Chapter 8
Parade of Absurdity
"The next match will be, Nina vs. Giganto!" Vanessa explained as Nina jumped down into the arena.
"Now where's Giganto?" Ace asked and he looked up. A man had jumped out a plane and was heading towards the arena in free-fall. A few seconds later, the man reached the arena floor and pulled out two 20 foot long swords to make his entrance even more ridiculous than it was already was. All he wore was a pair of pants.
"I'm going to guess that's Giganto." Nina responded as she pulled out her butterfly swords and jumped down onto the arena floor. Then she went into an offensive stance.
"Is this the person I'm fighting, because if you are you look kind of puny to fight somebody like me!" Giganto shouted and caused a window to shatter into a million of pieces.
"Just my kind of luck that I end up fighting somebody as absurd as this guy, today." Nina thought as she dodged the massive swing of the swords. "What have I done to deserve this?!"
"Nothing really, I just wanted to do this because I can." The Author explained and an angry anime emoticon appeared on Nina's forehead. She wasn't in the mood for all this stupidity at that moment.
"I'm starting to think the Author has a little too much power." Nina responded as she slashed at the humongous swords.
"Time to kick this battle up a few notches! I summon the grand power of the undead!" Giganto added as 100 armored zombies appeared in front of him. The Zombies were around 6'3 and looked to be around 21. They all had all sorts of gashes and wounds and their armor was made of leather that probably could fall apart in a few seconds.
"Really?!" Nina shouted as she started stabbing the zombies." Thankfully, these zombies only wear pathetic leather armor with no + modifiers." In couple of minutes she had destroyed all of the summoned undead.
"Let's make this harder and more exciting for everybody!" Giganto added and they were launched up into the air as he ripped his shirt off at the same time.
"This battle has just reached a new level of insanity!" Aerith shouted as she looked up in the air.
"But it is kind of cool." Angel added as they watched the battle.
"Butterfly Stabbing strike X2!" Nina shouted but nothing happened. No words came out at all.
"At the altitude you're at almost impossible to have a conversation." The Author telepathically explained into her mind.
"Did you make that fact up as a plot device to annoy me or is that an actual scientific fact?" Nina thought, hoping that think her response was the proper way to answer in this sort of conversation.
"Yes, it's an actual scientific fact." Valia telepathically answered as Nina launched herself through the air at Giganto and started to slash at him.
"Is that's the best you got, brat!" Giganto shouted and made spinning bars of fire appear and started to spin both of his swords around.
"Interesting…" Vanessa explained." The longer the battle between them goes on, the easier it is to see Giganto isn't real."
"What makes you think that?" Ace asked as he looked at Vanessa.
"Look at the floor of the arena. Nina is just laying there and a stuffed animal is across from her." Vanessa answered as she handed Ace a throwing dagger.
"I have an idea, but it might not work." Ace explained and threw one of his daggers at the stuffed animal causing the "Nina" that was up in the air to close her eyes…
Flashback…
"Giganto, do you want anymore tea?" Nina asked as she held her play tea kettle and pretended to pour "tea" into the teacups for her stuffed walrus. He was small and blueish grey. "Celestia, do you want more tea?" She was 14 years old now and wearing a fairy tale princess dress. The dress was all pink with puffed-up sleeves and frills. She wore pink pumps and a tiara to finish off her outfit. Then she poured some "tea" into Giganto's tea cup and then turned to her right and looked at Celestia. Then she stared to pour "tea" into Celestia's cup.
"No I do not want any more tea." Celestia shouted and threw her teacup on to the floor and tore Giganto's head off. She was tired of the way her master acted at home and when she was hunting. All she did was have tea parties and act like a brat. "Now get out of your princess costume and get into some normal clothes so you can start acting like a 14 year old!" Then the two of them headed for Nina's room.
5 minutes later…
"Celestia, please calm down." Nina begged her partner as she refused to look at her. She was no longer dressed in her princess dress but instead had her normal outfit on.
"Fine, but I suspect you have a bigger destiny in this world." Celestia explained as they left the room and saw the now headless Giganto was coming towards them
"You've betrayed me!" Giganto responded and Nina punched him, revealing a secret compartment in the hall." I will take my revenge on you!"
I don't remember this happening…
"Maybe this is a sign." Nina (present day) thought as she walked over to the compartment in her home and pulled out a new pair of butterfly swords." I understand now. My parents put these butterfly swords here so I would find them at a later point to help me out." The handles was made of steel and covered with satin. The Blades were made of blue crystals.
Flashback End…
"You'll be stopped, Giganto!" Nina shouted and stabbed the stuffed animal with her new weapon.
"Grand disabling slash!" Giganto shouted and used his absurdly long swords to knock Nina into a giant wall of bubbles that had appeared.
"This battle is now totally officially absurd." Ace shouted as he watched.
"I'll agree with you on that, Ace." Vanessa added.
"The absurdity is pretty high but who cares!" The Author responded. Nina then got up and dashed forward.
"Winning is impossible for you, Nina!" Giganto shouted and started to charge a new unknown attack beam thingy!
"Butterfly stab combo X3!" Nina shouted, dashing forward at Giganto and stabbed him and preformed a series of kicks and stabs against her opponent.
"I'll get you for that…" Giganto responded and all that was left was a blue stuffed walrus.
"And the winner is… Nina!" Vanessa shouted." The next match will be I vs. Team Gunsaw?!"
"Not those two idiots…" Angel responded as he looked down at the stadium and noticed that the two hadn't changed that much at all.
"Yep were back!" Gabe shouted as Ace preformed a facepalm.
"And were here to stay, you guys!" Bill added as Aerith just looked at the Hunters.
"Now I'm really starting to suspect you're just trying to annoy us?!" Aerith complained.
"Yes, I obviously am just trying to piss you guys off." The Author responded and pissed Aerith off a whole lot more.
"Are you ready to do this, princess?" Ace asked as he looked at Vanessa.
"Yes, I'm ready to do this." Vanessa shouted and made her cutlasses appear as she jumped down into the arena.
"Time to pay you back for all the death and destruction you have caused to these people!" Gabe added as he made his giant gatling gun appear.
"Yes, soon you too will understand what you have done too many people that day." Bill added as he revved up his chainsaw." None of us have forgotten." Then he slashed Vanessa with his chainsaw
"Yes, pay for your sins with your death…" Gabe added.
"I payed for my sins a long time ago, fool!" Vanessa denied as she dodged chainsaw strikes and gunfire.
"You killed 500+ people and you believe you've been forgiven?!" Bill added.
"Why are you guys so suddenly so serious and scary?" Vanessa asked w.
"That is what we truly our." Gabe shouted. "We our no longer your goddamn puppets!" And Bill punched him and Vanessa preformed a facepalm.
"We're partners, stupid!" Bill shouted and Gabe punched him, causing the ground to start shaking and a black silvery mist to appear.
"I don't think this is going to be good thing that's happening." Vanessa responded as she looked a.
"It's probably not." Ace added.
"This story just got even more absurd." Nina responded.
"This is probably a bad thing." Angel added.
"We'll probably live anyway." Aerith responded as she looked in disbelief.
"Come forth from the void, Medusa!" Vanessa shouted as one of the pendants on her necklace started to glow. When the glowing stopped, Medusa appeared. The other hunters expected to see a woman with a snake body and snake hair to appear. Instead a young girl that looked to be around 7 years old and 3'7. She wore a simple t-shirt and pants that had a green snake skin pattern printed on them with tall green boots with the same pattern as the rest of her outfit. She had short wavy silver hair with a whole bunch of plastic snakes strewn about it. She looked like somebody you played with not something one would summon forth.
"I didn't expect this." Ace shouted.
"It doesn't really matter, Ace." Vanessa explained.
"I guess that's true." Ace answered.
"You're just stalling the inevitable, Vanessa." Bill responded and slashed at Vanessa, but she jumped out of the way! Then the chainsaw he was holding started to grow!
"Gorgon Gaze!" Medusa shouted, her childish voice surprising the audience. Then as she glared at Bills Chainsaw intently it suddenly stopped and turned into petrified stone.
"Awesome!" Vanessa shouted as she slashed Bill with her cutlasses. However Bill started to laugh.
"I always found it funny that you believe you have power." Bill responded as his voice deepened and his eyes turned red." You're just a useless catalyst that my masters allowed me to give a little power to in order to destroy there enemies." Then he pointed a finger at Vanessa and Medusa, causing Medusa to disappear and Vanessa to fall into unconscious state…
"Vanessa…" The Black Cat whispered as Vanessa opened her eyes again.
"What do you want with me now?" Vanessa questioned as she took a quick glance at The Black Cat who was now in her human form.
"To tell you something." The Black Cat explained as Vanessa just watched her.
"Tell me what?" Vanessa questioned as she looked at The Black Cat. "Why do you even care about me? My power came from a demon!"
"You're making me laugh!" The Black Cat responded as she started to laugh. "Even if it did you still control your own destiny in this world." Then Vanessa closed her eyes again…
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Surprise, I've returned Bill!" Vanessa shouted as she looked at her opponent. Bill was now 70 ft. tall and had all the usual demon stuff that demons had.
"Hit me with your best shot." Bill taunted as he roared.
"Summon: Medusa, Werewolf, Pixie, Banshee, Monolith, and T-Rex!" Vanessa shouted as her summons appeared and she reequipped her cutlasses. The Werewolf looked to be a wolf that stood on two legs and wore a mask that looked like that a normal man's. The Pixie looked like a 5 year old with butterfly wings and wearing a small sundress. The Banshee looked like a ghost from a long time ago with silver eyes and a giant mouth wearing a dress that looked to be from medieval times. The Monolith was a giant cream color rock with graffiti all over it. And The T-Rex looked like a T-Rex.
"What do you need us to do, mistress?" Werewolf asked as he started to gore at his opponent.
"Pixie powder!" Pixie shouted as she threw some weird powder out at Bill.
"ewrsrdgsrfseffewfsefr." Monolith exclaimed as it launched out a beam of crazy energy.
"Death Scream!" Banshee shouted as her mouth opened again and a blackish grey scream appeared and brought the moment Bill would die closer.
"Gorgon Gaze!" Medusa shouted and started to gaze at Bill, which did nothing to affect him.
"Stop your hiding, fool!" Bill responded and roared, causing all of Vanessa's summons to disappear in a single second. "Let's end this with one final attack."
"Yes it needs to end right now." Vanessa exclaimed as her cutlasses started to glow!
"Demonic destroyer!" Bill shouted and released a bunch of red orbs to destroy Vanessa, causing Gabe to grab on to Bill and try to stop all this madness.
"Summoner's Slash!" Vanessa responded and her necklace started to brightly glow and seven energy cutlasses appeared around her. The blades were transluscent but could really hurt.
"Bill, this just isn't worth it!" Gabe shouted and Bill reverted back to normal.
If you're curious, each one of the cutlasses that attacked them represents one of my summons and their special attacks." Vanessa explained as the blades launched towards her opponents and launched them out of the stadium!
"And the winner is… Vanessa!" Ace shouted as Vanessa climbed out of the arena and noticed that a giant egg was in her seat." That's weird, I don't remember a giant egg sitting in my seat." She then turned her head and saw a black cat watching on the top of the stadium. The cat then quickly dashed away and Vanessa cradled the egg and sat down in her seat. Then a flash of light came through the arena and went through 85 hunters, killing them instantly!
"Well that was a convenient plot twist to end this chapter." The Author responded.
"This is obviously a sign for the events to come." Vanessa whispered as she looked at the giant egg she was now cradling." The next battle will be Angel vs. Dante!"
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"Well there are now only just 12 competitors left." The Author responded as he looked to the right and saw there was a purple rift!" Grab you're weapons. I hoped she wouldn't come back." He then made his 2h katana appear with Valia making both of her scythes come out, and Hera made her swords appear. The Author wasn't in
Flashback…
Author, why don't you use me anymore?" A teenage girl in a black cloak shouted. She didn't look happy at all with The Author.
"Because I have better characters to use than you but I might have some use for you later." The Author responded as he held out a doll version of the girl and threw it into a vault.
"That will do nothing!" The Girl shouted as her soul went into the doll and The Author teleported away…
Flashback end…
"I have returned, and this time you won't be able to banish me that easily!" A figure shouted and a hooded teenage girl in a black cloak appeared out of the rift. She was the kind of person that held onto a grudge for a long while.
"Chaos…" The Author whispered, the very sound of her name bringing shivers to both Hera and Valia.
"Master, who is she?" Hera asked as she looked at the girls face and lowered her hood.
"She was one of my first creations when I started out writing stories and fanfics. As I got better at writing I started to use her less and less in my stories until I reached a point where I didn't use her at all and somehow she escaped and wants to rain hell down onto us." The Author explained as he entered an offensive stance.
"Yes, I'll make sure to rain f******* hell on you for abandoning me and on your two assistant bimbos!" Chaos shouted and formed an energy ball within her hands.
"Deathbringer X4!" Valia responded and her scythe blades slashed at Chaos!" That's for calling us Bimbos, stupid!"
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"That landing could have been a lot better." Bill responded as the two dusted themselves off.
"I've been waiting for you two to wake up." A voice explained, causing Bill and Gabe to turn and see The Black Cat.
"Hey, you're that black cat Ace and his friends are usually following!" Gabe responded as he pulled his gatling gun out and made it turn into an assault rifle.
"Calm down, you don't need to shoot me. I was going to ask you a question!" The cat responded as the ribbons on her ears swayed and the bell on her tail rung in the wind. "Do you want to change the world?"
"Yes, we do want to change the world." Gabe and Bill simultaneously shouted.
"Then grab my paws, my friends." She responded and Gabe and Bill did as she instructed." Welcome to the resistance." And then they were gone…