hello again ^_^ i have a new poll up (my first and only actually) so if you're bored and have nothing better to do, then right there is ten seconds you can waste of your life. maybe a weird question, but this is me so you should've expected it, dammit!

takuya: calm down, ya lunatic

me: don't tell me to calm down! *eyes become white and demonic*

takuya: oh, shit! *runs away*

Worlds Collide

Chapter 30

Lucifer hurled himself at Takuya, sending them both into the side of the building.

"We can't just watch him get killed," Kouichi said. "I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna get off my ass and help."

Kouji nodded. "J.P. and I will help Takuya, and you can help Zoe."

"Alright." Kouichi flew off into the direction of Zoe's fight with Dante.

"Well, let's go," J.P. said.

The two of them bulleted into Lucifer, who had Takuya pressed up against the building. Kouji slammed him in the side of the head, while J.P. pried him off of Takuya. Annoyed, Lucifer shot at them with fire balls.

"Shit!" Kouji leapt back as he tried to evade the attack.

Unfortunately for him, one of them grazed his shoulder, severely burning it. J.P. managed to dodge them, then countered with an explosion of flames. Unaffected, Lucifer punched him in the stomach. Takuya grabbed his father's head, sharply twisting it until he heard a faint crack.

"You little bastard!" Lucifer hissed, throwing him almost twenty feet away.

He then proceeded to snap his broken neck back into place, as if it had only been dislocated. A moment later, he took hold of a nearby pole and stabbed it down into J.P.'s chest. The demon screamed as blood gushed from his wound, the pole pinning him to the concrete. Just as Lucifer was about to decapitate him with a second pole, Kouji hit him on the side of the head with a brick. A trickle of blood began to leak down from his temple.

Lucifer turned, his eyes crimson. "A brick? Really?"

"Whatever works," Kouji replied, getting ready to slam it into him yet again.

"I don't think so." Lucifer grabbed him around the throat with one hand, then lifted his other to gouge Kouji's eyes out.

Takuya pelted him with a fire ball, the pain immediately causing him to release the raven-haired demon.

The Devil chuckled. "I have to admit, this is pretty amusing. However, I think our little friend, Dante, needs just a little more power to make things more interesting. Don't you think?"

A red glowing light surrounded his left hand, then shot off into Dante's direction.

"Shit! Guys, be careful!" Takuya warned.

Zoe, who had been beating the life out of Dante with Kouichi, looked up with surprise. She moved backward as the fiery light covered a bloodied Dante. The dirty-blond demon laughed, feeling himself healing and becoming stronger. Zoe and Kouichi glanced at each other, knowing that there was no way to stop the change.

Seconds later, Dante grinned. He had grown taller by almost six inches, and had put on another fifty pounds in muscle.

"Dammit," Kouichi muttered.

Zoe glared at Dante, then tackled him to the ground. The two skidded in the pavement, a fissure forming from the force of the attack. Dante snickered, then rolled them over as they continued to skid. Zoe groaned, the concrete chafing at her soft wings. A trail of black feathers led to where they eventually came to a stop. Before Dante could pound his fist into her, Kouichi abruptly yanked him off. Angry, Dante turned and lifted Kouichi by his shoulders. He then began to push them inward, beginning to crush his bones.

Zoe kicked Dante's legs out from under him, causing him and Kouichi to both fall. The blond climbed on top of the sadistic demon, her green eyes burning into him. She clung onto him tightly as a black veil of light covered them. Normally Dante would have been rendered powerless against the attack, but with his gained abilities, he simply grabbed her around the neck. Zoe made a choked sound as Dante sat up, his fingers digging into her soft flesh. Kouichi was still trying to recover from the attack, but he managed to throw himself into Dante. This time, however, Dante did not fall.

"Worthless creature," the dirty-blond demon hissed, sending a burst of flame into Kouichi's face.

"Fuck!" Kouichi fell backward, the heat stinging his face and eyes.

Dante burst out laughing, sqeezing a bone-crushing force into Zoe's throat. The blond kicked him in the stomach, but not hard enough to cause him to release her.

Damn! She thought to herself. Think of something, and quick!

To her luck, she didn't have to think. A beam of light seared into Dante's cheek, paining and surprising him.

"What the fuck!" He dropped Zoe onto the ground, then wildly turned around to see a dark-haired angel flying over to him.

"Take that, you motherfucker!" Jasmine yelled, hurling a glowing sphere into his chest.

Dante grunted, then gave Zoe a brisk kick in the side as she recovered.

"Ow! Asshole!" Zoe swept her legs under his, sending him crashing down.

Kouichi, who was regaining his eyesight, smiled. "Hey, remember me?"

Jasmine rolled her eyes. "Don't even start with me. I don't like your type, but I'm still going to help Zoe."

"It's cool," Kouichi said in a husky voice. "I might be able to get you to change your mind about me when this fight is over."

Jasmine blushed, her glittering blue eyes meeting with his sapphire ones. "I wouldn't count on it."

Zoe grabbed a nearby blade, then used it to pin Dante's wing to the ground.

"What the fuck!" Dante attempted to pull it out, only to be punched and held down by Zoe.

The blond had a second blade in her hand, and she climbed on top of him. She then slammed it down into his throat, a squirt of blood spraying the front of her shredded black shirt.

Dante coughed, then swung his arm at her with all his might. Zoe was thrown several feet away, landing in a pile of shattered glass from a destroyed window. She hissed in pain, carefully pulling a large shard from her side.

Dante yanked the blade out of his wing, then flung it at Kouichi and Jasmine. Kouichi grabbed the angel and moved them both out of the way. He then shoved her behind his back as he sent out a barrage of fire balls.

"How you like that, asshole?" Kouichi called out as they hit Dante.

Jasmine stepped out from behind him, sending out beams of light at the demon.

"No more playing!" Dante turned his attention onto a demolished car, then concentrated on it.

"What's he doing?" Jasmine asked, her eyes narrowing.

"I'm not sure," Kouichi said. "Just keep shooting at him."

The car levitated, then flew forward at the two. They were forced backward into a building, crushed beneath the weight of the car.

Dante laughed. "Didn't know I could levitate things now, huh?"

Zoe grabbed hold of him, then flew upward. She sent him crashing into a metal streetlight, the bulb shattering and sending sparks to rain down onto Dante's head.

He glared at her. "Wanna take the fight into the air? Fine!"

The demon grabbed hold of her long hair, dragging her higher into the air. Zoe jerked her head, causing him to release his grip on her. She slammed into him, sending him a few feet back. As Dante went to retaliate, Zoe began to circle around him to make his aim that much more difficult.

"Stay still, you stupid bitch!" He yelled as he narrrowly missed punching her.

Zoe leaned back slightly, then shot forward. She nailed him in the stomach, then grabbed hold of him again. Another veil of darkness surrounded them, this one more powerful than the previous one. Dante screamed, feeling the black light sucking his energy out. He desperately lashed out at her, cutting her on the cheek with one of his sharp nails. Zoe ignored the blood as it leaked down her face and continued to cling onto him.

"L-let go!" Dante sent a burst of flames into her, knocking her off.

Zoe held back the tears of pain, the fire nearly destroying the remains of her shirt. Asshole, she thought. Gonna need a new shirt once I'm done with him...

Dante chuckled. "You're good, but I'm afraid that you're not good enough. As soon as I'm done killing you, I'm going to kill your two little friends. Then when that's all over and done with, I'm going to watch as Lucifer finishes off that pathetic son of his."

Zoe's emerald eyes took on an ominous onxy color, much like Takuya's when he was infuriated. "What did you just call him?"

Dante snorted. "What, Takuya? He's weak, pathetic, idiotic, and a useless piece of shit!"

"I thought so," Zoe said icily.

Before Dante realized what was going on, she placed a hand on each of his shoulders. He could feel his bones becoming more frail and his blood beginning to boil as she held tight onto him. She had covered him with one more draining shield of darkness. Contrary to the others, this one not only absorbed his energy, but paralyzed him as well. His eyes grew wide with terror as the pain became more intense. Zoe's grip on him tightened, her fingers digging into his skin. A moment later, she bulleted him down back to towards earth. Dante screamed as they rocketed to the ground, unable to stop her in any way.

Zoe smirked, their speed increasing. Seconds later, she slammed him into the pavement, a large crater forming around them. Dante coughed up a mouthful of blood, barely concious. Zoe noticed a collection of jagged metal poles and grabbed them. She then proceeded to impale him with them, taking special care where she wanted them to go. A minute later, he was pinned to the ground, a pole in each wing, both arms, his chest, his stomach, each shoulder, and both legs.

"Just fucking finish me already," he snapped, a dribble of blood leaking from his mouth.

Zoe stood up, satisfied with her work. "Oh, no. I have other plans for you later."

"Zoe!"

The blond turned around to see Kouichi and Jasmine squeezing out from behind the totaled car.

"Bastard," Kouichi muttered.

"You okay?" Jasmine asked, rushing over to her.

"I'm fine," Zoe replied. "I'll deal with him later, but for now, we have to help Takuya."

okay next chapter is the final showdown between takuya and satan. i decided to let the others help so they didn't feel useless

the others: *sarcastically* gee thanks

me: anytime. i mean, you guys would look pretty damn stupid if you just sat on your asses and watched. so on that note, stay tuned for chapter 31. laterz ^_^