Hey gang! Man, what an extremely busy week I've been having. Our project is nearing a close, but of course we have tons of stuff to work on. Btw, in case no one knew, I work for a software development company who contracts out to the Air Force. It's a really nice job, but this project has been stressful the last few weeks due that time is running out and stuff is needed to be done that kept getting put off. Anyways, I've been hard at work on the project, but I managed to find time to write, so yay for me and everyone else. Other than that, life is just peachy, I suppose.
Writing wise, like I said earlier, I managed to find time to write this week, somehow, so I did a chapter. Still, I can't say for sure if I'll have the next chapter done next week, so be wary, sadly, until I get back into a more normal mode again.
Moving along, time for reviews!
kattana: Yeah, too bad that Orochimaru couldn't be cooked. He would have went well with a slab of bacon, hehe. But yes, he's one tough snake demon. Heh, true, no one seems to know what to do with him, but oh well. Yeah, the stuff he has plans to do with Kohaku would horrify anyone I would suspect. Hopefully he'll listen to his comrades, but who knows (other than me and my mate, hehe) about that. Heh, true, Ichimaru may have only dreams in his head about defeating Sesshomaru, but now it seems he has the upper hand, so I wouldn't count him out. True, one would wonder why Ichimaru thinks he can beat Sesshomaru, but again, he seems to be semi-winning now. Lol, true, big shoes to fill. Thanks for the review!
Dark Hichigo Shirosaki: Glad you liked the chapter. Yes, Sesshomaru managed to get to Ichimaru, who has grown angry enough to transform into his true demon form. I didn't know that about Ichimaru's eyes. The only time I've seen them was when he was fighting Hitsugaya back in episode 48. Interesting that they change. Lol, yeah, Orochimaru seems to like the male slaves, more so than anyone wanted to know, hehe. I'm sure that line about him taking Kohaku to bed does creep a lot of people out. I know it kind of gave me the creeps too, hehe. LOL! Looks like you go on quite a trip when you're get a bit of a creep out. Cool about putting out some fics. If I ever get time, I may check on them, but I wouldn't count on it anytime soon, sadly. Um… I'm not updating twice a week. More like twice a month at this point and time, unless I manage to keep writing constantly and more frequently. Lol, I'd love to read Eragon, but I have no time, ever, hehe. (/Watches pink flower petals float by and head towards you.\) Um… Thanks for the review!
Thank you, both of you, for your reviews. I really enjoyed reading them. I also thank all of you for bearing with me in this time that I'm having difficulty in writing on this story. I promise, I'm trying to do my best in updating this story, but with work being so crazy and stressful, it's hard to find time. Not to mention, I have a second story to work on… It never ends! Plus all the real life stuff that is out there. Anyways, thank you to all of you for sticking with me.
At any rate, I need to go, so enjoy!
Chapter 52
Glancing behind himself, the snake demon smirked and said "Ah, Jiraiya and Tsunade. I see the two of you are still alive, and have those two slaves you desired."
Spotting the black haired dog demon, Orochimaru smirked once more, saying "And it seems you have a prisoner as well. Congratulations."
Returning his vision to the half wolf and half fire demons, he added "Now, excuse me while I collect my own slave and help my brother as well."
"Orochimaru, we did not capture them." Jiraiya firmly replied. "And we will never. We released them instead."
Spinning around towards the dog mages quickly, the snake snarled out "Why not!? You fools, you will have to wait on capturing other slaves for some time!"
"It's over Orochimaru." Tsunade solemnly commented.
The snake demon was about to fiercely reply when the white haired dog demon intercepted him and said "Orochimaru, I have to ask you something. All these years that The Thirteen has been together, you knew our objective, correct?"
Settling slightly, the snake demon nodded in reply. Continuing on, the white haired dog demon added "Our objective was to bring down the four demon lords of the four lands. It was a simple objective, one would think, but over the years, we have accomplished little in completing this goal."
Taking a ragged breath, the mage continued on, saying "We have had more than ample opportunity to destroy the four lands. Twice, a lord of the four lands has died, but we've yet to capitalize on that. The Western and Southern Lands were ripe for the taking, yet we didn't act."
"And then there is the fact that Byakuya has allowed the half demon, Iya Taisho, to continue to follow us for the last two-hundred-fifty years. It has been ludicrous and foolish for this to continue on while he has cut our numbers down by nearly half. We should have been allowed long ago to kill him, yet Byakuya has allowed him to continue to follow us, along with that quarter demon, Ichigo Kurosaki."
"Your point is?" Orochimaru grumbled.
Sadly smiling, Jiraiya replied "We've been told for years we'll save this land by doing this and overthrowing the four demon lords, but in the long run, it will do nothing but create more chaos. Byakuya lied to us, and continues to so long as we buy into it. If we were going to take out the four demon lords, we'd have done this long ago, not still be saying we would. Don't you see, he has lied to all of us."
Taking a deep breath, the mage slowly added "I think it's time we put a stop to this ambition of his. Whatever he's planning isn't for the benefit of all of us, or for the people of the four lands. Besides that, the way things are right now, the four lords are on equal footing. None of them dares to wage war with one another. If they did, whoever won would be left weakened, thus opening the door for another lord to attack them, and it would continue on and on till there was only one, or none left."
"Do you understand Orochimaru? This plan of Byakuya's, it's pointless. The four lands will never become one, until someone fit is found to rule them. None of us are fit for the job, and I'll be damned if I let Byakuya continue running The Thirteen into the ground till there are no members left. That is why both Tsunade and I can no longer fight this war. So please, I ask you, join the two of us and help stop this senseless fighting. We have no reason to continue on this way."
Rolling the words of the white haired dog demon around in his mind for a moment, the snake demon turned away. Finally, after a few moments, he turned back towards the dog mage and slowly said "I see what you mean. Now that I think about it, after all this time, it does make sense that Byakuya has his own agenda, and not one that we are a part of."
Lightly smiling, the snake mage added "Let's go get my brother, Jiraiya, before he does something to the Lord of the West."
Nodding in reply, Jiraiya replied "Yes, let's go get him and then go after the others. Perhaps we can stop the others from making the same mistakes we have."
Turning away from the snake mage, the white haired and blonde haired dog demons began walking away. Seeing this, the half demons began to release their tension, each allowing their guard down and turned away also.
Without warning, a high piercing scream of pain filled the air. The entire group turned back towards the noise, finding that Jiraiya had been the source of the scream. On his left shoulder was Orochimaru's head, with his fangs now elongated and sunk deep into the dog demon's shoulder. The snake mage's head was on his elongated neck.
After a moment, the mage released his bite on the dog demon and retracted his head and neck to his body. The white haired dog demon fell to his knees instantly while placing a hand onto his shoulder at the site of the wound. The female blonde haired dog demon quickly rushed to her comrade's aide, with her examining the wound momentarily.
Maniacal laughter soon filled the air, grabbing all of the demons and half demons' attention to find it was the snake mage with an evil smile on his face.
Wincing in pain, Jiraiya glanced over his shoulder, weakly saying "Why Orochimaru, why did you do that?"
"Jiraiya, you were always too trusting. Never would I have imagined that you would betray The Thirteen." Orochimaru responded in a flat tone. "You should have stayed the blind dog that you are to all the events happening around you. Because of your curiosity, I must now kill you and your dear friend, Tsunade, along with all these others."
Clenching his right fist tightly, the white haired dog demon pushed himself up, but barely managed to stand. He turned towards the snake mage with a pained expression on his face, but pushed the pain out of his mind the best he could. Without warning, a flash of pain flared through his body, forcing him back down to one knee while he bit his lower lip to keep from yelling out while he lightly panted.
Wincing while speaking, the white haired dog mage slowly said "Orochimaru, in the end, Byakuya will kill you. Why, why are you doing this? Join us, so we can stop him before it's too late."
Cackling at the dog demon, the snake mage smugly replied "Do you take me a fool, Jiraiya? I know that in the end, Byakuya will kill all of us, but I have no intentions on allowing that foolish wolf demon that pleasure. No, by then, my brother and I shall kill him and any others that still live."
"Don't be a fool Orochimaru…" Jiraiya fiercely remarked, but quickly grimaced and clutched the wound on his shoulder tightly.
Seeing her friend's pain, Tsunade placed a gentle hand on the male dog demon's, saying "Take it easy Jiraiya."
Casting a glare at the snake mage, the female dog demon fiercely asked "What did you do to Jiraiya!?"
Darkly chuckling, the snake demon silkily replied with "I gave him a taste of my poison. It's rather powerful, for no demon has yet to survive it."
"It will start out slow, with his body beginning to tingle and feel numb. After a few minutes, his body will begin to ache, till finally, after five minutes, his entire body will begin to burn like he's being burned alive from the inside. His breathing will become shallower and shallower, until the ten minute mark, when his body will simply shutdown and he will just die."
Hearing the words come out of the snake demon's mouth, the female dog demon's golden eyes widened a fraction while a small gasp escaped her mouth. She quickly glanced down at her friend, whose breathing was already down to pants.
"No one has survived my poison, dear Tsunade." Orochimaru smugly commented. "So don't think Jiraiya will find a way to. Like all that have come before him, he will die."
Casting a glare at the mage, she fiercely replied "I won't let him die!"
"You think you can save your comrade, eh?" the snake demon questioned with a smirk. Moving into a hunched over position, the snake mage smartly said "Let's see you save him once you're dead!"
Without warning, the snake demon went racing forward towards the female dog demon, who seemed frozen in fear from the attack. Witnessing this, the white haired dog demon began a series of hand signs, but quickly realized that his speed had sharply fallen.
"I'll never complete the signs in time!" he mentally cursed.
Only five feet away, the snake demon's neck extended, with his head taking to the air. The demon's fangs quickly elongated while he opened his jaws and prepared to clamp down onto the female dog demon's body. Speeding ahead, the snake demon lashed out at his target while female mage shut her eyes tightly.
A scream filled the air, but instead of it being one of a female, it was a male scream. Standing before the two dog demons, with his arms spread wide to protect them and his back to the snake demon was the half fire demon. Realizing he had struck at the wrong target, the snake demon pulled back and retracted his head to his body while backing away to a safe distance of twenty feet.
Coughing weakly, the half fire demon looked down at the two dog demons, who both had shocked expressions on their faces.
"You…" the blonde haired dog demon mumbled in shock.
Softly smiling while his eyes began to glaze over with pain, the half fire demon quietly replied "I couldn't just standby and do nothing any longer."
"KOHAKU!" Rin and Sango screamed in unison while the half wolf demon went running towards the half fire demon. Quickly, she sheathed her sword and was up to the side of the half fire demon in a flash. Arriving, she managed to catch him just as he began to fall to the ground.
Angrily, Orochimaru snarled out "NO! Damn it, I wanted him unharmed!"
Ignoring the snake demon, the half wolf demon gently laid the half fire demon onto the ground, but noted he was already starting to pant. "Stay with me Kohaku, don't you dare die on me. I didn't die when you took care of me, so don't you dare die on me." she firmly commanded.
"I'll try…" he meekly replied with a small smile.
Glancing at the white haired dog demon, the female dog demon quietly said "Hang in there Jiraiya. I'll use one of my healing spells to remove the poison from your body. You just have to remain still, alright?"
"No."
Lightly growling, the female mage grit out "Jiraiya, this is not the time to play heroics. I have to save you before the poison kills you! It takes seven minutes to remove the poison, so just pipe down and let me help you."
"No Tsunade, don't save me." Jiraiya muttered with a pained expression. Glancing at the kneeling half wolf demon who was standing over the half fire demon, he motioned his hand towards the half fire demon, saying "Tsunade, I want you to save that boy instead."
"Have you lost your mind!?" the female dog demon growled. "You're going to die in less than ten minutes if I don't heal you! I already lost Don due that I wasn't strong enough, so I won't dare lose my dearest friend the same way!"
Giving her a feigned smile, the white haired dog demon shook his head and whispered "I know you lost Don due that you weren't capable enough at the time to save him, but this isn't about me. That half demon, he has his whole life ahead of him and deserves a chance to live. I on the other hand have had many years to live, yet I've not used them for the best intentions. You have a chance to save him and give him a chance to fight on throughout his life."
Quieting for a moment, he softly added "Tsunade, save him. It's my last request. He deserves it far more than I do."
Feeling tears coming into the corners of her eyes, the blonde haired mage shook her head violently, saying "Please, no, don't make me do this. You're my best friend."
"And that's why I ask you to do this for me. It's the only thing I know I can do before I die here today. Please, just do this for me."
Tears slowly slid down the female mage's face while she stared into the black coal eyes of her long time friend. Seeing he was sure of his decision, she weakly nodded. Glancing over at the half wolf and half fire demons, she called out, saying "Girl, bring him here. I'll save him if you do."
Glancing back at the female dog demon, the half wolf demon saw the tears streaming down the mage's face. Not sensing any ill will in the mage, Rin nodded and carefully lifted Kohaku and carried him over to Tsunade and set him down before her.
Placing her hands over the half fire demon's chest, the female mage closed her eyes and began blocking all sounds around her while she concentrated on her healing spell. The mage's hands instantly began to glow with a light green energy while she lowered them a bit closer to the half fire demon's chest, till they were just barely an inch above it.
"YOU TWO WILL PAY FOR YOUR INSOLENCE!" Orochimaru's voice filled the air, causing the entire group to go on guard.
Glaring fiercely at Tsunade and Jiraiya, the snake mage angrily yelled "I will kill the two of you traitors first for your foolish decision to go against the will of The Thirteen. I'll enjoy killing you both slowly."
Eyeing the half demons and the other dog demon, he added "I will then take great pleasure in killing the remainder of you, with exception of perhaps my slave, and maybe my brother's as well. I still think she is far too headstrong for his liking. Perhaps I'll do him a favor and kill you now, my dear."
Pointing his sword at the half wolf demon, he grinned evilly and said "I'll begin with you, for your interference has been annoying and far more irritating than I expected."
"Just try me." Rin firmly replied while drawing Aiko out of it's sheath and moving into a ready position.
Lightly chuckling, the mage smugly replied "With pleasure."
In a flash, the snake mage went flying towards Rin with his sword drawn at his side. Not wanting to be so close to the two mages behind her and her fallen comrade, the half wolf demon raced in the direction of the mage to meet him head on.
Before the two could clash, a battle cry was released, saying "Hiraikotsu!"
Zooming in with a humming noise, a large white bone boomerang flew towards the mage, who quickly raised his sword and managed block the bone weapon from splitting him in two. Backing away, the snake demon watched as the half silver fox moved up beside of the female half wolf demon while her weapon returned to her.
"Bastard, you stay away from them! I won't let you hurt my brother!" Sango fiercely declared while glaring at the snake demon.
Casting a small glance towards the former demon exterminator, Rin whispered "Thanks Sango for your assistance."
"Think nothing of it." the half silver fox softly replied.
Lightly chuckling, the snake demon began to say something, but was stopped when a yell filled the air. "Fox Fire!"
Without warning, green flames slammed into the chest of the snake demon, forcing him to back away a bit more. Coming up beside of his mate, the half red fox firmly said "We will not let you harm any of them."
Joining the trio, the black haired dog mage added "If you want to fight, then come fight us."
"The four of you are pitiful. Why I should bother to waste my time on any of you is really a question I can't answer." Orochimaru mused. Glancing from one to one, he slowly said "The wolf brat is nothing now due that her speed will soon falter. Then there is the silver fox, who is obviously tired. The red fox is nothing to worry one's self over due to his limited power. And as for the dog mage, he is nothing impressive."
All three half demons and the lone dog demon each felt their hackles raise at the words of the snake mage, with each ready to attack. Still, each held their tempers and their selves in check instead, much to the chagrin of the snake mage.
Glancing behind the half demons and the lone dog demon at the two dog demons and the fallen half fire demon, the snake demon took to the air and flew backwards about twenty feet. Smiling evilly, the snake smartly said "I shall take all of you out with ease. Say your goodbyes before I crush you into nothing!"
With his words finished, the snake demon's body began to glow with a dark, thick purple aura that covered him from head to toe. His eyes turned completely white and he let out a dark cackle while his body suddenly glowed even brighter. A thick dark purple smoke soon began filling the air, blocking everyone's view.
Rising out of the smoke without warning was a large purple snake head, with two short stubby horns on each side of it's head, black corneas, with green irises. The snake continued to rise, with it's underbelly being shown to be a black color while the top of it's body was purple with black stripes every twenty feet of it's length. Slowly, the purple fog vanished, revealing the entire body of the purple snake creature, which glared down at the seven on the ground. Flicking it's tongue in and out, the snake let out a low chuckle while seemingly smirking.
"He transformed into his true form…" Ryo mumbled with a touch of irritation.
Staring at the snake before them, Rin flatly said "We will still stop him. No matter what, we have to kill Orochimaru. He's too dangerous to let live."
"You'll get no argument here." Sango commented.
Nodding his head, Miroku added "I agree, we have to stop him."
Hearing a loud chuckling, the group glanced up to see that it was the large purple snake. In a darker, loud tone, the snake smartly said "You fools don't stand a chance against me in my true demon form. Even before you didn't stand a chance, but now you have absolutely no chance in surviving."
Coiling up, the snake demon added "I'll begin with the traitors and work my way towards you weaklings. Trust me, it'll all be over soon. Give my regards to the other Thirteen members in hell!"
With his words finished, the large purple snake uncoiled his body and launched himself forward towards the group, but raised his body so he was higher than them. The group quickly realized his target was the blonde haired dog demon and the two fallen comrades.
Gripping her weapon tightly while her right hand glowed with green demonic energy, the half silver fox flung her boomerang as hard as she could at the snake's head, screaming out "Hiraikotsu!"
Upon the bone weapon being released from the half fox demon's right hand, vines on the boomerang instantly grew, with large sharp thorns sprouting from the vines. Seeing the incoming attack out of the corner of his eye, the snake demon turned it's head to the side, allowing the boomerang to merely graze the side of it's skull, leaving a bloody stripe in it's wake. Not deterred by it's wound, the snake continued on towards it's target.
"FOX FIRE!"
Hearing the yell, the snake caught a flash of green flames coming at him from behind out of the corner of his eye. Paying no heed to the flames, the purple snake allowed the flames to hit him, but suddenly heard another voice cut through the air.
"Katon Karyuu Endan!"
Flying through the green flames without warning was a red flame dragon, which let out a mighty roar before it slammed heavily into the snake demon, making the snake hiss out in pain from the extreme heat of the flames and stop it's advance while it shook it's head back and forth to knock the flames off of it's body.
Growling lowly, the snake began to change direction, but stopped and quickly raced onwards towards the three targets that it had originally planned to strike.
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Seeing the approaching snake demon, Jiraiya winced in pain while raising his hands before his body. Sensing her friend's pain, Tsunade cracked her eyes open and softly said "Jiraiya, don't move. You'll only make it worse."
"He's coming, Tsunade. They can't divert his attention from us." the white haired dog demon quietly remarked with a raspy voice.
Casting a small glance in the direction of the snake mage, the female dog demon hesitated, causing the green glow around her hands to flicker.
"You can't stop. If you do, he'll die." the male dog demon quietly said.
Biting her lower lip, the female mage was about to respond when she suddenly noticed the purple snake was directly above the group about one hundred feet in the air.
"DIE TRAITORS!" the snake hissed loudly while barring it's fangs towards the two mages and the half fire demon.
Eyes widening, Tsunade began to release her spell, but before she could do or say anything or even release her healing spell, she heard Jiraiya yell "I won't let you kill us, Orochimaru! Summoning Spell, Toad Mouth Trap!"
Slamming his open palm onto the ground, the white haired mage let out a heavy grunt while sweat poured down his face. Instantly, walls of red muscular flesh rose up out of the ground, forming an ellipse like shape around the three. Just as the snake was about to smash into the small group, the snake ran straight into the red flesh walls, causing him to bounce off.
"YOU WON'T GET AWAY FROM ME THAT EASILY!" the snake roared and pulled back it's head to bare it's fangs. Charging forward, the snake attempted to sink his fangs into the flesh walls, but found they withstood his fangs, forcing him backwards a bit.
Angered by his failed attempt to chew through the flesh, the snake began coiling it's body around the flesh structure and began squeezing it tightly between it's coils. The walls gave way a bit, but not enough to collapse the structure. Increasingly angered by this, the snake began tightening it's grip even more, till the point it could no more increase it. Finding the structure was still intact, the snake roared loudly and flung it's head up into the air and smashed it's head again and again against the structure, causing no damage at all.
"COME OUT COWARDS SO I CAN KILL YOU!" the purple snake howled.
Receiving no answer, the snake released a loud roar and slammed it's head once more against the flesh walled structure, but once more did no damage.
Watching this commotion, the group of three half demons and the lone dog demon each let out a sigh of relief that the snake demon had yet to punch through the fleshy structure.
"They're safe for now." Ryo softly commented.
Nodding in agreement, Miroku asked "But for how long? Jiraiya was poisoned, remember? Will it fall when he dies?"
Thinking for a moment, the dog demon sighed and replied "I'm not sure, but I can only hope that Jiraiya put everything he had into that spell. If he did, it should last for some time."
Staring at the fleshy building, Rin whispered in her mind "Kohaku, stay alive."
"We have to kill that demon before they come back out." Sango firmly declared, drawing all of the groups' attention.
In agreement, the group nodded. Quickly, the half wolf demon calmly said "You guys need to know something before we fight him though."
Seeing she had the groups' attention, Rin continued, saying "Orochimaru informed Kohaku and I of a spell that he is using, and before you guys arrived, he demonstrated it to us. It's called Eternal Life, and it's rather powerful. If he is dealt a blow in battle, he simply regenerates himself from the damage. He can continuously use it over and over, so long as a chunk of his body is lying around."
"That powerful a spell has to have a cost…" Ryo mumbled while placing his chin in his left hand.
Nodding in reply, Rin replied "It does indeed. Every three years, his body begins to breakdown, and he must transfer his soul into another body, or else he will die. By doing this, the host body's soul that he transfers into dies and he takes over their body completely, abilities and all. That's what he plans to do with Kohaku in a few months…"
"That bastard…" the half silver fox lowly growled while clenching her right fist tightly. Her claws instantly dug into her palms, causing them to bleed lightly.
Seeing this, the half red fox reached over and took hold of the half silver fox's hand and softly said "Calm down Sango."
Taking a deep breath, the half silver fox closed her eyes and finally reopened them, gritting out "I'll try, but what that bastard plans to do to my brother is beyond forgiveness. He'll die for all his transgressions."
"The question is, how do we kill him?" Ryo remarked. Keeping his chin in his hand for another moment, he finally lowered his hand and asked "Sango, do you have enough strength left to capture him in vines and hold him to the ground?"
Staring down at the ground for a moment, Sango finally raised her head and nodded, saying "I think I have enough power left. Fighting Jiraiya took a lot out of me, but I think I have enough strength left to hold that snake down for a while."
Nodding in reply, Ryo turned to Miroku and said "Miroku, I need you to feed me all of the power you have to increase my own. I'm going to try and use my Armor of Wildfire and use my most powerful attack. It's the same attack I used on Gaara, so I think it will work on Orochimaru. With any luck, I'll be able…"
"Wait, that won't work." Rin piped up, earning everyone's attention.
Frowning, the black haired dog demon asked "And why not, Rin?"
"That attack you used to defeat Gaara split him in two. Orochimaru though, he can regenerate his body should he be damaged so long as a piece of him remains. If you attack him with that attack, his body will regenerate while you try to get rid of the rest of his body." the half wolf demon explained.
Digesting the half demon's words, the dog demon sighed and muttered "I guess you're right. My attack would only allow him a chance to regenerate while we use up most of our strength."
"I do have a plan though." the half wolf remarked, earning her the dog demon's attention, along with the two half fox demons. "I can transform into my wolf form, allowing me to become much faster and stronger. While I'm in that form, I'm certain I can cut him up. I just need you all to destroy the pieces of flesh once I finish."
Looking at the half wolf demon, the dog demon asked "Are you sure? I know Sesshomaru trained you and all, but…"
"Trust me, I can do this." Rin adamantly replied. "I can handle myself, so don't worry."
Mulling over the half demon's words, the dog demon heavily sighed and quietly said "You're right, your plan has a better chance at working. Still, will you be able to clear him once you finish your attack?"
Nodding in response, the half wolf demon replied "I should be able to. I just need you to take care of the mess left behind."
Getting a nod in reply, the half wolf demon glanced back at the giant purple snake that was still constricting itself around the structure made of flesh. Closing her eyes and returning Aiko to it's sheath on her back, the female half demon took a deep breath and began searching her mind and body for the power she had found while training with her guardian.
"I have to drag out all the power I can for this. I must do this to save Kohaku. If I let him die because I was incapable of protecting him, I could never forgive myself."
Finding the power she wished to unleash within her body, the half wolf began tapping into it and instantly felt a surge of demonic energy being released. A familiar bright light enveloped her body, causing her clothing to once more vanish while dense black fur began to grow over her bare skin. Immediately, she felt her body pulsate and then her body's bone structure starting to reshape, with her feet becoming a pair of padded paws and her legs retaining a mostly human like shape. Her hands soon began to transform into clawed paws while she kept her mostly human like fingers. Her head was last to change, with her nose and jaw growing outwards to meet one another. Each of her teeth sharpened while she felt her nose rounding to the tip of her muzzle. Slowly, she opened her eyes, revealing golden orbs that now replaced her aqua colored ones.
Hearing several gasps, the transformed half wolf demon ignored them and reached up to grab the hilt of Aiko. Drawing it out, she cast a glance back towards the black haired dog demon, saying "I'm going ahead. Be ready."
Seeing a nod in reply, the transformed half wolf vanished into thin air, leaving the others behind to prepare themselves for the attack.
