Chapter 9: The Mission Part 2

Jake and Rose stood there panicked and Rose is alone in this fight since Jake is too weak to be able to even move. Katori attacked Rose but dodged him just in time. She counterattacked with a kick to the head but it was blocked. Katori grabbed her foot and threw her to the ground. Jake was slowly backing up the whole time this was going but didn't get far before he was grabbed by the throat. He struggled to get free but the cage kept him weak. Rose tried to kick the demon away but she was once again grabbed and thrown back. Then all of a sudden, the entire cage fell into ashes causing the demon to let go of Jake from the shock. After regaining his breath, he looked around and saw Will as a demon in the back of what used to be the cage. Will opened a fold and left. No doubt this confused Jake and Rose but this distraction did give Jake enough time to get his energy back so that he could fight. Jake got up and hit the distracted demon making him fly back a yard. Then a noise was heard and before the two heroes knew, there were hundreds of demons at the fight. "Kill them both!" Katori yelled. All the demons raced toward them.

Rose and Jake were fairing well against them until Katori stepped in to join the brawl. Jake blasted every demon and clawed every demon that got to close. It didn't last long once Katori attacked him. Jake was thrown back away from the battle. Katori walked up to Rose and grabbed her by the throat this time.

Katori almost had Rose killed when he was hit it the back by a fire blast causing him to drop a now unconscious Rose. He got up and looked at the thing that hit him. He saw Jakes grandfather there above the demons going unnoticed by all of them. The only one that noticed was Katori. Katori made two fire balls in his hand and threw them at the dragon hitting his target after a few missed throws. "Now back to the main attraction." He ran at Rose and Jake but was knocked back and onto the ground. In front of him stood five demons that looked like him but they had wings.

The five of them hit the demons with all they had and killed half, injured the other half, but Katori stood there getting fire balls ready. Luckily, he was at least six hundred feet away. Demon Will threw the bomb they had made as Katori threw his fire balls which lit the fuse on the bomb. The bomb hit Katori knocking him to the ground. Jake picked up Rose who had returned to normal and ran to the others. Everyone gathered together and transported out of there right as the bomb blew the place sky high.

When they returned, Jake had Rose in his arms and he was crying. Then Will walked up to Jake and put a hand on his shoulder. "Will she be alright?" She asked.

"Humans can't live in the underworld Will, but I can't just sit back and let her die." Jake said with tears rolling down his face. "I won't give up on her, I just won't."

Will put a hand to Roses heart and felt no beat. Jakes grandfather looked at Will and she just shook her head sadly, so he spoke up. "Young Dragon, you did your best, and Rose knew the risk of doing this. It is very depressing but she is gone Jake, you'll have to except that."

"No gramps, she isn't gone, I won't allow her to be dead. This was your potion and it lasted all day and now Rose is here in my arms." Right as Jake finished his sentence, a small teardrop landed on Roses heart causing a bright light to appear. When the light vanished, there was Rose, looking up at him. "Rose, you're alive?"

Then the Oracle twins came up behind them. "That is what we tried to tell you before we got knocked out. Rose and you would live through the battle with the demons." They said at the same time.

Then a fold appeared and out came Jakes family and friends all happy to see everyone again. "Jake, Rose, demons, gramps, demons? I thought they were all dead."

"Hold on, they are demons but just temporarily. See, those are the guardians, they just haven't changed back to normal yet." Jake said explaining everything. Everyone smiled and laughed at themselves.

"So, kid, are you ok?" Fu asked wondering how he felt after being in a sphinx haired cage for a long time.

"I am good Fu, but I would like to say something to the guardians though. It seemed like we needed you more than you needing us but you could have timed your entrance a little better." Rose hit him across the head. "What was that for?"

"Do you think before you say things or is it just an automatic thing?" Rose asked

"Huh, oh sorry." He apologized. "So when are you five leaving?" Then he smacked himself so that Rose wouldn't have to but she did anyway.

"It's ok; I think we will leave after we are back to normal. I am surprised that the battle wasn't harder then it was though." Taranee said

"I am just glad that we all lived through it; and in one piece." They all went into the house and were happy that the battle was finally over with or so they think.

In the underworld in a pool of blood was a movement. Then all of a sudden a hand popped up out of the blood. Out came Katori banged up and bruised. "Guardians, this isn't over!" Katori screamed as he picked himself up off the ground as thousands of demons appeared behind him. "This war is far from over!" Katori screamed again then all the demons behind him made screaming noises.

The End

A/N: This is the end of the story and I will be working on the sequel very soon, hopefully by tomorrow. Please review and thank you for reading.