Chapter 19
Screaming Souls
Miyabi soon arrived at the top of the Tower of Darkness. the wound on her leg from where Akira stabbed her to draw out her blood which she inherited from the woman who willingly sacrificed herself to seal all the power of the Youma away with Sato's understanding had healed itself leaving a small scar on her upper thigh.
She saw the bells of the Seven Deadly Sins were silent and hanging still, and above her was the portal to the Youma Realm. Looking upwards at the crimson pillar of light, she saw her brother Akira falling down, screaming in anger and shock. He landed with a loud crunch on the tower's floor, and began to crawl away from the portal.
"Why? How could I…!? I shall become a god! No one here can stop me!" he growled, with drops of blood falling from his mouth to the ground.
He had barely gotten to the stairs when Miyabi stepped in front of him and looked down at his broken form.
"What a surprise. Here I was looking for you and, lo and behold, you come back to me," Miyabi said with a now satisfied smirk on her face.
"Miyabi, my dear sister," replied Akira.
"Don't ever speak to me like that again. My father was the only one who could speak to me that way," she hissed, her eyes glowing with hatred.
"Wait, please! Do you really want to kill me? Can you kill me, your own brother!?" Akira asked desperately.
Miyabi however, wasn't listening as she had her sword at her side for this moment.
"What have I done wrong!?" Akira shouted, "Even the heroic Sato sacrificed a woman he knew very briefly so that he would become a legend! I wished to be a god! And I sacrificed our foolish father for that reason. That is all! Was that really so awful?"
Team Hebijo was just coming up to the top of the tower when team Crimson, Team Gessen, Team Hanzo, Team Mikagura, and Team Fubuki arrived to find Miyabi and Akira together. Ryoki and Ayame then arrived as well, just in time to see what was about to happen on the rooftop of the Tower of Darkness.
"I still have some unfinished business to take care of, If you help me, Miyabi," continued Akira.
Miyabi shook her head, drew her sword, cast aside her scabbard, and approached her brother.
"This Miyabi died a long time ago, I am the new Miyabi, and now this is goodbye, Brother," she replied, raising her sword up above her head with the blade facing downwards towards Akira.
Akira was about to protest, but it was too late. Miyabi plunged her sword through her brother's throat, then with a final strike managed cut off his head with a powerful one handed swing. Akira's head flew through the air and disappeared from view, leaving his headless body to fall, as it began weeping blood from where his head was. Then Miyabi stepped back and stumbled onto the ground sitting down gasping for breath. She started to laugh triumphantly, but that laughter soon transformed into sobs as her eyes filled with tears that rolled down her cheeks and landed on the ground below her.
"Here I thought I wasn't gonna cry," sobbed MIyabi, as her friends and rivals raced to her side to comfort her.
Asuka couldn't help but feel sorry for Miyabi as Yagyuu discarded Akira's body by sending it down to the slums below in an unceremonious manner. Fubuki summoned forth an Orb to display the final battle in the Youma Realm for all the Kunoichi to watch.
In the Youma Realm, the sword of Sato, Shadow-edge fell and landed in a rushing river of water which fell into the heart of all Youma. Danzo and Ryuki landed with their amulets in hand, but the sword was soon taken by the older twin who quickly rolled towards it. Ryuki glared at Danzo.
"Give me your amulet," he said.
"No way, you got your own," smirked Danzo, as he pocketed it into his coat.
"Well I want yours too," protested Ryuki with a frown pointing the sword at him in both hands.
"What are you gonna do with all that power, huh? No matter how hard you try, you're never gonna be like father," Danzo replied, with a mild scowl.
"You're wasting time!" roared Ryuki, then he rushed at him with his new sword only for Danzo to draw his and stop his brother from cutting him down as the water splashed around them.
They looked at each other with their hands on their swords as blood wept onto them.
"We are the sons of Sato! Within each of us flows his blood, but more importantly, his SOUL!" Danzo cried, pushing Ryuki back.
Ryuki glared at him in anger, it was time for their battle to end.
"And now my soul is saying it wants to stop you!" Danzo shouted again.
Ryuki laughed. "Unfortunately our souls are at odds brother. I! NEED! MORE! POWER!" he said, clenching his fist tightly.
"And we're supposed to be twins," Danzo replied looking disappointed.
"Twins. Right," replied Ryuki.
The last clash had now begun, Danzo lunged at his brother with Defiance and swung fiercely at him. Ryuki jumped up and performed a downward slash but Danzo evaded it as they changed into Youma Mode. They fought their way around the raging water as their blades created a powerful wall around them that separated it from them between them marking the center of the battle.
It soon started flowing normally again as Danzo attacked again with Gamr in hand that Ryuki was soon bruised all over. The twins lunged again with their respected swords and clashed again, their Youma blood granting them a powerboost as Ryuki leapt back and surrounded himself in a dark blue aura.
"You're going down," he said in a low voice as his Youma form appeared again.
"Let's end this!" shouted Danzo, changing into his Youma form.
The two twins clashed much more fiercely than before. Their blades left nasty scars and gashes that slowly began to heal, but Danzo soon gained the upper hand pushing his brother back with such force that he felt his power growing. Ryuki was furious as he tried to fight back, but Danzo continued to pressure him until a final strike sent Ryuki flying to a pillar of the entryway. Danzo relaxed as Ryuki slowly walked towards him but then felt himself drop to his left knee, and left hand with the Shadow edge still in his right.
"Am I being defeated?" Ryuki asked in desperation.
"What's wrong, is that all you got?" Danzo asked in a cocky tone. "Come on get up, you can do better than that," he said fiercely, knowing that the fight was almost too short for him.
Ryuki slowly stood up groaning in pain from his wounds. The area around them began to shake as Ryuki looked ahead at the gateway behind his brother.
"The portal to the Human World is closing, Danzo. Because the Amulets have been separated," Ryuki said.
"Let's finish this Ryuki. I have to stop you, even if that means killing you," replied Danzo.
Ryuki grinned manically as he swung the sword to his side. Danzo looked grimly as Ryuki charged at him. Danzo did the same, and the twins screamed like mighty warriors who were willing to kill.
"DANZO!" Shrieked Ryuki.
"RYUKI!" Screamed Danzo.
They raised their blades high into the air and swung at each other, but Danzo quickly performed a two handed side slash at Ryuki's waist, while Ryuki performed an downward slash above his head, missing his brother completely.
"You lose brother," Danzo declared, as Ryuki doubled over in pain and picked his amulet that had fallen from his coat pocket, while the Shadow-edge landed back into the water with the shining silver blade in the ground.
Danzo soon holstered his sword too, as Ryuki slowly stood up and limped away from him.
"No one can have this, Danzo. It's mine, it belongs to a son of Sato!" Ryuki said, panting heavily.
Danzo looked behind him to see that he was nearing the edge of the waterfall and quickly rushed to his side, only to find Yamikaze pointed at his throat.
"Leave me and go, if you don't want to be trapped in the Youma Realm. I'm staying, this place was our father's home," Ryuki continued, and stepped off into the abyss below.
Danzo tried to reach out to Ryuki, but the older twin slashed at his hand leaving a huge scar upon it that wept blood from his palm as he fell into the darkness below. Danzo looked at his scarred hand and clenched it, the blood slowly oozing out and dropping to the ground. Then he turned and picked up his father's sword, looked at it, and walked out of the closing portal.
On the streets outside the Tower of Darkness had vanished into dust as Miyabi looked on ahead. The sound of boots thudding on the ground followed by billowing leather surprised the dark angel of Hebijo as she whirled around to see Danzo alive and mostly unmarred walking with the pendant in his inner coat pocket.
"What an ordeal," he said breathing heavily.
His eyes fixed on Miyabi. "You're still here?" he asked.
Miyabi nodded slowly. "I'd like that back," she said.
Danzo returned her necklace to her but pulled it back. "No late charges I hope," he joked.
"I'll think about it," remarked Miyabi.
Danzo nodded and placed the locket in her hand. Then he slowly walked by her gazing at the sky.
"We should be fine for now, but I'm sure they'll be back soon. Very soon," he assured her.
As the rest of the Ninja teams reunited with each other in the ruined slums, Miyabi suddenly saw a tear rolling down Danzo's cheek.
"Are you crying?" she asked.
Danzo blinked and turned away. "It's only the rain," replied Danzo.
"The rain already stopped," Miyabi told him as she held her hand out, but felt no raindrops.
Danzo shifted to one side as he continued looking away. "Youma never cry," He said solemnly.
"I see. Maybe somewhere out there even a youma may cry when they lose someone they love. Don't you think?" Miyabi asked.
"Maybe," replied Danzo looking at her.
"By the way," she said cutting down three youma that were approaching them, "It looks like we're gonna be busy for a while."
"Well bring it on!" he smirked, making Asuka smile at him with admiration, "I love this! This is what I love for!"
He brushed his coat behind him, drew his hand cannons standing beside Ryona with a prideful smirk, and held them gangsta style.
"I'm absolutely crazy about it!" he shouted.
"LET'S ROCK BABIES!" added Ryona firing wildly at the youma.
Ryobi smirked proudly and fired her customized rifle at them as well. The rest of Imu and Murasaki soon took up an attack formation as more Youma charged at them. Team Hanzo scattered about as Yagyuu and Hibari sent more youma flying in all directions. Team Crimson reacted instinctively sending more Youma towards Danzo who shot them down with his hand cannons. Teams Gessen and Mikagura also joined the fray pushing more Youma back with all their strength. Fubuki, Senkou and Gekkou also joined in the fun as well, striking at several more Youma that had been sent to destroy humanity.
It was a fierce battle with Miyabi and her friends and rivals attacking, dodging, weaving and protecting each other from harm. Danzo also stood grinning maniacally as he and Haruka lunged wildly at their adversaries. Ryoki and Ayame meanwhile decided to help out as well by keeping the Youma away from their friends and family. Ryoki's halo soon turned red as her bloodthirsty self soon began ravaging the youma with a fierce determination. Ayame who was preparing to return to the shop, punched and kicked several youma like a true kung fu fighter
Yomi and Ikaruga were now working well together with their swords swing about in rapid succession. Homura, Asuka, Yumi, and Renka combined their powers to form a full frontal assault with Hikage and Katsuragi also engaging the enemy with their strength and courage. Mirai fired at them from a distance with her umbrella tommy gun, as Hanabi and Kafuru also launched surprise attacks of their own sending watery explosions everywhere.
Naraku and Kagura struck down several Youma that had gotten into their trap with a full power blast from Susano'o. Yozakura, Shiki, Minori, and Murakumo had also managed to wiped out other Youma only for the mask that Murakumo wore to be sent flying and land in Danzo's hand, and he placed it into his coat pocket. Even without her mask on, Murakumo saw that Danzo was right about seeing herself in the mirror because of how many men in the world would see her beautiful face.
Once their common foes were vanquished the kunoichi hugged and thanked Danzo for giving them a chance to help Miyabi realize that revenge only brought about shame. Ryobi and Ryona knew that their new friendship with Danzo would indeed make Ryoki very happy as they high fived him. Ayame then bumped fists with Danzo as Katsuragi smiled proudly at her.
Although Senkou and Fubuki left along with their friends, Gekkou had decided to remain with Danzo as she invited him to stay at a place where they could talk to each other about their previous adventures. Danzo grinned proudly at this proposition.
Miyabi knew that even people can eventually become corrupted by evil if they allowed their hearts to be filled to the brim with it. They all left feeling content that this adventure would teach them all a very important lesson about friendship and family. Then Danzo and Gekko went off to find a place to relax and express their love for each other. They went off on their way, checked in at a hotel, and then as night began to fall they started to kiss each other passionately as Danzo pulled the blankets over them.
When morning arrived Gekko awoke looking at her boyfriend with love in her eyes. Danzo slowly got up and went to get himself cleaned up for his shower. Gekko slowly got up as well stretched her arms and legs out to get the blood flowing into them. She slowly turned (Although aware that she was naked) and saw Danzo with his hair now parted to show his bright blue eyes as he wore some brand new clothes that seemed to suit him very well: A red trench coat that reached towards his ankles with upturned collar, black cuffs on the short sleeves, A brand new black long sleeve turtleneck shirt that almost reached towards his adam's apple, A red red vest with black clasps, red pants with two belt buckles around his upper right thigh, Black gloves, A black leather belt on his waist, and knee-high black boots that covered the lower half of his pants. When Danzo saw Gekko's naked body he quickly turned around without daring to look behind him. But Gekko smiled at him as she gently touched his arm and nuzzled him.
"I'm sorry Gekko, I didn't mean to-" Danzo tried to explain, but Gekko gently shushed him.
"It's okay Danzo, I know that you're not as perverted as Katsuragi, Haruka, or Ryona. Besides, I'd never have you put behind bars for seeing me like this," she said, her voice soothing him as he relaxed.
Gekko stepped back and took the transformation scroll in her hand, and raised up above her head.
Shinobi Transformation!" She said, not wanting to disturb their neighbors.
Once she was back in her ninja outfit, they left the hotel after turning the receipt to the front desk, and soon set off together as a happy couple. Danzo looked as the Tower of Darkness disappeared in a flash of light, never to be used for evil again. But he was still sad that Ryuki chose to remain behind in the Youma Realm.
"Hey Danzo, It's okay to cry. Crying doesn't mean you're weak, it means that you are kind and caring to the people you call your friends," Gekko explained, taking his hand in her own.
"Yeah, maybe you're right Gekko. I may be tough but I do have some trace of my mother's kindness in my blood," Danzo replied.
Together they set off towards Asakusa, then parted ways as they smiled at each other knowing that they would see each other again in the future.
Author's notes
All right! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter immensely, and yes Danzo and Gekko have finally become a couple. HURRAY! *Claps hands* I know this was a tough thing to make, but you know I'm proud of myself for writing this story, And I hope you guys are proud of me as well.
Unfortunately though, Danzo will still remain firm friends with Team Hanzo, Team Hebijo, Team Gessen, Team Crimson, Team Mikagura, And the two members of Team Master so that harem thing is kind of overused but I'll still consider the girls feelings for him, because they're more than just Danzo's friends, they're also like a family to him whether they good ninja, evil ninja, or just plain renegade for life. (Blame TeamFourStar for that if you want to.)
Anyway, I'll be posting the Epilogue of this story very soon so keep in touch.
Peace.