Chapter 11
The Death of a Legend
Sayako Inn – Outside Courtyard
September 22nd – 05:13
Shirayuki and I were now caked in black blood. We'd been cutting the demons apart for hours now. At first the sword had felt as light as a feather, now it felt like I was trying to wave a truck around.
Aria and Kinji were now fighting Sherlock. After the endless hours of fighting they'd all ran out of ammo for their guns, so Kinji was attempting to get close enough to Sherlock to be of some help with his small butterfly knife and Aria was flailing around with her twin swords. Sherlock was expertly maneuvering his own sword to block all of their attempts to land a blow. His sword, the legendary Excalibur, was somehow shooting electricity off in every direction. So by now Aria and Kinji's hands had to have become numb from the electricity flowing from their weapons.
Tatsu seemed to be faring a lot better against Vega, although I wasn't too sure considering that the place where they were fighting was now a blazing inferno… or at least I think they were fighting, I couldn't see anything past the flames. But I could hear the clangs of metal striking metal from within the inferno.
I saw Aria's twin swords fly through the air as Sherlock raised his sword to kill Aria.
And suddenly the ground shook as the flames near Tatsu suddenly flew towards the center of the inferno. Then all of the flames around the courtyard flew towards the globe of fire like spears flying through the air. It was enough of a spectacle that everyone, including the Shadow Demons, stopped fighting to stare at it. As the last spear connected with the globe, it exploded.
I felt my feet leave the ground as the blast from the explosion threw me back. I vaguely saw Shirayuki lying unconscious underneath a tree. But what I mostly saw was black smoke everywhere. All of the Shadow Demons were dead.
As I hit the ground I tried to get up only to feel my legs buckle beneath me. I looked up from the ground and to my utter amazement Tatsu was at the center of where the explosion had taken place… and he was floating in the air.
But he wasn't wearing the Butei uniform anymore. Now he was wearing a large black cloak with golden trimmings all over it. His eyes seemed to be glowing and their spheres of fire floating in the air all around him. His scythe had trails of fire flowing out of the blades and the edge of the main blade seemed to be moving.
I could vaguely see Sherlock raising his sword against Tatsu. I could also see Vega dissolving into a black mist. Aria and Kinji seemed to be unconscious near some bushes, though Aria was on top of Kinji.
"So you're finally showing what you can really do Takata?"
Tatsu turned to face Sherlock; they both seemed to be unaware that I was still conscious. "I'm growing tired of fighting small fries. Before Gainen sends you to the Shadow Realm, make sure that you tell him to come out and fight me himself instead of cowering behind mortals."
Sherlock sneered at Tatsu. "Well now aren't we cocky. What makes you think that a brat like you could ever hope to defeat me let alone Lord Gainen?"
Suddenly a wave of heat washed over me and I saw Tatsu suddenly appear behind Sherlock with his scythe's blade pressing into Sherlock's neck. "Compared to any Shadow Lord, you are nothing more than an insect." I could see Sherlock's eyes widen in terror, "Don't forget to deliver my message to your doomed master."
And with that I saw Sherlock's head fly into the air.
Butei High – Girl's Dormitory – Riko's Room
September 22nd – 06:00
Momo Kisaragi walked into the destroyed room in terror. She'd been on a 'special' mission for a month and had just gotten back to see this disaster.
She easily recognized the massive claw marks as Vlad's. in the bedroom she found Riko's bed destroyed and on her own bed she saw a note addressed to her.
"To the Black Swordswoman Who Believed To Have Killed Me,
I'm alive again but this time I have a deal to propose to you. Lupin the 4th will be returned to you on the condition that you bring me the head of one Tatsu Takata. You have one week. Don't worry you'll still get her back even if you don't do as I tell you. You'll just get her back over time… piece by piece!
Signed,
Vlad The Eternal"
She let the note fall to the ground, and with blood-shot eyes set out to find Tatsu Takata.
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"You idiots! How did you fail to kill them when you had hundreds of Shadow Demons and an Advanced Corrupted Form! You incompetent idiots! Vega it is time that you join your new 'half-brothers' in the Shadow Realm."
Vega began to scream in agony as he dissolved into a thick red smoke.
"So then Mr. Sherlock Holmes, you appear to be quite lucky. You're too far gone to be able to survive even being sent to the Shadow Realm. Now the worst that I could possibly do is to send you back to the abyss of death that I dragged you from. So do you have any last words before you die again?"
"Yes a message from Tatsu Takata specifically for you.' Sherlock then raised his head and looked directly at Gainen. "He says to stop being a coward and to fight him yourself."
Gainen's massive sword fell and cleaved Sherlock in half sending him back to the abyss from which he'd been summoned never to rise again.
"That child thinks that he can stand against me? He'll die by my hand and that will be the end of the Dusks!"
But as he was shaking in fear as he screamed to the darkness.
Well it has been a long time and I must apologize but I've been busy with a bunch of things lately well anyway…
SUPER SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO Hydrocity3 for the use of Momo Kisaragi as a character in my story. Thanks to all of my good friends who enjoy reading my story.
…Well that's it… See in the next chapter!