Chapter 11

Kitsune flew through the portal that the Crystal of time projected him through. Kitsune held his sword tightly into his grasp and was ready for any strange impacts. Kitsune fell out of the portal, looking behind him, and the portal closed instantly. Kitsune aimed himself to land on his feet. Kitsune landed on his feet, rolled on the floor, and took a giant gasp of air. Kitsune looked around and saw the strange world around him.

"So, this is the world that the Crystal of time projects." Kitsune said to himself. Kitsune stood up and tried to define the area surrounding him. The area was vast and long. Directly in front of him was a very long path. The sky constantly changed colors from purple, blue, red, etc. Very strange area. Kitsune payed no mind to his surroundings and decided that he had bigger fish to fry.

Kitsune walked forward slowly trying to be as cautious as possible. Since he doesn't know what might leap out at him. Kitsune then wondered how he'd find his way out of this strange universe and back to where Kasumi was brutally sacrificed. Kitsune then thought that maybe something will show up out of the ordinary and be pretty obvious. Only he could hope that could happen. All he could do was eagerly, but slowly, move forward with the out most caution.

The floor underneath Kitsune started to rumble. Kitsune tried to keep his balance as he looked underneath his feet. The floor started to crack into pieces. Kitsune eye balled the floor and made a dash for the other side of the bridge. Then a foot hole caught Kitsune's foot and made him trip. Kitsune rolled and spun in the air. The floor collapsed and Kitsune fell, then immediately grabbed onto the destroyed edge of the bridge. Kitsune looked down and whistled.

"Wow, that is a long way down." Kitsune sputtered into the abyss out of curiosity. His spit kept on falling and out of site. Then the broken edge Kitsune has been holding onto jolted downwards in his palm. Kitsune gasped and desperately made an attempt to hoist himself up quickly. The edge of the bridge crumbled in his hands and he began to fall. Kitsune tried to act upon the situation, but couldn't do anything. Kitsune fell into the dark abyss. But awkwardly, the speed of his fall started to slow down beneath him. "What the hell?" Kitsune asked himself, looking into the abyss as he fell.

Kitsune started to wonder how the gravity plays in this dimension. Usually when one falls, one does not slow down. But here, you definitely slow down. Kitsune landed softly on the abyss floor and looked around. He heard foot steps off in the distance.

"Who is that?!" Kitsune yelled. The footsteps grew nearer but Kitsune's vision here was very poor. Now the horizon was a faded dark blue which blinded Kitsune's sight. Squinting didn't help an inch to see where the footsteps were coming from. Kitsune grabbed his sword and unsheathed it. He tightly held his sword and felt the cold metal of the swords guard on his hand. Kitsune squinted his eyes trying to look through the blurred horizon. Then a black shadow figure appeared through the blurred mist.

"It has been a long time, Kitsune." A familiar voice said.

"Who the hell are you?" Kitsune asked.

"Who do you think it is?" The figure slowly walked forward into Kitsune's vision. Kitsune then went cold silent. His eyes bugged out and he nearly dropped his sword. He couldn't believe it. It was Wolf.

"Wo... Wolf..." Kitsune stuttered.

"Ha! You should see the look on your face! You look like you just saw a ghost!" Wolf laughed.

"But... You died." Kitsune slurred.

"I did die. But guess who didn't save me?" Wolf asked.

"Wolf, you know that wasn't my fault."

"It was your fault... What happened to Team mates backing each other up?"

"You went on ahead! Plus, Wolf, you left me with 300 demons in front of me, remember?"

"And you didn't bother catching up!"

"Well, how do you expect me to just leap over Demons who were going to kill more people?"

"The hell with those people!"

"Our job was those people Wolf!"

"Does it look like I really care?"

"Dammit Wolf, even after death your still a intolerable jackass!"

"And you always held me back!"

"I held you back from yourself!" Then all went silent. Wolf's hands started to shake and then form into fists. Wolf gritted his teeth and started to growl.

"You know Kitsune... I have been waiting for this moment for a very long time."

"And why is that?"

"Because I always wanted to kill you."

"Wolf, you always wanted to kill someone. What else is new?"

"Heh... Now you don't even sound half surprised that I am standing before you, alive, and well anymore."

"Because I am annoyed once again by your vigorous bitching." Wolf's claws extended quickly.

"Die, Kitsune!" Wolf dashed at Kitsune with quick thundering speed. Kitsune braced for impact and began to guard. Wolf's Claws dug deep within Kitsune's guarding arms, Kitsune took one step back and forcefully kicked Wolf into his groin. Wolf staggered back and growled loudly and angrily. Kitsune was already in the air with his sword ready to attack, Kitsune slashed quickly at Wolf and Wolf ducked. Wolf came up with a thundering punch to Kitsune's chin and knocked him into the air. Wolf appeared above Kitsune and smacked him back down to the floor and charged up a Ki beam. Wolf unleashed his Ki beam attack at Kitsune. Kitsune saw the attack and launched his Chaos Flare quickly to stop the blast from taking full effect. Kitsune succeeded but got blown back in the opposite direction from the impact.

"What's wrong Kitsune? Am I too strong for you?" Kitsune got back up and quickly launched himself at Wolf. Wolf was ready to slash Kitsune. Kitsune then disappeared in front of Wolf before he could even attack. Wolf confused looking around him for Kitsune. Kitsune appeared behind Wolf and came down with a skull cracking kick to Wolf's skull, sending him flying down and leaving a huge hole in the floor at impact. Wolf jumped up quickly after impact, surprising Kitsune and setting him off balance. Wolf made a quick strike at Kitsune's face, but he quickly leaned back to avoid the attack and fell backwards.

"Dammit, how did he become so strong?" Kitsune asks himself. Kitsune looked around him trying to find an answer. His body started to hurt in this world and his eyes started to cause him to gain a headache. "It has to be this world, there is no way in hell he could've become strong like this. And why am I so limited here?"

Kitsune then realized that his power to fight is very limited in this universe. Every single Crystal of Time universe he had went into always had a different effect on fighting ability, or something else of any matter. Kitsune quickly descended to the floor and looked up upon Wolf's strong stature. His Ki energy was very clear and visible, pulsating around his body in a blue, red haze.

"It looks like I am at a disadvantage here Wolf. Looks like you finally beat me." Kitsune said.

"I was always the stronger one Kitsune and you were always the weak human..."

"You're right. How stupid can I be, fighting a hybrid?" Kitsune had a plan in mind. To make Wolf feel more superior then him.

"Yes... And now Kitsune. I will kill you." Wolf launched his full power and quickly dashed from the air, directly at Kitsune. Wolf's teeth was drooling and thirsty for Kitsune's blood as he charged at him with his claws, itching to hit bone and marrow. Kitsune then raised his hand in front of him. Wolf then crashed right into Kitsune's invisible forcefield, sending Wolf flying in the opposite direction. Kitsune appeared behind Wolf and had his sword out ready to do the obvious. Wolf's body slammed right into the swords sharp steel and Wolf's body stopped at the guard of the sword. Wolf choked out loudly with blood rushing down his chin.

"And you forgot why my name is Kitsune, Wolf." Kitsune threw Wolf off his sword and sheathed it quickly. Wolf had one last look at Kitsune, trying to reach out for him. His hand fell and Wolf had one final breath. "Now, rest in peace."

Wolf was gone, just a spirit, that he should have been when Volgoros killed him. Wolf's body started to glow brightly and blinded Kitsune for the last time. And then disappeared. But one thing remained by Wolf's body, a key, to somewhere here in this strange universe. Kitsune picked it up and examined it. It was a gold key, with a dragons head embedded on the top of the key. Kitsune found it pretty ironic that the key had to have a Dragons head on the key, since a lot of the Dimension masters he knew usually use Dragon summons, like he does.

Kitsune looked at the empty spot of where Wolf had his final moments of hatred and then started walking away with the key tightly in hand. He had enough of this mission and he knew that this mission was starting to grow very bothersome to him. This mission was never meant to be so damn long, nor was it supposed to turn out this way. He wasn't even sure if he was in the same dimension the BSTNAR was located. All he knew was, after he kills Volgoros, saves Kasumi, and declares peace in these Dimensions. His mission is over. At that moment, Kitsune actually had grown weary of fighting. But it had to go on.

Kitsune then came into clear view of a strange door. Looking at it, it had a strange shape. There were strange markings over the door, the strange color of gray which pulsated to white and then back to gray. Then

the key in Kitsune's hand started to vibrate in his hand. Kitsune walked towards the door and inserted the key, turned, and yanked the door open. The door within gave off a blinding light which made Kitsune cover his eyes with his arm. The door knew where Kitsune wanted to go. Kitsune then looked beyond the light and saw Volgoros chanting his evil sacrifice.

"Your not going to have your sacrifice so easy this time, Volgoros." Kitsune said smiling to himself. Kitsune jumped through the door and was ready to impact massive damage to Volgoros and end this mission.

To Be Continued...