Me: And another chapter is written, this one will also include another "Boss Battle" as i call it. Now please enjoy the show!

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Chapter 37: The Fallen Lover

Ryuu and Reignor both began shooting their guns like crazy as Blake teleported in front of Ryuu, placed a finger on his forehead and both teleported away. "Ryuu!" Darla yelled. "Don't worry, come on we gotta fight these guys!" Reignor said and began cutting down the enemies before them.

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Meanwhile, Ryuu was suddenly whisked away from the shire and found himself inside a church. He noticed it was dark and the only thing giving out light were the candles that cast an eerie glow in the room. "Alright, Blake, come out. I don't want to hurt you" Ryuu said as he pulled his sword out. "Funny, i never expected that from someone who stole my girlfriend!" Blake's voice echoed. "She wanted nothing to do with you anymore!" Ryuu replied. "And i suspect you'd though i'd believe that?" Blake asked. "No, but now that you're with Xervan, i can kill you without remorse" Ryuu smirked. In a flash he pulled out Dawn and shot it behind him, the blinding flash from the gun illuminated the main hall and the echo of the gunshot lingered.

Ryuu saw only a hole in the wall were he shot Dawn, he turned around just as Blake tried to stab him. He only suffered a small scratch on the side as Ryuu dodged the jab and grabbed Blake with his dragon arm and throwing him across the room. "You, kill me? Hah!" Blake laughed as he got up. "Are you that jealous of Darla that you'd stoop so low as to join Xervan? He'll just Fade you like he did with the others" Ryuu said. "Shuddup! all i know is with you out of the way, Darla is all mine!" Blake yelled and charged at him.

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A/U And here's where the Boss Battle will begin, the song "Blackened Angel" from DMC4 i think would fit this battle very well.

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*Ryuu charged at blake and both of them clashed swords. Blake seemed to gain the upper hand at first but Ryuu skidded and kicked his feet, causing blake to lose balance and trip. Blake looked as Ryuu tried to attack so he quickly placed his hands on the ground and twisted his body in a break-dance like move, hitting Ryuu in the face and sent him flying. Ryuu transformed to his half-dragon form and unfirled his wings, slowing down his speed and managint to lessen the impact to the pillar he hit. Ryuu grunted as he looked at Blake, noticing the aura around him was blacker and larger than before. "Blake, listen, the more you try to fight me, the more you'll be under Xervan's influence" Ryuu said as Blake charged at him.

"I don't care!" Blake yelled and lauched attack after attack at him. Ryuu suddenly felt a power deep inside Blake, he then noticed a razor sharp scythe tail comign out from Blake's rear and try to slash him. 'What the hell? where did a tail come from?' Ryuu wondered as he dodged it, only to get hit in the gut my Blake. He coughed and slumped to the floor as Blake stood before him. "And here is where you die...oh and one more thing, we're already attacking your precious little home, i heard that your sister is nice, maybe when i kill you i'll have the pleasure of giving her the bad news" Blake hissed. Now Ryuu lost it, he felt his anger surge through him and charged at Blake, grabbing him by the legs and causing him to tumble to the ground.

Blake looked and saw the fury and hatred in ryuu's eyes. "You Bastard!" Ryuu roared and began punching him repeatedly. The punches Ryuu gave caused a crater to form as Ryuu punched him harder, letting his hatred and rage out with every punch. Blake's eyes moved to his normal arm and saw it transform into the same one as the right. Ryuu grabbed Blake and trew him across the room, he grabbed his sword and hurled it at Blake. Blake hit the stained glass window before it caused it to break, then he was impaled by his own sword and landed on the wall outside. Ryuu panted as his rage died down, he picked up his swprd and turned around. 'Well, that all worked out...hang on, something's not right' Ryuu thought.

"Not...bad..."a weak voice rasped. ryuu turned around and gasped as he saw Blake, sword in chest, walking out of the rubble towards him. "That did hurt...but Xervan...gave me special powers..." Blake rasped. He grabbed the hilt of the sword and ripped it out of his chest, spilling red and black blood on the ground and the scar healed in inhuman speeds, much like Ryuu and his family's ability. "You're not even human anymore!" Ryuu said shockingly. "gee, you just figured that out" Blake said. Suddenly Rezo appeared, his entire body was covered in scars from battle, but he was also had talons and feathers along his arms. "Blake, there you are, the Shire was taken by Reignor and the others, right now we must head back to base" Rezo said. Blake cursed, "Alright, we'll settle this later Ryuu" Blake said and disappeared in the black smoke, along with Rezo.

Ryuu sheathed his sword and suddenly felt himself transported to the Shire.

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Reignor sat on the ground after Darla finished purifying the fertile ground. After Ryuu left he and the others fought Rezo, luckily the hobbits they rescued helped out, jared shot down the winged shadow beast and Reignro fought Rezo, who now had black feathers on his arms and some on his face, he seemed a lot faster due to all the scars and scratches he got from Rezo's attacks. But luckily he managed to defeat him with Jared and Darla's help...and Hera when Rezo called her a bitch. Reignor shuddered as he recalled that memory from a few minutes ago:

"What did you call me?!" Hera asked as fire appeared around her. "Uh oh, run!" Reignor yelled and ran away from Hera. Suddenly Hera launched herself as Rezo and began attacking him with blindign speeds and raw powerful attacks that would scare even Ungh-Agor. "Retreat!" Rezo yelled and disappeared before Hera launched a statue at him. Hera panted before she calmed down and looked around her. "Whoops, guess i lost my temper again" Hera laughed.

If there was one thing Reignor learned from being with Hera, it's to never piss her off, otherwise just kiss your ass goodbye. "Where is Ryuu? i hope he's alright" Jasmine said worriedly. "He'll be fine, he should be here right about...now" Reignor said. Suddenly, as if on cue, Ryuu appeared in a falsh. "Dude!" Wagner yelled and ran towards his friend. "What happened? one minute you're here, next minute you're gone" Jared asked. Ryuu told them of the fight that occured in the church and what Blake said. "So...he turned evil because he thought we where together?" Darla asked. "Yeah, can you believe that?" Ryuu asked. "i can" wagner muttered before getting hit in the ribs by Reignor.

"So we gotta get this placefast and stop them from taking my home" Ryu said. "alright, we stocked up on provisions so we're ready to head out" Hera said. "Good, let's go" Ryuu said. "You're leaving already?" one of the hobbits asked them. "yes, but we'll be back one day" Ryuu said. "Alright, oh and if you're looking for those fertile thingies, we saw one located not to far from here" the hobbit said. "Thanks, we'll go there" Ryuu said. They al said their farewells and left the small Shire to the next ground. Ryuu felt a cold pit in his stomach as he thought of his home in turmoil, his family in danger, he'll have to work fast if he can be able to save his home.

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Me: With Blake's attack countered and the Shire reclaimed, can Ryuu and the others be able to save the Forgotten Lands and Dracovia? Stay tuned for more on T.F.O!