A.S- I'm tired! Thanks for the reviews! I'll try to get Akurei Shinzo up and finish this
story as well!
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Chapter 15- The Sword Demon Tsurugi/ Trapped In The Coliseum of Death!
"Aren't you worried!?" asked Katana. She screamed at Shiro who was sitting calmly on the bed. He had a lot of bandages on him because of his last fight, after nearly being ripped to shreds by a tornado he wasn't going to recover any time soon. "There's another demon out to kill you and all you can say is so what!?"
"Yeah…"
"Argh! You're impossible!" Shiro shrugged, got up, and walked away. Katana glared the angry glare at him causing Zeero (in his fox form) to cower behind Yugi. "I just don't get him! Humph! I sometimes wish I could be as calm as him…But still why would that demon want to kill him so badly…"
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Shiro walked a few feet away from the building, Daichi had left earlier because of some business with the village. He sighed, it would be a long time before he could see his friend again… Then he heard rustling in the bushes, he turned and saw the mystery demon.
"They'll keep hunting you, no matter what…" he said.
"What?" asked Shiro. The demon pointed behind him, there was a pile of demons lying dead in the bushes.
"They were about to take advantage of your current condition. With you battered up like that there's no way you could have won…"
"Who are you? And what do you want?!"
"My name is none of your business, but I'm not working for the queen. I'm just a drifter you can say…"
"Why do you want to kill me so badly then?!"
"No reason, but all I really want is a good fight… You've defeated a lot of demons half-breed, but you haven't felt the true power of a demon. So there's no way you can find your true potential by fighting those weaklings! If I'm going to fight you I want the strongest opponent I can get!"
"Are you calling me weak!?" He took a swipe at him, but missed.
"See what I mean, you can't even reach me… So what hope do you have of beating other demons, let alone summon the Forbidden Trinity? You need to focus on your target, but how can you do that when you're always protecting someone else!? Those humans aren't worth your time, although I must admit the one with the puzzle could be very valuable. After all he is the key to opening the Gateway to Destruction…"
"Keep your hands off of them!" He took another swipe at him, but the demon simply dodged it again.
"Your still not at your full potential yet! How do you expect to win!?" The demon grabbed Shiro's arms behind him preventing him from using his claws.
"We'll see about that!" Shiro flipped the demon over managing to get him off. The demon landed on his feet and smirked at Shiro.
"Very good, you're better than I thought…But remember, You're going to die by my hands!" With that the demon jumped into the trees and disappeared again.
"Wonder what he's up to…" said Shiro to himself.
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The mystery demon was sitting on the roof watching the group from the shadows, his attention was then drawn to the shadows when he heard movement.
"So there you are, Tsurugi," out of the shadows can Kuro (he's from chapter 4). "I need your expertise on this assignment…"
"If you want me to get that half-breed for you forget it! The reason I want him to die is because then the Forbidden Trinity won't be summoned!"
"So you already know…"
"Why else would you want a half-breed? If the Forbidden Trinity is summoned then that means this world could be completely covered in darkness!"
"So…"
"…"
"Here's a deal, if you can kill Shiro then we promise not to summon the Three… But fail, then the half-breed will be our key to summon the Forbidden Trinity!"
"What are you up to…"
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"Shiro? What's up?" asked Zeero. "You seem to be distracted lately…" Zeero eyed the half-demon with interest, it's not like his best friend to be sulking.
"Huh? Oh…it's nothing…"
"I don't believe you!"
"Why not?" Before Zeero could answer that question there was a loud explosion at the village inn. "What was that?!" The two raced back towards the area.
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"What happened?" asked Shiro. The town was sliced in half, literally! It looked like someone with a huge blade had cut through the scenery. Then Shiro heard a muffled cry under a pile of wood. He and Zeero lifted the junk and out crawled Yami and Yugi.
"Are you two okay?" asked Zeero helping them up.
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"Ambushed!?" exclaimed Shiro. Yugi nodded.
"That demon we meet after you defeated Kemuri attacked us. The others got captured by this other demon that was with him, I think his name was Kuro…" Yugi noticed that when he said the name Kuro Shiro dug his fingers into this palms drawing out blood.
"Where are they?" asked Zeero.
"They said something about the Coliseum of Death…"
Kazuo
"No way!" screamed Zeero hugging onto a tree.
"Come on Zeero! We have to get them out of there!" yelled Shiro pulling at the fox's tail trying to get him off the tree at to the coliseum.
"You've never heard of it's reputation though! Only one demon comes out a live after the battle! Even after you beat the enemy they'll still kill one of us!"
"So what do you plan to do!?"
"Good luck cause you're going to need it!" With that the fox zoomed out of sight. Shiro and Yugi stared at the dust cloud the demon made when he ran away.
"Argh! That fox's a coward I'll admit, but I didn't think he would do that!" The doors to the coliseum opened and the two walked inside. Inside there were tons of demons in the stands, several threw dark glares at Shiro.
"Yugi, go see if you can find the others."
"What about you?"
"I'm going to take that invitation to fight that demon, Tsurugi."
"You can't be serious!"
"Why not? Besides, it'll buy you some time. See ya!"
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"So you've come…" said the hooded figure. Shiro was in the arena and the battle was about to start. "I thought you'd be to scared to show up."
"We'll see who's scared! What's with the hood?" The figure pulled off his hood and… "It's you!" It was the demon that threatened to kill him earlier.
"Yes, now let's get this battle started!"
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Yugi was wondering around the maze of the coliseum when he heard a crash, hiding behind the door he listened to the sounds coming from behind the wall. It seemed that someone or something was beating something else up! Then a demon got thrown out of the doorway and there stood Katana brushing herself off.
"That's what you get for messing with me! Huh? Yugi, what are you doing here?" said Katana. The rest of the gang came out of the cell and join them. Yugi told them about the battle Shiro was now in and…
"He what?!" shouted Akio.
"Is he crazy!? He doesn't stand a chance against a sword demon! Hardly any cat demons can stand a chance against a demon like that!"
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Tsurugi and Shiro's weapons clashed against each other, neither one of them seem to give in. Then Tsurugi managed to overpower Shiro, not only that, he split his blade into several different blades!
"Let's see you avoid this!" shouted Tsurugi. The blade shot towards Shiro who desperately tried to dodge all of them, but several pierce him on his shoulders. He collapsed on the ground. "Pathetic, although you've held on longer than most other demons I've fought you're not much better than them."
The gang managed to get onto a balcony and saw Shiro in the arena. Tsurugi wasn't even giving him a chance to fight back! It was assault after assault!
"Shiro!" cried Katana. Shiro and Tsurugi's attention were drawn away for a while, but then their minds returned to the battle.
"You see Shiro, what good are your friends? All they can do now is watch your final breath!" Tsurugi raised his blade and…
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A.S- I'm leaving you all on a cliffhanger now! I'm so evil!