With one swift act, Gin had personally murdered someone right in front of them. Even though death had occurred many a time over the last few days, one being so sudden and literally before their eyes made Ao and Hime made them … well, to put it bluntly, it made them feel sick, horrified, awful. Even lost.

Gin looked back at them with a satisfied expression and giggled lightly. "Not bad hey, Hime. One more obstacle out of the way."

That did it! Hime lunged at Gin, sword in hand and eyes lusting for his blood to be spilled. He had caused enough death and destruction; had terrorised thousands of innocent people and released a demonic entity to help him with his dirty work. Now was enough! Either one of them was going to die, and she was determined for it to be him.

Gin was taken by surprise at her sudden burst of anger and was quickly floored by Hime, knocking the spears out of his hand. She pinned him down with a knee on his chest and the other on his arm, her katana raised to drive it through his heart. But, thinking of turning on his front, he turned over and threw Hime off and punched her square in the face. Take that, bitch!

Movement from the corner of his eye made him look up to see Ao standing a few metres away with both spears in hand and pointing directly at him. He looked from them to her, seeing the concentrated expression, the half-revealed teeth as she gripped the weapons tightly in her fists. Though she did not want to attack him, he knew that she would be quick to use them if she knew how to, and if he went to attack.

Wait! If she knew …

She didn't!

Gin dived at her, throwing himself onto his younger sibling and knocking her on her back as she yelled in surprise. With a comment of "Too slow, sis!" he grabbed and wrenched the spears out of her hands and got up and turned to face Hime as said person was on her feet and ready to attack.

"Stop right there, Hime!" he barked at her, threateningly pointing one of the spears down at Ao. "You move any closer and she gets it. I'm sure you don't need that on your conscience."

It worked. Hime froze on the spot, the fear evident in her eyes. Her shoulders tensed, her breath became shallowed as her gaze shifted quickly from her feline-eared friend to her adversary, who stared her down with his golden eyes. Ao looked at her with fear, terrified at the prospect that her brother would possibly change his mind and finish her off then and then. But they both knew Gin would not do that, for as long as Ao was on the verge of possible death, he held all the cards. And Hime knew it. She had to do something or they were both as good as dead!

"Now back off, Hime! Gin ordered her, adding emphasis on his words by making the jade green crystal facing Ao glow brightly. "I mean it!" he urged angrily.

The mayor had no choice but to oblige and stepped back a pace, looking at Ao anxiously. I'm sorry, but I can't do anything else! He'll kill you!

Her adversary smiled, pleased at his work. "Good. Now if you hold still, I'll-ah!"

Being momentarily distracted gave Ao the perfect opportunity to strike. She swiped her legs across the floor and successfully knocked Gin off his feet, making him land on his side and curse loudly in pain. Hime quickly joined in and charged forward towards them, katana raised. Ao jumped on him and grabbed one of the spears to try and hold him down for her. But Gin was ready.

Grabbing one of his spears, he raised it slammed the point into the floor, sending out another green wave of energy that threw the girls off him; Ao nearly falling over the were it not for the wall saving her. By the time both girls got to their feet, Gin was already leaping onto the nearby rooftops away from them. Directly towards the battle raging nearby.

"C'mon, Ao!" Hime urged her friend as she rushed over and yanked her to her feet. "We've got to stop him!"

Before Ao could answer, Hime, with their arms hooked, jumped onto the nearby rooftop, following Gin into the unknown.

Hot …. it was hot. Unbearably so. The fires had engulfed much of the hospital and were continuing to spread, feeding off the various bits of furniture and the unfortunate victim who had failed to escape in time. Anyone left inside had little chance of escape and would likely be consumed before long.

For Juri, it was especially bad. As she began to come to, she quickly became aware of her predicament. She tried to look around and get her bearings but all she could see was smoke push herself up but something above her prevented her from going more than a few inches and it burned her back. With a cry, she fell to the floor. All around her was crackling and it appeared to be getting louder; probably because her senses were starting to come back to her. The intense heat made it hard for her to keep her eyes open and she had to squint. Even so, she could still see fire all around her.

Am I still in the room? Shit! I gotta get outta here! I have to go now. Let me try getting up again! AH! NO! It burns!

The room shook and something fell to the floor with a crash in a nearby room. A loud roar sounded from outside. Juri looked up but could not see through the thick cloud of toxic fumes that surrounded her. Another loud BOOM erupted and the building shook again. Something crashed into the floor a little in front of her. Oh god, the ceiling was coming down! She had to get out of here!

Okay, try crawling forward! One! Two! Thr-what the?! Oh no! My foot it's caught.

Juri cursed loudly and tried pulling her leg but it was no use. Though she could not see, she knew her leg was caught between two things. She tried again to pull it free but to no avail. Again. Nothing! Again! NO, goddamnit!

"Hello!"

She froze as if she had seen a ghost, but her heart leapt with joy. Someone's here! "Hello?!" She cried out, hoping she would be heard.

Something heavy approached, bellowing out another "Hello!" in a deep voice. Juri called out again but coughed as she inadvertently breathed in some smoke. She tried to cover them with her arm but, although it helped to lessen the smoke going into her, she knew she wasn't going to last long. Wait! Footsteps? Yes! Someone was near. She coughed loudly and weakly called out again. C'mon! Please!

A hand reached out and grabbed her by the front of her shirt and yanked her, just missing her head from hitting the top of a large black object. She found herself resting against a huge, muscular arm with half of a black jacket sleeve missing, probably having been unable to fit around the huge limb of this person. Before she could even speak, her and the person were moving again towards the hole, the fire rushing past them in a blur. Someone else, another woman by the sounds of it, cried out and the deep voice calmed her as ... yes, he was jumping. Fresh air swept over Juri. They were outside now and she saw the blackness dominate much of the sky above, the beauty of the stars that were visible through the pillars of smoke and the huge form of the creature that was swiping at seemingly nothing in the air around it. She was jolted as they landed and thought for a brief moment it was all over until she saw the ground race away from her again. The rooftops came to eye-level and then seemed to shoot skyward again. Another jolt shook her body like jelly as the person made contact with the ground.

"You're safe now." He said to them softly.

Juri was placed on the ground alongside another person, who immediately embraced her tightly. "Juri! I'm glad you're okay!"

Touka! She felt like she could have leapt with joy and embraced the girl back, though being careful not to apply too much pressure due to her own superhuman strength, a product of her Yokai heritage. The young teenage girl released her and drew back a little, letting the nurse take in the relief in her expression, the happiness that she was out of the burning death trap and that they were now safe.

A loud roar from where they had come made them look in that direction. Just at that moment, Dagarkra swung his fist into the hospital that only just reached up to his mid torso area, tearing off the roof and sending rubble flying in all directions. Anyone who would have been in that part of the building was, no doubt, dead but he seemed to have missed what he was aiming for as he quickly turned his hips to its right. His fist came up again and slammed into another building, making it explode outwards and shower the surrounding streets with another load of rubble.

"You two need to get to safety! Quick, whilst you still can!"

It was then Juri fully got a glimpse of her saviour and … her jaw almost fell to the floor, her eyes grew wide and her breath was caught in her throat. But her mind seemed to be screaming: 'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my God!'

Before her was not simply a huge muscular man, but someone who, at least in her eyes, was a knight in shining armour, a huge titan of heroic deeds, a demi-god akin to Hercules himself. She felt like she was going to explode as she just wanted to lunge at him and wrap her arms around his chest and feel his arms and …

"Is she alright?" the large man asked Touka, to which the young girl rolled her eyes after momentarily glancing at the girls.

"It's alright, she just fangirling!" she replied almost nonchalantly as if this were a common occurence.

'Godzilla' just shook his head and rolled his eyes in a manner that reminded him of the many who had wanted their way with him already. Why am I not surprised? But now was not the time.

He leapt forward back down the street towards the hospital, back into the fray once again. Behind him, Touka, with help from Juri, lifted herself up onto her feet and they began to move away; all the while Juri was babbling on about her 'hero'.

"My God, did you see how hot he looked?! And his voice?! So deep and masculine! Oh my god, I feel-"

"Okay, Juri!" Touka interrupted her friend loudly as they passed into another street, hoping to join a group of people and police officers in their exodus from Sakurashin. Jeez, she's such a fangirl. "Next thing, you'll be wanting to marry him." She muttered to herself.

"Good idea!" Juri exclaimed with glee.

Oh no!

Dagarkra was getting more and more frustrated by the second. Trying to squash a small boy and a nun was hard enough (they had just avoided being smashed into paste when they had leapt towards the hospital) but with about three others also harassing him, it was really getting on his nerves. His huge size, once a terror in of itself, was now a disadvantage.

The one who was especially getting on his nerves was the young woman who seemed able to conjure up anything she wanted and using it against him. As the nun and the young boy quickly jumped onto another building nearby, a rocket flew out and struck him in the face. Dagarkra roared in both surprise and pain and looked at its source to see her standing on the slanting roof of a hotel. Their eyes met briefly and he saw the hatred and anger within them, the desire to see him eradicated from the city for good. You're dead meat! We will beat you!

He growled and advanced towards her but saw another two figures leap from the street, one on each side and heading straight for him. Dagarkra saw it was a black haired young man on the right and the oni on the left; they having made him walk into a trap. Well, he had his own plans. He threw out both arms in a motion as if he were swimming in the sea and struck both from the ground. Kyosuke fell through an office window, Akina was caught by Yae, who had rushed forward and grabbed him mid-jump and brought him safely away from the danger before them.

Satisfied that two of the enemies were out of the way he looked back at the young girl, who was now loading another rocket into the weapon onto her shoulder. He advanced again, determined to crush her under his feet or hand or whatever he could use against her.

WHAM! Something slammed into the side of his neck and he fell onto the hotel, flattening it completely. For a moment, the pain flared up and down his body and he tried to get up, pushing himself from the ground. Who could have done that? Not the oni, or the boy, and the others were either in his sights or too far away.

He got his answer as he looked up and saw a human land on the roof of the building across the street. Though he was small to the demonic creature, Dagarkra could see he was muscular and evidently had a lot of power if he were able to knock him over like that. It was him! The one he had seen earlier in the square when he had first arrived in the city. Oh, he was proving to be a bigger nuisance than ever.

The human glared at him as if to say: You're finished! I will put you in the ground.

Not if I strike first!

Dagarkra thought to himself.

The human jumped again, though whether to attack or move to another position was uncertain. But either way, Dagarkra was ready for him.

With a swipe of his fist, he punched the man and sent him flying through the air with the speed as if he were a tiny stone thrown by a boy; quickly disappearing over the skyline.

"Godzilla!" Kotoha exclaimed in horror.

Meanwhile, about a hundred metres away, Gin landed on one of the rooftops, having watched the battle eagerly as he approached, hoping to use Dagarkra against the mayor and his sister. They had been hot on his tail and he had to keep moving to avoid them catching up. Just a few more buildings! Almost there! Almost there!

"GOTCHA!"

A foot hitting hard on his back threw him to the ground, landing on his nose with a sickening crack that made him cry out as a sharp, numbing pain ran through his body. Someone landed to his right; followed quickly by another person ahead of him. He looked up and saw Hime coming towards him, katana raised to cut him in two.

He rolled over and blocked the attack with his spears, pushing her back and jumping onto his feet and turning to face her; knees bent, back straight and weapons half-raised, ready to fight the mayor.

"Your dead, Gin!" Hime growled at him, her eyes narrowing dangerously.

"You first!" he replied through gritted teeth, bringing one of his spears up to fire at her.

A gunshot rang out through the air. Something shattered and Gin yelled out in surprise as he and Hime looked at the spear in his right hand and then up at Ao. She stood about ten feet away, the gun raised towards him. All eyes fell to the spear to see the jade crystal now lying on the floor near his feet, it's jade green colour now faded and dull.

"You idiot, Ao!" he shouted at her, forgetting about Hime for a moment as he turned his entire body towards her, looking as if he was going to charge at her at any second. "I'm gonna kill y-AH!"

He fell back as a green cylindrical spire shot up out of the crystal to a point about twenty feet above the floor. Then, in the blink of an eye, flew out over the skyline into the distance. Gin could only look in disbelief as he felt his power, his hope, his chance of victory be snatched away from him.

No!

Kotoha felt the life being squeezed out of her as Dagarkra held her before his devilish face, baring his teeth to frighten her. His red eyes glared down at her with such hatred that she thought he was going to shoot fire from them. She gasped for breath as he tightened his grip, though he was doing it slowly. He was taking his time with her, slowly torturing her before crushing her like a bug (which she was from his perspective).

THUD! The ground shook and Dagarkra, along with everyone else, immediately turned his head in the direction of the noise; its source being about a mile away near a group of buildings. Something was moving, something big. He saw a row of spines shaking from side to side as they slowly rose into the air, followed by a large, muscular torso with a head and a pair of arms attached to it. A long tail stretched out behind the creature, which turned its head in his direction. Part of its silhouette was formed against a backdrop of fire and smoke from the buildings formed as the creature rose from the ground. The moment they locked eyes, the creature glared, and growled deeply; the sound being audible to Dagarkra despite the distance.

From across the rooftops, everyone was now looking at this huge bulking mass, the enormous creature that had seemingly appeared out of nowhere, the sudden arrival of this behemoth, this titan. No, this god. Although most did not know its name, they knew it was the same creature that had wreaked havoc in Tokyo a few nights ago, and now it was here in Sakurashin.

But to Hime, Akina, Kyosuke, Ao and Kotoha, they knew perfectly well who this was, yet, as before, could not bring them selves to utter his name.

Godzilla.

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