Chapter 21 is here! Last chapter, the teens split up to try to stop the demons and close the portals. Dina's group went to Treasure Lake and was attacked by Saige. The mystery demon girl was revealed to Dina's sister, Jennifer. At the end, Dina was attacked by Saige. This takes place where it left off. On with the chapter!
Chapter 21: Demonic Reunion
*Rupert's POV*
"DINA!" I shouted as Saige nearly sliced Dina's head off with her chaotic katana. I dropped to my knees and cried. The hit was definitely lethal.
But Saige wasn't done. She stabbed the sword into Dina's chest as she fell to the ground. A sphere of purple energy grew outward from the sword, engulfing Dina. It burst outward and disappeared, revealing a small crater and no sign of Dina.
"Ha!" Saige shouted. "Is that all?! Not even worth my time!"
She turned to Jennifer and created a new sword and pointed it at her.
"You're next!" she shouted. Saige charged at Jennifer and slashed at her. But the weird part was that she stopped in midair, as if she had hit an invisible wall.
"I didn't do that." Jennifer said.
"Then who did?!" Saige shouted as she pulled the sword back.
"If you hurt her, you'll die!" a voice said.
"No way!" I shouted upon realizing the identity of the voice.
A golden magic circle appeared at Saige's feet.
"Oh s***!" Saige shouted.
Just then, the circle shot a column of fire that engulfed Saige and launched her into the air. The flames formed into the shape of a human with a sword. The flaming human slashed at Saige faster than even an expert warrior could have kept up with. Saige was hit several times, but the hits weren't lethal. The figure slashed downwards, launching Saige headfirst into the base of a tree.
"What the hell?!" Saige shouted as she sat up.
Then I realized what was happening as the figure dove at Saige. The flames cleared, revealing a person I knew very well.
"What the-?!" I exclaimed. "Dina?!"
She looked a bit different, though. For starters, her outfit was the same as Jennifer's, only the glowing marks were gold, not green. Her eyes were also glowing gold instead of brown, and her legion symbols glowed gold, as well. Her forehead had a golden magic circle, and she was wielding a golden katana with yellow flames.
She stabbed Saige with the katana and punched her face. Runic marks appeared on Dina's hand and a magic circle appeared behind Saige, opening a portal that Dina pushed Saige into. The portal closed behind her. Dina turned to us. Both of us had shocked looks on our faces, for obvious reasons.
"One down, a lot more to go." She said.
"You have mastered your demon powers faster than anyone I've ever heard of." Jennifer said.
"Yeah." Dina said. "Now let's use them to stop the rest of these freaks."
We managed to close all of the portals in about a half hour, since we didn't encounter any demons. We visited the pay-to-dig area to find the revived soul that had appeared there. They were standing in the middle of the field.
"I'll handle this." Dina said. She walked towards the person with her golden katana in her hand.
But when the person turned around, she dropped the sword and hugged them instead.
"Who's this?" I asked.
"This is my brother." Dina said. "He was killed when I was five. He was twelve at the time."
"You've changed a lot in ten years, Dina." The boy said.
"You have, too, Sam." Dina said with tears of joy in her eyes. "But I'm glad you're back."
"It's good to be back." Sam said. "I see you've figured out your true powers."
"Yeah." Dina said. "Do you still have yours?"
"My powers still work." He said. "I can still harden my skin to stop physical attacks."
"Good." Dina said. "Do you think you can help us fight the demons that are running around?"
"I've already fought several off, so I'll help you take out the rest." Sam said.
"Where are they?" I asked.
"Our whole family can use demon magic." He said. "I opened portals and sealed them in another dimension. By the way, our parents are on Cranial Isle."
"Then let's hurry and get there before Argis seals them in Hell again." I said.
"We'll never make it in time." Jennifer said.
"I'll use a portal to warp us there." Dina said. She picked up her sword and cut a hole in reality that led to Mt. Krakanak. We could see a man and a woman that were clearly Dina's parents. "Let's go." She said. She jumped through the portal, and the rest of us followed her. The portal closed behind us. We were in the volcano's crater.
"Who are you people?" the man asked us.
"Mom! Dad!" Dina shouted as she ran over to them.
"Dina?!" they both shouted.
"I'm so glad to see you." Dina said as she hugged them. "Sam, come over here!"
"Sam's here, too?" they asked. Just then, Sam walked over and hugged them.
"The only one missing is Kira." They said.
"She's at Ilium Village." I said. "We're trying to fight demons that are escaping into this world."
"Our powers should be able to help." Dina's father said. "I'm Ken Johnson. My power is deflection."
"I'm Diana Johnson." Dina's mother said. "My power is energy absorption. I can also use absorbed energy against enemies."
"Well, we should get out of her before Argis shows up." I said.
"Wait." Jennifer said as she stepped forward.
"Another demonic warrior?!" Ken shouted. "Dina, stay back!"
"She's my sister, Jennifer!" Dina shouted.
"I erased your memories of me when I left for the magic realms." Jennifer explained. "Would you prefer if I gave them back?"
"Maybe that would help." Diana said. "But how do we know you're not lying?"
She waved her arm at the four of us, returning our memories of her.
"So you're our daughter?" Diana asked.
"Yes." Jennifer replied. "And if you two know how to use your demon magic, that'll help even more.
"We do, but it's not very strong." Ken said. "I see that you and Dina have already mastered it, and Sam seems to have, as well."
"Kira's mastered her ability to negate powers." I said. "That's pretty helpful."
"Good." Diana said.
"There they are!" someone shouted from behind us.
"Argis!" Dina shouted. "Stop! They're my family!"
"That's the girl that killed us!" Sam shouted.
"Sam, calm down!" I said. "She's on our side now!"
"If she makes one attempt to hurt anyone here, she's dead!" Ken shouted.
"I assume these are your parents and your brother?" Argis said, lowering her sword. Dina nodded. Argis sighed. "Sorry for attacking you. I was possessed by an evil spirit, and I have since learned how to prevent it."
Dina's family didn't look too happy about working with her, but they reluctantly agreed.
"This island is secure already." Argis said. "If you haven't encountered any demons, that means Zongazonga and Jonathan must be on Ilium!"
"We need to get there now!" I said. "Kira and the others could be in trouble!"
Dina cut another portal to Ilium Village, where the other three were fighting several demons.
"Demon Slayer Slash!" Jennifer shouted. She flew into the air and released a shockwave from her sword. It flew in the direction of the demons, and each demon disappeared instantly as it hit. Kira, Banette, and Selena were unharmed.
"What the-?!" Kira shouted. Then she turned to us. She immediately noticed her entire family standing with us.
"Kira!" Ken and Diana shouted.
"Mom?! Dad?!" she shouted. She then ran up and hugged them.
"Hey, don't forget me!" Sam said as he hugged her.
"Sam!" Kira said in joy.
"I should probably give her memories back, as well." Jennifer said. She pointed her arm at Kira and gave the memories back to her.
"You're my sister?!" Kira shouted. She ran over and hugged Jennifer.
"Alright." Dina said. "Now that we're reunited, let's find Jonathan and Zongazonga."
"I guess you've mastered your demon magic." Kira said. Dina nodded. "Nice."
"They're not here or on the other islands." Jennifer said. "Zongazonga's at his castle, and Jonathan's at the BB Brigade's base."
"We're not splitting up this time." Jennifer said. "We'll need our full combined strength to take them down."
"Let's take out Zongazonga first." I said. "He's a threat to the world. Jonathan's only a threat to us." everyone agreed, so we went to the floating castle to fight one final battle against the magic body thief.
Speaking of which, he already had stolen a body.
"Holy… Crap…" I said.
"This could be bad." Dina said.
He had stolen Jonathan's body.
That's chapter 21! Dina's demonic powers are unleashed, her family is reunited, and ZZ has stolen Jonathan's body!
Dina: Holy crap! I'm a demon!
Rupert: It's kinda awkward, being in love with a demon…
Diana: Oh, well! At least the family is back together.
Ken, Dina, Kira and Sam: Definitely true.
Jonathan: Hey! What about me?! ZZ stole my body to fight them! I'm just a bouncing skull at the BB brigade's base now!
Me: Too bad!
Jonathan: When I get my body back…
Me: Who said you're going to?!
Jonathan: …
Everyone: *Awkward silence*
Lacunae: Keep reading and reviewing!
Me: WTH! Where did you come from?!
Lacunae: *Runs away*
