Part 10: To the Battle
Gods and Demons clashed together in the battle that would determine the fate of the world. Each side sending out cries of hate as everyone from the youngest to the oldest immortal were out fighting for that single fate. Tyr led the youth into a successful barricade as Urd shot with her strongest thunderbolts against herds of rampaging demons.
"I'm wasting mass amounts of my power...." She thought as she struck again and again. "But this is the only way I can hold them off!"
Skuld held her hammer high above her head and Noble Scarlet raised her hands up, summoning dark heavy clouds. "Oh spirits of water, vapors that swirl through the air, gather and become bullets of purity!" A thundering shower shot down and made the demons cry in rage as Surt evaporated Skuld's spell and led them on in a monstrous charge.
"Don't give an inch! They do not stand a chance against our power!" Surt shouted as Mara flew over to his side.
"She's been captured..."
"Excellent..." Surt cackled and fell back.
"Where are you going?" Mara glared.
"To carry out the final step, lead in my absence." He commanded and vanished in a pillar of fire.
Despair held a sword tightly in her grasp and stared around nervously. "How could she have gotten away from me?" She growled then heard a pebble clack on the ground.
"YAAH!" Hope shot from above and clanged her sword against Despair's.
"Why You!!" Despair growled and began to apply greater force to the opposing blades.
"I don't approve of this revolution that Surt has in plan for the universe!" Hope growled.
"You think I care if you approve or not!?" Despair barked and shot her back a few feet, making Hope trip over and drop her sword. "Now pick up that blade and fight me!"
"As you wish!" Hope said and charged at her again.
The two continued their fight until Surt arrived in a burst of flames. "ENOUGH!" he roared.
"My lord!" Despair quickly tossed her blade aside and kneeled.
"There's no need for that." He chuckled then grinned at Hope. "So, did she come willingly or did you force her?"
"Force." Despair growled.
Hope held her sword defensively and shouted. "You did this to me! Why? Why did you separate Despair from my heart?"
"Because young goddess, she was the key to my plan." He looked up at Nidheg. "For years, the immortals in heaven have always had the advantage over us demons, making contracts with the humans...and you my dear are merely a result of one of those contracts."
"Contract?"
"Oh, that's right...no one ever told you...." He chuckled.
"Told me what...?" Hope stared.
"The reason why your Mother came to Earth, and lived with that Mortal man." he grinned. "He made a selfish wish that a goddess like her would remain by his side forever, and thus your mother was forced to live with him as long as she did."
"That's not true! She wouldn't have stayed just because she was forced to!" Hope said. "She stayed with him not just because of that contract, but because she loved him! I am not the result of some contract! I am a representation of their eternal love for each other!"
Despair's eyes widened.
"Don't back talk me hybrid!" He shot a razor like flame at her but it only managed to nick her cheek. "Heh...huh?!" Her wound instantly re healed itself. "How...how is that possible?"
"You took Despair away from me...and Despair was everything that made me human." Hope said. "Now I am just a goddess."
"YOU!" He snarled and felt fire burning all around him in rage. "Despair, fuse back into her immediately!"
"What!?" She stared at him in shock.
"DO IT NOW!!" He roared.
Hope and Despair exchanged a look with one another then stared back at the raging lord of fire.
"Despair, can't you see how he panics?" Hope asked.
"Y...yes..." Despair stared.
"He can't kill us unless we fuse together, but remember, we may find the answer to all our pain in death but what about..."
"SILENCE!!" Surt roared.
Hope shot him a stern glare. "Surt...before Despair does as you say, allow me to tell you the truth behind the power of my blood." Hope said. "If it ripples down the trees veins and branches, and into it's roots, it will pulsate extraordinary amounts of power to the demon tribe."
Surt chuckled but stopped when Despair shot him a stern glare as well.
"She's right Surt, your tribes will receive endless amounts of power that will raise you above the heavens. However, this power will cause you all great pain, your veins will pulsate with pressure and eventually you will all suffer in agonizing pain...until the demon race vanishes completely from the universe. That is why all this power is confined within us."
"You're pathetic tales do not fright me!"
"But they do frighten me!" A voice shouted and soon came in the form of a body.
"Mara!" Hope and Despair stared in shock as the demon attacked Surt with Despair's sword.
"Betrayer!!!" Surt caught her neck and tossed her aside.
"I'm not so easily defeated Surt!" Mara shouted and held her hands out. "Hellfire thunder blast!" The attack missed him by a long shot.
"You dare attack me with fire!? Surt? The very King of Muspelhiem!?" He roared.
"Despair! Hope! Get out of here now while you still can!!" Mara shouted and felt fire burst all around her.
"NOOO!" Hope cried and grabbed Despair's hand. "Quickly! We have to help her!!"
Despair stared at her then at Surt as he laughed at the demoness's pain. "I...I want to be free of my pain...but I can't stand it if other's must suffer in our place!" Despair shouted and vanished.
"Ah..." Surt grinned as Hope's eyebrows tilted and her teeth became bare.
"SURT!! STOP IT!!!!!" Her eyes began to glow and her hand shot forward, the flames around Mara vanished and burst up around him.
"HAHAHAAH! How foolish!" He laughed until the flames began to harm his flesh and burn like the sun's rays.
"Mara!" Hope ran over to her.
"What are you doing, get the hell out of here...." Mara coughed.
"Not without you." She smiled and pulled one of Mara's arms around her shoulders. "Surt! This isn't over! Not by a long shot!" Hope shouted before darting out of his kingdom.
"NO! COME BACK HERE!!!!" He roared as he lashed his arms at the fire until he finally extinguished it with an outburst of rage.
After a few minutes, Hope landed in front of the temple and helped Mara stand on her own.
"Why did you help me?" she growled.
"Why did you help me?" Hope asked with a smile.
"Uh...to save my own hide, I'm not about to burn up in pain just because of that maniac." She coughed.
"Sure." Hope groaned and walked to the temple door.
"Hey, what are you doing!? You've got a battle to end you know!"
"I know; I just need to suit up first." Hope said as she walked in.
"Suit up?"
"Who's there?" Keiichi jumped out wearing his helmet and holding a hamaya tightly in his hand.
"Whoa, it's just me Poppa!" Hope laughed.
"Huh? Hope!" He quickly dropped it and gave her a hug. "The fight is over so soon?"
"No... it's still going on." Hope sighed and backed out of his arms and walked into her room.
"Wha...uh...YOU!" Keiichi snatched up his Hamaya again and charged at Mara.
"Yikes! WAIT A SECOND!!!" Mara dodged him and ran around the temple with him close behind. "I'M ON YOUR SIDE YA GOTTA BELIEVE ME!!!" She cried as he tossed one after another at her.
"Like I'm going to believe that!" Keiichi barked.
Tyr shot back a few feet to catch his breath from the battle; it seemed almost pointless since neither side was backing down.
"Damnit, we need more power." he growled then saw Surt shoot back into the battle in roaring flames. "It's him." He quickly tied his dagger to one end of his staff and started to fight his way through the battle to fight him. "I'm going to kill that bastard! It's all his fault this is happening!!"
Keiichi fell to his knees and tried to catch his breath as Mara continued to run around like a headless chicken until they both heard an engine roar.
"The Yamaha!" Keiichi jumped up to his feet and ran to the shed to find Hope standing in her racing suit with the top tied around her waist and a white shirt.
"What are you doing?" He stared.
"I'm going back, this battle won't stop until Surt is finished." Hope said.
"Wha...finished?" Mara popped into their conversation.
"As much as I hate to say, the guy is completely nuts, and unless someone stops him now then we're going to face the destruction of the universe." Hope revved the engine on her Yamaha again.
"Hope..." Keiichi stared.
"Well how are ya planning to do that? The battle is up there not down here. It's not like you can haul that motor thingy up there with you." Mara groaned.
"O transport of land, bend your will and become my flying chariot..." The bike began to glow.
"Hope." Keiichi stared in shock for a moment then smiled.
"...And take flight, guide me to the battle and on to victory!" The tires vanished and the frame morphed as two large wings emerged from the sides.
"Mara, I'll need your help." Hope said.
"Gah...ah...." Mara stared at her blankly. "Really?"
"No!" Keiichi interrupted. "Hope you can't trust her, she's a demon!"
"He's right..." Mara sighed. "It's...well...don't tell anybody I went and said this but..."
The two stared at her.
"This is all my fault Hope, because I started up that stupid battle with your mother. She came to me at first in pursuit of peace that one night...but I betrayed her and summoned the Fenrir wolf. Damnit! If only I hadn't done that...she'd still be here and....and this probably wouldn't be going on right now, you could've just gone on with being a normal mortal kid..."
"Mara..."
"I...um...well...."
"It's okay Mara." Hope smiled. "You had no control over what happened that night, it was fate right? I'm sure even if it didn't happen we'd be facing a situation similar to this." Hope said then looked at her father whose eyes were filled with worry yet pride.
"Hope, you be careful, I want you to come back home after this is all done okay?"
Hope nodded and gave him a hug. "I'll come back, I promise." She said then looked to Mara.
"Alright, let's get this over with." Mara groaned and shot off towards the battle.
Hope sat down on her morphed bike and placed her hands on the handlebars. "Let's go!"
"Damn that hybrid, she will show her face soon enough, and when she does I'll crush her body and spill her blood down Nidheg!" Surt roared as he charged his way through the gods and goddesses only to have Tyr slash at him with his dagger armed staff.
"Bastard!" Tyr shouted and slashed at him again.
"You!" Surt caught the staff and caught Tyr by the neck. "HAH!"
"Let me go!" Tyr shot him in the chest with an energy sphere only to have no effect.
"I can feel it...the combination of light and darkness..." He grinned.
Tyr continued to try and break free only to hear Surt burst out in laughter.
"How perfect! Peorth has raised you well...my son."
"What!?" Tyr shouted and broke free from his grip.
"Heh..." Surt stared at the staff and tossed it to him. "You'll need that son..." He held his hand out and his seals began to glow. "After all...what better way to kill the hybrid other than using someone close to her heart."
"Wha...ah....AAAAAAAARGH!" Tyr's face began to burn and his seals started to morph. "No....NOO! You're not my father!!"
"Tyr, you can say that all you want but you'll never escape the truth...." Surt laughed. "Now accept this honor I place on your shoulders! You shall be the heir to my throne one day!"
"NOOOOOOAAAARGH!!"
Hope and Mara arrived on site.
"Hope, are you sure about this?" Mara stared over at her. "You could die you know."
"Morisato's never back down from anything." Hope said and pulled her helmet on and unsheathed her sword. "Find my Aunts and tell them I'm going after Surt!" She shouted as she darted into the mass war, clearing a path as she went on searching for the crazed demon.
"Yikes...." Mara stared in amazement then shot off to find Skuld and Urd.
"NO!" Peorth hit her hands on a council.
"What is it?" her trio stared in shock.
"Tyr...he found Tyr!" Peorth said and jumped out of her seat. "I have to save my son!"
"NO!" the three ran after her and stopped her. "We need you here! The heaven's will fall if you don't stay and help us maintain the system!" They panicked.
"But Tyr!" Peorth cried.
"Miss Peorth." Chrono struggled to calm her down. "What good would it do to save him if he didn't have a home to come to?"
Peorth stopped struggling and her tears hit the floor. "Why...?"
Hope flung her blade and demons quickly shot away. "Where is he?" She stared around then saw Surt laughing hideously in the core of the battle. "SURT!!"
"Hmm?" He shifted his eyes over and saw Hope charging towards him. "My son, capture the hybrid!"
Tyr slammed down in front of her cycle and hit her helmet off.
"Tyr!" Hope stared at his face; his seals had split and turned red, meaning only one thing.
"Hybrid!" He shot a hand on her neck.
"Gagh! Tyr, stop it!" Hope hit him off with the flat end of her sword.
"How do you like my newest recruit?" Surt laughed. "My son, don't shame me!" He barked.
"Yes father..." Tyr growled.
"F...father...?" Hope turned white as Tyr slashed her three times.
"Oho! This is too rich! I've found the weakness of the goddess of Revolution!" Surt roared with laughter.
"No you haven't." Hope jumped off her cycle and with all her might slammed the broad end of her sword on the side of Tyr's head.
He stared in shock for a moment then fell towards the ground.
"Forgive me Tyr, but I didn't want to have to kill you." Hope said then glared at Surt. "You've some nerve, abandoning your son and after all these years using him to your own sick advantage!"
"Silence Hybrid!" Surt held his hand out and his nails shot out like long blades.
Hope quickly spun her sword and sliced them off. "I'll NEVER forgive you for what you have done to Tyr!"
"Impressive..." Surt growled.
"I haven't even begun to show what I'm capable of." Hope made her blade vanish and summoned Beautiful Melody. "That which opposes the unholy darkness, all spirits crying for vengeance, now is the time! Come to my hands in the form of holy light..." A great orb of light formed in her hands. "...And vanquish the evil present!" She quickly unleashed it on him"
"You honestly think such an attack can destroy me!?" He laughed and held out a hand, a fiery barrier formed around him and blocked the attack, however, it wasn't dying down and still charging after him.
"This is for the best." Hope thought as the attack broke through his barrier.
"NO! NOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGH!!!!" Surt roared as the light enveloped and destroyed his body.
Demons and Gods alike stopped in horror, the upper hand had just been delivered to the heavens!
"Thank Yggdrasill! Hope did it!" Chrono sighed with relief.
"I knew she'd be something great! And it's all thanks to Miss Peorth!" Elle smiled.
"It's...It's not over yet." Peorth stuttered.
"What?" All three stared back at her and saw the terrified look on her face.
"Surt lives on...but now...now he's...."
Urd, Skuld and Mara flew over to Hope's side and cheered.
"Oh man, if only Belldandy were here to see you now! You just saved the universe kid!" Mara patted her on the back.
"No kidding!" Urd laughed.
"I..." Hope sighed. "...I don't feel like celebrating...because now and forever, my hands are stained with someone's blood."
"Yeah, but he was insane beyond his control Hope, there was no other way." Skuld said then thought. "Holy cow, she even has the power to kill an immortal!"
"But..."
Just then, the earth below began to tremble and shake as dark branches started to emerge from the ground.
"What!?" They stared in shock.
"This...isn't over yet...goddess of revolution!!!" Surt's voice roared.
"It...it can't be!" Hope stared.
To Be Continued...
Gods and Demons clashed together in the battle that would determine the fate of the world. Each side sending out cries of hate as everyone from the youngest to the oldest immortal were out fighting for that single fate. Tyr led the youth into a successful barricade as Urd shot with her strongest thunderbolts against herds of rampaging demons.
"I'm wasting mass amounts of my power...." She thought as she struck again and again. "But this is the only way I can hold them off!"
Skuld held her hammer high above her head and Noble Scarlet raised her hands up, summoning dark heavy clouds. "Oh spirits of water, vapors that swirl through the air, gather and become bullets of purity!" A thundering shower shot down and made the demons cry in rage as Surt evaporated Skuld's spell and led them on in a monstrous charge.
"Don't give an inch! They do not stand a chance against our power!" Surt shouted as Mara flew over to his side.
"She's been captured..."
"Excellent..." Surt cackled and fell back.
"Where are you going?" Mara glared.
"To carry out the final step, lead in my absence." He commanded and vanished in a pillar of fire.
Despair held a sword tightly in her grasp and stared around nervously. "How could she have gotten away from me?" She growled then heard a pebble clack on the ground.
"YAAH!" Hope shot from above and clanged her sword against Despair's.
"Why You!!" Despair growled and began to apply greater force to the opposing blades.
"I don't approve of this revolution that Surt has in plan for the universe!" Hope growled.
"You think I care if you approve or not!?" Despair barked and shot her back a few feet, making Hope trip over and drop her sword. "Now pick up that blade and fight me!"
"As you wish!" Hope said and charged at her again.
The two continued their fight until Surt arrived in a burst of flames. "ENOUGH!" he roared.
"My lord!" Despair quickly tossed her blade aside and kneeled.
"There's no need for that." He chuckled then grinned at Hope. "So, did she come willingly or did you force her?"
"Force." Despair growled.
Hope held her sword defensively and shouted. "You did this to me! Why? Why did you separate Despair from my heart?"
"Because young goddess, she was the key to my plan." He looked up at Nidheg. "For years, the immortals in heaven have always had the advantage over us demons, making contracts with the humans...and you my dear are merely a result of one of those contracts."
"Contract?"
"Oh, that's right...no one ever told you...." He chuckled.
"Told me what...?" Hope stared.
"The reason why your Mother came to Earth, and lived with that Mortal man." he grinned. "He made a selfish wish that a goddess like her would remain by his side forever, and thus your mother was forced to live with him as long as she did."
"That's not true! She wouldn't have stayed just because she was forced to!" Hope said. "She stayed with him not just because of that contract, but because she loved him! I am not the result of some contract! I am a representation of their eternal love for each other!"
Despair's eyes widened.
"Don't back talk me hybrid!" He shot a razor like flame at her but it only managed to nick her cheek. "Heh...huh?!" Her wound instantly re healed itself. "How...how is that possible?"
"You took Despair away from me...and Despair was everything that made me human." Hope said. "Now I am just a goddess."
"YOU!" He snarled and felt fire burning all around him in rage. "Despair, fuse back into her immediately!"
"What!?" She stared at him in shock.
"DO IT NOW!!" He roared.
Hope and Despair exchanged a look with one another then stared back at the raging lord of fire.
"Despair, can't you see how he panics?" Hope asked.
"Y...yes..." Despair stared.
"He can't kill us unless we fuse together, but remember, we may find the answer to all our pain in death but what about..."
"SILENCE!!" Surt roared.
Hope shot him a stern glare. "Surt...before Despair does as you say, allow me to tell you the truth behind the power of my blood." Hope said. "If it ripples down the trees veins and branches, and into it's roots, it will pulsate extraordinary amounts of power to the demon tribe."
Surt chuckled but stopped when Despair shot him a stern glare as well.
"She's right Surt, your tribes will receive endless amounts of power that will raise you above the heavens. However, this power will cause you all great pain, your veins will pulsate with pressure and eventually you will all suffer in agonizing pain...until the demon race vanishes completely from the universe. That is why all this power is confined within us."
"You're pathetic tales do not fright me!"
"But they do frighten me!" A voice shouted and soon came in the form of a body.
"Mara!" Hope and Despair stared in shock as the demon attacked Surt with Despair's sword.
"Betrayer!!!" Surt caught her neck and tossed her aside.
"I'm not so easily defeated Surt!" Mara shouted and held her hands out. "Hellfire thunder blast!" The attack missed him by a long shot.
"You dare attack me with fire!? Surt? The very King of Muspelhiem!?" He roared.
"Despair! Hope! Get out of here now while you still can!!" Mara shouted and felt fire burst all around her.
"NOOO!" Hope cried and grabbed Despair's hand. "Quickly! We have to help her!!"
Despair stared at her then at Surt as he laughed at the demoness's pain. "I...I want to be free of my pain...but I can't stand it if other's must suffer in our place!" Despair shouted and vanished.
"Ah..." Surt grinned as Hope's eyebrows tilted and her teeth became bare.
"SURT!! STOP IT!!!!!" Her eyes began to glow and her hand shot forward, the flames around Mara vanished and burst up around him.
"HAHAHAAH! How foolish!" He laughed until the flames began to harm his flesh and burn like the sun's rays.
"Mara!" Hope ran over to her.
"What are you doing, get the hell out of here...." Mara coughed.
"Not without you." She smiled and pulled one of Mara's arms around her shoulders. "Surt! This isn't over! Not by a long shot!" Hope shouted before darting out of his kingdom.
"NO! COME BACK HERE!!!!" He roared as he lashed his arms at the fire until he finally extinguished it with an outburst of rage.
After a few minutes, Hope landed in front of the temple and helped Mara stand on her own.
"Why did you help me?" she growled.
"Why did you help me?" Hope asked with a smile.
"Uh...to save my own hide, I'm not about to burn up in pain just because of that maniac." She coughed.
"Sure." Hope groaned and walked to the temple door.
"Hey, what are you doing!? You've got a battle to end you know!"
"I know; I just need to suit up first." Hope said as she walked in.
"Suit up?"
"Who's there?" Keiichi jumped out wearing his helmet and holding a hamaya tightly in his hand.
"Whoa, it's just me Poppa!" Hope laughed.
"Huh? Hope!" He quickly dropped it and gave her a hug. "The fight is over so soon?"
"No... it's still going on." Hope sighed and backed out of his arms and walked into her room.
"Wha...uh...YOU!" Keiichi snatched up his Hamaya again and charged at Mara.
"Yikes! WAIT A SECOND!!!" Mara dodged him and ran around the temple with him close behind. "I'M ON YOUR SIDE YA GOTTA BELIEVE ME!!!" She cried as he tossed one after another at her.
"Like I'm going to believe that!" Keiichi barked.
Tyr shot back a few feet to catch his breath from the battle; it seemed almost pointless since neither side was backing down.
"Damnit, we need more power." he growled then saw Surt shoot back into the battle in roaring flames. "It's him." He quickly tied his dagger to one end of his staff and started to fight his way through the battle to fight him. "I'm going to kill that bastard! It's all his fault this is happening!!"
Keiichi fell to his knees and tried to catch his breath as Mara continued to run around like a headless chicken until they both heard an engine roar.
"The Yamaha!" Keiichi jumped up to his feet and ran to the shed to find Hope standing in her racing suit with the top tied around her waist and a white shirt.
"What are you doing?" He stared.
"I'm going back, this battle won't stop until Surt is finished." Hope said.
"Wha...finished?" Mara popped into their conversation.
"As much as I hate to say, the guy is completely nuts, and unless someone stops him now then we're going to face the destruction of the universe." Hope revved the engine on her Yamaha again.
"Hope..." Keiichi stared.
"Well how are ya planning to do that? The battle is up there not down here. It's not like you can haul that motor thingy up there with you." Mara groaned.
"O transport of land, bend your will and become my flying chariot..." The bike began to glow.
"Hope." Keiichi stared in shock for a moment then smiled.
"...And take flight, guide me to the battle and on to victory!" The tires vanished and the frame morphed as two large wings emerged from the sides.
"Mara, I'll need your help." Hope said.
"Gah...ah...." Mara stared at her blankly. "Really?"
"No!" Keiichi interrupted. "Hope you can't trust her, she's a demon!"
"He's right..." Mara sighed. "It's...well...don't tell anybody I went and said this but..."
The two stared at her.
"This is all my fault Hope, because I started up that stupid battle with your mother. She came to me at first in pursuit of peace that one night...but I betrayed her and summoned the Fenrir wolf. Damnit! If only I hadn't done that...she'd still be here and....and this probably wouldn't be going on right now, you could've just gone on with being a normal mortal kid..."
"Mara..."
"I...um...well...."
"It's okay Mara." Hope smiled. "You had no control over what happened that night, it was fate right? I'm sure even if it didn't happen we'd be facing a situation similar to this." Hope said then looked at her father whose eyes were filled with worry yet pride.
"Hope, you be careful, I want you to come back home after this is all done okay?"
Hope nodded and gave him a hug. "I'll come back, I promise." She said then looked to Mara.
"Alright, let's get this over with." Mara groaned and shot off towards the battle.
Hope sat down on her morphed bike and placed her hands on the handlebars. "Let's go!"
"Damn that hybrid, she will show her face soon enough, and when she does I'll crush her body and spill her blood down Nidheg!" Surt roared as he charged his way through the gods and goddesses only to have Tyr slash at him with his dagger armed staff.
"Bastard!" Tyr shouted and slashed at him again.
"You!" Surt caught the staff and caught Tyr by the neck. "HAH!"
"Let me go!" Tyr shot him in the chest with an energy sphere only to have no effect.
"I can feel it...the combination of light and darkness..." He grinned.
Tyr continued to try and break free only to hear Surt burst out in laughter.
"How perfect! Peorth has raised you well...my son."
"What!?" Tyr shouted and broke free from his grip.
"Heh..." Surt stared at the staff and tossed it to him. "You'll need that son..." He held his hand out and his seals began to glow. "After all...what better way to kill the hybrid other than using someone close to her heart."
"Wha...ah....AAAAAAAARGH!" Tyr's face began to burn and his seals started to morph. "No....NOO! You're not my father!!"
"Tyr, you can say that all you want but you'll never escape the truth...." Surt laughed. "Now accept this honor I place on your shoulders! You shall be the heir to my throne one day!"
"NOOOOOOAAAARGH!!"
Hope and Mara arrived on site.
"Hope, are you sure about this?" Mara stared over at her. "You could die you know."
"Morisato's never back down from anything." Hope said and pulled her helmet on and unsheathed her sword. "Find my Aunts and tell them I'm going after Surt!" She shouted as she darted into the mass war, clearing a path as she went on searching for the crazed demon.
"Yikes...." Mara stared in amazement then shot off to find Skuld and Urd.
"NO!" Peorth hit her hands on a council.
"What is it?" her trio stared in shock.
"Tyr...he found Tyr!" Peorth said and jumped out of her seat. "I have to save my son!"
"NO!" the three ran after her and stopped her. "We need you here! The heaven's will fall if you don't stay and help us maintain the system!" They panicked.
"But Tyr!" Peorth cried.
"Miss Peorth." Chrono struggled to calm her down. "What good would it do to save him if he didn't have a home to come to?"
Peorth stopped struggling and her tears hit the floor. "Why...?"
Hope flung her blade and demons quickly shot away. "Where is he?" She stared around then saw Surt laughing hideously in the core of the battle. "SURT!!"
"Hmm?" He shifted his eyes over and saw Hope charging towards him. "My son, capture the hybrid!"
Tyr slammed down in front of her cycle and hit her helmet off.
"Tyr!" Hope stared at his face; his seals had split and turned red, meaning only one thing.
"Hybrid!" He shot a hand on her neck.
"Gagh! Tyr, stop it!" Hope hit him off with the flat end of her sword.
"How do you like my newest recruit?" Surt laughed. "My son, don't shame me!" He barked.
"Yes father..." Tyr growled.
"F...father...?" Hope turned white as Tyr slashed her three times.
"Oho! This is too rich! I've found the weakness of the goddess of Revolution!" Surt roared with laughter.
"No you haven't." Hope jumped off her cycle and with all her might slammed the broad end of her sword on the side of Tyr's head.
He stared in shock for a moment then fell towards the ground.
"Forgive me Tyr, but I didn't want to have to kill you." Hope said then glared at Surt. "You've some nerve, abandoning your son and after all these years using him to your own sick advantage!"
"Silence Hybrid!" Surt held his hand out and his nails shot out like long blades.
Hope quickly spun her sword and sliced them off. "I'll NEVER forgive you for what you have done to Tyr!"
"Impressive..." Surt growled.
"I haven't even begun to show what I'm capable of." Hope made her blade vanish and summoned Beautiful Melody. "That which opposes the unholy darkness, all spirits crying for vengeance, now is the time! Come to my hands in the form of holy light..." A great orb of light formed in her hands. "...And vanquish the evil present!" She quickly unleashed it on him"
"You honestly think such an attack can destroy me!?" He laughed and held out a hand, a fiery barrier formed around him and blocked the attack, however, it wasn't dying down and still charging after him.
"This is for the best." Hope thought as the attack broke through his barrier.
"NO! NOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGGH!!!!" Surt roared as the light enveloped and destroyed his body.
Demons and Gods alike stopped in horror, the upper hand had just been delivered to the heavens!
"Thank Yggdrasill! Hope did it!" Chrono sighed with relief.
"I knew she'd be something great! And it's all thanks to Miss Peorth!" Elle smiled.
"It's...It's not over yet." Peorth stuttered.
"What?" All three stared back at her and saw the terrified look on her face.
"Surt lives on...but now...now he's...."
Urd, Skuld and Mara flew over to Hope's side and cheered.
"Oh man, if only Belldandy were here to see you now! You just saved the universe kid!" Mara patted her on the back.
"No kidding!" Urd laughed.
"I..." Hope sighed. "...I don't feel like celebrating...because now and forever, my hands are stained with someone's blood."
"Yeah, but he was insane beyond his control Hope, there was no other way." Skuld said then thought. "Holy cow, she even has the power to kill an immortal!"
"But..."
Just then, the earth below began to tremble and shake as dark branches started to emerge from the ground.
"What!?" They stared in shock.
"This...isn't over yet...goddess of revolution!!!" Surt's voice roared.
"It...it can't be!" Hope stared.
To Be Continued...