Chapter 17
Invading hell
As Danzo landed safely on the ground he saw that the Youma realm was almost devoid of Youma as he marched ahead.
"No point in turning back, It's time to stop Akira once and for all," He said to himself.
He walked calmly to what he thought was a mirror, placed his hand through it, pulled it out, and walked straight through. He emerged from the other side onto a chess board where he saw several youma in the shape of several chess pieces he recognized, the pawn, the rook, the knight, the bishop, the king, and the queen.
The pawns soon began to advance upon him, but Danzo quickly began to cut them down. The knights advanced upon him as well as the last of the pawns fell. Danzo attacked with all of his strength as the queen piece and the bishops advanced upon him. Leaving himself with little choice, Danzo unleashed his youma form and cut down the remaining chess pieces with all of his strength. Once they had been eliminated a new gateway appeared, and he slowly walked into it.
He emerged on the Road of Despair, and soon began climbing to the next portal as the road appeared before him. Some youma tried to slow him down, but he cut them down almost immediately with Defiance. Then he set off for the gateway and emerged in what he thought looked like M.C. Escher's artwork Relativity. He began to walk slowly onwards noticing a huge slab with several stones upon it.
"Looks like this is a trial before I face off with Akira," he said calmly, and proceeded to his first target, Gamr.
Outside on the streets of Asakusa, the youma were now swarming ferociously. Daidouji and Rin were doing their best to hold back advancing horde, but they saw that some of the Youma sensed there was another presence in their realm. Some began to turn back while the rest of them continued their rampage against the other people.
"There's too many of them!" shouted Daidouji, began pummeling the Youma before her into submission.
"I know that, but we need to hold them back for as long as possible without giving ground," replied Rin who cut them down with her fuma Shuriken.
Several soldiers arrived with the US Military bringing in heavy fire power. Fighter jets raced across the sky shooting down the airborne Youma, while ground troops stationed at nearby military command base in the outskirts of Kobe rushed in with heavy fire arms.
One soldier holding the rank of colonel stepped forward. He looked to be around the same age as the two women.
"Need a hand with these guys Rin?" the officer said firing his pistol at an approaching youma, which fell at her feet.
Rin looked at him with warm smile.
"Yes, and thank you for coming to my aid Julian," Rin replied, kissing his cheek.
Julian Mercer then lead the charge with Rin at his side, it was all or nothing now. Soldiers fired their rifles, shotguns, SMGs, RPGS, grenade launchers, and heavy vulcan gatling guns at the youma. Tanks fired at the larger youma riding vicious mounts and gigantic orc like monstrosities reducing them to giblets.
One soldier bearing the rank of Sargent engaged the enemy firing his assault rifle in one hand, and his desert eagle in the other. Daidouji saw him and smiled proudly at the soldier who looked very young, but his bravery made her extremely proud of him.
"Heads up!" she called, and punched a youma behind him sending it flying into a tank's heavy blast.
"I owe ya big time Daidouji," Sargent Alex Hawthorne replied, making Daidouji smile at him.
Daidouji saw that he reminded her of one of her heroes, John Rambo, and soon she kissed his lips. They parted from each other, and began charging at the Youma with a fierce battle cry. Other soldiers knew that the tide had begun to turn as Kiriya watched from a safe distance from a mobile command center.
"Concentrate all of your efforts on any youma that are about to harm the innocent people," he said to Commander Dwight Wilson.
"You heard the man, move all available field units to all outlying sectors near the slums," Wilson said to the command staff.
Some youma had managed to approach the ocean with a powerful creature that resembled Godzilla which began talking heavy fire from a fleet of Naval ships with a heavy fighter carrier. It looked up to see some silver fighter jets bearing down on it.
"Okay Condor Squadron, let's bring down the hammer on Big G," said Captain Oliver Sanders in the lead jet.
Condor Squadron consisted of sixteen Grumman F-14 tomcat jets, that swooped down firing their missiles at the youma, first wounding and staggering it. The youma retaliated firing a beam of blue energy as the squadron managed to get clear. Condor 16 however had a better idea.
"Condor Leader, I know that I can be a bit brash at times when performing complex maneuvers, But I want you to know that it's been an honor fighting along this great squadron. I'm gonna make sure that this guy goes down for good," Condor 16 said to his squad leader.
"Okay, godspeed pilot, and make this maneuver count!" Captain Sanders replied.
Condor 16 then swooped down and gunned the engines of his jet to full burn. The youma looked directly at him and began to prepare his lazer attack once more.
"EAT FISH GODZILLA!" the pilot shouted, and slammed into the kaiju sized youma's mouth, taking it with him in a dramatic explosion.
"Condor Squadron, let our wingman's sacrifice be a light that gives us strength. Let's take out the remaining monsters and go home," the squad leader said.
The remaining pilots agreed and soon began the arduous task of eliminating the youma that were infesting the city. Several more Youma began to swarm them, but the fighters held their own against the enemy, no matter how bad the odds were against them.
Daidouji, Rin, and their boyfriends looked up to see that the last of the youma had now been pushed back to the slums. They charged again hoping to keep them contained long enough for their friends to launch a counter attack. Desperately the youma began to make their final stand in the slums knowing fully well that they had greatly underestimated humanity.
Back in the youma realm, Danzo had managed to clear the trials in the Lost Souls Nirvana, the slab now had all the pieces connected as the portal to his final target opened. He looked back, and quietly clenched his fist upon Miyabi's pendant, which was still tucked underneath his shirt. Then he walked through the gateway.
In the deepest reaches of the Youma Realm, Akira gloated proudly at his prize. Holding the sword before him as the blade glimmered brightly, he swung it furiously first at one pillar, then another, and brought it down in front of him creating a shockwave beneath his feet. His bright yellow eyes glowed, as his body irradiated with power. Then a powerful burst of golden energy surrounded him and dissipated entirely. He smiled proudly at his new form. He had a last transformed into Sato's youma form. His feet were now demonic with three clawed toes, his hands had claws at their fingertips, ahd his body became more demonic. On his head were two horns, with wings that looked demonic and terrifying to look upon, his mouth now had sharp fangs inside as he grinned malevolently.
Miyabi sat in solitary silence in the Dark Library when she heard footsteps nearby. She looked up to see the distinct sight of Ryuki in his dark blue coat walking by with Yamikaze at his side. She watched as Ryuki opened a door in front of him and walked inside leaving it open for her to walk through. Standing slowly up on her own two feet, Miyabi carefully pulled out a scroll and raised it above her head.
"SHINOBI TRANSFORMATION!" she cried.
The clothes that Danzo gave her soon vanished around her body, and her ninja outfit was now back upon her, consisting of a white coat with with dark silver markings upon the hem of it with gold inside of the collar, aa black cape carrying the Hebijou simbol upon it, a golden belt with also bearing the sigil of her school on it's buckle, A red sash at her waist, bandages around her left arm and hand, dark black stockings, and white boots with black wrappings tied behind her lower calves. Then she followed Ryuki's footsteps towards the top of the Tower of Darkness with her sword in hand.
On the Tower rooftop Asuka and the others stood staring anxiously at the portal. Then they turned to see Ryuki standing behind them.
"Stand aside everyone, Akira wanted to help me in my quest to gain power, but he used us all for his little puppet show. It's best for you to remain in the human world while I find him and Danzo. Once he's eliminated, the power of Sato will be mine," Ryuki said calmly.
The Kunoichi stood back as Ryuki ascended to the portal, and began tracing his brothers footsteps to the sight of the final battle ahead of him. Once he was gone, Asuka turned to her friends.
"Let's give them some time by keeping the other Youma at bay," she said.
The other Kunoichi nodded as the sound of fighter jets, ground troops, and heavy road vehicles lumbered in with the roaring and of the youma behind them. They soon raced down to the lower rooftops of the slums helping out anyone in need of assistance. The battle for the fate of two worlds had now begun.
Author's notes
This is it everyone, we're now at the final few chapters of this story. Danzo is gonna try to put a stop to Akira's mad schemes, but Ryuki's not too far behind him. As for Miyabi, she'll soon learn that revenge only brings shame to those who have died in the past, after she delivers the final blow to her brother when he's beaten by the twin sons of Sato.
See you guys in the next Chapter!
Peace.