A/N: Hello, everyone. Me again. Second part of the battle! Hell yea!

Disclaimer: I do not own Ao No Exorcist or any of its characters.

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The battle continued on for several more hours, but the sun had yet to rise. The basement Izumo was in was filling with water, blood, and debris from above. The room had severely darkened since the last explosion, and creaking of old wooden beams made the small group understand that the bomb they were setting up was barely needed, since a few grenades in certain places would've been quite enough, considering the weak building structure. Izumo looked about, trying to find something that she could use as a light. Unfortunately, nothing caught her eye, and lighting something on fire right now would be the stupidest thing to do, though she didn't put it past some of the other teenagers she was with. She watched as Shima and Bon argued over something trivial again, while Miwa tried to calm them down, probably doing more harm than good in her opinion. Izumo let out a large sigh, and walked forward, wading through the dirty water, which was just above her knees.

"Move it. We're never going to get anything done with your fighting, so just let me take care of it." She said harshly, not caring if she hurt her friend's feelings at the moment, when not only her life was on the line, but everyone else's.

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"We need to get out of here. Now." Rock shouted over the haze.

"Working on it!" Wolf replied, ducking behind a wall, dodging a round of gun fire.

"Work faster!"

"Yeah, yeah. But, there's no way to ascend or descend! So, we either stay here, or jump out the window! Your choice." Wolf yelled, getting sick of the mass amount of scum running into the room they were in, making her quickly lose her patience.

"Fine, but we don't retreat until Demon gives the orders, understood?"

"Not like I was going to leave anyway, jackass!"

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In all honesty, Rin didn't know what to think. It was just all happening too fast for his mind to keep up. No, he would admit, he wasn't the best at studying or math or reading, unlike his brother, but, the fact that Crow and himself hadn't seen a single man since their ascent, besides from the few at the beginning, was pretty unnerving.

It wasn't like he was complaining about the lack of guards or anything; he just thought it was weird, since they were getting closer to where Dragon was. But, what was increasing around them was the small demonic mushrooms and coal tar thriving around them, which honestly gave Rin the impression that Dragon simply didn't need human guards, which left Rin weary.

"Worried about something?" Crow said, breaking his thoughts.

"Not much. You?"

Crow smirked, "Are you implying that you want me to head back, Demon? Or are you honestly worried about what I'm thinking about in the heat of battle?"

"It was just a simple question, idiot." Rin frowned, picking up the pace, leaving Crow a few feet behind him, not beside him.

Rin didn't feel like keeping up small talk when their lives were on the line. This was dragging out too long, and the bomb would be going off soon, so, for the other's safety, he needed to get his job done.

In all the raids Rin had done, this was going to be the toughest, and everyone around him had put their lives in his hands. And in all honesty, Rin wasn't sure what to do.

Rin slightly shook his head to clear his clouding mind from unneeded thoughts. Demon burst through a steel door, finally reaching the roof.

And to say Rin was surprised of what he found was a deep understatement.

"Holy shit." Rin gasped, as he gazed upon lines of glinting guns.

Human men were lined up, barrels pointed at him, and the door Crow would soon be coming out of. Coal tar rushed around him, making the air dense and hazy. The smell of the miasma from the demonic mushrooms clouded Rin's mind, and through all that, Rin caught the eyes of Dragon. Dragon was simply standing there, behind his line of humans and their guns, smirking, fully knowing the outcome of what was coming.

Then, it happened so fast. Too fast.

It was too fast when Crow came rushing through the door. It was too fast for Rin to do anything meaningful, to try to save his life. It was too fast, but, somehow, he did it. And when he did, Rin knew the chances of him living through this, was close to zero.

When Crow came bursting through the door frame, Rin kicked him back into the building, off the roof, and slammed the door closed, shutting with such force, he jammed the lock. There was no going back now.

Guns fired, the gunfire turning into white noise, as Rin rushed forward, blood soon rushing down his face, blue eyes blazing, fists flying, destroying the human line up. But they weren't the prey. The bastard behind them was. Dragon was next, and even though part of Rin didn't want to kill him, he knew that he had too, because if he didn't no one was going to live.

"This is it, eh, Demon?" Dragon smiled, demonic energy dripping off of him.

"Sure is. And, I'll tell you something." Rin growled, eyes sharp, knuckles cracking.

"Oh? And what would that be?"

Rin rushed forward, closing the distance between them quickly, and punches were exchanged.

"I'm not going to die, but, you will."

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Guns blazed as the survivors that had withheld from Yukio's grenade regained their bearings and fired back. Yukio ran from cover to cover, running low, firing his pistols whenever he could. Yells and screams were heard as men fell, the injured fighting on, their will power their only hope for survival.

Yukio ran across the room, firing blindly, bullets whizzing past his ears. Yukio slid behind a large piece of rubble, and almost immediately silence was heard. The air was soon tense, and the only thing Yukio heard was his heavy breathing, and his rapid heartbeat. All the rest didn't matter. The shuffling of enemy footsteps made the air heavy with tension, until a grenade fell beside Yukio. The last thing he could do was cover his head, until a same screen of black smoke filled the roof.

Cuss words flew from Yukio's mouth in a mutter, and gunfire continued. No ground was gained, and no ground had been taken. To Yukio, he wasn't sure if it was a good or bad thing. Yukio charged forward, finding that if the enemy didn't know where to shoot, how would they know where he was?

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Izumo had quickly taken the matter into her own hands and within moments, she had wired the bomb, though she couldn't choose a time for the detonation. To her, fifteen minutes seemed to long, and the shorter the battle went on, the better.

"Ten minutes." Shima said, eyes concentrating on the bomb in Izumo's hands.

"Wha-" She started, wide eyed.

"Set the detonation time for ten minutes. It should be enough time for everyone to get out. Besides, we can light the flares three minutes till." Shima explained, using hand gestures to get his point across.

"Fine! I was going to set it to ten anyways!" Izumo said her face red as she whipped her head away.

Izumo quickly set the time and set the bomb down, hoping the water wouldn't damage it in anyway.

"Okay! Now let's get out of here!" Miwa shouted, as he pointed to the small window they had come through before.

"Ladies first." Shima bowed low, and then straightened, to help Izumo through the window, and then helped Miwa.

Shima went next, and then helped Bon through. After waiting till the destined time, Bon lit the flares, a total of ten going at intervals.

"Now we wait, and see who comes back."

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"Flares!" Wolf shouted over roar of the fight, trying to get Rocks attention.

"What?!" Rock shouted back, not sure of what he heard.

"Time to move out!" Wolf yelled, blood coating her shirt, her leather LS jacket had been lost long ago, and her jeans had several rips and tears.

Blood covered the walls, and bullet holes covered the entire room, including the ceiling. Rock pushed back another man and blew off his head with a gun. Rock himself wasn't looking too good, blood dripped from his forehead. His LS jacket had also been discarded a while back, and his clothes were soaked with blood, though he wasn't sure if it was enemies or his own.

Rock nodded to Wolf, and ran past her, jumping from the window, even though they were on the third floor. Wolf was about to follow, when a smoke grenade went off, and the exit was soon hidden from her view.

"Shit!"

Gunfire was heard, and flashes of light surrounded her. Wolf jumped behind some rubble and hit the ground, cradling her head in her hands.

All she could do is wait, and wait for the men around her to meet friendly fire.

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Crow pounded at the door, but quickly held his shoulder when impact ran through his body. Demon had saved his life, but Crow still had to bite the bullet. His shoulder was swelling with blood, and soon he would be dead from blood loss. He raised his fist to beat against the door once again, when the room turned red.

Crow whipped his head to the window, to see a dying flare, and the lighting returned normal, until another flew into the air.

"Flares…"

Crow bolted down the stairs, and jumped from the closest window, hitting the fire escape below, and quickly made his way down, hoping that Demon had seen the flares as well.

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Blades clashed, blood splattered, and blue flames licked at the air. Yes, Rin had seen the flares, considering he had a great view of battlefield below, but he made no move to get out.

He was going to finish this, no matter the price. Besides, he had been in his fair share of demon encounters, and this was nothing more than the usual, except for the higher stakes.

Dragon launched a flurry of punches, as Rin let forth his flames, trying to burn him alive, but to Rin disadvantage, Dragon kept breaking his focus.

"What happened to not dying?"

"Still not in my plans." Rin growled.

"Are you sure? I've always wondered what the son of Satan's blood would taste like." Dragon smiled.

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you." Rin charged forward, clocking Dragon in the mouth, making him slide away and spit out blood.

"That wasn't very nice, my prince."

"Well, pardon my manners." Rin rushed forward again, and drew a knife from his belt, and a pistol in his other.

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A/N: Hi…sorry this took so long, and even after I just said I wouldn't take as long. Yeah. Sorry about that. But, anyways, this was the second part of the battle, and the third part is next. Now, I'm not going to say 'It'll be up faster, I swear!' because if I do, then it'll take forever to write. So, I'm keeping my mouth shut for the time being.

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