Hakusho Reaver

Chapter 6- What Lerks in the Junghai Chamber

"How long is this damn tunnel?!" I shouted, listening to the sound of my voice echo down the dark and dingy tunnel.
Though it was probably shorter, I felt like I had been walking for hours! But something told me I'd end up encountering Hiei at any moment.
"I swear, Taujecht is so going to pay for this." I muttered as I continued to move down the path. "This is really starting to become irritating."
Just then, I stopped. At first, I thought it was a dead end, but upon further inspection, I could see a slit moving from the ceiling to the floor in a perfect line. It was obviously a doorway, but I didn't know where.
But before I could do anything else, I noticed two monsters standing beside the doorway. Both were about nine feet high, dark green in skin color, and looked as if they were made of stone. At first, I thought they were just statues, but apparently, they were much much more than that. Once I saw their eyes glowing a dark purple, I knew for a fact these weren't statues.

(STANDBILD- In English, it means "Statue". Though not very fast, these creatures are very loyal to their masters (assuming they have any) and can really pack a punch!)

"FRIErEN!" The one on the left shouted. "Das junghai gemach ist verbieten."
Great. I had to get my ass kicked by Taujecht on two occasions, I had to kill my own friends, and now I had to learn how to speak German! Or Russian. Or whatever that language of there's was!
"Let me through!" I shouted.
"Oh." The second statue said with a heavy German accent. "Your language is English."
"Allow me to repeat." The other added with a similar accent. "The junghai chamber is strictly forbidden. You are not allowed to."
"It's okay." A familiar voice echoed. "Let him in."
The two statues nodded, and without so much as an argument, they pulled the door open! An emerald green light omitted from the chamber as I made my way inside. But as I entered, those two oversized lugs slammed the door shut! This was actually a good thing for me. No demons could get in, and Taujecht couldn't get out!
Of course, upon further inspection of this area, I found there was nothing in this chamber. Nothing but weird green orbs that seemed to be plastered to the walls. And there I saw him. He was wearing the attire he wore from the first time I fought him, and currently in his weaker form.
"You disappoint me, Kurama." He said. "I was expecting you to find me a lot sooner."
"Just be grateful I showed up" I said. "I'll be honored to make your death as slow and painful as possible."
He simply laughed at me as he began to consentrate his spirit energy. I knew what was coming, and that weird verse spoken in the demonic tongue only gave me an official idea of what was coming next.
Once he had completed this strange ritual, he had transformed into his full red demon form.
"Cute." I commented. "Now prepare to DIE!"
I leaped upward, and got ready to strike him! But he blocked his face with his hand, and instantly, I felt myself freeze in mid air!
"What the.? HEY!"
"You really don't get it, do you." Taujecht laughed. He moved his hand away from his face, and I felt myself jerk ever so slightly closer to him. "I can sense you've grown stronger than before, and that blade for an arm may be quite effective, but your improved strength means nothing if you can't even touch me!"
He made a fist with the hand he was currently holding up, and began to power up. I knew this attack oh too well, and unfortunately, I couldn't move out of the way.
"looks like I'll have to show you my point once again." He said. "BIG ARM BOMBER!"
His punch made contact with my chest as an explosion of green light forced me backwards, and slammed me into the wall! However, unlike last time, I could feel myself recovering much faster! I couldn't explain it, but the madder I got, the stronger I seemed to become.
"Well, this is interesting." Taujecht said, sounding a bit shook up by this sight. "It appears my big arm bomber has next to no effect on you anymore. Good! I was sick of having to use such a weak attack to finish my opposition."
"Weak attack?" I demanded. For a weak attack, his big arm bomber packed quite a punch.
"Yes. It finished you off last time, and it finished off three eyes."
"HIEI?"
He burst out laughing. "Yes, that's his name. Hiei. Yes, he tried to use that jagon tie curse on me, but he never expected me to counter it, and use it against him. And the big arm bomber finished him off instantly!"
YOU MONSTER!" I shouted. I made another lunge at him, and this time, he wasn't as quick on the get go. For with one slash of my reaver, I left a gash across his bare chest! He shouted in agony, backed away slowly as my intensity continued to build up. I don't know how I managed to move faster than usual, but somehow, my own anger and the motivational skills of the spirit of the reaver had something to do with it. As Taujecht got ready to attack, I beat him to the punch with six punches, and another cut across his belly! He covered his new wound with his left arm, and went to one knee; allowing me to smack him right in the headwith my fist! He fell flat on his back, and could only stare upward at me, and accept his fate.
"What happened, Kurama?" He asked, sounding as if he weren't afraid. But his face told all. "You weren't that fast before. Perhaps you had more in you than I thought."
I didn't reply, but he continued talking. "Well don't just stand there." He ordered. "Go ahead and kill me! After all, I beat you an inch away from your life, and forced you to kill three of your friends. Plus I ended up killing the other one FOR YOU! I don't deserve to live."
I attempted to drive the blade of the reaver into his wounded chest, but for some reason, I couldn't! I wanted to, but an invisible force was keeping me from moving my arms!
"Can't do it, can you?" he laughed.
Instantly, one of his mighty fists shot upward, and smacked me in the jaw. I backed away, but was otherwise still able to stand. He quickly got to his feet, and delivered a powerful boot to my face! I then fell to my back, and was now left at his mercy.
He rose his hand, and one of the many orbs on the wall floated upward. It then flew towards him, and landed in his hand. I watched as he then bit into the orb, and sucked the insides of it into his own body!
As he did this, his wounds healed, and I could feel his spirit energy increasing! The sphere eventually lost it's glow, and became a pure glass orb with a bite taken out of it.
"The outside is just empty calories," he said, "But the inside is pure soul. And with each soul I devour, I not only recover, but depending on the soul, I grow stronger! No matter how many times you wound me, I'll just grab an orb from the wall, and use it to my advantage!"
I could feel him powering up for another attack.
"Since I no longer have to hold back," he said, "Allow me to show you what I've been hiding."
He rose his hand up in the air, and I felt myself rise up with it! I floated in the air, unable to move despite my attempts to resist. Just then, I saw him point all of his fingers on the hand he was holding up at me; his spirit energy increasing as he did so.
"A little technique Yusuke showed me." He said. "Of course, since my spirit energy is much stronger than his, it should be that much more effective. SHOTGUN!"
A powerful blast of green spirit energy shot from his hand, and hit me in the chest! I slammed against the wall so hard, I could've sworn I cracked it. Taujecht laughed as I suffered.
"Face it Kurama, YOU'RE PITIFUL!" He shouted. "Nothing you can do. What the?"
I started to stand, but I don't think that was what shocked him. The fact I was powering up for an attack of my own was probably what freaked him out. I consentrated my energy as I let the claws on my non-reaver hand extend.
"Forgot about these little babies." I said. "And you're not the only one with spirit energy based attacks. BLADES OF TORMENT!"
The blades of my claws began to glow scarlet as they shot from my hand, and buried themselves halfway into Taujecht's chest! He shouted in agony as they sank into his chest, but his shrieking only got louder as he was slowly electrocuted from both the outside and the inside.
I was surprised myself. I didn't think I had any spirit energy attacks anymore. But apparently, my mutant form combined with the soul of the artifacts changed that for me. This new attack not only made Taujecht open pray, but it disabled his strange ability to throw people around with his mind. Or whatever that weird technique he was relying on was. However, I wasn't finished yet. I walked over to two of the nearest orbs on the wall, grabbed them both in one hand, and drove the tip of the reaver threw both of them.
"NO!" He shouted, still in agony as the blades of torment continued to hurt him.
"You're not the only one who can use these souls you know." I said.
I pointed my fingers at him once again, and instantly, the blades of my claws withdrew from their spots on his chest. He went to his knees, and couldn't seem to stand up on his own. Once the blades reunited with my hand, I began to power up for an attack. Though the power up resulted in the reaver fading away for the moment, I still used it.
"It worked for you with one orb." I shouted, still powering up. "Let's see if it works for me with two! SHOTGUN!"
I fired a powerful beam of scarlet energy at the opponent, and managed to slam him against the wall. Once the light of my blast faded completely, I called forth the reaver, charged him, lunged forward, and plunged the blade of my symbiotic weapon into his heart. He shrieked in agony as he looked into my rage blinded eyes.
"No! This. Can't. Be!" He choked out before dying completely.
"Oh, but it is." I said, drawing the blade from his chest and allowing the reaver to devour the green sphere of a soul that came out with it.
So my quest was finally over. The one I seaked revenge on was finally dead. But there was just one problem now. What was I going to do now?
"Congratulations Kurama." A familiar voice echoed. "Unfortunately, this is the part where an ally turns traitor!"
I saw the four foot high woman appear in the middle of the chamber. I then saw her raise her hand upward, and every single orb on the wall exploded into a beam of green spirit energy! Each beam entered her hand as she began to mutate, and grow to about eight feet high!
Her skin was light blue, and her eyes were a firey yellow. Horns had appeared on the front of her head, making her look like a female devil. Her dress became a mini-skirt with the transformation, and her spirit energy seemed much much higher than before.
"Taujecht is dead." She said, her voice sounding much more demonic and low toned than before. "Unfortunately, your battle is far from finished!"