Disclaimer: See chapter one
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Aki Kitsune- I'll remember. Arigato.
chero666- With pleasure!
Raiden-sama- First, I've never seen Inuyasha, so I'm not sure what you're saying, but thanks. Second, I didn't forget about the Mummy subweapon, but sometimes it feels like cheating, (I know it's not, but still) and I believe that it adds character if Jehuty relied on his own energy and power.
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Chap. 21
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I am quite used to battle. Fighting against dangerous and deadly forces and foes was nothing new to me. But this was different. I never lead a army before, much less fought against so many adversaries at once. I wasn't sure how to feel and the truth was there was no time for it, not yet.
For now, there was only battle...
And so that was it, as I swooped in and battled with the countless hordes of Raptors and Leopardos. If not for their number, they could have been dispatched easily. But that's not the case and there's no sense in complaining about it. Some distance away, Vic Viper was doing his own share of damage, interchanging between his bird form and his warrior form. But he seemed to be staying back, fighting defensively at times. I almost wondered why until I realized that he was supporting the LEV soldiers. They were fighting fiercely against the horde, holding their ground steady. I admired their resolve to keep fighting, but the truth was that they were in trouble. The swarms continued to close in on them, attacking unrelentingly. I had to stop this. I said they would get through and I would try to help as many as I can. Turning around, I looked toward a group of LEVs that were closed in together and fighting a pack of Leopardos and Raptors. Now how should I start? Ah, I remember...
"Geyser!"
I let out a spray of white energy pellets, which fell over the soldiers. They seemed a little confused by it, but the resulting energy beams ignited and prevented the enemy from closing in on them. While they struggled to approach, I came up from behind and unsheathed my blade.
"Haaaaaaa!!!!"
A sliver of light and three Raptors blew apart and exploded. A Leopardo was approaching from the ground nearby. His mistake...
"Comet!"
The creature was destroyed by the blue burst of energy, but then four more appeared. I was about to attack once again when they where suddenly riddled with bullet and they blew up one by one. Looking over, I saw the LEV group shooting them and others down.
"Thanks for the help, but we have it now. Go."
I nodded to him and took to the sky again. I saw another group of Raptors approach me rapidly. A very large group. Well, the more the merrier.
"Gauntlet! Ha!"
I lashed out twice, sending two gauntlet blasts. They hit two of the Raptors and sent them crashing into the group. As they struggled to recover, I summoned my Metatron Sphere and let it fly. The energy destroyed three of the Raptors and left two damaged. My wings igniting, I flew in and racked my blade into the first Raptor. The second one managed to recover and slashed down on my back. I was pushed forward a bit before I let my anger flow and the Metatron as well.
"Crescent Slash!!!"
The spinning slash demolished the Raptor and left its pieces to fall to the ground. It was then that I noticed I was becoming fatigued. I have been fighting for much longer time without a cube of Metatron to revitalize me. But that wasn't going to stop me.
"Help!"
Turning my head, I saw a sole LEV soldier in serious trouble. Leopardos was swarming around him, attacking from all sides. Wing ignited again, I prepared to fly in when...
"Help me!"
I turned again. Another LEV was in trouble as well. I turned between them. If I didn't move, they would die. But who? I couldn't reach both of them. Wisp could only reel in one enemy, and the numbers were too numerous for that. I would have to fight directly. But again, who? If I went to one, the other would...
Breaking the thought, I blasted toward one of them in attack. I had to hurry and destroy all of them fast.
"Homing Missile!!!"
I stretch my arms and summoned a full array of missiles. Waving them forward, I let the projectiles fly and they all found their target and destroyed them. Moving next to him...
"Are you alright?"
The soldier nodded, "Yeah. Just give me a minute."
At that moment, another LEV came nearby. It was T.
"Go on. I'll watch him."
I quickly nodded and flew into the air, searching for the second LEV that called. But upon reaching the area, all that was left was a burned area on the ground. I was too late. Time seemed to stop as I realized that others were dying as well. Screams echoed throughout the entire battlefield. People were dying all around me. Yet, all I could think of was this one LEV.
"No...Raaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!"
My cry was soon accompanied by a frenzied charge into the battle again. Blade unlocked, I targeted the first Raptor I saw.
'Comrades that have fought and died in this battle so that we would continue. We will honor them.'
And I did. The Raptor found that out firsthand as my blade impaled it through. Pulling it out, I surveyed the scene again. A large squad of Raptors was flying toward a LEV group with a Leopardo group underneath. I wouldn't be able to destroy them all before they reached the LEVs, but I could reduce the numbers.
"Wisp!"
The energy wire lashed out and hooked one of the Raptors. A few of them turned to look at me and came in to attack. Holding the Raptor, I twirled around like a whirlwind and finally tossed it away. It exploded into the others and gave me time to use my next technique.
"Phanlanx!"
I let out the shards of energy and they spread around and crippled the approaching Raptors. Now that they were neutralized for the moment, I focused my attention on the Leopardos. It looks like they all were coming at me. Summoning Phanlanx again, I repeated my action on them, destroying them totally. Looking back up, the Raptors had recovered somewhat and flying in to attack. One reached me first and hit...
...a decoy. The Raptor must have been confused by hitting a shadow. But that ended as I, in stealth mode, approached and slashed it across. The others in the group were searching around for me, but they were unable to see me and I tore them apart one by one. My cloak finally faded and I was visible again. I was now getting really exhausted, but I had to cope. Examining the area, I saw that only a few of the enemy remained and they were currently getting wiped out by the LEVs and Vic Viper. That when my senses went on alert. Turing toward Aumaan, I saw something that made me worry.
-"You can't be serious."-
Another cloud of enemies were coming right at us. They were even more numerous than the ones we fought before.
"This is crazy." Vic gasped. "That's even more than before."
Strangely enough, I didn't respond. Rather, I lowered myself to the ground. Vic gave me a strange look.
"Jehuty?"
I simply looked at the approaching horde, my face neutral as I raised my hands.
"Encase my body with glowing power
And fill my veins with Metatron thunder."
The armor formed around me once again and I centered my hands forward, continuing the great summon.
"Show me the target of your rage
Let the spheres of light engage."
The power flooded before me and the ring began their cycle. The Raptors were still a ways off, but they were getting closer. 'Focus...' The Raptors closed in as the ring reached full speed. Vic Viper backed away from the awesome power that was in circulation. 'Boy, are they going to get it.'
"Shine forth the fire of Armageddon
Unleash the power of the Vector Cannon!"
The pure white light flashed forth and vaporized the Raptors that were close to me. The beam continued on into the center of the Raptor horde, shredding them in a mere blink of an eye. The Raptor spread out and away as I waved the beam left and right. The energy finally gave out and I accessed the damage. I had taken out at least half of the advancing horde and put the outer in disarray. I felt really burned now. My body was straining for energy and using the V. Cannon technique didn't help things. But I still had to go. Still had to fight. I forced my wings open again and flew right into the horde. My hands wide open, I fired random blasts at them as I flew through them. The blast didn't destroy any, but it did get their attention and they soon gave chase.
'Perfect.'
I twisted my body around and opened my hands wide open. 'Let's see what Zakat left me with.'
"Floating Mine. Wait for a touch."
A blink of energy flashed and a blue-green ball formed. It floated there while the Raptors flew past. One of them tapped it lightly and the F. Mine exploded with tremendous force, taking out the Raptor and the other in range of the blast. The Raptors scattered around, once again in disarray. That didn't mean I was done with them yet.
"Halbread!"
Focusing the intense energy beam, I shredded through the next Raptor. I then turned it toward the next and destroyed it as well. I destroyed five of them before I stopped. My energy was draining rapidly. I'm not sure I could keep this up much longer. And the horde was still coming.
"Tsssssrrrrrrr!!!!!!"
Suddenly, beams of light streaked the air and through the Raptors. Flying through them at insane speed, Vic Viper shot through then in his falcon form. His shrieks were accompanied by his beam attacks while his feathers detached and impacted with the others. Also, the ground moving Leopardos were being blasted as well. The LEV soldiers were now aligned and firing wildly, trashing the ground moving minions.
"We got you covered", one of them called out.
I watched impressively as they took the scene of battle. The LEVs were hammering in the Leopardo while Vic Viper soared through and destroyed the Raptors. But I couldn't let them have all the fun.
"Homing Missile!"
The missiles set themselves on my back. Holding in the technique, I waited until a full rack of missiles were set and let them all fly. The missiles took down the Raptors by the dozens. I was about to summon another rack when I hesitated. 'What's...happening...?' I was feeling really drained, but didn't understand why. Shaking it off, I saw the last of the Raptors approach me. I don't know what's wrong with me, but I had to finish this now. Stretching my hand up, I summoned the sphere and held it to full power. Locking on to the group in the center, I unleashed it. The sphere flew bright and true and it exploded with tremendous force. Raptor parts rained down from the sky and burned. Vic Viper had succeeded in destroying the last remaining Raptors and the few LEV soldiers remaining took out the remaining Leopardos. The firefight and the screams of dying soldiers were gone now. But upon looking at the LEVs, I saw that the price was high...
"Uggghhhhh..."
I suddenly felt extremely weak and lowered to the ground. My knees weakened and I wound up bending down. A suddenly surge of heat coursed through my body and the Metatron within me began to pulsate faster. My hands found themselves planted into the ground as the heat continued to burn through me.
"What's...happening...Guaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!"
My body suddenly exploded in a column of light that streaked into the very sky. The energy flare intensified and exploded again. The burning suddenly stopped and I felt...fine. Better than fine. I was re-energized, no, this was something more. I felt more powerful than I ever felt before. My body was giving off an aura-like glow and three Wisps were encircled around me.
"What...is this?"
-Zero Shift-