SailorStar9: After getting Chapter 28 out, this is Chapter 29 of this fic. (Sighs) Guys and girls, is it too hard for you to leave a review, instead of just putting this fic up on your favorited list and story alerts?
Pairings: Tao Ren/Fem!OC, Yoh/Anna
Disclaimers: I own absolutely nothing, except this plot and pairing.
Chapter 29: Holy Ground of the Stars
"You're not getting away!" Ren took off after Luchist who was ascending to the Holy Ground of the Stars via one of the numerous light beams the Great Spirits sent to them.
"Ren!" Hui Ling took off after the older Shaman and leaving Jun behind.
"We're yet in another strange place." Ren looked around, finding himself along and separated from Hui Ling.
"It truly is a mysterious place." Bason agreed.
"You." Ren glared jumping back to dodge Hang's attack.
I won't let you go any further." Hang declared.
"What can you do all by yourself?" Ren snorted, activating his Oversoul, before he was forced to use his halberd to block off Mohamed's laser beam.
"Where are the others?" Hang asked the veiled Shaman.
"Who know." Mohamed shrugged.
"Then, let's beat him up ourselves." Hang suggested.
"The ones who will be beaten up are you guys!" Ren charged in for an attack.
"It's not going as well as we wanted, huh?" Hang mused, Ren having fended off both their attacks.
"At this rate, we won't be able to face Hao-sama." Mohamed agreed.
"What's wrong?" Ren mocked. "If you're admitting defeat, then get out of my way."
"Don't get so worked up, Tao Ren." Han chided. "You're going to keep us company for a while."
"Then, I'll finish this quickly." Ren growled.
"Hold it right there!" Ryu cut in. "You don't mind me joining in, do you? Where's Master Yoh?"
"Up ahead." Ren replied. "Or at least, he's supposed to."
"Like we said, we're not letting you pass through here." Hang repeated.
"The two of you couldn't even stop me." Ren mocked.
"This time, I'm here, too." Ryu added.
"Now, this is more interesting." Mohamed remarked.
"Let's play with them a bit, then." Hang grinned. "Just kidding." he smirked, Ren having sliced his medium into two. "Twin Claws of the Panda!" the two halves of gong pushed Ren backwards. "Now, it's getting interesting."
Meanwhile, Mohamed's beam attack took out all of Ryu's serpent heads.
"Ryu, something's strange here." Tokageroh remarked.
"Young Master, their Furyoku has..." even Bason noticed the same thing.
"Yeah, it has definitely gotten stronger since we started this battle." Ren agreed.
"Eres correcto." Peyote entered the fight, already Oversouled.
"That bastard can use such a big Oversoul?" Ryu gawked.
"Peyote, you seem to be in pretty good shape as well." Hang noted.
"This is all thanks to Hao-sama." the musician replied.
"Looks like they received something along with the Chou Senji Ryakketsu from Hao." Ren guessed.
"Eres correcto." Peyote confirmed. "We will fight for the sake of Hao-sama. That is the proof of your loyalty."
"You guys are nothing without Hao's strength." Ren taunted.
"Don't mock us." Hang chided. "The Furyoku itself is our strength. Hao-sama just gave us a chance."
"He told us to get stronger." Mohamed agreed.
"Ryu!" Ren barked a warning, Mohamed's multiple beam attack having knocked them into the air and Peyote's Oversoul had charged directly at the older Shaman.
"Horo Horo." Ryu breathed in relief, the ice user had fended off the attack. "You saved me."
"What's going on with them?" the Aisu Shaman wondered.
"They're just stronger than before." Ren answered. "However, I'm still stronger." he summoned Bason's Giant Oversoul mode.
"Guest Touchdown!" Bill's Oversoul charged in, knocking both Ren and Bason to the ground.
"I can't..." The Big Guys muttered, the sharp increase in Furyoku was backfiring on him. "I can't control this much Furyoku."
"That idiot." Hang snorted, when Bill's Guardian Spirit burnt itself out, the rugby player then fell over on the ground, flat on his face. "He killed himself."
"The power you received from Hao-sama," Luchist had also joined the fight. "Whether you control it or die trying is up to you. Show your strength, or else you don't have the right to be Hao-sama's companion."
"So, ill could only make it this far." Hang remarked.
"You bastards." Ryu growled. "Is that any way to talk about a companion who helped you out of a crisis?"
"Crisis?" Mohamed echoed. "I don't recall anything like that."
"You bastards!" Ryu roared, using his Oversoul to charge at Lucifer.
"I'll show you what a crisis really is." Luchist stated. "You powerless lamb."
Hang's two claws moved in to finish Ryu off when Chocolove cut in, slicing the halved gong into two.
"Don't let your guards down, you two!" Ren barked. "If you don't attack them seriously, you'll die."
"Faust!" Horo Horo gaped when Faust blocked off Grande Fantasma's attack.
"Where's Yoh?" the doctor asked.
"We'll probably meet him if we defeat them." Ren answered.
"I won't let the likes of you interfere with Hao-sama." Luchist hissed.
"Shut up already!" Ren snapped, both sides clashing with one another again. "You lackeys!"
"How's that?" Horo Horo bragged, Biran Birantte Kamui having knocked down Grande Fantasma. "What's that?" he blinked when Brocken flew towards the battlefield through the fog.
"Hadō #88: Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō!" a massive electrical beam dismantled the half-formed Die Block Oversoul. "You left your back open." Hui Ling stated plainly, striking Broken on the back with a palm strike which sent the much smaller Shaman crashing to the ground. Her hand now shaped into a claw, her next attack utterly destroyed the shell Brocken was shielded in. "Life for life, blood for blood." she told the limbless Brocken calmly. "Hao broke two of the fundamental rules of the Kami-class Pact. Since I can't get to him for now, you'll suffice as a substitute." her final palm strike hit home, hitting directly on Brocken's heart, the impact shattering the organ and killing him. "Xiangu, devour." she ordered. Said Guardian Spirit manifested, the golden lotus she held on her arm glowed reddish pink as it sent out swirls of pinkish dust that surrounded the vanishing Blocks and turning Brocken's Guardian Spirit into a single seed which she absorbed into the lotus pod. "Now," she turned to Hao's followers. "Who's next?"
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.