But due to the large size of the argosax, bullets didn't really have much effect on it. It raised its arm up high, and had it coming straight down on them.

"Better get a move on!" shouted Cai.

"I'm on it! I'm on it!" shouted Yakushi as he changed gears and accelerated. "Hang on!"

Just before the argosax slammed the car, Yakushi performed a quick 180 degree drift while shifting to the left. He pulled out the Retribution magnum and fired a single shot. The large calibre bullet went straight for the argosax's eye and caused it to flinch. Yakushi quickly holstered the magnum, got a hold of the steering wheel and turned the car back to its normal direction.

"Nice shot!" shouted Emile.

"Quite the Longshot eh?" said Cai.

Yakushi looked at the mirror and winked at them, then he had everyone have their heads in the car as he flipped switches to close all windows and the roof.

"No point in finishing it off, we'll need all the ammo we could spare." Said Yakushi.

"Aye… Good thinking!" said Emile.

"It was a close call though!" added Noah.

"I've had closer…" said Yakushi.

"Show off…"

"I heard that…"

"D'OH!"

"I suggest we reload and prep up before we arrive at the village." Said Azaria.

"Agreed, everyone do an ammo check!" said Yakushi.

Everyone reloaded their weapons as Yakushi continued speeding away to the Haiten village. The argosax roared in anger and wanted to pursue them, but due to the high acceleration of the car, it just gave up and walked away, with a bleeding eye.

"Longshot eh?" thought Yakushi, recalling what Cai said. "Well, don't call me that for nothing…."

After a few hours of speeding, Yakushi noticed there was smoking coming from an area just outside the Haiten village.

"What in the world?" asked Emile.

"Let's check it out!" said Azaria.

Yakushi switched gears and increased speed, hoping it wasn't what he's thinking of. But turns out, it was, the smoke was coming from a crashed helicopter, the exact same one Darren pilots.

"Shit shit shit!" said Yakushi as he rushed out of the car.

"Noah! Emile! Let's keep them covered!" said Azaria.

Yakushi, Cai and Emile went to investigate the crash site while the other two covered them. It was a mess, the helicopter was completely burned out, the blades were scattered all over the place, the tail was bent like a boomerang and the door was jammed. Yakushi tried to force the door open, but it wouldn't budge. He drew out the Redemption and sliced the door off, but it released a huge pile of thick black smoke.

"HOLY SHIT!" shouted Yakushi, jumping back from the sudden burst of smoke.

"SAMANTHA! NORAMI! JENOVA! DARREN!" shouted Emile. "HELLO?"

"Please don't be dead…" thought Yakushi as he tried to clear the smoke and enter the wrecked helicopter.

Cai went to investigate the other areas of the helicopter, but found nothing. Emile didn't have any luck either, and soon, Yakushi as well.

"Just a plain old wreckage…" said Cai.

"No bodies…" said Yakushi. "They're still alive!"

"That's a relief! Scared the shit out of me!"

"The Haiten village isn't far, I suggest we proceed on foot" said Emile. "We've got to…"

Before he could finish, they heard an explosion coming from the village itself, the group quickly grabbed their gear and dashed towards the site. They made it towards the main gate of the village, and found a lot of dead demon bodies.

"Looks like we missed the party…" said Cai.

"Everyone be on your guard…. Search thoroughly!" said Yakushi as he drew out his magnums.

The group stuck together and proceeded with caution, until they heard the sound of swords clashing.

"OVER THERE!" shouted Emile, pointing towards the main temple.

They rushed towards the area, they noticed the door was locked, so Azaria decided to place a charge on the lock while the rest of the group grabbed cover.

"Charge set…" said Azaria. "CLEAR!

Azaria quickly jumped to the side of the door as the charge triggered, blowing up the door. The whole group drew out their guns and entered the temple.

"Freeze!" shouted Noah.

The smoke from the explosion cleared up, as they saw Darren, Jenova, Norami and Samantha fighting the elder and its elite followers.

"Well well, if it isn't the rest of the group…" said Salazar.

"You again…" said Yakushi.

"My my… such attitude…. You haven't changed one bit boy!"

"GUYS!" shouted Samantha. "How did you?"

"Save the story telling for later, we've got bigger problems now.." said Emile.

"I agree…" said Yakushi as he pointed the Revenge magnum behind him and pulled the trigger.

Despite it being a blind shot, he managed to give a headshot to a demon that was attempting to strike from the back.

"What the? How did you?" gasped Noah.

"Just stay sharp…" said Yakushi.

"Hmm… impres…." Said Salazar.

"Enough talk….. kill them all…" echoed a voice in Yakushi's head.

"My thoughts exactly…" said Yakushi as he dashed into combat.

"OPEN FIRE!" shouted Azaria.

Cai immediately transformed to her angel form and rushed towards Samantha and aided her in fighting the elder. Emile headed straight for Darren who was wounded and low on ammunition. Azaria and Noah regrouped with Jenova and Norami and formed a small circle with their backs facing each other. Yakushi wanted to go one on one with the shade Salazar, but didn't transform to his demon form due to his friends' presence.

"I feel something different about you boy!" said Salazar. "Very intriguing…"

"Shut up and die…" said Yakushi, in a very cold voice.

Yakushi began his attack by blasting Salazar with multiple rounds, but the shade merely appears from point to point, dodging the bullets, getting closer to Yakushi. Yakushi knew this kind of trick, just when the Salazar appeared right in front of him, he ducked as Salazar attempted to punch him.

"What the?" gasped Salazar.

Yakushi discreetly transformed his right arm to the devil form and gave a solid upper cut to Salazar's chin, sending him flying up. Just after the punch, Yakushi swung his arm around a bit and transformed it back to normal.

"Ugh!" said Salazar, trying to recover. "Impossible… How did you… I knew it! You are a.."

Yakushi then shot Salazar multiple times on the torso, every shot was powered with demonic energy, and it managed to severely wound Salazar. But with Salazar's shade powers, he managed to regenerate almost instantly.

"You're good….." said Salazar. "But I'm better…"

Yakushi holstered his magnums and drew out his the Redemption blade, Salazar on the other hand transformed to his shade form, now it looks like Yakushi fighting a cloud with a face.

"This is going to be fun…" thought Yakushi. "Let's take this outside then!"

Yakushi then dashed out of the temple, Salazar followed as well. Cai noticed Yakushi bringing Salazar out and thought that if he was able to handle a shade on his own.

"DASHIT! Samantha needs my help too!" she thought. "This… is crazy….."

"Tell me about it…" added Samantha. "Good thing you all arrived whe…"

"YOU HAD TO COME BACK?"

"…Yes…"

"DAFAUKINGSHIT!"