Chapter 21
Yuri and wolfram look at each other then at Avery who seems to be enjoying himself watching the two make out. Avery smiles at them and looks around the room "wow, Yuri my man, I can't believe it takes you 4 years and 20 chapters to get a kiss from wolf, impressive; maybe in another 100 years you'll actually get some" Avery joked as he made his way to the window.
Yuri frowns and gets up off of wolfram for a second "well I'm sorry we can't all be man whores like you".
Wolfram chuckles and puts his hand on Yuri's shoulder "don't you have some place to be Avery?"
Avery looks out the window a bit worried "no….not really, I came to check on you guys". He keeps looking out the window getting a bit nervous.
Wolfram notices this and looks over at Yuri who looks back at him "Check on us? For what?"
Avery's eyes remain outside "you know, make sure you haven't gotten into any trouble, or that trouble hasn't stomped your way, you know the usual".
Wolfram gets up from the bed looking puzzled "what kind of trouble are you expecting?"
Avery turns instantly and pulls the curtains close "expecting? What makes you think I'm expecting? I'm not expecting anything. Every things fine really". He takes one more look out the window and his skin turns pale, he then turns back to the other two boys and smiles nervously "uh…I have something to take care of, but don't worry just stay inside and resume sucking face". With that he leaps out the window sprouts out his Phoenix wings and flies away.
Wolfram looks out the window at Avery very concerned "I think something is wrong Yuri. He's a bit on the edge".
Yuri sighs "I think the guy is just plain nosey." He sees that Wolfram is noticing something in the distance and rolls his eyes "come on wolf he probably pissed someone off and needs a place to hide or something". He goes over to where wolfram is to try to lead him back to the bed when he notices what wolfram is looking at; there was a dark cloud in the far horizon it looked like something was coming out of it.
Wolfram looks out at the dark cloud worried "there's something big coming out of it". He watches as a huge beast comes out of the cloud in the sky far outside the demon kingdom. "What is that?" wolfram steps back a bit frightened by the beast, he backs up against Yuri who wraps his arms around the blond protectively.
Yuri looks out also at the beast and then he notices Avery flying up to the beast "from the looks of things, he going to need some help". Wolfram nods and the two head on out the door.
Outside the demon kingdom
Avery fly's right up to where the beast is and instantly drops to the ground slamming his fist to the ground. A colossal shield covers the entire demon kingdom protecting it and the people from whatever menace may attack them. He then looks sternly at the beast as well as the person on its back riding the huge monstrosity "alright Belar, this is as far as you go".
Belar rides on the beast as of it were a huge horse, he clutches the firestone in his hand which is glowing furiously "step aside, this battle is of no concern to you".
"That's where your wrong ugly" Avery approaches him "that stone you are using belongs to the Phoenix Kingdom, by order of the Phoenix Queen it must either be returned or destroyed and you my obsessive friend are hereby under arrest".
Belar laughs "I am under arrest? Don't make me laugh". He raises his stone and the beast stands attention "kill him".
The beast lunges after him, Avery leaps back and pulls out a golden sword and goes after the huge beast trying to keep him and his master from the kingdom.
Meanwhile
Wolfram and Yuri mount their horses as the guards and soldiers surround them, Conrad runs out to them "I'm coming with you".
Yuri turns to him and shakes his head "no, Conrad our people need you here, everyone stay here. Protect the kingdom; we need guards at the entrance of the village".
Conrad walks up to him as Gwendale comes out to see what the commotion was from "you can't face that thing alone".
Wolfram looks over at Conrad "don't worry, he's not alone, I'll be with him, I know how to handle that thing".
Yuri smiles at wolfram, then looks over at Conrad "we'll be fine Conrad, our people need you more then we do, make sure nothing gets pass the entrance".
Wolfram looks up noticing the shield being put up "its Avery, he's protecting the kingdom".
Yuri looks up also then grins "then let's give him a hand". They both take off for the entrance of the village. They both fly out of the shield on their horses toward the area where the beast is "looks like you know who we are dealing with".
Wolfram nods "it a hell hound from the Hades dimension, he must have summoned it using a firestone".
Yuri rides out alongside of him as they close in on the beast, they see Avery flying around it attacking the beast with fireballs and slashing at it with his sword "my god, this thing is huge". The beast turns around and wipes its tail out knocking Avery right out of the sky, flinging him onto the floor near Yuri and Wolfram.
Wolfram dismounts and goes to help Avery up "you alright?"
Avery gets up annoyed "this thing is starting to get on my nerves, what are you two doing here?"
Yuri dismounts off of his horse "here to help you apparently".
Wolfram looks at the beast and Belar, he then puts his hands in front of him and a giant fireball shoots out hitting the beast directly. The creature grows larger the instant the fireball hits it. Blear laughs even harder and raises the stone in his hand "you fools, can't you see? With this stone my power rivals that of the gods themselves, I shall finally be victorious". He then looks at Yuri dangerously "but first I shall destroy the demon king, then your entire worthless kingdom SHALL BE MINE".
Avery stands there looking up at him "I don't know which is worse, the beast or his social commentary". He rushes towards the beast once again and stabs it in the chest missing the heart, the beast howls in pain but grows bigger then it was before. It grabs Avery's wing with its teeth and flings him and the sword off of it. Avery slides across the floor but comes to a stop where Wolfram and Yuri were.
Wolfram bends down and looks at Avery concerned "you really suck at this huh?"
Avery gets up frustrated "I'm a lover not a fighter". He then looks toward the monster "I'm starting to get tired of being flung like a rag doll".
The beast runs towards them and they split up in different directions trying to avoid the beasts snapping teeth. Wolfram rolls onto the floor and allows the horses to run off away from the battle scene. He then forms a sword in his hands and shoots a large flame at the monster from the blade; this causes the beast to grow even larger. This is when wolfram starts to catch on "guys it feeding off the fire power, Avery don't attack it anymore".
Avery dodges the beast's tail once again "then how the hell are we supposed to beat this thing?"
Yuri puts out his hand and starts glowing "this is where I come in". The sky above them clouds up and rain falls over the land, the beast screams and howls as each droplet stings its body, the beast jerks and bucks throwing Belar off of it's back. Yuri then conjures his two water serpents to wrap around the beast; this causes steam to shoot from the beast's body. The water serpents then squeeze the beast causing it to shrink and evaporate completely.
Belar crawls away from the evaporated cloud and comes face to face with Avery who has a sword poised at his neck "alright dude just drop the stone and come quietly". Belar smiles at him defiantly and springs to his feet, he then dodges the sword and punches Avery in the stomach, this causes the taller man to simply lose his balance and takes a few steps back, Avery then smiles at him "that all you got old man".
Belar jumps backwards and raises his stone into the air; another portal opens up in the sky and an even larger monster drops right on top of Avery slamming him to the ground. Wolfram and Yuri freak out for a moment seeing Avery get crushed. Wolfram runs over to him "AVERY". They both look up at the beast and it turns out to be a three headed Hydra.
Yuri directs the water serpents toward the Hydra and they wrap around the monster lifting it off the ground. All he could see was a huge crater in the ground and Avery lays there unconscious, he also sees wolfram running towards the crater to check on Avery, but Belar intercepts the blond and rams him throwing him away from the area and onto the ground "WOLFRAM, look out".
Wolfram looks up in time to see Belar coming after him; he dashes out of the way of Belars attack and materializes a golden sword from his hands ready to fight "Yuri".
Yuri's water serpents throw the hydra away from the crater and the massive beast hollers and screeches as it falls onto its back "I'll be fine, I've got this". He turns to wolfram speaking to him in a deep voice "go get him love".
Wolfram nods as a large circle of fire surrounds both him and Belar, he looks towards Belar and notices where the fire circle came from, Belar had pressed the stone onto the ground which caused the fire circle to spring forth, Belar grins maliciously and conjures his own sword "yes prince brat, come get me".
Belar races forward towards him and swings his sword at the blond, which was easily blocked "have you forgotten the stone gives me great power and enhanced abilities. You can not possibly hope to win". Belar raises his sword and strikes the blonds' sword a few more times causing him to step backwards slightly.
Wolfram then turns around Belars body and slices Belars back. He then leaps back when belar swings around to catch him with his sword. The wound he inflicts heals instantly and Belar strikes at him again and he dodges the attack. Belar strikes at him again and the blond clashes swords with him at every turn not allowing him to get a solid hit on him. Belar puts the firestone inside his pocket to get a better grip on his sword, he then leaps forward and aims for wolframs head, the blond eyes the stone in his pocket as he ducks the strike "I have to get at that stone", he thought concocting a plan .
Belar strikes at him again drop kicking wolfram in his chest knocking the air out of the demon prince; he sends wolfram tumbling backwards, but the blond lands on his feet listening to Belar rattle on "what does it feel like to come face to face with a god?"
Wolfram charges forward heading more off to the side of Belars body, Belar reacts by swinging for his head, wolfram ducks backwards dodging the swing while sliding on the ground right next to him, he swings his sword and cut Belars pocket wide open "don't know, I haven't seen one yet". The stone falls to the ground and before Belar could react wolfram stands up and brings his sword down on the stone cutting it in half.
Time stands still at this point as the stone was destroyed, the portal in the sky opens up once again and Belar stares up at it in horror, he sees the Hydra that Yuri was keeping at bay as it fly's up into the vortex and back to it's own dimension, the circle of fire disappears around them as the vortex begins to suck Belar up. He grips the ground in desperation trying to avoid being sucked into the vortex. Yuri runs over to wolframs side and they brace themselves, they too start to slide off the ground and held onto one another planning to leave this world together if they had to, then they watch also in horror as Belar screams getting sucked into the vortex himself. Just as they too were about to meet the same fate a pair of Phoenix wings surround them both, Wolfram looks up and sees Avery keeping them both on the ground "you kids ok?"
Wolfram holds onto to Yuri as they are protected by Avery's wings "welcome back, what's going on?"
Avery holds onto to both of them tighter "ok destroying the stone wasn't such a good idea as I thought, because without it the portal to the next dimension has remained open, which means everything in this world might get sucked in".
Yuri clutches wolfram for dear life "how do we close it?"
"Shit" Avery looks at the vortex "usually Ember would know what to do in these situations".
Suddenly a voice was heard by them "Your right I do", Ember stands casually next to Avery's hunched body and looks up at the vortex "I should have known you were up to something Avery". She raises her hand up towards where the vortex is and then closes her palm; this in turn closes the vortex causing it to disappear. The sky stays dark for a moment but then quickly clears up leaving nothing but the blue clear sky in its wake, everything has returned back to normal.
Avery unwraps his wings from around the two boys he was protecting, he then sighs in relief "man I thought we were in trouble for a minute there".
Ember pinches his ear twisting it slightly "you are in trouble Avery big trouble, what happened to my stone?"
Avery flinched and squirmed "ow…ow...ow easy, look we had to dispose of it, it was unavoidable, now step away from my ear".
Ember lets go and then looks over at Wolfram and Yuri who were still clutching each other, a bit stunned by what had happened "you two ok?"
Wolfram nods "yeah we'll live, I'm sorry about the stone Ember".
Yuri looks shocked at the beautiful redhead "this is Ember? The Phoenix Queen?
Ember smiles at him in a perky manner "guilty as charged". She then looks over at Avery "and this is my irresponsible older brother Avery".
Yuri smiles at her "yeah we've definitely met".
Wolfram looks up at the sky a bit concerned "where did Belar go?"
Ember gazes at the sky sadly "back to wherever he conjured the hell hound and hydra from". She shakes her head sympathetically "that poor, poor man, but that's what happens when you mess with things you simply don't understand, nothing can be done for him now".
Wolfram and Yuri embrace one another, thankful it wasn't them that got sucked up. Avery whistles a bit "damn, that's still fucked up though". He then looks sheepishly at his little sister "sooo am I still in trouble?"
Ember smiles at him "what do you think?"
Avery smiles back "how about I take these guys home before you put me in lock down?"
Ember sighs and opens up a portal "fine, but come straight home before you start any more trouble". She then walks through the portal and disappears.
Avery turns to them smiling "well I guess that's that, I'm going to miss you Barbie".
Wolfram chuckles and give Avery a hug "same here".
Avery then smiles at Yuri deciding to mess with him one last time. He walks over to the double black king sizing him up "you know, if he had let me, I could have tapped that a long time ago".
Yuri grins at him "perhaps, but he didn't let you now did he?" He then walks over to wolfram dips the blond and gives him a passionate kiss in front of the shocked taller man. After a few moments he raises wolfram up again to stand and separates from him. He then smiles at Avery and pops his collar like a true playa "and that my friend is how the Demon King does it". He extends an arm out to his gorgeous fiancés who chuckles and holds it "lets go home". They walk away from a very impressed Avery.
Avery quirks an eyebrow and smiles "it's good to be king" he thinks as he watches them mount their horses and ride on home.