Chapter VII

My name is Huey Duck, and I am an assassin. Well was an assassin. I changed, and after all the people I killed, I want to keep changing. I want to change into something better than myself. I want to be the old me. But I know that can never happen. Especially after Mark Beak's Lazarus Pit Experiment. The demon blood saved me from a life of killing. Now I must save the ones I love. Protect them by any means necessary. I'm going to make sure that no harm comes to my family. I will win, and then I will kill Natas. What ever it takes, I will help end this suffering.

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HELL (Day ?)

Dewey's Group

Dewey and everyone else waited for Huey's battle to end. They were silent the whole time they waited. Dante walked over to a silently crying Iris.

"How are you feeling?" Dante asked as Iris looked up at him from the ground she was sitting on. She continued to cry as Dante continued to speak. "When this was just starting, my parents sacrificed themselves to save me. I still think about how I could have done something to prevent it, but there is nothing I could have done. Because the people we lost would do anything to protect those closest to them. I know you probably don't remember this, but when we were younger, we used to be friends. Small world, isn't it. Your brother was always so protective of you, he would do anything to make sure nobody hurt you. When everything went down, Beaks took your whole family after your dad signed a contract with him. Aster kept fighting to save you. And now Aster fought to save all of us." Iris got up and hugged Dante.

"Thank you." Iris said as she hugged the boy with white hair.

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HELL (Day ?)

Huey's Group

Huey was pushed back by Wraiths punches. Huey was able to do some damage to Wraith, but the Lava Shell was preventing him from doing anything else. Huey's knuckles were starting to bleed and Wraith noticed.

"I'm surprised you even lasted this long." Wraith said as Huey was still determined to win. "Normally, someone like you would already be on his knees begging for mercy. For forgiveness. But instead you still fight, almost like you have something to prove. Are you sure you don't remember who I am?" Huey started to answer the question.

"First of all, don't underestimate me." Huey said as Wraith's smile turned into a stern look. "Second, I don't even think I met you before. Now here's what's going to happen. I'm gonna beat you, kill you, and then go for your master. Once I kill him, it's game over. Now I just want you to know, that even if you're flames are hotter than mine, even if you have a field advantage, hell even if you're stronger than me, I'm gonna win. I will never give up on the future. And I sure as hell won't give up on Dewey!" Wraith then attacked Huey with his raging magma fist. He was throwing punches left and right as Huey continued to take on the onslaught. Once Wraith started to slow down, Huey blocked a punch and then started throwing punches back. He started to push Wraith back as Wraith tried to block.

Huey then started to scream in a fit of rage. Wraith was confused by what was happening. Huey summoned the fires from Hell and had them gather around his fists. Wraith didn't understand what was going on, until Huey s lunged at him with all he could. "RAGING FIRE FISTS!" Huey said as he started punching Wraith with a barrage of punches. Wraith started to feel pain as he started to slide across the floor. As Wraith got up, he felt that something was missing. He realized what Huey had done.

"You said that only one person has ever destroyed your Lava Shell." Huey said pointing at a defenseless Wraith. "I guess this makes two." Wraith started to get angry. He got up and slammed his fist into the ground.

"Okay hot shot, I'm gonna make you an offer you can't refuse." Wraith said as he snapped his fingers. Once that happened, a door appeared. Huey was confused. "I hear that you're not happy with some of the people that make it to Heaven. And I also wanna see how selfish you really are. This door right here leads straight to Heaven. So here's my offer. You can either go through this door and put those people exactly where they belong, or continue to fight me, and lose. Either way, you aren't gonna defeat Lord Natas." Huey spat at the door.

"Do you think that matters to me right now!" Huey yelled as Wraith started to get upset. "I'm not gonna abandon my family and friends because of a selfish endeavor. I can't just quit. So I'm gonna tell you this and only this. I'm gonna kick your ass, and that's a promise. Now take your door to Heaven and burn it to the ground." Wraith was angry, but then he started to laugh.

"I'll tell you what." Wraith said as Huey listened. "If you can beat me, I'll let you through it anyways. Because it's people like you that piss me off, and I want to show you just how quickly you can lose everything. Just like how you took everything from me." Wraith then summoned all the lava from the volcano to come to his fists. "And I also wanna show you just how outmatched you really are as well." As Wraith punched Huey with only two powerful punches, Huey was forced to the ground. Wraith started coming towards him as he stood back up. "Do you see how it feels?!" Wraith asked as he punched Huey back. Huey fell down but got back up. As Huey tried to throw a punch, Wraith took his arm and snapped it. "To lose all you've worked so hard for." Wraith then threw Huey back on the ground as Huey started to scream in pain. Still, he got back up and continued to fight. Wraith then started to laugh. "I don't understand how you can still stand. Maybe this will help." Wraith said as he punched his leg so hard it broke. Huey screamed in pain as he was once again forced to the ground. Yet he still managed to get back up.

"How is this even possible?!" Wraith asked as Huey tried to keep his composure. "I broke your arm, I broke your leg, I've beaten you to a pulp and you still manage to stand. Why is that?" Huey spat on the ground as he answered his question.

"Because I've come to the conclusion that I only need one of each to kill you." Huey said as Wraith continued to laugh. As Wraith was about to throw another punch, a wall of ice blocked it. Wraith had no idea what was going on. Then April came out of nowhere and rushed to Huey's side. "I thought I said for you two to leave." Huey said as April laughed.

"You know I can't do that to the one person I've ever loved right?!" April said as she let Huey down to the ground. "Rest Huey, everything will be okay." As Huey let himself rest, April sprung into action. "Huey and I took the Demon's Blood together. He got the power of fire and I got the power of ice. The cool thing about my ice is that it's unbreakable." April then made an ice sword and slashed Wraith with it. She continued to swing the ice sword as Wraith continued to get cut. As she was about to do a blow to the head, Wraith grabbed the sword with his bare hand. He squeezed onto it till it broke. April was shocked. Wraith started to laugh.

"I don't usually go my strongest against women, but you earned my respect." Wraith said as he pulled April in close and punched her in the stomach. He continued to beat her as if she were a punch bag. He never let her go to defend herself. As he continued punching, April created spikes of ice below Wraith and made them stab through his feet. As he winced from the pain, April kicked him in the stomach and got out of his grip. Once she did that, she created ice daggers and started throwing them at Wraith. She then hid behind the wall of ice she made for Huey. Huey started speaking to her.

"Let me help you, he's too strong!" Huey said as they heard Wraith blasting the wall with lava.

"You're in no condition to fight right now, you're too weak." April said as Huey tried to stand.

"I died 128 times, I am not gonna make this 129." Huey said with great determination. Huey then tried to get up, but his bones were to broken to support his weight. April started to reinforce the ice wall as Wraith continued to blast it with lava.

"I don't understand how he is melting my ice." April said as Huey continued to try and stand. "My ice is supposed to be unbreakable. How is he able to destroy it like that. This guy is not someone we want to mess around with. How the hell does he even know you anyway?" April asked as Huey was confused.

"I don't know, it's like he wants me to remember something in my life. My first life." Huey said as he started to think about who he is. April tried hard to reinforce the wall, but it was no use. He busted right through it. He then grabbed April and slammed her into the ground. Wraith then slid April across the ground over to Huey. Huey tried to stand and fight but was immediately knocked down by Wraith. As they both layed there on the ground, Wraith started to speak.

"Two lovers, they live for each other, they die for each other." Wraith said as he started to pick up April. "But what happens if one dies before the other?" Wraith put her in a choke hold and looked at Huey. "I told you what would happen if she ever came back. I told you I would kill her, I told you. Now look at what you did. You're the reason she's going to die." Huey tried to crawl towards her. Wraith kicked him back as Huey tried again. "Pathetic, you're crawling like a dog. It makes me angry!" Wraith yelled as he kicked Huey back again. Huey then tried to stand as Wraith knocked him back down on the ground. Huey watched as Wraith backed away and started walking towards the lava off the edge of the walkway they were standing on. Huey started to beg.

"Please don't, I will give you anything, just please." Huey begged as Wraith started to laugh.

"All I wanted was to kill the only person that could really defeat me. That person is you." Wraith said as Huey started getting upset.

"If you only want to kill me, then why are you killing April?! What do you even call that?!" Huey asked as Wraith answered.

"I call it collateral!" Wraith said as he threw April off the edge. Just as she was about to land in the lava, ice ended up catching her sliding her over to where Huey was. Huey and April were confused as a blast of fire ended up hitting Wraith. Huey then looked at the person that was standing right behind them. His hair was red with white highlights. As he began to walk forward, he started speaking to Huey and April. They then knew who it was.

"Uncle Huey, Aunt April, I'm sorry, I didn't tell the whole truth when you found me." Henry said as he created an ice sword and turned his fists on fire. "My demon abilities allow me to adapt to anyone else's the longer I'm around them. I've been around you guys for a while. You can rest now, I will make sure that this man won't hurt you anymore." Henry then prepared to fight as Huey and April fainted.

"You better be stronger than your role models?" Wraith said as he prepared to kill.

"Trust me, I won't disappoint you, unless you losing is disappointing." Henry said as he threw his ice sword through his arm. Wraith winced as he pulled it out. He tried to break it, but it wouldn't crack.

"This is going to be interesting." Wraith said excited to start the battle.

End of Chapter VII