Chapter 13: Angel of Death

"Oof!" Airas flew backwards and was headed straight for Aurion.

Aurion opened his eyes and stopped casting a spell. "Airas, look out!" His younger sister came crashing right into him.

"Aurion, Airas!" Shino shouted. He pulled out the Fuma Shuriken from the bag on his back. "This should get Keisuke!" He threw it right at Keisuke.

Keisuke looked at the demon windmill shuriken headed right for him. "Humph, that's laughable." Airi stepped in the way on the shuriken and held up her cards. The shuriken hit the cards and fell back. "Good job Airi. Now, take care of your little Aburame friend while I get my rebellious niece and nephew."

Airi stood in front of Shino. Shino blinked in shock. "A-Airi, get out of my way! I don't want to hurt you." She just stood their, unresponsive. "Airi, move!" She held up her cards again and this time, a bolt of lighting hit Shino. "AGH!" He weakly got to his feet and looked at her. Her eyes were red again and she looked like she wanted to kill him. "…Airi…" He clenched his hands into fists. "Fine then, you leave me no choice!" He held out his arm and his little bugs shot out from his sleeve. A wall of fire popped up in front of the bugs and burned them. "What!" Airi jumped through the flames and threw a barrage of punches at him. Shino was prepared though; he blocked all of the attacks. When she threw another punch, her fist burst into flames and connected with Shino's chest. He staggered backwards, but didn't receive any mercy. Airi elbowed him in the chest, she kicked his legs, then body slammed him. She jumped backwards and started to cast a spell. Shino quickly, but painfully, got to his feet. "A-Airi…" He wiped blood from his mouth. Damn, she's fast! I never knew she could fight like this! The only way for me to stop her is…! He used a jutsu and appeared behind Airi where the Fuma Shuriken was. He picked it up and tossed it at her. Airi turned around, and quickly put her cards up when the giant shuriken was just inches away from her. The shuriken, however, got through her defense and hit her arms. She winced at the pain as she tried to shake it off. I don't want to hurt her too bad, so I'll just use tai jutsu on her. Shino ran forward, but Airi suddenly disappeared. "What!" She reappeared behind Shino and threw her arms over his head. The shuriken was still stuck on her arms, so she pulled it against Shino's neck. "AAHH!" The weapon slowly began to cut through Shino's skin.

"Lightning Blade!" Aurion ran behind Airi and thrust his sword at her. He just lightly cut her side, but the lighting still got her. "Shino! Duck under Airi and get out of there!"

"Okay!" Shino dropped to the floor and rolled away from Airi.

Airas held up her staff. "Reco-"

"HA!" Keisuke shot strings of chakra at Airas and wrapped them around her throat.

"Airas!" Shino picked up a kunai knife and cut the strings.

Airi turned around and punched Aurion. She held up her cards again and this time, the cards began to glow a black color.

"Yes Airi!" Keisuke shouted. "Use your Demon Seal!"

"What?" Airas shouted.

"No!" Aurion dove at Airi, but Keisuke threw shuriken at him. "UGH!"

Airi finished her spell and markings appeared on her face and chest. Her nails grew sharp as she dropped down on all fours. With such speed, she ran at Aurion and cut him up. She held up her right hand over Aurion and blasted him with dark energy. She then turned to Airas and ran at her.

"Oh no you don't Airi!" Airas yelled. "Guardian!" A barrier developed before Airas. Airi suddenly disappeared. "Wh-What!" She froze as she felt a bloodthirsty presence behind her. "…No…" Airi began to slash Airas's body, then she used her dark energy again.

She disappeared one final time, then reappeared on Shino's back. "Gotcha." Shino turned into a log, then jumped down from the ceiling. He grabbed Airi from behind and held up his kunai knife. Airi vanished again. "No, how could she-" She got behind Shino again and cut him up as well. This time, she used both hands and hit him with dark energy.

She jumped near Keisuke's side and panted heavily. "Good job Airi. With all of that suffering you had, I knew your Demon Seal would be a lot stronger." He looked around. "Well, my niece and nephew are down for the count, and so is the Aburame. Those ninjas over there are chained up with anti-jutsu chains, and I now have Airi's body. Humph, could things be any easier?"

Inochi snuck over to Shino when Keisuke turned his back. "Shino, Shino, you have to get up!" She held up her hand. "Hopefully I still have some power left to heal!" She put her hand over Shino. "Come on, wake up!"

Shino opened his eyes and sat up. "Wh-What happened?"

"Shino! I'm so glad you didn't die!" Inochi said happily.

Shino looked over at Airi. "Inochi…I can't beat her, she's too tough! I…I…"

"Shino, you want to be strong, don't you?"

"Yes, of course I do!"

"You want to be strong enough to save and protect Airi, don't you?"

"Yes!"

"Then I have a plan that's bound to work!"

"You…do?"

"Yep! I know we'll win if we try this." She helped him up and stood behind him. "I've got your back Shino!"

"Wait, what's that supposed to-"

"Hold still!" She backed up, then ran into Shino.

"AAHH!"

Keisuke spun around and looked at Shino. "So, you managed to get up, eh?" He looked at Airi. "Airi, take care of this small problem once and for all!" She charged after Shino.

Shino looked up and blocked Airi's hit. "Keisuke, this one small problem just turned into a very big problem." He smirked.

"Wh-What! No! How can this be!" Keisuke asked. "Damn you Inochi, how did you posses Shino's body like that!"

"Oh, that's very easy when you're a wandering spirit and your host body accepts you," Inochi said. "The only difference between possessing Airi's body and possessing Shino's body is that Airi didn't have a soul. But since Shino does have a soul…" Shino's voice was drawn back. "Inochi's power increases my own." Inochi's voice took over. "This also means that I can use my own powers to fight now that I can fight through Shino!" He grabbed Airi's arm and threw her. "So, what do you think of our plan, huh Keisuke?" Shino asked.

"Damn you…" Keisuke mumbled.