A/N: . . . *snicker* BWAHAHAHAHAAAA! WeebGod69, you've just proven my point. That last review you left? Crap like that? Stuff that entertains me that much? THAT'S the kind of shit that motivates a guy like me. You gave me such a big laugh that I HAD to make the next chapter. This is for you, dude.
Oh, but he also brought up an interesting point(something I honestly never thought I would ask): Who is Best Girl? A lot of my reviews agree with WeebGod69 that Yukihime, the OC, is the best girl. How many of you agree? Why? How many of you think Oga or Kunieda or any of the other girls is best girl and why? I'm genuinely curious.
"Kunieda Aoi, 3rd leader of the Red Tails, has returned to her rightful position."
Ringo looked pissed.
"BULLSHIT," one girl yelled.
"Have you forgotten that we have hostages," another yelled.
They were silenced when Kunieda swung her bokken. "I had forgotten the strength and responsibility that came with wearing this coat."
The girls looked to see many of their own were buried in the walls, while Kunieda's girls were freed.
"Ringo, your provocations won't work on me anymore! I won't give up on anything I call important. I'll protect my friends and these feelings of mine."
Ringo smirked. "And what exactly are you going to protect?!" Ringo then pulled out her lighter and held the flame near Furuichi's eye, gripping his hair. "If you think you can protect him, then go ahead and try. From here, I'll definitely burn out one of his pretty eyes."
"YOU BITCH," Nene yelled.
Furuichi then sneezed.
"Tsk. How cay you not be scared? Don't you see your position?"
"Oh, please," Furuichi said, getting everyone's attention.
"Unya," Baby Beel went, pointing to himself.
"I've been in much scarier situations then a little flame in my eye." Furuichi broke out of his binds.
"T-Those are heavy-duty chains," Ringo said.
"Time's up. I'm not playing the hostage anymore. I would like to observe this match, but I have a promise to keep," Furuichi said as he stood before War Maiden as he ripped off the collar. "Looks like I won the bet, War Maiden."
"So it would seem," she said with her arms crossed, a smile on her face.
"Then..." Furuichi released his demonic energy, making Ringo's girls and Ringo herself shiver in fear. "Let's end this."
War Maiden smiled at Furuichi before she chuckled. "I would love to... but I want you to suffer first."
"And how do you plan on doing that?"
"By making you watch your first knight suffer."
"By the time I'm done with you, she would have taken down Ringo."
"Oh, but I want both of us to watch your precious human get beaten to a bloody pulp. Besides, you're in no condition to fight."
"Oh?"
"Especially in three... two... one."
Furuichi raised an eyebrow before his eyes widened. He then vomited, shocking the girls as he fell to his knees.
"You got to love Dart's poison," War Maiden said as she walked up to the downed prince.
"H-How," he asked as he looked up with a glare.
War Maiden knelt down and grabbed the collar. She then held it up to Furuichi's neck and pointed to a specific area. It was no bigger than a grain of sand, but Furuichi could still see the needle.
"The moment you ripped that collar off, this little guy injected you with some of Poison Dart's most potent paralyzing venom. Not even you Luciferians can handle it. You won't be able to move for some time, so my girl can beat yours."
"YOU COWARD," Nene yelled as she was being held back by Ringo's girls. "HOW DARE YOU USE SOMETHING SO LOW?!"
"A job's a job, sweetie. What's wrong with having a little fun? Don't worry. After Ringo beats your 'leader'..." War Maiden held a gun at Furuichi's head. "I'll end him quickly. Bang."
Kunieda's girls glared at War Maiden before they heard a chuckle. They looked to see that it was coming from Ringo before she burst out cackling like an insane witch. "YOU KEEP GIVING ME A REASON TO LIKE YOU! DON'T WORRY, I'LL END THIS LITTLE WHORE QUICK JUST SO I CAN SEE YOU PUT A BULLET IN THAT PRETTY BOY'S HEAD!"
Now, some more chuckling was heard. They looked to see it was coming from Furuichi. "That isn't going to happen."
"It's true that you're strong. I can tell that you're amazing just by looking at you."
Ringo's mad smile went away. She then blushed. "Wha...?"
"But you won't be able to beat Kunieda." Ringo's blush was replaced by a surprised expression. "You keep relying on cheap tricks."
"Shut up."
"If you had relied more on your own power, you would have given a damn good fight."
"I SAID SHUP UP, HERO!" Ringo then slashed past Furuichi, creating a hole that traveled out of the school. "Keep running your gums and I'll rip off your balls before my girl shoots you."
"Damn, she really is as good as Aoi," Ryoko said.
"Shit," Yuka went.
"Furuichi." He looked at Kunieda. "Don't worry. I'll beat her... fair and square. Besides..." She looked at War Maiden with cold eyes. "The Red Tails have a promise to keep." She pointed her bokken at War Maiden. "We will be the ones to defeat you, Evil Star of the Black Zodiac, War Maiden!"
"Wow, full title." War Maiden giggled. "Tyrant was right. It is always funny to hear you humans spout that nonsense."
Kunieda stared at War Maiden. "Hey." She looked at Furuichi. "They're all yours, Queen," he said with a smile.
Kunieda's King's Crest then seemed to glow even brighter, the 1 on her emblem shining like a beacon. "Yes."
Ringo glared at Kunieda with an evil smile. "Fair and square? Promise to keep? Everything about you makes me sick. Besides, I love to win!" Ringo snapped her fingers.
Kunieda was then surrounded by New Red Tails.
"There's no point in fighting a fight you can't win."
"Aoi, be careful," Yuka called.
"They have weird powers like those Zodiac guys! They might have been given demon powers, like how Furuichi can do!"
"Ho? So the pretty boy can actually give power? It's almost a shame my girl wants to kill him so much then."
"Sorry, boss," War Maiden said with a shrug.
"I feel better now," Kunieda said, getting everyone's attention. "Now if I go all out, none of you will die." Kunieda then appeared behind the group, four girls being buried in the ceiling.
"Pay attention to this one, Furuichi. You might like it. Shingetsuryuu Sixth Form: Fairy Sword Dance." Kunieda then sent all the girls flying with countless swings that only Furuichi and War Maiden could follow.
Ringo then appeared behind Kunieda and slammed her bokken into her side. She laughed madly. "Using a big skill like that will leave all kinds of openings!"
Kunieda glared at Ringo. "Is that why you called them out here?"
"If so, then what are you going to do about it," Ringo yelled as she swung her sword down.
Countless slashes occurred.
"You're such a bitch," Kunieda said as she walked away from Ringo as her clothes, save her underwear, were shredded. "And that's why you lost."
Ringo's eyes were wide with shock. "I can't... believe this," she said as she fainted.
The New Red Tails were groveling before Kunieda.
"We... We concede, 3rd," Yukino said.
"You're the only one we'll call leader. Sorry for pulling this prank," Maaya said.
"What are you guys saying," Kunieda asked with an oddly kind smile. "Do you have a magic marker?"
"Huh? Yeah."
Kunieda wrote "Fake" on the girl's jackets. "I'll write it in for all of you, so line up."
"She's still pissed," they all thought.
"This won't wash out."
"All of you girls from Ringo's team, feel free to come back to us if you want to be called 'Red Tail' again." Ringo's girls looked surprised while Kunieda's girls looked happy. "The same goes for you, Houjou Ringo." Kunieda's eyes turned blank when she saw Koma appear near Ringo's butt.
"Hell yeah! I love this ass! Ringo's body is the stuff dreams were made of! I could spend hours fondling her! Ah," he went as he felt Kunieda's cold eyes. "Oh, shit, I'm..."
"Well... Well done passing this trial, Aoi. I didn't feel too comfortable doing this either! Just the thought of betraying you was... but in front of those melons, I was-"
"You were the demon!"
"The 'Ice Queen' Eyes! It's been a while."
"EAT SHIT, YOU LITTLE FIEND," Kunieda roared as she was about to attack Koma.
"Like I thought," he yelled out as he held up his arms in defense.
Everyone then got a shock when War Maiden kicked Koma so hard that he vomited blood. She then sighed. "I should have known." She then took out her gun. "As if a reject like you was worth anything," she said as she shot Koma through the head, the demon falling out of the window.
"KOMA," Kunieda yelled out.
"Tch, still alive. Does that little mutt only have endurance on its side? Aaah-ah. I should have given the girl my power after all. After all, if you want someone killed right," she began as she pointed the gun towards Furuichi. "You kill them your-"
She was interrupted when Furuichi tackled her out of the window.
The girls were shocked by what they saw. "FURUICHI," Kunieda and Nene yelled as they ran to the window. They looked out in time to see the two slam into the ground, a dust cloud covering them from sight. Neither girl wasted any time to run out of the classroom, followed by the rest of their crew.
The Fake Red Tails were too dumbstruck to react.
Many students walked over to the dust cloud, wondering what caused it. Then, two figures jumped out. They were shocked to see Furuichi skidding away, about to stand. However, he fell to one knee, panting.
War Maiden also skidded away, but she was able to stand, giggling. "You monster. How are you able to move? That poison coursing through you becomes more potent the more you use magic. Luciferians get their immortality FROM magic. Even now, you should be going through some hellishly agonizing pain due to your body naturally expending magic to heal your wounds."
"You're right. This hurts like hell," Furuichi said as he summoned his guns. "But I'll do whatever it takes to bring down you Zodiacs." Furuichi then coughed up blood, panting.
"Ooh, what a man," War Maiden said with a smile. She then shot at Furuichi.
He moved his head to avoid the bullet, retaliating with a shot from his gun. War Maiden then fired back, their bullets clashing. The two ran at each other, shooting a barrage of bullets. When they got close enough to each other, they clashed with a kick, their shins making a sound louder than the gunshots.
They then started to exchange punches and kicks, firing at the other at any given chance. The delinquents watched in amazement as they watched a woman fight on par with Silver, neither one letting up, not a single bullet wound on either of them.
The school had plenty of holes in it. Some students even got shot in the arm or leg. Still, they couldn't look away. Then, they went ballistic when War Maiden landed a punch that caused Furuichi to stagger. She then used the grip of her gun to uppercut Furuichi before sending him skidding across the ground with a bullet to the shoulder.
The delinquents roared in anticipation. "KILL SILVER! KILL SILVER! KILL SILVER," they chanted as War Maiden walked up to the downed hero.
"The people have spoken, Noble," she said as he pointed the gun at Furuichi's head as he struggled to lift himself from the ground, groaning. "You die." Furuichi just glared at her.
"ZEBUL BLAST!"
"Hm?" War Maiden grunted in pain as she was sent flying towards the wall in an explosion of demonic energy, now hidden in a dust cloud.
Furuichi struggled to get up before he felt someone pick him up. He then felt a little, soft hand. He chuckled. "Great timing, Oga."
"SHUT UP, DUMBASS! GOD, LOOK AT YOU! YOU LOOK HALF DEAD!"
"I feel just as bad," he went before coughing violently. "How did you get to Baby Beel so fast?"
"The moment I heard gunshots, I ran to the Junior floor to get Beel. I ran into Kunieda before I even got to the stairs. Didn't even hesitate to grab Beel and run after your dumb ass."
"Aren't you a dutiful bitch." The two glared to see War Maiden walk out of the dust cloud, brushing off the dirt on her shoulder before adjusting her cap. "I was just about to kill Noble before you showed up and ruined everything."
"I'm about to ruin your FACE, WHORE!"
"Hm. That so?" War Maiden then snapped her fingers.
Furuichi and Oga heard a whirling sound. They looked down to see demonic energy glowing beneath them. Furuichi didn't think twice to push Oga away before it exploded, sending him crashing into the school building. He then fell to his face, totally unmoving.
"FURUICHI," Oga yelled before she glared at War Maiden. "I'LL KILL YOU!"
War Maiden chuckled before she pulled a double-edged sword out of her sleeve. "Bring it."
An enraged Oga with an angry Baby Beel on her shoulder lunged at War Maiden, her fist glowing. "ZEBUL BLAST!"
War Maiden held up her sword and deflected the blast. "Don't you have any other tricks, Contractor," she asked with a smile.
Oga then appeared beneath her, a Zebul Emblem on War Maiden's stomach.
"Oh."
Oga then viciously punched War Maiden with enough force to make her gag. Then, with a war cry, Oga continued to viciously punch War Maiden before she sent the villain flying. "Zebul Emblem!"
Oga watched as War Maiden exploded. However, she found it weird that War Maiden didn't fall to the ground like Hecadoth did when she used it on him.
"Not bad, Contractor." Oga's eyes widened she looked behind her to see War Maiden walk towards Furuichi, sword at the ready. "We might be hired to kill you one day," she said as she prepared to stab Furuichi.
"NO," Oga yelled as she ran towards War Maiden, already knowing that she would be too late.
Then... Furuichi surprised War Maiden by slashed her sword out of her hand with his katana. He then used an overhead slash, making War Maiden scream out in pain as she stumbled back, holding her bleeding face as her cap fell off.
Furuichi then used a sweep kick to make War Maiden fall to the ground. Furuichi then prepared to stab her... until she looked up.
Furuichi froze. "Wha?"
"Hm," War Maiden went with a raised eyebrow. She then had a grenade form in her hand before she threw it at Furuichi, the explosion smashing him into the school building.
"Well, that was odd," War maiden went as she walked towards the downed Furuichi. "You had the perfect chance to kill me, and you let it slip away. Why is that, Your Highness?"
"Get away from him!" War Maiden turned to look at Oga in time to catch her fist.
Oga glared at War Maiden before her eyes widened when the wind blew War Maiden's hair out of her face. The slash mark on her face from Furuichi's slash didn't hide the shocking revelation. "What the hell? Why... why do you look like me?"
War Maiden raised an eyebrow before she looked into a window and saw her reflection. She then smiled. "Ah, so that's how it is. That's why Noble didn't kill me when he had the chance. I have the same advantage as my little sister" She smirked at Oga. "I look just like someone he loves. Meaning..."
War Maiden pointed her gun at the still shocked Furuichi. "Like Sword, I have the best chance of killing you."
Bang.
War Maiden looked over at Oga, who pushed War Maiden's arm upward. "Too bad for you," a visibly angry Oga began as she reeled back her fist. "I HAVE NO PROBLEM BEATING MY OWN ASS!"
Oga's punch was caught by War Maiden. "That so?" She then kneed Oga, making her gag as she buckled over. "Good for you," she said before she kicked Oga away.
Oga was able to jump onto her feet before she bounced too far away. "BABY BEEL!"
The baby then yelled as he sent lightning flying towards War Maiden.
"Seriously," she went in a bored tone before she plunged something into the ground.
Oga's eyes widened when Baby Beel's lightning struck it. "WHAT?!"
"Don't be so surprised." Oga looked over at War Maiden. "It's an iron rod. I use it as a metal bow staff. Quite deadly and useful. A painful weapon that also doubles as a great lightning rod," she said with a smile as she walked over to Furuichi, who was struggling to stand back up.
"Now, where were we," she asked before she warped towards Furuichi, preparing an overhead slash.
War Maiden's strike was blocked by Kunieda's bokken. "You again?"
"I'm here to finish what you started at my temple."
War Maiden laughed. "Now THAT'S a good joke! How could a mere human, Knight or not, possible hope to take ME on?!" War Maiden started to easily push Kunieda back. "Does having Noble's King Crest feel that good? You're overestimating yourself, girl. Besides, do you honestly hope to beat me with a stick?"
War Maiden then slashed through Kunieda's bokken, shocking her.
"A stick infused with demonic energy is still nothing compared to a sword."
War Maiden then prepared an overhead strike. Kunieda just stood there, knowing she wouldn't be fast enough to avoid the slash. Then, she felt something coming towards her.
Instincts taking over, Kunieda caught something and parried War Maiden's strike before placing a hand on the demon's chest. "NADESHIKO!" War Maiden was sent skidding away from Kunieda, groaning a bit as she rubbed her chest before glaring at Kunieda.
Kunieda looked at what she was holding. "Furuichi's sword. It's so heavy." She looked towards the prince, who was leaning against the school while coughing, the poison taking its toll on him.
Kunieda's eyes turned steely before she turned towards War Maiden, getting into her stance, her katana shimmering in the light.
"So the prince gave you an actual sword. You now have a real weapon and demonic energy flowing through you. Congratulations. Don't think that makes this fight any easier for you, human."
"I'm not that foolish." Kunieda's aura then shined brightly. "Shingetsuryuu Ichishiki: Hagan Kiku Ichimonji!"
Kunieda slashed at War Maiden's stomach, but the demon blocked her blade with a sword. However, that didn't stop Kunieda. With a roar, she sent War Maiden bouncing away, the demon let out a painful grunt.
War Maiden easily landed on her feet and shot at Kunieda three times. Kunieda blocked each bullet, even sending the third bullet back.
War Maiden caught the bullet with her bare hand. She then smirked. "Not bad, human."
"Don't forget about me, you bitch!"
War Maiden looked towards the yell, only to be punched away by Oga, skidding back. She wiped the bruise off her face before glaring at Oga. "You annoying, little bitch."
"A lot more where that came from," Oga yelled as she prepared a Zebul Blast.
When Oga fired it, War Maiden actually shot at it, her bullet detonating the blast. She then realized that Kunieda was beneath her, preparing a slash. She easily blocked it, not budging an inch, even when the force of Kunieda's slash caused a wind blade that cut through the school, taking out plenty of unfortunate delinquents in the process.
War Maiden then glanced over at the sound of Oga's roar, stepping back in time to avoid her dropkick. She then tried to shoot her, only for Oga to duck. War Maiden blocked Kunieda's next strike before kicking her away. She then tried to shoot Oga again, but Oga grabbed her arm and pushed it upward. War Maiden then head-butted Oga, making her dazed. War Maiden used it as a chance to try and stab her, but Kunieda blocked her strike.
"ENOUGH!" War Maiden then sent the two girls flying away from her with a burst of demonic energy before aiming at Furuichi.
BANG
"Tch. You fools just don't learn." War Maiden looked at the smoking hole in the wall before glaring at Nene, who was holding a wheezing and coughing Furuichi in her arms, her chain still around his waist.
She glared at War Maiden as Yuka, Chiaki, Ryoko, and Kaoru stood before her, weapons at the ready.
"Did you humans learn nothing from our last encounter? You can't beat me."
"Screw you," Ryoko yelled.
"We're here for payback, bitch," Kaoru yelled.
War Maiden chuckled. "At least tell me you have decent weapons." She heard guns cock and looked at Chiaki, who was glaring hatefully at her. "Those are Noble's guns, aren't they. Well, not that it matters. Without his demonic energy, those won't even-"
Chiaki fired.
War Maiden was then sent crashing into a tree by two, glowing energy bullets. "THE HELL?!"
Chiaki fired countless energy shots. War Maiden deflected all of them, looking angry... before a look of realization came to her. She then chuckled before laughing evilly. "Interesting. You must really want to die, Noble, using Transfer like that." Chiaki quickly glanced back at Furuichi, who was panting as he pointed his hand at her. "You know very well that the more magic you use, the more the poison courses through you, slowly but surely killing you."
The Red Tails looked shocked before looking down at their own weapons. They were hesitant about using them.
"Don't worry, Furuichi." Everyone looked at Yuka, who was giving Furuichi a worried smile. "We'll take this chick out before you know it. That way, you don't have to waste any more of that crazy magic of yours on us."
Furuichi didn't respond. He just sighed, looking more tired. Nene then placed him on the ground before walking to the front and taking out her chain. "LET'S GO, GIRLS," she said as her chain began to shine as if it were made of flames.
"RIGHT," they all went. Yuka's needle began to glow a pink hue as it lengthened to the size of her forearm. Ryoko's yo-yo turned blue with an aura around it that took the form of a saw blade. Chiaki's guns were glowing the same light as the energy blasts she fired. Kaoru's bokken was covered in purple energy.
The Fake Red Tails were watching from the Junior floor in awe and amazement.
"Since when could they do that," Yukina asked.
"They had that kind of power," Maaya asked. She then looked at War Maiden. "Is that fake recruit really that much of a badass?"
War Maiden chuckled as she shook her head. "So you have Noble's magic on your side. That won't be nearly enough. All he did was give you a fighting chance to make you slightly more interesting. But only slightly."
"SHUT UP," Nene said as she swung her chain.
"Whoo," War Maiden said as she ducked. She then jumped to avoid Ryoko's yo-yo. She whistled when it plunged into the ground. "Looks like your toy is good for something after all."
War Maiden then noticed someone behind her and used her sword to block the attack. "Oh, yeah. There's you, Knight."
Kunieda glared at War Maiden before she started to duel the demon.
War Maiden then had her gun go back into her sleeve before a sword fell out to replace it. She used the sword to block a strike aimed at the back of her head. "That all you got," she asked Kaoru. She then kicked Kaoru away before trying to slash Kunieda's stomach, but the beautiful swordsman jumped in time to avoid the slash.
With her sword, she blocked all of War Maiden's strikes before the two clashed. "Not bad. Not bad at all. Looks like the Prince got one hell of a Knight. And I thought his Familiars were skilled. I'm actually having fun, and with a human of all things."
"Don't underestimate humans," Kunieda said.
"AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME!"
War Maiden looked up to see Oga falling towards her, her fist glowing. She then felt herself being bound. "Hello," she went as she looked at the flaming chains around her.
Kunieda then jumped away.
"ZEBUL BLAST!"
War Maiden was engulfed in a massive amount of demonic energy, the impact causing an explosion.
All the students were watching in awe. The Fake Red Tails, in particular, were blue in the face. "Let's... never betray them again," Maaya said.
"Mm-hm," the others went as they nodded in agreement.
Kunieda, Oga, and the Red Tails looked at the smoking area they had created, waiting for War Maiden to appear. They then heard Furuichi gag.
Everyone turned to see him being lifted by his throat by War Maiden. "Not bad, humans. Still, in the end, except for the Contractor, you're all just borrowing Noble's power. Without him, you're nothing. And in the end, it's my job to kill him." Demonic energy collected around War Maiden's feet. "Ta-ta."
"No! Not this time," Nene yelled as she threw her chain, the weapon wrapping around War Maiden's ankle.
"Hm?" War Maiden looked down to see the chain around her leg... but smirked. "You really wanna go for a ride? Hang on." War Maiden then jumped at bullet speeds.
Before she was dragged along with her, everyone grabbed onto Nene. They then shot into the air, the winds howling as they flew through the air.
War Maiden laughed as she looked down at them. "You lot are crazy! I love it! Now, be a good girl and turn into reverse fireworks," she said as she pointed her gun at the chain. "Paint the town red, bitches!"
Two gunshots were heard.
"Huh, not bad, little one," she said as she looked at Chiaki, who had one eye closed due to the wind pressure.
War Maiden then fired at her, but Chiaki fired back. Their bullets kept clashing, canceling the other out. It was taking everything Chiaki had to defend her and her friends, to prevent War Maiden from shooting Nene's chain. She knew that if she missed even one shot, War Maiden would destroy the chain, and they'd all fall to their deaths.
"I'm honestly impressed, human," War Maiden said with a smirk before she looked down. "Looks like we're coming up to our stop. Hold on," she said as she grabbed the chain.
War Maiden then began to spin around. The girls were being swung slowly at first until the speed gradually increased. They were then spinning like a top. All of the girls were using every last bit of strength they had to not let go. Yuka lost her grip and was almost flung off, but Oga grabbed her just in time. The sound of the chain breaking was then heard.
They all looked to see War Maiden smirking as she held the chain, the metal no longer wrapped around her ankle. She then tossed the girls towards the mountains, the group slamming into it with a loud boom before she dove towards another mountain.
She then held Furuichi towards the ground as they fell closer before they landed with an explosive impact that shook the very mountains.
In the fog-covered area of Manor Lucifer, a flaming sword clashed with a trident of water.
Ifrit and Leviathan fought with all of their might, using their skills with both their weapons and their magic to try and beat the other. When they clashed, glaring into the eyes of the other, the explosion occurred.
They both looked to see the explosion of demonic energy before jumping away from each other.
"Noble," Ifrit said in worry.
"Hm, guess War Maiden got to him after all." She looked back at Ifrit. "Maybe I won't have to kill you after all."
Ifrit snarled. "If you think I'm gonna let any of you Satan kiss-ups kill Noble, you're out of your goddamn minds," he said as his sword flared.
Leviathan... smiled. "Glad to see you haven't changed at all," she said as she pointed her trident at him. "Wish I could say the same for me," she mumbled too softly for Ifrit to hear, the fog masking her mouth.
Meanwhile, inside the mansion, Yukihime was sleeping soundly. Then, after the explosion occurred, her eyes shot open, a sharp gleam to them as they glowed ice blue.
When Ifrit and Leviathan clashed, a cold chilled followed by a rumble caught their attention. They looked towards the mansion to see a flurry of snow blast out of the second-floor window, speeding towards where Furuichi is.
Ifrit then landed a powerful, flaming punch on Leviathan's face, making her skid away from him. "Don't worry, Yukihime," he said as he spun his sword and pointed it at Leviathan. "I'll join you soon. Keep Noble safe until then."
As the dust settled, Furuichi's face, eyes hidden by his hair, was revealed. He coughed up blood before he was lifted by the neck.
"Wow, even after all that, you're still alive," War Maiden said as she held Furuichi up. She then readied her sword to skewer him through his heart. "I can't wait to see how much of a monster you'll be when you're remade into a Satanchian."
A battle cry was then heard.
War Maiden looked up to see Kunieda lunging towards her, overhead strike ready to slice her arm off. War Maiden jumped away in time to avoid getting her arm slashed off, but ended up dropping Furuichi in the process. "HOW?! I SENT YOU TO A DIFFERENT, FUCKING MOUNTAIN!"
"Don't underestimate the Shingetsuryuu. Do you think we're only fast with our techniques?!" Kunieda then tried to thrust the sword into War Maiden, but she was able to parry the strike.
Before Kunieda could react, War Maiden was able to land a heavy knee strike to Kunieda's gut, making her cough up saliva before she was punched to the ground.
Before she could even try to get up, War Maiden stomped her foot onto Kunieda's head. "Did you honestly think you had a chance at beating me ALONE!? YOU STUPID HUMAN!" War Maiden then realized the air got chilly... and saw her breath. "Oh, shit."
She turned in time to raise her sword to block against Yukihime's thrust, the force of the attacking throwing her off of Kunieda. "Shoulda known you'd show up sooner or later, Snow Familiar."
Yukihime spun her spear before she looked around. She saw Kunieda groaning on the ground, a trickle of blood flowing down her mouth. She then looked to see the smoke rising from the other mountain, where the other girls were. Then, she saw Furuichi, seemingly unconscious, blood all over him.
Once she saw him, Yukihime's eyes shot wide open, and her demonic energy flared. All five of her tails appeared, her magic freezing the trees completely, a cold wind howling, with snow falling all around. In a matter of seconds, the mountain was white with snow.
Yukihime looked at War Maiden with terrifying, enraged, predatory eyes; all five of her tails puffed up and shaking in uncontrollable anger. "I will freeze you down to your very soul and shatter it into countless pieces before grinding it into dust."
War Maiden chuckled. "You want war, Snow Bitch?" War Maiden released her demonic energy, weapons of every type throughout history appearing around her. The cannons and guns all pointed towards Yukihime, all ready to fire. "THEN LET'S HAVE WAR!"
All of War Maiden's artillery shot at Yukihime.
The beautiful fox stomped her foot onto the ground, a wall of blue ice as thick as a glacier appearing before her. It took a minute, but the weapons were able to destroy the wall, causing snow to fly everywhere, creating a white screen.
War Maiden grabbed a sword and used it to block Yukihime's thrust. She then bent back in time to avoid the fox's ice breath before kicking her away. War Maiden then grabbed an MP5 machine gun and started firing away, but she was getting annoyed with how easily Yukihime was outrunning the bullets.
She got even more aggravated when Yukihime threw an ice dagger at the gun, freezing it completely. "Tch. Alright," she said as she threw the gun away and grabbed an M1 Carbine. "How about a little game of 'Hunt the Fox'?"
War Maiden watched Yukihime run around, making sure to dodge any of her attacks. She even used the rifle to block against Yukihime's thrusts and swings. Then, when Yukihime umped away from her, War Maiden's eyes widened. "THERE!"
BANG
Yukihime winced in pain when she landed, looking down at her now bloody thigh. She wasted no time blowing onto it, freezing the wound.
"Don't look down."
Yukihime looked up to see War Maiden preparing a swing. Yukihime raised and froze her arms in time to block War Maiden's attack with a morning star that sent her smashing through two trees and slamming into the third one, the beauty groaning as she slid down from it.
"Fire in the hole."
Yukihime looked to see a grenade bounce in front of her before it blew up in her face.
War Maiden smirked before she stumbled. "Dammit. They did a real number on me. Time to end this." War Maiden then threw her sword at Furuichi.
Kunieda then appeared in front of him and slashed the sword away.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! THAT'S IT! YOU'RE DEAD!"
As War Maiden stomped towards the tired Kunieda, she heard Oga's war cry. She looked up to see the beauty lunge towards her and punch her hard enough to make her stumble and spit up blood. She then felt hot. She looked to see a flaming chain wrapped around her. She was then swung around and slammed against a tree, a rock, and then slammed into the ground.
War Maiden broke out of the chains with an enraged roar and looked for Nene, only to feel something stab through her thigh. "PAYBACK, YOU CRAZY BITCH," Yuka yelled.
War Maiden was able to grab Yuka's neck but immediately released her when her arm was shot. Before she could point her gun at Chiaki, she got hit in the face by the energy spiked yo-yo. She then felt the lethal toy slam into her stomach, uppercut her, slaps her left cheek, then her right, before ending the combo by slamming down on her head.
As she shook her head to get her barrings back, Kaoru stomped behind the demon and swung her purple bokken with all her strength. The wooden sword slammed into War Maiden's side, making her cough up blood before she was sent flying. She then smashed through a tree before crashing into another tree, falling onto her face.
She then angrily punched the ground and looked up, her eyes red with rage. "You FUCKING, LITTLE WHORES!" She stomped back onto her feet, her demonic energy pushing away the snow. "I WILL KILL ALL OF YOU FOR THIS," she roared as the tree behind her fell.
When it did, Yukihime, face shadowed with a single orb glowing brightly, lunged towards War Maiden from behind; spear in hand. Yukihime then swung her spear down onto War Maiden's shoulder, the demon yelling out in pain, falling to one knee.
Spear lodged into the demon's shoulder, Yukihime spun around, slamming War Maiden into anything she could. She spun around with enough force to create a tornado of snow, the winds sucking up even the debris from the fight, rocks, and sticks slamming into War Maiden the entire time; the Red Tails barely able to keep themselves from being sucked into the white twister.
Then, with a bestial roar, Yukihime slammed War Maiden into the ground, causing an explosion of white.
The Red Tails tried to look through the screen of snow to see any sign of either demon, only for Yukihime to jump towards them, pointing her spear in War Maiden's direction.
"There's no way she could have survived that," Kunieda said.
"Lady Kunieda." She looked at Yukihime. "You of all people should realize by now that the Black Zodiac should not be underestimated."
Kunieda's eyes widened before she had a look of understanding and took her stance. The rest of the Red Tails and Oga followed her lead.
The sound of slow footsteps was then heard. Out of the white smoke limped a badly beaten War Maiden, her cloak nothing more than rags, a large tear in her right leg, and most of her body totally exposed, showing off the bloody wounds all over her body. The only thing that kept her nice body covered was her black bra.
"I... have had... enough," she said menacingly. "Me... a Black Zodiac... an Evil Star... being humiliated by a bunch of humans... a contractor that's not even a Spellmaster... and a fucking Familiar? No... fucking... way. Don't you whores know who I am?"
She then looked at them with a glowing red orb. "I... am... War Maiden!" Her demonic energy then flared, turning the sky black instantly. "I am a high ranking member of the strongest fighting tribe in the entire Demon World! I will NOT be beaten like this!"
She then shot her demonic energy into the sky, making something form.
Kunieda's eyes widened at what she saw. "A Tsar Bomba?! That's the most powerful nuclear bomb ever made! If that thing falls, Ishiyama will turn into a crater!"
"Lady Kunieda, I leave War Maiden to you!"
"What?!" Before Kunieda could say anything, Yukihime shot towards the sky. "YUKIHIME!"
"YOU'RE NOT STOPPING THIS, FAMILIAR!"
Kunieda didn't hesitate. Before she realized it, she was clashing with War Maiden, her sword sparking against War Maiden's gun.
"OUT OF MY WAY, HUMAN!"
"YOU WON'T STOP HER!"
Yukihime flew towards the falling bomb and took a deep breath. When she was just a mere foot away from the bomb, she blew as hard as she could against it. The Red Tails watched as she slowly encased the deadly bomb in ice, the weapon itself turning white as snow. It didn't take long for Yukihime to make the weapon totally useless.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO," War Maiden roared.
War Maiden then kneed Kunieda, making her gag before grabbing her long hair and throwing the beauty away like a rag doll. War Maiden then formed a vicious, spike-covered spear and threw it with a roar at Yukihime.
The beautiful familiar had just caught the frozen bomb when she heard the roar. She looked to see the spear shooting towards her, but had no way to dodge it.
In fact, before she knew it, her eyes widened after the spear went through the lower right side of her abdomen. The spear was halfway through her, causing Yukihime to cough up blood that streamed down the sides of her mouth.
"YUKIHIME," Kunieda yelled. With an enraged look and a roar, Kunieda charged at War Maiden.
The angry demon turned her gun into a sword and clashed with Kunieda. "You're joining her, HUMAN!"
The two clashed, their strikes blurry to the human eye. There were even afterimages of them left behind.
Then, Kunieda cried out in pain after a sickening crunch caused by War Maiden stomping on her foot. War Maiden then raised her sword above her head, preparing to cleave Kunieda in two.
War Maiden then cried out in pain when her hand was shot. She glared in the direction, only to be smacked by a chain, making her stumble. She then felt a stab in her heart. She looked to see Yuka glaring at her as she pushed her needle deeper into the demon's chest.
War Maiden's eyes glowed with such ferocity, that Yuka's body instinctively froze, but her glare never wavered. War Maiden then formed a clawed, iron glove and prepared to use it to tear Yuka's head off, but her strike was blocked by Kaoru's bokken. Kaoru then jumped away when Ryoko's yo-yo wrapped around her waist and pulled her away from the enraged demon.
War Maiden then heard a stomp. She looked to see Oga. Before she could react, Oga planted a vicious punch into her face before yelling, "ZEBUL BLAST!" War Maiden's face was then engulfed in demonic energy before Oga jumped away.
War Maiden shook her head and was about to chase them when she noticed a shadow. She looked down to see the darkness spread before looking up.
Glaring down at her was Yukihime, the spear still lodged in her stomach, holding the frozen Tsar Bomba. Then, with a roar, Yukihime swung the bomb. War Maiden roared back as she tried to form a shield.
Then, an explosion of white occurred.
Yukihime fell to the ground on her side. With a groan, she tried to push herself back up. She then felt someone gently grab her shoulder. She looked up to see Kunieda holding out her hand, which she accepted.
Kunieda put Yukihime's arm over her shoulder as she helped her badly wounded friend up. She watched as Yukihime froze the part of the spear protruding from her back, snapping it off. Yukihime then looked into Kunieda's eyes.
The two nodded in understanding.
Kunieda tightly gripped the remainder of the spear, Yukihime closing her eyes shut tight as she gritted her teeth. She then grunted in pain when Kunieda ripped the spear out of her, immediately freezing the wound.
"OI!" The two looked to see Oga run up to them. "You guys alright?"
"I've been better, Lady Oga," Yukihime said.
"Ditto," Kunieda answered.
The sound of someone walking through the snow was then heard.
They all looked to see a shadowy figure walking towards them. Then, red eyes shinned menacingly through the snow.
"Bitch doesn't know when to quit," Oga said. When she said that, War Maiden's hand started to channel darkness so vicious, it sounded like the screams of countless dying men.
"Neither do we." Oga looked at Yukihime, who stood up on her own and created an ice spear. Yukihime then lifted the spear above her head, looking ready to swing down with all her strength. Demonic energy and snow even began to swirl around the blade.
Oga smirked as she pulled back her fist. "You're damn straight! Let's go all out, Baby Beel!"
"Ai da!"
Oga's fist began to glow, the demonic energy shining brightly as the electricity crackled.
Kunieda held her sheathed sword up. "Shingetsuryuu Battoujustsu, Eighth Ceremony, Kannagi." Kunieda unsheathed the sword a bit, and as it glowed, she took a moment to think. She then sheathed her sword and held it at her side. "I'm going to take a page from you, Furuichi-kun."
"KAI!"
War Maiden's hand exploded with energy. "Final..." Her eyes shined like an unholy inferno. "WARCRY!" She shot the energy out of her hand, the energy screaming like millions of suffering souls.
"ZEBUL BLAST," Oga roared as she fired a huge Zebul Blast.
Kunieda's King Crest began to shine like a beacon. "CRESCENT MOON," she roared as she drew her sword upward, a crescent shape slash of raging energy charging forward.
Yukihime's Spear began to burst with icy demonic energy. "WINTER'S END," she roared as she swung her spear down, snow-white energy shooting forward.
The four energy's then clashed. They struggled for supremacy, both pushing the other back.
"I... will... not... LOSE," War Maiden roared as she unleashed more power. She was now winning the power struggle, the energy moving closer to the girls.
They just stood there, their eyes shadowed.
"Oi," Oga began.
"Zodiac," Yukihime continued.
"Why don't you," Kunieda continued.
Then, their eyes shot open. "GO TO HELL," they all roared, all three of them brimming with demonic energy.
Their energy then completely overpowered War Maiden's. Before long, the demon was completely engulfed in their power, now screaming in agony before fading away in the light.
The three girls were now panting in exhaustion, all of their strength spent on that attack.
They couldn't even react when War Maiden slowly walked out of the dust. "I... can't... lose. . . Not... to... you," she struggled to say as she shakily held up a gun. The gun then shattered, making her eyes widen.
Then, she had seemed to be fading away, the demon bringing her hand to her face in shock. "No. This... can't be. I... lost?" Her arm then began to disintegrate up to her elbow.
She then chuckled. "Aah, I've been killed... and not even by the Prince. . . No wonder I didn't become a Black Sun. You... always were better... Dart." She then sighed sadly as her lower half faded away. "Sword... your big sis... is leaving first. Sorry. . . Love you... Sword... Dart." She then looked towards the unconscious Furuichi and pointed a finger at him. "Bang."
With that, she faded away completely.
War Maiden... is dead.
The three were panting as they were finally able to relax.
"Aoi!" Kunieda looked to see her friends run-up to her happily. "We did it. We took that bitch down," Nene said.
"Red Tails for the win," Yuka cheered.
"Promise kept," Chiaki said.
"Yeah. We kept our promise," Kunieda said.
"MASTER!" Everyone looked to see Yukihime run to Furuichi, the rest now following her.
"Tell me he's fine, Snow Fox," Oga said.
She examined him and sighed in relief. "Yes. He's merely unconscious. Still, I don't like the amount of poison in his system. I need to heal him, but not here. I'll take him to the manor," she said.
She then felt a hand on her shoulder and looked to see Oga. "Well? Are we going or not?"
"What are you-"
"I'm done leaving him alone. He needs me. I'm not leaving him again."
"Neither am I," Kunieda said as she placed a hand on Yukihime's other shoulder. "I'm not leaving him. Besides, I'm his knight, aren't I," Kunieda asked with a smile.
Yukihime stared at the two before the rest of the Red Tails placed their hands on Kunieda's shoulders. Yukihime then sighed in defeat. "Hold on as tightly as you can."
With that, they were surrounded by snow and disappeared with the powder.
When the snow scattered from them, they saw that they were in a fog covered area.
"What," Yukihime went.
"Why is it so foggy," Kunieda asked.
As soon as she asked, a clash blew away the fog. They all looked to see Ifrit clashing with Leviathan, neither budging an inch.
Leviathan then noticed the girls and sighed. "So she lost, huh?"
Ifrit looked in the same direction. "Yukihime?!"
At that moment, Leviathan kicked Ifrit away before jumping onto the roof of the mansion. "Looks like our dance will need to be put on hold again, Ifrit."
"You're just going to run away again," he yelled.
"Come now." She looked towards Kunieda, noticing her King's Crest, then at Oga. "I'm not foolish enough to take on two familiars, a King's Crest, AND a Contractor. We'll finish this, Ifrit, someday." With that, Leviathan melted into water, her demonic energy disappearing completely.
Ifrit sucked his teeth before looking back at the girls. "I take it you had as much fun as I did?"
Omake:
Tyrant was walking down the Rejuvenating Halls to confirm what he was sensing. He knew it was true when he saw Poison Dart and Sword standing in front of a certain chamber. Dart's eyes were hidden, but Tyrant saw blood dripping from his clenched fist. Sword's eyes were wide with horror and disbelief.
"S-Sis."
That was enough for Tyrant to walk away. "Damn. I had such high hopes for you, War."
Sword placed her hand against the glass. "They killed her," she said as she watched War Maiden's demonic energy swirl around, slowly repairing the defeated demon. "They killed her. They killed her. They killed her. They killed her. They... killed... her. . . I'LL KILL THEM!"
Sword's demonic energy exploded, catching Tyrant's attention. "Hoh?"
"I'll kill them. I'll kill them all. Poison Dart, no, Big Brother," she went as she grabbed his cloak. "Let me borrow some of your poison. Please, big brother."
"I am not your brother, Sword."
"BUT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE! IF THEY HADN'T KILLED WAR, YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN MY BROTHER IN MERE DAYS, AND THEY RUINED THAT! THEY RUINED MY FAMILY! OUR FAMILY! THEY MUST PAY FOR THIS!"
"Yes. They must." A vial then fell out of his sleeve, and he held it in front of Sword. "And you will be the one to make them suffer," he said with a single golden eye glowing within his hair.
Sword smiled darkly. "Thank you," she said as she took the vial. "I love you, brother," she said as she looked at the vial with blank eyes.
Tyrant watched the entire scene... and smiled, pleased by how things played out.
A/N: YES! I DID IT! I UPLOADED BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DECADE! VICTORY FOR VEGETA! Wait, wrong series. Anyway, I kinda rushed at the end to make the deadline. *nervous laugh* Sorry.