Chapter 13

Drive

Danzo walked towards the left of the platform that had raised itself up to the roof. To his surprise the beaten Ryuki had left behind the soul of Belial and soon took it as his own. It was the same gauntlets and greaves that Ryuki had used on him and the kunoichi. He placed them into his coat pocket and marched off. He then proceeded to his next destination where he hoped that some new youma would prove to be a challenge to him.

In the dojo of Shinobi Island, Lord Hanzo and Sayuri were watching from a safe distance hoping that no youma would dare come for them. To their surprise they saw Rin, Daidouji, and Kiriya return looking very alarmed.

"We have to get the both of you to safety. The gateway to the youma realm that Sato once closed is preparing to open," Daidouji said.

"I'll try to slow down as many as I can when they start pouring through that portal like a swarm of locusts," added Rin.

"In the meantime, I'll evacuate the people from every major city to another safe haven," Kiriya said firmly.

"Well then, I wish you all the best of luck," replied Hanzo.

"I just hope that our beloved granddaughter, Asuka will survive," Sayuri said worriedly.

Daidouji assured her that Asuka and her friends would be alright.

Asuka and her friends were now racing up the spire of the Tower of Darkness hoping to catch up to Miyabi before she was able to start going on a murderous rampage as the nearest of the youma challenged them. At Ikaruga's signal, Katsuragi sent the youma flying back with two powerful kicks then continued to follow Asuka who was ahead of them. Hibari stayed close to Yagyuu who also pushed back some new youma that were about to harm her as Yagyuu struck them down with her umbrella.

Homura was now rushing up another part of the spire to the tower with the rest of Team Crimson her six swords in both hands. She cut down the Youma furiously a Yomi fired her crossbow. Hikage swung her knife fiercely cutting down the youma not even caring about her emotions running rampant. Mirai and Haruka also shoved and smacked the other youma aside as they continued to make the climb.

Team Gessen also hurried up to the tower where they discovered an a window nearby and soon jumped through only for a group of yoma to ambush them. They steeled themselves in a single moment and battled them. Yumi swung about in a flurry of icicles that she summoned forth from her fans impaling youma left and right. Yozakura began punching at them wildly sending them crashing through several walls and impaling them on stone spires in other corridors. Shiki swung her dual bladed scythe back and forth at any youma that were going to attack her. Murakumo weaved her cleaver and spear about cutting down any youma that were trying to pin her down, while also keeping her mask on. Minori smacked the youma with her pan and bucket knocking them down, as she saw that her play time had been ruined by Akira's deceit.

The four members of Team Hebijo knew that their friend needed to be stopped and convinced to give up this senseless revenge, or else she would be killed. A small group of youma spotted them and tried to bring them down, but Ryobi fired her rifle rapidly killing them all as Ryona leapt overhead and fired downwards creating a rainstorm of bullets on a new swarm of youma that fell almost instantly. Murasaki and Imu swung down their weapons and killed the other youma that had gotten in their way. The four then continued onwards in the ongoing search for their fearless leader.

Team Mikagura was moving on a head as the nearest batch of youma fell to Kagura's power. Naraku, Renka, Hanabi, and Kafuru quickly followed suit and leapt through another window into a corridor where some new youma emerged to engage them in battle. But they were soon struck down and left defeated.

Team Master was also moving on ahead when a huge group of youma ambushed them. Senko and Fubuki charged forward but another youma caught Gekko off guad and sent her flying out of highest window where she was falling rapidly. Senko tried to grab her sister's hand, but missed completely.

"We don't have time to mourn. We have to keep going, or the world will be ravaged by the Youma," Fubuki said.

Senko nodded sadly, and turned her tear stricken face towards the youma cutting them down furiously.

Below the tower Danzo had managed to arrive back in the slums of Asakusa where he saw numerous youma piling up around the bar. He cut them down and smacked them back with a ferocious combo attack cleaving them into small giblets that landed on the ground. He looked up to see that Gekko was now falling rapidly towards the ground and had to act fast. Using the Belial greaves he had on him, he jumped up at a tremendous rate and caught Gekko in his arms. Then he landed on the ground while still holding her bridal style in front of his shop which was still in shambles. Carefully setting her down, Danzo charged furiously at the Youma and reduced them to dust and ashe with his youma trigger activating in a frenzied state. Once they were gone, and he reverted to his normal state, Gekko ran up to Danzo and hugged him tightly.

"Thank you for saving my life Danzo," she said sweetly.

"I couldn't a babe like you die by falling down from a really great height now, could I?" he replied, embracing her as well.

Then Gekko's lips soon touched Danzo's as they shared their first kiss under the stars. They soon parted as Danzo saw that she was blushing.

"That was by far the best first kiss of my life," Gekko said gently touching his face.

"Mine too, but we got a job to do, and we gotta put a stop to Miyabi's crazed bro before he destroys this entire world and wipes humanity off the face of the earth," replied Danzo.

Gekko nodded and quickly followed him back to the tower. They soon saw that the entrance was not were they expected it to be, until they saw what appeared to be a motorcycle left behind hanging precariously from a narrow ledge. It fell to the ground, but Danzo raced forward and summoned forth his nunchucks called Gamr and swung towards the motorcycle's handlebars pulling it towards him and Gekko. The two soon got on with Danzo on the driver's seat, with Gekko clinging on to him, her breasts pressed onto his back. Danzo started the engine then gunned the nitro in the bike's engine sending a jet of flames out of the exhaust pipe.

With a smirk, Danzo was now speeding up the side of the tower with Gekko holding onto him as tightly as she could. Huge chunks of debris were falling towards them as he weave to the left and to the right evading them as easily as he could. Gekko saw that he enjoyed motorcycles since he once rode one with someone back in his Hanzo academy days. Danzo whooped and continued upwards with a fierce determination in his eyes dodging the debris as it fell towards them.

Suddenly they spotted a large chunk falling towards them, but Danzo used his bike to jump onto the falling chunk of debris and continued to ride upwards while Gekko held onto him. Jumping the gap, Danzo looped forward as group of youma charged at them.

"End of the ride!" he said.

Gekko jumped clear, and landed on the ledge. She turned to see Danzo using the bike as a club sending youma flying everywhere. A smirk appeared on his face as he gunned the nitro in the engine sending another burst of flame from the exhaust, then swung fiercely at the youma crushing them and then sending them crashing into the walls of the tower, and the ledge near that Gekko was standing on. He landed in a crouch as Gekko stepped back seeing that the motorcycle was sparking. It exploded in a brilliant burst of orange flames leaving behind the handlebars in Danzo's hands leaving the back of his coat partially scorched. He tossed it aside as Gekko now knew that he was a really great guy to be with. Danzo looked behind him to see that the bike was nothing but scrap metal, then tossed the handlebars aside and walked on.

Miyabi was now clambering up the Tower of Darkness with a fierce determination, but her breathing was becoming erratic as she continued on.

Danzo smirked proudly as he and Gekko walked towards a door that would lead them back into some corridors.

"We'll need to find Senko and Fubuki first before we continue on," she suggested.

"Fine by me Gekko," replied Danzo. As they approached the door.

Author's notes

Phew, another chapter complete. And it looks like Danzo not only saved Gekko from falling to her death, but also shared his first kiss with her. YYYAAAYYY!

Now if you want to know why Danzo was at Hanzo academy in his teenage years, it's because after his mother was slain by the youma. the sight of her corpse and thought of his brother Ryuki being killed by the youma that attacked his family home, would lead him to change his name to Makoto Kisaragi.

Kagura by the way happened to be visiting and tried to stop the youma from attack Danzo's home, only to fail to stop the youma from killing Emika after she told him to get as far away from the house he lived in after Sato left and passed away into legend. When Kagura felt Danzo wrap his arms around her and bury his tear stricken face into her chest, Kagura couldn't help but feel sympathy for the hybrid son of Sato.

So this story was inspired by watching both the Senran Kagura anime shows and the specials, and gameplay of the Devil May Cry games as well as the animated Devil May Cry. So yeah, even fans of the two franchises by Marvelous and Capcom know that this is getting pretty interesting.

See you guy's next time.

Peace.