Author's Note: And we are back. Now let the badassery fight between our young hero's and Skull begin.
Also introducing David Leatherhoff by ScarfxWinter
Chapter 41: Skull
Theron, Fang, and Yaebi stared at the figure in amazement and in surprise seeing that he appeared out of nowhere. It almost reminded Theron of how Kai would make some entrance.
"Um…who are you?" Yaebi asked.
"Names David Leatherhoff but you can call me David." David said.
"Why does that name sound so familair?" Yaebi thought.
"Well…it's a pleasure to meet you Mister David. I am Fang, this is Yaebi and thats Theron. As you can see we have to fight this Freakish Skeleton." Fang told him.
"Yeah I know Hilda told me about this." David said as he looked at the Skull.
"Wait...you know Hilda!?" The three asked in surprise.
"Yep but enough chit chat we need to pulverize this guy and seeing that none of you volunteered to Kick this pile of bones ass…allow me to do the honors." David insisted.
"Not to burst your bubble but we were going to fight this guy before you showed up and grazed part of my hair." Theron said with a stale face.
"Well…at least it wasn't your head." David added.
"Oh screw y-"
Theron was the slapped across the face by Skulls tail and he collided beside Fang and Yaebi. The three boys then collided by a tree and with the sheer force and weight of their bodies they became unconscious. David of course was able to dodge it and glared at Skull.
"Oops…Did I interrupt something?" Skull chuckled.
David didn't answer his question. Instead he put both of his hands in his pocket and started to inspect Skull to see what kind of foe he was fighting.
"So taking a guess you're the Creepy ass Skeleton who's suppose to be the boyfriend of Hilda's sister." David said while insulting Skull.
"You can say that. But if you think that fighting me by yourself is going to work then you are serverly out of your league." Skull hissed.
"Like Hell I am. You're like a cockroach in my eyes." David snickered
"And you are nothing but an INSOLENT BRAT!" Skull yelled.
Skull then charged at David with his claws at the ready but David evaded the attack by jumping upwards. He then landed on Skulls head and raised his fist in the air.
"I think you need to…SIT DOWN!" David said.
He then bashed his fist on Skulls head which forced the Skeleton to fall down to the ground face first with a loud thud. David smirked but it didn't last as Skulls tail lashed out and slashed part of his chest creating a gruesome slash mark. David soon retreated by jumping back while holding onto his wound and he looked at Skull to see the Skeleton get up from the ground.
"Insolent little brat. That attack may have done damage to my cranium but at least I was able to give you a gruesome cut." Skull hissed.
"I wouldn't say that." David said.
Ashe said that David's wound began to heal right up in an instant. Skull seemed to be shocked about this and began to growl.
"It's going to take a lot more then that to take me out you stupid Skeleton." David said.
"Fine…I guess that I can toy with you before I kill you since you can regenerate." Skull growled.
Skull then rushed at David with his bone claws at the ready but David was ready for him with his Axe in his hand.
-Somewhere Beyond the outside world.-
-Ace's P..o.v-
"Hey…wake up already. It's been 5 hours already and you're still like this.." A Demonic voice called out in irritation. The voice sounded exactly like mine from its tone and its speech.
I slowly opened my eyes to see myself looking up at a light blue colored sky with some clouds passing by. I then looked at my side to see bleached grass and bleached trees. My entire body was completely sore and I felt like that I was going to vomit.
"Ah good you're awake. Took you long enough." The voice replied in an amused manner.
I quickly turned my head to see a person sitting on a rock but this wasn't just some ordinary person. This was me or to be precise a darker version of myself that refers itself as Dark Ace or Skull on some occasions but it loves to be called Dark Ace. Dark Ace resembled me in everyway in closes, and looks. The only way to tell the difference is his appearance. Dark Ace's clothes that resemble mine are colored black, the Skeleton beanie on his head is black as well and the face is white. His hair is completely dark grey, his skin color is pure white, his Skeleton hand that should be on his right is on his left instead, and his eyes are black with light grey pupils. Basically…he was a Evil demonic side of me while I was the Passive Human side. We're like two sides of a coin. I'm heads and he's tails.
"Well…it's a pleasure to see you awake Ace. Sleep well?" He said in a pleased voice.
"Like Hell I did. What am I doing in here and why have you chose to appear now Dark Ace?" I said with a menacing tone.
"Whoa…whoa…whoa easy now. There is no need to be rude to me. Besides it was your anger that released me. I was just using this to my advantage so I can have some fun. Besides that Wither Princess seemed to be one of your problems so I decided to "Take Care" of her for you." Dark Ace said with a chuckle.
"That doesn't give you the right to appear. This is my body and I am the one who controls it Dark Ace." I told him while standing on my feet.
"Please…call me Kiro. I find it to be a better name then Dark Ace or Skull combined." Kiro said with a smile.
"I don't care what I call you. I am going to end you so I won't go through all of those nigthmares." I said as I grabbed my bow and quiver that were on the ground.
"Oh how terrific. I get to fight you and claim your body at the same time. What a wonderful day that I've been having. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!" Kiro said.
Kiro raised his Skeleton hand and a grey sword appeared in his hand. He then pointed it at me and smiled while I took out three arrows.
"I am going to enjoy beating you to a pulp Ace. Once I'm through with you I will be free from this prison and I shall claim dominance over your body as if it's my own." Kiro said with a grin while revealing Skeleton teeth.
"That is if you manage to kill me you pathetic doppelganger." I said with a menacing voice.
Even though this was my mind the scenery was actually realistic. I can feel the wind blowing across my face and allowing my air to flow along with it. It seemed peaceful but off course there's this bastard. Despite him being apart of me I can't live each day having a demented side of me who has the urge to torment everything in its path. What's worse is that Yuki is dating someone like me. Or was now that I've broken her heart. I bet she hates me already.
-No P.o.v-
"HERE I COME!" Kiro yelled.
By Yelling at him Ace snapped out of his thoughts and he was able to see Kiro already upon him. He slashed his sword upwards but Ace was able to evade attack before he put a cut on his body. As Ace was still in mid air he placed the three arrows on my bow and fired them at Kiro but Ace wasn't surprising to see him slash them to pieces.
"Skeleton Slash!"
As Kiro said that his sword got a black aura around it and he lunged at Ace while he was still in midair. Having no way to evade the attack Ace brought his Skeleton arm above himself before the worse can happen.
"Skeleton Shield!" He yelled.
Ace's Skeleton arm began to make cracking sounds and in an instant it formed into a shield to cover his torso and his face and just in time to since Kiro slammed the sword upon his shield. Despite the great defensive move the force of the attack sent Ace flying down to the ground and crashing creating a small hole causing him to take damage from the fall but despite that he also managed to almost break his back. Ace dispersed his shield and quickly got up to see Kiro still levitating in the air and he can tell that the Demonic Doppelganger was amused. Ace knew that Kiro was only toying with him. Kiro will play with his foes like he is doing now since Ace is not in control of his body. Whoever he is facing is probably being toyed with as well but Ace can't be sure.
"C'mon Ace. I'm only having fun with you before I kill you. You should be happy that I have some shed of kindness inside of me." Kiro said with a grin.
"Either its kindness or Insanity. Either way I see no point of letting my guard down." Ace told him.
"Whoever said I wanted your guard down." Kiro said except his voice seemed to be ext to my ear.
Ace quickly turned to see Kiro behind me and before he could retaliate Kiro uppercutted Ace in the face before grabbing him and throwing the young man out of the hole. Ace soon began to skid on the floor but instead of landing on my back he was able to land on his feet. Ace then had a glimpse of Kiro get out of the crater and he dashed at him but Ace wasn't going to let him get close enough to land a strike with his sword. Ace soon took out one Arrow and aimed it at Kiro and gave a small smirk.
"Arrow Barrage!"
Ace fired the arrow at Kiro but when that Arrow flew at him it turned into 50 arrows. Kiro didn't have a time to evade and took the attack head on. Arrows punctured his Shoulders, Arms, legs, and torso. When the barrage cleared Skull had about 15 arrows in his body.
"Hah. Bulls-eye." Ace said.
"My…I didn't expect this to happen." Kiro said.
The Doppelganger soon smirked and used his sword to cut off parts of the arrows. The sword soon dispersed and Kiro seemed to grin at Ace who was confused. Before Ace knew it Kiro's body then began to under a transformation which bones could be heard cracking and flesh being torn apart. Ace watched as Kiro transformed into the exact Demonic Skeleton just like he did his own body.
"I guess this form would be sufficient enough to kill you. I should have realized that being in a Human form would only result in my downfall." Kiro grinned.
"Oh shit…this is not good." Ace muttered.
-Back in the Overworld-
David dodged another huge spike that Skull had fired from his body.
"Hold Still!" Skull hissed.
"Yeeeeaaaaa…No!" David said while slashing at Skulls chest.
Skulls chest soon regenerated instantly after that attack and glared at David with sheer anger. David only kept a cool posture with one of his hands in his pant pocket while the other held his Axe which was on his shoulder. Suddenly the ground behind David broke and Skulls tail appeared from the ground. David turned around to see the tail but didn't have enough time to block or evade given how close it was. Before he knew it the tail soon collided with a shadow-like sword and Theron stood behind him with his Shadow Blade in his hand.
"You think that I would be knocked out for a long time. You best be joking." Theron said.
"Fine time for you to wake up." David said with relief.
Theron smiled behind his scarf and slashed the tails Mace. Skull shrieked in pain and pulled his tail back into the ground until it was behind him. The Skeleton then looked at his severed Mace before looking back at David and Theron.
"You Pathetic Fools! I will destroy Y-"
Skull was soon interrupted with a Wither Skull crashing on the side of his face followed by arrows which stuck themselves on his chest. The giant Skeleton staggered backwards from the attacks and looked in the direction where they came from to see Yuki and Haze.
"Oh Perfect. More of you insects show up. I'll just kill each and every single one of you to make my life a lot easier!" Skull hissed.
"Give it up Skull." Theron said.
"Even though Fang and Yaebi are still unconscious there's four of us and one of you." Haze said.
"Basically you will be defeated." Haze said.
Skull looked at the four. He soon grinned and laughed in his dark distorted voice which made everyone confused.
"Oh How lovely. I guess play time is over then." Skull said with some insanity in his voice.
Author's Notes: Meh…here's chapter 41. Now of course we meet two new characters. David Leatherhoff and Kiro. Anyways Ace is still alive as you can all see but he seems to be versing Skull or Kiro (as the being calls itself) in his mind while everyone else fights Skull on the outside. Will our hero's be able to defeat him or will they lose to the Demonic Skeleton? Stay tuned to find out in the next chapter Guys and Gals.