A.S- Hope you all liked the last chapter! Here's Chapter 14!

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Chapter 14- Battle Against the Winds

"The gate to earth has been closed… for now," said Kemuri looking at a strange door. He turned his attention to Yugi, who lay unconscious on the ground. Yokuryu was screeching with impatience. "Patience Yokuryu, I promise I'll let you terrorize the humans on Earth before I put my plan into action."

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"Welcome to the Hokusei Island," said Shiro. The island looked like a tornado had run smack through it. Trees were uprooted, bushes were thrown everywhere, and the webs in the area made one have a good reason to fear spiders. "Kemuri has been here, I'm sure of it."

"It sure smells like him," muttered Zeero sniffing the air.

"Ready for battle Zeero?"

"What?"

"You and I are the only ones who can fight on this island, so you're going to help me take down Kemuri and Yokuryu."

"But, but…"

"Even if you don't want to fight you don't really have a choice, you're the only full demon around anyways, so I'll need your help here more than anywhere else."

"…Alright…Can I have some SAKE afterwards?"

"We'll see…"

"But, that usually means no!"

"Exactly!" Shiro turned and continued to walk down the path with Zeero sulking behind him and the rest of the gang behind them.

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"About time…" said Kemuri, the door had begun to glow an eerie amber color. "Look Yokuryu, the door is about to open. The Gateway to Destruction will soon be opened…" Kemuri took a step towards to door.

"Chaos Claw!" shouted Shiro as he slashed Kemuri's arm. He seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.

"Where'd you crawl out from?!" asked Kemuri.

"Wouldn't you like to know!"

"Yokuryu!" Yokuryu flew straight for Shiro when a flash of light knocked him over. The flash of light happened to be Zeero, now it was a claw/fang fight between the two demons. "Delays, delays…" Kemuri headed for the door, then Shiro stepped in front of him.

"Hey! You're not going anywhere Kemuri! If you want to get to Earth you'll have to face me first!"

"Very well then, prepare to meet your doom half-breed!" Kemuri shot out a few more spider webs at Shiro, but these webs weren't like Yari's. These were like sharp blades and some of them shot ice down with them!

"You'll have to do better than that! Chaotic Blaze!" Shiro's blaze managed to mow down a few of the webs, but Kemuri just kept them coming. Shiro figured to dodge the webs and head for Kemuri. "Chaos Claw!" Shiro had just succeeded in amputating Kemuri's right arm.

"Hmm, not bad… But wait till you see the ultimate attack!" Kemuri's remaining arm was held up into the air and then wind came down into his palm.

"What the hell?" said Shiro.

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Meanwhile Yami and the others got to Yugi and pulled him away from the battle. Yugi was still unconscious though and all the gang could do was sit there, hid, and look at the battle.

"What the… what is that guy up to?" asked Joey. The wind in Kemuri's hand began to change into a funnel shape.

"This doesn't look good…" said Mai.

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"What do you think you're doing?!" asked Shiro. The tunnel of wind was about the average tornado size now!

"I'm simply making sure you die the most painful way any half-breed can! Now the ultimate death! The Death Cycle!" The tunnel of wind separated into 3 other smaller tornadoes and one huge tornado that surrounded Kemuri. One of the tornadoes flew straight for Shiro, he braced himself but the winds knocked him over and he fell into a heap.

"Devastating Claws!" shouted Zeero, forgetting about Yokuryu and heading for the main funnel. His claws glowed a bright blue and black color and he jumped for the tunnel. The attack would have normally killed off many stubborn enemies, but the tornado blew him away as if he was a fly! After doing several summersaults in the air Zeero finally landed, only he landed on Akio.

"Get off of me!" shouted the elf. With that he chunked Zeero into the air, again! After doing a few more airborne summersaults Zeero had a head-on-head collision (literally) with Yokuryu. The two demons landed in a pile on the other side of bushes, both of their faces looked like this @_@..

"He's the luckiest guy I know," said Seto (sweat-dropping). "What are the chances of that?"

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Meanwhile Shiro was trying to figure out how to penetrate the tornado's power, every time he tried to get near it or charge at it the thing always blew him away! I need to get past that thing! Kemuri's the thing's energy source so if I get rid of Kemuri I can get rid of these cyclones! he thought.

"No for your death!" shouted Kemuri, the four funnels fused into one gigantic funnel and began cutting through the scenery towards Shiro.

"Shiro! Get out of the way!" shouted Katana. Shiro didn't move a muscle.

"You're going to get sliced into pieces!" yelled Daichi, Shiro extended his claws.

"Shiro!" cried Akio pulling the unconscious Zeero to a somewhat standing position. Shiro just stood there as the big funnel of death came roaring his way. Just as the tornado was about to hit Shiro he put his arms in front of him to guard against the wind. The tornado engulfed him, but he stood his ground. The winds acted like sharp blades and they cut Shiro, but he still remained standing.

What's this!? How can this half-breed withstand my Death Cycle?! though Kemuri. Shiro's claws began to glow a golden color, he was charging up for an attack. Then the eye of the tornado (where Kemuri was) came where Shiro was, he put his hands out of the guard position and finished charging up.

"Chaos Claw!"

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After a blinding flash of light the gang looked at the funnel, the winds died down and there was Shiro and his claws striking Kemuri straight through the heart. The slowly Kemuri's body vaporized with the wind and became nothing more than dust. Shiro sighed and collapsed on the ground. Then the doorway crumbled into thousands of tiny pieces and vanished!

"Shiro!" cried Katana. The gang raced to where he fell, he was still conscious, but he was extremely tired (who wouldn't be after that)! Daichi helped him stand upright.

"You're the craziest guy I've ever meet!" announced Daichi. "You could have been killed!"

"Well, I wasn't." They began to walk away when a shadow blocked there path. It was another demon, this one was different. He looked like a human, but his eyes were those of a demon. His red eyes surveyed the tired group and his jet black hair blew carelessly in the wind. The gang's only two demons were unable to fight so they couldn't afford another battle.

"So, you've won… Congratulations…" said the mystery demon in a bored tone. "You've proven yourself a powerful force, but you still haven't achieved your full potential, Shiro. This makes you an easy target… Kemuri was one of our weaker demons, but his loyalty made him one of the queen's favorites… I could have beaten him with a single blow." He drew out a sharp blade. "I was hoping to fight you, but since your tired now it wouldn't be much fun…So watch yourself…if anyone's going to kill you it will be me!" He sheathed his sword and disappeared into the shadows.

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Next Time on Heart of a Demon: Hi! This is Katana. Well after being beaten up by Kemuri, Shiro and Zeero need a lot of time to recover. There's this other demon who would do almost anything to get into a fight with Shiro, but at the same time helps him out by improving his techniques! Later the Demon Queen manages to trap us in a coliseum and in order for us to leave Shiro has to fight a demon named, Tsurugi. Wonder who his is… Next Time: Chapter 15- The Sword Demon Tsurugi/ Trapped In The Coliseum of Death! See ya next time!

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A.S- Finished!

Zeero- (pant, pant) can we take a break?!

A.S- Not now!

Zeero- (faints)

Shiro- Please R&R!