Disclaimer: See chapter one
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Aki Kitsune- Of course I do. Writing about insane villains is the coolest. Total whack-jobs who want to blow up the universe for giggles is always fun.
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Mimic12355- And here it is!
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FinalSaber- Really? I never thought of that. Hmmm. I've got to try that. And you're right. It is justice. (Annihilate! Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill!!!)
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chero666- That's okay. Your intentions are enough for me to smile.
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Chap. 29
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I stood away in the air, facing down my death-pale nemesis. The fact that he wasn't attacking indicated that he was now hesitant to attack me. That has to have been a first for him.
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"What's the matter, Anubis?" I taunted for a change.
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Anubis narrowed his eyes and his wings spread out everywhere. Shortly afterward, he charged forward with his lance reared back for attack. However despite that, his speed was still lacking and I was able to meet his blow easily. The clashed ripped through the area, despite it being weak and Anubis began to push against me, shoving me toward the wall. My own wings ignited as I began to push back and we wound up struggling against each other. The pressure between us increased as we tried to force the other back. Suddenly he smiled...
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"Okay, you win."
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Anubis suddenly shifted, causing me to fly off due to the continued energy. I rushed straight toward the wall on the other end and my hands smashed into the wall hard in order to stop. The parts of the wall crumbled on impact, but I looked back to look for Anubis.
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"Raaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!"
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I turned to the right to see Anubis fire his Plasma Burst. Correction, his Dual Plasma Burst. Two blobs of orange energy came right at me in a full rush. I shot upward to evade, but as usual the energy followed me. However, I had gotten far enough to shift toward their owner. Anubis.
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"Haaa!"
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Blade and blade clashed, resulting in both of us being pushed away forcefully. I charged in, but shot upward at the last moment when I realized that the plasma energy was nearly upon me. The energy smashed into Anubis, but he laughed it off.
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"What was that? Are you getting desperate?"
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"Hardly."
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I knew that Anubis couldn't be hurt by his own attack, but it did serve well enough to distract him long enough for me to summon a full-powered Metatron Sphere. Anubis looked up through the mist of fire just in time to see me launch it. But his face remained as it was.
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"Oh, come on. Give me something new, bro."
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Anubis warped as well, getting out of the path of the Sphere and causing it to explode in the far end. He reappeared beside me and spun his lance in attack. I brought mine up in defense, but the strength of the twirling blade lance knocked me back. I shook it off, but he hadn't finished and pressed the attack, his lance still spinning as he bashed in again. This was a change. Now he's being aggressive. Anubis hammered in on me further, striking with heavy blows. I couldn't manage to fight back because he came on me relentlessly. I was soon pushed back against the wall of Aumaan where he continued his vicious attacks, bending my arms and blade inward.
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"Die! Die! Die!! DIE!!!!!!!!"
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I had to get out before he stabbed in. If he did, I would be impaled against the wall. And as soon as I thought that, his arm reared back, pointing the staff forward.
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'Oh, no!'
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In a panic, I blasted off to the left, but it was not enough and the lance stabbed right through my shoulder.
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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I grabbed hold of the weapon, desperately trying to pry it out. Metatron spilled out into the air from across his staff and he hovered before me, smiling.
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"Hehehehe. You lose, Jehuty."
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He centered his arm and body inward, summoning his Dual Plasma Burst once more. 'He's going to fire at point-blank range!' At that range, I would be annihilated! I grabbed the staff and pulled even harder, trying to get the weapon out before Anubis blasted me into oblivion. The energy increased and I could feel the sheer heat from the energy. The staff's grip began to loosen, but it was still in tight.
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-"GET OUT NOW!!!!!"-
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"IT'S OVER JEHUTY!!!"
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'It's now or never!'
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"RAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
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The light sheered in my face as he fired the destructive energy. At the same time, I ripped the lance out of the wall and shifted far to the right. The wall exploded and the shards of the wall blew up everywhere. Anubis stood in the midst of the dust and turned to look up at me.
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"You just refuse to die, don't you?"
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I hovered high and away, looking back at Anubis. His lance was still inside my shoulder. Still holding the weapon, I tore the weapon out, despite the intense pain of doing so and I held the bloodied weapon in my grasp. Anubis began to smile again, but that was until I hurled his weapon back at him, almost taking his head off and causing it to become stuck in the wall. But I hadn't totally missed. Not with that now-fresh line on his face.
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"You dare!"
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Pulling out his lance, he shifted at me and struck out with an overhead strike. I met the clash, but not with much force as I could have. The injury in my opposite arm was diverting my focus. Using it to his advantage, he locked his blade with mine and fell back, causing me to be flung by the momentum. I soared through the air and right into the wall once again. 'This is becoming a bad habit.' Anubis had disappeared once again, but I didn't wait for him to reappear. I shifted toward the center of Aumaan. When I arrived, I saw him reappear right above where I was. Waving my arm (the bad one unfortunately), I let out a stream of Wave Beams at him. Anubis heard the attack and let loose his own Vein Beams. The energy beams flew throughout the entire place, some hitting the other and negating each other while the rest hit the walls around us. I dodged away from the beam and shifted to Anubis again, only to find him mirroring my actions, shifting toward me.
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-'This is going to hurt.'-
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There wasn't a blow as powerful as the one we had created right there. By shifting toward each other in attack, the counter-force of the attack was tremendous, virtually ripping both of us as well as the whole of Aumaan. I'm not sure how, but we continued to hold the lock, beside the obvious pain that ripped through both of us. Anubis decided to push away, but I couldn't let him. I could allow him to gain a foothold. I reared my arm back and struck, much to my pain. But I was right in assuming that Anubis was hurt as well. But I had to keep up. I had to fight him. Outlast him. Stop him now. My attacks pressed and it was Anubis this time who was forced against the wall. I was giving it everything I had; going past my pain and fatigue to summon the strength I needed.
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'Come on!'
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Anubis, seeing his retreated position, struck forward, stopping my advance and causing me to falter back. Anubis rushed at me and I came back. We clashed, but rather than locking, we rotated, spinning around and switching positions. I attacked and he returned it, causing us to twirl again. This went on several times, each of us switching positions and moving through Aumaan. Occasional, we would shift away in another part, but then we'd just continue from there. We were at our final stretch here. Our power and strength were at its max. Now it was just a matter of who slipped up first.
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I just had to make sure that it wasn't me...