To Soon-To Late

Maya stood her ground as she watched the demon. Zefie was ready to fight as she held her katana with a firm grip. Jessie looked for a place where she could hide while they fought the demon. Sea Cal drew closer to the land as he got himself ready to kill and have lunch.

"HMMM....SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU HUMANS HAVE YOURSELVES A DEATH WISH," Sea Cal said as he swung one of his tentacles at Maya. Maya just got out of the way in time as it hit the ground sending pieces of rock everywhere. A small piece hit Zefie in the arm causing a gash.

"Strong, but also you have one problem. Reach." Maya aimed and took her first shot. This is the shot that was fired as Sky and the girl went to face the dragon. The bullet cut through his skin leaving a trail of black blood behind it.

"BITCH!" Swing his tentacle he made contact with Maya sending her flying into a wall. Blood dripped from a cut on her head, but she still got back up. Zefie took the moment where he was focused on Maya to run at the other tentacle on the ground. Slashing upwards she cut through half the skin before he turned on her. Water suddenly appeared around her.

"Shit," she muttered as she knew that she was about to get soaked.

Pixie flew over to Maya and casted dia healing some of her wounds, but not all of them. She was hoping Shion's demon would get here soon, for Zefie needed its help. Maya smiled at Pixie with thanks as she picked her gun off of the ground. She knew that Pixie would be healing her more than once in this fight.

Sky felt the cold night air brush by him as he got further from the girls. He was worried that something bad was going too happened, but if he didn't slow down this dragon it could be a lot worse for them. Kaede walked slowly in front of him. She saw the demon and was scared of it. It was the size of a small house, colour of fresh blood, and had three tails. That was all she could tell from where she was when she saw it. Something about it screamed evil.

"So, why did you come to me to slow down the demon?" Sky asked her as he slowed down.

"Because you seemed like someone who would helped if I asked you to. And here you are helping," she said stopping to turn and look at him.

"Hmmm...you are right I would help no matter what the task." Smiling as he made his way past her. Kaede was right, no matter what he would help her.

"Are you thinking of those girls that you where watching?"

"Yeah. I never seen a demon liked that and I'm afraid it is better then they think."

"Give them more credit. They seem like they know what they are doing. Sometimes even the weakest can be the strongest."

"You are one strange girl. By the way tell me your story?" Sky asked her as they walked across more rooftops.

"Watch out!" Zefie screamed as she dodged out of the way of another blow from Sea Cal.

Maya had only a split second to move out of the way before one of his tentacles crushed her. Jessie was taking a few shots from where she was taking cover. A few hit, but most missed. She was trying hard not to let him get a fix on her. She knew that she was demonless, but that didn't mean she could not help them fight this demon.

"Zefie, run for cover!" Maya yelled as she ran towards one of the run down werehouses. Sea Cal was more then they could take as he used water to blind them for a few seconds every once in awhile. Maya felt sick that she finally met a demon that could take her on. As she opened the door all she saw was darkness around her. Placing her hand on the wall she walked left looking for anything that might mean stairs. The walls themselves were covered in moss and water from being out of use for so long. Maya even a few times ran into some boxes left behind.

Zefie made her way to the same werehouse as Maya did. Only when she got in there from a different side she found herself in an office. A little bit of moonlight came in through the window and she could make out a computer and a small stack of papers on the ground. Zefie then heard Maya stumble past making her way to find some sort of stairway. As Zefie moved towards the door, something came through the wall at high speeds latching itself around her.

Maya heard the scream and turned to her left. Making her way along the dark werehouse she found herself where Zefie just was. There was some blood, but not enough to mean she was dead. Maya looked out the hole to see Sea Cal holding Zefie in his tail. She ran outside and aim for his tail. Taking one shot she fired and waited to see what happened.

Jessie had no idea where the two girls went but she made her way towards the boat the clock was kept on. Something about that clock made her want to find out if she could have a demon bond to her. She wanted to be helpful in the battle at hand. She slowly got onto the boat trying not to make a sound. Something about this made Jessie fell scared to even go on.

Even though she was scared Jessie went into the room where the clock was. Sitting there like it owned the place Jessie noticed that it scared her scared her more then the demon. It in fact let you have a demon and knew if you did.

"JESSIE, I THINK YOU SHOULD KNOW THERE IS NO REASON TO BE AFRAID OF ME YOUNG WOMAN," Igor said as he felt her fear. He knew what demon was soon to be with her, but he wanted her to ask.

"What the hell are you?" Not the question he wanted, but he knew sooner or later she would ask that question.

"I AM THE ONE WHO KNOWS ALL ABOUT DEMONS, AND BINDS THEM TO HUMANS. SOME FEAR ME WHILE OTHERS PRAISE ME. WHAT ONE WILL YOU BE?"

"I...I will praise you and at the same time fear you."

"NOW ASK ME WHAT YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW."

"Can I or do I have a demon bond with me?"

"YES. THAT DEMON WOULD BE...."

Sky felt the air change. Not just in tempeture, but it thickness. Something changed the air from cool and light, to hot and thick. Even Kaede felt the different. They had only being walking for about ten minutes and already she could tell they were close to the demon. The air told her this, and she got ready for the shock that even though she already saw it, she knew it would come again.

"So, where is this-" but before Sky could finsh what he was saying something roared in the distance. It sounded like it was angry and at the same time happy. It seemed to be happy about something, but Sky rather know what angered the thing.

"That is it," Kaede said as she pointed to something in the distance.

What Sky saw was in fact the most sinister looking demon he had ever seen. It was as Kaede had describe to him on their walk over. It was the colour of fresh blood and as big as a small house. Its three tails smashed against anything in their path leaving ruins behind them. It had spikes all over its body making it look like even falling on it would kill you.

"How am I going to slow that thing down?"

"That is one good question which I think I know the answer to." Kaede then walked off towards a row of boxes that were on the edge of the roof.

Zefie tried to fight the tail as it wrapped around her. It was covered in small air holes which sucked in making it hard for her to pull away. Everything happened so fast for her. One minute she was standing in that office, next she was hanging about twenty feet in the air. She was at the back of Sea Cal with no weapon for she dropped it when she was grabbed. Everything was going wrong. Everything went wrong. No matter what though Zefie told hereself she was not going to go down without a fight.