AC: I want to thank Tom The Dragon 1987 for a suggestion he made. I forgot about the inverse Omni Lords in the planning of the story and brought up INV Fifth Omni Dragon Lord, Hellfire Drum. There is a chance that this dragon will appear.
In the Four Acts I planned for this season, the best place to put the inverse Omni Lords would be in the third act. The last Act is not possible because it is the last stretch mostly. I also didn't fill up the third Act except with the title and the general event of it, so there is a big opening in this.
Thanks again for the suggestion, as it will fill up the Third Act nicely with the Inverse.
A boy was walking in the darkness. Searching for something. He was alone in this strange and surreal soundless world. He felt no grounds under his feet and felt no wind to breeze through him. Above him, he wouldn't see the sky. There were no stars neither the moon that shined through the darkness.
He heard something and stopped. His body shivered at the thought of something lurking in the darkness. Despite that, he eventually kept walking forwards, if it was that way. He might even be walking upwards or downwards without realising it.
Eventually, he heard a strange sound. It felt as if he was walking on something now. His gaze lowered and the ground was now crimson. The boy was now walking on a large puddle of an unknown liquid. It didn't ease the boy who kept walking forward. His footstep became uneasy with the sight of the liquid under his shoe.
He heard the sound again and stopped. He looked at the far-off distance and saw something. He dashed, trying to see what it was.
When he was close, he heard, "Run!"
A sound was made and it approached him. His gaze lowered, fearfully searching for what was making that sound in the large crimson puddle. The boy saw what was coming at his direction. The boy yelled in panic. He grew frantic at the sight of the object and felt on his knees.
It was a human head that rolled to the boy. A head he knew too well.
"No!" a boy yelled as he suddenly woke up. The boy was sweating a lot and his breathing was erratic. He looked around him, searching for something.
"Ikazuchi!" Yamigedo yelled as he manifested near the boy, "What's wrong?" he saw the face of the boy, "This again."
Ikazuchi put his hands on his face and kept panting. He simple nodded as the Great Fiend embraced the boy.
"Do not worry. We will avenge them. The Omnilords will pay for this," His words were gently and calming.
The boy calmed down and hugged the manifestation. Once his breathing returned to normal, he whispered, "Yes."
Episode 4: Reckless Will
The next day, the Great Fiend nodded satisfied with a new demon summoned out of him. It was always a little exhausting to call one of his servants/slaves out of him for his use, but his limitation reduced his effectiveness. The card had a red mark on it. He gazed at his friend, eating his meal feverishly. It was worrisome a little that the human got his appetite. His attention turned towards the card, "I summoned the next demon. This one is less powerful, but wicked. We will trap Tenbu with it and kill him. We know his weakness. He is so obvious about it and never tried to leave it behind."
"That he is after every female he encountered," Ikazuchi replied. He put his hand on his chest, feeling like he had a moment of weakness. His left leg lightly lost strength, but managed to kept his balance.
"Yes. He has others, but they are more difficult to exploit. Once those two humans and that skull thing come, we will give them this demon," Yamigedo grinned as he gave the card to the boy.
Ikazuchi looked at it, we cannot afford to wait for them. I… I have to do this myself. If I wait any longer, I won't be capable of doing anything.
The boy stood up and finished eating his breakfast. He looked at the card and asked, "What is the plan?"
"This demon can possess his victim, check into their mind and approach Tenbu without being noticed. Better if it's a female. Of course, it mustn't be someone our enemies know too much or they will notice the difference," Yamigedo warned as he crossed his arms.
"Good to know," the boy said as he walked towards the exit.
"Ikazuchi… What are you doing? We have to wait for them to come," the Great Fiend asked unsure, what's in your mind?
"We cannot let them handle this. We can do this together Yamigedo."
"What? No! Ikazuchi! This is dangerous! We cannot take the risk of fighting them! You know what they can do!" he panicked when his friend wanted to fight them again.
"We are better than them Yamigedo. We cannot afford to lose time. You saw what they can do. They are too dangerous to send demons after demons!" the boy worryingly grunted. He turned towards the manifestation, "You can die! If you do I…" no more words came out of his mouth. He couldn't speak what was in his mind.
The Great Fiend approached the boy, "Is it because of that nightmare? Ikazuchi. I won't leave you behind. We are the same and we only have each other's. I don't want to lose you. Now or when we are separated," he then plead, "So, don't recklessly put your life on the line."
Ikazuchi didn't immediately answered. He looked at the water that hid the entrance of their cavern for a while. He thought about it, before replying, "I'm sorry," before taking out a card and teleporting out of the cavern.
"Ika-"
And they left.
Later Shido, Sofia and Gallows entered in the cavern and noticed that no one was present. The boy had a bag in his hand. The trio looked around.
"Looks like they left," Shido commented.
"Sha. Sha. Thanks. I didn't see that buddy," the darkness dragon sarcastically replied.
The boy ignored his buddy and asked his friend, "Sofia. Do you think they went to kill Tenbu?"
The girl nodded, "I'm pretty sure they did."
"What do we do?"
"Sha. Sha. We can just take it slowly. They don't need our help and they will just shock us if we intervene," the monster answered.
Shido put the bag on the ground while Sofia replied, "No. We should search for them and keep them in check. Compare to us, he might no hesitate to do major arm to anyone."
The boy lightly shivered. It would have been the case if he didn't convince Cocytus to not freeze everyone to death. He learned about the consequence the next day. Everyone recovered, but a few needed to be hospitalised.
"Right," Gallows agreed as he crossed his arms, "That would be bad."
"Let's go," she used her card and they went in search of the boy and his fiend.
Ikazuchi was sitting on the roof of a house and searched for Gao and Drum. He knew that the best chance they had to find Tenbu was to find those two.
"Ikazuchi! Reconsider this please. This is dangerous! Listen to me," the manifestation of the Fiend stood in front of the boy, "They saw your face in the first attack. They know who you are and will be ready to fight you at first sight," he put his hands on the shoulder of the boy, "They don't know about the real identity of our allies. This is our best bet for any kind of ambush."
"We cannot count on them," the boy replied.
"Why do you have to be so stubborn? I just want you to be safe!" he furiously yelled as the boy went around the manifestation.
"I know, but I want you too to be safe. As long as you're in me, you aren't," the boy replied.
Yamigedo sighed in defeat, "Fine. Promise me one thing. A promise okay? You never break those."
"Okay."
"Promise me to run away if it gets too dangerous. Understood."
"I will," Ikazuchi replied, which put the fiend at ease. The boy checked which moment of the day they were. He remembered that his target was at school, which meant that he had to go there. He looked around and managed to see the academy. He used his card and teleported on the ceiling of the Aido Academy. They looked around for the boy and his buddy, but no one was present.
"I see some humans there, but they are only kicking a ball," the Fiend pointed at the soccer field. He looked closer and grumbled, "They aren't there and- Ha! That kid just got it right on his face. Now he's crying," he snickered.
"Yamigedo," the boy brought the focus of his friend back on their mission. Despite not caring for causing pain to others in the name of vengeance, he wasn't enjoying it either.
"Sorry," he apologised.
For a few hours, they looked around and nothing interesting came. They heard the bell and the only thing that change was who was outside practicing to run faster and better. The duo started to become impatient and eventually, the bell for lunch time rang.
Yamigedo noticed something, "Hide Ikazuchi!"
He hid and they recognised the voice of Gao, "I was getting hungry."
They gazed from their hiding spot, behind the walls that lead to the stairs that reached the roof of the school.
Gao was there, alone and seemed to wait for someone.
"We're here Gao," the voice of another boy said.
They observed and saw another boy with a girl joining Gao.
"Hello," the boy said to Baku and Kuguru.
Baku Omori had peach skin, blue eyes and brown hair. He wore blue pants with a blue and orange shirt and a white bandana around his head with a blue U mark on it.
Kuguru Uki had purple hair tied in two small pigtails that stick out of the circular lamps, a light green hairclip that held a part of her bangs that curl to the right of her face. She wore glasses, white long-sleeve shirt with a fuchsia ribbon and teal accents that looked like a skirt.
"How's it doing for you preparation the upcoming exam?" Kuguru asked.
Gao nervously chuckled, "Not that good. I am studying but with what happened to Tasuku and Jackknife, I'm not at ease."
Baku sighed, "With the Great Fiend who planned who knows what after getting the Omnilords, I think I'm the same as you."
"By the way. Where's Tasuku? I didn't hear anything from him since yesterday. Do you know anything?" Kuguru thought back.
The boy nodded, "Yes. Tasuku sent me a message. I still have trouble believing it, but they are in another world called Star Dragon World."
"Did they wait until they were out of the hospital?" she asked.
"Yes. When I visited yesterday, they went out of the hospital. We talked a little and he went home. I got the text message before I went to sleep, so I didn't warn anyone yet," Gao resumed.
"How long until he's back?" Baku asked curiously.
"I don't know, but he will warn us," the Sun Fighter replied.
"Your friends are here too," another voice said.
The trio looked at the new comer and it was Paruko. The girl joined them and they all greeted each other's, "How's it going everyone?"
"Pretty good," Gao replied.
Ikazuchi and his friend listened to the conversation and observed safely from a distance.
"So that Tasuku who used his powerful spell is gone," he grinned, "Maybe we have some chance after all. If that boy is not here, that's less allies to protect Tenbu."
"Still. I think they are too close to Gao. He will notice if there is something different about one of them," the boy replied.
Yamigedo chuckled, "You didn't look carefully enough. Look where everyone is sitting."
The boy observed more carefully and noticed that Baku and Kuguru sit close to Gao. Baku was sitting between his two friends. He did notice that the boy with the bandana lightly blushed when the girl was a close. As for Paruko, she sat in front of them and was participating to the conversation. He also heard that she was talking with less familiarity with them.
"This pink hair girl isn't that close. She could be used to get to Tenbu," the boy grinned.
"That's right. We have to get her. Once she is alone, we use the demon to get her. Then, we will have to bring Tenbu in an open spot," the Fiend commented. He chuckled, "Tenbu will not resist her and might try to charm her, like any other female he encountered in his life," he chuckled at what would come next.
"We don't have much other choices anyway. This girl will do," he grinned. He felt another moment of weakness. He felt like he could lose his balance, but remained strong.
"Ikazuchi. Is something wrong?"
"Nothing big. The nightmare is still not letting me feel easy," Ikazuchi quickly replied.
The Great Fiend wasn't an idiot. He knew there was something else and his friend wasn't ready to spit it out, could it be? It better not be the case. He thought with hope that it wasn't what he was believing to be.
School day came to an end and Paruko checked on her cellphone what she planned afterschool, "Let's see. Mom wants me to get the groceries on the way home and ask dad to check on my mic so it won't just stop working suddenly. Takosuke will meet me at the grocery store. That's it! Guess all that's left will be the studies for the exam of next week," she let out a depressed smile. She turned a corner and went through a alleyway towards her next destination, "I hate exams. Can't have fun filming anything and-"
A boy stood in her way and gazed at her. Paruko recognised the appearance of the boy Gao talked about, "Y-you're!"
Ikazuchi took out a card and ordered, "Kalavinka, Uguisukomachi! Take control of this girl."
The card went towards the girl who tried to run away, but the card touched her. It slowly entered in her body and felt on the ground. She painfully grunted as she turned left and right, trying to resist whatever was happening to her, "G-Get out of my head!" She whined painfully and yelled as a last attempt to forcefully resist the thing invading her mind to no avail.
The girl stopped moving for a few seconds. Yamigedo manifested himself and grunted, "You took control of her?"
"Of course, oh Great Fiend," Paruko stood up with a wicked smile. The girl was no more and only Kalavinka remained, "Humans mind is so fragile. I thought it would have been more difficult. Although, she fought hard. What is my command?"
"You will search for Gao and tried to bring him together with Tenbu. Then, we get that old dragon and kill him! I will consume his energy and be in flesh once again," Yamigedo ordered.
Kalavinka bowed, "As you wish," before walking away.
Once they were alone, the boy winced for a second as he had another moment of weakness, "Let's go."
The Great Fiend said nothing, but saw the boy wincing. He was very worried now, but simply returned in the body of his friend. They followed the possessed Paruko from a safe distance.
Ikazuchi used his ability and spells to reach the roof of a building and lightly grinned when he noticed that Gao was already found. Luck was on their side since the old green dragon was also present. They also noticed the red dragon accompanying them.
"That ingrate dragon is here. That red dragon who stopped us from killing Tenbu," Yamigedo furiously grunted. He held back his anger and gazed at the boy.
"Yes. That red dragon won't be able to stop us this time. He doesn't know that Kalavinka is already near them and preparing for a surprise kill," Ikazuchi said.
Meanwhile, the possessed Paruko saw them and internally grinned. She briefly searched in the bodies mind what she knew about Gao and it wasn't that much. Just that she grew a little interested in him with everything he did last year, but nothing deeper than interest. The demon ignored Tenbu for now, playing the role of the girl, "Gao!" she quickly joined the trio with a smile, "Wasn't expecting you to be here."
"Paruko. I thought you had to study sooner," the boy asked.
"Yeah, but I forgot that I had a few things to do," she nervously chuckled while playing with her pink hair, "And you? You said that you didn't feel ready for the exams."
"Gao," Drum lightly frowned, "I didn't know the exam were soon. How soon it is?"
"Next week," the boy admitted.
"How you it is," the red dragon raised his heads and shook his head. He wouldn't add anything else, knowing he wasn't better last year.
"Hello Miss Paruko. It's a pleasure to see you again," the old green dragon said as he approached her, "It's a lovely afternoon right."
"Sure it is," the demon replied in the body of Paruko. The girl played it a little nervously at his flirt, just come closer.
Gao gazed at Paruko and had the feeling that something was going on here. Nothing clicked right now, maybe I'm paranoid. With everything going on, I see anyone as wanting to hurt Tenbu. Guess Drum nervousness is getting the best of me.
"Come on Grandpa Tenbu. She isn't your age," Drum pulled the old dragon away from her.
Dammit, Kalavinka thought.
"No one is my age these days. The closest I know is Azi Dahaka and he is definitely not my style and a male," Tenbu crossed his arms and looked at the sky.
"You got a style grandpa?" the red dragon asked half believing it.
The old dragon began to explain what his style was with many details. Drum regretted deeply his question.
Meanwhile, Yamigedo was grunting furiously. Ikazuchi noticed it and asked, "What is it?"
"That red dragon called Tenbu Grandpa. How dare he…"
"So?"
"Tenbu raised me. He is like a father to me. A father who betrayed me. And now another dragon called him grandpa! He dares call him grandpa!" the Great Fiend was infuriated.
"Calm down. We don't care about this anymore. You hate Tenbu," the boy reminded his friend.
The Fiend realised that his outburst was stupid and took a deep breath, "Yeah. There is nothing between him and me now. All has been cut. There is only hatred remaining in me."
"Good. We still have to wait," the boy concluded.
And Tenbu concluded his style by, "Most importantly. It's the sparkling in her eyes. The sparkling of wisdom makes a female more beautiful than any make up. There is nothing to hid with that kind of eyes," pink hearts were in the eyes of the dragon.
"And you said that soft skin was the most important just a while ago," the three others replied.
The dragon gasped, lightly blushing at his mistake, and chuckled, "The eyes matter most, but everything is important that I might add it by accident."
"Like the softness of the lips at the touch?" Gao and Drum asked.
"Yes! Enough about this," the old dragon ordered with embarrassment.
The three were glad this was over. The demon controlling Paruko thought about her next course of action and asked, "Where were you going?"
"We are going to the mall. Grand-ma is missing some ingredients for diner. Drum and Tenbu came to help," Gao replied.
"I also need to go to the groceries. Maybe we can go together?" the girl replied with a smile, which looked just a little like a smirk.
"Sure," Gao replied as they went to the mall.
Drum and Tenbu followed them. The old dragon still didn't recover from his embarrassment and didn't try to charm any other woman they crossed.
"Why didn't you go near your own house? There is one, there right?" Gao asked her.
Kalavinka internally gasped, dammit! He had to begin asking questions like that, "Yes. But there are some specials at the one in the mall."
The Sun Fighter nodded, satisfied by his question, why did I felt like I need to ask it? It's true that I never saw her coming here, but specials are specials, he pushed that thought aside.
"Steaks has half the price cut. This is going to be delicious. After this, pudding!" Drum joyfully yelled as he raised his fist.
"Too bad this delicacy is so overpriced in Japan," Tenbu commented.
Where is the conversation going? Anyway, I have to find a way for Tenbu to approach me, Kalavinka thought.
Meanwhile, Ikazuchi was starting to feel impatient as nothing was advancing. They were just going to the mall and casually talking for now.
"Patience Ikazuchi. This will take some time. Hurrying this up and we will fail. Tenbu will notice if we are rushing things," his friend warned him.
"I know, but it's long," Ikazuchi grumbled.
"There is something wrong right?" Yamigedo asked as he manifested in front of the boy.
The boy grumbled and avoided looking at the gaze of the Fiend, "Now. Just a little tired from the nightmare, but it's nothing bad."
"Ikazuchi. I've noticed that there is something going on with you, but you aren't telling me anything. We are in this together," he told him.
"I know," the boy replied, but wasn't letting anything on.
The Great Fiend sighed and let it go this time as they kept following them.
They were almost at the mall and Kalavinka was grinning in her mind. She had been discreetly approaching the old dragon as they went to the mall and made sure they didn't notice it. When you something slowly like that, it wouldn't be noticeable.
They approached the entrance of the mall when suddenly, a monster stood in their way.
"Takosuke?" Gao asked.
"Takochu!" the buddy of Paruko was in front of her and waved his tentacles.
Her buddy, Kalavinka thought. She remained calm and thought of a way to get rid of that monster. She didn't understand what she said. She made the body she controlled smile and replied, "What is it?"
"Takochu? Takochu!" Takosuke said as her tentacles waved at another direction.
That meant nothing for the boy and the two dragons, but Kalavinka immediately saw a problem. Takosuke knew her very well. She couldn't afford a mistake. She checked in her mind, but it came to a partial blank, that girl is resisting me now. She is trying something but it won't work, "Sorry. I heard there were good deals here so I went there."
Paruko's buddy frowned and suspiciously gazed at her for a second. Realisation quickly came before yelling, "Takochu!" with a panicked voice. The pink alien monster turned towards Gao and the dragons and quickly waved in panic as he kept saying 'Takochu'.
Drum frowned, "Something is not right here."
"Paruko. What is going on?" the boy asked. He could already see that something wasn't right with her. Just one sentence and her buddy were panicking. Not only that, he pointed at her.
Tenbu caught on and put his hand on his side, "There is no point in trying to deny what is going on demon. Reveal yourself."
The body of the girl made a loud laugh as she replied, "You might have figure me out, but I have no intention of revealing myself. That stupid pink one," she came at him and punched him in the face, sending him away. Takosuke was knocked out, "It would have been better for you Tenbu. It would have been a quicker death, but it will turn into a slow and painful one."
"That's something I heard quite often, but I'm still here," the old dragon replied.
"I can tell you who I am. I am Kalavinka, Uguisukomachi. I serve the Great Lord Yamigedo with my body," the demon declared.
"Where is the not revealing yourself now?" the red dragon asked.
Where is the soul part? Gao wondered. He ordered, "Release Paruko right now."
"I still didn't," the demon replied to the dragon, "I have no reason to release her. She is still valuable as a hostage you know. I can kill her in front of you, even right now if I need too," she showed her nail and approached one of her carotids, "One little cut and bye her."
Gao frowned as his body lightly began to shine, "You better not even try to do this! There is no way I'll let you kill anyone!"
Ikazuchi observed the situation. He was lightly smiling. Despite the discovery, the demon managed to use its problem to its advantage. He gazed at the Great Fiend, who wasn't please at all and even a little worried, "What is it?"
"It is beginning. Just like with that boy and his green dragon when pushed. That Future Force thing," Yamigedo said.
Ikazuchi remembered the warnings of Sofia when it came to them. This power was already starting to awaken just because that pinked hair girl was in danger. That power was extremely dangerous and if it came, they had no chance to defeat them, "We have to act now. Let's go."
"W- Okay," he sighed when the boy was already preparing to jump.
"Enough!" he yelled when he landed beside the demon. The boy looked at Tenbu, before gazing at Gao and his buddy. He whispered to the demon, "Kalavinka. You are making the human stronger."
"Fine," her nail went back on the side. Everyone glared at each other's.
Ikazuchi took out the skull to create a barrier, "This time. We will kill you Tenbu."
"Then Yamigedo is with you," the old dragon presumed.
The Great Fiend manifested outside of his friend and grunted, "Exactly Tenbu. This time, we will claim your life and you will pay for what you Omni Lords did to us!"
The boy created the barrier and trapped them into the dark arena like before. This time, everyone was dragged in there except for Takosuke, who still unconscious.
The old dragon lips pointed down for a second as the barrier completed itself. He gazed at Gao and the red dragon, "Be careful. This time. Ikazuchi is here with Yamigedo."
"Stand aside Tenbu. You should watch yourself. Death Shido might be around to attack you by surprise," Drum replied.
"I will," he grabbed his pink mustaches.
Ikazuchi took out his deckcase and attached it on his belt, "The time has come Yamigedo."
"Kalavinka. Come out of her and destroy those dragons!" he ordered.
"As you wish master," and the demon came out of the girl's body.
Kalavinka was a humanoid demon from Katana World. The demon with white skin, long green hair that covered its eyes. It woke a pale green kimono with a green dress with flowers under it, "Even out of her body, she is still under my control."
Tenbu's eyes turned into hearts as he said, "Ah. Kalavinka, Uguisukomach. She is a beautiful demon of the skull warrior clan. Beautiful, isn't she?"
Drum was a little suspicious of it and sniffed the air. He recognised the type of stench, "Grand-pa Tenbu. You didn't use your nose and let your eyes deceive you. I'm afraid that this demon is a male."
"Gasp!" the old dragon literally yelled. His pale face gazed at the demon. Yamigedo laughed loudly.
"You can recognise someone gender that way?" Gao asked.
"I'm a dragon. It's hard to recognise a boy and a girl without the stench. You even thought a few of them were males at summer vacation remember?" the red dragon explained.
Ikazuchi was about to butt in, as they were about to have an intense battle.
But Tenbu prevented it by yelling, "You think this is funny Yamigedo! I know what you did while you were running away from us. I saw the video Paruko made! I didn't know you were going that special way to recruit demons."
"I don't even remember that part!" the Great Fiend yelled back.
"Recruitment by farting. I thought you were better than that," Tenbu grinned, "And I thought you had better manner than that."
"It's not my fault! I have better manner than this you stupid old bastard! I didn't do that on purpose!" Yamigedo furiously yelled, overflowing his humiliation with anger.
The green dragon puffed and crossed his arms, "Right. What did you even eat for that kind result anyway? You should watch your diet."
"That's in the past and don't comment about my diet! What about you hein? Got a thing for males too? Don't try to deny it, it just happens!"
"W- I didn't know about his gender! I didn't check it. It's impolite to smell anyone you first met. Because I have manner compared to you. We should have check that part before we became enemies," he said with regret.
"I would never have done it on purpose! I just drank some weird water and then I came back with getting them!"
"So, alcohol makes you gassy? Poor you. It would be asphyxiating during parties," the old dragon replied.
"I am not the gassy type!"
The humans and their partner gazed at the two old being arguing about very unimportant things as the fate of the world was supposed to rest on their shoulders. The two continued yelling and the more it advanced, the more it felt like it was a child arguing with his father about something one did bad. The other thing it felt like what that the one in the child position tried to sound adult and mature. However, who played which side wasn't possible to know with their attitude.
"Enough!" Ikazuchi yelled, "We are not here for this family drama Yamigedo! We are here to kill Tenbu!"
"Family drama?" Gao and his buddy asked.
"That will be left for another time Gao," the old dragon raised his head and turned around, "Ready to defeat them Drum?"
"Of course, grand-pa Tenbu," Drum replied as he prepared for battle. He turned into his real form and face the smaller demon. With the two previous examples, he wouldn't drop his guard.
Ikazuchi and Gao summoned their gauntlet and were also ready for the battle.
Gao gazed on Paruko who remained motionless on the side. She could be hurt if they weren't careful.
"I know buddy. I'll make sure not to let them hurt Paruko," he activated his gauntlet drill and charged.
Kalavinka took out a bomb and threw it on the ground. Smoke covered the dragon's field of vision and his stench. His hearing was still functioning well and heard something behind him. He blocked claws aiming of his heart and countered with a kick, which the demon dodged and took some distance.
Kalavinka took out shuriken's and threw it at the dragon. Drum easily dodged these as he saw them coming. Once he turned his attention back to the demon, he was out of his sight.
"Do you think I would fight you directly?" the demon asked, just before a knife pierced the shoulder of the dragon.
The red dragon painfully grunted and avoided the next one, that demon isn't that powerful. He will just fight this unfairly. I just have to spot him and end this quickly. I need a better way to chase him. Once Gao is safe, I'll ask him.
He avoided more blades coming at him and searched around. His eyes couldn't see anything and his nose couldn't smell anything. Kalavinka was hiding everything well and it made matters worse for the dragon. If he couldn't find him, he is in big trouble. He felt a kunai piercing his foot and avoided the rest.
He checked the angle of the weapon and it was around him, "You have a nice throw demon."
"Thanks," the voice echoed around him. The voice sounded cruel and merciless. It was just to insult him and confuse him. Even when he talked, Drum couldn't pinpoint where he was.
Meanwhile, Gao blocked the attacks of Ikazuchi and blocked the claws with his gauntlet. He used his fighting skills taught by his mother to block anything coming at him by his adversary. It wasn't that easy, as Yamigedo manifestation came out to protect Ikazuchi any time they boy managed to pass the guard of the boy.
Gao took some distance and stood ready for the next charge.
Ikazuchi panted for a second, already feeling some exhaustion, A-already? I barely started. This is only the beginning! He ignored it and charged again.
The Great Fiend saw clear as day that his friend was already getting tired. He knew the boy. He could endure more than a minute of fight before panting like that, Ikazuchi. You know what is going on. Why not telling me? Nevertheless. I will protect you! He gave some of his power to his buddy, to compensate his weakened state and give the boy a fighting chance.
Ikazuchi used some of his energy and released lightning at his adversary. The Sun Fighter countered with a dragon shield. He dodged the next attack of the boy and grabbed the wrist of Ikazuchi. Gao was about to follow up with a kick, but saw the claws of the fiend at the last second. He failed to completely dodge it and had claw marks on his face.
"Gao," Tenbu said.
"I'm okay."
Tenbu locked his gaze in the Fiend, "You have become that low Yamigedo? Fighting two against a child."
"Those who stand in my way shall perish Tenbu! You Omnilords are also lowly beings!" Yamigedo furiously replied.
Even so, the old green dragon knew that there was something else in Yamigedo voice. The Fiend was furious, but also a hint of worrisome. There was more to it in the Great Fiend intervention that what he let it looked like.
Gao painfully grunted as he stood up, ready to continue the battle, I have to be careful with Yamigedo. He will not hesitate to attack me.
"Gao! It's time to go to hero mode!" he heard the voice of his buddy.
"Okay!" The boy took more distance from Ikazuchi as he took out a spellcard.
The red dragon was now wearing a white and blue armor. His hair took a golden color as he grabbed his drill with large thrusters on the back. A pair of wings were on his back of the same color than his armor. Except for the color of the armor, he looked like he was back into his old form.
"With the power of Hero World, I am now!". He activated his drill and flames came out of his thrusters, "Buddy Police, Decker Drum!"
"Heros!" the Great Fiend whispered in disgust.
"That won't change anything dragon!" Kalavinka yelled.
More knives came down, but the dragon avoided them and his armor blocked the impact. It was much sturdier than his previous one, but lost some speed in the process. A small disco ball appeared on his snout as he sniffed the air. He grinned.
"You won't find my-"
"There you are!" Drum yelled as he flew in the air. He went into one of the skulls and almost hit the demon.
"H-how?"
"This is a superior stench! The stench that won't allow evil to escape!" he quickly turned around and charged. He avoided the kunais coming at him and strike on the chest of the demon. He sent him far away and kept his charge.
Kalavinka frowned and took out a scroll. Words written on it disappeared and blue flame charged at the dragon.
The red dragon gasped and braved the impact. The flame exploded on contact, but did little damage on the armor. Despite that, the dragon coughed up blood as his inside felt like it was shaken by the blow. He landed on his feet, but lost balance and slid on the ground, "Damn!" He rolled on the ground and avoided more flames coming at him. He jumped back on his feet and detected the demon again, got to be careful this time. He is weaker than the other one but resourceful.
The dragon avoided the flames coming at him and predicted Kalavinka next move. With this, he deactivated the thrusters of his drill and threw it in the air.
The demon avoided it and chuckled, "You thought you could get me by throwing it like that you-"
Drum cut him with a kick in the face and followed up with a punch, sending him away. He caught his drill and reactivated it. He charged and missed the demon at the last second. He grumbled but took the advantage in the battle.
Gao grabbed the gauntlet of Ikazuchi and tried to follow up with a kick, but once again, Yamigedo stepped in to protect his partner. The boy continued to search for an opening, but the Great Fiend always made sure to close gaps his friend made.
Gao avoided a strike on his face and countered with a punch in the chest that the Fiend couldn't block in time.
The boy took a few steps back while his friend asked, "You're okay?"
"This is…" the boy panted before finishing his sentence, "-nothing. I can still fight."
He yelled and charged. The two tried to pass each other's guard, but Gao was taking the advantage. He couldn't fully exploit it because of the Great Fiend. He wanted to end everything right now, before the situation worsen.
"Why are you doing this?" Gao asked as he avoided another strike at him. He took some distance to avoid the claws of Yamigedo.
"Vengeance," the boy said nothing else.
"That's it?" the boy frowned.
"I don't have to tell you anything," Ikazuchi frowned back. He furiously yelled, "You won't understand anything anyway! You cannot know what the Omnilords did to me! Tenbu here is just acting innocent of his sins against me and Yamigedo!"
The Sun Fighter replied, "Tenbu is not a bad dragon. Yamigedo is doing horrible things just for that. How does that make him better than Tenbu and the other Omnilords?"
Yamigedo yelled, "Because he can get away with it! I don't care if I'm no better than them! Those bastards can break your life without any punishments!" he pointed his claw at Tenbu, "But you! You are the must disgusting of them all Tenbu!" His voice had broken when he said the name of the old dragon.
Gao dropped his guard when the voice of Yamigedo broke and the claws slashed his chest. He took a few steps back and blocked the other attacks.
Tenbu resumed the replied of the Fiend, without trying to defend himself, "When the time comes, I shall be punished for my sins Yamigedo. Alas for both of us, the moment isn't here and now."
"Tenbu," Gao whispered when he pushed his adversary away and countered with a kick on the left shoulder.
Ikazuchi felt on the ground and grumbled. He tried to stand up, but felt pain aching in his chest. He lost his balance and felt on the ground, A-already here. D-Dammit! Is this my limit now?
"Ikazuchi! Stand up!" the fiend stood between Gao and his friend ready to face him.
The boy tried to stand up again, but felt the pain intensified and put his hand on his chest, "Urgh."
Gao noticed this. He grew a little nervous, "H-hey. We have to stop this."
"Dammit. Why didn't you tell me?" he looked at his buddy, worried sick for him, "Ikazuchi! Answer me!"
"I'm okay- Just-" he grunted.
"Don't lie to me! Do not try to even lie Ikazuchi," he forgot about Gao and grabbed his friend, "I'm so sorry Ikazuchi! It's my fault!"
Gao approached, "Surrender now and we-"
The fiend tried to attack him, "STAY AWAY FROM HIM!"
Gao stopped and Tenbu told him what he ordered.
Suddenly Paruko felt on the ground, unconscious. Drum hold the demon in his arms, unconscious, "I've defeated him. What is going here?" The red dragon found it suspicious.
"Hold on. We have to get out of here."
"No. We can still-"
Gao tried to take a step, but the Great Fiend yelled.
"You know we can't and you promised me! AND DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! NONE OF YOU SHALL HURT HIM!" He held the boy in his arms, No one shall take my only friend! The only one I can trust!
Ikazuchi sighed in defeat. He couldn't argue, Fine. I just need a chance.
Tenbu stepped in, "Gao. Please. Give them some space. He will not hesitate to kill you if you are in his range. He believes you are going to hurt Ikazuchi."
"Ikazuchi?" Gao and his buddy as they looked at the weakened boy. His face was paler.
"And is this a way to obtain your revenge Yamigedo? Putting him in this state?" the old green dragon asked.
Yamigedo gave hateful glare at the green dragon. He emitted a strong animosity aura out of him, "It is because of what you ordered! I never wanted to put him in danger! It was his own choice!"
Tenbu translated it and Drum commented, "That doesn't make sense," as he prepared his drill to attack.
Tenbu raised his hand, "Please. Leave them be. This is enough."
"What's happening to… Ikazuchi?" the Mighty Sun Fighter asked.
"It is the same as Paruko. Yamigedo is possession Ikazuchi. Except, he isn't controlling the boy. He is living inside of him, because he cannot take a physical form. Yamigedo is that powerful… and his desire to live is that strong," he raised looked at the boy, "By possessing him, he is sapping some of Ikazuchi energy. It shouldn't be dangerous usually, but Yamigedo is so powerful, that he is slowly and surely… killing Ikazuchi," his attention turned back to the Great Fiend, "That is another reason you want to kill us right. Especially one of us, right?"
Yamigedo grunted.
"He wants to save Ikazuchi," Drum understood.
The old dragon concluded, "Yes. Our energy will allow him to return to flesh and leave Ikazuchi. If he fails, he will die with him. Which one is his main motivation? I do not know."
Gao looked at the fiend. He was uncertain of it. Knowing this, what should they do?
"Gao. We cannot allow them to kill anyone," the red dragon whispered. He pointed his claw at them, "You know they are ready to kill innocent's life in their way and Grand-pa Tenbu."
"Maybe we can-"
Death Shido suddenly appeared and said, "I'll take you out of here master."
Drum yelled, "We have to stop them!"
He's here, "Hurry!"
"One day, you will die Tenbu!" Ikazuchi yelled.
Death Shido took out a spellcard and teleported them away.
"D-dammit! We could have stop them Grand-pa Tenbu! We let Death Shido get them out of here!" Drum yelled.
The old dragon looked at the empty space, before turning at the young dragon, "It is for the best Drum," he pat the head of the red dragon, "Trust me."
"B- Okay," the red dragon sighed. He took a few breathings to calm himself and his anger was defused.
The barrier was slowly disappearing while Gao sealed the demon. When the barrier was gone, the boy was by the side of Paruko and checked if she was fine.
There were many people surrounding him and members of the Buddy Police Force. Takihara was among them and asked, "Are you alright? We came when we learned about it."
"I'm okay. Paruko has been possessed and I sealed the demon," the boy resumed what happened. He added more detail about his fight against Ikazuchi and before he finished, Paruko woke up.
"Ah. What happen?" she asked as she put her hand on her forehead. She gasped when her last memory came back. She looked around and saw Gao, "Gao! There was a weird monster who came and-" she saw the smile on his face, "What is it?" she saw the card with the demon sealed inside. Paruko sighed in relief, "Good. You stopped it… but what happen? Why am I here?"
And Gao reexplained what happened and the girl paled. She was relief the demon didn't made her do anything evil, except for her buddy. She went by her side and tried to wake him up. That was how the mission ended with Gao.
Death Shido put the boy on the ground while Sofia appeared by his side. Once Ikazuchi was saved, Gallows split from his buddy and floated by his side.
"What did you do? You could have got Tenbu!" Ikazuchi grunted. He tried to stand up, but his legs were shaking.
"We couldn't Ikazuchi. He was expecting him to come," Yamigedo replied. He put his hand on the shoulder of the boy and ordered, "And now you rest! You are too tired."
"Once I recover. I can still get them," Ikazuchi grunted.
"No, you can't and you know it," the Great Fiend countered.
Gallows was about to make a comment, but Sofia prevented it by pulling the scarf. The Darkness dragon now busy regaining his lost breath.
"What happened?" she asked.
The boy was silent, while his friend gazed at them with his orange eyes. The enemies knew about his situation but not them. He couldn't trust them, "We underestimated Gao and his buddy. Tell them that."
Ikazuchi translated what his friend said.
"That's normal. Everyone did that. Sha. Sha," Gallows replied.
"You did the same too," the two humans replied.
The Darkness Dragon crossed his arms and turned his back at them.
The Great Fiend said something and the boy translated, "He thanked you for the assist and ask you to leave."
The three nodded and they left the boy and his Fiend alone in the cavern.
Yamigedo manifestation embraced the boy. He used all his will to remain calm, "Ikazuchi. Why didn't you tell me that you were growing weaker? You put yourself in danger."
The boy sighed and put his hand on the arm of the Fiend, "I don't want you to worry for me Yamigedo. This was also the last chance I have to do it myself," the boy closed his eyes, "But now, I'm just useless."
"You are not. I should have notice it much earlier, but I put you as my second priority and getting Tenbu first. I'm so sorry."
"Don't be."
"Ikazuchi. Just hold on a little longer. We will get them and I won't be a burden for you," he cut the boy when he tried to reply, "I am sickened that I am harming you even now. Soon, it will be over and we will be side by side. I won't need to hurt you to stay with you."
"Yamigedo…" the boy lips pointed down, "You are the only one I have left since their treason."
"Just like you are the only one I truly believe Ikazuchi."
The boy noticed a bag that was left on the ground and opened it. It contained some fresh bread and juice.
"Looks like those three brought something for you," the fiend crossed his arms.
"Whatever," he replied as he ate everything and drank the juice. It tasted much better than what he usually ate. It was fresher. That meal revitalised him a little, but he knew his strength will only go downhill.
"I'll prepare to summon the next demon. This one, let them handle it," the Great Fiend ordered.
"I can't handle it anymore anyway," he sighed.
AC: This is the end of this episode.
Next: The Battle Of The Dancers.
A episode focused on Testuya and Terumi.