I'll try to update as much as I can but it won't be everyday. Now enjoy chapter 14!
"Move your asses!" Kristina shouted and everyone else sweatdropped. They were currently in Nene's flying fortress and were headed Nene's chamber. Once they were close, they slowed down to a walk. "If you guys are ready, then let's get this party started."
"Agreed." Shu said. Rikaru was looking off to the side thinking until Zola tapped his shoulder.
"You okay?" Zola asked and Rikaru turned to her.
"I'll be fine. Just thinking." Rikaru answered.
"Hey when we beat Nene, will you guys be able to come to our village?" Kristina asked.
"Of course." Kluke answered smiling and the others looked at Zola.
"I don't mind." Zola said and they walked through the doors to see Nene waiting for them.
"I've been waiting for you to come." Nene said. Zola drew her sword and the siblings shifted to wolf form. "Rikaru, how can you just turn your back on someone who was like a father to you?"
"A person who treats his adopted son like a son, no. A person who treats his adopted son like a mindless servant, perhaps." Rikaru answered. His golden eyes held no emotion and the way he stood showed that he didn't plan on attacking yet.
"Nene! This ends now!" Shu shouted.
"Oh it'll end alright. It'll end with your deaths, starting with that traitorous white wolf." Nene said and Zola glared at him.
"I'll slice you into little tiny pieces before you can even touch him." Zola said and Rikaru was surprised at her protectiveness.
"Let's see how powerful you've become." Nene said and everyone summoned their shadows.
"Ladies first." Rikaru said and Kristina wagged her tail.
"My pleasure." Kristina said and she raced forward with Pegasus.
"Hippopawn Hippotama Transform!" Bouquet shouted and they transformed into a black shadow type III troop.
"Energy Beam!"
"Type III Beam!" The two attacks combined and shot towards Nene but he flash-stepped out of the way.
"That's new." Rikaru said.
"Waves of Rage!" Jiro shouted and Chimera blocked all of Minotaur's punches.
"Hornet Assassin!"
"Crystal Ice Shard!" The two attacks combined and shot towards Chimera but he blocked it with a dark purple shield.
"Fire Crisis!"
"Iron Justice!" The two attacks hit Chimera but he didn't have a scratch on him. ( a/n: I think Marumaro calls the fireball attack Iron Justice. If you know the real attack's name then please let me know.)
"That's impossible!" Blue Dragon shouted. Rikaru moved until he was between Shu and Zola.
"It's about time you finally decided not to hold back. I was starting to feel a bit underwhelmed." Rikaru said.
"Oh were you now?" Nene asked smirking and Rikaru turned to Zola.
"We need a plan Zola."
"I've got one in mind." Zola said. "Kluke, Marumaro, and Kristina will come with me. Jiro, Shu, Bouquet, and Rikaru will attack from the other side."
"Right." the others said.
"Now!" Zola shouted. Killer Bat and Saber Tiger charged forward while Phoenix and Pegasus stayed behind and shot their attacks at Chimera. Minotaur and Blue Dragon charged forward while Hippo and Winter Wolf shot their attacks. Chimera managed to block all of them until Winter Wolf flash-stepped in front of him. Chimera was distracted by Winter Wolf long enough for Blue Dragon to punch him square in the jaw.
"Nice one." Shu said.
"I wouldn't get so excited if I were you. It was only one punch." Blue Dragon said.
"Not bad." Nene said.
"So even the great Nene finds us worthy adversaries." Zola said and Nene frowned.
"Don't test my patience Zola."
"Taking on eight shadow wielders should be a lot to handle even by your standards."
"Or are you just too full of pride to admit it?" Rikaru asked. Killer Bat and Winter Wolf charged forward together and attacked Chimera in perfect unison. They zigzagged around each other to dodge Chimera's punches and managed to land a punch each on Chimera's chest.
"You two seem to work very well together." Nene said.
"We had practice." Rikaru said.
"Anyway, numbers don't really matter when you have great strength. Shadow Multiply!" Nene shouted and there were suddenly nine Chimeras.
"Oh great! As if one wasn't tough enough, there're nine of these bastards!" Kristina shouted sarcastically.
"This can't be good maro." Marumaro said.
"Now, since you've implied that numbers win battles then I've already won." Nene said smirking.
"How? No one can control nine shadows at once. It's not humanly possible." Zola said.
"Just one question Zola. When have I ever been considered human?" Nene asked and Rikaru growled.
"Things just got a lot more difficult." Rikaru said. Each shadow was busy dealing with their own Chimera and it wasn't looking too good for Zola's team.
"Nene can't keep this up much longer." Zola said.
"You have so much to learn still Zola. My power comes from me and the human children. As long as their strength keeps flowing through me, my power is limitless."
"You sick twisted bastard!" Kristina shouted. "I'll kick your ass!"
"Such language from a mere pup. I'm surprised at you Rikaru. You've grown to become weak like these humans. You hold more power yet you refuse to use it." Nene said and Pegasus was slammed into the wall along with Kristina.
"Sis!" Rikaru shouted and he ran over to her.
"How about you Zola, why are you holding back?" Nene asked as he turned to her.
"What?" Zola asked.
"You refuse to release the true power you wield. Is it your friends, family, past, your pitiful sense of justice...or is it Rikaru?"
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Of course you do. I think that you're starting to develop romantic feelings for that white wolf. Or am I wrong?"
"Don't try to figure me out."
"Anyway, what are you really trying to do?"
"I see now. If you want to know so bad then I'll tell you. Family, friends, my past, justice, and I'll even admit that Rikaru is one of the reasons why I do this. To be honest, I personally don't know for sure what I feel for him but I also do this for the future. You're future just won't work for me Nene. Rikaru!"
"Yo!" Rikaru shouted and he skidded to a stop next to Zola. "Is it time for Plan B?"
"You read my mind." Zola said smirking.
"What's Plan B?" Nene asked.
"While the others were inside asleep, Rikaru and I did some late night training with our shadows. Why else are Killer Bat and Winter Wolf able to work so well together?" Zola asked and the two shadows floated next to their respective wielders.
FLASHBACK
"You're just as good as the rumors say Zola." Rikaru said. Winter Wolf was currently fighting Killer Bat with his short swords. They both were moving very fast and kept blocking each other's attacks.
"You're not too bad yourself." Zola said and Killer Bat blocked a blow from Winter Wolf's swords with his sword. After a while they stopped and disappeared. Rikaru reached into his supply bag and tossed Zola a can of soda. She caught it easily and opened it. They sat on the edge of a cliff and looked at the bright crescent moon. "So, what will you do after you defeat Kai?"
"I originally just wanted to travel but..." Rikaru trailed off and took a sip of his soda. "I also want to check out all the libraries this world has."
"You really are a bookworm aren't you?" Rikaru laughed.
"Yeah I am. What about you?"
"I guess I could figure out what to do but I haven't really given it much thought." Then Rikaru turned to her.
"Say, how about we travel the world together?" Zola looked at him surprised.
"Just us two?" Rikaru smiled.
"Sure, if you want to go." Zola turned her attention back to the moon and smiled to herself.
"Since I wouldn't really have anything else to do, I'll go."
END FLASHBACK
"We're gonna kick some serious ass." Winter Wolf said and Killer Bat nodded smirking.
"Since when were you two such good friends?" Rikaru asked amused.
"Hey, what can I say? He's a man of few words, I respect that." Winter Wolf said shrugging.
"Since you've gotten serious then I'll just have to crush the reasons why you fight. Graviton Bomb!" Three of the Chimeras were creating a dark electric ball in their hands and the other Chimeras blocked the others from Zola and Rikaru.
Meanwhile...
"There're just too many of them." Konrad said to himself.
"Geez you're complaining already?" a voice said and he turned around to see a tall man with blue hair so dark it was almost black, dark brown eyes, a blue long-sleeved shirt with black pants and forest green shoes. He held a long golden brown staff that was glowing with green magical energy.
"Who are you?" Konrad asked.
"My name is Samuel or Sam for short, and I'm a shaman. I'm a friend of Rikaru's and he asked me to help you." Sam answered and he summoned his shadow, Cheveyo(1). He was a muscular gray baboon with a dark gray mane. "Let's take them down Cheveyo!"
"Yes we shall." Cheveyo said and his hands were covered in blue spiritual energy.
Back with the others...
"Now die!" Nene shouted and the three Chimeras shot their attacks at Zola and Rikaru. When the smoke cleared, they were gone. "So weak."
"Oh I wouldn't say that." Rikaru said and Nene turned around to see Zola and Rikaru completely unharmed. Zola was on Rikaru's back and she smirked at him.
"Out of respect for your power, we'll show you a deadly combination of our power." Zola said and their shadows started to grow in power. Their eyes were glowing completely red and their fur color changed. Killer Bat turned black and Winter Wolf turned a bright pure white.
"Let's see if you can keep up.'' Rikaru said and Zola jumped off his back. They both flash-stepped out of the way of a Chimera's attack and they took out two of them.
"They're so fast." Kluke said amazed.
"They may even be faster than us Marumaro." Saber Tiger said.
"Yep. They make such a great pair in both a friendship and a romantic sense." Kristina said and the others stared at her.
"I agree." Kluke said smiling. Winter Wolf and Killer Bat were practically flying past each other while fighting off the other Chimeras with ease.
"Hornet Assassin!"
"Aurora Crash!" A huge rainbow lightning beam surrounded by Killer Bat's attack broke through the Chimeras' barrier and destroyed the eight Chimeras.
"You two really are an impressive combination." Nene said and Rikaru shifted to human form.
"Don't forget us! Conquer!" Jiro shouted.
"Fire Crisis!" Chimera shot forward and blocked the two attacks with the shield.
"You're mine! Hornet Blaster!" Zola shouted and a purple lightning blast shot towards Chimera and it broke through his shield. Killer Bat was getting ready for the final blow to Chimera until another shadow stopped his sword. Everyone looked on in shock as the mysterious shadow easily gripped Killer Bat's sword. It was an evil looking demon dog with blood red fur and pitch black wristbands on both wrists.
"What the hell? Who's shadow is that?" Jiro asked and Rikaru growled.
"I'll give you one guess." Rikaru said and Kai appeared from the shadows.
"Well well well Nene, it seems that you were just about to get beaten by a bunch of humans and mutts." Kai said.
"Why did you interfere Kai? I had Zola right where I wanted her!" Nene shouted and Kai chuckled.
"I was bored. Besides, I just saved your life." Kai said and Nene looked confused.
"What are you talking about?" Kai sighed.
"As soon as Zola and Killer Bat attacked, you were going to surprise them with another duplicate of Chimera to take the hit for you. Then you would flash-step behind her and use the Graviton Bomb on her correct? But there's a fatal flaw that you overlooked in your moment of excitement."
"And just what is that?"
"Rikaru is still alive and was ready to not only cancel out or block the attack, but use an attack on you. By the time it would take you to get ready to block, Winter Wolf's attack would've already hit you and you would be on the brink of death." Kai pointed to Winter Wolf and everyone saw him charging an ice/lightning attack.
"Well then, good work for your help." Kai suddenly smiled wickedly and chuckled.
"Don't make me laugh Nene. I have no interest in helping you. After all, you were trying to kill Zola and I can't let anything bad happen to my precious guinea pig." Rikaru growled even more. "Cerberus, destroy him. Lava Storm!"
"Yes Master." Cerberus said in a deep rough voice. He turned his attention to Chimera and his fist started glowing red. Large red balls of lava appeared and rained down on Chimera and Nene. The attack was so strong that it broke through Chimera's shield easily and burned Nene and Chimera to death.
"So strong." Bouquet said scared.
"He beat Nene with just one attack!" Jiro shouted shocked. Cerberus let go of Killer Bat's sword and punched him into a wall.
"Now, I'll take what belongs to me." Kai said and he started walking towards Zola. The others snapped out of their shock and moved in front of him. "How cute."
"We won't let you take Zola!" Kristina shouted and Kai smirked.
"You really don't have much of a choice. Inferno Craze!" Cerberus started glowing red and the whole room exploded in fire. Everyone was on the ground and their shadows were gone. Kai started walking towards Zola again until Rikaru stood in front of a weakened Zola in his wolf form. "You're endurance never ceases to amaze me mutt."
"If you want Zola, then you're gonna have to kill me first." Rikaru said. It was a new moon outside so he was weaker than normal. Kai stared at it for a few seconds and looked at the white wolf. Rikaru re-summoned Winter Wolf and he summoned his short swords.
"Actually, that's been my intention all along. Shadow Slash!" Kai shouted and Cerberus appeared behind Winter Wolf. His claws grew a couple inches longer and they were covered in dark energy. He slashed Winter Wolf's back and the wolf shadow disappeared. Cerberus slashed the ground and Rikaru fell through the large hole. The fortress was starting to fall apart and Kai picked up an unconscious Zola. Cerberus disappeared and Kai used shadow teleport to escape with her.
What'll happen next I wonder? Read and Review!