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Chapter 25
Awakening of a Demon
The man with the staff was sent flying inside Tu Chi's water shell until it landed just outside the outskirts of town. The shell hit the ground with a mighty splash and boom making water splash everywhere. Water rained everywhere causing some animals that just happened to be in the area to run away in fright. Eventually the rain died down and Tu Chi and Finn soon arrived at the scene where the shell landed ready to fight the man if he had survived. Sure enough, the man stood up from a crater where the water shell hit almost completely unfazed.
"Damn it. He was able to take that hit?" said Finn clicking his tongue.
"That's to be expected Finn," said Tu Chi. "This isn't any ordinary enemy. Stay on your guard got it?"
"Right."
"I'm impressed," said the man. "You certainly have earned your title as a Wizard Saint Tu Chi. However... it's going to take a lot more than that to inflict any kind of damage to me."
He raised his staff and the staff began to gather up magic power, then he pointed it at the two of them and fired his spell again.
"DARK RONDO!"
A dark blast of dark magic shot straight at them, but Tu Chi and Finn dodged. Finn spread his wings and took off into the air and Tu Chi leaped to her right getting herself out of the way. She then placed her hands together as if she was praying and then spread them out while making a blue magic circle appear in front of her. Then several drops of water appeared all around her. She swung her arms forwards and the drops fired straight at the man.
"AQUA BULLETS!"
The man quickly jumped out of the way to avoid the attack, but then Finn joined the fray firing a spell of his own.
"WATER STAR!"
He made a shuriken of water and flung it right at the man, but the man quickly deflected the attack using his staff.
"Child's play," he said smirking.
Finn immediately appeared in front of him with his ninjatō poised and slash aiming right for the man's throat. The man was barely able to block the attack in time by using his staff. Finn repeatedly attacked by slashing his ninjatō at the man again and again, but the man kept blocking the attacks with ease. Then when slashed again, the man seemed to disappear only to reappear right behind Finn. He got ready to fire another spell, but then Tu Chi's voice rang out.
"Finn! Move out of the way! WATER DRAGON!"
She slammed her hand to the ground and a blue magic circle appeared in front of her. Then a giant spout of water erupted from the circle and shot into the sky. Tu Chi quickly flicked her fingers and water came to life changing into the shape of a dragon. The water dragon roared at it shot straight towards the man and Finn it's red eyes gleaming. Finn seeing the dragon immediately took flight into the air spreading his wings. The man's eyes widened seeing the attack come towards him. He immediately countered the dragon by firing his Dark Rondo at the dragon. The attacks collided and exploded with a mighty explosion causing water to rain once more everywhere.
"I'm impressed Wizard Saint," said the man. "You're strong in power and it seems you've been training a disciple that is almost just as skilled as you are. However, is that the best you two can do? DARK RONDO!"
He pointed his staff and fired his spell again aiming for Finn.
"Finn look out!" called Tu Chi.
Finn immediately saw the attack coming and punched his fists together.
"TURTLE SHELL DEFENSE!"
A barrier of water formed in front of him taking the shape of a turtle's shell and blocked the incoming attack shielding himself from the attack. The man clicked his tongue in annoyance.
"Lowly maggot," he growled.
"Sorry! But you're attack won't be able to pierce through the Turtle Shell spell!" said Finn. "Your attacks won't touch me!"
"Is that a fact?" said the man. "Then allow me to test that statement with this! DARK CAPRICCIO!"
The man fired another spell at Finn again and Finn used his turtle shell and blocked the attack. Tu Chi assumed that Finn blocked the attack, but then she saw the man who had a smirk on his face. She soon figured out why.
"Finn! Get out of there now!" she yelled.
Finn looked at his master in confusion and then sure enough the man's spell was slowly drilling its way through his shell until it broke right through. Finn jumped out of the away to dodge, but the attack hit him right at his hip. Finn jumped into the air and landed a few away gaining some distance. He held his side in pain as well as a few drops of blood dripped from his hand holding his wound. The man laughed seeing Finn in this state.
"How does that feel maggot? The Dark Capriccio is a lot more than an attacking spell. It can pierce through any pitiful defense that you put up. So, go ahead and put up that defense spell that you're so proud of. I'll just pierce right through it and you."
"Finn are you OK?" asked Tu Chi as she rushed over to his side.
"I'm fine," said Finn. "He just grazed me. His attack surprised me though. I didn't expect him to pierce through the shell so easily."
Tu Chi then placed a hand on Finn's wound and it started glowing blue. The light from her hand then spread over Finn's wound and dimmed down. She removed her hand showing that Finn's wound had healed if not scarred slightly.
"Thank you Master," said Finn. "That feels much better."
"Just take care," said Tu Chi. "If you get hit in that same spot it'll open up."
"Hm. So, you can use healing magic? No matter," said the man. "No amount of healing magic can save you from what lies in store for getting in my way."
"Answer me this young man," said Tu Chi as she straightened up. "What business do you have in Osia?"
"I don't have to answer to you woman," spat the man. "Although I will say that your measly little village doesn't have what I'm looking for. I was told that something powerful was sealed here, but I suppose that was nothing more but a rumor."
"What do you mean by that?" asked Finn. "Are you after the creature that was sealed in the church?"
The man looked at Finn and then he laughed.
"That pitiful thing? Please. Why would I be interested in such a thing? What I'm after far exceeds what that excuse monstrosity is capable of."
"And what is that?" asked Tu Chi narrowing her eyes.
"Like I told you before, I don't have to answer to you woman," said the man. "It doesn't concern you."
"It concerns me when you endanger the lives of people in this town," said Tu Chi gripping her staff. "I don't know who you are or what you're doing here but you are not leaving here without giving us some answers. I suggest you answer now before we all do something we both regret."
"Is that a threat?" the man smirked.
"And what if it is?" Finn said drawing his ninjatō.
"Hm. You're two certainly are interesting, but I'm afraid that I must take my leave," said the man turning his back to them. "I don't have any more time to waste on the two of you."
"Oh no you don't! You're not getting away!" shouted Finn as he pounced straight at the man slashing him.
He slashed straight at the man's back, but he passed right through him. Finn turned around in time to see the man vanish into thin air.
"Damn it! He disappeared!"
Then Tu Chi and Finn heard the man's voices laughing and echoing seeming like he was everywhere.
"Rather than worrying about what my motives are, don't you think you have more pressing concerns to attend to?" said the man's voice. "After all you said it yourself Wizard Saint. You care about the people in your own do you not?"
"What do you mean by that?" called out Tu Chi. "Answer me!"
No one replied.
"Damn it! Get back here you coward!" called Finn angrily.
"It's no use Finn. He's long gone by now," said Tu Chi. "I can no longer sense his magic power."
"Who was that guy? And what did he want here?" asked Finn.
"I do not know," replied Tu Chi. "But I do know one thing, we must head back to town. I'm fear that the people of Osia are in danger."
"What makes you say that Master?"
"There's no time. Come. We must hurry Finn."
Tu Chi then leaped into the air spreading her water wings and took flight.
"Hey! Master! Wait for me!"
Finn hastily deployed his wings and followed after her.
Meanwhile back at the church inside, the coffin was still rattling and glowing and emitting hissing and growling noises as the being that was kept inside it struggled and struggled to break free. As it did one by one the paper seals around it began to tear and burst into nothingness. One by one the paper seals were destroyed until only one remained on top of the coffin. That paper seal was destroyed as well. There was nothing but silence. Then suddenly the coffin burst open and a bright light erupted from the inside of it with a mighty boom. It was so overwhelmingly bright that the church became ablaze with it.
Then from out of the light, something emerged. It had a slight feminine appearance, brown wooden like skin with purple gem like things all over its body, had green hair like it had leaves on top of its head, and it's face looked sunken much like a zombie's. It stood on its feet and looked around. It took a moment for the creature to realize that it was finally free from its prison. It let out a terrifying shriek causing all the windows to break all around the area. It was so loud that it reached all the way from the outskirts of town. Anyone of the townspeople who were around the area woke up with a start. The demon burst out from the church and let out another shriek. From the gem like things all over its body, it unleashed a barrage of beams that shot everywhere. The beams raked one building after another turning everything into rubble in their path. The townspeople began to panic and scream in terror as the demon continued to wreak havoc from on top of its perch.
Tu Chi and Finn heard the shrieks and could see smoke and dust rising from the center of town.
"Damn it! It's just as I feared! That man released the seal on the church!" cursed Tu Chi.
"The seal from the church? You mean..." breathed Finn.
"Yes! The church where the demon that wreaked havoc on Osia years ago was sealed in. "
"But... I thought it was nothing more, but a myth!"
"I'm afraid it's true. When that man unsealed the door to the church, the demon must have awakened to that man's magic power and the seals that were placed on it just have weakened over time allowing the demon to break free."
"So, what do we do? That thing's wreaking havoc in the middle of town! If we don't stop it, who knows how many people will get hurt!"
"I know. Listen up Finn, you evacuate the townspeople and move them away from town! I'll will handle the demon! Understood?"
"Yes Master! I'll get Sieri to help as well!"
Then as Finn and Tu Chi flew towards the church, they split up. Finn helped the townspeople evacuate and Tu Chi landed in front of the church where the demon stood on top shrieking loudly. Then it saw her. When it did, it growled and hissed at her extending its claws, but Tu Chi remained unfazed.
"All right you demon," she said. "You've inflicted a lot of damage to this place. The mage who had sealed you in the church years ago may have shown you leniency, but for one will not! Prepare yourself!"
She stuck her staff into the ground and took a stance emitting a bright blue aura releasing her magic power. The demon glared at her and let out another shriek that rung in the ears of everyone in Osia.
WILLY'S POV
My eyes immediately snapped open and I woke up with a start upon hearing that terrible noise. Mira sat up as well feeling just as startled as I was.
"What the heck was that!?" I said.
"I don't know," said Mira.
Then Lisanna and Elfman came into the room looking very frightened.
"Mira! Willy! Did you guys hear that?" Lisanna asked trembling a little.
"It sounded like some kind of monster!" added Elfman fearfully.
Mira got up and gave her siblings a reassuring hug.
"It's OK you two," she said. "It was probably a wild animal or something."
I got up and walked over to the window and I couldn't help but widen my eyes in shock. There in the distance where the town was, a large pillar of smoke or dust was billowing out. Upon looking at that, memories of what happened in my previous home began to resurface in my mind causing me to be frozen in fear and in shock. This couldn't be happening... Was this another attack like before?
"No... no it can't be... not again... not again..."
"Willy? Willy? Willy! Wily!"
Mira's voice suddenly snapped me out of my frightened state.
"Are you OK? What's going on?"
I looked at Mira and then pointed out the window. When Mira saw what was happening, she had the same horror stricken look on her face.
"What... what is this?!" she murmured.
Then Elfman and Lisanna looked outside as well and they were shocked as well.
"What's going on here?" wondered Lisanna.
"Is… Osia under attack?" asked Elfman worriedly.
There was a long silence. Then suddenly I ran out of the room and out of the house.
"Willy! Where are you going?!" Mira called out.
"Come back!" cried Lisanna and Elfman.
I didn't listen. I kept on running. Then as soon as I was outside I sprouted my water wings and took off into the air heading towards the pillar of smoke.
"WATER DRAGON AQUA JET!"
Water gushed out of my feet shooting me like a rocket. As I flew above town I saw the people below running away from whatever destruction was going on. One thing was for sure, this was definitely like the time back when I was a kid when I lost my home. I could see old memories resurfacing in my head. Ones that I tried to forget but couldn't help but remember. I quickly shook those thoughts out of my mind and headed towards the pillar of smoke and dust.
"Things are different now," I said. "I have magic. So, I have the power to stop whatever comes my way. And if Master or Finn needs help, I'll be there to help them!"
Then I heard the sound of several explosions towards the direction where I was flying. I pumped up my legs and flew faster towards to where the scene of the fighting was. When I was close enough, I touched down on the ground and then looked around. There was rubble lying all around along with a few drag marks like something had dragged along the ground.
"Hello! Is anyone here?! Answer me!"
At first there was silence, then something came flying right past me out of nowhere and crashed right into a wall. I looked to see what it was, and my eyes widened. The thing was stood before me was a monster of some kind. It looked like one of those witch creatures you would see in a book. Its skin was thin showing some bone, has brown skinned with purple jewel like things all over its body and had a zombie like face with gleaming purple eyes.
"What the heck is that thing?!" I cried.
The monster looked at me and let out a screech and came straight at me. Just as I was expected to get hit by the creature, a familiar face jumped in between and clapped her hands together.
"TURTLE SHELL WALL!"
We were then surround by a barrier of water that looked like a turtle's shell. The monster hit the barrier trying to break through it, but the barrier held and Tu Chi forced it away. Tu Chi now stood in front of me. Her clothes a little ripped and tattered and I also saw that she had a couple cuts and scrapes but not too serious.
"Master! You saved me!"
"Willy! You must leave now!" said Tu Chi.
"What? But why?!"
"It's too dangerous for you here! Go! Now! This isn't an enemy you can defeat easily!"
"But Master I wanna help you!"
"No! I said go!"
The monster shrieked in anger at its opponent and then came at us, but Tu Chi slammed her hand to the ground and a spout of water came from it taking the form of a dragon. The water dragon snaked around the demon twisting around the monster making it immobilized. The demon shrieked in anger and struggled to break free, but the dragon held it tight in its grip.
"Incredible..." I murmured.
"Willy! Why are you standing there?! I told you to run!" yelled Tu Chi. "I won't be able to hold this demon forever! Leave now while I have a hold on it!"
"But... Master! I can't just leave you! Let me help you!" I cried.
"No! I won't allow it! Go! Now!"
Tu Chi looked at me wearing a look in the form of a glare but at the same time concerned for my safety. I know that she didn't want me to get involved in the fight, but I couldn't just stand by and do nothing. I had to help no matter how many times she told me to leave. The monster who she called a demon struggled and let out another ear-piercing shriek and then fired a beam of light at Tu Chi from its mouth. Tu Chi was now in a bind. If she released her grip on the dragon to dodge the beam the demon would be free, but if she kept her hold on it she would get hit. Luckily, she didn't have to worry about her choice much longer.
"Master look out!" I yelled. "WATER DRAGON ROAR!"
I jumped in front of the attack and unleashed my breath attack. The attacks collided and then canceled each other out causing a tremendous boom. The boom caused the dragon to release its hold on the demon allowing it to break free. The demon retreated and gained some distance not wanting to get caught again.
"Willy! I told you to..." began Tu Chi but I cut in interrupted her.
"Master! With all due respect, I understand that you don't want me getting involved in this, but you must let me help! I wanna fight with you! What was the point of teaching me if I wasn't going to use it?!" I yelled. "Especially since there are people that I care about in danger! Back in my village I lost everything! My home! My Mama! My Papa! And then after that I lost my second Mama! I lost so much so I don't wanna lose anyone else! Mira! Lisanna! Elfman! Sieri! Finn! And even you! I'm not gonna stand by and do nothing while everyone I love is in danger! So, I'm fighting with you whether you like it or not!"
Tu Chi stared at me a little surprised at me. Then a smile slowly worked its way from her lips and then she laughed.
"You idiot boy. You're just like Finn. One might think that you two are identical twins," she chuckled as she straightened up. "Both of you are stubborn as you are brave."
She then looked at the demon who was staring holes at us it's eyes gleaming. Then Tu Chi took her stance and summoned her bladed staff and I summoned my twin swords.
"Willy! Stay close and give it everything you got! Understood?"
"Yes Master!"
Then the two us dashed straight at the demon and the demon came at us with its claws raised letting out another beam from its mouth. The two of split up dodging the beam and then we jumped towards it and attacked. I swung my swords while Tu Chi attacked twirling her water staff and slashing and hitting it. The attacks seemed to be doing damage, but at the same it made the demon even more angry with us. It let out another ear-piercing shriek and to my surprise it extended its arms as if they were made of rubber.
Me and Tu Chi dodged them, but the arms swerved and came right back at us. We both dodged them began again. This went on for a few seconds before one of them came at me from behind. Tu Chi immediately saved me by swinging her staff down on the arm slicing it. The demon shrieked in pain holding its arm while it dripped with a strange purple substance. The demon hissed and growled in pain as it backed away from the two of us.
"We got it on the ropes Master!" I said branding my swords. "Let's finish it!"
The demon then fired a beam from its mouth hitting trees and houses alike causing dust and sand to swirl up like a smokescreen. We shielded our eyes as the dust temporarily blinded us. Then with a mighty wave of her staff, Tu Chi blew the dust away. When it cleared, the demon was nowhere to be seen.
"What the...! Where'd it go!?" I cried.
"Stay calm Willy." said Tu Chi. "It's trying to hide so it can attack us from the shadows. I can still sense its presence so be on guard!"
The two of us stood back to back looking all around being prepared to strike the moment the demon decided to attack us. There was a long suddenly something began to glow beneath us in a bright purple light and then before I had a chance to react, Tu Chi grabbed me and threw me aside. The light then turned into a magic circle and a barrier appeared trapping Tu Chi inside. Tu Chi swung her spear and tried to break out of the circle, but she couldn't
"Master! Are you OK?" I called.
"I'm fine but I can't get free of this circle!" said Tu Chi. "That demon just have used some kind of magic to trap me in this!"
"Hang on! I'll try to get you out!" I said as I swung my swords trying to break through the barrier.
As hard as I swung trying to help Tu Chi, my swords couldn't get through. Then I dispersed my swords and was about to try another spell when Tu Chi's voice stopped me.
"It's no use Willy! Don't waste your magic any more than you already have trying to break me free! Go after the demon!" she said.
"But what about you?"
"I'll be fine. You must go after that demon and stop it before it hurts someone! Go! Quickly!"
I looked at Tu Chi and I nodded. "All right! I'll be back for you Master!"
And so, I ran off leaving Tu Chi behind in search of the demon. I ran through town past the houses. Some were damaged, and some were not. I looked for anything that was a clue to where the demon went, but I couldn't see it anywhere. Then I used my Aqua Sense to try and sense it. I placed my hands on the ground and saw a blue wave in my mind go along the ground through town. Then I saw it. A purple form of energy was making its way through the town a few feet away from me. It was definitely the demon. It was heading right down somewhere a few yards away heading towards a building.
"Why would it go to a building?" I thought. "Why there of all places?"
I soon found out why. Just a few feet away, a single form of energy was coming right towards the demon. At first I didn't know who it was, but as soon as I read the energy, my eyes snapped open. I knew who it was.
"No... No! I gotta get there before it's too late!"
I immediately spread my wings, used Aqua Jet, and shot towards the direction where I sensed the demon praying that I would get there in time.
NO POV
Meanwhile another person was making her way through town in search for Willy. That person was Mira. As she ran through town looking for him, she thought back to what happened before now.
Willy, Lisanna, Mira, and Elfman were looking out their window looking at what was going on. Then Willy all of a sudden bolted out of the room and out of the house.
"Willy! Where are you going?!" Mira called out.
"Come back!" cried Lisanna and Elfman.
The three of them ran out of the house in pursuit of Willy. They came outside in time to see Willy take off into the air and head right into town.
"Willy! Come back! Willy!" called Mira.
But it was too late. Willy had already disappeared into the distance.
"Where is he going?" asked Lisanna. "Why did Willy suddenly just take off like that?"
"I don't know," said Elfman. "But I hope everything's OK."
Mira stared into the distance of where Willy flew and then she looked at the bracelet he got for her. She then decided.
"Lisanna. Elfman. I'm going after Willy," she said.
The siblings looked at their elder sister in surprise.
"You can't go Mira!" said Elfman. "What if our village is being attacked? You can get hurt."
"Yeah. It's too dangerous," added Lisanna.
"Don't worry. I'll be OK," said Mira giving her siblings a reassuring hug. "Besides, I'm not afraid of a little danger. Stay here and don't leave the house."
And with that, Mira ran off towards town leaving her brother and sister watching her worriedly as she left.
"That idiot!" she muttered to herself. "Running off like that without giving us a reason. You better not be in danger Willy"
She continued to run until she came to the scene of the recent fight that Tu Chi had before she met up with Willy. The place was still devastated, and it was eerily quiet.
"Willy! Willy are you here?" called Mira. "Willy!"
No one answered. Then Mira happened to see the church whose doors were still open. She was hesitant to walk in, but she had to be sure that Willy was inside or not. So, she walked towards the church and looked inside. There was not a soul that could be heard inside. The inside was dark, and the cold wind blew giving Mira a little shiver.
"Willy? Are you in here?" Mira called looking around inside the church as she walked in.
Yet again no one answered. Suddenly the church doors shut behind her causing her to jump. She tried pulling them open, but they wouldn't bulge. Then heard a strange sound. The sound of breathing.
"Willy? Is... that you?" Mira asked trembling a little.
The only sound that answered her was the breathing noise. She slowly turned around and looked. Just then a hand shot out and grabbed Mira by the shirt and before Mira had a chance to react, she was flung across the church hitting the floor in a heap. She looked up and her eyes widened for what she saw. There stood a demon. It stared at her with its shining purple eyes hissing and staring at her.
It slowly made its way towards her extending its Mira immediately backed away from the creature being more frightened than she ever was before. She backed away until she was at the altar. There she bumped into the coffin where the demon was originally sealed. She screamed with fright jumping away from it and falling to the floor. The demon immediately pounced, jumping into the air and descending right at Mira. Mira screamed in terror closed her eyes and waited for the blow thinking it was the end for her, but the blow never came. Then she opened her eyes and gasped. There stood Willy who had blocked the demon's path using his Geyser Wall spell forcing the demon backwards.
WILLY'S POV
I stood in front of Mira protecting her from the demon just before it attacked her. It was a good thing I got here in time, otherwise Mira would have gotten hurt.
"Mira are you OK?" I asked.
"I... I guess so," said Mira as I help her to her feet.
I was gonna ask why she was here, but now wasn't the time. I had to get her out of the church before the demon has a chance to recover and attack us again. At least that way I would be able to fight it out of the opening.
"Come on. Let's go! We have to get out of here before it recovers!"
"Um... right!"
The two of us ran towards the doors trying to make our escape, but then the demon shrieked and was back on its feet. The demon saw us trying to get out of the church and chased after us, but we kept on running. The demon was gonna catch us eventually, so I turned around and got ready to fight.
"Willy?! What are you doing?!" cried Mira.
"Keep going Mira!" I said. "I'll hold this thing off while you escape! Now run!"
I jumped at the demon and went for a Water Dragon Talon, but the demon anticipated my attack and caught it with its hand and threw me away, but I was able land on my feet and attack again with an Iron Fist. The demon hissed and blocked it with its arm and then swiped at me in the face with its claw. I managed to dodge it if not barely, but the claw scraped my cheek. I raised my hand and a water shuriken appeared on my hand. I attempted to throw it, but the demon quickly swiped at my arm with its superior speed. I screamed in pain as the blood was gushed out of my ripped skin. The demon then gave me a kick sending me flying across the ground until I slammed into a wall.
I struggled to my feet feeling pain throughout my entire body. Especially at my arm which now had four gashes across it oozing with blood. The demon hissed pleased seeing that it spilled my blood and crept toward me. I then placed my hand on my arm and started casting my healing spell. I didn't have enough time nor the magic to use a full spell, so I was able to stop the bleeding and close the wound. The demon grew closer and then suddenly...
"Stop! Leave him alone!"
Then Mira stepped in front of me with her arms spread wide shielding me.
"Mira! What the heck are you doing!?" I yelled. "I told you to get out of here and run!"
"I'm not leaving you!" Mira yelled back. "No... I absolutely refuse to leave you!"
"Just listen to me Mira! Just go! Just leave and..."
"I'm not leaving you!" yelled Mira refusing to move. "Didn't you tell me that we're friends and you would help me, and I would help you? Well I'm gonna help you whether you like it or not! I already lost my parents... and I don't wanna lose anyone else! I may not have magic power like you, but... I will protect you! No matter what!"
I stared at Mira's back feeling a bit moved. Then I saw something above her. It was a claw from the demon who was stretching out its arms again. What happened next appeared to be in slow motion. The claw was heading right for Mira and she didn't move. I immediately got up and pushed her out of the way, the next moment I felt something pierce my side going through me. I slowly looked down and I saw that the demon's claw had stabbed right into me. I felt the blood ooze onto my clothes and onto the floor making a puddle. I stood there in shock the pain not registering in my mind. Then I felt my eyes get heavy and then everything went black...
NO POV
Mira looked up from the floor having been pushed down and her eyes widened once again even more so than ever before. Willy stood in front of her the demon's claw embedded in his midsection with blood dripping from his wound. The demon then retracted her claw and Willy fell to the floor. Mira stared at Willy's body horror stricken.
"Willy... No... Willy... you can't be... please no... Willy!"
She rushed to his side shaking him trying to get him to wake up.
"Willy! Willy! Willy! Please! Come on! Wake up! You can't be gone! Willy! Willy!" cried Mira as her eyes welled up in tears.
Willy didn't respond. The demon then shrieked having to have claimed its first kill. It then headed towards Mira hoping to kill her next. Mira kept staring at Willy's lifeless body her tears now flowing down her face. The demon eventually was right in front of Mira and was preparing to strike her raising its claw.
"How dare you..." murmured Mira. "How dare you… You monster..."
Mira was now trembling, but it wasn't out of fear. She was now trembling with rage. The demon then swung down its claw and then...it happened.
"HOW DARE YOU!"
As Mira screamed out in anguish and rage as power exploded from her body causing the demon to step back a little. The light grew brighter and brighter and soon over took the demon enveloping the entire church.
WILLY'S POV
I slowly opened my eyes in response to a loud scream and a very bright light. I slowly got up and looked around.
"What... what happened?" I wondered.
As I got up, I held my bleeding hip trying to stop the bleeding. I realized something. As I looked around, I didn't see Mira anywhere.
"Mira? Mira! Where are you?!" I yelled.
Then I saw something in front of me. Upon looking I saw that it was the demon I immediately thought the worst, but then the demon turned around at me. It still looked the same as it did before, but then something looked familiar about it. Then my eyes widened and realized why. I noticed that the demon had gone through a few changes. Its hair had now turned completely white and I saw it wearing a bracelet and it wasn't any bracelet. It was the bracelet that I gave to Mira.
"No...it can't be..." I murmured.
I raised my hand and used my Aqua Sense to sense the demon's magic energy and to my surprise, the demon's magic power was different. Instead of a single color, the demon's purple and blue just like a person's. I also was not only sensing the demon's magic, but I was also sensing Mira's as well. I didn't know how or why this happened, but somehow Mira and the demon had become one in the same.
"Mira... is that you...?" I asked tentatively.
The demon who I thought was Mira looked at me and then let out a shriek letting loose a powerful beam from its mouth. I jumped out of the way dodging the attack.
"Mira! Snap out of it! It's me Willy! I'm OK!" I yelled.
The demon/Mira didn't listen. She fired another beam, but she completely missed and began firing multiple beams in all directions. The beams shot all around everywhere blasting holes all around the church. At the rate this was going, the whole church was going to go down.
"Mira stop this! You have to snap out of it! Otherwise the whole church is gonna go down!" I yelled.
Again, the demon/Mira wouldn't listen, she let out a shriek and kept firing beams. I had to get her to snap out of it somehow. I couldn't just hit her outright leaving me with choosing another option. I had to try reasoning with her.
"Mira! Listen to me! You don't wanna do this! I don't know how you and the demon fused together but if you keep doing this at this rate, you're gonna destroy everything! You're gonna let that demon hurt everyone we care through you including your brother and sister!"
The demon/Mira suddenly stopped and turned to look at me. It was working.
"Listen to my voice Mira! I made a promise to you! A promise to protect you no matter what! A promise to protect your siblings! And most of all I made a promise to be your friend! And I'm not about to lose a friend to some lousy demon!"
I ran straight for her. The demon/Mira stretched her arms and flung them at me her claws extended, but I dodged them and jumped up right above the creature and stretched out my good arm towards her. The demon/Mira opened its mouth and prepared to fire another beam aimed directly at me.
"Come back to your senses! MIRA!" I screamed as I fell right towards her.
At this point I don't know if it was because of the adrenaline, but I felt something throughout my body. A hot feeling through my veins that grew more and more like a geyser about to erupt. The light from the demon/Mira grew brighter and brighter about to fire the beam overtaking my vision and everything went dark.
NO POV
Outside of the purple light glowing church, Tu Chi who had finally broken free from the demon's barrier had just arrived at the church to go help Willy. She prayed that she got there in time to help him. Then the light dimmed down, and Tu Chi went inside. The inside was completely ripped apart and destroyed with holes everywhere. The church looked like it was on the brink of collapsing, but miraculously it held. As she looked inside she saw them. Two unconscious kids were lying on the floor. Tu Chi quickly rushed over and checked them. One was Willy who had a nasty wound on his side bleeding and the other was Mira who was lying next to him unharmed, but Tu Chi saw that her right arm had changed. It looked just like the demon's arm. She looked around trying to find the demon, but it was nowhere to be seen. Then suddenly she heard the sound of flapping and then the sound of footsteps. She turned around to find Finn running to the scene with Jade flying down.
"Master! Thank goodness! Is everything OK?"
Then he saw Willy and Mira making his face pale.
"My god! Willy! Mira! No! Are they-"
"They're fine Finn," interrupted Tu Chi. "They're just unconscious, but we should treat their wounds right away. You take Mira while I get Willy."
"Right," said Finn and he lifted Mira in his arms.
"A-a demon!"
Tu Chi and Finn immediately snapped up to find a group of villagers standing outside of the door. Some pointed at them and some looked at them with fear. At first, Finn didn't get why they were acting the way they were, but then he saw Mira's arm. Before Finn could say anything they all ran off.
"What the heck..." said Finn. "Master what's going on here?"
"I do not know Finn, but we must get these two treated. We'll take them to the Strauss residence."
"Huh? But can't we just treat them over at the clinic?" asked Finn.
"No. Something's telling me that the clinic may be a bad idea," said Tu Chi. "We're taking them to the Strauss residence. Come."
"Right."
And so, Finn and Tu Chi left the church. But inside the church someone stepped out of the shadows and watched then leave. The person turned out to be the man with the skull staff. He had seen everything that had transpired. As soon as he was alone, he stepped out and he chuckled.
"Interesting... Very Interesting indeed," he said as he disappeared into the wind.
Whew! Well that was super long! To be honest, I was worried that this was bad, but I personally liked writing this chapter.
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