[Please read the authors' note at the bottom of the page when you're finished

Chapter 20
The Celestials

Blood poured from the stomach wound on to the ground. Wrath gleefully smiled and called to his teammates. Each used their own method to inflict pain on me, one biting, stabbing, ripping, kicked, punched, but all had a part in trying to kill me.

I waited until every last one of the seven had a piece of their body connected to me, then let out a powerful burst of flame mana which spread through their bodies.

All seven Sin burnt on the spot, their bodies charred and burnt, fell to the ground. I looked at them with disdain, my eyes glazed with a black haze of evil, and I left quickly. But there was something I missed.

As I jumped away from the bodies, I killed more and more Sin. As I killed tens of Sin, I felt a powerful surge of energy in the direction of the Seven deadly Sins.

I averted my eyes back to their direction and saw Wrath Standing up, a malevolent grin on his face. I turned around and fixed my eyes on him, and I walked back slowly to him.

He raised his arms and began a low chant; a similar mark appeared on his body and surprised me, a black lotus.

As he chanted, the bodies of the many Sin around him, including the other Six Deadly Sins turned into a black mist and gathered around him. Soon enough, all the Sin, dead or alive turned into a black mist and surrounded Wrath.

The black mist was slowly absorbed into wrath's body, and his energy increased by the second. Soon enough it was almost as powerful as a previous entity I met, Gerardus.

As Wrath absorbed the last of the mist, he looked over at me and smiled. Then he disappeared and appeared in front of me.

Out of instinct I created an avenger in my hand and threw it at him while leaping back. His reaction was swift and powerful; he grabbed the Avenger by its hand guard and reversed its spin to my direction.

I brought up an Elvish sword lying conveniently on the ground and charged mana into it, then raised it up to block the incoming assault.

The Avenger and the blade crashed into each other, sending a gust of wind across the battlefield, shocking back life in the faces of the stunned elves and humans in the battleground.

Brandishing the blade I charged once again towards Wrath, thrusting my sword at his head. A black sword appeared on Wrath's hand and he parried the thrust and charged at me.

I met his blade with my dagger and sent a ball of deadly mana at him, while using my sword to strike at his legs.

Wrath rotated his body to avoid the blast of mana and jumped at the precise moment my sword would have cut his legs. He pirouetted backwards and pointed the tip of his sword at me.

I took a defensive stance and readied myself. The remaining elves and humans gathered across us, making a wall and preparing to charge at Wrath.

Wrath noticed the incoming danger and readied himself to leave, but he said these words, "Miriam has an army, and within those are humans, traitors you would call them. Some are in it for killing, glory, some just likes to fight, and some are sick of the world as it is now, like me. The humans in this army are in an elite group called the Celestials; we are divided into four main groups. The Mortals, The Immortals, The Angels, and The Cherubim. The previous battles you have encountered were with Mortals, the simple Sin or those with no significant power. You have faced two Cherubim, me and Gerardus, there are two more you should be wary of. As you are now, you will die against me, Gerardus, or the other two. You're at the level of an Angel, and we are at the level of the four Wise men … and Woman." He said with a smile, "so strengthen up, or die."

"I will not die by the hands of trash like you," I retorted, but instead of falling into the insult he grinned and left as a flash of black light enveloped him.

I stepped forward quickly as I realized what was happening and thrust my sword into the black tube of light. The blade was met by thin air and the black light disappeared instantaneously and I screamed a cry of anguish at my inability to avenge Frey.

I felt my knees give way under my weight and I fell to the dirty ground. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up, it was Felix, he was smiling, but there was no joy or happiness in his face, only resignation.

I shook his hand off and stood up slowly, my weak knees making me wobble. Felix grabbed my arm and helped me steady myself. I forced myself to walk a ways off back to the hospital where Frey was being treated and shouted at the bustling attendants.

"HOW IS SHE?" I shouted loudly.

"You'll have to calm down sir, this is a hospital," the girl who noticed said to me, her eyes pointed downward and her voice quavering with fear, "as for the girl she's …"

"What's wrong with her?" I asked the nurse, "WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER?" I said again when she didn't answer.

"She … fell in a coma, and her pulse is quickly diminishing …," the nurse said still looking downward.

Feeling the hot tears well up in my eyes as I heard her say the words I had been afraid to hear I rushed to Frey's room. I burst through the door and found Frey lying on her bed, her face peaceful. She was dressed in a one-piece hospital garb which was cut off at the arms.

I sat beside her and whispered all the comforting things I could say to her, all the while stroking her hair. I sat there for hours over, not doing anything else, and after feeling the heaviness of my eyes and her unmoving state I held her hand in mine and cried.

I looked at the heart rate monitor and saw it begin to rise to normal tempo and my hopes were raised, but as I began calling to the nurses the rate began to drop and Frey began to flail around. I began to worry as three doctors and nurses came into the room to check her temperature and her stability.

I looked away and tried to keep my calm until I heard the rhythmic, continuous beeping which was the sign of a flat line.

The doctors and nurses that attended Frey came to me, their face hidden in hair as they looked away and that was enough for me. I knew what had happened, Frey had died.

I started to laugh, I wasn't sure why, it seemed as if my brain did not know how else to handle the sadness. I tried to stop myself and it worked after a while, I started to cry. A state of deep misery, and my body let out a deep blue aura, the color of misery.

The effects of my anguish and crying affected those near me, as they too started to cry. I finally lost it slashed a nearby wall with my dagger, leaving a large gash on the wall.

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed, and then, unable to hold back I ran away. I ran to Grendel's house and sought my brother.

"Train me, train me now," I said to him breathlessly.

He looked at me silently, his eyes studying me and my grief, and then at last, he nodded.

"It will be hard," he said simply.

"I know," I replied.

He waved his hand and in a flash we were gone, galloping through the trees, me following my brother, to wherever he would train me.

Authors' Note (AN IMPORTANT ONE THIS TIME)

Please note:

-that this IS the last chapter of Way of the Assassin
-there WILL be more parts coming in later (this was for those who were getting ready to flame/complain/whine about a cliffhanger ending)
-that the next part will NOT be under Way of the Assassin, so yes, you will have to check for a new story posting by myself

-that the next part will be out as soon as the author finishes the first 5 chapters. No, this does not mean all 5 chapters will be posted at the same time, it just ensures that there won't be any abnormally large time gaps between each posting.

Everybody understand? Good. If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

[End of important part

Kalypto: OMG IT'S THE LAST CHAPTER! TT and since people want Shortie back (instead of Stanislaus), HERE HE COMES[please note that they are the same person, only we call him different names, okay?

Shortie: Hello

Kalypto: Umm well this line was supposed to be for Shortie's list of people to thank, but I kind of lost it…so…

Shortie: …

Kalypto: Ah! I remember! I believe it consisted of you guys (the readers), everyone who reviewed, me, and himself…ahahaha…

Shortie: Yeah that seems like the whole list.

Kalypto: THANK YOU ALL FOR READING! Look for the next part (which I've already read), and remember, stay beautiful! Kisses for all!

Shortie: You're weird…

Kalypto: I know..hehehe..