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Chapter One: The demon Shaid strikes
In the dark dungeons of the underworld, deep within the palace where King Enma's most favored treasures were kept lurked a shadow. Numerous ogre guards stood about, on guard duty for the treasures. The treasure chamber was a dimly lit area, casting many shadows. At the heart of the chamber on an elevated and well-guarded pedestal rested an opaque black orb that emitted an eerie purple glow. Several ogres stood around the base of the pedestal, armed with broad swords and large axes. A shadow on the floor that belonged to one of the ogres moved and part of it slinked away and up to the other ogres quietly. Looking down at the live shadow, two red eyes appeared and the ogres hesitated. The shadow raised itself slowly out of the floor and took the shape of a hooded figure. Only its two menacing red eyes were visible under the hood. Fearfully, the ogres gripped their weapons tighter. The hooded figure reached inside its cloak and withdrew several small daggers that it threw down onto the ogres' shadows, piercing their shadows at vital points. Coughing up blood, the ogres fell lifeless to the cold chamber floor. The hooded silhouette grabbed the glowing black orb and tucked it inside its black abyss of a cloak. An high pitched alarm rang out and every ogre in the vicinity ran towards the sly demon as it was sucked back into the floor and swiftly moved towards the exit into a long, dark corridor. Countless ogres tried to block the exit from the shadow demon but it was no use. One even dropped its heavy ax onto the shadow but the demon remained unaffected. The shadow demon laughed contemptuously at the futile attempts of the ogres. Deciding to toy with them a bit, the demon sprang from the floor and slain many with its unlimited number of knives.
The small toddler whom was currently in charge of Spirit World, Koenma, was shuffling and stamping his approval on important papers at his oak desk when a loud alarm sounded. Koenma jumped up, startled, and stood on his chair as the grim reaper herself ran in, panicked.
"Report!" Koenma demanded sharply.
"Koenma, sir! A demon has infiltrated the palace and has stolen one of your father's favorite treasures!!!" Botan exclaimed, out of breath.
He gulped. This would only mean spankings for him in the future if King Enma found out one of the sacred treasures had been stolen again. "Which treasure has been stolen?" Koenma tried to keep his voice even. "Was it the Rapacious Orb, the Mirror of Darkness, or the Conjuring Blade?"
Botan shook her head, vigorously. "It's none of those, sir. It's taken the Orb of Order!!!" Botan exclaimed, knowing the full risk of what could happen if the demon escaped.
Dread filled Koenma as the bottom of his stomach dropped. "Stop that demon now! Do anything and everything to stop it; or both worlds will cease to exist!" Koenma ordered.
Botan nodded and with a flash of light her flying boat oar appeared. She jumped onto her boat oar, flying down a passageway towards where the demon was last sighted.
Assaulting both shadow and flesh with the small blades, the shadow demon was surrounded by a sea of ogre corpses but more kept coming and piling up in the halls of the dungeon. The demon's hood turned, the malicious red eyes saw Botan flying straight at it. The flat of the oar collided with the hood of the demon. Knocking the demon off balance, it vanished into the shadows on the wall. Botan landed on the rubble and took in the sight of all the dead ogres. A fist came out of the shadows, punching Botan hard in the jaw. Regaining her footing on the unstable ground, Botan began an incantation she had recently learned to seal demons away into hell.
"By the power in me as the guide to the underworld, I use my white magic to-"
Recognizing the incantation, fear swept through the demon but it quickly recovered. "Time to make my grand escape… I'll send you all to Hell instead!"
A powerful shockwave was sent out in all directions, hitting Botan and the oncoming ogres, preventing Botan from finishing her sealing spell. The force from the seismic wave attack knocked the wind out of Botan and sent her through stonewall. Her moral fiber groaned and splintered with a sickening crack. Screaming in pain her head smashed into another wall and she stopped moving. Vision blurred and pain searing throughout her entire body, she didn't notice the ceiling beginning to collapse. Before the ceiling collapsed on the demon, it dived back into the shadows on the floor. A few minutes later when everything stopped and the dust settled; the shadow demon reappeared from the rock, rubble, and dead bodies. Struggling against death, Botan barely opened one eye and saw the shadow demon standing over her laughing spitefully.
"Hah! I finally have it! The Orb of Order! No one can stop the ultimate shadow demon, Shaid!" Shaid was consumed by the shadows and vanished with the orb.
Botan breathed unevenly and winced at every intake of breath. Desperately calling, Botan cried, "Yu… suke…"
TO BE CONTINUED
Hope that was interesting enough for you. Can't promise the next chapter will be out soon. Ja ne!