37. The End.?
"Darrell.?" Sakura S asked cautiously. She could definitely sense the anger that was in Darrell's eyes. She was pretty angry herself for what Gill did to Sakura K., the one that was becoming a perfect couple for him. And he knocked her bloody. unconscious. But the anger that Darrell was feeling was abnormal. yet similar.
"I'll. kill him." he muttered, just loud enough for her to hear. His golden aura degraded to a blazing orange. "I'm going to murder him. with my own two hands."
"What?" Yusuke asked, turning his attention to Darrell. "What did you say?"
"I'll make him pay. for every drip of blood Sakura spilt." Darrell continued his silent vow, clenching his fists at his side in total rage. His teeth clinched together as his aura continued to darken to a dull orange.
"So. the little one had access feelings for the girl." Gill said mockingly as he turned his back to the group. "So what? I can still beat you like I did your girlfriend, so I suggest you just cooperate for what I have in store for you."
"Shut up." Darrell mumbled as he took one step towards Gill. His sneaker echoed through the abyss. "Just shut up. shut up."
And before anyone knew what was happening, Darrell's body literally warped in front of Gill, taking him by surprise.
"What the.?"
"SHUT UPPPPP!!!"
SNAP.
Darrell reached up and grabbed Gill by his bare throat. with one hand. Gill gagged as he tried to break his grip, but Darrell wasn't buying. He just clenched tighter than before, making Gill's eyes bulge out of his skull. The most shocking thing about him was that as he proceeded to lift Gill off his feet, still with one hand, his aura immediately changed to blood red. and a kanji symbol erupted off his back. It read. revenge.
"No WAY!!" Sakura S. gasped at the turn of events. "He's. he's possessed by Satsu no Hadou. but that's impossible! He doesn't practice normal Shotokan! He shouldn't have a trace of it in his body!!"
"You mean to tell me that he is under the same influence as Akuma!?" Yusuke yelled out his question. Sakura just nodded meekly.
"This isn't good." she muttered as she only watched as Darrell continued to choke the life out of Gill. He suddenly raised his right hand up and brought it in front of him so that Gill could see it.
"Do you see this, Gill?" he asked, his voice totally cold. Gill only gagged more, making Darrell lose his patience. "DO YOU!?!?" he yelled in his face, crushing his throat. Right after that, a purple Satsu flame appeared in his right palm.
"This is all the energy I need to kill you. Just to wipe you from existence. This fist, RIGHT HERE! This will be enough to take revenge from what you did to the new love in my life. You almost killed her, Gill." Darrell paused, his glare tightening. "YOU ALMOST KILLED HER!!!"
Darrell let himself hear Gill's gasps for air before he continued. "You don't know what she means to me. YOU NEVER WILL!! You're too much of a. a. IDIOT to even have the slightest sense of conscience in you. But this flame in my fist here. This will serve justice in my book. I'll make you pay. I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THE PAIN YOU CAUSED HER. A HUNDRED TIMES OVER!!!!"
And with that, Darrell revved back and dove his fist straight through Gill's chest. Straight through, just like Shin Akuma tried to do to him earlier. Gill's blood came blasting out of the hole, making his face almost frozen in horror.
"He's gone." Hiei commented, still eyeing the transformed version of the teenage boy. "We can't help him. His anger. it's just way too much to handle right now. The only way we could bring him to his senses is to kill him ourselves."
"WHAT??" Sakura Satsu screamed. "I know you can't be serious. There must be some way."
Everyone stopped when they heard Darrell's unsatisfied voice.
"You're still breathing."
He was right. Darrell just barely misses his vitals, but Gill was in a world of hurt, still hanging from Darrell's grasp, barely breathing. Darrell glared again.
"I just wanted you to get a sample. of what Sakura's feeling right now." he said in a low tone. "Now. you get the main course. Allow me. to introduce you. to."
Darrell put one knee up. his Satsu fist on his knee. just to signify what he was about to unleash onto Gill.
"THE TRUE SHUNGOKUSATSU!!!" he screamed as he made the initial grab to start the onslaught that was about to follow. Gill's eyes widened to the extreme, knowing that his life was about to end.
"SPIRIT GUN!!"
"SHINKU HADOUKEN!!"
"What the.?" Darrell got out of stance to see three enormous energy blasts rocket toward him. He instantly dropped Gill's body and warped to his left, letting the blasts go on for infinite.
"Those belong to. THEM!!"
He looked over his shoulder to see Sakura S. and Yusuke, both in their firing poses. His eyes hardened.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" he asked loudly. "Why did you interrupt me from killing this idiot!?"
"Darrell. I. just don't want you losing your soul over this battle," Sakura S. explained. "Trust me, Darrell. You don't want to go through with what you're doing. When my sister wakes up. and sees that you used the Shungokusatsu and have lost your soul. I really don't want to see the pain on her face when she finds out that her boyfriend turned into a reincarnation of Akuma."
Darrell's eyes immediately opened wide. He never thought about it from that point of view. He wouldn't be much better than Akuma if he killed Gill with the Shungokusatsu. Somehow, the hate in his eyes dulled and his aura brightened a bit, but not by much. He let his arms dangle on his sides as he dropped to his knees in total shock and daze.
"What. what did I become?" he asked himself as he stared at his own Satsu aura. "This aura. this power is used for murder. I wanted to murder him. so badly. I wanted to take revenge for what he did to Sakura. but this." He closed his eyes and let himself sink farther down. Tears ran down his eyes as he spoke again.
"I don't want this! I really don't!"
Sakura S. used her own Ashura Warp to get close to Darrell, putting a hand on his shoulder for comfort.
"It's okay. I guess that all the anger within you was enough to awaken the Satsu no Hadou in you. I guess we just need to get you to control this new power like I did."
"I. I. don't know. I don't want to turn into what Ryu was; always battling his Evil Intent. I just want this out of my system. so that I don't have the intention to murder anymore."
"Is that so.?"
Darrell gasped as he spun around to see Gill rising up, a white aura covering his body. His wound that Darrell gave him earlier vanished. It was like he never was gagging from Darrell's grasp.
Gill eyed Darrell with intense eyes as he stepped forward. Neither Darrell nor Sakura said a word as Gill spoke with the most hatred he ever had.
"You.! You were this close to killing me, boy! Do you have any idea what the penalty is for that!?"
Sakura S. got to her feet and into a fighting stance. "Stay away from him!! He's no longer willing to kill you or anyone else! If you want to get to him, you'll have to go through me!!"
Gill glared at the Satsu girl then dashed over to her direction so fast she couldn't track it.
"Stay OUT of this!!" he yelled as he bashed his right arm into Sakura's head. Sakura's clothes shot into flames as she was knocked far back. way back into the darkness. Darrell's eyes relived that anger that was present before.
"Gill. YOU BASTARD!!!"
Darrell got up to his feet and Ashura warped behind Gill, charging up his famous energy attack.
"Shakunetsu."
A flaming orange ball of energy appeared in his hands.
"Shinku."
It got bigger and more powerful.
"HADO."
Darrell got cut of just as Gill appeared in front of him and grabbed his right hand just before he could unleash the blast; making him drop the charge.
"Oh, no. I saw you use that much power in that move before on Shin Akuma. You won't be able to use it on me."
"Let GO OF ME!!" Darrell yelled while trying to pull his arm back.
"So, I overheard you do not want your Satsu energy. That can be arranged."
"W. what??"
Before Darrell could think twice, Gill used both his energy powers on him at once. Darrell yelled out in pain as his right side of his body felt intense cold while the left got intense heat. It really hurt in the middle. where both mixed to form an unearthly source of pain. Darrell's Satsu aura appeared. but it shortened in length. and shortened. until it was only a small string of lining covering on his body. then the color changed back to orange.
"Gill's. absorbing his Satsu no Hadou." Sakura S. said while getting up from her fall.
Gill muttered something under his breath as he loosened his grip on Darrell, letting him slump to his knees on the ground.
"Your normal and special auras are depleted." Gill said. "The only thing that was keeping you running was the Satsu no Hadou, which I just sucked from your body. You won't be able to do anything to me now."
Gill just stared at him with pity. something that doesn't really suit Gill personality. He sighed and said, "You really cared for that girl." Gill eyed the bloody mess that was Sakura Kasugano. then shot a hand out towards her body. A white aura covered both bodies. and Sakura's wounds started to heal. Darrell was watching the whole thing in shock.
{But. but. why is he healing her? I thought that. that.}
"Gill." he asked while looking up to him. "Does this mean that.?"
"Little one. you mistook me with those other two evil fighters that you fought before I got here to recruit you and the other people here." Gill answered while putting his arm down. "I was here for a different purpose."
"Like what?" Yusuke asked while approaching him. "What you possibly want to do with all that you put this guy through?"
"That wasn't part of my plan. They brought that to themselves by attacking me. Did you ever notice that it was those two with the wild assumptions and those two who delivered the first blows?"
"Now that you think about it." Yusuke said while pondering the situation. ".they did do that."
"Now you see that I had to retaliate by doing what I had to do," Gill muttered.
A loud sob could be heard from Darrell, breaking the conversation. He had his head lowered in shame and tears steadily flowed from his eyes.
"Crap. crap. How. could I be so stupid! So. so stupid."
Everyone in the vicinity eyed him as he went lower than he ever felt about himself.
"Why ? Why. is it always me to screw things up for myself and everyone else? I. don't understand why I'm the idiot."
"Now, now. There's no need to go all out on us again," Yusuke muttered. "Gill took the Evil Energy out of your body and healed your girlfriend. You should be happy."
"NO! Don't you get it? Gill's not our enemy." Suddenly his right fist busted into Shakunetsuken mode. Darrell continued to sob as he raised it in front of him. and said the two words that shocked everyone. including Gill.
"It's. me."
"WAIT!! Don't do it!!" the dark Sakura yelled out. "You don't know what your doing! You're putting the blame that everything happened on yourself. You didn't have anything to do that was that serious for you to kill yourself!"
Darrell sobbed again. then shook his head. "No. this will end everyone's suffering. I'm only holding everyone back. See ya."
"DARRELL!!!" Sakura S. yelled as she tried to warp before he could kill himself... He braced himself. got his Shakunetsuken ready...
{I'm not going to make it.} Sakura S. realized as she saw him rush his fist towards his heart. then something stopped him. It wasn't Hiei or Yusuke either. Not even Gill. It was a hand. that was covered with a red handguard. Darrell looked up to see who just saved his life. and gasped.
"Sa. Sakura.?"
He was right. Sakura Kasugano just blocked his own attack from him. Her eyes were glazed as she spoke to him.
"Don't. don't you even think that I'd let you kill yourself after what we just went through. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't stop you from doing something incredibly stupid like this."
Darrell stood up and stared at her for a while, letting his tears run down his cheeks.
"You. you."
"You idiot." Sakura K. muttered. then she smiled. That was all she needed to do. It was a sad moment, but Darrell fell into her arms and cried on her shoulder.
"How pathetic." Hiei muttered to himself while turning away from the mushy moment.
{I know, Hiei. but you just don't know how I'm feeling right now. I can't help myself.}
"That's it. You can let it all out on my shoulder," Sakura K. whispered. "It's healthy."
Darrell sobbed a few more times before speaking. "Oh. oh, man. I'm a fucking. wreck. I. I don't know what I'd do without you, Sakura.."
"I think we know that already. You'll kill yourself, like you just tried to do 10 seconds ago," she replied while patting him on the back. "But you don't need to worry about it anymore. I'm here for you."
Before she could keep going, a familiar golden aura surrounded the two, reminding her of her special bond with the teen boy that was crying his eyes out on her red shirt.
"We're a couple. ready to do whatever for one another. You should never forget that we're one person in two. If you died, a part of me dies as well and vice versa. We both admitted this last week to one another. and when we get home. let's say that everyone will know our bond."
"You know. this is starting to get really sappy." Yusuke commented.
"Oh, shut up." Sakura S. shot back. "I bet if the same thing happened to you and Keiko, you wouldn't say it was sappy."
"Hey, who told you that I liked her like that!? She only hangs out with me."
"Yeah, sure."
"Are you two okay, now?" Gill interrupted the love scene with his question. "I just made a decision."
Darrell lifted his head off Sakura's shoulder to look at Gill with his undivided attention.
Gill sighed before going on with, "I never got to tell you why I'm here. I have a proposition for you guys."
"That is.?" Yusuke asked.
"How would you like to start the world all over.?"
"Excuse me?" Sakura K. asked, making sure she heard right.
"You heard me. This world. it's way too dirty. Man trashed it. and I've got the power to start it over from scratch into a utopia that Earth should be. so."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute," Darrell interrupted. "Back up. You just said that you have the power to erase this current world and start it over again?"
"Yes," Gill answered. "Of course, it won't be as populated. I've been pondering this for a while, and decided that men are like parasites. They grow, they feed, and they move on to deplete the wastes of another source. These are mainly those of corrupted minds. and the new world will certainly not have such parasites. I chose you guys for a task."
"Which is.?" Sakura S. asked.
"To just bring with you a few of your closest friends or relatives. I'm about to move into the action phase and I want some of mankind to survive."
"So. . . why choose us?" Sakura S. asked again. "Some of us here are not exactly who you thought we were. Hiei and . . .and myself. . . We aren't exactly human, you know. . ."
Gill looked at the Satsu Sakura with interest. "I know that as well. Everyone here is making the cut. . . except him. . ."
Everyone pointed into the direction of Gill's finger. . . to see Hiei. He just scoffed.
"Like I need to be in a place like that," Hiei countered. "The demon world is where I belong, so when this little thing happens, I won't be in your way to interfere."
"I know. . ." Gill replied while grinning. "There won't be a demon . . . or a spirit world. . ."
Instantly, Yusuke shot his look up.
"Are you NUTS!?" he yelled. "You have no idea who you're messing with up there! And if you think I'm going to let that happen, then you have another thing coming!"
"Yusuke, don't you understand that with this new earth there won't be a need for those two worlds? They're obsolete in my plans."
"I don't CARE!" Yusuke shot back. "You're messing with the structural balance of the freaking universe, here!"
Darrell immediately looked at Yusuke.
{Wonder how he knows about that.}
Gill shook his head in pity. "Why do you cling to such things? I don't understand."
"Of course you don't," Hiei stepped in, his expression normally cold. "Although I'm not a fan of how things are run in those two worlds, the deceased on earth need a place to 'check in' after death. This new world doesn't promise immortality and I know that you don't possess the power to do that, so what's the point? Ultimately you're wiping out the human race. . ." A sudden smile crossed Hiei's face. "Or. . . is this really your plan?"
"What?!?" Gill let out, insulted. "That's not true! I truly do want some of that race to survive."
"So what are you?" Hiei continued while tightening his glare. "You aren't a true god as you claim to be. You're nothing more than a human blinded by the fact that he possesses more power than others. You're what you hate."
Gill was stunned at the demon's comments. . . and sighed. He was right. All that planning he did would fail miserably. . . leaving him as the only one left. . .
"I see. . . I understand what you are saying. Ironic it takes a demon to tell me my errors. . ." He then turned his back to the group, pondering what to do.
"Maybe. . . I should go back to my original plan of creating an oasis planet. . ."
Darrell, who didn't hear that comment due to his distance, asked, "So. . . now what?"
A pause from everybody in the void. . . then Gill, without turning around, raised his right arm towards them. . .
"I see my boundaries now. I don't need you to be here any longer. . . Farewell."
"Wait a minute!" Yusuke let out but it was too late. A familiar white aura surrounded them. . . and instantly they vanished. Gill closed his eyes briefly before looking in front of him. . . and noticed something was wrong.
{Wait. . . The boy's Satsu no Hadou. . . It should have been in front of me. Where is it?}
End of Chapter 37
"Darrell.?" Sakura S asked cautiously. She could definitely sense the anger that was in Darrell's eyes. She was pretty angry herself for what Gill did to Sakura K., the one that was becoming a perfect couple for him. And he knocked her bloody. unconscious. But the anger that Darrell was feeling was abnormal. yet similar.
"I'll. kill him." he muttered, just loud enough for her to hear. His golden aura degraded to a blazing orange. "I'm going to murder him. with my own two hands."
"What?" Yusuke asked, turning his attention to Darrell. "What did you say?"
"I'll make him pay. for every drip of blood Sakura spilt." Darrell continued his silent vow, clenching his fists at his side in total rage. His teeth clinched together as his aura continued to darken to a dull orange.
"So. the little one had access feelings for the girl." Gill said mockingly as he turned his back to the group. "So what? I can still beat you like I did your girlfriend, so I suggest you just cooperate for what I have in store for you."
"Shut up." Darrell mumbled as he took one step towards Gill. His sneaker echoed through the abyss. "Just shut up. shut up."
And before anyone knew what was happening, Darrell's body literally warped in front of Gill, taking him by surprise.
"What the.?"
"SHUT UPPPPP!!!"
SNAP.
Darrell reached up and grabbed Gill by his bare throat. with one hand. Gill gagged as he tried to break his grip, but Darrell wasn't buying. He just clenched tighter than before, making Gill's eyes bulge out of his skull. The most shocking thing about him was that as he proceeded to lift Gill off his feet, still with one hand, his aura immediately changed to blood red. and a kanji symbol erupted off his back. It read. revenge.
"No WAY!!" Sakura S. gasped at the turn of events. "He's. he's possessed by Satsu no Hadou. but that's impossible! He doesn't practice normal Shotokan! He shouldn't have a trace of it in his body!!"
"You mean to tell me that he is under the same influence as Akuma!?" Yusuke yelled out his question. Sakura just nodded meekly.
"This isn't good." she muttered as she only watched as Darrell continued to choke the life out of Gill. He suddenly raised his right hand up and brought it in front of him so that Gill could see it.
"Do you see this, Gill?" he asked, his voice totally cold. Gill only gagged more, making Darrell lose his patience. "DO YOU!?!?" he yelled in his face, crushing his throat. Right after that, a purple Satsu flame appeared in his right palm.
"This is all the energy I need to kill you. Just to wipe you from existence. This fist, RIGHT HERE! This will be enough to take revenge from what you did to the new love in my life. You almost killed her, Gill." Darrell paused, his glare tightening. "YOU ALMOST KILLED HER!!!"
Darrell let himself hear Gill's gasps for air before he continued. "You don't know what she means to me. YOU NEVER WILL!! You're too much of a. a. IDIOT to even have the slightest sense of conscience in you. But this flame in my fist here. This will serve justice in my book. I'll make you pay. I'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR THE PAIN YOU CAUSED HER. A HUNDRED TIMES OVER!!!!"
And with that, Darrell revved back and dove his fist straight through Gill's chest. Straight through, just like Shin Akuma tried to do to him earlier. Gill's blood came blasting out of the hole, making his face almost frozen in horror.
"He's gone." Hiei commented, still eyeing the transformed version of the teenage boy. "We can't help him. His anger. it's just way too much to handle right now. The only way we could bring him to his senses is to kill him ourselves."
"WHAT??" Sakura Satsu screamed. "I know you can't be serious. There must be some way."
Everyone stopped when they heard Darrell's unsatisfied voice.
"You're still breathing."
He was right. Darrell just barely misses his vitals, but Gill was in a world of hurt, still hanging from Darrell's grasp, barely breathing. Darrell glared again.
"I just wanted you to get a sample. of what Sakura's feeling right now." he said in a low tone. "Now. you get the main course. Allow me. to introduce you. to."
Darrell put one knee up. his Satsu fist on his knee. just to signify what he was about to unleash onto Gill.
"THE TRUE SHUNGOKUSATSU!!!" he screamed as he made the initial grab to start the onslaught that was about to follow. Gill's eyes widened to the extreme, knowing that his life was about to end.
"SPIRIT GUN!!"
"SHINKU HADOUKEN!!"
"What the.?" Darrell got out of stance to see three enormous energy blasts rocket toward him. He instantly dropped Gill's body and warped to his left, letting the blasts go on for infinite.
"Those belong to. THEM!!"
He looked over his shoulder to see Sakura S. and Yusuke, both in their firing poses. His eyes hardened.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" he asked loudly. "Why did you interrupt me from killing this idiot!?"
"Darrell. I. just don't want you losing your soul over this battle," Sakura S. explained. "Trust me, Darrell. You don't want to go through with what you're doing. When my sister wakes up. and sees that you used the Shungokusatsu and have lost your soul. I really don't want to see the pain on her face when she finds out that her boyfriend turned into a reincarnation of Akuma."
Darrell's eyes immediately opened wide. He never thought about it from that point of view. He wouldn't be much better than Akuma if he killed Gill with the Shungokusatsu. Somehow, the hate in his eyes dulled and his aura brightened a bit, but not by much. He let his arms dangle on his sides as he dropped to his knees in total shock and daze.
"What. what did I become?" he asked himself as he stared at his own Satsu aura. "This aura. this power is used for murder. I wanted to murder him. so badly. I wanted to take revenge for what he did to Sakura. but this." He closed his eyes and let himself sink farther down. Tears ran down his eyes as he spoke again.
"I don't want this! I really don't!"
Sakura S. used her own Ashura Warp to get close to Darrell, putting a hand on his shoulder for comfort.
"It's okay. I guess that all the anger within you was enough to awaken the Satsu no Hadou in you. I guess we just need to get you to control this new power like I did."
"I. I. don't know. I don't want to turn into what Ryu was; always battling his Evil Intent. I just want this out of my system. so that I don't have the intention to murder anymore."
"Is that so.?"
Darrell gasped as he spun around to see Gill rising up, a white aura covering his body. His wound that Darrell gave him earlier vanished. It was like he never was gagging from Darrell's grasp.
Gill eyed Darrell with intense eyes as he stepped forward. Neither Darrell nor Sakura said a word as Gill spoke with the most hatred he ever had.
"You.! You were this close to killing me, boy! Do you have any idea what the penalty is for that!?"
Sakura S. got to her feet and into a fighting stance. "Stay away from him!! He's no longer willing to kill you or anyone else! If you want to get to him, you'll have to go through me!!"
Gill glared at the Satsu girl then dashed over to her direction so fast she couldn't track it.
"Stay OUT of this!!" he yelled as he bashed his right arm into Sakura's head. Sakura's clothes shot into flames as she was knocked far back. way back into the darkness. Darrell's eyes relived that anger that was present before.
"Gill. YOU BASTARD!!!"
Darrell got up to his feet and Ashura warped behind Gill, charging up his famous energy attack.
"Shakunetsu."
A flaming orange ball of energy appeared in his hands.
"Shinku."
It got bigger and more powerful.
"HADO."
Darrell got cut of just as Gill appeared in front of him and grabbed his right hand just before he could unleash the blast; making him drop the charge.
"Oh, no. I saw you use that much power in that move before on Shin Akuma. You won't be able to use it on me."
"Let GO OF ME!!" Darrell yelled while trying to pull his arm back.
"So, I overheard you do not want your Satsu energy. That can be arranged."
"W. what??"
Before Darrell could think twice, Gill used both his energy powers on him at once. Darrell yelled out in pain as his right side of his body felt intense cold while the left got intense heat. It really hurt in the middle. where both mixed to form an unearthly source of pain. Darrell's Satsu aura appeared. but it shortened in length. and shortened. until it was only a small string of lining covering on his body. then the color changed back to orange.
"Gill's. absorbing his Satsu no Hadou." Sakura S. said while getting up from her fall.
Gill muttered something under his breath as he loosened his grip on Darrell, letting him slump to his knees on the ground.
"Your normal and special auras are depleted." Gill said. "The only thing that was keeping you running was the Satsu no Hadou, which I just sucked from your body. You won't be able to do anything to me now."
Gill just stared at him with pity. something that doesn't really suit Gill personality. He sighed and said, "You really cared for that girl." Gill eyed the bloody mess that was Sakura Kasugano. then shot a hand out towards her body. A white aura covered both bodies. and Sakura's wounds started to heal. Darrell was watching the whole thing in shock.
{But. but. why is he healing her? I thought that. that.}
"Gill." he asked while looking up to him. "Does this mean that.?"
"Little one. you mistook me with those other two evil fighters that you fought before I got here to recruit you and the other people here." Gill answered while putting his arm down. "I was here for a different purpose."
"Like what?" Yusuke asked while approaching him. "What you possibly want to do with all that you put this guy through?"
"That wasn't part of my plan. They brought that to themselves by attacking me. Did you ever notice that it was those two with the wild assumptions and those two who delivered the first blows?"
"Now that you think about it." Yusuke said while pondering the situation. ".they did do that."
"Now you see that I had to retaliate by doing what I had to do," Gill muttered.
A loud sob could be heard from Darrell, breaking the conversation. He had his head lowered in shame and tears steadily flowed from his eyes.
"Crap. crap. How. could I be so stupid! So. so stupid."
Everyone in the vicinity eyed him as he went lower than he ever felt about himself.
"Why ? Why. is it always me to screw things up for myself and everyone else? I. don't understand why I'm the idiot."
"Now, now. There's no need to go all out on us again," Yusuke muttered. "Gill took the Evil Energy out of your body and healed your girlfriend. You should be happy."
"NO! Don't you get it? Gill's not our enemy." Suddenly his right fist busted into Shakunetsuken mode. Darrell continued to sob as he raised it in front of him. and said the two words that shocked everyone. including Gill.
"It's. me."
"WAIT!! Don't do it!!" the dark Sakura yelled out. "You don't know what your doing! You're putting the blame that everything happened on yourself. You didn't have anything to do that was that serious for you to kill yourself!"
Darrell sobbed again. then shook his head. "No. this will end everyone's suffering. I'm only holding everyone back. See ya."
"DARRELL!!!" Sakura S. yelled as she tried to warp before he could kill himself... He braced himself. got his Shakunetsuken ready...
{I'm not going to make it.} Sakura S. realized as she saw him rush his fist towards his heart. then something stopped him. It wasn't Hiei or Yusuke either. Not even Gill. It was a hand. that was covered with a red handguard. Darrell looked up to see who just saved his life. and gasped.
"Sa. Sakura.?"
He was right. Sakura Kasugano just blocked his own attack from him. Her eyes were glazed as she spoke to him.
"Don't. don't you even think that I'd let you kill yourself after what we just went through. I couldn't live with myself if I didn't stop you from doing something incredibly stupid like this."
Darrell stood up and stared at her for a while, letting his tears run down his cheeks.
"You. you."
"You idiot." Sakura K. muttered. then she smiled. That was all she needed to do. It was a sad moment, but Darrell fell into her arms and cried on her shoulder.
"How pathetic." Hiei muttered to himself while turning away from the mushy moment.
{I know, Hiei. but you just don't know how I'm feeling right now. I can't help myself.}
"That's it. You can let it all out on my shoulder," Sakura K. whispered. "It's healthy."
Darrell sobbed a few more times before speaking. "Oh. oh, man. I'm a fucking. wreck. I. I don't know what I'd do without you, Sakura.."
"I think we know that already. You'll kill yourself, like you just tried to do 10 seconds ago," she replied while patting him on the back. "But you don't need to worry about it anymore. I'm here for you."
Before she could keep going, a familiar golden aura surrounded the two, reminding her of her special bond with the teen boy that was crying his eyes out on her red shirt.
"We're a couple. ready to do whatever for one another. You should never forget that we're one person in two. If you died, a part of me dies as well and vice versa. We both admitted this last week to one another. and when we get home. let's say that everyone will know our bond."
"You know. this is starting to get really sappy." Yusuke commented.
"Oh, shut up." Sakura S. shot back. "I bet if the same thing happened to you and Keiko, you wouldn't say it was sappy."
"Hey, who told you that I liked her like that!? She only hangs out with me."
"Yeah, sure."
"Are you two okay, now?" Gill interrupted the love scene with his question. "I just made a decision."
Darrell lifted his head off Sakura's shoulder to look at Gill with his undivided attention.
Gill sighed before going on with, "I never got to tell you why I'm here. I have a proposition for you guys."
"That is.?" Yusuke asked.
"How would you like to start the world all over.?"
"Excuse me?" Sakura K. asked, making sure she heard right.
"You heard me. This world. it's way too dirty. Man trashed it. and I've got the power to start it over from scratch into a utopia that Earth should be. so."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute," Darrell interrupted. "Back up. You just said that you have the power to erase this current world and start it over again?"
"Yes," Gill answered. "Of course, it won't be as populated. I've been pondering this for a while, and decided that men are like parasites. They grow, they feed, and they move on to deplete the wastes of another source. These are mainly those of corrupted minds. and the new world will certainly not have such parasites. I chose you guys for a task."
"Which is.?" Sakura S. asked.
"To just bring with you a few of your closest friends or relatives. I'm about to move into the action phase and I want some of mankind to survive."
"So. . . why choose us?" Sakura S. asked again. "Some of us here are not exactly who you thought we were. Hiei and . . .and myself. . . We aren't exactly human, you know. . ."
Gill looked at the Satsu Sakura with interest. "I know that as well. Everyone here is making the cut. . . except him. . ."
Everyone pointed into the direction of Gill's finger. . . to see Hiei. He just scoffed.
"Like I need to be in a place like that," Hiei countered. "The demon world is where I belong, so when this little thing happens, I won't be in your way to interfere."
"I know. . ." Gill replied while grinning. "There won't be a demon . . . or a spirit world. . ."
Instantly, Yusuke shot his look up.
"Are you NUTS!?" he yelled. "You have no idea who you're messing with up there! And if you think I'm going to let that happen, then you have another thing coming!"
"Yusuke, don't you understand that with this new earth there won't be a need for those two worlds? They're obsolete in my plans."
"I don't CARE!" Yusuke shot back. "You're messing with the structural balance of the freaking universe, here!"
Darrell immediately looked at Yusuke.
{Wonder how he knows about that.}
Gill shook his head in pity. "Why do you cling to such things? I don't understand."
"Of course you don't," Hiei stepped in, his expression normally cold. "Although I'm not a fan of how things are run in those two worlds, the deceased on earth need a place to 'check in' after death. This new world doesn't promise immortality and I know that you don't possess the power to do that, so what's the point? Ultimately you're wiping out the human race. . ." A sudden smile crossed Hiei's face. "Or. . . is this really your plan?"
"What?!?" Gill let out, insulted. "That's not true! I truly do want some of that race to survive."
"So what are you?" Hiei continued while tightening his glare. "You aren't a true god as you claim to be. You're nothing more than a human blinded by the fact that he possesses more power than others. You're what you hate."
Gill was stunned at the demon's comments. . . and sighed. He was right. All that planning he did would fail miserably. . . leaving him as the only one left. . .
"I see. . . I understand what you are saying. Ironic it takes a demon to tell me my errors. . ." He then turned his back to the group, pondering what to do.
"Maybe. . . I should go back to my original plan of creating an oasis planet. . ."
Darrell, who didn't hear that comment due to his distance, asked, "So. . . now what?"
A pause from everybody in the void. . . then Gill, without turning around, raised his right arm towards them. . .
"I see my boundaries now. I don't need you to be here any longer. . . Farewell."
"Wait a minute!" Yusuke let out but it was too late. A familiar white aura surrounded them. . . and instantly they vanished. Gill closed his eyes briefly before looking in front of him. . . and noticed something was wrong.
{Wait. . . The boy's Satsu no Hadou. . . It should have been in front of me. Where is it?}
End of Chapter 37