A.S- It's hard to keep up with fanfics and school work at the same time!

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Chapter 13- The Gateway to Destruction

"Look out!" shouted Shiro. Daichi just barely managed to jump out of Kemuri's blade. The blade struck the ground and it was only one inch from Daichi's head!

"Hey! Watch it!" yelled Daichi.

"As a priest you're pathetic, maybe you should take up basket weaving!" taunted Kemuri.

"We'll see who's pathetic!" said Daichi pulling out his staff. While he was taking on Kemuri Zeero snuck around to Shiro, who wasn't very happy about being hung upside down.

"Shiro! You're floating!" said Zeero wagging all three of his tails (he's in his fox form now).

"Zeero, get me down!"

"No problem!" Zeero snapped and the wires and, well…

"I don't know whether to thank you or to hurt you…" growled Shiro grabbing Zeero by the neck.

"I would like to be thanked…heh, heh…"

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"Do you give up yet?" asked Kemuri. Daichi held up his staff to block Kemuri's sword from slicing him in half.

"Not a chance!"

"Have it your way then…" said Kemuri. He swung his blade out and knocked Daichi's staff out of his hand. "Now to end this!" Kemuri lifted his blade…

"Chaos Claw!" shouted Shiro extending four claws and slashing Kemuri's blade out of his hand. The sword clattered on the floor and Kemuri's eyes meet Shiro's. "Why don't you take a hike already!? What is it that you what?!"

"I want to open the gateway to destruction, also known as the end of the world!"

"What?!"

"You see, there's a place that can be accessed from earth known as the Shadow Realm. In it there is a gateway to the end of the world! Beyond that gate lies immense power, more power than you can ever imagine! But of course the only thing stronger than that power is the Forbidden Trinity, but that power is one that I'll never achieve."

"Why's that?"

"It's for my mistress, if anyone unworthy tried to summon the Forbidden Trinity their soul sphere would be cracked and their existence will be wiped out for all eternity! So my mistress is the only one capable of achieving that power!"

"Think again! If anyone's going to summon the Forbidden Trinity it's going to be me!"

"It doesn't matter to me who summons the Forbidden Trinity, as long as I can open that gate it is all that matters!"

"Daichi, what is the Shadow Realm anyways?" asked Shiro turning to Daichi.

"What?! How am I suppose to know!? Your mother was the head priestess! Didn't she tell you anything about that place?!"

"Well she didn't tell me everything there was to know about Earth!" Shiro turned his attention back to Kemuri.

/Yami, have you ever heard about this gateway?/

//Yes, but that was only a legend… It was said that the gate is the key to ending the planet as we know it, it was also said that the powers within the gates would answer only to the one who releases it's powers. But like I said, that was only a legend…//

/How do you get to that gate anyways?/

//Well, many have tried to go through a portal that was said to lead the way to the gate, but none have returned…//

/That's comforting…/

"How do you plan to get to this 'Shadow Realm' anyways?!" asked Shiro.

"Simple, since the only way to get there is through earth, luckily the portal to Earth has been unsealed so it's no problem to get to Earth! The only thing I need now is one of those Millennium Items to get into the Shadow Realm."

"Aren't those the seven items of the Ancient Egyptians?!" asked Hoshi.

"How do you know about the Millennium Items?" asked Yugi.

"My father was one of Earth's protectors so he knows a lot about the powers the Ancients had."

"Enough talk! I've waited long enough to get a chance to enter the gates! Now I shall take that puzzle from you!" Kemuri transformed into a dark cloud and flew straight for Yugi.

"No you don't!" yelled Shiro extending his claws, he sliced at Kemuri, but his attack had no effect! Kemuri just pulled himself back together, literally! "Huh?"

"Soul Stealer!" Zeero leaped at the cloud, but even the fox demon's special attack had no effect!

"Evil be gone!" Daichi threw a talisman at the cloud, it formed a shield blocking the demon from passing, for the moment.

"Nice try!" yelled Kemuri, the talisman and the shield both cracked! Yami switched out with Yugi and held out his hand.

"Mind Crush!" Kemuri didn't even stop for a second he flew right through Yami and out of the temple doors.

"We can't let him escape! There's no telling what he'll do to the village!" said Shiro. The gang ran outside the temple, but Kemuri was nowhere in sight. Yami separated from Yugi and looked around the area.

"Looks like he got away…" said Daichi.

"I wouldn't count on it, it's not like a demon to run away when they have nearly won the battle…" said Shiro. He closed his eyes and relaxed, for several minutes he let the wind blow against him, then the amber eyes opened to alert. "Up there!" Kemuri was up on top of the temple smirking down at them. "Come down and fight!"

"Yokuryu!" called out Kemuri. Then a pterodactyl demon dropped out from the sky and flew down low across the ground. The frightened villager panicked and ran every direction, separating the group. During the confusion the demon managed to swoop down low enough and used its claws to grab Yugi.

"Yami!" he cried out. The gang tried to get to him, but the crowd of villager prevented them from reaching him in time.

"If you want him, come and get him!" laughed Kemuri. Dark clouds covered the village the then both demons and Yugi vanished into the shadows.

"Yugi!" called out Yami. The clouds parted and there was no sign of them.

"If I know my demons well then I'd say they'll head for the Hokusei Island." said Hoshi.

"Why?" asked Katana.

"That's the weakest point between Sonraku and Earth, if Kemuri wants to get to earth and open the Shadow Realm then he'll go there. I'm sure of it!"

"Then what are we waiting for?" asked Joey. "Let's go!"

"We can't…" said Daichi.

"Why not?" asked Tristan.

"Only demon powers are able to work in that area," said Shiro. "So summonings cannot be done there…"

"That's not very comforting…"

While the gang was trying to figure out what to do next Shiro started to walk away.

"Hey, where to you think you're going?!" asked Daichi.

"Hokusei Island."

"You're crazy! You need to recover first after that last battle!"

"I'm not going to leave that kid there."

"I guess there's no stopping you, I'll go too…" said Katana.

"If Katana's going I'm going!" said Akio. Hoshi nodded.

"You can count us in." said Yami.

"Alright Shiro, you win." sighed Daichi. Zeero was sneaking off towards to SAKE bar and Katana got a nice grip on his shirt collar.

"You're coming too!" said Katana. Zeero waved good-bye to the bar as Katana dragged him off towards the Hokusei Island.

'Watch out Kemuri, you're not getting away from me this time' thought Shiro.

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Next Time on Heart of a Demon: This is Yami, next time on Heart of a Demon Shiro and Zeero (being the only one with demon's blood on our team) face off against Kemuri and Yokuryu. Shiro's going to have a lot of trouble beating Kemuri though, Kemuri's special ability is to transform into a tornado and the winds making up the tornado can slice through nearly everything! I hope Shiro can find his weak spot before the Gate of Destruction get opened. Next Time: Chapter 14- The Battle Against the Wind. See you soon.

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A.S- I'm finished!

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