~Chapter 17~
~The Final Confrontation, Finally~
A/N: Thanks to all of you who've hung on this far. Please don't completely write me off as the worst person alive after this chapter!
Corana kicked open the door and the four of them strode in.
"So...You made it past my demons." Deikazan sneered. "I see you've brought a few traitors with you for me to kill. Thank you for making it easier on me. Now I won't have to hunt them down." Deikazan was a tall demon. He had spiky light blue hair, dark skin and stunning green eyes. He was dressed in a brown vest that reached his knees and hung open and green pants ending in brown shoes.
"Enough talk Odei. Where's Jin?" Corana demanded.
Deikazan indicated the torture rack they had strapped the Wind Master to and indicated the attendants to release him. Jin's body fell motionless to the floor. Corana could detect no energy radiating from his still frame.
"You bastard..." She hissed, not wanting to believe what she was seeing.
"Why? You took Kami from me. Why shouldn't I take Jin from you?" Deikazan was pleased with his success.
Corana ran at her former ally and punched him in the face. His face melted and he dodged and his face reformed. "Come now my old friend. I know you can do better than that."
Corana threw a dagger, but again he liquefied his form and it just sailed straight through him. Then he sunk his hand into the floor and it came up behind Corana and punched her right in her injured shoulder. She cried out involuntarily from the unexpected pain.
"You've gotten weak." Deikazan sneered.
Corana gasped for air. "Even injured." She hissed. "And after fighting all you set before me." She took a deep breath as she stood. "I am still stronger than you and I will destroy you."
Two attendants of the torture rack jumped from behind Corana and attempted to pin her to the ground. Neko jumped in to save her. He called his Spirit Wolves and they ate the souls of her attackers, but not before Deikazan had pierced Corana's stomach with a blade made from mud.
Corana felt weak from loss of blood and the pain, but she rose again. She'd promised Neko she'd get the castle for him and she MUST avenge her brother. She summoned illusions of herself made from shadow and they flitted around Deikazan trying to confuse him.
He just laughed as the real Corana took a swing at him with her short swords. He had a pillar of mud reach from the floor and engulf the wind demon up to her neck. She was incapable of movement. "I know these attacks Corana. It is useless to oppose me. I have spent 200 years learning how to evade every single one of your attacks." He was certain he would triumph now. Deikazan directed the mud pillar to squeeze her tighter. The pressure was forcing more blood from her wounds and inhibiting her breathing. Corana was slipping further and further from consciousness.
"Did you not think that in 200 years I may learn something new you imbecile?" she grunted through her pain.
She gathered what remained of her youki and created an impenetrable cyclone around Deikazan. When he tried to escape through the ground, she lifted him up into the air. Using her control over the wind, she sucked out every bit of oxygen in that small chamber. Deikazan was suffocating.
"Stop....Please..." He gasped. "I surrender." His vision was blurring quickly. "Mercy."
Corana let out a mirthless laugh at that point. "Those who show no mercy, receive no mercy." Was all she said as Deikazan slowly suffocated to death.
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Yusuke and the others ran blindly towards the door where they felt Corana's energy pulsating. They were halted however by Manwich.
"Well hello there handthome." He patted Kurama on the butt and Kurama jumped in surprise. "You make an even prettier girl than me. And that'th thaying a lot. For that, you mutht die." He pulled a bobby pin out of his hair. "Bobby Pin thlice!" He cried and tried to use it as a sword against the deeply disturbed Kurama. Kurama pulled out some bamboo leaves and stabbed the Master of Cross-Dressing with them. He fell to the floor with a startled sigh and lay still.
The five companions rushed in just as Corana's body was released from the mud pillar. She fell to the ground with a sickening thud and lay still next to her brother's motionless body; her blood mixing with his as it pooled from their bodies.
A/N: Wow this was a lot shorter than I'd imagined it. Oh well. Hope you all don't kill me!
~The Final Confrontation, Finally~
A/N: Thanks to all of you who've hung on this far. Please don't completely write me off as the worst person alive after this chapter!
Corana kicked open the door and the four of them strode in.
"So...You made it past my demons." Deikazan sneered. "I see you've brought a few traitors with you for me to kill. Thank you for making it easier on me. Now I won't have to hunt them down." Deikazan was a tall demon. He had spiky light blue hair, dark skin and stunning green eyes. He was dressed in a brown vest that reached his knees and hung open and green pants ending in brown shoes.
"Enough talk Odei. Where's Jin?" Corana demanded.
Deikazan indicated the torture rack they had strapped the Wind Master to and indicated the attendants to release him. Jin's body fell motionless to the floor. Corana could detect no energy radiating from his still frame.
"You bastard..." She hissed, not wanting to believe what she was seeing.
"Why? You took Kami from me. Why shouldn't I take Jin from you?" Deikazan was pleased with his success.
Corana ran at her former ally and punched him in the face. His face melted and he dodged and his face reformed. "Come now my old friend. I know you can do better than that."
Corana threw a dagger, but again he liquefied his form and it just sailed straight through him. Then he sunk his hand into the floor and it came up behind Corana and punched her right in her injured shoulder. She cried out involuntarily from the unexpected pain.
"You've gotten weak." Deikazan sneered.
Corana gasped for air. "Even injured." She hissed. "And after fighting all you set before me." She took a deep breath as she stood. "I am still stronger than you and I will destroy you."
Two attendants of the torture rack jumped from behind Corana and attempted to pin her to the ground. Neko jumped in to save her. He called his Spirit Wolves and they ate the souls of her attackers, but not before Deikazan had pierced Corana's stomach with a blade made from mud.
Corana felt weak from loss of blood and the pain, but she rose again. She'd promised Neko she'd get the castle for him and she MUST avenge her brother. She summoned illusions of herself made from shadow and they flitted around Deikazan trying to confuse him.
He just laughed as the real Corana took a swing at him with her short swords. He had a pillar of mud reach from the floor and engulf the wind demon up to her neck. She was incapable of movement. "I know these attacks Corana. It is useless to oppose me. I have spent 200 years learning how to evade every single one of your attacks." He was certain he would triumph now. Deikazan directed the mud pillar to squeeze her tighter. The pressure was forcing more blood from her wounds and inhibiting her breathing. Corana was slipping further and further from consciousness.
"Did you not think that in 200 years I may learn something new you imbecile?" she grunted through her pain.
She gathered what remained of her youki and created an impenetrable cyclone around Deikazan. When he tried to escape through the ground, she lifted him up into the air. Using her control over the wind, she sucked out every bit of oxygen in that small chamber. Deikazan was suffocating.
"Stop....Please..." He gasped. "I surrender." His vision was blurring quickly. "Mercy."
Corana let out a mirthless laugh at that point. "Those who show no mercy, receive no mercy." Was all she said as Deikazan slowly suffocated to death.
**********
Yusuke and the others ran blindly towards the door where they felt Corana's energy pulsating. They were halted however by Manwich.
"Well hello there handthome." He patted Kurama on the butt and Kurama jumped in surprise. "You make an even prettier girl than me. And that'th thaying a lot. For that, you mutht die." He pulled a bobby pin out of his hair. "Bobby Pin thlice!" He cried and tried to use it as a sword against the deeply disturbed Kurama. Kurama pulled out some bamboo leaves and stabbed the Master of Cross-Dressing with them. He fell to the floor with a startled sigh and lay still.
The five companions rushed in just as Corana's body was released from the mud pillar. She fell to the ground with a sickening thud and lay still next to her brother's motionless body; her blood mixing with his as it pooled from their bodies.
A/N: Wow this was a lot shorter than I'd imagined it. Oh well. Hope you all don't kill me!
