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Chapter 2: Pushed to the Limit.

Dan looks at the Elite-Lieutenant with a surprise expression and seeing no way to dodge the attack in time. The Elite-Lieutenant smiles seeing that he got Dan where he couldn't get away and was about to be strike down. As the Elite-Lieutenant swings his sword down to hit Dan which all of a sudden another sword comes out of nowhere and hits the Elite-Lieutenant's sword away from Dan. Dan looks up and sees a man in a brown trench coat with light brown short hair in black pants holding two swords. One of the swords is being push against the Elite-Lieutenant's sword to hold it off which was in the Man's right hand. The other sword was in his left hand which he then swings to hit the Elite-Lieutenant but the Elite-Lieutenant moves his right hand up catching the man's left-hand holding to prevent from being hit by his sword.

The man still holding off the Elite-Lieutenant then asks, "Hey! Dan you doing okay over there?"

Dan just looks up at him wondering who he is replies, "Yeah I am."

The man nods and starts to struggle to gain an upper hand on the Elite-Lieutenant but it seem not to work very well. Dan then stands up gripping his sword's handle ready to help out the man. Seeing what was about to happen the Elite-Lieutenant then thrusts his left knee up into the man's stomach. The man then lets out a painful yelp which the Elite-Lieutenant then lets go of his hand. He then stagers backwards which the Elite-Lieutenant brings his sword over head to strike down the man. The man looks up at the Elite-Lieutenant as he brings down his sword which Dan then comes out of nowhere and blocks his sword.

The man looks at Dan standing up straight saying, "Thanks Dan."

Dan turns his head a bit to look at the man saying, "No problem Zey."

Rain trying to look while holding back the soldier in front of her shouts, "Zey!?"

Zey smiles then grips his two swords in his hands looking towards the Elite-Lieutenant, the Elite-lieutenant looks back at Zey and knows what he is about to do. So the Elite-Lieutenant jumps back causing Dan to stagger forward from the pressure he was applying to the Elite-Lieutenant's sword from his own.

The Elite-Lieutenant lands on the ground and then throws his arms to the sides while still holding his sword in his right hand shouting, "Aww! Is this it from the famous Angels I have heard so much about?! I've heard that you Angels are suppose to be extremely stronger compared to normal Humes!.. That is... But I'm no ordinary Hume!"

Dan and Zey glare at the Elite-Lieutenant as he says that.

The Elite-Lieutenant starts to laugh menacingly when a dark aura appears around him which he then continues, "As you may have noticed that I have dark powers within me. And that gives proof of what I have running through my veins."

Dan and Zey stand there still glaring that the Elite-Lieutenant watching to see if he makes a move.

The Elite-Lieutenant then smirks and continues again, "The one true enemy of you Angels... Demons!!... In my body that blood of one of the most powerful of beings runs through me. Unlike the others I'm only a quarter of Demon so I can control my dark powers as well as other but I still know how to use it. Now Come!! Full Force!! Show me the power of you Angels and that so called power you!! Light!!"

Dan and Zey grips their swords readies themselves for an attack from the Elite-Lieutenant.

The Elite-Lieutenant then smirks and says, "Well it appears you two are giving me the first attack... A mistake you will soon regret."

The Elite-Lieutenant then slides his right foot back and moves the other one forward with is left hand while moving his right hand with the sword behind him.

He then shouts, "Now Get Ready for my ultimate technique!"

Just then a red aura pulse from and around the Elite-Lieutenant with red electricity mixed in with the aura.

The red aura and electricity then disappears as he shouts, "Overdrive!!...Dark Flame Crusher!!"

The Elite-Lieutenant then brings his sword towards the front of him. While he is bring it to the front of him a dark aura surround it and the produces a afterimage as it moves. Once he brings it in front of him he grips the handle with both hands and brings it over his head. He then holds it there for a bit which his arms and the sword begin to shake as it gathers energy. Dark orbs swarm around the blade which the dark aura then turns into a flame like aura then engulfs the blade. Once it reached this stage the Elite-Lieutenant swings the sword around over his head and then slams it into the ground. The dark flames transfer into the ground and heads towards Dan and Zey. Dan and Zey try to get away from the incoming attack but failed as dark and purple trails could be seen heading towards them through the ground. Once the black and purple trail met them it shot out a powerful wave of dark fire from underneath them. Dan and Zey go flying up into the air with dark electricity surrounding them. After reaching the peak of the force of the hit Dan and Zey starts to fall back down to the ground. They fall down and hit the ground with a good amount of force with Dan landing on his back while Zey lands on his stomach. Dan moves around on his back from the pain which Zey lets go of his swords to hold his stomach and tries to catch his breath.

The Elite-Lieutenant walks over toward them laughing and says, "You Angels are pathetic! You believe that so called power Light is stronger then Darkness. Ah! Give me a break!"

Dan slowly gets up wincing in pain as he moves and staggers around trying to stand still. Once Dan manages to stand on his feet he grips his sword in both hands to his right and looks at the Elite-Lieutenant angrily. Zey continues to lay on the ground gasping for air holding his stomach trying to catch his breath. The Elite-Lieutenant holds his sword down by his right side laugh at Dan when an red aura and electricity appears around him. The red aura danced around him like if it was an intense fire growing stronger with every passing second.

Dan then moves his sword up next to his head and then shouts, "Well you wanted to see the power of us Angels and the light as well! Your about to find out first hand how strong we really are! Overdrive!! Angel Striker!!"

The red aura and electricity disappears around Dan which then Dan's sword all of sudden shines for a brief second. Dan then takes off toward the Elite-Lieutenant once all in front of him he slams his sword into the ground which sent a shock wave underground towards the Elite-Lieutenant. The Elite-Lieutenant then tries to avoid the shock wave but wasn't able to. The shock wave shoots out of the ground underneath The Elite-Lieutenant knocking him up into the air. Dan looks up as the Elite-Lieutenant flies up into the sky which then Dan jumps up into the air after him with his sword ready in hand. The Elite-Lieutenant spins around from the force of the blast and sees Dan coming after him. As Dan flies up after the Elite-Lieutenant his sword starts to glow. The Elite-Lieutenant stops himself from spinning but once he came to a completely stop he faces Dan seeing that he right at him. Dan coming at him swings his sword as he pass by him cutting him in the stomach area. Dan continues onward a head of the Elite-Lieutenant then stops to a certain point ahead which he then turns around holding his sword in his right hand above and behind him. The sword glows more intensely as the Elite-Lieutenant start to slow down towards Dan. Dan watches carefully as the Elite-Lieutenant as he reaches the peak of the hit and starts to fall back down towards the ground. Dan just continues to float there in the air which his sword continues to glow brighter and brighter to a point where it was so bright that it seem like the sun was right there next to the kingdom. Everyone in the kingdom not an Angel looks away from the intensity of the light which then Dan throws his sword down toward the Elite-Lieutenant as he continues to fall. The sword speeds down hitting the Elite-Lieutenant in the chest and causing him to fall faster down with Dan's sword. The sword and the Elite-Lieutenant lands behind the soldier Rain is holding off. The force of the impact from of the two causes Rain and the soldier stagger around.

Zey looks up finally able to catch his breath shouts, "Rain!! Get Back!!"

Rain finally regains her footing and then jumps back away from the soldier and the Elite-Lieutenant landing on Zey right side. The soldier finally regains his footing looks at Rain and Zey when all of a sudden the bright light behind him disappears. So the soldier turns round and looks the sword explodes. The explosion blows away the soldier making him fly through the air and over the edge of the kingdom's ground. Dan then lands on the ground on the left side of Zey which Zey who is already standing up. Dan holds his right hand up in the air and catches his sword as it falls down out of the air. After catching his sword Dan falls to his knees out of exhaustion so Zey and Rain rush to his aid.

Rain kneels down beside Dan asks, "Dan are you okay?"

Dan looks at Rain and answers, "Yes Rain I am. Its just I'm exhausted now."

Zey walks away from Dan and bends over picking up his swords when Rain says, "Zey its good that you came back."

Zey then looks up and sees dozens of soldiers running toward them which he then backs up saying, "Uhhhh?! Okay this looks like trouble!"

Dan looks towards Zey seeing them coming when something catches his attention causing him to look forward and sees even more soldiers coming at them from the side. Rain looks in both direction both Dan's and Zey when she hears something behind her. So she turns her head around and sees another group of soldiers coming at them from the other side. Rain stands up straight and faces the soldiers behind her with her back against Zey which Dan continues to kneel down on the ground. Dan then forces himself to stand up as he tries to stand up, he staggers a little bit but then regains his footing looking at the group of soldiers in front of him.

Zey turns his head a little bit to look at Dan asking, "Do you think you can handle it?"

Dan breathing kind of heavy replies, "Yeah I think I can."

The soldier then start to close in on them when Zey says, "Lets show them what the Guardian Angel Brigade can do!"

Zey, Rain, and Dan jumps towards the groups of soldiers in front of them slashing up anyone that can. Few of the soldiers were able to block their attacks but still slashed up.

One of the soldiers in the back row shouts, "Use Magic on them!!"

Most of the soldiers in the back rows are surrounded by a green aura. Zey, Rain, and Dan prepare themselves as best as they can for the what seems to be the an impossible to dodge attack. So them jump back in the middle but not to close to each other to prevent running into each other. The soldier casting the spells throw their hand out in front of them and shouts all at once. Dan Rain and Zey try their best to dodge all of the spells cast at them but Dan tired from his previous battles gets caught by one of the spells cast at him. He then is barraged with a lot more spells. Rain noticing Dan getting hit tries to help in someway but as well gets caught up in the barrage. Zey continues to dodge the spells but ultimately gets caught up in it as well but not to the extent of Dan and Rain. After the barrage Dan falls backwards onto the ground where he just lays while Rain falls to her knees hurt and tired from the barrage. Zey continues to stand but kind of leaning over as well from the barrage.

Zey then states, "I don't think we can survive another attack like that."

Rain wincing and breathing heavily replies, "Yes I know Zey but what are we going to do?"

Zey lets go of the sword in his right hand and reaches into his pocket with the soldiers watch him carefully says, "Well its up to you now. Use your Overdrive technique."

Zey then pulls out a fiery red feather which one of the soldiers shouts, "Stop him! Don't let him use that Phoenix Down on his ally!"

Two soldiers runs towards Zey which he then throws up the Feather into the air and it then shatters into tiny little red sparkle. Zey then quickly grabs his other sword and run towards the two soldier coming at him. The red sparkle the rain over Dan's body and then sink into his body. Dan opens his eyes and starts to get up grabbing his sword when three soldier in front of Dan start to run at him. The soldiers close in on Dan and it would appear that Dan won't be able to react in time. Rain jumps up into the air and spins around which she then throws her daggers at the soldiers coming towards Dan. One of the daggers stab one of the soldiers in the neck while the other in the shoulder. The third soldier just continues on hoping to kill Dan where he stands. Dan final gets to his feet and swings his sword at the soldier which the soldier does the same as well. There sword clash together making a loud clinking sound which Rain then lands on the ground behind Dan.

Rain then shouts, "Now is the time go!"

Dan then his head a bit with a confusing expression his face which Zey then says, "Dan we need to get back Rain is going to use her Overdrive technique!"

Dan faces forwards pushing the soldier back with his causing the soldier to stagger backwards a bit. Zey then does the same with the soldiers he is holding off and runs towards Dan. Dan runs pass the soldier he pushed away and then jumps over the group soldiers ahead with Zey following his lead. They land behind the group of soldiers and quickly turn around slashing up any soldier that comes close to them.

Rain looks around at all the soldier around her and says, "Okay now I'll show you boys what happens when you hurt friends and me!"

Red energy and electricity appears around her which she then holds her hands out to her side when all of sudden her daggers fly out of the soldiers they were in.

The daggers fly to her hands when one of the soldiers shouts, "Get her! Before she can use her Overdrive technique!"

A few soldiers run towards Rain to stop her from using her Overdrive technique.

The red energy and electricity disappears and Rain shouts, "Overdrive!! Whirlwind Daggers!!"

Rain then jumps up into the air spinning out of the range of the soldiers. She stops in the air with her eyes closed when on the ground a wind starts to swirl around going up and around Rain. The wind intensify with in a few seconds which Rain in the midst of the whirlwind lifts her arm out to the side of her and lets go of her daggers. The daggers fall down then stops floating and spinning underneath her. Rain then brings her arm across her chest which she then thrush them out swiftly to the side again. The whirlwind then stops reveling thousands of daggers in its place floating in mid air. The soldiers look at her stunningly which Rain then lifts her arms up into the air and then pushing them in front of her. This causes the daggers to start to spin around her very slowly and into a instant blur slashing up the soldiers the tried to stop her. Rain then drops her left arm down to her side and brings her right one in front of her. She then clamps it into a fist which the daggers stop for a brief second. Then the daggers spin around in circles and stop pointing away from Rain. Rain then throws her right arm down to the side which sends the daggers outward towards the soldiers. All the daggers flies through all the soldiers and misses Dan and Zey by inches. Dan and Zey just watch unflinchingly as the daggers passed by them. Rain then floats down slowly to the ground where she lands and collapses to her knees.

Dan and Zey rush to her side where Dan says, "Rain you did good. It seems your getting better with your Overdrive technique."

Rain looks up at Dan breathing heavily replying, "Thanks Dan."

Zey and Dan help Rain up with Zey then says, "I know your tired Rain but we need to help our people."

Dan looks forwards with an uncertain look as they walk towards the town of the kingdom.