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Chapter twenty one: Shadows
"Guys, are you ready?"
Alice looks at everyone with her blindfold, she could see everyone anyway since it is see-through and she is talking to all the ghosts who held their weapons tightly. Haruka and Sam are next together, they both have their weapons with them and Haruka glanced at Sam for a while until she looked away to have Sam glancing at her. Kyouya is holding his special pistol that Bisetsu used when she was battling her first time, Hikaru carried a large scythe that is so sharp that it could cut mostly anything, Kaoru carried a whip with him that is made of leather, and Mitsukuni carried brass knuckles in the shade of silver. Takashi only carried a small knife that shined from the light of the blazing fire that was from the torches while Tamaki only carried the staff Haruhi lost. He could remember the time when Haruhi just stood in the dirt, lying in a pool of flowing red blood as Haruhi tries to give Tamaki the staff. He did not want it but he took it, thinking that when he fights Him, he will use this to make a memory for Haruhi.
William raced out of the dark corridors and he transforms back into his human form to warn everyone that Him and the shadows are close by; everyone became determined with this war. Kyouya, Hikaru, Kaoru, Mitsukuni, Tamaki and Takashi are all ready to fight their place for all the girls since what happened yesterday. Soon, all of the ghosts marched through the corridors and Alice marches ahead to find the way out of all the corridors, it looked like a door with a earth handle to make it look more like a door. Alice pointed at that door and said that this will be the dawn where they shall attack all of the shadows and that they all shall be free from Him. All of them cheered, Sam and Haruka looked at each other with one final smile as the boys grew more anxious to battle Him for the first time.
Alice moved aside to let all the ghosts out first, soon a stamped was formed like running bulls charging at more bulls that are attacking them. But once they all made it out, only she, Sam, Haruka, William, Kyouya and all the rest are still inside to wait.
"Sam, how's it going from their line?" Alice asked Sam who has his eyes closed slightly.
"They're all waiting for your signal, madam."
Soon, Alice walks out into the door and the rest follow her outside to the door. Once they made it out, they saw a staircase in the color of earthy brown as it fades into light grey from the very top. The walls are also earthy brown but turns to grey as everyone went upstairs, torches are lit for all of them to see their passage. Their steps echoed as they walked up in the stairs of unknown and once they made it to the top, Tamaki ran in first before all of them and when he got out, he saw the grey world with its boring greyness all around itself. But from the distance, he could see Shadows all marching to the right and the one who is flying on top of all of them was none other than Him himself as he looks around to see if there are any ghosts around. Tamaki wanted to go back to the staircase, but the doorway is closed and he cannot go back inside. Kyouya and all of them went out; Alice explained that from this distance that Him would not be able to see them because of his missing eye. Tamaki recalled Him not having one and Alice said that eye was from her which made everyone confused.
"I took only my right eye and made a copy for my left one,"
Once they understood this, Alice told them that she will be going to see if she could surprise attack him from afar. Sam and Haruka decided to go and help her out, saying that it would be good to have some company for Alice. Alice did not say anything and let them go with her while William and the rest go and try to hide before Alice attacks Him. Tamaki and the others all stood near each other and Alice ran off from unknown with her teammates, Kyouya looks at all the shadows and calculated that there are approximately a thousand shadows all marching to wherever they are going right now.
"That's a lot…"
"But we have five thousand ghosts on our side," William said positively.
Tamaki is ready, along with the boys by his side and one thing is for sure is that they will fight and avenge Haruhi and all the rest who died unfairly because of Him. From the distance, they could see something that came running towards them with great speed that made a lightning coming out of the end with a wild dust path in the end. It was Alice who carried a large vorpal that looked lighter a lightning bolt of pure gold color as she slashes William said that that is Alice and her special move to be more faster than lightning itself, saying that it is a good move to face all the shadows without anyone knowing. Soon they all saw Sam and Haruka fighting all of the shadows that are coming towards Alice as she fights of more Shadows coming her way, Him is soaring up in the air and looks like he is trying to shoot her with something, it looks like a rifle but it only shoots black orbs instead of bullets. The gun looks more like an elderly piece of work that still works from this day as he shoots Alice many times but fails. William told them that they should be going in to start fighting the shadows, Tamaki asked what is he going to do and William replied that he has an errand to run but will back shortly. And so, William takes off his top hat and when he waved it around himself, he transformed into a crow with black midnight feathers that soared up into the air.
"Are you guys ready for this?" Tamaki asked them all.
They all nodded nervously, looking at a few shadowy people that came charging to them.
Bisetsu…wait for me.
Michele, I miss you…
Alice, please be with me till the end.
Hiyori and Tawny…I'm sorry.
Rosalie, I'll see you soon…I hope.
Haruhi, I know it's dumb to think this…but I love you.
One Shadow jumps up from the air and with a terrifying screech, it starts diving down to Tamaki since he is the weak link. But Tamaki used the staff for defense and out of nowhere, a gazing white light glowed and it changed into…a pink umbrella with purple frills on the end and it has a golden colored handle that he held onto.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?"
That was when he aimed it up in the air and what he did not know is when he accidently pulled it up, it shot the Shadow as if it was a gun! The shadow fell to the ground and Tamaki looked at it with confusion.
"This is what you get when you don't treat me right!"
"Not the time, Tamaki!" Kyouya shouted at him as he reloads his gun and starts shooting all the Shadows without any second shots needed.
Takashi and Mitsukuni worked together when they battled each other, Takashi would pick Mitsukuni up and then he lets him go like a bullet and Mitsukuni would bring out his fists and become a tornado as he punches all of the Shadows on the face. Takashi would take care of the rest with his small knife that he used, gracefully slicing each one without any worries. Hikaru and Kaoru devised a new tactic for them, Kaoru tied up Hikaru on the ankle and when he grabbed the handle, he would swing him around and then he would use his scythe to slice off all the Shadows that came in his way. Tamaki is still shooting all of the Shadows that came in their way, but that was when they all heard battle cries coming from behind…
"Oh-"
"Shit-"
"We're-"
"Dead-"
"Fuckerios-"
"It's was nice battling; now I'm getting sick…" Hikaru started turning sick because of all the spinning.
They could see the large clash of the ghosts that all fought with their weapons from guns to even swords that made the slice to bits. Him did not pay attention to his army and tries to fight Alice as much as he could, but all of his shots were dodged no matter what. Kyouya told the others that they should be fighting harder than this, everyone agreed with a shout except for Hikaru since he is starting to turn light green all over his face as he holds his puke to not barf. So Kaoru decided…to spin Hikaru even harder as he spins himself around the battle ground as nothing but dark Shadows fall down the ground like flying paper that fell to the floor with no life. Mitsukuni is doing great with punching all of the shadows in front of them as Takashi battles more that came their way.
"Guys, where's Haruka and Sam?"
"Over there!"
Haruka and Sam are racing around in circles around some Shadows from the distance, what the army did not know is that Haruka secretly wrapped them all with invisible wire that could cut them all into pieces. Sam and Haruka used gloves to protect their hands and when they stopped running in pointless circles, they both ran in opposite directions where Haruka went left while Sam went right. And then, they pulled with all their might that ended up having to see a large explosion of shadowy blood that spread on the grey floors like ink on paper.
"Those two make the greatest couple,"
"Tamaki," Kyouya called. "Now's not the time for fantasy romances!"
"But those two make such a great couple!" Tamaki gushed as he randomly pushes the trigger to all the Shadows that came in front of him while looking at Kyouya who starts to reload his ammo that he took out from his pocket. "Just think, Haruka and Sam have known each other for generations and soon they will have to confess-"
"SHUT UP, TAMAKI!" all the boys shouted at Tamaki as he whelps with fear.
Sometimes I really wonder how I even know this idiot…
…
"How dare you defy me, Alice?" Him shouted at Alice as he threw his rifle away that hits on the ground like as if it was just a useless toy.
"I want freedom!" Alice shouted at Him, looking at him as he lowers himself down. "I dream to go to a world where I could touch and see things without being a ghost, and so does everyone else…but you just keep getting in the way when you take innocent people to hell!"
"That's my whole job, to take people to hell since they never did anything good in their life,"
"Have you ever considered the possibility that they wish to go to heaven? Have you ever considered that they wish that they could feel positive around their whole life? Well, you are nothing but a monster that destroys everything that they have longed for."
He walks closer, Alice walks forward to him and they soon found themselves facing each other with cold blue eyes that pieced worse than ice.
"I must admit…I don't like what I do, but I am forever cursed…"
Alice shook her head in disagreement, "You had a choice, and if you didn't capture me and raped me…none of this would have happened."
"Then…I must end it." Then, he suddenly took out a large knife and he stabs her right in the heart.
Mitsukuni was watching Alice from afar; he saw the whole terrifying moment with his eyes, he starts to limp and soon he found himself sprinting like never before to Alice who fell to the ground as a gushing pool of scarlet red blood start to form in the soil of greyness. Mitsukuni picks up her head and tried to get her to stay awake, but nothing he does could stop her from lowering her eyes from her last minutes of her dead life that she relived as a spirit.
"Alice, stay with me!" Mitsukuni shouted as tears start pouring down his face while his eyes stared at her blindfold.
That was when something spills out of her mouth, what came out slowly is pure red blood and she suddenly coughed to have the blood splatter on his face. Then she no longer did anything, her body froze like ice to the touch as Mitsukuni could not breathe correctly when Him walks towards him and her.
"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" Mitsukuni shouted in rage as he gets up and tackles him to the ground. "YOU'RE A MONSTER! A MONSTER! JUST GO TO HELL, YOU MONSTER!" he starts beating him on the face with his brass knuckles, soon Him has his bones all disfigured and his eye pops out of his eye socket.
That was when Him on longer moved as well, his whole skeleton is complete empty with no sudden movements from all the abuse Mitsukuni has given him. It is as if…Mitsukuni killed Him….
"Did I…?"
That was when he felt something, it felt like the skeleton started to shift again…than that was when Him pushed Mitsukuni off of him and he soars up in the air with his black clock that is shredded mostly from the war he has been in. Him cackles loud and clear, than his whole body starts to change itself to show it having red veins to white flesh...soon, Him has a real body!
"Finally, I am no longer a skeleton! I'm…immortal!" he announced this to his army of Shadows as they all start cheering for him. Him looks down upon the confused Mitsukuni. "Because of killing Alice, I have obtained my true form of humanity. Therefore, Alice lied about everything she told you."
"She didn't lie!"
Him lowers down, he took out his hood and shows his blonde short hair and dark blue eyes that look down at him.
"Do you know why she made up the story about me taking her? She wanted to manipulate you and everyone to make sure you and all of the others join her. And that eye thing? It's just another lie, she given me her eye. So step aside so I shall make her know what my suffering was, she shall be bestowed a fate so grim to become the next Him and she will never see true joy of heaven nor Utopia."
Him takes out his long flesh arm and tries to reach to Alice.
"NO, YOU CAN'T!"
That was when Mitsukuni felt…darkness running down inside him, his heart slows it beat as time slows done along with him. He looked at his skin that has specks of blood and suddenly it turns dark along with his skin that slowly turns pitch black. He felt his back sprouting with something; he looked behind his back to see wings in the shade of black rising up as they spread separately. Soon time starts to resume back and when Mitsukuni looked up at Him, he is seen backing away in fear.
"RETREAT!" Him shouted to the last standing Shadows as they all start running away to unknown.
Mitsukuni looks at himself; he looks like he is a demon with large crow wings with his skin turned to pure black. He gets up and found himself very tall, he became a demon!
"Get back here," Mitsukuni growled, glaring at a terrified Him with his piercing red eyes that glared with anger.
That was when Mitsukuni flew up in the air as all of his friends tried to run to him but he is up in the air, trying to catch Him so he could finally kill him. Tamaki shouted for him to come down but that was when William who is still in his crow form swoops down and rises up into the air.
"Why's William here?"
"Maybe he'll help us,"
"But how's he going to convince Mitsukuni to get down?"
Mitsukuni is zooming to Him who is trying to get away from him, but that was when William gets up on Mitsukuni and is trying to get him to stop. Mitsukuni tries to get away from William but that was when William went up to his face and started going inside…his mouth.
"Eww!" everyone shouted as they saw this disturbing scene.
Mitsukuni tries to cough him out of his mouth but he refused to get out as he pushes himself down in his throat. Soon, Mitsukuni accidently swallowed him whole and he passed out to start falling down to the ground.
…
"Was that really necessary, Will?" Haruka asked William who is in the shower trying to get rid of all the horrible saliva that covered him. She looked away the whole time, not wanting to see him naked with the only protection of the curtains that only showed his shadow.
"I had to do that spell, my ancestors told me that if I do that, it will regain the calmness of the demon inside him," William explained. "Don't think I enjoy such-such awful things!"
"Well, if you maybe-"
"Haruka?" Sam went inside the bathroom.
"Sam…I can't believe that Alice is gone…"
"Haruka, she's not dead."
"What? But we saw her get-"
"That was just a lie, she is still in a coma right now but will return shortly a few hours. I expect a large argument about how we didn't get her up right now."
"William, what were you doing while we were fighting?" Haruka asked William who is behind the curtain, he turned off the water and starts getting changed.
"I was doing something that might make things better,"
"Like what?"
To be continued…
When I was gone, I thought I lost you
Yet you were there the whole time
Will you be besides me again?
Chapter twenty two… you may survive again.