NAME: Mart
DEMON TYPE: Dog
WEAPON OF CHOICE: KATANA SWORD (Tetsusaiga, Tenseiga combined)
ABILITIES: Have the ability to leap up to incredible heights and run at
speeds that put racers to shame. Poison claws that can melt anything
including gundanium unless in hanyou mode. Able to survive the harshest of
climates and adapt to new surroundings.
HABITAT: Urban areas, deep forests and high mountains all terrain demon.
MORO VS. MONTEMURA
The lizard then walked up taking thunderous steps as he walked through the streets. "Where is the dog demon when I find her I will tear her apart!" the lizard bellowed. It then stopped when he smelt something approaching, "Looking for me," the voice said and it was female. Montemura turned his head to find himself staring at the form of a human female on wait a demon female. This one had stripes on her face on either side of her cheek. Two more over her eye lids and a crescent moon on her forehead. Her hair flowed a silver river with the wind as she walked out towards the demon. Her ears twitched this way and that on top of her hair like radar antennas as they turned at every direction.
"Who are you bitch," he growled at her his features where like that of a handsome man but his hair was green and his eyes a slited red. He wore a more Western garb of a tunic mixed with some flashy but fluffy puffed up shoulders and leggings, (Think three musketeers kind of days). His face showed that he was indeed Asian but his clothes proved that he had lived in the western side of the world for a long time. Either that or he is highly deluded as he walked up in his fancy boots and let his short green hair flow against the wind. "I take it you are the bitch that hurt my Kanna," he stated, "You must be her boyfriend," Mart said with a smirk on her features. Charlie and the others stood back for they knew from experience not to get involved with Mart's fights.
Mart stood her ground as the demon came closer till he was a few feet away. "So bitch what is your name?" he stated as he pulled out a sword and it glowed. Smirking Mart pulled out the Tensaiga, "I am Mart but everyone knew me as Moro no Kimi," she said and getting into a defense stance. Montemura only stared in shock at the woman before him. "Moro no Kimi the assassin of shadows," he stated, "The most ruthless demon that nearly killed the human race," he said and Mart nodded, "All the same," she said and Montemura charged. Mart was waiting for him as she leaped into the air when his sword made contact with the ground that she was on just a few seconds ago. Turning Montemura saw her do a front summersault before landing on her feet. Turning he struck out with his hand but Mart blocked it and hit his square in the face sending him flying into the building.
The demons that where fighting stopped their activities and ran to see the fight of a lifetime. Enemy and ally alike they came to watch and the Gundam pilots where feeling a bit uncomfortable being surrounded by demons when a few familiar figures came up to them. One of them was Sally having been worse for wear since she had one arm in a sling and a patch on her left cheek. Next to her was Kaede who was also has a sling on her arm and was using a bow as a walking stick. On the right stood Relena tall and proud but wounded as well. She held her left side and from what they could tell it was covered in blood. She was also limping on one leg and that showed that she had sprained it. "Where is Hilde?" Trowa asked, "She is with the shuttle getting it ready for launch." Sally replied, "Oh?" "And Catherine had joined up with us as well since the circus was completely destroyed by the demons a few days ago." Sally added and at the mention of his sister's name Trowa's eyes lit up but the explosion turned his attention back to the battle.
Mart dodged another attack by the lizard Montemura as she leaped did a summersault and released her whip on the demon. It was now that demons began to place bets to the disgust of Kaede to think that demons would bet on this. Mart dodged another hit by the demon and side stepped him causing him to stumble to the ground. Montemura got up and flipped the dog demon that used her hands to flip back on her feet. "Not bad dog but I am a few hundred years your senior," he said as he unleashed a pile of spikes but to his surprise Mart dodged them with ease and flipped over again kicking Montemura from behind on to the ground. The demon came back up with an uppercut and Mart was flown back into some of the rubble.
Montemura used that time to attack Mart and drive her back with his constant assault and she dodged and brought out the Tensaiga to protect her from his sword. The demon then let out some sort of sticky tongue out at Mart but she held up her arms and they hit her clothes but did nothing.
Quatre and Wufei where watching the fight closest to the buildings. And Wufei could see that the attacks where not phasing Mart that much. "She is really strong compared to when we first met her," Wufei commented and Quatre nodded, "I guess from all that light I would say that she has her soul back and it was time for payback," he said smiling. Wufei nodded in agreement but winced when Montemura once again.
Mart barely dodged that last attack as the Lizard demon finally gotten serious and fought harder. She felt something crack and saw that her armor was giving. She blocked again with Tensaiga and slashed at him managing to cut his face a deep one. Black blood spilled onto the ground causing the demons to gasp. Montemura was now angry that his face was cut, "Look at what you done to my beautiful face bitch!" he yelled at Mart and spitting out some blood that had collected in his mouth. "First you hurt the beautiful Kanna and now you cut my beautiful face you will die tonight bitch no more playing games." He said and charged at Mart who stood ready and spun out of the way and landed a good kick to the head. That brought the demon out of his stupor and slashed at Mart with his sword slicing her arm. The armor on her clothes protected her so it did nothing but scratch her. She then put her fist in his face causing Montemura to fall back onto the ground. Montemura got up again only to fall again in agony as his face felt as if it was on fire. "Well now like they say beauty is only skin deep," Mart said smirking as she charged with unbelievable speed. She struck Montemura again but the lizard was faster this time and managed to trip Mart to the ground. "I have had enough of this game," he said and transformed into his true demon form. He once again became the lizard but this time Mart smirked, "Well why you aren't transforming as well DOG!" Montemura screamed, "That is simple," Mart said as she studied the power of the demon. 'Inu-Yasha said that Tetsusaiga's main attack the Cutting Wind comes when two demon powers or winds come together and form a barrier that is the wind scar.' She thought and the demon struck down again but Mart dodged and only hit with her whip or her claws causing the lizard to back away. 'He is too strong for this one so I have to weaken him,' she thought as she pulled out the Tensaiga over her head.
'There is only one choice then till he is weak enough for the Cutting Wind,' she thought as she cut into him. It was then that she felt the wind scar pulling her power into the sword, "CUTTING WIND!" Mart yelled and let loose a powerful attack.
Montemura did not know what hit him when the cutting wind came in contact with him and he fell to the ground with a deep gash on his chest. Getting up the lizard demon attacked again and nearly slipped on the black blood that was his own. Mart simply dodged the blow and leaped into the air. Montemura did not expect this but he attacked anyways. He opened his mouth and blew out his tongue at Mart catching her. Mart's eyes widened at the sight as the demon swallowed her in one gulp.
A cheer went out throughout the crowd as all the enemy demons celebrated on a mission accomplished. Montemura raised his great arms out with pride as he roared a triumph. To the dismay of the demons that defended Higurashi shrine as well as the gundam gang this was not funny at all. The Shadow Assassins was worse off as well, "Mart," Charlie said and Jimmy had tears coming out of his eyes. Justin was ready to kill and Steven was silent. Tears began to fall the good guys eyes and sobs could be heard when the demons started to attack again and everyone was ready. The demons suddenly stopped in mid charge when they began to hear pain noises coming from Montemura.
The lizard clutched his stomach in pain as he doubled over in agony. The other demons watched as the demon rolled in agony at the pain in his stomach, "Make it stop it burns literally," Montemura moaned but then he started to bloat and grow in size. His eyes widened at the sight of his body growing in width and more pain shot out of him. Montemura was at his point when he exploded. Black blood and guts flew everywhere and the black blood formed a mist as they mixed with the dust and smoke of the burning city.
Everyone stared as dark red eyes penetrated the darkness burning with a passion to end it all. The demons stared at the black dog covered in blood and then turned and ran as the demon transformed again back into its true form. "Oh no you don't," Mart said as she raised Tensaiga in the air again, "BAKUYA!" She shouted and destroyed the remainder of the demon army of Naraku. The demons screamed as they disappeared, "That is what you get when you eat something poisonous." She said and sheathed her sword in it scabbard. Her clothes where covered in blood and soaked through her hair was black as well because of it in fact her skin was covered in the stuff.
The temple defenders only stared at her as her eyes glowed a golden hue in the light before she shouted, "Imua!" she shouted and the Shadow Assassins shouted the response, "Imua!" they shouted back at her as she let out a long but passionate howl of victory. "What does that mean anyways?" Duo asked, "It means freedom and justice in the Hawaiian language," Charlie said as he howled as well.
Some time later after the battle it began to rain when Mart changed from Howling to singing in a language that very few could sing that of whales. The eventually brought a rainstorm that burnt out the fires that sprung all around the city of Tokyo. "I am very sorry that this happened," Mart said in Japanese, "If you want we will leave," she said and turned to go, "Wait," One man said and Mart turned to him, "You have saved us from those monsters help us rebuild a bit before you go," he said, "I am sorry but I can't at the moment but I promise that when this is over I will return to help you rebuild your city," Mart said smiling and turned to the others as she walked through the rain. The blood began to wash off her clothes and her hair as she walked down the dark and damp streets. It was then that she noticed that she was wounded as well. The wound on her arm was already healing at a rapid pace and was now nothing but a small cut. Looking towards the sky she could only think of certain thoughts when she was interrupted by a certain fox.
Justin ran up to Mart and gave her the biggest hug that he could think of. "Justin?" she said and the fox nodded, "I missed you Mart," he said and the other Shadow Assassins came as well and gave her a hug. The Gundam Pilots watched as this heart warming event was taking place. It was then that Mart remembered something. Getting up she walked towards Kaede and the others, "I know that you will miss your grandmother do you want me to revive her?" Mart asked, "No that is ok she would get mad if I told you to." Kaede said with tears coming from her eyes as she watched the many people who survive pull the bodies off the streets and offer prayers for them to pass on. She then turned to the gundam pilots, "You have been taking good care of them," she said looking at them, "Actually they have been taking care of us," Quatre said with a warm smile, "They have protected us at all costs even at the cost of their lives." Nodding Mart then got up and began to head in the direction of the space port. "Well we can't waste anymore time here," she said and began to walk off. "My lady wait," Jaken called as he and Myouga ran off to join her, "Why do you want to come with me for?" Mart said looking at the two of them, "It is my duty as retainer of the Inu clan to be by your side at all times my lady it is our duty." The old toad said as he took up his old staff and began to follow.
It was sometime later when the light of the sun began to show on the horizon and the golden rays danced on the ocean causing it to sparkle with life. A lone shuttle stood on the space port runway when the gundam pilots came with trucks that harbored their broken gundams. "Man they took a beating but I tell you they fought hard," Duo said as he drove the lead truck that had the Wing Zero on the back as well as his Deathscythe. On the seat next to him was Heero typing away at his laptop, "The damages are severe and we have to somehow get spares from somewhere." He said and Duo groaned, "With this much damage how are we going to be ready to fight." Duo stated, "I don't think this was our fight to begin with," Heero stated as they drove further onto the grounds and started to load the gundams onto the shuttle. "All I know is that this fight with demons is not ours." He said, "Why do you say that?" Duo asked, "Well the gundams are designed for fighting other mobile suits not demons and since the demons are more flexible and can take a lot more beating then the mobile suits they where just wearing us down till they can kill us," Heero stated as he continued to type away. "I just don't get it?" Duo said, "I mean if the demons the Avengers are sending after us is suppose to be so strong then why are there mobile suits out there as well?" Duo stated that fact without taking his eyes off the progress of his mobile suit, "The Avengers want to keep the demons under control so they have to have support troops to keep a watch on them. But the thing that gets me is why are they summoning all these demons," Heero said as he began to ponder all these things.
Relena and the other girls had left before the boys got back from the battle having seen a lot as it is they had the shuttle ready to go and all it needed was the gundams. They where surprised at the amount of damage the gundams took from the battle in Tokyo. They where practically in pieces! Hilde was the one who is most shocked at the sight of the gundams and the pilots now that the sun was up. Relena and the girls where not that bad off from the crash but the guys had it worse. When they came from the trucks Heero needed help just to stand and one of Duo's arms was at an odd angle. Trowa had an obvious wound on one of his legs and Quatre had a limp as well as numerous cuts and scrapes on his body. The others where like that as well but the worse one off was Wufei who fell out of the truck. The others quickly ran over to him and Sally checked his vital signs. "He is not going to make it he has several injuries in his body and is bleeding internally." Wufei was covered in blood and when they saw his gundam they could see the extent of the damage. It was worse then the other gundams. "He was at the most populated of the battle." Quatre said, "And one of the demons hit him when we where getting the gundams."
Mart saw this and saw the worry in Justin's eyes as she walked up to him talking slow but graceful steps. When she was nearing Wufei she could hear them starting to cry when he breathed his last. She then took out her sword as she neared them.
The gundam gang started to cry when Wufei passed on and many had a face of vengeance on their faces. "Step aside," a voice said and they turned to see Mart with her sword drawn, "Why?" Sally said with eyes full of tears, "You will not eat him MORO NO KIMI!" she screamed in anguish, "I am not here to kill him or eat him I am here to heal him," she said coldly and she gasped as well as the others as she approached. "He has helped to control Justin and trained him well and in return I will offer him a second chance," she said and waited like Sesshoumaru taught her. The Tensaiga began to pulse with power as she waited till she could see the ball bearers nearing the body to consume the soul and take it to the underworld. "Well what are you waiting for?" Relena snarled, "The guides to hell," Mart replied, "And please call me Mart not Moro," she said as she transformed her sword and swung with all her might across Wufei killing the hell bringers.
Eyes began to open to the sight that awaited him there was gasps from the crowd around him as Wufei slowly stood up. Grabbing his head he looked to find that it no longer had any blood on him. He felt fine and his cuts where gone only leaving stains of blood on his clothes. "What the hell happened to me," he said and saw the retreating form of Mart as she walked away to join her fellow demons on the shuttle.
Wufei watched the retreating form white hair flowing in the wind and dog ears constantly searching around for the slightest sound of danger. Getting up he was welcomed back from the dead by his friends and could not help but smile as they hugged him.
It was later when they blasted off from Earth and headed for the colonies that he saw Mart in the hanger when all the others where asleep or piloting. Wufei passed a sleeping Charlie and Justin who slept on the high bunk together and he smiled when he saw faint silver forming on Charlie's mouth. Justin was just snoring away his tail twitching every now and then. He then walked passed them into the med room where Relena and Heero where sleeping soundly on separate beds. Relena was still recovering from the wound on her side and Heero as well and the others where recovering from the other injuries that they had in different parts of the room. Walking pass the medical room he came to the hanger where he found Mart sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. Leaping up from the platform Wufei floated over to her due to the low gravity of the shuttle.
Mart did not turn around but her ears gave Wufei away as she sat with her eyes closed. "I know why you are here," she said in a low tone, "Oh really?" Wufei asked, "You wish to know why I brought you back," she said and Wufei sighed there was no getting past the dog demon. "I just wanted to know how you did it?" he asked, "I used Tensaiga it killed the ball bearers that came to get your soul and by killing them and sending them back to hell I healed you." She said and Wufei nodded and sat across from the dog. "Just tell me something Mart," he said and the dog looked at him with cool yellow eyes. "Ask away wondering dragon," she said and Wufei was taken back from the title. "Where did you get that from?" he asked, "Justin told me of your origins so I thought the name suits you," she said with a warm smile and Wufei had to think about that one. He was used to people calling him 'Solitary Dragon' or 'Mr. Stick up his Ass,' because of his attitude towards others and that hurt him especially the second one but, 'Wondering Dragon' was a new one. "Why are you calling me that?" he demanded his voice in a growl. "When one sets himself up to leave on his own he must wonder the world to find himself weather it be in battle or a journey of self discovery or just leaving the nest. From my observation and from what that annoying little fox has told me you had been on such a journey for sometime now after Meiran died." Mart said and Wufei was taken back by what the demon was saying to him. "The name I am calling you is not for harassment it is more of a title to someone who is in search of himself. You still wonder why you are still alive when your mate is dead." Mart said and Wufei could see the wisdom in her words. For someone who was alive for five hundred years but only experienced twenty years of life she held more wisdom then one could give her credit for.
"So tell me Mart does this name make me a wonderer?" he asked, "Yes you are still searching for the end to your mission. As you set foot on Earth your mission was clear. To bring to justice all the wrongs that has been done to you but at the same time finding yourself. For as I see it you have been trained as a warrior and a scholar as well as a magician of sorts, but you lack in self just like the others. Heero too is like that not having time to know what it means to be human and the memories that he shared with me have been enough to start him on his journey to finding himself." She stated with a matter of fact, "Duo hides behind that smile but I can see past that to the loneliness that he hides there. That mask of smiles is only going to shatter one day and it is starting to fade due to this constant war. Quatre does not know his true incentives though he is heir to a very large cooperation he does not feel the need to run it. He has too much of a wonder lust to stay home. He is not a home boy his a warrior and a person who wishes to know more about the world and how it runs before he can settle down and have any family affairs. As for Trowa he does not know his true purpose in life he sees this as all one big mission like Heero so I told him earlier to make it his mission to live and find himself.
The circus is one big help since it travels from place to place and when he finds what he is looking for then he will wonder no more," Mart said and Wufei had been silent listening to her words like he has done to his master long ago. She spoke in a voice that was young and full of life yet at the same time calm like the sea and full of knowledge. "I have one question also though?" Wufei asked, "You are on a journey yourself is that right?" he asked and Mart nodded, "Yes and so are the others." She said and she crossed her legs in Indian style her eyes never wondering from Wufei's onyx ones as she spoke something that would make him remember for a long time. "I was on such a journey," Mart said before sighing, "And so has Myouga and Jaken sleeping over there," she pointed with a claw and Wufei turned to find the two retainers sleeping peacefully against one of the broken gundams.
"As you can see I had or still have journey far to find my true self. As a human I was contained too much and not having a true sense of self. Heck I was believing I am not of the same species. It was when I was in high school that I found that out but when I entered college it was then that I still had a lot of discovering to do. I did not know what I truly wanted in life. I only knew that I wanted to be alone for a while and think for myself for once." She said sadly gazing at the floor. "For a long time I was thinking this for I had people left and right telling me who to be and where to go and how to live. I just knew that was not me and I could not afford at that time to go to the mainland so I was stuck dealing with it. Then this came," she held up her clawed hand and showed him the scars, "They took me and my humanity away leaving me with nothing." She said, "It was then that I realized that I had to start all over again and find myself. After the slaughter and I became imprisoned in the ice I had a lot of time to think about this. And it was then that I met Inu-Yasha and his brother Sesshoumaru. They taught me about life as a demon and the comings and goings of it but they left the choice of whether I should live to bring justice or just let go and die an empty shell. I made the choice to take the journey to avenge them of the wrongs that Naraku has done and I hold no regrets. I found a lot of things about myself." She said, "For one I am no longer the trouble maker I am more grown up then I thought possible for the experiences I had was enough to drive anyone insane but it was my determination that kept me and the boys going. And eventually we grew stronger mentally as well as physically and spiritually. I feel that we are all ready for this fight. It is only a matter of you finding those answers that we already found in life just don't take too long finding it," Mart said and Wufei was stunned by this course of words coming from someone who looked about the same age in fact younger then him.
Getting up the gundam pilot headed towards his quarters, "Just remember what I said Wufei and maybe someday you will find the answers you seek and perhaps a new mate along the way." And with that Wufei was gone into his quarters unnoticed by him a pair of light blue eyes was watching him from where he came from.
TBC
HABITAT: Urban areas, deep forests and high mountains all terrain demon.
MORO VS. MONTEMURA
The lizard then walked up taking thunderous steps as he walked through the streets. "Where is the dog demon when I find her I will tear her apart!" the lizard bellowed. It then stopped when he smelt something approaching, "Looking for me," the voice said and it was female. Montemura turned his head to find himself staring at the form of a human female on wait a demon female. This one had stripes on her face on either side of her cheek. Two more over her eye lids and a crescent moon on her forehead. Her hair flowed a silver river with the wind as she walked out towards the demon. Her ears twitched this way and that on top of her hair like radar antennas as they turned at every direction.
"Who are you bitch," he growled at her his features where like that of a handsome man but his hair was green and his eyes a slited red. He wore a more Western garb of a tunic mixed with some flashy but fluffy puffed up shoulders and leggings, (Think three musketeers kind of days). His face showed that he was indeed Asian but his clothes proved that he had lived in the western side of the world for a long time. Either that or he is highly deluded as he walked up in his fancy boots and let his short green hair flow against the wind. "I take it you are the bitch that hurt my Kanna," he stated, "You must be her boyfriend," Mart said with a smirk on her features. Charlie and the others stood back for they knew from experience not to get involved with Mart's fights.
Mart stood her ground as the demon came closer till he was a few feet away. "So bitch what is your name?" he stated as he pulled out a sword and it glowed. Smirking Mart pulled out the Tensaiga, "I am Mart but everyone knew me as Moro no Kimi," she said and getting into a defense stance. Montemura only stared in shock at the woman before him. "Moro no Kimi the assassin of shadows," he stated, "The most ruthless demon that nearly killed the human race," he said and Mart nodded, "All the same," she said and Montemura charged. Mart was waiting for him as she leaped into the air when his sword made contact with the ground that she was on just a few seconds ago. Turning Montemura saw her do a front summersault before landing on her feet. Turning he struck out with his hand but Mart blocked it and hit his square in the face sending him flying into the building.
The demons that where fighting stopped their activities and ran to see the fight of a lifetime. Enemy and ally alike they came to watch and the Gundam pilots where feeling a bit uncomfortable being surrounded by demons when a few familiar figures came up to them. One of them was Sally having been worse for wear since she had one arm in a sling and a patch on her left cheek. Next to her was Kaede who was also has a sling on her arm and was using a bow as a walking stick. On the right stood Relena tall and proud but wounded as well. She held her left side and from what they could tell it was covered in blood. She was also limping on one leg and that showed that she had sprained it. "Where is Hilde?" Trowa asked, "She is with the shuttle getting it ready for launch." Sally replied, "Oh?" "And Catherine had joined up with us as well since the circus was completely destroyed by the demons a few days ago." Sally added and at the mention of his sister's name Trowa's eyes lit up but the explosion turned his attention back to the battle.
Mart dodged another attack by the lizard Montemura as she leaped did a summersault and released her whip on the demon. It was now that demons began to place bets to the disgust of Kaede to think that demons would bet on this. Mart dodged another hit by the demon and side stepped him causing him to stumble to the ground. Montemura got up and flipped the dog demon that used her hands to flip back on her feet. "Not bad dog but I am a few hundred years your senior," he said as he unleashed a pile of spikes but to his surprise Mart dodged them with ease and flipped over again kicking Montemura from behind on to the ground. The demon came back up with an uppercut and Mart was flown back into some of the rubble.
Montemura used that time to attack Mart and drive her back with his constant assault and she dodged and brought out the Tensaiga to protect her from his sword. The demon then let out some sort of sticky tongue out at Mart but she held up her arms and they hit her clothes but did nothing.
Quatre and Wufei where watching the fight closest to the buildings. And Wufei could see that the attacks where not phasing Mart that much. "She is really strong compared to when we first met her," Wufei commented and Quatre nodded, "I guess from all that light I would say that she has her soul back and it was time for payback," he said smiling. Wufei nodded in agreement but winced when Montemura once again.
Mart barely dodged that last attack as the Lizard demon finally gotten serious and fought harder. She felt something crack and saw that her armor was giving. She blocked again with Tensaiga and slashed at him managing to cut his face a deep one. Black blood spilled onto the ground causing the demons to gasp. Montemura was now angry that his face was cut, "Look at what you done to my beautiful face bitch!" he yelled at Mart and spitting out some blood that had collected in his mouth. "First you hurt the beautiful Kanna and now you cut my beautiful face you will die tonight bitch no more playing games." He said and charged at Mart who stood ready and spun out of the way and landed a good kick to the head. That brought the demon out of his stupor and slashed at Mart with his sword slicing her arm. The armor on her clothes protected her so it did nothing but scratch her. She then put her fist in his face causing Montemura to fall back onto the ground. Montemura got up again only to fall again in agony as his face felt as if it was on fire. "Well now like they say beauty is only skin deep," Mart said smirking as she charged with unbelievable speed. She struck Montemura again but the lizard was faster this time and managed to trip Mart to the ground. "I have had enough of this game," he said and transformed into his true demon form. He once again became the lizard but this time Mart smirked, "Well why you aren't transforming as well DOG!" Montemura screamed, "That is simple," Mart said as she studied the power of the demon. 'Inu-Yasha said that Tetsusaiga's main attack the Cutting Wind comes when two demon powers or winds come together and form a barrier that is the wind scar.' She thought and the demon struck down again but Mart dodged and only hit with her whip or her claws causing the lizard to back away. 'He is too strong for this one so I have to weaken him,' she thought as she pulled out the Tensaiga over her head.
'There is only one choice then till he is weak enough for the Cutting Wind,' she thought as she cut into him. It was then that she felt the wind scar pulling her power into the sword, "CUTTING WIND!" Mart yelled and let loose a powerful attack.
Montemura did not know what hit him when the cutting wind came in contact with him and he fell to the ground with a deep gash on his chest. Getting up the lizard demon attacked again and nearly slipped on the black blood that was his own. Mart simply dodged the blow and leaped into the air. Montemura did not expect this but he attacked anyways. He opened his mouth and blew out his tongue at Mart catching her. Mart's eyes widened at the sight as the demon swallowed her in one gulp.
A cheer went out throughout the crowd as all the enemy demons celebrated on a mission accomplished. Montemura raised his great arms out with pride as he roared a triumph. To the dismay of the demons that defended Higurashi shrine as well as the gundam gang this was not funny at all. The Shadow Assassins was worse off as well, "Mart," Charlie said and Jimmy had tears coming out of his eyes. Justin was ready to kill and Steven was silent. Tears began to fall the good guys eyes and sobs could be heard when the demons started to attack again and everyone was ready. The demons suddenly stopped in mid charge when they began to hear pain noises coming from Montemura.
The lizard clutched his stomach in pain as he doubled over in agony. The other demons watched as the demon rolled in agony at the pain in his stomach, "Make it stop it burns literally," Montemura moaned but then he started to bloat and grow in size. His eyes widened at the sight of his body growing in width and more pain shot out of him. Montemura was at his point when he exploded. Black blood and guts flew everywhere and the black blood formed a mist as they mixed with the dust and smoke of the burning city.
Everyone stared as dark red eyes penetrated the darkness burning with a passion to end it all. The demons stared at the black dog covered in blood and then turned and ran as the demon transformed again back into its true form. "Oh no you don't," Mart said as she raised Tensaiga in the air again, "BAKUYA!" She shouted and destroyed the remainder of the demon army of Naraku. The demons screamed as they disappeared, "That is what you get when you eat something poisonous." She said and sheathed her sword in it scabbard. Her clothes where covered in blood and soaked through her hair was black as well because of it in fact her skin was covered in the stuff.
The temple defenders only stared at her as her eyes glowed a golden hue in the light before she shouted, "Imua!" she shouted and the Shadow Assassins shouted the response, "Imua!" they shouted back at her as she let out a long but passionate howl of victory. "What does that mean anyways?" Duo asked, "It means freedom and justice in the Hawaiian language," Charlie said as he howled as well.
Some time later after the battle it began to rain when Mart changed from Howling to singing in a language that very few could sing that of whales. The eventually brought a rainstorm that burnt out the fires that sprung all around the city of Tokyo. "I am very sorry that this happened," Mart said in Japanese, "If you want we will leave," she said and turned to go, "Wait," One man said and Mart turned to him, "You have saved us from those monsters help us rebuild a bit before you go," he said, "I am sorry but I can't at the moment but I promise that when this is over I will return to help you rebuild your city," Mart said smiling and turned to the others as she walked through the rain. The blood began to wash off her clothes and her hair as she walked down the dark and damp streets. It was then that she noticed that she was wounded as well. The wound on her arm was already healing at a rapid pace and was now nothing but a small cut. Looking towards the sky she could only think of certain thoughts when she was interrupted by a certain fox.
Justin ran up to Mart and gave her the biggest hug that he could think of. "Justin?" she said and the fox nodded, "I missed you Mart," he said and the other Shadow Assassins came as well and gave her a hug. The Gundam Pilots watched as this heart warming event was taking place. It was then that Mart remembered something. Getting up she walked towards Kaede and the others, "I know that you will miss your grandmother do you want me to revive her?" Mart asked, "No that is ok she would get mad if I told you to." Kaede said with tears coming from her eyes as she watched the many people who survive pull the bodies off the streets and offer prayers for them to pass on. She then turned to the gundam pilots, "You have been taking good care of them," she said looking at them, "Actually they have been taking care of us," Quatre said with a warm smile, "They have protected us at all costs even at the cost of their lives." Nodding Mart then got up and began to head in the direction of the space port. "Well we can't waste anymore time here," she said and began to walk off. "My lady wait," Jaken called as he and Myouga ran off to join her, "Why do you want to come with me for?" Mart said looking at the two of them, "It is my duty as retainer of the Inu clan to be by your side at all times my lady it is our duty." The old toad said as he took up his old staff and began to follow.
It was sometime later when the light of the sun began to show on the horizon and the golden rays danced on the ocean causing it to sparkle with life. A lone shuttle stood on the space port runway when the gundam pilots came with trucks that harbored their broken gundams. "Man they took a beating but I tell you they fought hard," Duo said as he drove the lead truck that had the Wing Zero on the back as well as his Deathscythe. On the seat next to him was Heero typing away at his laptop, "The damages are severe and we have to somehow get spares from somewhere." He said and Duo groaned, "With this much damage how are we going to be ready to fight." Duo stated, "I don't think this was our fight to begin with," Heero stated as they drove further onto the grounds and started to load the gundams onto the shuttle. "All I know is that this fight with demons is not ours." He said, "Why do you say that?" Duo asked, "Well the gundams are designed for fighting other mobile suits not demons and since the demons are more flexible and can take a lot more beating then the mobile suits they where just wearing us down till they can kill us," Heero stated as he continued to type away. "I just don't get it?" Duo said, "I mean if the demons the Avengers are sending after us is suppose to be so strong then why are there mobile suits out there as well?" Duo stated that fact without taking his eyes off the progress of his mobile suit, "The Avengers want to keep the demons under control so they have to have support troops to keep a watch on them. But the thing that gets me is why are they summoning all these demons," Heero said as he began to ponder all these things.
Relena and the other girls had left before the boys got back from the battle having seen a lot as it is they had the shuttle ready to go and all it needed was the gundams. They where surprised at the amount of damage the gundams took from the battle in Tokyo. They where practically in pieces! Hilde was the one who is most shocked at the sight of the gundams and the pilots now that the sun was up. Relena and the girls where not that bad off from the crash but the guys had it worse. When they came from the trucks Heero needed help just to stand and one of Duo's arms was at an odd angle. Trowa had an obvious wound on one of his legs and Quatre had a limp as well as numerous cuts and scrapes on his body. The others where like that as well but the worse one off was Wufei who fell out of the truck. The others quickly ran over to him and Sally checked his vital signs. "He is not going to make it he has several injuries in his body and is bleeding internally." Wufei was covered in blood and when they saw his gundam they could see the extent of the damage. It was worse then the other gundams. "He was at the most populated of the battle." Quatre said, "And one of the demons hit him when we where getting the gundams."
Mart saw this and saw the worry in Justin's eyes as she walked up to him talking slow but graceful steps. When she was nearing Wufei she could hear them starting to cry when he breathed his last. She then took out her sword as she neared them.
The gundam gang started to cry when Wufei passed on and many had a face of vengeance on their faces. "Step aside," a voice said and they turned to see Mart with her sword drawn, "Why?" Sally said with eyes full of tears, "You will not eat him MORO NO KIMI!" she screamed in anguish, "I am not here to kill him or eat him I am here to heal him," she said coldly and she gasped as well as the others as she approached. "He has helped to control Justin and trained him well and in return I will offer him a second chance," she said and waited like Sesshoumaru taught her. The Tensaiga began to pulse with power as she waited till she could see the ball bearers nearing the body to consume the soul and take it to the underworld. "Well what are you waiting for?" Relena snarled, "The guides to hell," Mart replied, "And please call me Mart not Moro," she said as she transformed her sword and swung with all her might across Wufei killing the hell bringers.
Eyes began to open to the sight that awaited him there was gasps from the crowd around him as Wufei slowly stood up. Grabbing his head he looked to find that it no longer had any blood on him. He felt fine and his cuts where gone only leaving stains of blood on his clothes. "What the hell happened to me," he said and saw the retreating form of Mart as she walked away to join her fellow demons on the shuttle.
Wufei watched the retreating form white hair flowing in the wind and dog ears constantly searching around for the slightest sound of danger. Getting up he was welcomed back from the dead by his friends and could not help but smile as they hugged him.
It was later when they blasted off from Earth and headed for the colonies that he saw Mart in the hanger when all the others where asleep or piloting. Wufei passed a sleeping Charlie and Justin who slept on the high bunk together and he smiled when he saw faint silver forming on Charlie's mouth. Justin was just snoring away his tail twitching every now and then. He then walked passed them into the med room where Relena and Heero where sleeping soundly on separate beds. Relena was still recovering from the wound on her side and Heero as well and the others where recovering from the other injuries that they had in different parts of the room. Walking pass the medical room he came to the hanger where he found Mart sitting on the floor in the middle of the room. Leaping up from the platform Wufei floated over to her due to the low gravity of the shuttle.
Mart did not turn around but her ears gave Wufei away as she sat with her eyes closed. "I know why you are here," she said in a low tone, "Oh really?" Wufei asked, "You wish to know why I brought you back," she said and Wufei sighed there was no getting past the dog demon. "I just wanted to know how you did it?" he asked, "I used Tensaiga it killed the ball bearers that came to get your soul and by killing them and sending them back to hell I healed you." She said and Wufei nodded and sat across from the dog. "Just tell me something Mart," he said and the dog looked at him with cool yellow eyes. "Ask away wondering dragon," she said and Wufei was taken back from the title. "Where did you get that from?" he asked, "Justin told me of your origins so I thought the name suits you," she said with a warm smile and Wufei had to think about that one. He was used to people calling him 'Solitary Dragon' or 'Mr. Stick up his Ass,' because of his attitude towards others and that hurt him especially the second one but, 'Wondering Dragon' was a new one. "Why are you calling me that?" he demanded his voice in a growl. "When one sets himself up to leave on his own he must wonder the world to find himself weather it be in battle or a journey of self discovery or just leaving the nest. From my observation and from what that annoying little fox has told me you had been on such a journey for sometime now after Meiran died." Mart said and Wufei was taken back by what the demon was saying to him. "The name I am calling you is not for harassment it is more of a title to someone who is in search of himself. You still wonder why you are still alive when your mate is dead." Mart said and Wufei could see the wisdom in her words. For someone who was alive for five hundred years but only experienced twenty years of life she held more wisdom then one could give her credit for.
"So tell me Mart does this name make me a wonderer?" he asked, "Yes you are still searching for the end to your mission. As you set foot on Earth your mission was clear. To bring to justice all the wrongs that has been done to you but at the same time finding yourself. For as I see it you have been trained as a warrior and a scholar as well as a magician of sorts, but you lack in self just like the others. Heero too is like that not having time to know what it means to be human and the memories that he shared with me have been enough to start him on his journey to finding himself." She stated with a matter of fact, "Duo hides behind that smile but I can see past that to the loneliness that he hides there. That mask of smiles is only going to shatter one day and it is starting to fade due to this constant war. Quatre does not know his true incentives though he is heir to a very large cooperation he does not feel the need to run it. He has too much of a wonder lust to stay home. He is not a home boy his a warrior and a person who wishes to know more about the world and how it runs before he can settle down and have any family affairs. As for Trowa he does not know his true purpose in life he sees this as all one big mission like Heero so I told him earlier to make it his mission to live and find himself.
The circus is one big help since it travels from place to place and when he finds what he is looking for then he will wonder no more," Mart said and Wufei had been silent listening to her words like he has done to his master long ago. She spoke in a voice that was young and full of life yet at the same time calm like the sea and full of knowledge. "I have one question also though?" Wufei asked, "You are on a journey yourself is that right?" he asked and Mart nodded, "Yes and so are the others." She said and she crossed her legs in Indian style her eyes never wondering from Wufei's onyx ones as she spoke something that would make him remember for a long time. "I was on such a journey," Mart said before sighing, "And so has Myouga and Jaken sleeping over there," she pointed with a claw and Wufei turned to find the two retainers sleeping peacefully against one of the broken gundams.
"As you can see I had or still have journey far to find my true self. As a human I was contained too much and not having a true sense of self. Heck I was believing I am not of the same species. It was when I was in high school that I found that out but when I entered college it was then that I still had a lot of discovering to do. I did not know what I truly wanted in life. I only knew that I wanted to be alone for a while and think for myself for once." She said sadly gazing at the floor. "For a long time I was thinking this for I had people left and right telling me who to be and where to go and how to live. I just knew that was not me and I could not afford at that time to go to the mainland so I was stuck dealing with it. Then this came," she held up her clawed hand and showed him the scars, "They took me and my humanity away leaving me with nothing." She said, "It was then that I realized that I had to start all over again and find myself. After the slaughter and I became imprisoned in the ice I had a lot of time to think about this. And it was then that I met Inu-Yasha and his brother Sesshoumaru. They taught me about life as a demon and the comings and goings of it but they left the choice of whether I should live to bring justice or just let go and die an empty shell. I made the choice to take the journey to avenge them of the wrongs that Naraku has done and I hold no regrets. I found a lot of things about myself." She said, "For one I am no longer the trouble maker I am more grown up then I thought possible for the experiences I had was enough to drive anyone insane but it was my determination that kept me and the boys going. And eventually we grew stronger mentally as well as physically and spiritually. I feel that we are all ready for this fight. It is only a matter of you finding those answers that we already found in life just don't take too long finding it," Mart said and Wufei was stunned by this course of words coming from someone who looked about the same age in fact younger then him.
Getting up the gundam pilot headed towards his quarters, "Just remember what I said Wufei and maybe someday you will find the answers you seek and perhaps a new mate along the way." And with that Wufei was gone into his quarters unnoticed by him a pair of light blue eyes was watching him from where he came from.
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