Chapter XXXIV: Zann talrath Kahn
"Silence!" The evil voice screamed as indeed, nothing happened. It always screamed, but today it knew something was coming, and would not tolerate disturbances.
A footstep fell in the barren silence.
"I SAID SILENCE" the voice screamed again.
Another footstep flew through the darkness to reach the sensitive ears of Zann, the last king of the demon lineage. There was a massive whooshing sound as the demon leapt from his throne and Sprouted a massive pair of wings.
"You have awoken the rath of Kahn, ruler of the demons!"
Silence met the demon lord.
"Hello?" A questioning voice asked.
Kahn launched from the ground and flapped his massive wings towards the source of the noise. The demon hissed in evil anticipation of a swift kill.
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Vincent didn't see the demon until it slammed into his midrift. The black- skinned demon tackled Vincent as he gazed at the darkness, looking for his opponent.
The demon raised a clawed hand to stab through Vincent's skull. Vincent tried pushing the demon away. To his horror his hands slipped right through the demons chest. His claw and hand groped frantically for the demon. There seemed to be nothing in his grip.
"Huh?" He merely said.
The demons claw dropped to Vincent's head. His ruby eyes watched as it passed through his head.
"DAMN!" The demon swore.
"Huh?" Vincent said again, not sure what was happening.
The demon pushed himself off of Vincent (Or tried to atleast. His claws went right through Vincent.) and stood up.
"Stupid human!" The demon cursed.
"Huh?"
The demon glared at Vincent.
"What are you staring at?" It hissed.
Vincent managed to compose himself enough to sputter out a question.
"Why wasn't I killed?" He asked in disbelief.
The demon gave Vincent an irritated look.
"Don't you know?" It snapped. "demon lords can't kill!"
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"Demon lords... CAN'T kill?"
The demon shook his head.
"Not humans atleast." It said saddly. "It takes away from the fun of being a demon." It kicked at an imaginary rock.
Vincent took a step backwards, not too sure wether this was some trick, the truth, or his test.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because humans are so plentifull and easy to kill-"
"No no no." Vincent said, eager to wash such thoughts away from the demons mind. "Why CAN'T you kill humans?"
A look of understanding passed through the demons features. "Oh." It said. "Well, the whole story goes way back, when the affairs between demons and Cetra. The demon lords were at times overcome with bloodlust, and would kill anthing in their path. Now, this was alright for demons, but the Cetra took offence in this. To keep the peace, we enchanted the demonlords so that their claws, or any other thing that was in their possesion, would be enabled harmless against humans. I am the final line of the demon lord linage, the pinnacle of chaotic power, and completely useless in combat, unless in combat against another demon."
"Oh." Vincent remarked. "Your the last demon lord?"
The demon swelled its black chest.
"I am Zann Talrath Kahn, the final demon lord of the N'Zac Zann." He said proudly.
Vincent smiled, and bowed.
"I didn't realize I was in the presense of demonic royalty." He said, feigning respect.
The demon swelled its chest furthur.
"Vincent, because you have been able to show proper respect to me, I will let the fact that you failed Nox Seran's test go, and I will allow you to proceed to the next test." The demon let loose a silent laugh. "It wouldn't be much of a test now anyway. But I warn you, the next tests won't be as easily passed. The others don't have the same restrictions as I do."
Vincent bowed again, a smile hovering across his lips.
"Thank you lord."
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Yuffie walked down the spectral stairs that would bring her to the alter of Cetra. She put her feat down on them fearfully, afraid that they would suddenly dissolve under her. She shuddered as she remebered the last time she had been here, five years ago. The place was exactly as it had been then, but now it had shifted from a place of hope to place of sorrow. This was place where evil had prevailed, completely eradicating the presense of the one person who could have fought against it.
As she stepped down off the staircase, and looked down at the alter, she saw something that made her gasp.
On the alter below her, Aeris Gainsborough kneeled before a pillar of light
"Aeris?" Yuffie whispered.
The ninja\materia hunter ran down to the alter, trying to rouse Aeris. But as Yuffie's hands sought to shake the womans shoulder, her hand went right through her. Yuffie nearly fell over in surprise.
Aeris turned as she became aware of Yuffie's presnse.
"Yuffie?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
Yuffie looked at the ghost before her.
"Aeris?" She asked in dazedly.
The woman smiled.
"Yes?"
"Aren't you," Awkward silence. "Dead?"
Aeris laughed.
"Last time I checked. You have no idea how lonely it gets around here." She said.
"What are you doing here?" Yuffie asked.
Aeris's face suddenly went serious.
"That's not the question you want to ask." She said.
Yuffie suddenly recovered from her shock.
"Err, you don't, err, happen to know how to, umm, bring Vincent back, would you?"
Aeris smiled again.
"You don't need one."
Yuffie looked oddly at the flower girl.
"Huh?"
"Steps have already been taken by higher beings to bring Vincent back." She said. "But he will have to revive the last demon lord."
"Huh?"
"But you must leave now, another is watching, and he will try to destroy both of us." Aeris said in a conspirrators whisper.
Yuffie took the imprtance of this, but had to ask one last question.
"Aeris, can you be revived?" She asked.
The flower girl smiled.
"I suppose I could, very carefully. But things won't happen before their time." She answered.
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Mech-Head looked in stark terror at the apparation before him. The Cetra! The steel eye scanned the figure before him to make sure it was indeed what he feared it to be.
It was.
But not alive.
Mech-Head allowed himself a sigh of relief. This happened from time-to-time with Cetra, but was harmless to the living.
The metal demon smiled his wicked smile.
The girl would bring Vincent back, and he would kill them all.
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MY machine is still NOT fixed, (Must... not... break things!) but I seem to have been blessed with another one (Not mine, belongs to family(DAMN!!!))
Aeris will NOT be revived now. I decided to tell you guys now so that no one would get their hopes up (Is there abyone who REALLY would?)
Anyhow, the shtory iz back, and I can write again!!!!!! *Does a little butt dance*
Yay.
"Silence!" The evil voice screamed as indeed, nothing happened. It always screamed, but today it knew something was coming, and would not tolerate disturbances.
A footstep fell in the barren silence.
"I SAID SILENCE" the voice screamed again.
Another footstep flew through the darkness to reach the sensitive ears of Zann, the last king of the demon lineage. There was a massive whooshing sound as the demon leapt from his throne and Sprouted a massive pair of wings.
"You have awoken the rath of Kahn, ruler of the demons!"
Silence met the demon lord.
"Hello?" A questioning voice asked.
Kahn launched from the ground and flapped his massive wings towards the source of the noise. The demon hissed in evil anticipation of a swift kill.
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Vincent didn't see the demon until it slammed into his midrift. The black- skinned demon tackled Vincent as he gazed at the darkness, looking for his opponent.
The demon raised a clawed hand to stab through Vincent's skull. Vincent tried pushing the demon away. To his horror his hands slipped right through the demons chest. His claw and hand groped frantically for the demon. There seemed to be nothing in his grip.
"Huh?" He merely said.
The demons claw dropped to Vincent's head. His ruby eyes watched as it passed through his head.
"DAMN!" The demon swore.
"Huh?" Vincent said again, not sure what was happening.
The demon pushed himself off of Vincent (Or tried to atleast. His claws went right through Vincent.) and stood up.
"Stupid human!" The demon cursed.
"Huh?"
The demon glared at Vincent.
"What are you staring at?" It hissed.
Vincent managed to compose himself enough to sputter out a question.
"Why wasn't I killed?" He asked in disbelief.
The demon gave Vincent an irritated look.
"Don't you know?" It snapped. "demon lords can't kill!"
Vincent raised an eyebrow.
"Demon lords... CAN'T kill?"
The demon shook his head.
"Not humans atleast." It said saddly. "It takes away from the fun of being a demon." It kicked at an imaginary rock.
Vincent took a step backwards, not too sure wether this was some trick, the truth, or his test.
"Why?" He asked.
"Because humans are so plentifull and easy to kill-"
"No no no." Vincent said, eager to wash such thoughts away from the demons mind. "Why CAN'T you kill humans?"
A look of understanding passed through the demons features. "Oh." It said. "Well, the whole story goes way back, when the affairs between demons and Cetra. The demon lords were at times overcome with bloodlust, and would kill anthing in their path. Now, this was alright for demons, but the Cetra took offence in this. To keep the peace, we enchanted the demonlords so that their claws, or any other thing that was in their possesion, would be enabled harmless against humans. I am the final line of the demon lord linage, the pinnacle of chaotic power, and completely useless in combat, unless in combat against another demon."
"Oh." Vincent remarked. "Your the last demon lord?"
The demon swelled its black chest.
"I am Zann Talrath Kahn, the final demon lord of the N'Zac Zann." He said proudly.
Vincent smiled, and bowed.
"I didn't realize I was in the presense of demonic royalty." He said, feigning respect.
The demon swelled its chest furthur.
"Vincent, because you have been able to show proper respect to me, I will let the fact that you failed Nox Seran's test go, and I will allow you to proceed to the next test." The demon let loose a silent laugh. "It wouldn't be much of a test now anyway. But I warn you, the next tests won't be as easily passed. The others don't have the same restrictions as I do."
Vincent bowed again, a smile hovering across his lips.
"Thank you lord."
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Yuffie walked down the spectral stairs that would bring her to the alter of Cetra. She put her feat down on them fearfully, afraid that they would suddenly dissolve under her. She shuddered as she remebered the last time she had been here, five years ago. The place was exactly as it had been then, but now it had shifted from a place of hope to place of sorrow. This was place where evil had prevailed, completely eradicating the presense of the one person who could have fought against it.
As she stepped down off the staircase, and looked down at the alter, she saw something that made her gasp.
On the alter below her, Aeris Gainsborough kneeled before a pillar of light
"Aeris?" Yuffie whispered.
The ninja\materia hunter ran down to the alter, trying to rouse Aeris. But as Yuffie's hands sought to shake the womans shoulder, her hand went right through her. Yuffie nearly fell over in surprise.
Aeris turned as she became aware of Yuffie's presnse.
"Yuffie?" She asked. "What are you doing here?"
Yuffie looked at the ghost before her.
"Aeris?" She asked in dazedly.
The woman smiled.
"Yes?"
"Aren't you," Awkward silence. "Dead?"
Aeris laughed.
"Last time I checked. You have no idea how lonely it gets around here." She said.
"What are you doing here?" Yuffie asked.
Aeris's face suddenly went serious.
"That's not the question you want to ask." She said.
Yuffie suddenly recovered from her shock.
"Err, you don't, err, happen to know how to, umm, bring Vincent back, would you?"
Aeris smiled again.
"You don't need one."
Yuffie looked oddly at the flower girl.
"Huh?"
"Steps have already been taken by higher beings to bring Vincent back." She said. "But he will have to revive the last demon lord."
"Huh?"
"But you must leave now, another is watching, and he will try to destroy both of us." Aeris said in a conspirrators whisper.
Yuffie took the imprtance of this, but had to ask one last question.
"Aeris, can you be revived?" She asked.
The flower girl smiled.
"I suppose I could, very carefully. But things won't happen before their time." She answered.
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Mech-Head looked in stark terror at the apparation before him. The Cetra! The steel eye scanned the figure before him to make sure it was indeed what he feared it to be.
It was.
But not alive.
Mech-Head allowed himself a sigh of relief. This happened from time-to-time with Cetra, but was harmless to the living.
The metal demon smiled his wicked smile.
The girl would bring Vincent back, and he would kill them all.
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MY machine is still NOT fixed, (Must... not... break things!) but I seem to have been blessed with another one (Not mine, belongs to family(DAMN!!!))
Aeris will NOT be revived now. I decided to tell you guys now so that no one would get their hopes up (Is there abyone who REALLY would?)
Anyhow, the shtory iz back, and I can write again!!!!!! *Does a little butt dance*
Yay.