Angel Beats! REBORN!
Episode 13: Fiend
Yuzuru took a deep breath; he looked at Mayu who stood beside him.
"Ready?"
"Yeah"
"Let's go" Yuzuru pushed open the door of the warehouse.
"Welcome Yuzuru… to your death" said the young figure on the catwalk, "I see Mayu tagged along"
"Where is Kuroha?"
Fiend pointed to the right side of the warehouse. A girl was tied to the chair, facing towards the centre.
Fiend leaped down and landed smoothly.
"Prepare yourself! NEO Skill: Death Scythe!"
"Bring it on! NEO Skill: Excalibur!"
Mayu watched as the fierce battle commenced. She could do nothing but stand and watch the two as she promised Yuzuru that she will not interfere.
He's fast, but I can't lose. This bastard's the reason Kanade's on the verge of death, I must defeat him and get the program code.
Yuzuru swung his sword left and right, while Fiend took the defensive, blocking every attack Yuzuru threw at him with ease.
"I gotta say I expected more from you" taunted Fiend.
"Shut it! Shut it! Shut it!" Yuzuru yelled as he swung his sword harder and harder.
Yuzuru eventually became exhausted, he huffed and puffed. Fiend gave off a smile.
"Done? My turn" Fiend took the offensive; he slashed and slashed with speed and power. Yuzuru continued to step back as he barely blocked the attacks in his exhausted body.
Yuzuru eventually took a leap back to keep his distance.
I can't take him on close combat yet, I'll have to use range.
Yuzuru looked at Mayu who gave him the use it look. Yuzuru nodded and faced Fiend who stood just about ten meters away.
"NEO Skill: Cross Fire!"
Yuzuru shot multiple arrows at Fiend, but it proved useless as Fiend deflected and cut the arrows.
"Dammit"
"Trying to use range are we? Ranged weapons have no effect on me"
"Don't be so sure!" Yuzuru began to pull the arrows back with full strength and shot them out with full power. But still proved useless against Fiend.
"Otonashi! Use it, I don't mind!"
"Mayu… I understand"
"Try all you want, you will die here today and Mayu will be mine"
Yuzuru thought of all the things Fiend had done and felt enraged.
"I won't die…" Yuzuru mumbled.
"What was that?"
"I won't die today you bastard! NEO Skill: Bloody Ballad!" the silver pistols materialised in his hands.
"Guns? Bullets don't work against me"
Yes that's right, normal bullets will not affect him; but Fiend doesn't know Mayu created her own programs. This should be enough to finish the job.
Yuzuru gripped the two pistols tightly and started to run to his left while he pulled the trigger. The bullets flew towards Fiend.
"NEO Skill: Distortion"
The some bullets passed through Distortion and hit Fiend's left arm, blood leaked out.
Fiend widened his eyes with surprise and deflected the remaining bullets with Death Scythe. He then dropped his Scythe and kneeled down.
Fiend covered his bleeding arm and asked, "How? How did your bullets hit me?"
"This program was made my Mayu, it was designed against Distortion"
"No way…" more pain struck Fiend, he looked at the bullet wound, light was scattering around the wound, "A Shadow termination bullet?"
"Mayu programed it"
"Mayu's program? I was defeated by Mayu's program…"
"You have an hour left to live"
"I see…" Fiend fell backwards.
"Suginami!" Kuroha caught Fiend, Mayu had freed Kuroha after Yuzuru was the victor.
"Kuroha… I'm sorry I did all those things"
"Suginami, it's okay"
Yuzuru took a few steps away to give the two space. Mayu came up from behind Yuzuru and held onto his damaged jacket.
"The two were lovers, but survival separated them, Suginami stole some of Kuroha's programs in order to survive, but he was eventually captured by Master"
"I see... Then the thing Mayu wanted to finish off was…"
"The thing Mayu wanted to finish off was to try help Suginami. But that proved to be useless, his mind had become corrupted. He only liked me because I reminded him of Kuroha"
Kuroha looked at Yuzuru and back at Suginami, "Suginami, do you still have the code for that program?"
"Yes… my coat" Suginami pointed to a black leathered coat that hung from the catwalk.
Yuzuru retrieved the coat and handed it to him. Suginami ripped the sleeve of the coat, a paper slip fell out.
"This is the code" Suginami picked up the piece of paper and dropped it in Yuzuru's hands, "Use it to save that girl"
"I will…"
"At least I'm free from the Master's grasp now"
Yuzuru looked at the light around the wound which had spread about three quarters of his body.
"I don't have long, do I…?"
Yuzuru looked at his watch, "Ten minutes"
"May I be alone with Kuroha before I go?"
"Sure…"
Yuzuru returned to Mayu who too watched the two's remaining moments together.
Time seemed to have slowed down for the two in their last moments together. Kuroha cried and cried as they continued to talk and laugh. But the time given was not an eternal, Suginami soon dissolved into light particles and soon vanished into thin air.
Kuroha kneeled and punched the concrete ground continuously even though her fist was bleeding heavily. Drips of salty water slid down Mayu's face, she couldn't hold her tears. Yuzuru thought back of what he did, but also what the Shadows had done to him and his personality, Yuzuru struggled to hold his tears in even for the man who almost killed Kanade.
Crying now doesn't help, we have to stop this, the Master… the Master is the cause of all this. We need to find him to end this once and for all.
Yuzuru placed his hand on Kuroha's should to calm her down, she stopped punching the ground and embraced Yuzuru and cried.
After fifteen minutes, the girls had calmed down.
"Otonashi… it's time we wake Kanade" said Kuroha as she wiped off the remaining tears on her face.
"Yeah…"
A/N: Hey, this update is for the next few weeks. Currently Kyodai Productions is going on holidays.
Wait for it
ELSIE'S GOING TO JAPAN!
and...
KEIMA'S GOING TO KOREA!
Its sad to say Minami is staying to hold the fort :(
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