jumps on the rock element monkey's back, both wrestled and Rock loses control and the boulder drops.
" Ahhh..." Storm hissed, shooting lightning bolts at Topaz, same time getting away for his injuried leg." GIVE UP, WILL YOU! IF YOU WIN IN THIS CONDITION, WRATH IS GOING TO KILL YOU!" Topaz yelled irritated, summons a boulder and smashed Storm with it. The officar skidded back to his feet, his right foot stopped and only few centimeters of touching the scorching fire wall.
" Cloud!" Akeno called out, both her and Cathy try fighting their way through the zombie mob. Cloud weakly looks up and now quickly drags himself as fast as he could to Crystal, manage to grab her hand." Crystal...can you hear me?" he whispered weakly, gripping her hand tightly and sees that she is still breathing, just knocked out.
Storm lets out a hiss and charges towards Topaz, both hands clasped together and they were now pushing each other to the walls, Dark hesiates for Storm got weaker of pushing from his leg and is being pushed back again to the flames.
" ...Cloud..." the female monkey whispered, getting a bit awake though her vision was still blurry." I jus...just want to say...that I love you alot. And...my vision is turning red so I don't have much time..." he said, his voice shook a bit and sees that he only has two fast minutes before the boulder hits them. Kazumi stabbed Rock in the chest, the monkey fell dead as both Cathy and Akeno couldn't reach to Cloud nor Crystal from a sudden wave of the undead.
" Why won't you give up? Do you want to die again cause I can do that~!" the red monkey hissed as she pushed with all her strength, Storm doing the same and both stopped back at the edge close to pushing Storm into the infernos.
" C-Cloud..." Crystal called again, slowly lifting her head see the injuried rebel.
" I'm going to push you out of the way like in the cave before with whatever all the strength I have...this time with water so I'm sorry. A-anyway...that's not what I was going to say for because...my life is now going to end or hanging on the line of life or death...I have to ask you the question right now or never..." Cloud whimpered a bit, his ears slowly lowered and his tail limp. Seth also tries helping, but finds Jasmine and the others being ambushed and turns his back." I'm sorry..." Seth whispered and goes off to blast the zombies.
" Crystal...I know this is too early...and I never expected things...t-to end like this. I would wish to spend my life with you...loving you...cause dammit, you're beautiful and you are really special to me..." the light blue monkey whispered as Crystal's luminous pink eyes sparkled a bit with tears, a strange yet strong emotion she felt within form those words.
" This is best fight to the death I seen from the Takashi clan from years! I really wish I hadn't killed them off..." Wrath snickered, watching this as Dark bit his lip for Storm left shoe caught on fire for touching a flare. He made no choice, runs into the flames unharmed and runs towards Storm.
Topaz pushed him aside and takes out her sword." WELL IF YOU ARE STUPID OF DYING AGAIN, BE IT!" she snarled and plunges the blade.
" This is too early yet b...bad t-timing to ask...I'm okay with either answer you say..." the cursed monkey paused to see that he only has a few second left, no time to wait for an answer.
" Crystal, will you marry me!" he proposed weakly yet rushed, Crystal's eyes widen, tears of joy yet sadness to see that time was about to run out." YES! CLOUD, PLEASE, DON'T DO THIS! I DON'T WANT TO LOSE YOU AGAIN!" Crystal cried as Cloud made no tempetion and using last of his strength, blasted water to safely get Crystal out away, Kazumi manages to catch her.
" Cloud..."
" YOU BRAT!" Wrath growled as Dark pushed Storm out of the way." Dark...!" Storm cried out.
"NOOOOOO!"
STAB!
To be continued...
Me:TT_TT NNNOOOO! JUST when Blossom comes back, Satan gets almost slaughter and O_O Cloud...HE PROPOSED TO CRYSTAL, but again, NO!
Specter: TT_TT Highlight..sniff...time...
Will Satan survive? Will Cloud survive as well with Dark? How long will the heroes can take more the events?
Me: That's right folks...TT_TT WILL CLOUD, SATAN OR DARK DIE OR SURVIVE? The tragic events have happened and you guys think if they should survive or not. I mean, Satan finally is happy seeing Blossom back just before he gets...stabbed like that, he shouldn't deserve this. Cloud...proposed to Crystal (before being crushed by a rock, AGAIN~!) and...guys, just review and see ya on the next chapter to find out what happens in...
Chapter 14: Final Battle Part 4 (final); Hour of Last Hope, Fusion of One
Specter: TT_TT ciao...*gets tissue*