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Chapter 10

The End?

Puss was standing back to back with Dulcinea. Enemies cut them off from the rest of friends. Jaken was in trouble. He was jumping around trying to avoid attacks from every direction. A circle around them started to tighten up. Puss was ready to attack when suddenly one of a thugs fell unconcious. His comrades looked what happened. They started to falling down one by one. Puss and Dulcinea looked around.

-"That's what happenes when you leave your back uncovered." - They heard from behind them.

-"Jaken? How did you...?" - Dulcinea was confused. She looked back at a group of thugs. He was still there fighting with Tongue and rest of Garo's men.

-"Check this out." - Said fox. His left eye flashed again. His copy turned around on his heel receving a thrust to his stomack. He stopped caughing with blood. In an instant the rest of thugs pinched him with everything they've got. One of them took a sword and wanted to cut off fox's head but when a blade reached his throat there was no resistance. A dust flew with the wind as the body of White Devil went blur and vanished. Everyone were confused.

-"It's pretty good for a distraction." - Said Jaken. Puss and Dulcinea were amazed. They looked at Jaken. Small stream of blood were running down his face. It looked like a bloody tear.

-"Oh my God, you're hurt!" - Dulcinea screamed. Fox grabbed his face and covered his left eye with a paw.

-"Damn it. I overdid it. Thought I could handle it a little longer." - Tongue and his men noticed him. - "It's time to show you why they call me Devil." - With that Jaken drew both of his swords.

He wasn't holding them as usual but with a reverse grip. Blades were running along his forearms reaching his shoulders. He took a weird battle stance going low on his knees. He reached with his left hand to his right foot and the other he reached out to the air making it parallel to the first one. Blades looked like they were creating a circle around him. He dashed quickly with so strong jump that some of pavement on a road were pulled out. Among fighting San Lorenzans started to gush tons of blood and a loud screams of pain. A bloody festival started.

Thugs finally were able to gain advantage over citizens. Some of them captured a grup of fighting ones and gathered them together. Duches held frighten kids in a hug. She looked around. Some of San Lorenzo's people were still fighting but one by one they started to loosing.

-"Oh, we are doomed!" - Neebs started to cry.

-"Stop whining. I need to focus." - Duches tried to stay calm but she was scared too. She had no idea what to do. One of the thugs slowly started to walk their way.

-"Let's have some fun boys. Time to bet - who's gonna squeal the most." - He said with a smile on his face. His friends responded with a laugh. Esme freed from a Duches' hug and went towards him. She looked at him with a cold glare with no emotions on her face. The thug just laughed.

-"Oh, look at you. It looks like you want to kill me. And what you're gonna do?" - Esme didn't respond. She was just staring at him.

-"I'm gonna rip those eyes of and stuck them in your throat, if you won't stop staring." - There was still no reaction. He reached his hand towards her but then from nowhere a blade went through his arm. The thug screamed in pain holding his stump. Before him was standing a white fox. With one hand he grabbed bandit's face and pulled out his eyeballs, and then he shoved them into thug's open mouth. Jaken kicked choking thug away. He took back his blade and looked around at the attackers. They froze for a second. A sound of dropping steel was heard as they decited to run for their lives.

Jaken looked at Esme. She had the same look as he had. Cold and unfriendly but yet trustfull. He smiled in his mind. She was going to be a great person. He turned away and moved further to help others. He had not much time. He moved between fighters so fast that they saw only white and black blur. Everywhere he went blood spilled. Soon innocent were safe. But he still had one thing to do.

Puss And Dulcinea were left alone facing a group of well trained killers. They wanted Jaken but for now they had a much easier prey. They slowly started to surround them.

-"I want the girl." - Tongue said with a smile on his mouth. - "We have unfinished buisness."

-"May I have that ginger face? It will look good in my collecion." - Another lizard asked his friends.

-"Sure Bandoo. If you can take it from a high wall."

-"Oh, c'mon Nezu. Don't be so selfish. Look at Joe. He never fight for a pray."

-"'Cause he's a fuckin' scavenger. He enjoys opening everything that lives, doesn't care 'bout it's condition."

-"The prettiest symphony is in live being. I want to know everything about it."

As the lizards argued, two felines already started to fight with Garo's men. They fought covering each other's back. They looked like they were a single men with eyes around his head. After a while they get back from a clash to catch a breath. They were able to defeat most of thugs but they were still about to face those four lizards. Rest of still standing thugs decited to take a brake and watch as the lizards takes care of them.

First to break the argue was Tongue. He slowly aproached felines and got ready to strike. Puss were ready but Dulcinea was still tired. Her condition didn't allow her for such effort. Two males were about to begin but a black blur landed between them. Jaken was kneeling on the ground panting heavily. His eye was bleeding even more. His white hair and black robe was all covered in blood. He put his swords back to sheaths.

-"Sorry I'm late." - he said. - "But this guys are mine." - Tongue looked at him with a smile.

-"Looks-sss like you're a little tired. Maybe you need a brake?"

-"All I need to brake is your neck, Tongue the Unborn." - Tongue's smile faded.

-"Like you could." - He snapped his fingers and all four lizards jumped at him.

Jaken was able to dodge first blows but what Puss noticed, he was much slower than earlier. His eye also wasn't glowing anymore. He decited to help him. He jumped and kicked on of lizards in his back. Reptile turned away and face Puss leaving Jaken with his friends. Fox noticed that there were just two oponents. He couldn't see Tongue but he already knew what the lizard was up to. He kicked back one attacker into another and rushed to Dulcinea. He saw her sword flying through the air. His hand found a way to a knife. He slid between Tongue's legs and plunged a knife into his stomack. Lizard coughed with blood. Jaken was standing before him.

-"You thought I won't kill you without the Eye?" - Tongue wanted to strike fox with his sword but Jaken just turned blade making him drop the weapon.

-"You always loved to cut out unborn children from living mothers." - Jaken continued. - "Now it's your turn."

With that he moved a blade up cutting his stomack. He pulled a blade out and with a free hand he grabbed his intestine. The lizard looked at him with a suprised look full of fear. Jaken placed his foot on lizards chest and pushed him away jumping the other direction. Reptile's guts were pulled out making a conection between them. Fox used it as a line and spined Tongue in the air. He sent him at two lizards running his way like a wrecking ball. Then he spinned on his heel and struck him to the ground from above. The fall broke Tongue's neck. Jaken jumped aside avoiding a thrust of a spear. He grabbed it with one hand and struck it with another causing a reptile to drop it. He spinned it around and thrusted it at attacker. A lizard recieved deep blow in his chest.

-"Nezu the Impaler. Let's see how high are you gonna fly." - He lifted the spear with a lizard on top and threw it at the wall. Nezu was pinched to a building few meters above the ground. He grabbed a spear trying to pull it out but a thrown knife pinched his hands to his torso.

-"No, you won't. You will die slowly."

-"Look out!" - Dulcinea screamed.

Jaken spinned aside avoiding axe just by inches. He kicked attacker under his knee making him fall. After lizard kneeled he put his hands on his arms and dislocate his shoulders. Reptile hissed in pain dropping his axe. Fox grabbed it and hit lizard's back twice breaking ribs off a spine. He moved his face to lizards ear.

-"Have you ever seen your own lungs, Opened Joe?" - Without waiting for response he grabbed his ribs and pulled them out. A loud scream was heard. - "There, let me show you." - Jaken pulled out Joe's lungs and put them on his shoulders. He turned away.

Puss was fighting with last lizard. His fencing skills were great but it looked like a child's play. Lizard blocked all his attacks and started to yawn. Puss sent another blow and again was parried. Reptile had enough and hit Puss hard to his chest with open palm. Feline flew a few meters back and fell hard on a ground. He looked up. His opponent was standing above him with a bored look. He thought that Puss will be bigger challenge.

Then a loud scream went through the air. They both looked what happened. They saw a sceen from horror. Tongue was laying on the ground with smashed head and his guts all over the place. Nezu was hanging on the wall painting it with blood. And Joe. He wasn't a lizard anymore. Fox turned around and looked at them. Puss reacted immediately. He jumped foreward and thrust his sword at lizard's arm. Reptile hissed and punched Puss with free arm. Ginger cat let go his blade and fell. Bandoo was pissed. He raised a sword but then he felt someone on his back. Jaken jumped on his shoulders and he grabbed his face from above. He plunged his claws into lizard's double chin and ripped his face off jumping away. Another scream filled the air.

-"Faceless Bandoo. Now your look fits your name." - Jaken said to a lizard and pushed some small orb into lizards mouth. Explosion was small but big enough to shred his head. Puss looked away with disgust.

-"There is still one more..." - Jaken said to himself.

-"You are a monster." - Said Puss.

Fox looked around. It was over. Everyone were safe. The only thugs left where dead and massacred. Every citizen was looking at him with fear. Nothing have changed. No matter how many of innocent he would save, he will be remembered as El Diablo Blanco. He felt somebody's hand on his shoulder. He looked back. Dulcinea was standing there.

-"That's enough Jaken. It's over." - She said with a calm and warm voice. Jaken's face went softer. He looked at the blood on his hand. Was it the end?

A bolt struck the fox to his shoulder. Jaken went back to his devilish self. He covered Dulcinea and was looking for the attacker. But there was none. Another bolt from other direcion hit his hip. He didn't have a choice. His eye flashed again. He turned in an instant catching another bolt just inches before his eye. He vanished again and appeared on the rooftop next to Garo. Their swords met.

-"You thought that the same trick would work on me twice?" - Garo said with a smile. They released from a clash and jumped back on a ground.

-"I know your style. You cast an ilusion that cause us think you're moving faster. But in reality you are moving normally and we are getting slower. Pretty simple idea but really hard to make I must say."

-"That won't help you."

-"You're sure? I know your every move. I can predict your every strike. Remember that we used to work together. To be honest I'm surprised you're here. You were suppose to run away."

Jaken closed his eyes. His hands slowly went to his swords. He caught hilts.

-"Then predict this." - He rushed towards dragon and sent a thrust. Garo easily doged it and was about to block the other blade when he noticed that Jaken isn't holding it. His other hand was holding a cube. He grabed him tight and took the cube in both hands. He looked at Dulcinea once more.

-"Farewell." - He said and turned the cube.

Ground shook from explosion. Nearby building fell and dust covered whole city. Everyone covered their eyes. After a while when the dust fell they could see anything. Dulcinea looked around to see Jaken but there was just his thorn robe laying on the ground.

-"No." - She whispered. Pussed came closer to her.

-"You belived in him to the very end. Even when he did what he did. Why?"

Dulcinea opened her mouth to say something but a rumble from fallen building started to move. Everyone looked at it. A big boulder moved away. A lizard came to the surface. He had dislocated arm, his head was bleading and his leg was broken.

-"This... This is all because of YOU!" - He screamed at Dulcinea. A long blade appeared in his hand as he run towards her. His broken leg didn't make a difference for him.

-"No!" - Puss jumped between them prepared to recive a deadly blow but someone pushed him away. He looked back. It was Dulcinea, now standing pierced by a sword. Puss fell on his knees. Garo smiled as the grey feline hang her head on her chest. Garo after a second noticed a smile on Dulcinea's face but it was to late. A strong hand grabed his wrist not allowing to remove a blade.

-"I never thought that you will fall for this." - He heard a low male voice. Dulcinea raised her head. She slowly opened her eyes revealing it's red colour. Garo looked left. In a crowed he noticed that Pajuna is covering her friend from his sight. He looked back at person standing in front of him. White fox was smiling at him.

-"This is the end, Garo the Heartless." - With bare hand he stroke him to the chest and ripped off still beating heart. Garo looked at him with disbelief and slowly fell on the ground.

Jaken was standing in a blood puddle pierced with a sword. He made a few steps and fell on his knees. Clouds moved away showing a rising sun.

-"Jaken!" - Dulcinea run to him. She grabbed him and slowly layed his head on her knees. He caughed with blood.

-"You're ok. It's good."

-"Don't say anything. We will get you out of this."

-"Dulcinea. I was to often close to death and I know that I won't make it this time. Just remember me as one of your friends." - Dulcinea had tears in her eyes.

-"I will." - Everyone started to gather around them.

-"I must say thank you." - Said Puss. - "You saved us all despite the fact we wanted you to be gone."

-"I'm used to it" - Jaken caughed again. - "Esme, remember. This is your family. It is worth fighting for." - Jaken closed his eyes.

-"Good bye, my friends." - He took his last breath. Dulcinea cried over his body. Puss took off his hat and placed it on his chest. Citizens bowed their head in respect. He might be frightening but he was still a good man.

A few days past. Dulcinea was walking down the road with some fresh flowers. She was going to visit Jaken's grave. When she arrived, she noticed an old lynx standing by it.

-"Hello." - She said. The old lynx turned to her.

-"Well hello. Those flowers are beautifull. Was it your friend?" - Dulcinea left the flowers on a grave

-"Yes. He saved this town. He sacrificed to save us all. Did you know him?"

-"Well, you could say so. He was a legend."

-"Yes, he was. I can't believed that he's dead."

-"Legends never die, young lady."

-"What do you mean?"

-"You will see. Well it's time for me to go." - He turned back and slowly walked away. - "Oh, and thank you Dulcinea. For everything." - Dulcinea snapped. How this man knew her name? She turned around but there was no one in her sight.

A wind blow as a figure was standing on a roof top looking down at grey feline. White hair danced in the air.

-"Legends never die. They become a part of you." - A fox turned on his heel. Red eye flashed in the sun.

So this is the end. Hope you guys ejoyed it. I'm really tired but content. It was great expirience.

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