Chapter 36

Noxious's POV

I ran with everyone following behind me. When we got to the apartment I turned to everyone.

"Alright we're here, but let's hurry because we need to go and save Neptune." I stated then Assassin walked up to me.

"Okay, but here's the question; how are we supposed to track down Rena?" He asked then I smiled.

"Don't worry I know someone who can track diablo's any day." I replied then started to walk into the apartment. When I walked through the door I felt cold sharp steel at my neck.

I looked to my right to see Sephiran holding his sword but then he put it away. I sighed, one day he's not going to hesitate and cut my head completely off.

"Who's that?" Noire asked I looked back at her.

"This is Sephiran, he can't talk but he does know how to fight with his six swords." I explained then I looked back to Sephiran, "Sephiran we need Kaoru to track a Diablo down quickly before a friend of ours gets killed." I said, Sephiran turned around and walked through the hall as we followed.

"Can we really trust these people?" Assassin asked as we walked, I nodded.

"Didn't you see the fight between me and Blade? Nagao saved me and if it weren't for Risoria we wouldn't of found out about Rena's scheme." I stated then Assassin scratched the side of his cheek.

"Yeah I guess they did save us a lot in the end."

We stopped in front of a door, Sephiran opened it to reveal Kaoru sitting on her bed.

"Yay and the hero saves the princess!" Kaoru said with excitement as we all stood there wondering what the heck we just saw and the worst part is she didn't notice us and kept going. "But what is this? Another powerful hero came along to defeat the hero and thinks he's saving the princess-" she cut herself off as she turned her head slowly towards the door she had a few tears of embarrassment in her eyes. "H-How long were you all standing there?" She asked.

"You know... for the last pa- The whole thing." I replied then she jumped into her wheelchair and ran over my foot.

*CRACK*

"Oww ow ow ow! Why did you do that for?" I asked then Kaoru looked away.

"Because there are things you shouldn't hear." She replied Assassin walked up.

"Who's this kid?" He asked then Kaoru had tears running down her eyes. She charged at Assassin and started punching him in the stomach.

"I'm not a kid!" She yelled, Sephiran pulled her wheelchair back calming her down.

"Alright now that that's over with this is Kaoru she can track down diablo's and she's the sister of Sephiran." I explained.

"Yeah and since you've already came here unwanted what do you need?" She asked.

"We need you to track down a Diablo. her name is Rena and her Diablo aura is intense." I explained, Kaoru hand her hand on her chin.

"I've already found her, she's on the outskirts of the city and there's two other auras but they aren't Diablo, more like an archangel and an unknown." She stated showing us a laptop which had the exact coordinates I turned to everyone.

"Alright now that we've found her lets go-!"

"Wait a minute, I want you all to take me along." Kaoru said then Sephiran's eyes widened.

"...!" He tried speaking and doing hand motions to convince her to stay but she shook her head and pushed him aside.

"I don't want to be a burden but I'd hate to see you all go out there and fight a dangerous enemy." She replied I walked up to her.

"Fine you can come along but I'll protect you out ther-"

Sephiran pushed me aside and bowed to Kaoru then she smiled, I guess Sephiran will provide her protection. We all walked out of the apartment the moon was full. I turned to Kaoru, Sephiran, and Risoria.

"Risoria come to think of it aren't you forgetting about Umbaroth?" I asked then she blinked a few times then her eyes widened.

"Oops maybe I did…" She replied then I saw Umbaroth come out from the window and flew down to us.

"Risoria! I've been waiting all day for you to unlock that door and I thought you died because I felt that intense Diablo aura!" Umbaroth yelled, everyone except us diablo's eyes widened.

"Who's this now!" They yelled, Risoria had a smile on her face.

"This is my voice Umbaroth, he's a ancient Diablo dragon." She replied.

"Alright are we missing anybody?" I asked as I looked around and noticed Nagao was nowhere to be seen. "*Sigh* Kaoru where's Nagao? I thought he would've been back by now…" I said.

"I'm not to sure he hasn't shown up all day." She replied, huh that's weird, is he actually doing something or just at some place trying to find women. Eh screw it he'll be back anyway I've got to worry about this situation.

"Okay, well we ain't waiting for Nagao to return, right now we've got to find Rena and save Neptune." I stated.

"Yeah!" They all yelled then we all set out, hopefully Riddek didn't get to Rena before us…

Riddek's POV

I glared up at Rena once again, her look changed a little before going back to normal, "So Freed was right. You are different." She said, I don't even care what she says. I want her DEAD!

"GRAAAH!" I darted towards her faster than a bullet and swung my fist, she barely had time to dodge before ducking and tried to kick me in the stomach, I grabbed her leg and threw her up in the air before her kick connected and then jumped up after her.

Once I was above her, I dove down and grabbed ahold of her and collided both of us into the ground. I got up and Rena quickly moved back up and did a somersault kick, knocking be back a little bit, but when I recovered I was sent back to a tree to dodge a bunch of bullets from Rena's Assault Rifle, I stepped back about five steps from the tree before running to it and kicking it, sending the tree flying towards Rena.

She jumped over it and flipped, which gave me enough time to rush at her, as I did, she saw me running and aimed towards me, but I materialized my staff and created a barrier deflecting the bullets then, once I got to her, dropped the staff and roundhoused kicked her, causing Rena to drop her gun and forcing her to block, she then grabbed my leg and threw me over her, I rolled and landed in my feet.

"I must say, you're definitely strong. But not enough to defeat me."

"Shut it! I'll make sure you taste your own blood!" I yelled and ran towards her, Rena stood her ground and watched me run towards her, then once I got to a certain distance, rolled out of the way and shot one of her pistols at me, nailing me in the ankle. I looked down to see blood gushing out of the wound,

Then she had two of pistols and smiled at me before taking aim, "Sorry archangel, but a job is a job." She said and fired at me, a bunch of those bullets going straight through me, none of them would even stop. They went right through my body.

"Riddek! No!" I heard Neptune yell, I looked over and saw her next to a tree, she was trying to get the restraints off, but didn't do much.

"Dammit…!" I yelled before collapsing, I tried to stand back up but couldn't, my arms and legs won't move!

"Rena, why are you doing this… why?" Neptune said through her tears. Rena looked over at her,

"It's nothing personal Neptune, it's all part of my job." Rena replied and turned back to me, "Don't worry, you wouldn't want to be with him anyway. He's nothing more than a mistake."

That's when I snapped… "Mistake… A MISTAKE!" I boomed as I started to get up, Rena looked surprised, "I'LL KILL YOU!" I yelled and held my head, "GRAAAAAAAAH!"

I felt like I was exploding with energy, this feeling… it's so much! So much power!

"That's… new." Rena said and I glared at her again, her eyes pretty much said it all, she was afraid… AFRAID OF ME!

"I'LLLLL KIIIIILL YOOOU~!" I yelled and started walking towards her, she materialized her gun and aimed it at me, but we both stopped as soon as we heard the voice…

"RIDDEK!"

Assassin's POV

We arrived at the location where Kaoru said the coordinates were, true to her word, they were there but Riddek was different.

He still had his same outfit and hair color and all, but his eyes were glowing Red and his sleeves were ripped, on his hands however were claws with swords going down over his hands, it looked like they were attached to his skin… What happened to him?

"Riddek. What happened?" I asked him, but he just glared at me and gritted his teeth, they were razor sharp.

"STAY BACK! I'LL KILL YOU TOO!" he yelled and I was left speechless, his voice sounded echoey, but not as distorted as Nox's when he transformed. What the hell happened to him?!

"Assassin, Rena's here too." Noxious said and I nodded,

"We'll split up, i'll handle Riddek, you take care of Rena." I told him and he looked at me,

"You sure? He looks dangerous." Noxious replied and I smiled,

"I have to prove that i'm strong too. Besides, he's my pupil really, i'll be fine." I said, Noxious nodded and then he went towards Rena. I looked back at Riddek. "Riddek, you have one last warning." I told him and he gritted his teeth some more and clenched his fists.

"YOU NEVER HELP WITH ANYTHING! NOW YOU WANT TO KILL ME? JUST TRY IT!" He yelled, I'm still not used to his echoey voice.

"Fine. I'll break you out of it by force then!" I responded and closed my eyes and transformed.

*Ching!*

"Riddek. Prepare yourself!" I said and he dashed towards me, he was fast. Faster than I was, I barely had time to draw my swords, I rolled out of the way and pulled out my pistol on my side and shot a bullet, but Riddek deflected it with his sword arms.

He then ran towards me again, but jumped in the air and started to do a drop kick, I moved to the side and kicked my leg up to counter, but he jumped off my leg and landed behind me, then he swung.

I materialized one of my swords and blocked it by putting the sword behind my back, then pushed him back and turning around.

"GRRRRR!" Riddek growled, i'm not sure what happened to him, but I need to finish this quickly.

"Riddek! Knock it off!" I yelled at him and I took the offensive, I dashed towards him and materialized my other sword and slashed at him with a vertical slice, but he blocked it easily.

"I WON'T STOP UNTIL YOU'RE DEAD!" He yelled and I jumped back. He followed up with an attack and chucked a lighting bolt at me, looks like Kibo and I aren't the only ones that can do that. I dropped my swords and held my hands up and absorbed the shots. I felt a tinge of pain go through my body. Alright, it's best I don't do that too often…

"Riddek, you know you can't- Gah!" Before I could finish my sentence, Riddek didn't wait for me to say anything. He ran towards me and kicked me, knocking me back, but he wasn't done yet, he ran at me again and tackled me, knocking us to the trees and crashing through them.

He drew back his sword arm to impale me, but I kicked him off of me and stood back up, then pulled my arm back and charged my arm in lightning.

I ran towards him and raised my fist, but he had other plans… he moved out of the way and pulled his fist back and punched, the blade cut my cheek and his fist hit me in the nose. Then he kneed me in the gut and slashed again, this time against my chest. Blood splattered his arm blade and out of my chest.

"Dammit!" I yelled and kicked off of him and jumped back at least ten feet from him. I held my chest and glared at Riddek, "What is wrong with you?! Can't you see you're trying to kill your friend!"

"A FRIEND? BULLSHIT! YOU NEVER WANTED TO HELP NEPTUNE! YOU DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING!" he yelled, was this seriously why he's doing this?! We would have saved her either way!

"Riddek. We're trying to help! But you fighting me isn't helping!" Riddek grabbed his head,

"SHUT UP! NO MORE LIES! JUST DIE!" he yelled and charged towards me again, I waited until he got to the right distance, then I ducked under him and materialized my sniper and spun around towards him.

"Sorry." I said and fired. The bullet went right between his eyes and his head recoiled back, but he didn't fall over.

"YOU THINK THAT DID IT?" he said and my eyes widened,

"How?!" He raised his head back up and smiled menacingly,

"I CAN'T DIE! NOBODY CAN KILL ME!" he yelled and then started laughing, I stepped back and he charged towards me, he grabbed me by my neck and lifted me into the air, "NOW DIE!"

"gH! AH! *cough cough!* ag!" He started to choke me and I felt my CPU form leave me, I reverted back but he still had his hands around my neck,

"Stop it!" someone yelled and Riddek looked over to the source of the voice: Neptune.

"Neptune…" he muttered and dropped me, I held my neck and kept coughing.

"Riddek, please stop. It's too much." Neptune cried, I looked over at her and saw that she had been crying, her eyes were red.

I stood up and almost lost my balance, Riddek started walking towards Neptune.

"Neptune… I'm sorry." he said and continued walking towards her, my arm started to shake, then the sleeve was ripped completely off, my scar that I had on my arm were still there. But my arm started to glow blue, then sparks resonated off of it.

"Hey Riddek!" I yelled and began to run towards him, he slowly turned around and when he was fully turned, I was in front of him. "Snap out of it! Lightning Lariat!" I yelled and slammed my arm right to his head, he flew back from the recoil and started rolling, he collided against a tree and tore it down before coming to a stop.

I was left breathless and bloody. My arm was now bleeding and my chest was still bleeding as well. I ran over to Riddek and examined him, true to his word he was unconscious not dead.

Neptune walked over shortly after, "Is he…"

"No, he's just unconscious." I said and almost fell over, but Neptune caught me,

"Thanks Assassin, at least he's okay. How about you?" she asked me and I smiled,

"You know i've been through worse, but I'm still not sure what happened to him." I replied and she looked at him. "Let's just get him back to the others, we'll find out something later." I told her and then she nodded, but didn't say anything.

Neptune and I took ahold of Riddek's arms and started to drag him back to the others...

Noxious's POV

Before the final blow to Riddek...

When I looked at Rena she was smiling, I transformed into my Diablo form and growled, causing Rena to start laughing.

"Haha, oh man I'm in for a beat down… Just kidding…" She said then materialized an assault rifle.

she shot me until every bullet was gone from the mag. I held my hand out and my spear covered in black aura appeared and I spun it around in front of me, deflecting all of the bullets. Rena took her assault rifle and tossed it to the side then pulled out twin machine pistols.

We both charged at each other and I thrusted my spear towards her but she jumped on top of my spear and took aim at my head and shot but I dodged the bullets, then pulled my spear back.

"Ah so Blade was right after all, you can't regenerate your brain. Only your body." She said then dashed so fast that I couldn't see her then she appeared in front of me and kicked me in the stomach making me fly back and hit some trees, I sat there in the broken trees. Rena ran up to me and materialized a shotgun. "Maybe this will be enough." She suggested but before she could shoot I got up and went to punch her.

*Ting*

I looked up to see where my fist hit and saw a riot shield in front of her, I backed away and she dematerialized it with a smile.

"Why were you after Neptune?" I asked but Rena materialized a sniper and shot, my sword covered in aura appeared and I deflected the bullet.

"You see the reason why I'm after Neptune is to draw that archangel out!" She yelled as she shot a RPG at me, I dodged to the right and looked back up at her she had an light machine gun in her hands and started spraying bullets at me. I took my sword and started deflecting every last one.

"But why would you need to take out the archangels? I thought Freed said that they were too weak to be a threat." I replied as I kept deflecting bullets. Rena tossed the light machine gun to the side after a few clicks sounded from the gun and pulled her twin machine pistols out again.

"That's what I thought too. but apparently that archangel named Riddek is more than meets the eye." She stated then started shooting again. I took cover behind a tree, I'll have to use it if I'm going to defeat her. "Oh hiding now are we." I heard her say as I also heard her footsteps getting closer. I focused a lot of power into my right hand making a black and red orb of aura when I heard Rena take her final step then she kicked the tree making it cut clean off the trunk I ran from her still holding the orb until I was about twenty feet from her then I turned around.

"This ends now." I said then opened my Diablo forms mouth and ate the orb of aura, Rena's eyes widened.

"Why did you just do that, that could kill you!" She said in a shocked tone then I smiled.

"With these sharp teeth in this form I could eat anything without dying but more importantly." I replied then I stood on all fours, I opened my mouth and another orb started generating but this one was bigger. After the orb was done generating I shot a beam of black and red energy at Rena, the beam was too big for her to dodge an explosion emitted from her location, I guess this is truly the end Rena…

A/N:

Noxious: Another cliffhanger! I know you guys hate these but what could possibly be a better way to get everyone so excited rather than a cliffhanger. Anyway thanks for reading and we hope to see you in the next chapter.

Assassin: 36 chapters and counting, this is getting interesting even for me. All I have to say is that i'm planning a project for something special in the future, I can't say yet so all of you will have to stay tuned! Thanks for reading and I hope to see you all later!