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Same Ground Ch. 9
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Well, things seem to get better and better around here. Ne, Griffyn? Aridas asked.
Indeed, m'lord, he replied. The team reached the place, a big troop of demons had surrounded them. One of them stepped forward, smirking.
"Well, well, well, look who I found; it's the Asakura twins- oh, so sorry, I forgot about you, Aridas so that makes an Asakura trio." The demon said. Another demon came out; a midnight blue wolf demon.
Dominique… Aridas spat. Dominique bared his teeth in an insulting way.
Son Goku, my lord had warned you about the shadow but you did not heed his word and now you will perish to his blade! Griffyn said roaring loudly.
"You mean the shadow crush? Sorry, I really wasn't listening; I was too busy thinking about food," he said.
You imbecile! He hissed.
Ma, ma, Griffyn, it's okay. I guess he's still the same hungry bakasaru (Stupid monkey) he was 500 years ago! Aridas said.
"I'm not a monkey! Attack already!" he shouted as the wolf demons attacked. The team quickly did spirit control as they parried the demons' attacks, though left Aridas and Yoh out. Goku summoned his Nyoibou and Dominique grabbed his beam sabers. Aridas looked at Yoh.
Are you ready, brother? He asked.
"Yeah, I'm ready!" he said putting Amidamaru into the Harusame and then into the Futsu-no-Mitama no Tsurugi. Aridas combined the swords of light and darkness but this time it did not transform into a sword. Instead, it had transformed into a four winged, two-tailed white dragon with black armor.
Are you ready to fight Goku? Aridas queried.
"Always ready wolf shaman!" he said as he took a pistol from his pocket and combined it with his Nyoibou. Like Aridas, Goku's weapon became a four-winged, two-tailed dragon, only it was red with blue armor. They attacked swiftly and strongly as Dominique crossed his two beam sabers to become one big lightsaber. Yoh and Dominique stood there silently, waiting for one to attack. Without warning, they both attacked, weapons clashing hard on each other.
"You are no match for me, young shaman king. You may have won against the strongest shaman besides our lord, but you have not defeated a demon shaman yet!" Dominique said as he slowly slid his saber down Yoh's sword then slashing down at his feet. Yoh quickly parried the move but was kicked squarely in the stomach hard, sending him to a nearby rock wall, causing a rockslide that fell right on him.
"YOH!" everyone yelled.
"I thought the shaman king would be hard for Dominique, but it seems he was weak all along," Goku laughed. Aridas took the chance and rammed into Goku's dragon, also sending him to a rock wall. Aridas' dragon fired a black and white beam above Goku, sending down a rockslide as well.
Always watch out for attacks monkey! Aridas shouted. The smoke cleared and Goku was knocked out, furyoku gone. Aridas laughed a bit but then headed to the huge rubble of boulders that Yoh was under. Dominique was going to stop Aridas from going there when the gang attacked him on the back. He looked around and saw that the gang alone had finished the last of the troop.
"So you defeated the troop…let's see how you fare against me!" he said as he dashed forward to the gang.
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Kage gritted his teeth in anger. The last of the demon troop had been destroyed and his best player had been sent to the rubble. Still, Yoh had been knocked out and Dominique was still standing but for how long will he last. Kage heard a rush of wings and looked up. A silver bird flew in circles around the plateau. Kage reached his hand out to him as the bird landed on it.
"So what's happening to the Maru brothers, Arget?" Kage asked the bird.
"They had a hard time the last time but with Morzan along, Arget thinks they can leave them with major injuries." Arget replied.
"Good and they better not kill them. Send a message to Morzan about the plan but stay here. I'll be back soon." Kage said. Arget changed back into his human form.
"Is Kage-sama going to talk to the girl?" he asked.
"No, Arget, I won't talk to her," he said turning around.
"Besides, she'll talk to me later. I must pay a visit to someone," He continued as he jumped down.
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"Ianna-dono, are you okay?" Rio asked. Rio, Pai-long and Ianna fought Qingmaru, Shinmaru and Morzan and were successful. As a result of the victory, the dastardly shamans retreated but with major injuries. Ianna, however, was badly wounded and had cuts and bruises on her body.
"Yeah, I'll be okay." She said as tried to stand up but miserably failed and fell on her knees. Rio helped her back.
"I think you are not okay yet. Let us help you get there for the mean time," Rio said. She pushed his hand away and leaned on a tree.
"I'll be okay," she repeated, only this time much colder.
"Ianna-dono, do not be so cold. I am only trying to help you," Rio said.
"Then again, it is a Kyoyama's nature to be cold," a voice said. Ianna's eyes widened as she slowly looked to her right. Kage stood there smiling like Hao.
"You…" she hissed.
"Of course it's me. Who did you think it was your so-called fiancée who was stupid enough to…" he said.
"Shut up," she interrupted.
"Pardon?" he asked.
"Shut up," she said icily.
"I believe you said something?" he asked.
"Yes, I did. I said shut up," she repeated.
"What was that? I wasn't paying attention; you'll have to repeat it again." he said mockingly.
"The guy's toying with her!" Rio cried.
"Shut up you fool!" Jun hissed quietly.
"Shut up." She said it again.
"Hmm?" he asked.
"I would appreciate it if you shut up," she repeated, slowly losing her patience and her conscience.
"Oops. Didn't hear. Say it again,"
"I SAID…SHUT…THE…FUCK…UP…" She repeated in a "you-are-going-to-die-if-you-don't-stop-asking-that-fucking-question" tone, getting off the tree.
"Now why didn't you say that the first time? It would've saved me some time," he said smiling. That was when Ianna's patience, conscience, and virtuousness had come to an end.
She slapped Kage with her right hand, but he caught her wrist. She tried to give him a legendary left, but he again caught her wrist. She then tried to kick his stomach with her left leg, but he raised his knee to block it. She kicked him in the stomach with the remaining leg with all her might, catching Kage off guard and making him release Ianna's wrists. She then slapped him with a legendary left, and then kicked him right in the nuts.
"NEVER…MESS…WITH…A…KYOYAMA…TSUKISHIRO…"she said as dead as poison. Kage was surprised with all of this but closed his eyes. Shruikan appeared behind Kage in a burst of black flames. Kage jumped onto his shoulder.
"We'll see you soon enough. Right now, I think you should hurry to your fiancée." He said as Shruikan flew up and disappeared.
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"Darn you…" Dominique fought the gang a while ago but in a few minutes he had Len, Horo, Faust, Lyserg, Choco and Silva out of commission. He was now fighting Hao, still staying strong.
"Why…don't you give up and join our lord? Our lord knows you want a shaman-only world. He can fulfill that world if you stop fighting against us." Dominique offered. Hao stood there for a moment but continued attacking him.
"What makes you think I would want to be under a filth shaman like him? I wish to have a shaman-only world without anyone commanding me to do so!" he said as he slashed him on the chest, destroying the armor that covered it. Dominique stumbled to the ground as the tip of Hao's sword met his throat.
"You say that our lord is filth? You will pay for that insult!" Dominique cried as his eyes became slit. He grabbed Hao's sword and threw him to a rock wall. Dominique got on all fours and raced to Hao. Hao tried to stand up but he was too badly hurt. Dominique rammed Hao more into the rock wall. Before he could give the final blow something rammed into Dominique and sent him to the ground. When he looked at what had knocked him down, he saw Yoh trying his best to pin him down.
"You're still alive?" he asked in disbelief.
"It takes more than that to kill me!" he replied, looking behind him.
"Aridas, take Hao and the rest to a safe place while I fight this wolf!" Yoh called out.
Right away! Aridas said as he picked Hao, Lyserg, Choco, Silva, Len, Horo and Faust up using the dragon to get them the side.
Dominique kicked Yoh off of him and raced to him on all fours, trying to knock him out. Yoh quickly put his sword and blocked Dominique's claws. He gave Dominique a quick Shinkuu-Buttagiri, which sent him to a rock wall unconscious. Amidamaru came out of the two swords.
"We did well, my friend," he said."
"Couldn't say it any better," Yoh said smiling. They both ran to Aridas and company.
"How bad are their injuries?" Yoh asked Aridas as he slowly closed the wounds of his friends.
Not bad, but then again, they're also not good. I've closed their wounds but they will still be able to open if tampered with, he informed.
"I see…" Yoh said. Shuffling noises were heard behind Yoh. He looked behind and saw…
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Author's Notes: Finally done with the chapter! Sorry for the long update guys but homework and my teacher put pressure on my and I was busy updating my other story. Anyway, R&R peeps!
-LazyShamaness