Chapter 10 - Eternal Night
"Give me your hand!" - Said Nakoruru helping Chizuru to get up
Chizuru scared saw how she and Nakoruru were surrounded by the army of night creatures as this ones started to walk towards them
"Keep calm, Ms. Kagura. We are not alone." - Said Nakoruru in a calm tone
Suddenly for both women's surprise one of the walls in the big room is broken, from the torn space a young man of blonde hair with a sword appears
"Someone called for backup?" - Said the blonde man of the sword
"Kaede!" - Nakoruru and Chizuru run towards the man as they both manage to get out of the place
"What? Don't let her escape with Kagura!" - Said The Succubus Queen recovering from the impact as she saw Nakoruru escape with Kagura
Alot of incubus and Succubus launch against Kaede
"Now, Kaede use it!" - Said Nakoruru as she saw the army coming towards them
For the Succubus Queen's surprise, Kaede pulls out a gong out of the bag he was carrying in his back. He quickly touches the gong with all his strenght
"ARGH!" - Suddenly for the surprise of Chizuru. The Succubus Queen and her army start screaming in pain as they grab their ears bleeding
"Now, lets get out of here!" - Kaede runs alongside Chizuru and Nakoruru
"(Who is this blonde man? And why are these two helping me? Is this a dream!)" - Chizuru had alot of questions regarding this two strangers that had saved her
As the trio gets far away from the temple, Nakoruru pulls out a strange talisman out of her pocket
"Here is the right place! Chizuru hold to my hand!" - Nakoruru grabs the talisman alongside Kaede as Chizuru sees how the three start vanishing alongside Nakoruru's hawk
Somewhere
Suddenly in a rocky place four figures start appearing out of thin air
"Huh? Where are we?" - Said Chizuru as she looked at the rocky place they had appear in
"In the outskirts of Osaka, they wont find us here... At least not for now." - Said Nakoruru as she puts the strange talisman back to her pocket
For the surprise of Chizuru, Kaede's hair turns from blonde to black
"We need to take you with the others. But first here's some clothes, Ms. Kagura. You must feel so cold." - Kaede gave Chizuru a bag with some clothes as Chizuru's clothes had been torn apart by the creatures
"Thanks... Kaede." - Chizuru
Chizuru quickly dress up with a white long sleeve shirt with a black vest, a small dark magenta short skirt and black knee-length, high heeled leather boots.
Nakoruru and Kaede start walking upwards in the mountains as they see a strange cave
"So there's other people with you two?" - Asked Chizuru as she climbed the rocky place towards the cave
"Yes. These are the people we manage to rescue that weren't affected by the pheromones." - Kaede
"So, there's more people who can't be infected by the pheromones like you two?" - Chizuru
"That's right, Chizuru. For example, we have seen that children and Major adults can't be turned by the pheromones. Of course, there's some exceptions on our group who probably were lucky enough to not be corrupted." - Said Kaede
As Chizuru, Kaede and Nakoruru arrive at the cave they found themselves with a group of people waiting for them. This group consisted of some familiar faces like Kula Diamond, Maxima, Heidern, Marco Rossi, Chin Gentsai, Bao, Momoko, Takuma Sakazaki, Kim Kaphwan, Chang Koehan, Adelheid Bernstein, Billy Kane, Lucky Glauber, Saisyu Kusanagi, Shizuka Kusanagi, Seth, Dou Lon and Oswald.
"Nakoruru. Kaede. You returned." - Said Maxima
"Finally!" - Billy
"And you brought someone, wait a moment... Kagura!" - Said Heidern
After hearing that name and managing to recognize Chizuru, everyone gets into their fighting stances as they look at Chizuzu with total despise
"Wait! She isn't infected!" - Kaede
"Don't do anything reckless. Kagura here isn't our enemy." - Nakoruru got in front of Chizuru
"But she caused all this chaos!" - Said Kula as she destroyed the ice spikes she had made to attack Kagura
"Let us explain it." - Kaede
"Somehow Miss Chizuru has managed to separate herself from her succubus persona. I saw it with my own eyes, so there's no need to worry. She is on our side." - Nakoruru
"Yes, I know what you have been going through. And I understand why you hate me. To see your friends and family turned into these monsters... Is horrible." - Said Chizuru
"How you could understand our pain? Imagine returning home only to find your son turned into a monster. All because of you!" - Said Shizuka Kusanagi approaching Chizuru
"Ms. Kusanagi, I-I... ARGH!" - Chizuru was interrupted by Shizuka who slapped her in the face, sending Chizuru to the ground
"Is all your fault!" - Shizuka looks angry at Chizuru
"..." - Chizuru just looked at the woman with sadness as she understood why she slapped her
"Wait, Ms. Kusanagi! Why did you do that? Chizuru isn't the responsable for turning your son into an incubus. A succubus named Jounetsu did it!" - Kaede
"As far as things go, Chizuru is a victim of her as much as everyone here." - Nakoruru
"She is right, my dear." - Said Saisyu grabing the shoulder of his wife
"I-I just want my son back to normal!" - Shizuka started crying as she hugged his husband
"I-I'm so sorry. If there's anything I could do to help maybe..." - Chizuru felt awful as the sights with hate continue
"You already did enough, Kagura." - Said Adelheid as he and the rest returned to sit in the cave
"Listen, stay with us for now. They need to assimilate this. Reunite them took alot of time but now if everything is at our favor, we could maybe stop these creatures before they complete their plan." - Said Nakoruru
"What plan?" - Asked Chizuru confused
"Chizuru, do you really think Jounetsu decided to turn you into a succubus just like nothing for fun? No! There's another reason, a bigger one!" - Nakoruru and Kaede sit with Chizuru
"As someone who has existed in this world for a long time, I can tell you Jounetsu has been preparing this for years but for our good luck. Earth has always had protectors that have stepped in to stop her." - Nakoruru
"Now that you said it, she mentioned having fought against other sorcerers and priests in the past on our first encounter." - Chizuru remembered Jounetsu's words
"Let me tell you an story... Years ago, the succubus know as Jounetsu try to enslave humanity by creating a army of creatures of the night, everything was going well for her until a powerful sorcerer emerged from the shadows and challenged her to a fight to the death... This sorcerer was Merlin!" - Nakoruru
"Merlin? You mean the one from the legends?" - Chizuru
"The one and only! He rised in the dark times as Jounetsu almost completed her plan... It was a tough battle but in the end Merlin was triumphant in vanishing Jounetsu to a place where she wouldn't return or at least that was the expected." - Nakoruru
"Did he sended her to the Makai realm?" - Chizuru
"Exactly!" - Kaede
"As you know, Jounetsu has an story of being sended away for years only to return once every hundred years as there's certain event that makes the doors of Makai be open for any demon to escape and roam free in the mortal plane." - Nakoruru
"Every hundred years a comet the size of mars passes through earth covering the sun creating an eclipse that last around 2 hours. This comet has been called by various names but alot of people know it as the devil's tail!" - Nakoruru
"The devil's tail? I think I saw about it in the news." - Chizuru
"This comet appearing isn't a coincidence. Everytime the comet passes close to earth's orbit, a small hole is open in the makai allowing any demonic creature to excape." - Nakoruru
"This comet has allowed Jounetsu to return to earth many times in the past but her luck runned out when she fought against you." - Nakoruru
"Chizuru, you were the only one who managed to stop her by trapping her away in a place that wasn't makai." - Nakoruru
"Whatever was the place were you sended her, she is unable to return from it." - Nakoruru
"But it seens your alter ego is decided to finish what Jounetsu started." - Kaede
"Chizuru, I think you have an idea of what she wants to do, right?" - Nakoruru
"I'm not sure, Athena mentioned something about a eternal night." - Chizuru remembered about what she heared from Athena when she was in the temple
"Just as I expected, Chizuru. I don't want to scare you but there's a reason why the succubus wanted to obtain your body until now." - Kaede
"What do you mean?" - Chizuru
"In 10 hours the demon's tail wil pass through earth's orbit." - Said Nakoruru surprising Chizuru
"The demon's tail, the comet?" - Chizuru was surprised
"Yes, she plans to use the comet to open the breach in the makai that appears every hundred years to make the creatures trapped there be able to invade our world." - Nakoruru
"Now everything makes sense!" - Chizuru remembered something back when she fought Jounetsu
"(I have to admit that I underestimated you, Kagura. Not mortal in my entire live had forced me to do this.)" - Jounetsu talked as Chizuru was still confused inside the smoke cloud
"(I promise I'll turn you into my mascot for daring to ruin my night... maybe my apprentice?)" - Jounetsu keep talking to the blinded Chizuru
"Jounetsu... She used me! She took advantage of me to complete her plan, even if she was send to a place where she would never return... Everyone is right is all my fault!" - Chizuru's voice breaks as some tears start rolling out of her eyes
"Chizuru." - Kaede puts his hand on Chizuru's shoulder
"Don't blame yourself to hard, you did what you had to do by stopping her. Besides, not everything is loss." - Nakoruru
"How? I doomed the entire world! I should have never messed with her. Tell me how is not everything loss?" - Chizuru looks at Nakoruru at the eyes
"Chizuru, you have a strong will. You didn't gave up to the darkness, even when you hadn't anything to keep fighting. For better or worse you managed to separate yourself from the succubus. And we need to take advantage of that." - Nakoruru smiles at Chizuru with confidence
"Chizuru, you might not realized it but you're our key to victory now. The world needs you as you're the only one who can stop the plans of your succubus self." - Said Kaede
"You mean that there's hope?" - Chizuru cleaned her tears
"There's is hope!" - Kaede
"Chizuru, will you help us with this?" - Nakoruru gives her hand to Chizuru
Chizuru shakens Nakoruru's hand as both priestesses start discussing a plan
Kagura Temple
A strange shadow arrives at the temple of the Kagura
"(She is here!)" - Thought the strange shadow as he saw Chizuru's bike parked in the entrance of the temple
The shadow walked inside as he heared tons of moans and screams of joy coming from certain room.
When the shadow enters the room he sees a full orgy going on as the room is full of creatures.
"What?" - A pink skined succubus of purple hair and a red skined incubus of brown hair are shocked as they stop having sex when they see the strange shadow opening the door
"How?!" - Both creatures asks to the shadow as they returned to their normal forms
"What's wrong? You two look like you saw a ghost?" - Said the strange shadow revealing himself to be Iori Yagami
"Kusanagi. Asamiya." - Iori
"Yagami! How is that you managed to survive?" - Said Kyo as he and Athena looked at Iori with total despise
"What? You two idiots think your little team work was enough to kill me?" - Iori started taunting the two
"Hehehe. C'mon! Let's have a rematch, this time I'll send you to hell for real." - Said Kyo
"ENOUGH!" - The Succubus Queen appeared stopping both Yagami and Kusanagi from fighting
"You two dare to touch him again, and I'll make sure you don't live enough to continue with your love sessions!" - Said the Succubus Queen to Athena and Kyo in a menacing tone
Kyo and Athena didn't answer and returned to their act
"Iori, what a big surprise! I know there was no way you would have been killed by them." - The Succubus Queen grabed Iori's shoulder as she looked at him with total desire
"And you guessed right. I felt your chi, Kagura. Why did you call me?" - Said Iori grabing the Succubus Queen's cheek
"You will find out soon! Meanwhile, take a seat or maybe join us in our preparation session?" - Said The Succubus Queen as she invited Iori to sit
Meanwhile
Outskirts of Osaka - Almost Midnight
"Alright! Let's check our positions again!" - Said Nakoruru to everyone as they reunited
"As you all know, soon the Succubus Army will start taking over the country. We need to follow them in case they plan to create more Makai's Duvalias." - Nakoruru
"Makai's Duvalia? You mean the strange plants she tried to use to take control of me?" - Chizuru
"Yes, the Duvalia of Makai is the plant that only exist in the Makai Realm, this plant is created by spores that only the succubus can create. This spores contain the pheromones in form of a purple smoke that the succubus produce to trap their victims and convince them to fall in love with them." - Nakoruru
"You mean that..." - Chizuru remembered her encounter with Jounetsu again, and how everything changed the moment she smelled the strange smoke cloud that Jounetsu's spitted
"That's right, Chizuru! What was in the smoke cloud that you breathen was this spores. If she plants them in the entire country, everyone will suffer the same fate as you but more quickly!" - Kaede
"As I said, we will divide ourselves in three different groups." - Nakoruru
"Group A - Kula, Bao, Momoko, Billy, Chang and Kim. You will come with me!" - Said Kaede
"Group B - Lucky, Adelheid, Maxima, Chin, Saisyu and Shizuka. You will follow Commander Heidern." - Kaede
"Group C - Oswald, Duo Lon, Seth, Marco, Takuma and Chizuru. You will go with Nakoruru!" - Kaede
"With our groups formed is time to revisit the plan, group A, you will go to the east. Group B, you will go to the west. Group C, we will go to the north. Once we have destroyed all their plants. We will reunite in the entrance of the Kagura temple in the south." - Said Nakoruru
"We will have to return to the temple after destroying the duvalias?" - Asked Chizuru
"Yes, as I mentioned earlier we have 10 hours to stop the queen from spreading the pheromones on the entire country and for her to open the gate of makai." - Nakoruru
"We need to move. We will use this headsets to comunicate." - Said Kaede as Heidern and Marco give each person a headset
"Remember, the incubus and succubus will try to turn us into one of them before killing us. Wich is why I have brought this." - Nakoruru pulls a bottle of water
"This is the holy water of Kamui Kotan's river... Is purified to protect us from their pheromones or any spell that involves mind control." - Nakoruru sprays everyone with the holy water of the kamui kotan's river
"Remember. Defend yourselves and your partners, destroy the duvalias, escape out of the places and we will meet back in the Kagura temple. This is our last chance to stop this and we can't afford to fail!" - Said Kaede as his hair goes from black to blonde
"Now, move out!" - Nakoruru orders the teams to move as the walk down the mountains
Kagura's temple
Iori and The Succubus Queen were talking in a corner of the temple.
"Hmmh." - The Succubus Queen
"What?" - Asked Iori realizing Kagura was looking at him firmly
"There's something different about you." - Said Kagura looking at Iori
"What do you mean?" - Iori
"I don't know how to say it but you certainly look different than the last time we saw each other." - Said Kagura remembering when Iori rejected Chizuru's feelings before his fight with Kyo and Athena
"..." - Iori didn't answer
"Still, I'm happy you returned at my side. In a few hours everything will change." - Kagura
"Care to explain?" - Said Iori
"Soon you will understand." - Kagura gets up
"Enough!" - Said Kagura snapping her fingers calling the attention of all the succubus and incubus
"Listen up! The time has come to begin the first phase of our plan." - Kagura
"As we talked it before, we will divide us to plant our duvalias in each part of the country." - Kagura
"We need to have everything prepared before the morning." - Kagura
"Yes, your majesty!" - Said the many incubus and succubus
Iori just watched as the Succubus and Incubus walked out of the temple leaving only a small number with Kagura
"So, now that we are alone. How about we make up for all the time we loss?" - Said Kagura to Yagami as both look at each other
Suddenly Kagura starts kissing Yagami
Tokyo
Kaede and the rest of group A enter the city as they see alot of Incubus and Succubus approaching the city
"They have arrived!" - Said Kaede
"Alright, we have to avoid them turning the people on the streets that haven't been turned at any cost." - Kaede
As Kaede and the rest walk to the city, they see the incubus and succubus land close to Tokyo Skytree as the plant a strange plant in the ground
"Is that what I think it is?" - Kim
"The Makai's Duvalia." - Kaede
"Whatever happens next, just remember, this aren't the people you know. Don't let them get in your heads and remember we are doing this to return them to normal." - Kaede
"Yes." - Said everyone as the start run to Tokyo Skytree
"Is planted! What a viewtiful spot for this little gift." - Said Whip as she and the rest watched the plant emiting the spores flying out of the Duvalia
"Nothing will get in our way now!" - K'
"Are you sure about that?" - Said Kaede as he throws a electric sphere at the group of Succubus and Incubus
"What?!" - The entire group of creatures were shocked as they see a blonde man charging against them alongside a group of fighters
"Distract them while me and Billy destroy the plant!" - Kaede
As the fight started, Kula was face to face with Seirah
"Kula, is so good to see you again. Why did you run away from us? We are a family, and in a family everyone should please each other." - Said Seirah
"Just listen to what you're saying Seirah!" - Kula
"This isn't you, is the pheromones of that Jounetsu woman changing you into this.. This thing." - Kula
"The pheromones just let my inner self be happy and there's nothing wrong with that, don't you get it. Once the Devil's tail passes close to earth. Everyone will be happy like Lady Kagura said!" - Seirah rised her hands to the sky as Kula just continued looking at her with anger
"I want the old Seirah back!" - Kula created two ice spikes with her hands and launched herself to fight against Seirah
"Choi, Jhun, May Lee. Why are you working for Kagura's evil self. Nothing good cant come out of this!" - Said Kim fighting alongside Chang to the Incubus Choi, Jhun and the succubus May Lee
"You don't get it, Kim? This is justice, this is what the world deserves! Once everyone sees things as we see it, then everyone will be happy. There wont be evil or good anymore, just pleasure!" - Said May Lee as she launched with Jhun and Choi against Kim and Chang
"Nonsense!" - Kim and Chang launch against their old friends turned into demons
"You really think you can cut through me!" - Said Foxy as she and K' fight against Kaede and Billy
"Don't make me laugh! You call that rusty metal bar a sword? I'll show what a true sword can do!" - Said Kaede as he clashes his sword against Foxy's
"I never thought I would be seeing you playing with the "good guys" Kane." - Said K'
"Me neither. But I couldn't allow myself to stay with my arms crossed after you and your family of lab freaks turned my sister into a succubus!" - Said Billy as he tried to attack K'
"Oh, you should have accept our offer instead of running away, unlike your sister, she totally enjoyed it!" - K'
"SHUT UP!" - Billy
While the fight continued, a group of people watched everything from two streets far away
"Men, what is all that mess?" - Said a guy arriving to where a group of people were watching everything
"I don't know. A guy with a sword and some other people appeared running to fight against those strange creatures with wings." - Said a woman who had watching ever since Kaede arrived
"We should call the police!" - Said another man
"Nah! Let them kill themselves." - Said another man
"You dare to do call the police and I'll break your face, man. I already bet on the flying creature with the strange sword. There's no way that blondie can defeat whatever that thing is." - Said a man
Kyoto
Heidern and the rest of group B arrive at the Nishiki Market in Kyoto, as they see a group of Succubus and Incubus having already arrived before and planting the Makai's Duvalia
"As Nakoruru said, Kyoto's Nishiki Market would be the crowded place perfect for these creatures to plant their Duvalia." - Said Heidern as he watched the creatures with binoculars
"And just look who is guiding them!" - Said Heidern surprised as he gives the binoculars to Saisyu
"Kyo!" - Saisyu gets surprised at seeing his son turned into a strange creature of red skin with wings
"Are you sure that thing is our Kyo?" - Said Shizuka
"There's no doubt, I would recognize my son anywhere. That demon is him!" - Saisyu
"Chin, isn't that your student?" - Said Saisyu giving the binoculars to Chin
"Athena, how far have you and Kusanagi fallen..." - Said Master Chin disappointed as he saw a strange creature of pink skin with wings in the group
"So, what's your plan Heidern?" - Adel
"We need to separate them from the plant. Them we plant this bomb inside the duvalia." - Heidern
"That's all! Man, this is gonna be easy!" - Lucky
"Yeah, sure. Is not liking we are fighting with demons or anything." - Said Maxima sarcastically
"Don't tell me you're afraid of those things, old man. They can't turn you into one of them. You're not even human!" - Lucky
"Well, in that case. Why don't you go there and defeat all of them, so we could just go and plant the bomb, daredevil?" - Said Maxima mocking Lucky
"I could do that if I wanted but..." - Lucky
"But what?" - Maxima
"But I don't want to make you guys look weak, so I say we do this together." - Lucky
"You really don't need to defeat them. Just cover me up so I can make my way to their plant without being seen." - Said Heidern
Everyone prepared to launch against the army of Kagura
"Are you sure about this, Ms. Kusanagi? You can stay here if you want." - Heidern
"No need to worry, Commander Heidern. How do you think me and Saisyu meet? I might not have the flames like my husband and son but I'm not as weak enough to not know how to defend myself. Besides, I'm dying to have a talk with your student, Master Chin." - Said Shizuka as she prepared fight alongside the others
Saisyu and the rest appeared running towards the group of Succubus and Incubus, surprising them
"WHAT THE HELL!" - Said Elsabeth Blanctorche as they were attacked by Group B
"Dad, you and mom returned! Just in time to see our rebirth." - Kyo
"What has that Jounetsu demon do to you, my son? This isn't you! You're no one's slave!" - Saisyu
"Lady Kagura has opened my eyes, dad. We aren't mortals anymore. Now we are gods in flesh and bone. But of course, why should I expect an old fool like you to understand me?" - Kyo
"(This is worse than I imagined.)" - Thought Saisyu looking at the current state Kyo was
"Master Chin and Ms. Kusanagi! I'm so pleased to see you two." - Athena
"Athena, how could you allowed yourself to fall this low?" - Chin
"Athena, how can you be alright with turning people into monsters?" - Said Shizuka
"How could I expect you two to understand it! Me and Kyo have finally ascended to a level beyond mortality. The arrival of the devil's tail will bring happiness, peace and glory to this world." - Athena
"Is clear you have been blinded by Kagura's words. You think your ancestor would be happy to see you in this moment?" - Chin
"I don't care what she or anyone thinks! This is the path that will bring peace to the world!" - Athena
"Athena, when Kyo presented you to me you were such a kind girl. How could allow yourself to let him fall to the abyss?" - Shizuka
"You two just don't get it! Maybe you're too old to live in our new world!" - Said Athena as she launched two Psychoballs to Chin and Shizuka
"Shizuka!" - Chin
"Don't worry, Master Chin." - Shizuka managed to dodge the attack
"It seens we will have to make your student return to her senses by force!" - Said Shizuka as she and Master Chin prepared to fight with Athena
As the fight continued, Heidern waited for the right moment to enter without being seen
Osaka
Nakoruru and the rest of group C has destroyed the main duvalia of Osaka Castle
"Well, that was easy!" - Said Marco to Seth as they had defeated the Succubus and Incubus that had planted the duvalia
"Are they?" - Chizuru looked at the defeated creatures including Shingo, Malin, Aoi and Kasumi
"Dead? No, just unconscious." - Nakoruru
"Group A, B. We have destroyed the Duvalia in Osaka." - Nakoruru used the headset to communicate
"How is your situation over there?" - Nakoruru
"..." - There was not answer at first
"We have managed to defeat them and I destroyed the duvalia but more of them are coming here to plant another duvalia." - Kaede
"No, it cant be!" - Nakoruru
"There has been some civilian casualties, the police interrupted but some of them died. This is a mess!" - Kaede
"I managed to destroy the duvalia and the rest managed to defeat most of the creatures, except for Kusanagi and Asamiya. They are still standing." - Heidern
"Just as I feared! This is useless!" - Nakoruru
"What happens?" - Dou Lon
"It doesn't matter how much we resist, she will keep sending more and more of her army to plant the duvalias before the devil's tail passes. At this point we will run out of time without having avoid anything." - Nakoruru
"..." - Nakoruru started thinking
"Unless... All of this is just a distraction?!" - Nakoruru then thought
"A distraction?" - Takuma
"Yes, she is just doing this to keep us busy." - Nakoruru
"Maybe there's a reason for that... Maybe... OH NO!" - Nakoruru then realized something
"She is trying to open the hole of the Makai earlier!" - Nakoruru
"What, are you sure about that?" - Chizuru
"Chizuru, this woman thinks like you. She is trying to keep us busy, so she can use the powers of the mirror of Yata to open the door to the demons of Makai." - Nakoruru
Everyone is shocked by hearing this.
"But how can she use the mirror if I have it... What?!" - Chizuru pulled the mirror of Yata out only to see the mirror broken in half scaring the heir of the Yata
"The mirror... I-Is broken!" - Chizuru couldn't believe it
"When you removed her out of your body, the mirror must had been broken in half as you and her are the same person." - Nakoruru
"I think I know what we need to do, we are going to rush to the last part of our plan." - Nakoruru
"..." - Chizuru
"We are going to kill her! Before is too late, we only have five hours left." - Nakoruru
"Chizuru, come with me!" - Nakoruru
"What about us?" - Takuma
"You need to stay here and defeat her army, while isn't our main objective, we need to stop her from turning more innocent people into demons. Only Chizuru and I will take care of her." - Nakoruru
"Fine, we wish you the best of luck." - Seth
Nakoruru and Chizuru walk out of the castle as Chizuru grabs Nakoruru's hand with the talisman of the Kamui Kotan
"Are you ready, Chizuru?" - Nakoruru
"I'm tired of running away. I need to put an end to this." - Said Chizuru with confidence as she and Nakoruru disappear
Kagura's Temple
Chizuru and Nakoruru appear in the outside of the Kagura Temple as they see the bike where Chizuru had arrived some hour before
Chizuru and Nakoruru walk through the temple as they enter the old ceremonial room just to see the Succubus Queen having sealed herself in a barrier as she prepared the ritual to open the doors of the Makai
"So, you managed to deduce my plan? I certainly underestimated you, Priestess." - Succubus Queen
"As for you Chizuru, you shouldn't had come. You just made it easy for me to merge with you!" - Succubus Queen
"You want my body, fine. Then come out of there and fight me!" - Chizuru used her half of the Yata Mirror to break the barrier that protected the Succubus Queen
"Argh! How can you stand side by side with our enemy? How can you deny yourself the title of empress of the world!" - Succubus Queen
"I'm the heir of the Yata clan, my responsability is to protect earth from Orochi and any demon who dares to attack this world, my world. You vile demon are not me! You're just a spawn of Jounetsu created to complete her dirty work." - Chizuru
"Oh, so I'm just a spawn of her?" - The Succubus Queen makes four tentacles appear out of two plants as they trap Chizuru inside a duvalia, Nakoruru manages to dodge the other two tentacles as she sees Chizuru being trapped inside the duvalia
"Chizuru!" - Nakoruru
"Jounetsu was a weakling, she couldn't had never come this far! I'll bring the eternal night to this world and nobody can't stop me!" - The Succubus Queen continued doing the ritual
"You damn monster!" - Chizuru was shut off by a tentacle of the duvalia closing her mouth
"Shut up! You're lucky I need your body to be completed or I would had already killed you but I'll take care of that once I have finished opening the gates." - The Succubus Queen continued the ritual
"Are you forgetting about me?" - Nakoruru
"Oh by the contrary, priestess. My love will take care of you!" - Said the Succubus Queen as Iori appeared from the darkness
"(Iori!)" - Chizuru was surprised as she saw the heir of the Yasakani alive again in front of her eyes
Iori launches to attack Nakoruru while Chizuru just looks at it surprising.
"Yagami! How can you be helping her? She isn't the real Kagura." - Nakoruru
"Just shut off and die!" - Iori started attacking Nakoruru as he throwed to flames at the priestess
Nakoruru jumps dodging the flames counter-attacking Iori with her technique Annu Mutsube
Iori manages block the attack as he suddenly turns into his incubus form and grabs Nakoruru by her arm, throwing her to the wall
"Argh!" - Nakoruru crashes against the wall
"Just give up while you can, priestess, and maybe I'll spare you so you can join our fun once the door is open!" - Said The Succubus Queen as she continues the ritual
"I prefer to die than become your slave!" - Nakoruru
"Then die! Kill her, my love!" - Succubus Queen
Iori launched with his hands holding his flames towards Nakoruru but suddenly...
"Now Mamahaha!" - Nakoruru pointed towards Iori as her royal hawk evolved in fire destroyed one of the windows of the temple
"Argh!" - Iori is hurt by Mamahaha
The hawk impacts Iori and sends him flying to a wall, leaving him unconscious
"Iori!" - Succubus Queen
"(Iori)" - Thought Chizuru
"I can't believe I forgot about that damn hawk!" - Said The Succubus Queen
Nakoruru quickly runs towards the duvalia that has Chizuru trapped inside as she cuts the flower with her dagger, freeing Chizuru
"Is over, there's no place to run anymore demon. We will seal you away for eternity!" - Said Nakoruru as Chizuru breaks the barrier that protected the Queen again
"Bravo! I'll admit you're persistent." - Succubus Queen
The Queen starts approaching Nakoruru and Chizuru
"Two hours, two hours is all I can spare to play with you!" - Said the Queen realizing she only had three hours left before the Devil's Tail passed through earth
"Two hours is more than enough!" - Chizuru
Chizuru and Nakoruru run towards the Queen as they interchange blows
"Why do you keep insisting in fight with me, there's nothing you can do to win! I know every attack, every strategy you use. I'm the true Chizuru Kagura!" - Said The Succubus Queen throwing Chizuru on the ground
"You're not me!" - Chizuru tried to get up
"Look at you, you can barely stand up! You should had let me taking over your body and accept your fate. But no! You wanted to play heroine." - Succubus Queen
The Succubus Queen dodges Nakoruru's slashes that she does with her dagger.
"Mamahaha!" - Nakoruru orders her hawk to attack the Queen as she crouches to dodge her own hawk
"You were just lucky the first time! Your fight with Iori made me realize how do you move and fight." - The Succubus Queen manages to grab Mamahaha as she slams the bird to the ground like nothing
"Mamahaha!" - Nakoruru angry at seeing her companion being hurt launches again towards the Queen
The Queen and Nakoruru interchange blows but unfortunately Nakoruru is unable to hurt her as she is grabed by the neck
"Argh!" - Nakoruru tries to free herself with the dagger but the Queen takes it away and throws it to the ground
"No!" - Chizuru attacks the Queen but the Queen quickly manages to dodge and throws Nakoruru's body at Chizuru
Both priestess fall to the ground weakened
"Is useless! She is too strong, if we keep trying to attack her it will be a matter of time until she kills us." - Said Nakoruru in a worried tone
"This is all my fault. I doomed the whole planet..." - Said Chizuru as she had no energy left
A figure emerges out of the shadows, it was Iori Yagami who had woke up after his fight with Nakoruru
"Iori!" - Said both Chizuru and The Queen
"So you finally woke up, beloved? Knowing you, you probably want your vengeance with the little priestess who send you to the ground, right?" - Said The Succubus Queen to Iori who didn't talked
"Yes, you know me very well." - Said Iori
"Then go ahead, finish her for me. My love!" - The Succubus Queen started to walk away to continue the ritual
"As you wish!" - Iori prepared to run and attack Nakoruru
"NO!" - Chizuru
Suddenly for the surprise of Nakoruru and Chizuru, instead of attacking Nakoruru Iori is seen with his hand being stopped by the Succubus Queen
"Arg." - Iori was surprised at being stopped by the Queen
"Iori, what are you doing?" - The Succubus Queen asked with a serious face as two small tears came out of her eyes
"How could you betray me?! You were supposed to be my king! We were supposed to reign in the eternal night together! You-You damn lier!" - The Succubus Queen was angry by Iori's betrayal
"..." - Iori didn't answer that as he prepared to fight with the Queen
Iori and The Queen fought but for unfortunately for Yagami, the Queen was too much even for him
"You really think I'll have any mercy with you only because I love you? No, there's no mercy for betrayers!" - The Succubus Queen managed to grab Iori by his neck with all the intention to kill him
"(No, I cant let that happen again!)" - Thought Chizuru as she didn't wanted Iori to be killed again
Suddenly Chizuru remembered something
"(Chizuru, you might not realized it but you're our key to victory now. The world needs you as you're the only one who can stop the plans of your succubus self.)" - Said Kaede
"(When you removed her out of your body, the mirror must had been broken in half as you and her are the same person.)" - Nakoruru
"(Could it be? That's it!)" - Chizuru quickly runned to where the dagger of Nakoruru was on the ground
"(What?)" - Nakoruru
"That's right, Kagura. Run away like the coward you are!" - Said The Succubus Queen looking at Chizuru
"Hehehe, you really think you can hurt me with that dagger? You can't lay a finger on me even if your live depended on it." - The Succubus Queen droped Iori on the ground who was confused
Suddenly Nakoruru sees The Succubus Queen's army of Incubus and Succubus arrive as they enter the room
"You're right, I can't hurt you with this... But nobody said I couldn't hurt myself with it!" - For the surprise of everyone Chizuru stabs herself in the heart with the dagger
"WHAT?!"- The Succubus Queen is shocked as Chizuru kills herself in front of her
"*Coughs*" - The Succubus Queen coughs blood as her skin goes for a pink-redish tone to a grey tone
"My head! Everything is spinning!" - The Succubus Queen falled to her knees
"This pain is too much! THIS PAING IS TOO MUCH!" - Screamed the Queen grabing her heart as her body started to become dust
"AAARRRGGGHH!" - The Queen falls on the ground moving like crazy for the horror of everyone as her skin starts disappearing and her skeleton too
Nakoruru sees how the Succubus and Incubus army start screaming as their skins start burning, turning themselves human again as they fall on the ground unconscious
"(Chizuru...)" - Nakoruru runs to the corpse of Chizuru with the other half of the Yata Mirror that was left by the queen
"(You realized the only way to hurt her was hurting yourself. This is why she didn't attacked up with intention to kill you, at the end you decided to sacrifice yourself to protect earth. You did it, Chizuru! You saved earth!)" - Nakoruru hugs the corpse of Chizuru as tears start coming from her eyes
"(His voice is gone!)" - Iori started to walk towards Nakoruru and Chizuru as he realized the voice of his incubus self was gone
"(I'm finally freed from this curse... but at what cost?)" - Thought Iori as he approached Nakoruru who looked at him with a confused expression
"(She is dead!)" - Iori felt confused as if he had a hole in his heart despite being finally free
"(Why my heart hurts so much... It is because of you, Kagura?)" - Iori was now more closer to Nakoruru
Suddenly Iori starts remembering something
"(This doesn't have to be like this! I-I know there's some good in you, Iori. The mirror never lies!)" - Said Kagura as some tears started droping
"(Why do you care so much about it? Are you in love with Kusanagi or what?)" - Asked Iori in a cold tone
"(No, Iori. Is you! I...I love you with all my heart!)" - Confessed Chizuru crying
Iori was surprised but he didn't looked back.
"(If you were to stay with me, there would be no regrets. We'd be happy, there's no need to continue this cycle of hatred. Together we could change the fate of the Yasakani clan to something bright!)" - Chizuru tried to convince Iori to stop his quest for vengeance
Iori's memories with Kagura continued as he approached Nakoruru
"(You always said that we were more similar than what I thought... That deep down you saw being the guardian of the seal as more like a curse.)" - Iori
"(I tried to push you away many times, I hurted you many times yet you still never gave up on me. You told me despite me not wanting to be with you, you would always have a place for me in your heart.)" - Iori
"Kagura..." - Iori was in front of Nakoruru as he looked at the body of Chizuru
"Maybe you were right, we both were cursed with this fate." - Iori
"But I can't allow myself to let you die, not like this!" - Iori cuts his wrist as his blood falls on top of Kagura's mouth
"What are you doing?" - Nakoruru is shocked as Iori crouches to feed his blood to Chizuru
For the surprise of Nakoruru, Chizuru coughs and slowy she starts opening her eyes but now her eyes had the same look the eyes of a Snake has
"... Iori." - Chizuru sees Yagami
"I had a strange dream... Everything was so dark at first, then I was on a line with more people. There was this path to a big wall where two persons guarded the entrace and suddenly everything got dark again." - Chizuru tried to describe her dream to Iori and Nakoruru
"So you saw it too?" - Iori grabs Chizuru's hand
"(How is this possible, she didn't have any pulse or vital signs anymore.)" - Nakoruru was surprised at Chizuru coming back from the dead
Nakoruru and Iori help Chizuru sit as they look at the place with the unconscious bodies
Osaka
Marco and Maxima are watching watching the sun coming out as they see a strange comet fly in the sky
"Is that?" - Marco
"Yes, the devil's tail. Only appears every hundred years according to Nakoruru and Kaede." - Seth and the rest of group C watched the comet pass
Tokyo
Kaede and the rest of Group A see the comet as they carry the unconscious people that were turned back to normal to a hospital
"(Nakoruru. Chizuru. You did it!)" -
Kyoto
Heidern sees the comet pass as Saisyu and Shizuka carry the unconscious Kyo and Athena. With the rest of group B carrying the other people
Later that day
"Are you sure you want to do this?" - Said Nakoruru as she and Kaede reunite with Chizuru in the mountains
"I have not other options. I have been running away but I think is time to confront the consequences." - Chizuru
"You could maybe disguise yourself and escape out of the country." - Kaede
"No, living hidding away is not my thing." - Chizuru
"In a way this is my redemption." - Chizuru
"Before doing that I just wanted to say goodbye to you two and thank you for helping me." - Chizuru
"Don't mention it. You're unique among the realms, Chizuru Kagura." - Kaede
"As priestess we know how to take extreme decisions. I'm sure Maki would be proud of you if she was able to see you." - Nakoruru
"We will see each other again someday?" - Chizuru
"We don't know. The world has strange ways of reuniting people together." - Nakoruru
"Goodbye, Chizuru." - Said Kaede
"Take care!" - Nakoruru
Nakoruru, Mamahaha and Kaede vanish in thin air with the talisman of the kamui Kotan as Chizuru says goodbye to them
Two days later
"Special report today in what seens to be the capture of the Ghost Killer and leader of a cult that kidnapped people and brainwashed them." - Said the host of a news progam on TV
"The night of yesterday, the police managed to arrest know business woman and now criminal Chizuru Kagura. Who was said to be running away to other country but surprisingly Kagura herself showed up to be arrested by the police." - News Host
"As you know, Chizuru Kagura has been charged with multiple acusations from people who declared Kagura having druged them to join a strange demonic sexual cult called the Sons of Gaia according to Kagura herself." - News Host
"Many have jump demanding Kagura for multiple charges as they assure Kagura kidnapped them and forced them to participate into strange sexual activities to serve a strange demon that was making Kagura doing this." - News Host
"In the trial Kagura declared herself guilty accepting every acusation and charge for the surprise of the judge." - News Host
"I know I hurted alot of people and I accept the punishment of my actions. I was responsable for the creation of the cult called "The Sons of Gaia." And some of the murders accounted to the mysterious Ghost Killer. I got nothing to hide, the past is in the past and I declare myself totally guilty." - News Host
"This were the words Kagura said during the trial where a sentece of 30 years was given to her. Despite Kagura's declarations, the evidence of the case has been very limited and many people have started protesting in the outside of the court. Demanding Chizuru Kagura to be free as there's not enough evidence that makes her guilty." - News Host
"We will be bringing more about this case as new information comes out. Back on other news, the reports of strange creatures flying during the night have finally stopped apparently and the calm is finally back in Osaka." - Said the News Host continuing with the progam
Somewhere else
Kyo arrives at the department of Athena, for his surprise he sees the door open
"Athena?" - Ask Kyo as he enters slowy to the room
"What are you doing?" - Kyo sees Athena in front of a broken mirror with a part of the mirror in her hands
"I can't handle this anymore... Our life is ruined!" - Athena was totally sad as Kyo manages to remove the sharp glass from her hands and throws it to the ground
"Don't say that. I know what you have been through ever since we returned to normal." - Kyo hugged Athena
"I haven't been able to look at my parents in the eyes ever since that nightmare ended. I've been going to a therapist as the nightmares continue." - Kyo
"I know. None of my friends want to talk me ever since we returned to normal, Master Chin, Kensou, Bao, Momoko and Even Kaoru look at me with fear and distrust." - Athena
"It will take some time but they will trust us again. Everything will return to normal." - Kyo
"You don't get it! I murdered Ninon and Mignon Beart, I'm a murdered!" - Athena looked at her hands, in her mind she saw them full of blood
"And that's not counting the people we killed as those creatures we turned on every night." - Athena
"Athena..." - Kyo understood Athena as he also know they probably killed many people during their nights as creatures of the night
"I should be rotting in jail!" - Athena
"No! I couldn't live with you in jail, listen you're not a murdered! Whatever these monsters did when they used our bodies wasn't our fault." - Athena
"Do you still want to be with me? Even after everything that happened?" - Athena looked at Kyo in the eyes
"Yes, in moments like this we need each other more than ever. If you can't see the sun, tears will prevent you from seeing the stars." - Said Kyo cleaning Athena's tears
"Kyo..." - Athena closed her eyes as she hugged Kyo
"We will come out of this. I know!" - Kyo
Prision
"Kagura, you have a visit!" - Said a guard of the prision to Chizuru who was reading a book in her cell
Chizuru went to see who had come to visit her.
"Iori!" - Chizuru was surprised as she saw Iori sitting waiting for her
"Hello." - Iori
"Is so good to see you again." - Chizuru smiled to Iori
"I understand why you did this but that doesn't mean there isn't people who wait for you in the outside." - Iori
"Like who? Mai and King think I brainwashed them. Most of the people who worked for me have called me to send me to hell as Kagura Enterprises is in bankruptcy. Who would be waiting for me in the outside?" - Chizuru
"Me." - Said Iori making Chizuru blush
"You?" - Chizuru was surprised
"I know, sounds strange but the truth is that the only person who ever worried about me was you. How I wished I had realized this before." - Iori
"You mean that?" - Chizuru
"Yes, you were right but I was so blinded by vengeance that I just couldn't see it." - Iori puts his hand on the glass where Chizuru's hand was
"You have no idea how those words make me so happy..." - Chizuru
"Can I ask you something?" - Iori
"Sure, what is it?" - Chizuru
"This morning your lawyer went to see me. I firmed some papers and for what he told me, you're giving me your house to me?" - Said Iori
"Yes, that's right! I prefer you to have it instead of anyone else. Iori, I don't know how much time I'll be here but is the same reason why I didn't escape out of the country." - Chizuru
"I need someone who can watch the seal of Orochi while I'm here and that's why I decided to giving it to you." - Chizuru
Iori understood that despite being in jail, Chizuru still had her priorities as the guardian of the Seal of Orochi
"How is that the police didn't saw the seal when they entered to investigate your mansion?" - Iori
"Oh, is a large story but I'll tell you." - Chizuru continued talking with Iori
Some years later
A man is seeing arriving to his house in a bike
"Dear?!" - Said the man revealing himself to be Kyo Kusanagi looking in his 35's
"Kyo, you returned home earlier. Is everything ok in your motorcycle workshop?" - Said an adult woman of purple hair recieving Kyo with a kiss, this woman was retired Idol Athena Asamiya now in her 30's
"Everything is great! But today I felt like closing earlier to spend some quality time with you and our little Shizuka. How is she?" - Asked Kyo
"Oh she is playing in the main room." - Athena and Kyo walked to the main room as they see a small girl of purple hair playing with her toys
"She is beautiful, Athena." - Kyo
"Even better, Kyo. She's ours-And she's the future." - Said Athena as she hugged Kyo while both looked at their daughter
As both parents go to the kitchen to prepare the dinner. The eyes of little Shizuka Kusanagi bright with a purple light as she sees two small pink dots appearing in her arm.
Little Shizuka ignores this as she continues playing with her toys.
THE END.
