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Chapter 25

The Beautiful Battle

Kazuma

"One down."

Kazuma then looked at the wave of powerful human looking yohma with glee.

"Only hundreds more to go." The contractor spoke sending a wave of black wind at the thousands of creatures, whiping them out with only one motion of his arm. That one blade of wind seperated itself into millions removing limbs and heads from bodies easily with no hesitation. Kazuma raised his hand towards his enemies.

"Smaller. I want them in smaller peices." He spoke and let out a barrage of black wind which severed the bodies into pieces.

"That's better." his voice was expressionless holding absolutely no care as he walked through the pool of bodies into the amusement park. "Almegest I'm coming." Kazuma walked in throwing a blade of wind into nothingness but just like last time the air ripped showing a castle.

"Run from me."

Yagami, Kazuma walked right into the unlocked castle the castle was indeed large. Kazuma beheld a large room the size of a throne room. The same throne room Bernhardt was in, inside of the previous pandemonium. Kazuma didn't look for very much longer before obvious structures caught his eyes.

Staircases...there were nine staircases and Kazuma knew exactly why. Kazuma laughed,

"I'll save Bernhardt Rhodes for last." Kazuma started to the first staircase on the far left, hand in pockets, nonchalant ready to kill as he walked up the stair with his eyes closed. Reaching the top were doors as on the top of all of the staircases, Kazuma questioned pushing them open and in the end changed his mind. He went back down the stair shivering. Yes Kazuma was shivering, back at the main door Kazuma turned around and released a rageing gust off wind; opening all of the doors atop the staircases.

"Come out and face me!" Kazuma reaised his voice. And seconds later eight figures emerged from the door.

"Who is that?" The figure on the far right said. It was an older man with a long beard, the master of the eleventh door.

Door number ten was empty

"You've some nerve comming here boy." It was a very old women older than the man before her, comming out of door number nine

"Not to mention *yawns* how late it is." A male spoke uncaringly in boxers and a bathroab rubbing the sleep from his eyes. he fixed door number eight.

"Yes, do you know we have plans this morning?" A boy maybe the age of sixteen fashion in ripped blue jeans and a white t-shirt spoke fostering door number seven.

"I hope you have a good reason for waking me up!" This came from a shouting man with a very powerful build. He wore pants and an unbutton shirt, comming out of door number six.

"Calm down Tsugetsu." A calm voice explained in a black suit. acheiving door four.

"Yes, Tsugetsu, for gods sake he's too attractive to be yelled at. Would you like to come and join me hun?" A beautiful women about two years older than Kazuma asked, downed in a wonderous red dress. She walked out of door number three.

"No thankyou." Kazuma answered the women.

"Screw that Kaia. now I want to fight." A younger man about Kazuma's age with blonde hair spoke to the beautiful women in the red dress. He wore shorts only with his fist balled up eyes everted towards Kazuma. He enetred from door number two. And from door number one came Lapis... as calm as ever like she'd always been holding that giant sword like nothing.

"Tsui-Ling." Kazuma whispered her name yet again in a state of love struck stupor.

"Yes Kazuma, that is your lover...Tsui-Ling... How does it fell to see her again my friend?" Bernhart asked emerging from door number five with a great smile.

"Go to hell Bernhardt."

Bernhardt began to laugh. "Right after you my Kazuma. But lets leave that as it is. Kazuma why have you interrupted our sleep don't you know we have plans in just a couple of hours?" Asked Bernhardt

"Yes I do know of your plans. They're simple really, but I won't lie, at first I couldn't get it. I knew all in all that when I sensed the lot of you that you were going to again try to summon beliel or another great demon but I didn't understand how. There weren't any amatuer magic users running around the city so how? I again asked myself then it came to me.

You were going to summon very strong human looking yohma to attack the Kannagi manison in hopes of killing them all. Killing that many POWERFUL fire magic users would make up for more than a trillion weak amatuer magic users, making the gathering of sacrafices both easier, casuing less deaths which means less attention as well as an all in all faster summoning of beliel. And please do correct me if I am wrong."

"So you know our plans? How smart a man you are to ease drop on us and pick up this many correct details without getting caught." The old man said the championed door number nine.

"I didn't ease drop on you people I simply made an educated guess from pass actions taken. The simple fact is that you people share the same ideals of a child. Your ideas are basically exactly the same with minor tweaks, an idiot could've guessed them..."

"That is true boy, but answer me this had you been wrong about us summoning a demon what would you have done?" The old women asked.

"I would have stormed in here anyhow because in all scenerios none of you can beat me. So for your sakes I hope that you are planning on summoning something because how I see it. You all will die tonight if you don't."

"Is that so Kazuma?" Bernhardt asked.

"Precisely." Kazuma answered.

Bernhardt smiled "Attack Almegest."

Kazuma's smile grew almighty, excited that he could kill freely like the old Kazuma Yagami used to.

"Come and die by my hand!" Kazuma screamed the words.

Firsts to arrive to Kazuma were door number six's man with the very powerful build, Tsugetsu his name was mentioned. And number two his name was unknown, the man about Kazuma's age with the shorts in which were eager to fight Kazuma from the beggening. The two advanced towards the contractor, bombarded him with attacks. The two swung at Kazuma a flurry of attacks, Kazuma dipped and dodged as he could but little by little Kazuma was getting overwhelmed. A hit by the younger man landed on Kazuma's cheek and the realization of his lack of sleep became known to him.

"Hmm it seems Soras is a bit serious." The man spoke that came from door number eight.

"Damn!" Kazuma expressed in his mind as he glared daggers at the blond haired man who smiled at him. Kazuma's anger was inflaited by his smirk in tune Kazuma grabbed the man by his sides and slammed him on the ground. Kazuma sensed the bigger man comming at him from hehind but by then it was almost too late. The bigger man swung at Kazuma as he chocked the blond haired male. Kazuma guarded his assault with his forearm painted with a sheild of wind, only to have the wind barrier broken as well as pretty much all of his forearm. Kazuma looked him in the eyes, "How?" Kazuma pondered. He has to be an earth magic user. That's the only way he could have broken through.

"Shit!" Kazuma muffled his shout by gritting his teeth, the pain was indeed great but Kazuma had to brave it. Kazuma grabbed this man by his shirt and slammed him to the ground as well. The larger man couldn't believe his opponents strength, no one could, everyone on the steps gasped all except Bernhardt Rhodes. He just looked on unmoved by the actions, for he already knew of Kazumas strength.

Chocking both the men the younger one started to chock Kazuma back. Kazuma smiled it didn't hurt at all. He looked the contractor in the eyes thinking "What the hell is up with this guy?" Reassesing the situation the younger man held his hand in front of Kazuma unleashing blades of wind to Kazuma's chest.

A wind magic user? Kazuma pondered on the topic but again smiled. "Your weak."

The blades of wind that were meant to sever Kazuma in half simply brushed up against his face and chest. Kazumas smile grew wider as he increased his raw grip on their throats.

But only seconds into this action the larger man Tsugetsu swung at Kazuma. This time the only way to escape would be to let them go and regroup so that is what Kazuma did.

"Took you long enough Tsugetsu."

"..." The larger man didn't respond.

"Now, I'm going to finish you off like I should've done in the first place." Said Sora.

Sora threw a gust of wind towards Kazuma in which our contractor flung into the air. Following this Kazuma advanced towards Sora. They traded punches dipping and dodging with speed unknown. They both held wind art, normally Kazuma would have been mopping the floor with him but after all Kazuma was still human and that mistake was dire to him in hand to hand combat, it was enough to get him killed. After more punches were traded, Sora landed a punch square to Kazumas mouth, followed by another right above his right eyebrow. Immediately blood started to flow freely from his mouth and eyebrow.

"Damn being human." Kazuma cursed himself in his mind. Sora threw another punch packed with wind behind it to increase the force. Kazuma intercepted the attack to his face again, but only to meet a knee to his solar plexus that almost knocked the life out of him completely. Sora brung his lips close to Kazumas ear.

"Not as weak as you though right?" Sora spoke snidely.

Kazuma couldn't muster up the energy to retaliate or even speak the curses written on his lips for Sora.

Sora continued brutally beating Kazuma. Letting him receive an elbow to the top of Kazumas head bringing him to one knee. Sora gave him another this one lowered Kazuma to both knee.

"No more snide remarks Kazuma?"Sora rubbed it in.

"Bernhardt? Why did you allow them to fight Kazuma the contractor?" The man in the suit spoke teleporting over to Bernhardt. His voice was low so Sora and Tsugetsu couldn't hear.

Bernhardt didn't answer for awhile caught up in the fight Kazuma was in.

"They're grown men, they know what they're doing."

"They didn't know he was a contractor."

"So what? Even without his contractor abilities Kazuma could kill them as well as Kaia, Katsu, and Haru (16yo boy)."

"So you just lead them to their death huh?" The man in the suit asked laughing in low volume to himself as he disappeared to his staircase and continued to watch.

"Yes, just like I do to you Osamu." Bernhardt answers out of earshot to Osamu.

Kazuma on his knee exhausted tried and tried to lift up his arm but his body would not allow him. Again he cursed his body. Sora kneed Kazuma in the mouth making the contractor to spit out more blood.

"This is the secret Kazuma you all warned us about and talked about in secret...? Huh? Bernhardt?...Osamu? Elders? Sounds like a waste of time to me. Misinterpret someone's strength again and I won't hesitate to kill the lot of you." Tsugetsu spoke walking over to Kazuma lifting him by the collar.

"You're just an idiotic pest." Tsugetsu spoke... In his grasp Kazuma laughed and spit blood into his face. Infuriated Tsugetsu readied a punch towards Kazuma with so much force it would have killed a regular man, but Kazuma evaded it by grabbing his arm and twisting it in an obscene manner. Tsugetsus forearm was just hanging there... Broken. It was a gory sight.

Kazumas smile was perfect and bloody as Tsugetsu let let go of Kazumas collar. The awesome pain shooting through his right arm was too much for the man to bear. Tsugetsu screamed into the air, Kazuma let him be as he turned around to look at Sora, Sora couldn't believe the sequence of events, he began to think of where this sudden surge of strength had come from within Kazuma. Sora's pursuer smiled that bloody smile at Sora as well. With blood streaking from his mouth head and eyebrow Kazumas whole face looked red and his blood red eyes made our contractor to look like the image of a true monster. The sight brung fear to Sora exterior.

"What the hell are you!?" Soras voice quivered

"Unfortunately I'm still a human." Kazuma spoke amused by his own joke.

"Never mind that a the moment Sora, now is your time to die." Kazuma cocked his arm back ready to attack and Sora readied his defenses, in front of his face ready to brave the attack but of course he could not. Kazuma had exceed his power to the max in his black wind state. That's why Kazumas punch sent sora flying backward. Kazuma rushed after him running right beside him assaulting him as his body flew backward in a straight line. Finally the contracted grabbed Sora by the Collar tossing him into the air. The contractors grin became even greater as he readied his wind to push him up to Sora, once in the air Yagami Kazuma began to stomp Soras guts into oblivion as he screamed for mercy.

Kazuma smiled at his pleas all the while even until they reached the ground.

"Where has that cocky talking of yours gone?" Kazuma asked snidely his voice filled with ill intentions. Kazuma lifted Sora by his neck and held him against the great white wall yonder. And with his free hand a disc of sharp wind laid monstrously and rambunctious. Kazumas smile revealed the blood on his teeth.

Kazuma indeed looked like a monster with the massive amount of blood that was displayed on his face. That is half of what shook Sora to his core, the other half was Kazumas great and terrible might. Kazuma then began to thrust the attack but before he could something threw him off and made him to discontinue and extinguish his attack.

"Kazuma, my love, please stop." Lapis spoke in the voice of Kazuma's late lover Tsui-Ling, her voice still held something in Kazuma and that thing being uncomprehending love. Even her voice was enough to sway Kazuma's actions and make him to discontinue his powers.

Sora took advantage of this, he broke Kazuma's grip tripped him and threw him in the direction of Tsugetsu.

"Hmm I haven't seen Tsugetsu in that form in quite awhile." The women in the red dress said. Kaia being her name.

"Yeah that has to be game of over." Spoke Katsu the one in the bathrobe and boxers.

Hearing the things that his other opponents spoke Kazuma slowly looked back to where he was flying to. Tsugetsu's whole body was covered in diamond as four sharp diamond spears were launched his way.

"Damn it." Kazuma spoke in his head. How was he to avoid these? First Kazuma achieve the strongest black wind that he could but even that couldn't stop the diamond daggers. So he fell to option B evading them. With his majestic grace Kazuma evaded the first dagger but only to have it arch back around and stab him in his right thigh,

"RRRRRRRAGGHHHHHHHAHAAAAA." Kazuma roared out in pain; every minute passing the other spears were coming. Again Kazuma evaded them trying his hardest to survive in the battle. But again the diamond dagger/spears arched around and stabbed him in his left thigh left arm and then right arm.

Finally Tsugetsu sent another dagger, this one was significantly larger and aimed at the contractors chest to kill him. But finally and hopefully and God willingly Kazuma maneuvered his body in such a way to evade the last spear and collapsed onto the ground. The pain experienced was ultimate. "Dammmmmmnnnnnnnnnnnn! RrrrraghhhFFFFFFUCKKKKK!" Kazuma screamed on the ground as he again commanded his body to get up but his arms continuously gave out. His legs and arms now felt like dead weight. They were useless now.

"It's a shame to see a beautiful man as him die like this." Kaia spoke. "It's such a waste to the world to have a man so beautiful to die just like that, think of his loved ones... *Tsk *tsk *tsk... He may have had a girlfriend." Kaia said and upon her words something snapped in Kazumas mind once again giving him access to yet another surge of strength for the second time, and this surge came from the image of his Ayano.

In his mind he pictured how Ayano would react how she would weep and cry at the news of his death how her life may be on everlasting hold until her own death, his Ayano his loves life would stop too if he were to die here today. How could he how would he break his promise to Ayano?! It drove Kazuma CRAZY! The though of how much pain this would cause HIS Ayano. He couldn't allow it. He loved her way to much, even more than this fight, even more than this pain, even more than his own LIFE!

"RrrrrRRRRRAGGGGGGHHHHH! Nooooooo I won't loseeeee." He got to his knees... "I won't lose my..." He kept trying to get up and kept struggling, stumbling and falling then finally got to one knee...

"I won't let you..."

"...I can't let you..." He got to two knees

"I fucking can't..." He got to his feet trembling with pain and will...

"I won't lose my Ayano!" Letting out a gust of wind to his two foes so much so the the others in the stair cases felt a little of it... Kazuma screamed her name loud. Yagami Kazuma's wind turned back to normal but his eyes did not he commanded them to stay that way that he could kill as the monster he was. He rushed over to Sora driving his hand through his chest pulling his heart out before his eyes. Sora eyes fluttered a million times he couldn't believe what had happened. Kazuma had killed him. Yagami stared right back at Sora with his baleful eyes. Sora coughed on Kazuma, coughing more blood on to his blood messy face.

"Die..." He vocalized and shifted his gaze to Tsugets. Ripping a dagger out of his leg Kazuma threw it right through Tsugetsu's chest killing the man... No one could believe what Kazuma had just done... all except for Bernhardt.

Kazuma threw Tsugetsu's body in a pile with Sora's... High up in a specific staircase someone spoke...

"Ayano is his lover, his everything, and most of all his drive?" Bernhardt whispered to himself as he looked down at the bloody grim reaper Kazums Yagami.

"So if we kill Ayano he will have nothing to feel for nothing to fight for nothing to love for... So the mission is...to kill Ayano Kannagi...

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