AN* I am very sorry about the delay on this. My muse ran off with the butler and I had to hunt him down and kill him. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter, and as I always say, Read and Review.
Demons
It had been two days since the battle at the mall and Shinku was still troubled by the events. He knew his brother had some sort of plan but he couldn't figure it out and it was driving him nuts. He spent almost all of his time in the training room, sparring with the robots, and having Cyborg promptly repair the destroyed robots.
"Shinku you need to calm down." Cyborg said after repairing the hundredth robot that day.
"I can't. The fact that he still plans on completing the ritual without the sword is bothering me." Shinku replied as he broke his hundred and first robot.
"Well breaking my robots isn't going to make things any better." Cyborg sighed.
"He's right." Robin said as he walked into the room.
"Any luck?" Shinku asked.
"Nothing. We have a search out for the three of the them but nothing." Robin replied.
"And that is what has me worried. My brother is cunning, not one to be underestimated." Shinku sighed "So he is playing with us."
"Well he can't keep this up forever." Robin pointed out.
"No, but long enough." Shinku sighed as he walked out of the room, heading to his room to try and meditate. Once he walked in he saw Raven waiting for him.
"Yes?" he asked.
"I thought you might want the company." she replied.
"Thanks, but I planned on meditating." he replied.
"Why?" she asked "I thought you didn't like to sit still for too long with the way you've been acting these past two days." she grinned.
"I need to. Otherwise I will go insane." Shinku replied as he sat on the floor and entered a meditative pattern.
"Fine." Raven nodded as she joined him. The two of them meditated for several hours when Shinku suddenly jumped up his senses on high alert.
"What is it?" Raven asked.
"Trouble." he growled as he looked around the room. Taking a few steps he opened the window to see a room of utter darkness.
"What on earth..." Raven trailed off as Shinku opened his communicator.
"Where is everyone?" he asked as the responses came in.
"Cyborg here. I'm still in the training room fixing that last robot you broke." he growled.
"Robin here. I'm in the living room with Beast Boy, Starfire and Terra."
"Good. We have trouble. Look out your nearest window." Shinku said as he grabbed the Magus Sword and he and Raven walked towards the living room.
"What the?" the voices shouted over the communicators.
"A dimensional spell. They pulled the tower out of the normal dimension and trapped us somewhere else." Shinku said "They plan on ending things here and now."
"What do we do?" Robin asked.
"Get ready to fight. They will come at us hard and fast. Most likely in demon form if possible." Shinku replied "Just be ready for anything." With that he closed the communicator and walked down that hallway, Raven right beside him as an explosion rocked the tower. Turning behind him Shinku saw Shalim standing there with a smile.
"Hello Altair." He said as he drew his blade.
"Raven. Go to the others. I need to face him myself." Shinku said as he stared down his brother.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Positive. I need to face my past." Shinku replied as he cracked his neck and drew the Magus Sword "Besides, the other two are more likely to go feral this time if they want to beat us."
"Alright." Raven nodded as she flew down the hallway.
"You sure you can do this without your girlfriend's help?" Shalim asked.
"Positive. Besides, you never like using the same trick twice." Shinku grinned.
"True. This time I will drop the pretense of defense and destroy you with all of my power." he nodded.
"Then lets take this battle somewhere less confined."
"The roof?"
"Of course." With that the brothers each warped to the roof where their decisive battle would occur.
Inside the tower Cyborg had gotten to the living room in time to see the window smash open for the other two descendants to arrive.
"My timing is impeccable." He sighed as he looked at them.
"Do not think we will make the same mistake as last time fuckers." Izabella growled as he eyes turned a dark blue instead of their normal brown.
"There is no need for such language." Richard said as his blue eyes turned yellow.
"What are they doing?" Beast Boy asked looking at the pair.
"They plan on going feral." Raven said as she arrived "They don't want us to win this fight, so they will hit us with everything that they can."
"Where's Shinku?" Robin asked.
"Fighting Shalim." Raven replied as she looked at the pair as they transformed into their true forms. Izabella's skin turned ash gray as he hair turned black and her body grew in size. Once completed she stood at six feet and her old clothes had ripped off and she was now wearing a practical jumpsuit that covered her body snugly. Richard's skin turned a brown as fur grew along his forearms and shins, along with around his neck and a whip like tail grew from his spine. He face distorted as fangs grew in and his body became bulky and dense.
"Wow." Terra said looking at the pair.
"This isn't going to be easy." Raven noted as she prepared to fight without restraint.
"In this form we will not be stopped." Izabella laughed as Richard growled his agreement. Lunging forward Richard knocked Robin back, while Beast Boy and Starfire went to help him, leaving the other three to battle against Izabella.
"DIE!" she shouted as she spun the trident over her head and sent a massive thunderbolt at them. Reacting first Raven created a shield in front of them that blocked the worst of the attack.
"So how do we do this?" Terra asked.
"Hit her hard and fast." Raven replied "We take to long and she will wear us down with magic." With a nod Terra took out her lighter and a bottle of water and transformed into a half fire half water mixture. Sending out an arm with fire she struck at the demon, but she dodged the attack and sent another lightning bolt at the girl which Cyborg canceled out with a sonic cannon.
"Try this." Cyborg grinned as he shot missiles at her, forcing her back while Raven created a crossbow with magic. Taking aim she fired off several bolts but each one was blocked.
"Too weak fuckers." she grinned as she created a massive fireball and sent it scorching towards them. Terra acted first and moved in front of it, using her fire to absorb the spell and redirect it. The massive fireball hit Izabella, sending her flying out the destroyed window where she stood on the darkness.
"You fucking bastards!" she screeched as she spun the trident over her head creating a massive attack.
"Not good." Cyborg groaned.
"Cy, can you do that super sonic cannon?" Terra asked.
"No. I need to be in front of the tower." he sighed.
"All right. What about that invention you got from the H.I.V.E academy?" Raven asked.
"That could work, but it's too far."
"Let me handle that." Raven replied as she opened a portal to the evidence room and grabbed the attachment and returned handing it to him.
"Alright. Let's see if this will work." Cyborg said as he attached the enhancer and fired his charged sonic cannon at the incoming spell. The two attacks collided with a boom leaving a dark cloud of smoke that hung in the air for several minutes.
"Where is she?" Terra asked.
"I don't know." Raven growled as Cyborg started using his robotic eye to search for her. Taking aim he started firing through the smoke and they heard the cries of pain at each shot. Soon the smoke cleared and Izabella was visible, looking annoyed with several blast marks on her.
"You BASTARD!" she screeched as she charged at them.
"I got it." Raven replied as she called on her magic and created a shield that repelled her initial assault, and then leaping out into the darkness, created a long sword and slashed at the demoness, slashing open her middle as she cried out in pain. Before Raven could do any more damage she disappeared into the darkness.
"What happened?" Terra asked.
"I don't know." Raven replied.
"She disappeared." Cyborg said "I don't sense her anywhere near by."
With worried looks they moved back in the living room and made sure that she wasn't heading for them.
With Robins group they had moved back to the hallway where Richards new form was giving them problems. His fur was thick and acted like a shield protecting those areas. Robin had tried several different tools on it but nothing was fazing the feral foe. Starfire arrived soon, firing starbolts at him distracting him while Beast Boy hit him in the form of a ram, knocking him back a few paces.
"This guy is tough." Beast Boy said as he reverted.
"No kidding." Robin panted "But we can't let him win."
"Of course we shall not." Starfire agreed as she started charging a massive blast.
"Alright Beast Boy, let's show him what a Titan can do." Robin grinned as he took out two bomb discs and sent them flying at the beast demon who leapt over them, and into Beast Boys waiting Triceratops horns. Richard howled in pain as he leapt back and Robin and Beast Boy moved out of the way for Starfire's massive starbolt. The attack hit with smoke filling the hallway, hindering the sight, and forcing Robin to take a defensive position while he waited to see what Richard would do next. Out of the smoke Richard charged leaping from the walls and ceiling making himself a harder target to hit in the confined space.
"Crud." Robin cursed as he spun his staff, blocking a clawed hand that was aimed at him.
"He is most persistent." Starfire noted.
"Yeah." Beast Boy nodded as he turned into his monster form and charged at Richard both of them slashing at the other and wounding them. The pair continued like this for several minutes until Robin sent a bomb disc along with a starbolt from Starfire, creating a massive explosion as Beast Boy leapt away.
"Nice timing." Robin nodded as they waited to see what Richard would try next.
"Thanks. But that was still too close." Beast Boy sighed "Anyway he is getting predictable. He may be an A class demon, but his abilities in that form are way to obvious."
"True." Starfire nodded as they saw him limp out of the smoke.
"That hurt." Richard said as he reverted back to his human form.
"Why aren't you using you weapon?" Robin asked.
"Can't. In that form all reason leaves me. I am outmatched, but I will not stay here to be defeated again." Richard said as he opened a portal using the bone scythe.
"WAIT!" they shouted as he stepped inside, closing it behind him.
Up on the roof the brothers were fighting a fierce battle, their blades flashing as the two danced a dance that spelled death for one of them.
"You have improved a great deal with that blade." Shalim noted.
"I've had to." Shinku replied "To make sure that fools like you don't try to tamper with things that are better left alone."
"I just want to release our ancestor, is that so wrong?" he asked as his kodachi was blocked.
"Yes. You intend to undo a seal that the gods themselves commissioned." Shinku retorted "You intend to bring an end to the earth."
"Would that be so bad? This is just a small insignificant planet. No one would miss it if it suddenly disappeared from the universe."
"Maybe not, but who are you to decide what gets to live and what dies?"
"I choose for our ancestor who's voice you refuse to hear."
"I hear her voice, but I do not fall to temptation."
"Then we have nothing left to say my brother. I will end you now with my full power." Shalim replied as his skin turned red and a second set of eyes opened "I will show you the might of a War Demon."
"Make my day." Shinku replied "I will just knock you down again and again." With that the two brothers clashed again, but this time the battle was in the favor of Shalim who used his superior strength to push Shinku back each time. After several minutes of enduring the jarring attacks Shinku unleashed the Magus Sword.
"Magus Sword Limit Release, Level 3." he said as the sword transformed into the long double ended sword.
"So you are done playing games I see." Shalim laughed "But you can't win like this."
"Maybe not, but we will see." Shinku replied as he spun the blade. With a roar Shalim charged at him, swinging his sword that was quickly blocked, and was slashed along the stomach with the other side of the blade. The two clashed again and again, each time one or both of them were moving away with more wounds.
"You are truly a worthy opponent." Shalim panted.
"I am far from finished though." Shinku replied as he spun the sword "Seventh Strike: Rolling Thunder." With those words the black lightning rolled towards the red demon who tried to use his kodachi to block it, but it couldn't bare the power coming from the attack and shattered.
"Check." Shinku said "Limit Release Level 4." The blade was then wrapped in it's usual light as it changed shapes again. When the light receded the blade looked almost exactly the same, except the blades now faced the same direction, making it look more like a long bow of sorts.
"That is it?" he asked looking at the Magus Sword.
"Looks are often deceiving." Shinku replied as he channeled his magic into the blades "Now perish. Eighth strike: Magus Boomerang." With those words he threw the blade and watched it spin towards his brother, who managed to dodge a fatal wound, but still lost his left arm to the attack.
"Damn." he cursed.
"Give up." Shinku ordered.
"Not on your life." Shalim laughed "I am actually ready to start."
"What are you talking about?" Shinku asked.
"This dimension time move slower, today is the day of the eclipse, marking today as the perfect day to unleash the ritual." he grinned as the dimension disappeared, returning them to the normal world.
"No." Shinku said as he saw the moon covering the sun.
"Checkmate." Shalim grinned as a barrier rose up in front of him, created by the relics needed for the ritual. In a flash of light the other two demon descendants arrived, looking bloody and worse for the ware.
"Now the ritual is ready."
"How?" Shinku asked.
"Simple, the lengthy incantation is only needed for those who are not kin. Since we are, all that is needed is the sacrifice." Shalim explained as he looked at the two who began speaking in the old tongue, raising their weapons over themselves.
"NO!" Shinku shouted as he charged at the barrier, the Magus Sword reverting back to it's standard form. Shinku stabbed the barrier with all his strength and at first it held, but it gave way, and he felt his arms acting on their own, forcing the lunge to continue.
"Perfect." Shalim grinned as the Magus Sword protruded from his heart "Thank you Altair."
"NO!" he shouted as he heard the Magus Sword laughing in his mind.
"Finally!" she laughed "Now my true master can be freed."
Before Shinku could react the other two had killed themselves, unleashing the greatest catastrophe that the planet had ever seen. The skies darkened as the world shook from the prison in its core being opened and the three ancient beings that had been there since the planets birth were unleashed. Soon lightning flashed through the sky and struck the place where the three had been standing. The bolt stayed connected for several minutes until finally it faded leaving three woman standing there.
"Finally." one said as she stretched. She had long red hair and smiled evilly as she grabbed her trident. She wore black clothe armor and her red eyes looked at everything with interest "We were locked away for a long time."
"No kidding." another said. She had short brown hair and feral features. She wore simple clothe to cover her breasts and lower regions, and had a tail behind her twitching with excitement as she grabbed her scythe "Had to be several million years."
"Indeed." the last said. This one was identical to the Magus Sword's spirit. She grinned as she saw that Shinku still gripped the blade "I will take that back boy."
"Never." he gasped as he felt the unrestrained blood lust.
"Really?" she asked looking at him and the blade "Well then I guess I must take it." With that she fazed from sight and soon had kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying back. Shinku corrected himself in midair and landed channeling his magic into the blade.
"First Strike: Crescent Arc!" he shouted as he sent the energy attack at her. All she did was raise her hand, blocking the attack smiling.
"So you are descended from me." she nodded "Now be a good boy and return what is mine."
"I refuse." Shinku growled "I will end this with one strike. BLAZE!" with that flames appearing he once again wrapped them around the sword, getting an interested look from the demoness's "Dragons Blade!" Charging at her, using Dragons Flight to disappear from sight he appeared in front of her, swinging at her, attempting to cut her in two. No sooner had he swung the blade did she duck under the blade and palm thrusted him in the stomach, sending him flying back. Shinku hit the ground hard and skid to the edge of the tower. Once he had stopped he tried to rise, but felt a foot plant itself on his back.
"This kid has some spunk, Zea." the person above him grinned.
"That he does, Cecila." Zea replied as she took the Magus Sword from him.
"So what does the blade have to say?" Tio asked from the edge of the tower.
"It has been millions of years since we were sealed away. Your weapons were sealed away once it was realized how dangerous they were, but mine was taken by the Wheel of Fate. It has been having it's warriors that are compatible use it for good. My distant descendant, Altair or Shinku as the wheel calls him, was the most compatible since me, being able to use its final form for a few minutes." Zea explained.
"That's pretty good. Must be a Divine like you." Cecila noted.
"Most likely. At the moment his demon and him are at ends. My sword has been trying to influence him towards our way of thinking since he first made contact, but he is resilient." Zea replied.
"Too bad." Tio noted "He is rather handsome."
"He is claimed. By the daughter of Trigon." she grinned.
"Whoa. Went for that guys daughter did you?" Cecila asked "He is one of the few male demons that have our respect. And you scoring with his daughter is quite the feat."
"He worked for him too. And fought him as well."
"Whoa. How big are they?" Cecila asked
"What?" Shinku muttered.
"Your big brass balls, for trying to fight an S class with you abilities." she laughed "I definitely like him."
"Well if you want to him you may take him. He might be a strong ally when he awakens." Zea shrugged as she took the sheathe from Shinku "Thank you for looking after my sword."
"I'll be sure to kill you later." Shinku cursed as Cecila stepped harder.
"You are in no position to be making threats." she noted.
"Get away form him!" Raven shouted as she and the other titans arrived.
"What have we here?" Tio asked.
"His allies. They are strong, but not as strong as him." Zea said looking at each of them "We could probably kill them all in a matter of minutes."
"Wait!" Shinku cried out.
"Hrm?" Zea asked.
"I call a right by combat." he said as Cecila leapt off him.
"You call in the demon code?" Cecila asked.
"Yes. As a ¾ demon I am allowed to use the code. I challenge you to a right by combat."
"Very well." Zea nodded "What are the rules?"
"Tournament style. Seven on seven, who ever wins the most bouts wins the challenge. In ten days time, in an arena of your choice." Shinku said.
"Hrm..." Zea trailed off as she thought about it for a few minutes.
"Well?" he asked
"Very well. What are the stakes?" she asked.
"You win, we will back down, and I will leave my fate in your hands." Shinku began "We win, you will be resealed, in a more secure prison this time, if you live."
"Deal." she laughed "In ten days time we will meet here, and from here we will escort you to the battlefield."
"Deal." Shinku nodded as they shook hands. With a look between the three Cecila opened a portal for them and they left to gather four more fighters.
"What did you do?" Robin asked.
"Our only solution." Shinku sighed "I just bought us ten days to try and get stronger, so that we can beat them."
"But if you got destroyed then how can we win?" Beast Boy asked.
"That's why I am sending each one of you to a personal trainer. Terra, I want you to head for Olympus. Talk with Zeus and get him to either train you himself or to get another god to. Cyborg, go see the person that performed the operation on you, and get yourself an upgrade. Starfire, head for Tamoran and get as many shards from that crystal that your sister was using to make herself invincible. Beast Boy, I am going to take you a different dimension for your training, a friend of mine will find you and train you. Robin, head for Gotham, get Bats to teach you any high level moves that he can, and give you the most dangerous and compact weaponry he has. Raven you will be coming with me to the dark dimension. You will be training with Kage To Hi Ryu, while I train with the wheel." Shinku explained "In ten days time we meet back here."
"Understood. This is your show Shinku." Robin said as they each headed off to go and train in the determined spots.