Chapter 50 – This Isn't Goodbye, It's Until We Meet Again – (This is it, the final chapter)
Haruka jumped back as Usaitar slashed at her.
"You're not as good as I thought," said Haruka smirking. "You're strength isn't as impressive as I thought.
"I'm going to tell you now, before we start doing anything. I don't want to talk. I'm here to kill you and that's that. Don't worry about your friends either, if they win they'll return, but if they lose, they die."
"Fine, fine. Have it your way. I'll skip the insults and cut straight to the killing."
"Much appreciated," said Usaitar with an evil white smile. He vanished and appeared behind Haruka, she moved round and blocked an attempt to slash her shoulder whilst he flash stepped.
"Nice try, but I'm faster than you think." Haruka moved rapidly and fired successive hado attacks at Usaitar.
Usaitar raised his sword and parried all the attacks and charged forwards readying his sword. Haruka swung down her sword and both swords clashed with an explosion sending them both flying backwards.
"You don't even have bankai, how do you expect to beat me with just a shikai release?" asked Haruka.
"I don't need a bankai. I can beat you easily." He flash stepped randomly around the room firing black waves of spiritual energy at Haruka. She slashed them all apart then blocked a frontal strike from Usaitar sending shockwaves across the ground and creating a crater beneath.
Usaitar pushed down then back flipped away from Haruka. She took this chance, got behind him and slashed down. He spun round just in time and blocked the attack with one hand on the sword, then he used his other hand and fired another wave of dark spiritual energy. Haruka flash stepped back and countered with a kido, it exploded as the attacks collided.
"Indeed I have found the adversary I've been waiting for," smiled Usaitar.
He shot out of the smoke and slashed again, Haruka blocked. The collision was so powerful that the ground below them crumbled. Haruka fell down into the darkness.
"Don't think so." Her dragon wings shot out from her back and she flew back up at lightning speed.
"To stop a dragon, you need to stop its fangs first," said Usaitar smiling. "Bakudo number 4, Crawling Rope." He threw a bright yellow rope and tied up Haruka's hands before she could react. He flash stepped and sliced Haruka's shoulder, blood sprayed out from the gash and she screamed in pain. "Still not fast enough."
"Bastard." Haruka forced the ropes apart and turned and blasted a wave of light energy at him.
He intercepted the attack with a wave of dark energy, the attacks hit and blew up on contact. They both charged into the smoke screen and clashed blades once more sending them both flying backwards.
"Dammit, I can't get close enough. Every time we hit it always explodes," thought Haruka. Usaitar fired a large bolt of dark lightning at her, she jumped out of the way and fired a hado four back. He flash stepped and advanced avoiding her attack. Haruka shot forwards and feinted an attack, Usaitar went out to block but she turned in the air and dodged the blade and slashed Usaitar's leg making a small cut.
"Not bad. But no where near good enough." Usaitar vanished into the universe and suddenly appeared behind Haruka and slashed at her back, she turned and jumped back just in time but was still cut across her leg. "In this universe, I control everything. You have no chance."
"Show's what you know about me." Haruka slashed at where Usaitar was but he vanished and appeared behind her in a split second and landed a slash on her back. "Dammit," she cursed.
"Die," she heard him say out of nowhere and thousands of darts of dark spiritual energy shot at her.
Haruka held her sword vertically in front of her. "Light," she said, and slashed her sword horizontally in front of her taking out all the darts. Usaitar appeared again and fired out dark balls of energy at her then he flew with them with his sword outstretched.
Haruka took flight with a wing beat and dived towards the balls of energy. She twisted and span in the air and dodged incoming balls, intercepting a few with quick hado thirty-three attacks. Usaitar appeared right in front of her she slashed at the same time as Usaitar and another explosion occurred on contact. Haruka held the deadlock in place this time however and pushed Usaitar off. "Hado ninty, black coffin," she shouted as a black box encased Usaitar.
"I'm sorry, but that's not going to work," said Usaitar's voice behind her. She turned round and blocked a sneak attack by him. "I can teleport whenever and wherever, a slow attack like that will never hit me."
"Fine then. How about a fast attack?" smirked Haruka. "Hado twenty-one, arrows of light." The arrows shot out of her hand and flew speedily at Usaitar, he flash stepped backwards but the arrows followed him. He stopped the arrows with blades of dark kido exploding on contact.
"Not bad, but still, you still need to do much better than that." Usaitar moved again and fired a close ranged black bladed kido. Haruka side stepped and avoided the attack, she stabbed forwards. Usaitar moved his head below the blade then raised his head again as he attempted to slash at Haruka's head. She pulled back her sword and blocked. "Hado 95, Dark Screech," he shouted as lightning formed in his hand and he forced his hand.
"Hado 94, White Howl," shouted Haruka as her hand was filled with a white lightning. Their hands met and the attacks blew up in a massive cloud of flames and smoke.
Haruka took huge damage, luckily Haruka's wings weren't damaged and she manager to stay airborne.
"Too slow." Usaitar appeared behind Haruka, she reacted but too late as Usaitar's blade pierced Haruka's stomach. He pulled it out and threw Haruka down, then suddenly ground appeared below her and she smashed into it. "I told you, I can teleport whenever and wherever. It was foolish of you to try and match my attacks at such close range.
"Shut up," panted Haruka standing up again, covered in blood and a sea of blood lay beneath her.
"You're a stubborn one aren't you. I will commend you on getting this far, and also on lasting this long against me. You've fought valiantly, but in the end you were just foolish and arrogant, and that's why you lost," said Usaitar with a grin on his face as he landed a few metres away from her.
"Shut up you bastard, shut up. I haven't lost yet," cursed Haruka as she lifted her sword slowly.
Usaitar shook his head. "Whatever." He vanished and slash stepped past Haruka slashing her shoulder as he went. Blood sprayed out and Haruka dropped to her knees. "Give up, you've lost. Won't you reconsider joining me then? If you do, I will let you live."
"Don't screw with me. I've already said no and I meant it."
Usaitar shrugged and advanced slowly towards her. She tried to get up with the strength she has left, but she fell down again every time she tried.
"Unfortunately this is the end of the road for you, Haruka Rose. It was nice meeting you." Usaitar raised his sword, but then his facial expression changed and he immediately jumped out of the way. A second later a few arrows landed where he was before. Haruka turned round and saw Matthew Richardson has appeared again!
"How?" gasped Haruka.
"I did say I'll be back. And here I am," said Matthew with his crossbow still aimed at Usaitar.
"Welcome back alive again Matthew. I guess they weren't strong enough to get rid of you," sneered Usaitar.
"Sorry, but I don't die that easily."
"So I see. I knew you were resilient to death the first time I met you, and I was right. But now you're just becoming a nuisance."
"You're the one who made me into a distraction. I really do hate you, you've just been using me. And now I will have my revenge."
"Oh I'm so scared, what are you going to do?"
"Kill you." Matthew fired two bolts from his crossbow at Usaitar. He flash stepped and dodged. Usaitar advanced with flash step towards Matthew and attacked.
Just at that moment Ratiasu and Ketu both stepped out of a dark portal beside Haruka.
"Rika, are you alright?" called Ratiasu as soon as she saw her. She lay Zeo down and ran towards her.
"Hey Terri, Ket. Glad to see you both won," smiled Haruka weakly.
"Come on, I'll get you patched up in no time," said Ratiasu.
"Yeah, you'll be alright," reassured Ketu.
"You're not looking that good either Ket," said Ratiasu.
"Don't worry, I'll live. Rika's more wounded, heal her first," suggested Ketu.
Just then Matthew came flying over and smashed into the ground behind them bleeding everywhere.
"Well, that was a waste of my time." Usaitar appeared the same as he was before. "I think that will teach you not to mess with your superiors."
"Brother," Ratiasu said under her breath.
"Well, well. If it isn't the lovely couple. I'm glad you two won, because now I have the pleasure of killing you all myself," he said.
"You monster, don't you care about your comrades who fought and died for you?" shouted Ratiasu.
"Comrades? Ha ha, that's too funny. They were just tools to be used, that's all. And also tools that can be easily discarded."
"I'll never recognise you as my brother," screamed Ratiasu.
"I never asked for that." Usaitar quickly shot out an arrow of dark energy at her.
"Terri move," shouted Haruka.
Ratiasu flash stepped and dodged it with easy then he appeared directly in front of Usaitar and stabbed with her sword.
Usaitar caught the blade effortlessly with his thumb and index finger. He raised his blade and slashed her from the left shoulder down to her waist. The blood was pouring and spraying out. "Oh? Guess you're as tough as I am. I did mean to cut you in half, but I guess this will have to do," Usaitar sighed and then kicked Ratiasu flying with her blood still spraying everywhere.
"TERRI," screamed Ketu and he flash stepped up and caught her, and lay her down. "Are you alright?" he asked hurriedly with a very concerned face.
Ratiasu smiled weakly and reached for Ketu's hand. "Don't worry, I don't die easily," she said feebly her face turning pale.
Ketu's hand shook violently as he held on to Ratiasu's. "Don't die on me. Please, I can't live without you."
Ratiasu sighed. "Calm down my love. I don't plan on dying for at least another few hundred years at least. I promise." She gave another weak smile.
Ketu seemed to have calm down a bit, he put her hand down and slowly stood up. "Yeah, a promise is a promise."
"This is all very touching but it looks like I have to end this sentimental crap because it makes me want to hurl." Usaitar appeared by Ketu and quickly stabbed piercing him just below the heart. He coughed and blood flew out of his mouth onto the floor. Usaitar pulled out his sword as Ketu crumbled to the ground next to Ratiasu. Ratiasu tried to get up but had no strength whatsoever. Usaitar pointed his sword down at them both. "Time for you two love birds to go bye bye. Those who fight together die together."
He swung his blade down, but just before he hit anything Matthew stepped in the way and blocked with his crossbow. He aimed with his crossbow and fired a large energy bolt, it slammed into Usaitar's body and sent him back a few metres. Matthew then charged and attempted to stab Usaitar, who blocked but then was hit by a hado four coming that came from Haruka.
She was standing up again sword at the ready, looking a bit pale and gasping for air slightly.
"Don't be ridiculous you can't beat me in the state you're in. You don't have anywhere near the strength to kill or to even catch up with me."
"Don't think so lightly of me. I can still fight, I'd gladly give my life to save my friends."
"Whatever you say. Bring it on then."
"I will." Haruka moved but she isn't as fast as before.
Usaitar smirked and then attempted to move, but something caught him. He turned round and saw that snakes had caught his leg and weren't letting go. "What the?" He turned and saw Matthew getting up with his hand outstretched.
"Heh, you're not going anywhere." Matthew ran up and grabbed both Usaitar's arms and stopped him moving. "Do it now soul reaper."
Haruka nodded. "Thank you my friends. I now have the courage to do what I must," she said to Ketu and Raitasu.
"What?" breathed Ketu. Haruka turned back to face Usaitar as a tear dropped fell onto the ground from her eyes.
Haruka's body started glowing yellow. "This is, my final attack. I may not have the strength to kill you, but my entire body will."
"Tch, I ain't sticking round that long," said Usaitar as he threw Matthew off and pointed a finger at him. "Hado ninty, black coffin." The dark spiritual energy of Usaitar concentrated in the attack and Matthew was engulfed by the black box.
When the attack finished, Matthew had just been sliced into a million pieces. Only his head stayed intact as his guts and flesh and everything inside his body dropped to the ground in a bloody mess, his eyes still rolled around unsystematically until they popped sending blood everywhere. "Worthless." He turned round and saw Haruka approach.
"You sick bastard."
"He was useless. He deserved it," Usaitar shouted at her losing his concentration.
"Bakudo number sixty, six bars of light." Usaitar was too distracted and didn't have time to move before six pillars of yellow light slammed into his sides and completely immobilised him.
"Wha the? Do you really think this is going to hold me?" he laughed maniacally as he struggled to break free from the pillars.
"Wo song gei ni wo de ming. Wo gen ni yi qi. Wo men bus hi tong nian tong yue ton ri sen, dang, wo yao tong nian tong yue ton ri si. Gei wo ni de li liang. Zai yi qi, qu tian tang. Hidoragon, Light of Destruction." As she chanted her body began to glow along with her sword.
Usaitar brock free of the bars just in time. "Light? The darkness will always triumph against such a meagre force." He raised his black and put all his dark spiritual pressure into it and charged as well.
Their swords smashed into each other and exploded in a fury of light and darkness.
"You can't beat me, you will never win," screamed Usaitar over the noise of the clash.
"Think again." Haruka pushed forwards, then suddenly a crack appeared on Usaitar's sword.
"What?! Damn you, I won't lose yet." He pushed more of his spiritual energy in and tried to push back.
"Evil never wins, you know this." Haruka gave one last burst of energy and with that one push she snapped Usaitar's sword in two. She carried the attack forward and sliced Usaitar in two.
"Bastard! I will kill, you worthless piece of shit!" cursed Usaitar as the blood spurted out from the waist.
"You're too slow," smiled Haruka.
Usaitar screamed and disintegrated as the light overwhelmed him and consumed him.
Ketu and Ratiasu both slowly got off the floor and limped towards her. "You did great!" said Ketu supporting a weak looking Ratiasu.
"Yeah… well done," said Ratiasu.
"Thanks, but it's a shame I can't enjoy the celebrations," sighed Haruka looking very sad.
"What are you saying?" asked Ketu a little confused.
"Well, that last attack I did, really is my last."
"Wait, what do you mean? You can't mean… you're serious…" breathed Ketu.
"I am." Haruka's tears flowed down her face and dropped slowly to the ground. Her body then glowed a bright yellow. "I'm sorry we couldn't spend some more peaceful times together. I had to use my life force to beat Usaitar. So I guess this is where I finish up." She gave a sad smile as her feet scattered away like gold glitter and flew off and vanished. She vanished slowly, working its way to the top.
"Wait, don't go. Please," begged Ratiasu reaching for her but tripping over as she left Ketu's support.
"Why now? Why leave?" asked Ketu. "We can still have so much fun together, don't just leave us like this." Ketu was struggling to hold back the tears.
"I'm truly sorry my friends. Please don't cry for my sake though. Live a happy and joyous life, don't let my death be in vain," she laughed. "But seriously though, do enjoy yourselves now that you can have some peaceful time." Ketu couldn't hold it in any longer and he burst out in tears.
"No, don't go. We still need you," he cried.
"I can't, I'm afraid. I think I deserve a nice long rest after what I just went through." She smiled again and then she completely vanished into a furry of glistening gold speckles. Her sword dropped from the sky and stabbed into the ground in front of Ratiasu, her necklace also dropped in front of her.
Ratiasu wept and wept, crying out, "Why? Why? Rika, please come back, I don't want to say goodbye."
Then Haruka's voice sounded again, "Don't worry Terri. This isn't goodbye. This is, until we meet again. So, do me a favour and hold on to Hidoragon for me until then." Everything vanished and there was silence in the pitch dark abyss of Usaitar's realm. Then suddenly everything started to shake.
"What's this?" said a shocked Ketu wiping his tears.
Ratiasu too wiped hers and got up slowly. "Now that the controller of the universe if gone this universe must be collapsing."
"That's not good, come on we have to get out of here." Ketu looked back at Ratiasu, she was still standing there staring at the spot where Haruka was standing just a few seconds ago. "Come on, remember what she said, don't let her death be in vain, we can't die here, if not for our sake for hers."
Ratiasu turned round and nodded. "You're never wrong are you Ket?" she smiled. She then picked up Hidoragon and the necklace and ran with Ketu. "How do we get out?" she asked as they ran.
"I'm guessing the same way we got in. Up ahead, I see the exit," he shouted as he saw the hold they used to climb in here. They ran, grabbed Zeo on the way and jumped out of the universe back into Hueco Mundo.
They landed on top of the pyramid that they entered. "Don't look back, just keep running," shouted Ketu over the noise of the universe imploding. They saw Hikari at the bottom of the stairs.
"Great job you guys but where's Rika?" Hikari asked.
"We'll explain later just hurry up and run," said Ketu quickly as Ratiasu was starting to look depressed again.
"Quickly now, that universe will implode in only a matter of minutes," shouted Shunsui's voice from the exit of the tunnel they passed through.
"We must hurry, if that thing implodes and we are near it we will likely be dragged into it and be killed," shouted Jushiro appearing also from the tunnel. All of them ran and hurried down the tunnel.
Meanwhile, back in the tunnel Matthew's body was slowly being put back together whilst they were all running and his body was completely reformed and he was standing up and stretching his body.
"Well that may leave a mark," he said drawing his sword again. "Huh? There's no one here and why is the ground shaking? And why is everything closing in around me? And where is Usaitar? Dear me I ask a lot of questions. Hmmm… let me guess, Usaitar's dead because that Haruka girl killed him and now the universe, without its creator, is imploding and I'm in a bad place at the moment. Yeah, that's probably what happened." He stood there thinking for a few seconds as the universe around him got closer and closer. "OH SHIT!" he shouted and immediately ran for it, he saw the hole to get out and raced for it. But the universe was imploding too fast and the hole to get out of the universe was closing fast too. He got there and stuck his hand out and was about to squeeze his way out, but the hole clamped shut, his hand was chopped out and fell on top of the pyramid wriggling about like a dead snake and everything around him just surrounded him in a dark abyss. "This is going to hurt in the morning."
BOOM.
On the opposite side of the tunnel the ground shook violently as the universe imploded and sent out huge shockwaves. No one stopped running, Ratiasu turned back to look as the skies got even darker. Ketu put an arm on her shoulder. She turned round and faced forwards again as a drop of her tears fell gracefully onto the floor.
Note: Incantation for 'Hidoragon, Light of Destruction' translates from 'Wo song gei ni wo de ming. Wo gen ni yi qi. Wo men bu shi tong nian tong yue ton ri sen, dang, wo yao tong nian tong yue ton ri si. Gei wo ni de li liang. Zai yi qi, qu tian tang.' to 'I give you my life. I'll go with you. We weren't born on the same year month or date, but, we will die on the same year, month and date. Give me your strength. We go, together to heaven.'
And there you have it, finished, it's been a long year and it's now finished, I'll write an epilogue for next week and I'll also explain what's happening to the sequel, yes there is a sequel tho I won't be writing it, but if I can be arsed I will write a second sequel i.e. after the sequel that's going to be written by my friend