Chapter 12

Alchemy's request

Ariaz walked on the rim of the floating isle, he had everything he wanted: A Friend, immortality, a lot of coins, and a girl to call his own, but something was missing.

"Hey Ariaz, Need a drink?"

Ariaz looked at Boris, he always wanted to drink, if he wasn't fighting, he was getting drunk.

"Nah, something…is missing from my life."

"Maybe not enough Challenge."

Ariaz thought for a while, then it hit him, Boris actually had a good idea: Challenge.

"Boris, how do I get to where Bone is?"

"Whoa wait a minute Ariaz, you don't want to challenge Bone, y-you wouldn't two minutes against him."

Boris was right about that, Bone killed the high ranked Retriever with one slash, but Ariaz had to risk it, he needed something to fill the black hole of his life.

"I don't care! Where can I find him?"

"What about Carol!"

Ariaz froze, Carol, what would she do if Ariaz had been dispersed? Ariaz thought for a while, he couldn't leave Carol behind, alone without anyone, then she would slowly disperse.

"Boris…I…I must."

"Alright…you can find him down on the fourth isle, where the black tower is, inside is where you'll find him."

"Thanks."

Ariaz leaped to the second isle and leaped down to the fourth isle, skipping the third isle, landing with a loud thud as his fist struck the ground. He turned and faced the black tower, it was huge, almost touching the aura that surrounded the spirit world.

"Alright, I'll just have to find Bone in this huge place."

"I'll save you the trouble."

Ariaz looked at the ground, Bone slowly arose from the shadows, his great sword at his side, his gauntlet that took up his entire left arm, his admiral badges, and his Admiral armor…he was truly a Lupine of death.

"Why have you come to my humble tower?"

"I've come to challenge you."

Everything grew silent, the isles were filled with staring Spirits, looking down, up, and right at Ariaz.

"You are a fool, no one has been able to defeat me for years."

"Well I'm going to break that streak."

Bone held up his great sword and relaxed it on his shoulder, his claw blowing out steam, relaxing his arm.

"Fine…lets see what you've got."

Ariaz unsheathed Ascalon and grasped it tightly, he never faced someone this strong, Bone was stronger then anything in the Spirit world, how could Ariaz compete with him?

Ariaz swung his Sword, clashing with Bones claw, barely scratching the color.

"Damn!"

Bone yawned at the pathetic attempt, Ariaz knew why no one could defeat Bone: All of his equipment was stronger then any god weapon, but what was stronger then a god?

"You see…no one in the spirit world can defeat me. You're wasting your time fighting me."

Ariaz swung his blade like a mad man, but Bone blocked each attack with his claw then he just stopped Ariaz, and smacked his face with the bangle on his right arm, launching Ariaz away from him.

"I can't be defeated…can't you see that?"

Ariaz wasn't going to give up, but after the first few minutes, he had already become weak, Bone was too powerful for him to handle.

Bone rushed forward at Ariaz, about to bring a fatal slash, but Ariaz rolled away locked his foot to the Lupines foot, tripping him. This was Ariaz's time to strike.

Ariaz rushed towards the down lupine, he jumped into the air and slashed the back of his armor, but the Ascalon bounced right out of his hand, his assault failed.

"What the hell?"

Ariaz quickly ran towards his Ascalon and pulled it from the ground, he didn't know what to do, his sword skills became worthless, nothing could harm this Admiral, what could he do?

Bone floated up to his feet, landing on the ground and turning to Ariaz, cocking his neck, and cracking his knuckles.

"You should know better then to attack a downed fighter."

Bone rushed forward, his great sword in his metal claw, Ariaz with his Ascalon at hand, the two clashed swords, loud enough to wake the living, then it happened: The Ascalon broke! The pieces lied on the ground, Ariaz fell to his knees, he lost his most powerful weapon.

"HOW? That's impossible, how could he destroy a god weapon?"

"I've enjoyed our little spat together, human, but now is the time that you dispersed."

The lupine brought up his Great sword, looking down at the human, his head to the ground.

"ARIAZ!"

Ariaz jumped out of the way from the assault, Boris was standing on the third isle, tossing down his Axes.

"USE THOSE!"

Ariaz pulled out the Axes, swinging them in different directions, waiting for Bone to make an attack.

"Boris, are you sure Ariaz can win?"

"Carol, you don't know much about my Axes do you?"

"Huh?"

"My Axes are known as the Mountain crushers."

"Those are from legend!…Still…how is Ariaz going to win."

"Because there is a special enchantment on those Axes, that no matter how strong the Armor, the Axes always pierce through it!"

Bone swung his sword at Ariaz, he quickly evaded the attack and swung the axes at Bone, striking right through the Armor. The lupine fell to the ground, holding his scar.

Ariaz swung the axes like a mad man at the downed Bone, cutting him in many places, Bone was near to defeat. He fell to the ground, spiriting cheering, Ariaz knew he was going to win, but something told him not to kill Bone, something that told him that he would be a great service in the future. Ariaz knelt down to the downed lupine.

"Go ahead, finish me off…I thought I was strongest, but I clearly made a mistake."

Ariaz held out his hand, Bone didn't understand what Ariaz was doing, but he grabbed his hand, Ariaz pulled him to his feet.

"You are a good fighter, admiral, but I don't want to kill you, besides, what happens when another Retriever like that comes?"

Bone smiled, and bowed, leaving Ariaz, but stopped, he had forgot something.

"Human…allow me to fix your blade."

Ariaz nodded his head, Bone knelt before the broken pieces of Ascalon, then it started to glow, and became whole again. The lupine threw the blade to Ariaz and walked into the tower.

"Uh Ariaz…if you don't mind, but uh…GIVE ME BACK MY AXES!"

Ariaz threw the Axes towards Boris and smiled, many spirits wondering why Ariaz didn't kill the Admiral.

Carol's hut

"Ariaz, why did you let that shadow of a bastard live anyway?"

"Something just tells me he will helps us."

"HA! I can highly doubt that, he doesn't help anyone, he just gets his job done and heads back to the tower…maybe keeping all the best wine to himself."

Ariaz smiled but became a confused face when the door knocked. Carol opened the door, and there stood Admiral Bone.

"Admiral!"

"Is that human here, I have searched the islands and haven't found him yet."

"Yes he's here."

Bone entered the small hut and sat down next to Ariaz, sighing.

"Before you speak, just call me Ariaz, okay?"

"Yes, now, Ariaz, I must know something and I need your answer."

"Shoot away."

The admiral turned to Ariaz and bowed down.

"I wish to fight along side you, your power that has exceeded mine has astonished me."

"Whoa whoa, Admiral, you can't be serious, we're just spirits, not demon spirits, why would you help us?"

The Admiral turned to Boris, his red eyes piercing Boris's soul, then he sighed of what he was about to tell them.

"There is an alchemist bringing back the dead, for some reason, he brought back Zagin and Kira of the lavender family, and James Mccloud, I don't know why…"

"Kirin."

"What?"

"Kirin."

"You….you know the alchemist?"

"Of course, he sent me here, but I don't blame him, I deserved to be slain."

Before the Admiral could speak, the floor glowed with the alchemy sign of life, Kirin was resurrecting Ariaz, but along with Boris, Carol, and Bone.

Real world

Kirin removed his paws from the circle, waiting for Ariaz to arrive from the dead, but what he got was four beings.

"Ariaz?"

"Kirin?"

"Who the hell are these guys?"

"This is Boris, this is Bone, and this is Carol."

Kirin kept his eyes on Bone, he didn't much trust anyone who wore dark armor, or anything that looked killer and gothic.

"So why are we alive?"

"I need help."

"For what?"

"Fighting Star."

Bone stood up, he was waiting for this moment for over ten-thousand years, he was finally going to get revenge upon the one Soul Edge wielder that sent him into an early grave.

"Point us in the right direction Kirin, and we'll help."

"Great!"

Kirin had a full team, his friends and dead people, but would they be strong enough to defeat Star?

"Revenge Star…REVENGE!"