(Here it is, part one of the climax to my longest story yet. I decided I shall make a sequel, and, I know I keep forgetting, finally do the Disclaimer.
Disclaimer: I do not own, Jet, Virginia, Clive, Gallows, Maya, Alfred, Shady Todd(afro) Leehalt, Werner, Melody, Malik, Janus, Shalte and Tesla, Beatrice, Siegfried, and all other Wild Arms characters, they are owned by Media Vision and Sony.
I DO own Todd (blue hair), Haruko, Aaron, Saiin, and Morgan. I forgot Ovius as well.
Without further ado, I bring you the final installment to 'The Demon Lord, Haruko'.)
The Demon Lord, Haruko-Chapter Thirty Four; Part One
A slight drizzle had began to fall as Jet fought to pull himself out of the enormous pile of rubble which had previously existed as Haruko's stone claw.
The demon roared out in agony as Ovius raised his right arm and allowed it to be transformed into a large cannon. The beast began to charge the weapon as Virginia and Gallows finally pulled themselves onto the somewhat huge plateau of floating stone and concrete.
"What in the all of Filgaia is that thing?!" Gallows exclaimed gazing at the floating dragon.
Virginia rubbed her eyes quickly before responding, "It has to be Haruko."
Gallows's eyes widened in disbelief. "That's the demon; when did he become so, so, BIG?!"
Virginia glanced around and noticed Clive straining to stand before collapsing to the ground.
"Clive!"
The girl rushed over to her companion as Gallows took in the amazement of the recent development.
"Clive, are you all right? Clive!" Virginia exclaimed urgently as the green- haired rifleman concentrated on Ovius.
"I'm fine, there are more imperative things we need to be concerned about."
Virginia turned her head to see what Clive had pointed out.
Ovius fired his energy blast and watched it collide with Haruko's right arm in a deafening explosion.
"You… incompetent failure!" the demon raged as he swung his remaining claw at the armored juggernaut. The impact of the attack sent the beast flying, just as Jet climbed out of the rubble. He quickly rolled out of the way to avoid the projectile, which came to a halt as it crashed into the rubble and stone.
"Now, die!" Haruko yelled as hundreds of miniature cannons sprouted from his rock body and began to fire energy bursts rapidly at the fallen creature. The combined explosion of each and every blast destroyed the corresponding rock and stone underneath Ovius, as well as the surrounding area.
As smoke and rubble fell to the far ground, Todd's body fell as well, only to suddenly stop in midair.
Jet's mouth opened slightly in surprise as Todd was gently placed atop the platform.
"Jet!" The Drifter turned his head to see that Virginia had used the Gale Claw medium to stop Todd from falling to his death.
Jet nodded slowly before turning his gaze to Todd who was beginning to stand shakily.
"Enough of this foolishness, you Drifters have intruded on my plans for the final time!" Haruko roared in anger as a huge sphere of light began to form, growing with each passing moment.
The ball of light seemed to block out the sun as it stopped growing and began to slowly inch forward.
"Feel the sorrow of an eternity!" Haruko fired the great sphere as the Drifters barely ran to the far east and west of the platform, evading the attack just in time as it crashed into the platform, exploding in a blinding flash of light.
When the smoke cleared, all that was left of the original Saint's Tower were two small platforms, one housing Jet, who had picked up Todd and escorted him to safety, while the other held safety, at least for now, for Virginia, Gallows, and Clive.
"If he fires that attack again we're finished," Jet thought as Haruko growled anxiously.
"I must say, I did not expect you Drifters to have avoided my blast. It was meant to have eliminated you, but your survival forces me to fire the Osiris Cannon now."
Jet and Clive's eyes widened in fear as they realized Haruko's words; the Osiris Cannon only be fired once, at least that is what it sounded like from what Haruko had explained earlier, but the unimaginable power from the blast would leave Filgaia eradicated in an instant.
Jet gritted his teeth. "There has to be a way to stop the cannon, there has to be!" he muttered as a foreign thought entered his mind. The only way he had been able to battle the demon earlier was by using the small amount of the planet's energy within him. From what Haruko explained, the blast was composed entirely of the amount of Filgaia's energy which resided within him.
Jet closed his eyes as he heard a loud trembling noise. The platforms were shaking, almost in fear, at the amount of energy which was growing within the cannon which composed all of Haruko's body beneath his stone abdomen.
Jet nodded solemnly as Todd stood up. The Drifter figured he would have to cancel out the blast by using the energy within him, thus, most likely, destroying his body.
(And so, my computer crisis is finally over and I can finish the story. Well, read and review!)