Chapter Seven
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A figure shrouded in darkness floated above Tomoeda. Dark thoughts ran through his mind as he gazed down upon the city. Thoughts of destruction, of chaos, of slaughter. He simply laughed down at his unsuspecting prey. He had waited eons for this chance, his chance to escape his ancient confines and lay ruin to the Earth. It was an old plan and hardly novel, but it was fun. He would find something new to do at the next world, at the next universe. He would go until all had been destroyed. Then, and only then, would allow himself to be consigned to oblivion. There would be no trial, no judgment rendered upon him. A man as evil and as free from punishment as he was; there is no greater threat.
"Well well well. Look at this. This will be fun. It has been far too long since I've heard the screams of these mortal imbeciles," he said to himself. "I'm told that the most powerful being in the universe is here, but, I sense nothing that would cause me problems."
Then, he sensed it. He sensed two great powers simply appear. So powerful, that he could only tremble under the mere thought of it. Perhaps this would not be as easy as he had originally thought. No matter, he'd crush them anyway.
Tomoeda Shopping Center
Rob and Eriol had released the translation spell on the group and they decided to go somewhere to get used to humans again. What better place than the mall? Of course, Tomoyo dragged them all into the local clothing stores to satisfy her need to shop. Sakura was surprised that she hadn't gone crazy from being deprived of shopping for so long.
"Oh! Sakura! Try this on!" Tomoyo ordered her friend. It was a nice, dark pink sweater with faded blue jeans.
"Ok, Tomoyo!" Sakura said as she sweatdropped.
"That girl has a single track mind, doesn't she?" Rob asked Eriol.
"That much is apparent, one would think."
"Indeed."
"Oh Rob, I've been meaning to ask you," Syaoran asked, walking up.
"Yes?"
"What happened to the Sakura Book?"
"Sakura sealed it. That's why neither Kero, nor Yue have been around in a while," Eriol answered for Rob.
"Why did she do that?" Syaoran asked.
"She's a goddess. She hardly needs the cards anymore. Our first daughter will take possession of the cards and help her through things after we bind her powers," Rob informed.
"Why would you bind your daughter's powers?" Eriol inquired.
"Can you imagine a baby as powerful as me throwing a tantrum?" Rob asked.
"Good point," Syaoran conceded.
"Oh Rob!" Tomoyo called.
"Yeah?" he responded.
"Try these on!" she ordered, handing him a pair of green swimming trunks and a shirt. It was still summer, after all.
Rob sighed did as he was told.
They were outside, walking home not having bought anything. They were chatting and carrying on as usual when something odd happened. Sakura and Rob both suddenly entered their angelic forms and stared in some direction.
"What is it?" Tomoyo asked.
"We sensed great evil in the past..." Sakura began.
"And now we sense it here..." Rob continued.
"But, several times more powerful," Sakura finished.
Rob reached into the robes that had appeared around him and found his scythe. It was an ingenious weapon that made Sakura jealous from time to time. It was specially made to fold and unfold at a moment's notice. Normally, it was in the shape of a half-chakram. It had a two-foot long black handle that gleamed oddly, with a blood red blade that arced from the top to near the bottom. Two inches of space was left between the handle and the tip of the blade, allowing it to unfold without cutting fingers.
It unfolded in two steps. First, the handle telescopes out to six foot long. Second, the blade swung up to a horizontal position. The blade also separated into two blades. The result was a six-foot tall scythe with dual, curved blades. Quite impressive, I assure you.
Sakura simply reached to her side and a sheathe appeared in a brief sparkle of light. From it, she drew a long, straight blade. It was a beautiful piece of work, with a chrome blade and a gem encrusted hilt. The color scheme with this weapon was chrome, gold, and pink.
They both spread their wings wide and concentrated energy behind them. Releasing it all at once, they shot into the air like rockets until their wings would be needed to keep them aloft. They flew off to face the energy, leaving their friends behind.
Unknown Place
The two landed in a field where they felt the darkness was at its strongest. They calmly looked around, but found no opponent. They wandered where it was, but could not find it. They sensed an energy coalescing behind them and turned to face their opponent.
They found a young man, perhaps in his early 30's. His aura was dark and quite evil, they sensed.
"Name thy self," Shinigami commanded lowly.
"Me?" he asked.
"We will not ask again," Sakura said.
"Then I had better answer, or incur your wrath, right? Well, I am Yami, the ruler of darkness," it said.
"For someone so important, I have no idea who you are," Shinigami stated, intending insult.
"Oh, but everyone will know of me once I defeat both of you," he said, chuckling.
Then, he increased his power. His aura flared and he was soon surrounded by a dark red light. At first, his energy increased exponentially but started to level off. The gods both narrowed their eyes in slight worry when they sensed his energy rise above both of their maximum angelic power levels. They could simply ascend to their highest form, but they didn't want to give up the information that they could become infinitely more powerful in seconds. One cannot underestimate the power of a surprise attack.
Rob and Sakura (remember, Shinigami and Rob are the same person) glanced at each other briefly, and then backed off several meters to get some breathing room. They both maxed out their energies in a brief display of light and swirls of green and pink. They presented their weapons and Yami presented his. He had a long sword, apparently very old. It consisted of two blades that seemed to twist around each other and come together at the point. Energy seemed to dance around and between the blades as if it were eager to get started.
Sakura decided to charge first. She was in front of him in a moment, sword ready to come down upon his head, but he just looked at her, unwilling to block her attack. Sakura wondered why he didn't even attempt to move or block, but brought her sword down anyway. Just as it was about to slice his head in twain (that's two), the sword stopped abruptly and began to glow. A second after it began to glow, she was thrown back several feet as energy crackled around her. Rob rushed to her side.
"What happened?" Sakura asked, visibly dazed.
"I was afraid this might happen. Your energies are too inverse, too opposite to affect each other. When that happens, this is what happens," Rob explained.
"So that means that I can't hurt him?"
"Yes, and he cannot hurt you."
"But.."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
Rob stood and faced his opponent. Sakura stealthily moved to where she wouldn't get in the way. Yami charged Rob and Rob simply blocked with his scythe and blasted him in the stomach with a ball of energy. Yami recoiled slightly, then sent a kick to Rob's head. Rob instantly saw that Yami had over extended himself and performed a leg sweep, tripping him. Yami probably hadn't had a decent fight in hundreds of years, he was inexperienced.
Yami realized that he could not win this way and back off to about 100 feet, in midair above Rob. He concentrated his energy and a massive, dark ball of power formed in his hands. It must have been 50-foot in diameter! Rob backed off to around 500 feet to allow a bit more room to block. The ball of energy simply continued to get larger and more powerful. By the time Yami had thrown it, it was 150-foot across.
"Frell..." Rob cursed to himself as this massive orb of dark energy flew toward him. Rob concentrated all of his energy into a golden beam to try and stop it, but he could only slow it. It was too late; he could not dodge it, nor deflect it. Just as he thought he was going to die, Sakura stepped in.
"Kamehameha!" she screamed and a blast of blue energy ripped from her outstretched palms. The beam weaved around Rob and struck the dark energy bearing down on him. Normally, she wouldn't have been able to budge it anymore than Rob, but she deflected it because of her inverse energy. In other words, it's like throwing the north end of a magnet at the north end of another magnet. They repel each other.
That dark ball of energy was now headed back for Yami. Rob took this moment and ran over to Sakura, hugging her and kissing her in gratitude. She giggled a bit and they returned their attention to Yami just as he seemed to explode. That dark ball of energy hit him and hit him hard. The place that he once occupied was now enshrouded in smoke and debris. Not being a fan of all of those stupid animes where they wait for the smoke to clear naturally, Rob gestured, causing the wind to blow the debris away. Yami was still there.
Yami was not, however, fully intact. He was beaten, bruised, and slightly bloodied. His energy was still above Rob's, but only just barely. Yami wasn't very happy about being hit with his own attack. He was ticked off.
Rob and Sakura glanced, and then nodded to each other. They stood very close together in their battle stances. They were both directly facing Yami and Sakura was in front of Rob, but right up against him. Rob but the heels of his hands together and pointed his palms toward Yami. Sakura did the same, except Rob's hands here horizontal and hers were vertical. They both yelled in strain as they both concentrated their energy on the same point in front of their palms. Suddenly, a huge beam of energy escaped their hands and pounded Yami. He seemed to disintegrate on the spot.
Both gods were left panting in exhaustion. Sakura collapsed into Rob and Rob collapsed into a sitting position on the ground. He held Sakura as they caught their breath.
"We didn't kill him," Sakura simply stated.
"We'll get him next time," Rob assured her.
"I wish that I could have helped more."
"You helped me drive him off."
"Yeah, but I can't even touch him, how will I be able to fight him next time?"
"With a little bit of training and practice, I'll teach to let your dark side out."
"You will?"
"Sure, anything for my Cherry Blossom."
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"How could I let myself be defeated so easily? This cannot be! They simply surprised me, that's all. I shall be more cautious from this day forth. Soon, they will be destroyed. Once I kill them both, I can take the planet, then the galaxy. If I cannot have any of it, I'll destroy the universe! I can do that anytime I wish. If I am defeated again, that is what I'll do!" Yami reasoned to himself. He thought about it once more and began to cackle evilly. He made laughter as if he were insane. Perhaps he was, but he was also evil. He had been responsible for all of the mass extinctions over the years. The last time he was at full strength, the dinosaurs were all destroyed with a simple gesture of his hand. Now, he was almost at full power again. He would be at his peak in a few days, and that is when he will strike. His maniacal laughter continued to ring through the dark, empty void.
Kinomoto Household
Rob and Sakura had elected to spend the night in her house. Upon arrival, they found that Fujitaka and Touya had also gone on a short vacation would not be back until the end of the week. Rob was a bit relieved. Although Touya tolerated him, Rob doubted that he would react well to the news of Rob marrying Sakura well.
Sometime during the night, a mild storm had begun. The rain and thunder suited their moods well. Neither was looking forward to this battle and neither knew if they would win. They sat in the darkness, contemplating what they must do to win.
Kinomoto Household, Later
The entire gang had assembled upon Rob and Sakura's request. Once all had arrived, they told them about this "Yami" person who threatened to destroy them.
"You defeated him, so he must not be as strong as Akuma was," Syaoran reasoned.
"On the contrary, Akuma would have trembled over the prospect of fighting Yami," Rob stated.
"How is that possible? You two defeated Akuma once and only barely. You just defeated Yami with minimal effort!" Tomoyo asked.
"Rob and I are far more powerful now than we were then," said Sakura.
"Yes, once I gave up the part of me that was the Goddess of Life to Sakura, I became far stronger. The rules of the universe state that opposite gods must have the same strength so both Sakura and myself are a great deal stronger than when we fought Akuma," Rob explained.
"Huh?" was Meiling's reaction.
"It's like this," Eriol began, "Rob had the power of Life and Death in him. They are opposites and they cancel each other out. Once Rob got rid of Life, the Death part of him was able to grow and become more powerful."
"I guess that makes sense," Meiling said.
"What can we do to help?" Syaoran asked.
"Nothing," Rob said.
"Yes, only we can handle this. There is no sense in any of you trying to help us," Sakura cautioned.
"And if you try to help anyway, I'll knock all of you out and put you in a safe place so that you won't get hurt," Rob warned them all.
"There must be something!" Tomoyo exclaimed, "at least let me stick around to tape you!"
Everyone fell down.
"Well, you might be able to help with the training, but not much," Sakura offered, being the first to stand back up.
"We'll do what we can," Syaoran offered. Everyone agreed.
Narrative
The group planned to train the next day thoroughly, just in case. Rob had to work with Sakura for long periods of time alone for some reason. None of them knew what was going on and Sakura seemed unwilling to admit what was going on. Rob, being the gentleman that he is, followed suit and didn't tell the others about what they were doing.
A few days passed, three to be exact. The sky darkened at noon and darkness pervaded the land. The sun, the moon, even the stars could not be seen. The sky was simply dark. A dark orb slowly descended from the sky. This orb swirled and deformed until the image of a man appeared. The man began to chuckle to himself then declared to all of the people below, the people of Tomoeda, "I am Yami! I will rule you and all on this planet! You will all bow to me!"
"No! They won't!" Two voices said behind him.
"Yami whipped around to face a woman with pink eyes and white wings and a man with red eyes and black wings. The Goddess of Life and the God of Death have come to stop him.
Fin Chapter Seven
I'm sorry that this chapter is so short. I'm also sorry about the full length of this story. I wanted it to be ten chapters long, but there's no way that I can accomplish that. It shall only be nine chapters in length. Well, final battle begins and ends next chapter. I wonder who will win. And what new training has Rob put Sakura under, pray tell? You'll have to wait and find out!
???
A figure shrouded in darkness floated above Tomoeda. Dark thoughts ran through his mind as he gazed down upon the city. Thoughts of destruction, of chaos, of slaughter. He simply laughed down at his unsuspecting prey. He had waited eons for this chance, his chance to escape his ancient confines and lay ruin to the Earth. It was an old plan and hardly novel, but it was fun. He would find something new to do at the next world, at the next universe. He would go until all had been destroyed. Then, and only then, would allow himself to be consigned to oblivion. There would be no trial, no judgment rendered upon him. A man as evil and as free from punishment as he was; there is no greater threat.
"Well well well. Look at this. This will be fun. It has been far too long since I've heard the screams of these mortal imbeciles," he said to himself. "I'm told that the most powerful being in the universe is here, but, I sense nothing that would cause me problems."
Then, he sensed it. He sensed two great powers simply appear. So powerful, that he could only tremble under the mere thought of it. Perhaps this would not be as easy as he had originally thought. No matter, he'd crush them anyway.
Tomoeda Shopping Center
Rob and Eriol had released the translation spell on the group and they decided to go somewhere to get used to humans again. What better place than the mall? Of course, Tomoyo dragged them all into the local clothing stores to satisfy her need to shop. Sakura was surprised that she hadn't gone crazy from being deprived of shopping for so long.
"Oh! Sakura! Try this on!" Tomoyo ordered her friend. It was a nice, dark pink sweater with faded blue jeans.
"Ok, Tomoyo!" Sakura said as she sweatdropped.
"That girl has a single track mind, doesn't she?" Rob asked Eriol.
"That much is apparent, one would think."
"Indeed."
"Oh Rob, I've been meaning to ask you," Syaoran asked, walking up.
"Yes?"
"What happened to the Sakura Book?"
"Sakura sealed it. That's why neither Kero, nor Yue have been around in a while," Eriol answered for Rob.
"Why did she do that?" Syaoran asked.
"She's a goddess. She hardly needs the cards anymore. Our first daughter will take possession of the cards and help her through things after we bind her powers," Rob informed.
"Why would you bind your daughter's powers?" Eriol inquired.
"Can you imagine a baby as powerful as me throwing a tantrum?" Rob asked.
"Good point," Syaoran conceded.
"Oh Rob!" Tomoyo called.
"Yeah?" he responded.
"Try these on!" she ordered, handing him a pair of green swimming trunks and a shirt. It was still summer, after all.
Rob sighed did as he was told.
They were outside, walking home not having bought anything. They were chatting and carrying on as usual when something odd happened. Sakura and Rob both suddenly entered their angelic forms and stared in some direction.
"What is it?" Tomoyo asked.
"We sensed great evil in the past..." Sakura began.
"And now we sense it here..." Rob continued.
"But, several times more powerful," Sakura finished.
Rob reached into the robes that had appeared around him and found his scythe. It was an ingenious weapon that made Sakura jealous from time to time. It was specially made to fold and unfold at a moment's notice. Normally, it was in the shape of a half-chakram. It had a two-foot long black handle that gleamed oddly, with a blood red blade that arced from the top to near the bottom. Two inches of space was left between the handle and the tip of the blade, allowing it to unfold without cutting fingers.
It unfolded in two steps. First, the handle telescopes out to six foot long. Second, the blade swung up to a horizontal position. The blade also separated into two blades. The result was a six-foot tall scythe with dual, curved blades. Quite impressive, I assure you.
Sakura simply reached to her side and a sheathe appeared in a brief sparkle of light. From it, she drew a long, straight blade. It was a beautiful piece of work, with a chrome blade and a gem encrusted hilt. The color scheme with this weapon was chrome, gold, and pink.
They both spread their wings wide and concentrated energy behind them. Releasing it all at once, they shot into the air like rockets until their wings would be needed to keep them aloft. They flew off to face the energy, leaving their friends behind.
Unknown Place
The two landed in a field where they felt the darkness was at its strongest. They calmly looked around, but found no opponent. They wandered where it was, but could not find it. They sensed an energy coalescing behind them and turned to face their opponent.
They found a young man, perhaps in his early 30's. His aura was dark and quite evil, they sensed.
"Name thy self," Shinigami commanded lowly.
"Me?" he asked.
"We will not ask again," Sakura said.
"Then I had better answer, or incur your wrath, right? Well, I am Yami, the ruler of darkness," it said.
"For someone so important, I have no idea who you are," Shinigami stated, intending insult.
"Oh, but everyone will know of me once I defeat both of you," he said, chuckling.
Then, he increased his power. His aura flared and he was soon surrounded by a dark red light. At first, his energy increased exponentially but started to level off. The gods both narrowed their eyes in slight worry when they sensed his energy rise above both of their maximum angelic power levels. They could simply ascend to their highest form, but they didn't want to give up the information that they could become infinitely more powerful in seconds. One cannot underestimate the power of a surprise attack.
Rob and Sakura (remember, Shinigami and Rob are the same person) glanced at each other briefly, and then backed off several meters to get some breathing room. They both maxed out their energies in a brief display of light and swirls of green and pink. They presented their weapons and Yami presented his. He had a long sword, apparently very old. It consisted of two blades that seemed to twist around each other and come together at the point. Energy seemed to dance around and between the blades as if it were eager to get started.
Sakura decided to charge first. She was in front of him in a moment, sword ready to come down upon his head, but he just looked at her, unwilling to block her attack. Sakura wondered why he didn't even attempt to move or block, but brought her sword down anyway. Just as it was about to slice his head in twain (that's two), the sword stopped abruptly and began to glow. A second after it began to glow, she was thrown back several feet as energy crackled around her. Rob rushed to her side.
"What happened?" Sakura asked, visibly dazed.
"I was afraid this might happen. Your energies are too inverse, too opposite to affect each other. When that happens, this is what happens," Rob explained.
"So that means that I can't hurt him?"
"Yes, and he cannot hurt you."
"But.."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
Rob stood and faced his opponent. Sakura stealthily moved to where she wouldn't get in the way. Yami charged Rob and Rob simply blocked with his scythe and blasted him in the stomach with a ball of energy. Yami recoiled slightly, then sent a kick to Rob's head. Rob instantly saw that Yami had over extended himself and performed a leg sweep, tripping him. Yami probably hadn't had a decent fight in hundreds of years, he was inexperienced.
Yami realized that he could not win this way and back off to about 100 feet, in midair above Rob. He concentrated his energy and a massive, dark ball of power formed in his hands. It must have been 50-foot in diameter! Rob backed off to around 500 feet to allow a bit more room to block. The ball of energy simply continued to get larger and more powerful. By the time Yami had thrown it, it was 150-foot across.
"Frell..." Rob cursed to himself as this massive orb of dark energy flew toward him. Rob concentrated all of his energy into a golden beam to try and stop it, but he could only slow it. It was too late; he could not dodge it, nor deflect it. Just as he thought he was going to die, Sakura stepped in.
"Kamehameha!" she screamed and a blast of blue energy ripped from her outstretched palms. The beam weaved around Rob and struck the dark energy bearing down on him. Normally, she wouldn't have been able to budge it anymore than Rob, but she deflected it because of her inverse energy. In other words, it's like throwing the north end of a magnet at the north end of another magnet. They repel each other.
That dark ball of energy was now headed back for Yami. Rob took this moment and ran over to Sakura, hugging her and kissing her in gratitude. She giggled a bit and they returned their attention to Yami just as he seemed to explode. That dark ball of energy hit him and hit him hard. The place that he once occupied was now enshrouded in smoke and debris. Not being a fan of all of those stupid animes where they wait for the smoke to clear naturally, Rob gestured, causing the wind to blow the debris away. Yami was still there.
Yami was not, however, fully intact. He was beaten, bruised, and slightly bloodied. His energy was still above Rob's, but only just barely. Yami wasn't very happy about being hit with his own attack. He was ticked off.
Rob and Sakura glanced, and then nodded to each other. They stood very close together in their battle stances. They were both directly facing Yami and Sakura was in front of Rob, but right up against him. Rob but the heels of his hands together and pointed his palms toward Yami. Sakura did the same, except Rob's hands here horizontal and hers were vertical. They both yelled in strain as they both concentrated their energy on the same point in front of their palms. Suddenly, a huge beam of energy escaped their hands and pounded Yami. He seemed to disintegrate on the spot.
Both gods were left panting in exhaustion. Sakura collapsed into Rob and Rob collapsed into a sitting position on the ground. He held Sakura as they caught their breath.
"We didn't kill him," Sakura simply stated.
"We'll get him next time," Rob assured her.
"I wish that I could have helped more."
"You helped me drive him off."
"Yeah, but I can't even touch him, how will I be able to fight him next time?"
"With a little bit of training and practice, I'll teach to let your dark side out."
"You will?"
"Sure, anything for my Cherry Blossom."
???
"How could I let myself be defeated so easily? This cannot be! They simply surprised me, that's all. I shall be more cautious from this day forth. Soon, they will be destroyed. Once I kill them both, I can take the planet, then the galaxy. If I cannot have any of it, I'll destroy the universe! I can do that anytime I wish. If I am defeated again, that is what I'll do!" Yami reasoned to himself. He thought about it once more and began to cackle evilly. He made laughter as if he were insane. Perhaps he was, but he was also evil. He had been responsible for all of the mass extinctions over the years. The last time he was at full strength, the dinosaurs were all destroyed with a simple gesture of his hand. Now, he was almost at full power again. He would be at his peak in a few days, and that is when he will strike. His maniacal laughter continued to ring through the dark, empty void.
Kinomoto Household
Rob and Sakura had elected to spend the night in her house. Upon arrival, they found that Fujitaka and Touya had also gone on a short vacation would not be back until the end of the week. Rob was a bit relieved. Although Touya tolerated him, Rob doubted that he would react well to the news of Rob marrying Sakura well.
Sometime during the night, a mild storm had begun. The rain and thunder suited their moods well. Neither was looking forward to this battle and neither knew if they would win. They sat in the darkness, contemplating what they must do to win.
Kinomoto Household, Later
The entire gang had assembled upon Rob and Sakura's request. Once all had arrived, they told them about this "Yami" person who threatened to destroy them.
"You defeated him, so he must not be as strong as Akuma was," Syaoran reasoned.
"On the contrary, Akuma would have trembled over the prospect of fighting Yami," Rob stated.
"How is that possible? You two defeated Akuma once and only barely. You just defeated Yami with minimal effort!" Tomoyo asked.
"Rob and I are far more powerful now than we were then," said Sakura.
"Yes, once I gave up the part of me that was the Goddess of Life to Sakura, I became far stronger. The rules of the universe state that opposite gods must have the same strength so both Sakura and myself are a great deal stronger than when we fought Akuma," Rob explained.
"Huh?" was Meiling's reaction.
"It's like this," Eriol began, "Rob had the power of Life and Death in him. They are opposites and they cancel each other out. Once Rob got rid of Life, the Death part of him was able to grow and become more powerful."
"I guess that makes sense," Meiling said.
"What can we do to help?" Syaoran asked.
"Nothing," Rob said.
"Yes, only we can handle this. There is no sense in any of you trying to help us," Sakura cautioned.
"And if you try to help anyway, I'll knock all of you out and put you in a safe place so that you won't get hurt," Rob warned them all.
"There must be something!" Tomoyo exclaimed, "at least let me stick around to tape you!"
Everyone fell down.
"Well, you might be able to help with the training, but not much," Sakura offered, being the first to stand back up.
"We'll do what we can," Syaoran offered. Everyone agreed.
Narrative
The group planned to train the next day thoroughly, just in case. Rob had to work with Sakura for long periods of time alone for some reason. None of them knew what was going on and Sakura seemed unwilling to admit what was going on. Rob, being the gentleman that he is, followed suit and didn't tell the others about what they were doing.
A few days passed, three to be exact. The sky darkened at noon and darkness pervaded the land. The sun, the moon, even the stars could not be seen. The sky was simply dark. A dark orb slowly descended from the sky. This orb swirled and deformed until the image of a man appeared. The man began to chuckle to himself then declared to all of the people below, the people of Tomoeda, "I am Yami! I will rule you and all on this planet! You will all bow to me!"
"No! They won't!" Two voices said behind him.
"Yami whipped around to face a woman with pink eyes and white wings and a man with red eyes and black wings. The Goddess of Life and the God of Death have come to stop him.
Fin Chapter Seven
I'm sorry that this chapter is so short. I'm also sorry about the full length of this story. I wanted it to be ten chapters long, but there's no way that I can accomplish that. It shall only be nine chapters in length. Well, final battle begins and ends next chapter. I wonder who will win. And what new training has Rob put Sakura under, pray tell? You'll have to wait and find out!